[-] Ni@kbin.social 34 points 1 year ago

I think work from home and also the adoption of the 4 day work week will be critical to tackling the climate crisis

[-] Ni@kbin.social 27 points 1 year ago

We should probably stop subdising fossil fuel companies so much by this arguement. I'd rather my tax pounds went to subsidising heat pumps than fossil fuels.

The UK government has given £20bn more in support to fossil fuel producers than those of renewables since 2015, the Guardian can reveal.

From 2020 to 2021 they received an extra £1bn support from the government compared with 2020, a 10.7% increase. For renewable energy in the same year, total support for projects increased by just £1m, or 0.01%.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/09/fossil-fuels-more-support-uk-than-renewables-since-2015

[-] Ni@kbin.social 43 points 1 year ago

The most frustrating thing with heat pumps is how little help the government are providing. They will cost a fortune to the consumer, especially in houses that need existing heating systems altered to be compatible.

We need better grants and funding. Way better.

[-] Ni@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

Nooo, can we just actually put someone useful in the position and see how that will help and improve things?

[-] Ni@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

And then you can't get back to sleep after....

[-] Ni@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Why are we still pushing for coal mines? I would have thought australia would be ideal for solar in certain places.

[-] Ni@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I think keeping it in people's minds is useful. Otherwise it's easy to get wrapped up in your day to day life. I've found that climate stories are often under reported here or categorised as another issue.

[-] Ni@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Some crazy records being broken this year. There is also statistically outlying Antarctica ice melt but I haven't seen that story anywhere since first seeing it.

One thing you can do is write to your MP or representative.
Here is a letter template to write to your MP if you are in the uk - you could also use the template in the US or elsewhere in the world : https://www.theclimatecoalition.org/write-to-your-mp

[-] Ni@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

We desperately need regulation for people and workers in extreme temperatures. We'll be dealing with more and more of it as times goes on so the protections need to be in place.

[-] Ni@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

There have been so many targeted projects to weaken the publics understanding of climate change as a whole and activists personally. It's high time that these companies reinvest their record breaking profits into fixing the problem they have a large hand in creating.

[-] Ni@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean why? If people are more productive, and it's improves their lives. We also need to deal with a climate crisis and having people not commuting for a whole extra day/having extra time to engage politically would be very useful. Although maybe they are trying to disincentivise the last part.

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submitted 1 year ago by Ni@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

Apologies if I missed one that has already been held. But I saw a member census of beehaw, which was really interesting. I'm not suggesting gathering of any personally identifying info, but more generally getting a sense of who is here on kbin.

[-] Ni@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is the problem, people have been quietly talking about this issue and trying to convince people for decades. Barely anything has happened. Protest is supposed to be inconvenient. Not sure whether this type to protest works, but the quiet, passive way certainly doesn't.

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submitted 1 year ago by Ni@kbin.social to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

We seem to be breaking new records constantly at the moment.

Scientists found evidence that climate change made the warmer weather last month more likely.

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submitted 1 year ago by Ni@kbin.social to c/ukcasual@lemmy.world

What has everyone got for their dad's, who are usually particularly hard to buy for?

Also, to add a caveat, totally fine to have a complicated relationship with your dad. If this is the case, please be kind to yourself and ignore this post!

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