Let the train take the strain!
New routes opening up for electric sleeper trains in Europe. Cool.
https://www.edie.net/new-sleeper-trains-for-stockholm-and-frances-boost-for-renewables-the-sustainability-success-stories-of-the-week-august-second-week/?
UN has declared new Human Right: the ability to live in "a clean, healthy and sustainable environment" a human right for all.
More than moral posturing, resolutions like this have a history of laying the foundation for effective treaties + national laws.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/08/the-un-just-declared-a-universal-human-right-to-a-healthy-sustainable-environment-here-s-where-resolutions-like-this-can-lead/
We have, until yesterday morning, warned of the 3-times faster warming of the Arctic, compared to the Planet. Now we have to make a correction. It is 4 times faster (7 times faster on Svalbard). Implications remain poorly understood. https://aje.io/bs4sen via @AJEnglish