The Environment

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/23/labour-unveils-plans-for-carbon-neutral-energy-system-by-2030s

Labour coming out with an ambitious carbon plan,shame Brexit rumbles on, otherwise this might of got more discussion

I think the Labour green new deal is so important and potentially a huge motivator for voters, but it's not getting enough coverage. It could actually change who votes and how and why.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mbmkz8/us-military-could-collapse-within-20-years-due-to-climate-change-report-commissioned-by-pentagon-says

According to a new U.S. Army report, Americans could face a horrifically grim future from climate change involving blackouts, disease, thirst, starvation and war. The study found that the US military itself might also collapse. This could all happen over the next two decades, the report notes.

The senior US government officials who wrote the report are from several key agencies including the Army, Defense Intelligence Agency, and NASA. The study called on the Pentagon to urgently prepare for the possibility that domestic power, water, and food systems might collapse due to the impacts of climate change as we near mid-century.

I agree but instead we are talking about are they scared of having an election and thier position on Brexit. Any other time, the 2030 commitmemnt would give them a massive platform to campaign on and sell a vision of hope and a green transformation of our society. Sad thing is, is that this kind of effort needs to start now and can't wait another five years for the following election to be debated again.

An old colleague sent me this - I'm trying to think of a decent reply ...

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Just reply listing every petroleum company in the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g

By school kids do they mean parents of school kids?

So unoriginal.
Also, school kids weren't born in the 70s, and in the intervening 40-50 years it's the "oldies" (relatively) that have been complicit in fucking up the planet. I'm not big on blaming the individual, but trying to put relative blame on the school-age generation is a joke.

Boomers gonna boom

They probably mean anyone younger than themselves.

Connection between pesticide use and fishery collapse found:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/31/fishery-collapse-confirms-silent-spring-pesticide-prophecy

Also posted to Climate Change thread:
https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/what-is-energy-denial/

Anyone got any brilliant ideas when it comes to gifts for kids that aren't going to end up plastic landfill in 6 months?

A day out somewhere nice.

Sugary snacks

^ only if you don't want to be invited again

They live in Australia. Every day is a day out somewhere nice. :)

From the airport... I already suggested that but even I'm trying to eat healthy so I can't really foist a load of shit food onto the kids.

What age kids?

Various. 6-14 maybe.

books?

what about some puppies?

Think of the poor trees!

(Already have books for them. Not sure how they're meant to compete with ipads and shit but I'm reasonably smart and I put that down to reading a lot when I was younger or maybe I'm just good at cheating on tests, anyway, yes books good but need more ideas)

Deep fried? Boiled? How do children like them?