Earth Day Wrangle

#ClimateChange is the defining challenge of our time.

If we are to

🌍 halve emissions by 2030,
🌍 reach the goals of the #ParisAgreement,
🌍 and create a healthier future

we need every day to become #EarthDay. pic.twitter.com/EzGzBES6ao

— UN Climate Change (@UNFCCC) April 22, 2022

I did not see as much urgency associated with the pending fate of the planet's inhabitants as a result of previous bad decisions as I expected yesterday.  I saw a lot of "Happy Earth Day", as if the occasion was akin to 'Mac and Cheese Day'.  I saw the by-now-predictable performative actions from politicians local and national.  So I'm more than a little disillusioned today.  And while I collected and posted an enormous amount of tweets that are, simply put, bad news ... it appears that's not what drove engagement on my timeline yesterday.  So rather than keep screaming into the void, I'll discard those and share a few of the things that made me feel hopeful.

Opponents deluge @TxDOTCommission with calls to rethink highway projects across state, including I-45 @StopTxDOTi45 @airallianceHOU @makeI45better @TxDOTHouston https://t.co/4CJVNcEjYa

— Dug Begley (@DugBegley) April 20, 2022

India is lining their canals with #solarpower. It provides #cleanenergy and stops water evaporation at the same time.

We have so many solutions. Implement them. RT if you agree. #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #renewables #solar #GreenNewDeal via @MikeHudema pic.twitter.com/nXfIa2oM6s

— Climate Hero (@ClimateHeroIN) April 17, 2022

Pumped to see @Third_Act_Org's bank campaign getting good coverage from @fred02138 and @WBUR
"Big banks have become an important front in the climate movement."https://t.co/VxD152cAKo

— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) April 21, 2022

An award-winning queer Navajo filmmaker's new film shows how Indigenous communities in Colombia, the Philippines, Mexico and Standing Rock facing the same struggle.https://t.co/cInC8Iv5Eq

— Truthout (@truthout) April 22, 2022

Companies ask EPA to pause schedule on cleanup of San Jacinto waste pits.
EPA response: Nah, stick with the plan https://t.co/nhclnrf42G via @houstonchron #hounews

— Matt Schwartz (@SchwartzChron) April 18, 2022

Sea-farmed supercrop: how seaweed could transform the way we live https://t.co/WmSzzDALge

— Guardian Environment (@guardianeco) April 19, 2022

GREAT NEWS! 🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺
A wild litter of red wolf pups has been born - the first since 2018!

The potato-sized pipsqueaks (4 females, 2 males) were born to new parents F2225 and M2323. Join us in sending celebratory howls their way!

More via @USFWS ➡ https://t.co/A4smC8OJt1 pic.twitter.com/4DtmTfY2bn

— Wolf Conservation Center (@nywolforg) April 21, 2022

The Zoo’s Pollinator Grow Zones planted with Texas native plants have been growing for five years. After planting native milkweed last fall, this spring we have monarch eggs and caterpillars! It might be hard to tell, but this little guy is less than half an inch long. pic.twitter.com/Xbt3dGATPD

— Fort Worth Zoo (@FortWorthZoo) April 22, 2022

Funnies tomorrow, and much more negativity in the pipeline.