Post by @breton@climatejustice.social

2024-08-09 22:25 UTC

"For activists in France, mega-basins have become a symbol of how the government is adapting to climate change in precisely the wrong way. In response to intensifying droughts, French authorities have carved giant water storage systems into the countryside for large farms to draw down in dry months. Critics say these mega-basins—which can hold up to 720 million liters, the equivalent of nearly 300 Olympic-sized swimming pools—are effectively hoarding water, reserving it for private landowners, leaving rivers parched and local groundwater systems depleted." by Morgan Meaker at @WIRED@press.coop: https://www.wired.com/story/climate-activism-radical-new-face-lena-lazare/ @climate@a.gup.pe ⏚ #climate #sabotage #climateCrisis #mitigation #activism #Wired #MorganMeaker #France #megaBasins #megaBassines #water #agriculture #climateMitigation #LénaLazare #LesSoulèvementsDeLaTerre #SoulèvementsDeLaTerre #FrenchPolitics #FRPol #disarming #disarmament #reservoirs #property

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@breton@climatejustice.social 2026-04-22 11:35

Fossil fuels are not being replaced. Decarbonization will not come from debating over how war is reshaping decarbonization. "To find optimism in geopolitical rivalry is to place one’s faith in abstract forces rather than human beings. It is, in this sense, a kind of pessimism." Casey A. Williams argues that the renewable boost driven by the war on Iran should not replace climate politics: https://www.break-down.org/why-climate-politics-still-matters/ #climateChange #climateCrisis #mitigation #climateMitigation #greenTransition #energy

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@HepCatJack@masto.ai 2024-08-09 23:08

@breton@climatejustice.social @WIRED@press.coop @climate@a.gup.pe Rainwater via river systems finds its way quickly into the sea. In the absence of swales to retain water and replenish aquifers cistern solutions make sense. There were Roman island colonies that used cisterns and ancient India built a large number of them to survive droughts. They were filled with trash for a while but some have been brought back into use. Green activists of the 1970's are the reason people switched from bio-degradable paper bags to plastic bags.

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