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What would the world look like if we could reverse climate change? What can we do to develop a new lens through which to construct a vibrant future? A future for all living systems which is more than good enough – it’s spectacular!
Real Name: Deborah Phelan
Gender: Female
Location: NorCal, USA
Occupation: Climate Warrior
Groups: DK GreenRoots, KosAbility, Gulf Watchers Group, Pakistan, Liveblog Group, DKos Sangha, EcoJustice, SFKossacks, DeepKos, Chronic Tonic Gathering, Inherent Human Rights, Beyond Kyoto, Earthship Koch, Japan Nuclear Incident Liveblogs, East Africa Food Crisis: 48 Hours of Action, Deborah Phelan, DK Feeding America, Moving Planet, The Durban Daily, Amplify Africa, RoadtoRio, Climate Change SOS, Hunger in America, Kitchen Table Kibitzing, UN Climate Summit, Climate Action Hub, LimaCOP20, Trump Russia Investigators, Climate Change Anxiety Support Group, Regenerative Culture for an Altered Planet, Daily Kos Virtual Events, ClimateBrief, ClimateBriefWorkingAdminGroup, California Environment, Economics, and Indigenous Issues
Hobbies: relentlessly working towards firefly pose
Twitter: @boatsie
Diaries published: 998 (0 days since last diary on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 05:30 PM PST)
Comments posted: 27752 (0 days since last comment on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 07:14 PM PST)
Diary frequency: frequent
Comment frequency: frequent
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Most Recommended Diary: japan nuclear disaster: mothership, 195 comments, 483 recommends
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When the news came Monday that the small quiet gym I’d been attending for the past year was closing, I decided it was time for me to move across the street to The Studio in Mill Valley and sign up ...
by boatsie
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on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 05:30 PM PST
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As COP28 enters its second and final week, the hard work of determining what the participating nations are going to do about fossil fuels begins. The comments of COP President Sultan Al Jaber questioning the science correlating fossil fuels to global...
by boatsie
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on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 01:56 PM PST
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US Climate Envoy John Kerry says he is aware of a sense of urgency in Dubai as delegates from nearly 200 nations convene for COP28.
“People will measure who steps up and who doesn’t,” he said .
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on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 01:35 PM PST
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With 2,456 fossil fuel lobbyists attending COP28, the 24-page negotiating text circulating Tuesday represents the first time in almost 30 years of meetings that the role of fossil fuels in driving global warming is mentioned. Way too late in the...
by boatsie
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on Tue Dec 05, 2023 at 11:12 AM PST
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COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber held an unscheduled press conference Monday morning claiming his comment last month that there was “no science” behind the belief that fossil fuels were a primary driver of climate change was misunderstood. “I have...
by boatsie
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on Mon Dec 04, 2023 at 11:17 AM PST
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As world leaders convened in Dubai for Day 2 of COP28, participating nations agreed to a call to action to decarbonize the world food system in their climate plans and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterros called for the total phasing out of fossil...
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on Fri Dec 01, 2023 at 11:56 AM PST
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- If you’re unaware of Drilled, an award-winning website dedicated to focusing on climate accountability, you would do well to add it to your collection of substacks to read and support. It was founded six years ago by veteran climate reporter Amy...22 comments 134 Recs
- Global carbon emissions set record high, but US coal use drops to levels last seen in 1903 Coal plant closures, fuel-switching and renewables in the US led to an 18.3% decline in coal use, bringing it down to its 1903 level. The EU saw a drop of...28 comments 47 Recs
- We have, as always, good and bad carbon news from the latest Conference of the Parties, COP28. There is getting to be more good news, and the bad news is now getting serious pushback. We have been ...29 comments 23 Recs
- You can make a difference to the hurt being caused by climate chaos and the great extinction event in your town or your city! �How? �Reuse, repurpose, and recycle this information. �You can push ...5 comments 14 Recs
- I got nothing, just nothing. I mean I did get emails from both Glen Close and Carole King today, but I deleted them without reading them. I only have so much room in my head and it’s getting ...53 comments 26 Recs
- Earth is running a fever. And UN climate talks are focusing on the contagious effect on human healthDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With Planet Earth running a fever, U.N. climate talks focused Sunday on the contagious effects on human health. Under a brown haze over Dubai, the COP28 summit ...24 comments 55 Recs
- I hesitate to publish this diary on The Fox News debate between Governors DeSantis of Florida and Newsom of California because DeSantis will never become President of the United States. So why waste space on Daily Kos with a loser like Desantis, I...428 comments 965 Recs
- NYTimes: How to find joy in climate change” and how that paper still finds ways to avoid reporting it :-( Please note: For the first half of this diary, I had only my memory to rely on and although I am certain of the general accuracy of the truth...23 comments 36 Recs
- CO2 leaps. Will COP28 finally get it together or will it just be one more round of Carry On Pumping?In a decade or so, the summer of 2023 will be looked back on as a beautiful, cool, enjoyable time. We will tell each other, "Those were the days." That is likely to be the case whether or not we Earthlings do finally get it together to take the actions...124 comments 217 Recs
