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#Genomics is a rapidly growing field of #science that has revolutionized the way we understand #biology.
It has #applications in diverse fields. From #healthcare and #biotechnology to #climatechange, genomics is leading to some of the most exciting and world-changing discoveries in science and #medicine like:
1. Predicting Disease Risk:📊
Genomics can detect diseases long before symptoms present themselves. Early #diagnosis of a disease can significantly increase the chances of successful treatments like #cancer, #diabetes, #autism, etc.
Genomics can detect diseases long before symptoms present themselves. Early #diagnosis of a disease can significantly increase the chances of successful treatments like #cancer, #diabetes, #autism, etc.
Before the #EPlenary vote, some reflections from 6 years working on #EUBioenergy policies.
TLDR:
1. They're accelerating climate change
2. We're wasting €billions
3. Don't believe a word the biofuel industry lobby says
4. MEPs must end support for burning trees and crops
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TLDR:
1. They're accelerating climate change
2. We're wasting €billions
3. Don't believe a word the biofuel industry lobby says
4. MEPs must end support for burning trees and crops
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The EU’s bioenergy policies are a serious threat to the climate. They’re encouraging things that increase emissions compared to fossil fuels, and so they're part of the problem not the solution.
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The bioenergy criteria in the current EU Renewable Energy Directive are extraordinarily complex - and administratively burdensome for businesses - but are largely meaningless.
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Liebe Twittergemeinde, wenn euch jemand mit 300 WissenschaftlerInnen kommt, die einen Brief unterzeichnet haben, wahlweise auch 184 oder 170, der das #EU-Parlament vor einem #Verbrennerverbot warnt und stattdessen einen maximalen Ausbau von #Efuels und #Biofuels, dann fragt 1/
bitte nach, ob es unter den 300 einen Energienetze-Experten gibt, einen Akku-Experten, einen Experten für elektrische Antriebssysteme, einen Experten für die Rohstoff-Versorgung - oder ob das vielleicht doch eher 300 Verbrennungsmotor-SpezialistInnen sind. 2/
Die 300 (oder 184 oder 170) fordern Förderung und Ausbau von E- und BioFuels für einen sofortigen Effekt. Der Effekt auf CO2-Ausstoß und Klima ist größer, wenn man diese Treibstoffe in Heizkraftwerken verstromt, anstatt sie in Autos zu verfahren. Das sollte man wissen. 3/
Just unbelievable. @jwojc announces to @EP_Agriculture his emergency measures for #foodsecurity : special help to the pork sector and allowing farmers to plough up biodiversity fallow for ANIMAL FEED production.
We have a crisis of morality in the EU dear @vonderleyen @TimmermansEU UN launches alarm on looming starvation in poor countries, but you allow farm lobby to capture our policy so that we prop up pork and dairy exports that go almost entirely to people eating too much of it
Meanwhile you do nothing to stop the massive burning of food for #biofuels, the one thing that could actually quickly release food on the market
🧵✈️On 12/1/2021, one @United flight was different than every other plane in the sky. As the first passenger flight powered 100% by biofuel, it left 75% less CO2 in its wake. See the potential of Sustainable Aviation Fuel⬇️ energy.gov/eere/articles/…
The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge is a government-wide effort to develop a comprehensive strategy to reduce costs, enhance sustainability and expand the production of #biofuels. Federal govt agencies involved include: @ENERGY, @USDOT, @USDA: energy.gov/eere/articles/…
Sustainable Aviation Fuel can create good-paying, union jobs in manufacturing, improve air quality, and unlock agricultural economic opportunity —all while reducing and eventually eliminating aviation’s climate impact. energy.gov/eere/articles/…
இந்தியாவோட #Renewable_Energy துறைல என்ன மாதிரீ முன்னேற்றம் 2021 டிசம்பர் வரைக்கும் அடைஞ்சிருக்கு இந்தியாவோடசோலார் பவர் & விண்டு மில் பவர் உற்பத்திலயும் உலக லெவல்ல நான்காவது இடத்தை தக்கவச்சிருக்கோம் அதோட புள்ளி விவரத்த இந்த #திரட்ல பாக்கலாம்..⚡️
#Renewable_Energy ஜென்ரேசன்எபிசென்சி கடந்த சில ஆண்டுகள்ல அதிகரித்துள்ளதுனு #CAGR டேட்டால இருக்கு இதுவே 17.33% ஒன்றிய அரசாங்கத்தின் ஆதரவுடன், அதிகரித்த பொருளாதாரம், பல முதலீட்டாளர்களின. வரவும் முன்னோக்கியே இருக்கு..⚡️
பாரிஸ் ஒப்பந்தத்தின் படி 175 GW , 2030ல 523 GW (ஹைட்ரோவிலிருந்து 73 GW உட்பட) #Renewable_energy efficiency நிறுவ நம்ம ஒன்றிய அரசு திட்டமிட்டுள்ளது. 2021 அக்டோபர் சந்தை அளவு, இந்தியாவின் புதுப்பிக்கத்தக்க ஆற்றல் திறன் 1.49 GW அதே..⚡️
Getting the whole world to #netzero #GHGs rapidly is going to be incredibly difficult. But given how strong and organized the #climateopposition is, we must distinguish #thesignalfromthenoise on which pathways are the most likely to succeed. A 🧵 on how I think about this 1/14
2/ First, we cannot rely on social and lifestyle change governed by new paradigms like degrowth to deliver in time for this #climatedecade. But if the movement delivers small reductions in energy or meat consumption, we need it jackrabbithomes.org/can-we-save-th…
3/ #Technologyandpolicy (and politics) need to do the heavy lifting. Can they deliver? Yes, but to effectively channel our efforts and fight off the opposition, we need to distinguish between main courses, side dishes and poison pills (frequently buried in the side dishes)
#Biofuels & #aviation: out of the frying pan into the fire
Biofuels are *theoretically* a feasible alternative to fossil jet fuel. But: they have countless negative side effects and their quantity will remain limited. #greenwashing
A thread on their problems and limits. 🔽🧵
Biofuels are *theoretically* a feasible alternative to fossil jet fuel. But: they have countless negative side effects and their quantity will remain limited. #greenwashing
A thread on their problems and limits. 🔽🧵
Problem 1: biofuel use is severely constrained by the sustainability and availability of biomass
It is often claimed that aviation would use only second generation biofuels derived from 'waste' sources, therefore avoiding any direct or indirect sustainability impacts. Yet the use of first generation biofuels from crops and even entire trees has not been ruled out.
It's #COP26 and the #aviation industry has no plan - and no intention - to to do its fair share to stay below #1point5.
Instead, it's stepping up its #greenwashing.
🧵🔽 A thread about the top 5 false promises and the limits of 'green technologies' for '#SustainableAviation'.
Instead, it's stepping up its #greenwashing.
🧵🔽 A thread about the top 5 false promises and the limits of 'green technologies' for '#SustainableAviation'.
#1 Efficiency. The #aviation industry tells us that it emits less and less CO2 per kilometre. What it doesn't tell us is that air traffic is growing much faster than efficiency is improving - resulting in higher climate pollution. #ReboundEffect
#2 Electric Flight. The aviation industry tells us the contribution of electric aircraft to reduce emissions will be significant. That's not true: the only aircraft likely to be certified this decade will be very small, we won’t see larger ones before 2050. Too late for #1point5.
.@ENERGY announced $64M for 22 projects that will help reduce costs, enhance sustainability & expand the production of #biofuels. Read more on the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Grand Challenge, a collaboration w/ @USDOT & @USDA energy.gov/eere/bioenergy… #DecarbonizeTransportation
@ENERGY @USDOT @USDA .@ENERGY invested $64M in 22 #biofuels projects, including a company with roots at @UDelaware. Read the full statement from @ChrisCoons: energy.gov/articles/doe-a… #DecarbonizeTransportation
@ENERGY @USDOT @USDA @UDelaware @ChrisCoons “We must cut emissions in aviation and commercial shipping if we’re going to meet our net-zero goals.” Read @SenatorHick’s full statement on @ENERGY’s $64M investment in 22 #biofuels projects: energy.gov/articles/doe-a… #DecarbonizeTransportation
Another heatwave grips Washington, Oregon & British Columbia. Climate change - long predicted + denied - is here.
We know it's time to transition off fossil fuels.
And, all year, @invw's Decarbonizing #Cascadia series is exploring how we can. invw.org/getting-to-zer…
We know it's time to transition off fossil fuels.
And, all year, @invw's Decarbonizing #Cascadia series is exploring how we can. invw.org/getting-to-zer…
We launched in January explaining how a region w/ official goals to slash emissions and the means to do it just keeps getting dirtier. @invw analyzed the latest data, showing that Washington, Oregon and BC's emissions rose by 5, 6 and 7% b/w 2013 & 2018.
invw.org/2021/01/11/how…
invw.org/2021/01/11/how…
We also profiled #Cascadia's activists, such as the @youthvgov litigants suing govts for the right to a livable future and campaigners eroding Big Oil, Gas and Coal's political power. @robertmcclure showed how activists bottled up fossil export proposals. invw.org/2021/01/18/a-t…
We’re delighted to open the #ATIBoeingAccelerator Demo Day with an introduction from Sir Martin Donnelly, President @BoeingEurope and MD @BoeingUK. It’s been incredible to work with Boeing and have their support for our 10 #startups creating #sustainability-enabling #tech ✈️
Thank you Minister Paul Scully @scullyp @beisgovuk for joining our Cohort Two Demo Day! "The #ATIBoeingAccelerator is a fantastic resource, providing world-class #startups with great opportunities to innovate and grow in the UK."
"Despite the challenges the sector faces, we must continue to find areas of #innovation as the world slowly but surely recovers from the pandemic." It's fantastic to have Nour Eid @UKAeroInstitute support us at the #ATIBoeingAccelerator and provide his insights into #aerospace
What can we learn from the 'global land rush' about the risks of large-scale land-based carbon removal in climate mitigation strategies?
A 🧵to put the numbers - like #Shell's reference to needing a new 700Mha forest - into some context
A 🧵to put the numbers - like #Shell's reference to needing a new 700Mha forest - into some context
700Mha sounds a lot, & it is.
From 2000-2016 - during the 'global land rush' - @Land_Matrix documented contracted large-scale land deals covering c. 25Mha
That period tells us a lot about the risks of large-scale reliance on land for carbon removals
From 2000-2016 - during the 'global land rush' - @Land_Matrix documented contracted large-scale land deals covering c. 25Mha
That period tells us a lot about the risks of large-scale reliance on land for carbon removals
It was driven by financial #speculation, #biofuels policies and weak land tenure #rights, & has been associated with widespread dispossession, increasing land #inequality & #hunger
No surprise biofuels crops - palm oil, jatropha, sugar cane - accounted for the biggest land area
No surprise biofuels crops - palm oil, jatropha, sugar cane - accounted for the biggest land area
"Development is not the big issue here – both on the engine and fuel side. The problem is the business case. So far it makes no financial sense to build zero emission ships." – Jakob Steffensen, @DFDSGroup Head of Innovation & Technology #IVIW2020
.@hellings_bart of @GoodFuelsmarine is convinced that the #ammonia and #methanol route is promising, but the business case is not yet there as current demand is insufficient. #IVIW2020
“#Aviation contributes 2-3% of CO2 emissions, but takes decarbonising very seriously. There's no silver bullet to eliminate our impact, we need a series of solutions: batteries; fuel cell tech; & H2 combustion engines—a #renewables surrogate.”—@Airbus’s Glenn Llewellyn #IVIW2020
This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This section deals with Investing in the Engines of #JobCreation Only one party has a specific plan for rebuilding the great American #MiddleClass. ..the other has a loyalty pledge to a con man whose lies cost so many American lives. 1/14
#Democrats will invest in the American heartland and rural communities. 2/14 #DemPartyPlatform #WeAreFarming #rural #DemFuture
#Democrats will make it easier for new and beginning #farmers, aquaculture farmers, ranchers, and foresters, including returning veterans, to start and grow their operations by expanding U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ownership and operating loan programs. 3/14
The 2nd Special Rapporteur on the #RighttoFood, Olivier de Schutter, delivered his final report to the Human Rights Council of the UN General Assembly on 24 Jan 2014. It was titled "The transformative potential of the right to food"
De Schutter's 6-year mandate (2008-2014) coincided with the Global Food Crisis of 2007 - that preceded the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. He visited 13 countries, prepared 10 reports on thematic issues and 2 special reports on the Global Food Crisis - srfood.org
He said:"The #righttofood is the right of every individual, alone or in community w others, to have physical & economic access at all times to sufficient, adequate & culturally acceptable food that is produced & consumed sustainably, preserving access 2 food 4 future generations"
Thread (1/9) Proud of our new report! So many messages distilled for you, by our team @EU_ScienceHub and from a polyphony of #EnergyScenarios. Let the deeper understanding of it mature now. Enjoy its taste !
ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publica… #EUGreenDeal
ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publica… #EUGreenDeal
(2/9) Scenarios achieving 50-56% CO2 reduction by 2030 see total #coal use reduce by 70%, #oil by 25-50% and #naturalgas by up to 25%. The use of total #biomass ranges from limited growth to an increase of up to 60%. All compared to 2017.
As we peel back the layers of an orchestrated movement that serves to protect the ruling classes & the suicidal capitalist system itself, we need to look at Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy. This will be a long & important thread. #FridaysForFinance
The Compact of Mayors officially merged w/ the Covenant of Mayors in 2016. The Global Covenant of Mayors [for Climate and Energy] unites more than 9209 cities (already committed) in 132 countries across 6 continents. This represents the world's largest coalition.
The Board is co-chaired by European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič and former New York City Mayor and U.N. Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Climate Action Michael Bloomberg. Former UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres serves as Vice-Chair.
Flying will be a Major Source of our Global Warming Problems and Is Currently a Great Example for Climate Injustice – so Let‘s Put our Energies here Before it‘s Too Late!
A replik #Thread @SasjaBeslik medium.com/@sasjasocial/f… @transenv @flyingless @Fridays4future @GretaThunberg
A replik #Thread @SasjaBeslik medium.com/@sasjasocial/f… @transenv @flyingless @Fridays4future @GretaThunberg
Let‘s start this thread with the points we agree on @SasjaBeslik:
1 Global warming is a systemic problem and should be addressed first and foremost on a systemic level. Oil companies, airlines, governments and a profit orientated financial and economic system are responsible for the destruction of our planet and for the injustice related to it.
