🌎 CAT Newsletter #14 - 2020-03-31 🌏
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Hello CATs!
Iâve recently learned that the word crisis derives from the Greek krisis which means âdecisionâ. And while COVID-19 is a very immediate and urgent crisis at the moment and everyone is making a lot of decisions based on it, we all know that the climate crisis should be treated with the same immediacy, urgency and thoughtful decision making. Letâs keep up the conversations around the climate with our family, friends and colleagues â talk about solutions, bring up Earth Day (#d-earth-week (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CT3E44K6D) ) and maybe Earth Hour (https://www.earthhour.org/) if you participated in it on Saturday. Get people together to makes smart decisions and act for the earth in April or get involved with our CAT Earth Month (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C4J8RQ2J3/p1585053882257500) plans.
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Short < 1 mins Sign (https://www.change.org/p/leavenoonebehind-prevent-the-corona-catastrophe-now-also-at-the-external-borders) this petition on change.org to urge the European Commission & EU governments to prevent a COVID-19 catastrophe in refugee camps.
Long > 10 mins Help (https://discourse.climateaction.tech/t/pandemic-x-green-new-deal/67) persuade politicians who would normally be hostile to any subsidies, let alone targetted ones, that they should support a Green New Deal.
ð¼ Jobs & Opportunities
Tech Jobs for Good / Open Positions (https://techjobsforgood.com/) Tech Jobs for Good is a hiring platform for organizations focused on addressing social & environmental issues. Helps you find tech jobs at mission-driven companies around the US. ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1585255755001300) to this conversation on Slack
CleanTech Open’s Accelerator (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1585061911005800) Calling Clean Technology Startups and Entrepreneurs! Learn about CleanTech Open’s Accelerator and annual academy kicking off in May - VIRTUAL! We welcome startups from anywhere in the US, Canada and overseas. When: Mar 24, 2020 08:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1585061911005800) to this conversation on Slack
Volunteers needed for the Effective Actions Wiki (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17TfA_0NH8VOlFRs1D_craePYQ27pna_IMFMQZ9oLvm0/edit#slide=id.g7f50a9aa64_0_0) The #EffectiveActions wiki will be a platform for capturing, validating & rapidly sharing effective actions during Covid19 (& could be pivoted to climate after the pandemic). ð¬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1585306932005100) to this conversation on Slack
ð° News Highlights
Edge to Cloud: Building the Tesla Virtual Power Plant (https://www.infoq.com/news/2020/03/tesla-vpp/) Tesla engineers discuss the Tesla Virtual Power Plant and how the software theyâre building is tackling some of the hardest problems in distributed systems and in renewable energy. The Tesla Virtual Power Plant (VPP) is a modern example of a cloud-native architecture that heavily leverages edge computing.
Coronavirus Slashed Global Air Pollution. This Interactive Map Shows How (https://earther.gizmodo.com/coronavirus-slashes-global-air-pollution-interactive-m-1842473790) The covid-19 pandemic has changed the world, grinding to a halt increasingly large geographic areas and portions of the economy in an effort to slow the virusâ spread.
atmosfair - effective climate protection through COâ compensation (https://www.atmosfair.de/de/) For climate protection reasons, avoiding COâ should take priority over other measures wherever possible. If COâ emissions cannot be avoided, at least measures should be taken to reduce emissions as much as possible. Atmosfair offsets unavoidable emissions for you in high-quality CDM Gold Standard climate protection projects.
March commercial traffic down 10% below 2019 so far (https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/march-commercial-traffic-down-10-below-2019-so-far/) Global commercial air traffic tracked by Flightradar24 is now 10% lower in March 2020 compared to 2019. This week has seen a sharp decrease in commercial flights as airlines begin parking their fleets and operating minimum services or none at all.
‘Holy Crap This Is Insane’: Citing Coronavirus Pandemic, EPA Indefinitely Suspends Environmental Rules (https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/27/holy-crap-insane-citing-coronavirus-pandemic-epa-indefinitely-suspends-environmental) “The EPA uses this global pandemic to create loopholes for destroying the environment. This is a schoolbook example for what we need to start looking out for.”
Great Barrier Reefâs latest bleaching confirmed by marine park authority (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/26/great-barrier-reefs-latest-bleaching-confirmed-by-marine-park-authority) Severity of damage has increased, with areas spared in previous years experiencing moderate or severe bleaching. The government agency responsible for the Great Barrier Reef has confirmed the natural landmark has suffered a third mass coral bleaching episode in five years, describing the damage as âvery widespreadâ.
EPA suspends enforcement of environmental laws amid coronavirus (https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/489753-epa-suspends-enforcement-of-environmental-laws-amid-coronavirus) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a sweeping suspension of its enforcement of environmental laws Thursday, telling companies they would not need to meet environmental standards during the coronavirus outbreak.
Climate change: ‘Gob-smacking’ vision for future UK transport (https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52064509) People in the UK need to shift from cars to public transport to address the challenge of climate change, the government says. You made it to the end! ðPlease share & forward this newsletter to a friend Feedback (https://app.slack.com/client/T4HLEQA3F/CLRPE39NX/thread/C4J8RQ2J3-1568299902.131900) ⢠Subscribe (https://tech.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=08b8a799dd414ce9163cf3474&id=97c1d5f785) ⢠Join CAT (https://climateaction.tech/#join)
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