June 16, 2020

🌎 CAT Newsletter #25 - 2020-06-16 🌏

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Dear CATs,

A few weeks ago I (Sandra (https://app.slack.com/team/UM9T8D71B) ) attended a panel discussion titled “Climate Justice: Identity, History and Power”. The speakers talked about the 27 principles of climate justice (http://www.ejnet.org/ej/bali.pdf) as documented during the 1992 Earth Summit and how climate change and inequalities are intrinsically linked. They then stressed that we can’t solve injustices one at a time. We have to solve them all together.

Which brings me to the fact that Black Lives Matter Is More Than a Trend (https://open.spotify.com/episode/35NFoSRDJGlMNMPJ4QKDAI?si=bZDIapCOT5iBFEJiCYC9mg) (👈 link to the latest Yikes Podcast ep). And with Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈 to I think I’d like to take today to acknowledge, celebrate and support [see orgs to donate to in the thread] the intersection of the two movements: The Stonewall riots (https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/stonewall-uprising-50-years-lgbt-history) marked a turning point for the LGTBQIA+ movement worldwide. Lesbians and trans women of colour were some of the key people involved in the act of resistance (more about Marsha P. Johnson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsha_P._Johnson) ). At the same time, the Revolutionary People’s Constitutional Convention (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_People%27s_Constitutional_Convention) became a key moment in history in which activists from Black Power, feminist and gay liberation movements came together, saw common cause and learned from each other.

The climate crisis doesn’t take place in a vacuum. It’s interwoven with our history and the world we live in today. In our next #d-cat-salon (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C0144BR1CSX) discussion we will talk about climate as part of the broader movements happening today.

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🎤 Podcasts The latest climate-related podcast episodes.

Making transport cleaner w/ Natalia Peralta Silverstone from Octopus Electric Vehicles (https://theclimatefix.com/episodes/making-transport-cleaner-w-natalia-peralta-silverstone-from-octopus-electric-vehicles) 📅 June 10, 2020 Octopus Electric Vehicles are one of the UK’s leading providers of electric vehicles. In this episode, I speak to Natalia Peralta Silverstone about how Octopus EV are working hard to make transport cleaner in the UK. TheClimateFix.com (https://theclimatefix.com/)

16: S2E16: Can we cure concrete’s emissions problem?—w/ Rob Niven of CarbonCure (https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change/S2E16-Can-we-cure-concretes-emissions-problem-w-Rob-Niven-of-CarbonCure-ef5fl6)

📅 June 09, 2020 Concrete is an incredibly useful and highly resilient building material. And with population growth and urbanization, we are on pace to double everything we’ve ever built in the next 40 years. At the same time, concrete production accounts for as much as 8% of global emissions. So, how can we continue to reap the benefits of concrete in a way that complies with our climate goals? The Reversing Climate Change Podcast with NORI (https://nori.com/reversing-climate-change)

Degrowth & The European Green New Deal w/ Riccardo Mastini, PhD Candidate In Political Ecology (https://www.youvebeenwarmed.com/episodes/degrowth-the-european-green-new-deal-w-riccardo-mastini-phd-candidate-in-political-ecology) 📅 June 10, 2020 Today I’m joined by Riccardo Mastini - a PhD candidate in Political Ecology and Ecological Economics to discuss degrowth & climate change, the European Green New Deal and much more. You’ve Been Warmed (https://www.youvebeenwarmed.com/)

177: Q&A (http://www.sustainababble.fish/?p=1069)

📅 June 14, 2020 You asked, so we filibustered, obfuscated and prevaricated. That’s right, just 177 episodes in we’ve dared to switch from ‘broadcast’ to ‘dialogue’ with the babble army, actively soliciting questions from our band of wise and forgiving listeners. Sustainababble (http://www.sustainababble.fish/)

1. The Head and The Heart of Radical Leadership with Kumi Naidoo and Lindsay Levin (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/56-the-head-and-the-heart-of-radical-leadership-with-kumi-naidoo-and-lindsay-levin) 📅 June 12, 2020 This week, something a little different! For our conversation, we are joined by South African Environmental and Human Rights Activist, Kumi Naidoo. Kumi is best know for his time running GreenPeace International and Amnesty International, two massive organizations that get at the heart of enacting justice in all it’s forms around the world. We talk about what kind of leadership is needed in our search for environmental and racial justice. And our main guest this week is Lindsay Levin, CEO of Leaders’ Quest. Lindsay has dedicated her life and her work to reshaping what leadership looks like through vulnerability, listening, and doing the work of searching ourselves to find our collective humanity. Outrage! + Optimism (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/)

WILL CLIMATE MATTER IN THE ELECTION? (https://climateone.org/audio/will-climate-matter-election) 📅 June 12th, 2020 With America in turmoil amid protests and a pandemic, is anyone still thinking about climate in this November’s election? “There is a climate voter right now,” says Jeff Nesbit, Executive Director of Climate Nexus. “Our polls have shown it, lots of other polls have shown it, even now in the middle of this pandemic and what’s going on in the streets.” Climate One (https://climateone.org/watch-and-listen/podcasts)

📰 News Highlights

Homes to be heated by warm water from flooded mines (https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52963645) Burning coal has contributed to the over-heating of our planet. But can abandoned British coal mines help tackle the climate crisis?

Britain goes coal free as fossil fuels edged out (https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52973089) Britain is about to pass a significant landmark - at midnight on Wednesday, it will have gone two full months without burning coal to generate power.

Episode 8 - Climate Change (https://jonandthefuturenauts.podbean.com/e/episode-8-climate-change/) It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Humanity stands at a crossroads. The mighty forces of progress have lifted billions out of poverty. Energy has lit and warmed (or cooled) our homes and powered us overland, sea and into the air. We grow enough food to feed 10 billion people. And for the first time ever in history the internet is poised to connect every single person on the planet. Together. As one. What could possibly go wrong?

Russia Declares Emergency After Arctic Oil Spill (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/world/europe/russia-oil-spill-arctic.html) The leak of more than 20,000 tons of diesel in Siberia, said to be one of the country’s worst such accidents, turned a river crimson and was heading for the ocean.

BP to cut 10,000 jobs by year end | LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/news/bp-to-cut-10000-jobs-by-year-end-4866252/) BP plans to cut almost 10,000 jobs by the end of the year, the company announced on Monday. The majority of the people affected are in office-based jobs, CEO Bernard Looney wrote in a note to employees shared on LinkedIn. The oil giant will reduce its workforce by approximately 15% as a result of the global drop in demand for oil, as well as the company’s shift towards renewable energy. BP, which employs 70,100 people globally, had paused redundancies during the peak of the pandemic.

Assam: Well catches fire on fourteenth day of gas leak (https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/assam/assam-gas-leak-well-catches-fire-on-fourteenth-day-of-gas-leak-6450613/lite/) While locals have said that many houses have burnt in the Baghjan village, the authorities said that the fire has not spread.

Making transport cleaner w/ Natalia Peralta Silverstone from Octopus Electric Vehicles | The Climate Fix (https://theclimatefix.com/episodes/making-transport-cleaner-w-natalia-peralta-silverstone-from-octopus-electric-vehicles) Octopus Electric Vehicles are one of the UK’s leading providers of electric vehicles. In this episode, I speak to Natalia Peralta Silverstone about how Octopus EV are working hard to make transport cleaner in the UK.

Environmentalists Targeted Exxon Mobil. Then Hackers Targeted Them. (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/nyregion/exxon-mobil-hackers-greenpeace.html) Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are investigating a global hacker-for-hire operation that sent phishing emails to environmental groups, journalists and others.

An almost perfectly efficient light-activated catalyst for producing hydrogen from water (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01455-w) Efforts to make hydrogen from water directly using sunlight have been hampered by the inefficiency of the catalysts that promote the process. A model system demonstrates that almost perfectly efficient catalysts can be made.

Britain breaks record for coal-free power generation (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/28/britain-breaks-record-for-coal-free-power-generation) Coal-fired plants have not contributed to electricity grid for 18 consecutive days

Renewables surpass coal in US energy generation for first time in 130 years (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/03/renewables-surpass-coal-us-energy-generation-130-years) ‘We are seeing the end of coal,’ says analyst as energy source with biggest impact on climate crisis falls for sixth year in a row

Tree planting on the up in England (https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/2020/06/12/tree-planting-on-the-up-in-england/) This blog explores the Forestry Commission’s recently published statistics on tree planting. The total area of new planting of woodland in England, including both Government and non-Government support, has increased by 54% since last year

Google is tracking sustainable raw materials. Will fashion buy in? (https://www.voguebusiness.com/sustainability/google-is-tracking-sustainable-raw-materials-wwf) Google is partnering with WWF on a platform that fashion brands can use to analyse its sourcing of raw materials.

Electric plane certified by EU regulator in world-first (https://www.euractiv.com/section/aviation/news/electric-plane-certified-by-eu-regulator-in-world-first/) The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) granted this week an electric aircraft worldwide certification to operate, in what the regulator hailed as a massive step forward in battery-powered flight.

Fast-growing mini-forests spring up in Europe to aid climate (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/13/fast-growing-mini-forests-spring-up-in-europe-to-aid-climate) Miyawaki forests are denser and said to be more biodiverse than other kinds of woods

Climate Hope (https://flipboard.com/@boxabirds/climate-hope-nbtn85vqz?from=share) Learn about the good things that are being done about the climate crisis to inspire you to positive action but not complacency.

The Climate Change Emergency Hackathon (https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/climate-change-emergency-hackathon) On 31 January and 1 February, Ofgem and Valtech held a hackathon to explore how data can be used to tackle the climate change emergency.

The costly collateral damage from Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite fleet (https://theconversation.com/the-costly-collateral-damage-from-elon-musks-starlink-satellite-fleet-138553?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=89478091&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–kfziGT-y_CBRKXONCid60O91I8dRtO4W6KACh0edNBzSehRS-llHcWHy9rAniv2nnFYUzrIMSKyM8KobEy-wm6GqcHg) By 2025 Elon Musk wants to launch 12,000 satellites and corner the global Internet market. What will be lost is earth-based astronomy, the idea that space belongs to us all and the beauty of a starry sky.

💼 Jobs & Opportunities

Senior Product Designer (https://jobs.lever.co/remix/6cb574e3-c02a-460e-a9e6-9a821a252b7a) About us Remix’s mission is to help build more livable cities. Our software helps city planners understand their communities and design transportation systems that serve them. We’ve partnered with over 325 cities across 18 countries on 4 continents — and were continually seeking to grow our impact around the world. Urban planning impacts everything from economic mobility to CO2 emissions, and our platform (demo) empowers local governments to transform their transit systems, reshape their streets, explore and understand their data, and implement new mobility options to better serve their communities. We are passionate about design, our company was founded by designers (our CEO, Tiffany) and we’re a Designer Fund company. About this role As a Product Designer at Remix, you will drive the product experience from inception through execution. You will take a key role in leading our product platform, collaborating closely with product managers, engineers, and other cross-functional team 💬 Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1591827734304100) to this conversation on Slack

Climate.Careers (https://climate.careers/) For employers that want to become full Members to gain access to our Talent Database, featured jobs, recruiting services, etc, we’ll donate your first month of dues to organizations working on racial+climate justice. 💬 Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1591893896312100) to this conversation on Slack

Stem Careers (https://stem-openhire.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobsearch) This is an opportunity to be part of a world-class team at the nexus of two of the most exciting developments in energy today—big, real-time data and energy storage. Stem sells an automated, turnkey, price-responsive system to C&I customers that lowers their electricity bill and requires no change to their operations. The Stem system combines predictive analytics and advanced energy storage with a high fidelity software user interface. By buffering spikes in energy usage, Stem also reduces the impact of the C&I customer on the utility grid and enables better grid citizenship. Through innovation in technology and financing, our goal is to optimize the relationships between energy providers and consumers. 💬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1591980894318200) to this conversation on Slack You made it to the end! 🎉Please 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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