#Starlink is deliberately de-orbiting older satellites to ‘burn up’ in the pristine upper atmosphere.

‘Burn up’ actually means ‘leave a bunch of metal vapour in the upper atmosphere’.

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Before the first Starlink launches began in 2019, only about 40 to 50 satellites re-entered per year. SpaceX just brought down ten years' worth in only six months, adding an estimated 15,000 kilograms of aluminum oxide to the upper atmosphere.
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Scientists are only just studying what this may do to the atmosphere (and life on earth). Early indications are not good.

People should be *really* worried about this and keep an eye out for future updates. Especially given the #USA seems to be turning into a lawless joke.

Cc @sundogplanets

#Satellite #Pollution #Musk

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Dutton goes full Trump on climate, energy and industry as Albanese sets May 3 election date

reneweconomy.com.au/dutton-goe…

#Australia #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Dutton goes full Trump on climate, energy and industry as Albanese sets May 3 election date | RenewEconomy

There was a moment in Peter Dutton's pitch to voters when the full Trumpian catastrophe of his climate, energy and industry policies should have been exposed.

^{Giles Parkinson (RenewEconomy)}

This is funny… and sickening… 🤮

#Plastic #Pollution

Snowless winter in Himalayas – another sign of climate change

Lack of snow could mean water shortages for millions across Asia

rfa.org/english/news/environme…

#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate #Himalayas

Snowless winter in Himalayas – another sign of climate change

Lack of snow could mean water shortages for millions across Asia.

^{By Subel Rai Bhandari and Tenzin Pema for RFA Tibetan (Radio Free Asia)}

#Thailand - Bangkok council passes bill making all buses electric

> The Bangkok Metropolitan Council (BMC) has passed an ordinance on electric passenger buses to reduce #pollution. The law will make all buses in Bangkok #ElectricVehicles (#EVs) within 7 years and make #Bangkok's air cleaner.
prachataienglish.com/node/1064… #SouthEastAsia #TootSEA

Bangkok council passes bill making all buses electric 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Council (BMC) has passed an ordinance on electric passenger buses to reduce pollution. The law will make all buses in Bangkok electric vehicles (EVs) within 7 years and make Bangkok's air cleaner.

^{Prachatai English}

The link between climate change and serious and organised crime is complex. On one hand, criminals infiltrate legal businesses and organisations aimed at protecting the environment. On the other hand, criminal activities such as wildlife trafficking and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, but also illicit drug production, counterfeiting of goods, and several types of fraud have direct and indirect
environmental impacts

europol.europa.eu/publications… #ClimateEmergency #pollution #environment