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University of Tasmania's Associate Prof. Booth as leader of Critical Collapse Studies hosts a critical collapse event with Australian collapsologist and co-founder of JustCollapse, Tristan Sykes, and with German Queer political scientist and climate justice advocate, Dr. Tadzio Muller.

Just Collapse: https://justcollapse.org/

Dr Tadzio Mueller: https://steadyhq.com/en/

Kollaps Camp: https://kollapscamp.de/

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/19518954

New research finds the industry’s campaigns to confuse the public about beef’s climate impact go back longer than previously recognized.

https://www.ft.com/content/e61e1348-9ee7-4dd9-b2a8-8d262e26d3e9

Today we're deep-diving into the rise of the "carnivore"-centric wellness trend that has taken social media by storm over the last year. We discuss influencers like Nara Smith, the beef industry's influencer marketing strategies, and whether vegan brands should be worried.

This study aims to expand the understanding of public acceptance of carbon taxes by exploring the role of habits. Habits play a pivotal role in guiding our behaviors and reasoning and can even influence our self perception and identity but remain an underexplored variable in relation to public policy acceptance. We employed a large scale (N > 5200) national survey to measure public acceptance of higher carbon taxation in Sweden, also capturing car driving habits, car usage, and other relevant variables. The findings show that habit strength is negatively correlated with policy acceptance, regardless of self reported driving distance, while also appearing to moderate the relationship between policy acceptance and environmental concern and political leaning, variables previously shown to be of relevance. The study suggests that the influence of habits needs to be recognized to better understand the formation of climate policy acceptance, and exploring this perspective paves the way for future research.

The Bottom Line

Despite widespread consensus on the reality of climate change, misinformation about both the causes and solutions for climate change took hold during the 2024 presidential election. As this type of misinformation continues to impact public discourse, the need for greater media literacy becomes crucial, particularly to counteract the influence of political leaders and foreign-backed campaigns on voter behavior.

For decades, oil and gas magnate Charles G. Koch and his late brother David fought vigorously for environmental deregulation, including by supporting groups that sow doubt about the science of manmade climate change. Foundations linked to Koch gave at least $9.6 billion to 15 Project 2025 groups since 2020. But four of the lesser-known families — Bradley, Scaife, Seid, and Uihlein — gave even more, and all six family fortunes helped to fund Project 2025 groups that have denied the science of manmade climate change.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20824402

Automaker's latest subscription model takes nickel-and-diming to new heights

Maybe EVs are not a comprehensive climate solution??

Maybe EVs are not a comprehensive climate solution??