shakedown.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A community for live music fans with roots in the jam scene. Shakedown Social is run by a team of volunteers (led by @clifff and @sethadam1) and funded by donations.

Administered by:

Server stats:

257
active users

#nox

0 posts0 participants0 posts today

Transport for London's #ULEZ scheme cleaned London's air:

Gas boilers now biggest source of #AirPollution in central #London, study shows

"The findings highlight the success of transport interventions, such as the London Low Emission Zone and the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), in significantly reducing #NOx emissions from vehicles."

phys.org/news/2025-04-gas-boil
#TfL

Phys.org · Gas boilers now biggest source of air pollution in central London, study showsBy University of York
Replied in thread

@giggls @ulrichkelber naja...

Ich glaube eher dass #Methanol-#Brennstoffzelle langfristig die Lösung wird weil effizienter Elektroantrieb ohne tonnenweise #Konfliktmineralien aus #UnfairTrade und #Raubbau in Form von Akkus!

Devastating Community Health Study on #Drax #WoodPellet Plant

Written by Naya Black, August 7th, 2024

"#GlosterMississippi is a small, rural, mostly Black community in Amite County, Mississippi. It spans 1.8 square miles with around 900 residents. Residents are facing the harsh reality of a median income below $15,000 in 2021.
Introduction of the #AmiteBioEnergy Pellet Plant

"In 2015, Amite BioEnergy, a part of the UK’s #DraxGroup, started making #WoodPellets pellets in Gloster. Industry markets wood pellets as #ecofriendly . They get big subsidies from the #EU to supposedly fight climate change. Drax has a permit to emit up to 25 tons of harmful #AirPollutants and 249 tons of volatile organic compounds (#VOCs) per year. But since 2016, Drax has consistently gone over these limits. Drax even paid a $2.5 million fine for it.

What Types of Pollutants Do Wood Pellet Plants Produce?

"#WoodPelletPlants emit many #AirPollutants , including:

nitrogen oxides (#NOx)
#GreenhouseGas like carbon dioxide, methane, and sulfur dioxide
volatile organic compounds (#VOCs)
particulate matter (#PM) 2.5

"Sleep is critical to health, so 24/7 #NoisePollution is also a concern.

What Are the Short-term Effects of This Air Pollution?

"These air pollutants are harmful to residents breathing them in. They can cause:

coughing
trouble breathing
skin rashes
severe allergic reactions

What Are the Long-term Effects of This Air Pollution?

"The long-term effects of air pollution are #chronic. They’re also much worse than the short-term effects. Some are even life-threatening. Added to the short-term effects, the long-term effects can be:

shortness of breath
nausea
headaches
cardiovascular disease
lung disease
heart attack
stroke"

Read more:
dogwoodalliance.org/2024/08/de

#EnvironmentalRacism #AirPollution #ProfitOverPeople
#CorporateColonialism
#SaveCanadianForests #SaveUKForests #SaveCaliforniaForests #SaveTheForest
#OldGrowthForests #Greenwashing #EnvironmentalActivism
#BigForest #DraxPowerStation

Stick these lines at the top of your noxfile.py:

nox.needs_version = ">=2024.3.2"
nox.options.default_venv_backend = "uv|virtualenv"

And install uv to make install-heavy nox jobs go much faster. You can instead try `-db uv` or setting NOX_DEFAULT_VENV_BACKEND=uv. #python #nox #uv