Alaina Wood

Y'all take our folklore a little too seriously 😮‍💨 @luvlainey (And that only furthers the fetishization of this region) #Appalachia #Appalachian #AppalachianMountains #AppalachianTrail #AppalachianFolklore

A study recently published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters suggests that boiling water then filtering it can remove up to 90% of microplastics – but there is a caveat. The harder the water, the more microplastics can be removed, so if you have soft water, this method removes more like 25% of microplastics. This microplastics removal method works by trapping the plastic particles in calcium carbonate as it solidifies when it is exposed to high temperatures, and then the calcium carbonate-covered microplastics are removed from the water when it is strained through a filter as simple as one used for coffee. Further research is needed to figure out how this microplastics removal method can be deployed at scale and how to improve the removal rate in soft water, but for now you can absolutely boil then filter your own water if you so choose. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateSolutions #Microplastics #MicroplasticRemoval #DrinkingWater

These grandparents in Mexico helped save their community from being destroyed by a hurricane, and it’s all thanks to mangrove trees. David and Ana María Borbón got into mangrove restoration after seeing the impacts that climate change, overfishing, and mangrove deforestation had on their tiny fishing village in Baja California. Now they lead a multi-generational team of over 20 people who have planted and cared for over 1.2 million mangrove trees around. David and Ana María’s work has been so important for the area that when a hurricane made landfall near El Delgadito in 2022, researchers determined that the community would’ve been destroyed if it weren’t for all the mangrove trees surrounding it. Only time will tell if David and Ana María’s work will restore the local fishery, but either way they’ve made a profound positive impact on their environment. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateSolutions #Mangroves #MangroveForest #MangroveRestoration #NatureBasedSolutions #NatureSolutions

Appalachia has been experiencing environmental injustices at the hands of the coal, natural gas, plastics, metals, and weapons manufacturing industries for centuries, yet our plight tends to be ignored by the environmental justice movement due to classist stereotypes. I'm not here to call anyone out – but rather call folks in to listen, learn, and work together with Appalachians because the environmental justice movement will be stronger if we band together with all frontline communities. PS: Ask us about the Battle of Blair Mountain our region’s history with organizing. Appalachian miners were literally bombed by the government for trying to unionize back in 1921 which to this day is still the largest labor uprising in United States history. Our progressive past may have been forgotten by many here, but there are some who remember. I am one of those folks thanks to the endless stories my grandaddy, who left the coal town he grew up in to go work in a plastics factory, told me growing up. #Appalachia #Appalachian #EnvironmentalJustice #EJ #ClimateJustice #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

The European Union has criminalized ecocide which is defined as unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts. Ecocide will be punishable by up to 10 years in prison and/or up to €40 million in fines, and individuals within companies, including CEOs, can be held liable if they were aware of the damage their companies cause. Not every environmental crime is included under this ecocide law, but it does include illegal timber trade, illegal depletion of water resources, pollution caused by ships, conduct causing forest fires, as well as illegal or unreported fishing activity. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice #Ecocide

The connection between corporate greed and climate change is strong, because unfettered capitalism has led to both of these things. The industry at the core of this issue is the fossil fuel industry; their prices dictate the prices for pretty much everything else due to how intertwined their products are with the global economy. That's why we must dismantle the fossil fuel industry’s influence over energy, transportation, manufacturing, and even geopolitics. Nobody said it would be easy, but here are a few ways we as individuals can work together for a better future: Participating in mutual aid, protesting for climate justice, learning how to repair the things you own, demanding your elected officials phase out fossil fuel subsidies, and talking to your friends and family about all of this. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #CorporateGreed #Inflation #Greedflation #Capitalism

I’ve been talking about the need to produce steel without fossil fuels for years because of how it’s used in almost every industry, and now I’m back with some exciting updates! SSAB, the Swedish startup behind the world’s first steel produced without fossil fuels, has been busy testing their product through a series of pilot projects, and they have been so successful that SSAB’s fossil free steel is expected to hit the market in 2026. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateSolutions #ClimateOptimism #FossilFreeSteel

⚠️ IT’S NOT TOO LATE ⚠️ But that doesn’t mean things aren’t dire either. @Kim Steele The largest emitting countries and corporations must start to take drastic action by 2030 if we want to limit warming to 1.5°C or even 2°C, and that will only be possible if they commit to phasing out fossil fuels. That phase out won’t happen overnight, however, it is necessary to start it now because fossil fuels are the main contributor to the climate crisis. Taking action on climate can feel overwhelming, especially if you’re just getting started, so here are three ways you can help: -Committing to vote for pro-climate candidates in all elections moving forward -Participating in the upcoming @Fridays for Future NYC Global Strike For Climate Justice on April 19th -Endorsing the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Link in bio to do all that and check out the accounts below to be more engaged in climate activism – because it’s not too late: @elise joshi, @✨Wawa Gatheru✨, @Sam Bentley, @Action4Climate, @Sunrise Movement, @Greenpeace #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateSolutions #ClimateDoom #EcoAnxiety #FossilFuelTreaty #FridaysForFuture #ClimateJusticeNow

#ad 4/17 🌍 Good Climate News I’ve partnered with @Conservation Int to show you all that conserving nature is not only possible, but actively happening on every continent. So check out Conservation International, and let me know in the comments how climate optimism helps you! 🌳 Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest has decreased 50% over the past year, making it the fourth year in a row the largest tropical rainforest in the world has seen a reduction in deforestation. 🪸 A new study published by researchers in Indonesia and England has shown that restored coral reefs can grow at the same rate as healthy ones in as little as four years. 🐢 Over 100 critically endangered baby hawksbill turtles were released in Timor-Leste in an effort to restore both their populations and coral reefs since hawksbill turtles play a vital role in maintaining reef ecosystems. 🧑‍🌾 Recent research has shown that agro-ecological solutions are better than pesticides at fighting the fall armyworm which has infested crops across Africa. Sources (Linked In Bio): Reuters, Science Daily, Conservation International, Mongabay #GoodClimateNews #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateSolutions #ClimateOptimism #ConservationInternational #Conservation

Replying to @doms0924 I'm reposting this video because I always forget most that people don't know about the Battle of Blair Mountain, the Coal Wars, or how the United States government has a long history of siding with companies over its citizens. #Appalachia #Appalachian #BlairMountain #BattleOfBlairMountain #CoalWars #CoalMiner #Unions

There’s no greenwashing here.. The Alaska Carbon Reduction Fund is helping residents in Juneau trade their oil heaters in for electric heat pumps in an effort to reduce emissions and heating costs. Tourists pay a small fee into the fund whenever booking excursions to visit some of Juneau’s stunning natural wonders, and soon cruise ships and airlines might have to do the same in order to grow the fund. So far 41 heat pumps have been installed thanks to this program, and it’s having a positive impact on the local community – which is what carbon offsetting programs should be doing everywhere. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateSolutions #GreenFee #CarbonOffsets

How do we make electric vehicle batteries more sustainable moving forward? Because it’s not just personal vehicles that use them – buses, trucks, and even some trains use them too. Here are eight of the most viable alternatives to the lithium-ion batteries used in most electric vehicles: ➡️ Graphene batteries ➡️ Aqueous magnesium batteries ➡️ Hydrogen fuel cells ➡️ Solid-state batteries ➡️ Sodium-ion batteries ➡️ Lithium-sulfur batteries ➡️ Recycled lithium-ion batteries ➡️ Cobalt-free lithium-ion batteries This is by no means a comprehensive analysis of electric vehicle batteries, but it’s important to understand that alternatives to lithium-ion batteries exist and we’re going to see many of them be deployed at scale over the next few years. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice #ClimateSolutions #ElectricVehicles #EVs #LithiumIon #EVBattery @Alaina Wood @Alaina Wood

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will require publicly traded companies in the United States to report their emissions, but it doesn’t include around 75% of their emissions. The SEC will require companies to report only on scope 1 and 2 emissions which excludes emissions from suppliers as well as emissions from consumers using and disposing of their products. While this landmark decision could go farther, it is still a long overdue step in the right direction, and California requires similar reporting – meaning there is a legal precedent when companies inevitably try to overturn this new rule. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Climate #ClimateAction #Scope1 #Scope2 #Scope3 #EmissionsReporting

3/6 🌍 Good Climate News 🚗 Ethiopia has announced plans to become the first country in the world to fully ban internal combustion engine vehicles in an effort to reduce air pollution and the amount of money spent on importing fossil fuels. 🌳 Mangrove forest coverage in Pakistan has nearly tripled over the past 30 years thanks to conservation and community efforts. ⛽️ California has announced a plan to phase out fracking across the state which is expected to be formally adopted later this year. 👋 The United Kingdom is leaving a treaty that the fossil fuel industry is using to sue governments over their climate policies. Sources (Linked In Bio): Electrek, KQED, Mongabay, ABC #GoodClimateNews #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateSolutions #ClimateOptimism

#ExxonKnew y’all.. And the list of crimes against humanity ExxonMobil has committed in the name of profit is far too long for a caption on social media, but it’s time we treat Exxon and the rest of the fossil fuel industry like the bad guys they are. They are not on our side nor will they be part of the solution. We must ramp up our efforts to hold them accountable because the fate of our planet depends on it, and they won’t stop until we force them to. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateActivism #EndTheEra #BigOilLies #FossilFuels #BigOil

⚠️GREENWASHING ALERT⚠️ Laundry detergent pods and sheets are wrapped in plastic that doesn’t fully dissolve; it just breaks down into tiny plastic particles. An estimated 20 billion of these Polyvinyl Alcohol, or PVA, pods are sent down the drain each year in the United States alone, and although a strain of bacteria can biodegrade PVA under very specific conditions, it doesn’t exist in the majority of wastewater treatment plants. New York City Councilmember James Gennaro introduced the Pods Are Plastic Bill that would make it illegal to sell both laundry and dishwasher pods and sheets that contain PVA. Check out the link in my bio to send a letter to your representative! #PodsArePlastic #Microplastics #PlasticWaste #PlasticPollution #Greenwashing

We can protect nature by erasing debt 💸 Debt for nature swaps occur when financial institutions and more developed countries refinance less developed country’s loans at lower rates and then use the money saved to invest it directly into conservation and climate resiliency projects there. These swaps are helping fill in the gaps with climate finance because less developed countries are going to need at least $2 trillion a year moving forward for climate projects, and more developed countries are paying into funds to do that like they should. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #DebtForNaure #DebtForNatureSwaps #ClimateFinance #ClimateJustice #ClimateSolutions

4/3 🌍 Good Climate News ⚡️ New England is set to be coal free by 2028 after plans to retire the last two coal plants in the region were announced. 🦋 Aruba is considering amending their constitution to include the rights of nature and the human right to a clean environment. ✊ The Yurok Tribe has become the first indigenous community in the United States to manage land alongside the National Park Service after part of their historic lands were recently returned to them. ✈️ The Dutch airline KLM has been found guilty of greenwashing which has set a precedent in the Netherlands that companies cannot mislead the public about their sustainability initiatives through marketing. Sources (Linked In Bio): Electrek, Inside Climate News, Guardian #GoodClimateNews #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateSolutions #ClimateOptimism

3/27 🌍 Good Climate News 🚘 The United States has finalized stricter emissions standards for vehicles which will prevent billions of tons of emissions and millions of deaths over the next thirty years. 🐋 Fishing is now banned in over 60,000 square miles of ocean near Antarctica in order to protect populations of krill, the food source for many endangered and threatened marine species there. ❌ Cambridge University has banned all new funding from the fossil fuel industry effective immediately with plans to divest all existing fossil fuel funding by 2030 following a student-led activism campaign. 🚴 Denver’s e-bike rebate program is so popular it is eliminating around 170,000 miles of vehicle travel each week, and it sold out of this year’s round of rebates within 8 minutes of the application opening. Sources (Linked In Bio): ABC, Mongabay, Barrons, Grist #GoodClimateNews #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateSolutions #ClimateOptimism

3/13 🌍 Good Climate News 🛰️ A satellite that will exclusively track methane emissions from the oil and gas industry launched into orbit last week. 💄 New Zealand has become the first country in the world to ban PFAS chemicals in cosmetics which will take effect in 2026. 🧑‍⚖️ Chicago has become the latest city to sue the fossil fuel industry in order to pay for both climate damages and action. 💰 Japan has become the first country in the world to issue sovereign bonds for climate action projects with around $13 billion expected to be committed. Sources (Linked In Bio): CBC, Guardian, Chicago Sun Times, DW #GoodClimateNews #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateSolutions #ClimateOptimism