We really need to stop buying into the argument that #ClimateActivists are "radical" or "destructive". The opposite is true: the nature of the protests have been peaceful and, on the whole, pretty tame.
The idea that, say, sitting on a road is "radical", "extreme" and "criminal" came from a bunch of #FossilFuel aligned think tanks, parroted by the media.
Reject them.
The framing needs to be: Fossil fuel companies are radical, extreme, criminal.
Several Republican representatives have proposed amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act to try to stop the Pentagon’s electrification. The proposals sound so mind-bogglingly dumb that they look like they were written by 19th-century Luddites or the fossil fuel industry itself....
"An alliance of #rightwing groups has crafted an extensive presidential proposal to bolster the planet-heating #oil and #gas industry and hamstring the #EnergyTransition.
#Project2025, was convened by the notorious rightwing, #climate-denying thinktank the Heritage Foundation, which has ties to fossil fuel billionaire Charles Koch."
US citizens: please vote, and organize your friends. It's you against the #FossilFuel industry. The stakes are high.
Unless something drastically changes about hydrogen production, switching from #EV (which in many areas is majority powered by renewables) to hydrogen is basically the same as going back to fossil fuels.
"The [researchers] say the “report reveals how these East Coast #OffshoreWind opponents are not solely local – they are embedded in a network of seasoned #FossilFuel interests and #ClimateDenial think tanks that have perfected obstruction tactics for decades.”
One striking aspect of the anti-OSW network is the sharing of tactics and rhetoric, both in mainstream media and on social networks, said Slevin."
Dear @greenpeace , drop your unscientific opposition to #nuclear power. People seeing this, get that petition signed. It's about damn time that world's most influental environmental group will update their views on nuclear power.
PetroStates of Decline: oil and gas producers face growing fiscal risks as the #EnergyTransition unfolds
– #FossilFuel demand is facing irreversible decline.
– Oil and gas exporting nations are particularly vulnerable to the transition as hydrocarbon revenues weaken.
– Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has accelerated the transition.
– 17 of 40 #petrostates derive over 40% of total government income from the sale of oil and gas.
– Indebtedness among petrostates is increasing
"Republican attorneys general in 19 states have asked the U.S. #SupremeCourt to block several Democratic-led states from pursuing #ClimateChange lawsuits against the oil and gas industry in their own state courts.
The unusual request comes as dozens of states and local governments have filed lawsuits alleging that #FossilFuel companies deceived the public about the risks of their products contributing to climate change."
"A report earlier this week detailed 37.5 billion euros ($40.5 billion) in [#FossilFuel] #subsidies in the #Netherlands, notably related to the shipping industry, prompting calls for a quick halt to the practice.
The report calls on lawmakers to begin phasing out the subsidies before the country’s Nov. 22 general election.
Absolutely inexcusable - "‘Mind-boggling’ #methane#emissions from #Turkmenistan revealed - Leaks of potent greenhouse gas #GHG could be easily fixed, say experts, and would rapidly reduce global heating - Methane leaks alone from Turkmenistan’s two main fossil fuel fields caused more global heating in 2022 than the entire carbon emissions of the UK, satellite data has revealed.
Methane emissions have surged alarmingly since 2007 and this acceleration may be the biggest threat to keeping below 1.5C of global heating, according to scientists. It also seriously risks triggering catastrophic climate tipping points, researchers say.
Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas from the oil- and gas-rich country are “mind-boggling”, and an “infuriating” problem that should be easy to fix, experts have told the Guardian.
The data produced by Kayrros for the #Guardian found that the western fossil fuel field in Turkmenistan, on the #Caspian coast, leaked 2.6m tonnes of methane in 2022. The eastern field emitted 1.8m tonnes. Together, the two fields released emissions equivalent to 366m tonnes of #CO2, more than the UK’s annual emissions, which are the 17th-biggest in the world."
Decarbonising road transport - Lighter vehicles make a big difference
"Currently, a large diesel SUV typically emits a kilogram of CO₂ for every 3 kilometres of driving, compared to 15km for a light electric vehicle and 200 kilometres for an e-bike. An average electric vehicle currently emits 1kg of CO₂ every 7km."
"Australia is on track to miss the net-zero target for 2050 mainly because of the large proportions of fossil-fuelled vehicles and large and heavy passenger vehicles."
#ClimateDiary 31st July 2023 Day after day of storm, wind, rain here, never ending #HeatWave#Floods and #Wildfires elsewhere; new research showing #AMOC#Gulfstream may be much closer to collapse than previously thought. Not a peep from political leaders about any of this. On the contrary: #FossilFuel funded Rishi #Sunak, having praised cars yesterday, today gives go-ahead for 100s of new oil and gas projects. #GTTO it’s a matter of survival 1/3
These companies go out of business and disappear to avoid the cost of of clean up after a well field is closed.
Then the people who ran these "defunct" companies come up with a new name to operate under and start working again for the oil corporations they serve and provide with enough distance from the environmental damage so they, too avoid the cost of clean up.
Clean up is left to the states where oil exploration is conducted. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/abandoned-oil-wells-coast-bays/ #Capitalism#FossilFuel#CorporateGreed
🚨 New research from the #KickBigPollutersOut campaign shows biggest #FossilFuel firms + their trade groups have sent more than 7⃣2⃣0⃣0⃣ lobbyists to 🇺🇳 UN climate talks in the past 20 years.
Carbon pricing would raise trillions needed to tackle #climate crisis, says #IMF
"Diverting the trillions of dollars by which the world subsidises #FossilFuel production each year, and putting an implicit price on #CarbonEmissions, would generate the vast amounts of cash needed to tackle the climate crisis, the head of the International Monetary Fund has said."
"Kenner documented dozens of examples of the oil industry pressuring governments to hold back support for renewable energy, restrict funding for the development of clean technologies and weaken environmental rules that favoured their uptake."
How federal tax dollars meant to fight #ClimateChange could end up boosting #Louisiana’s fossil fuel production
"On the surface, these projects seem beneficial. Keeping carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere prevents the greenhouse gas from fueling climate change. In practice, however, this may lead to a net increase in #FossilFuel production and more emissions.
Louisiana has taken advantage of disasters to boost the fossil fuel industry before."
These subsidies cost Canadian taxpayers at least $6.03 billion, or roughly $214 per taxpayer every year. And unlike the federal #CarbonTax, Canadians don’t get a rebate on this tax. (1/3)
He’s put all his energy into culture wars, not paying doctors and nurses, letting schools crumble and ensuring the #FossilFuel industry can endanger civilisation for decades to come by granting new drilling licenses.
He takes security so ‘seriously’ he appointed Shapps to Defence and ennobled Cameron.
#FossilFuel burning ships carrying fossil fuels need to burn a lot more fossil fuels because a canal dried up by the burning of fossil fuels is in the way of those fossil fuels getting to where they will be burned.
Okay then.
"Liquefied natural gas shippers increasingly are opting to travel up to two weeks longer and almost 6,000 nautical miles further to bypass the #PanamaCanal as transporters of other fuel pay nearly $4 million to jump the long queue."
Republicans try to stop military’s electrification with mind-bogglingly dumb proposals (electrek.co)
Several Republican representatives have proposed amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act to try to stop the Pentagon’s electrification. The proposals sound so mind-bogglingly dumb that they look like they were written by 19th-century Luddites or the fossil fuel industry itself....