Whoever thought that it was a good idea to bring the world together at a country whose ideology perpetuates barbarous #HumanRights abuses, its economy is completely dependent on polluting #FossilFuels, and its leadership is headed by a corrupt, misogynistic #ClimateChange denialist oligarch...
A Habitable Earth Can No Longer Afford The Rich – And That Could Mean Me And You
KEVIN ANDERSON
"A few days ago I was commissioned by the energy and environment section editor at The Conversation to elaborate on my contribution to the recent Guardian article, “Who are the polluter elite?”.
After a few minor edits and references, my expanded text was approved and I was advised that it would go online within a few hours. An hour later, the section editor called to tell me, rather awkwardly, that The Conversation’s senior editor had pulled the piece at the last minute, claiming it was “too polemical”. Unfortunately, the senior editor didn’t elaborate on their judgement (or contact me directly), so I can only guess that they were uncomfortable with my direct language and reference to the “generally supine media” – concerns all too easily hidden behind the façade of “too polemical”.
The energy and environment editor, with whom I had very constructively engaged, encouraged me to publish the piece wherever I could. So here is the piece in question as it was to have been published in The Conversation."
A #MontgomeryCounty#CircuitCourt judge signed an order on Nov. 2 imposing #injunctions against six defendants & #pipeline#protesters in a #lawsuit brought by Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), LLC, a joint venture between five fossil fuel companies: Equitrans Midstream Partners, LP, NextEra Energy Capital, Inc., Con Edison Transmission, Inc., WGL Midstream, and RGC Midstream, LLC
The attack on an oil refinery in the Krasnodar region was a special operation of the SBU. The Afipsky oil refinery, which supplied fuel to Russian troops, was attacked by two SBU drones. Expensive equipment was reportedly damaged.
Ukrainian #Naftogaz plans to stop the transit of Russian gas to Europe after the expiration of the contract in 2024, the chairman of the board Oleksiy Chernyshov said .
According to him, Ukraine is ready to give up gas transit, but does not want to deceive partners from the EU. Requests from European companies regarding the need to continue transit have not yet been received.The EU plans to completely abandon Russian gas by 2027.
#FossilFuelsKill. But corrupt politicians didn't get that we will have a clean planet one way or another. There's options:
we ditch one criminal industry - fossil fuels - to curb #ClimateChange, and get to keep most of all other industries and our societies intact.
or
we keep burning #FossilFuels, let that single industry manipulate everyone, and the #planet will destroy, not only the fossil fuel industry, but also all other industries and our societies.
"Six young people are preparing to appear at the #European court of #HumanRights to try to compel 32 nations to rapidly escalate their #emissions reductions in the world’s largest #climate legal action to date.
Aged from 11 to 24, the six #Portuguese claimants, say they were driven to act by their experiences in the #wildfires that ripped through the Leiria region in 2017, killing 66 people and destroying 20,000 hectares of #forest"
*Never forget this CEO wanker worked for #Exxon prior & has a long history of promoting rampant #ecocide & is OK continuing to carry out more #CrimesAgainstHumanity 🤑
In just two weeks, we're gearing up for the highly anticipated State of the Union (SOTEU) address.
Every September President von der Leyen takes the spotlight before the European Parliament to reflect on our accomplishments and unveil the exciting agenda that lies ahead.
Join us for the landmark annual event at the political heart of our Union!
The EU must stop subsidising fossil fuels now. You've had 30 years, we're running out of time.
Stop using our taxes to pay oligarchs who burn down the planet. Use those funds to boost green energy instead. Anything else is nothing short of criminal.
Greta Thunberg: “I don’t want your hope. I don’t want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act. I want you to act as if you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if the house was on fire, because it is.”
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"If you fly from Paris to Barcelona the #airline not only pays no VAT, but is also exempt from kerosene #tax. If you make the same journey by #train, the rail company will pay an #energy tax and passenger #VAT. This means higher costs for the company which are usually reflected in ticket prices."
"in most cases the symptoms are flu-like aches and pains so most people would not think to trouble their doctors if they felt unwell. But the disease is not always mild. The worst outbreak so far in #Europe was in Romania, when 800 suspected cases resulted in 17 deaths."
“I am a major investor here in the [#UK]... If I see this country steering itself over a cliff backing #FossilFuel, I am going to start pulling out. I will push my #investments over to North America … I must invest where I know I have proper #leadership, not leadership which is on a clickbait cycle.”
Commute in #Beijing not going well. Stephen McDonnell/BBC: "I hope nobody inside these cars washing down an overflowing river near #Beijing’s west fifth ring road. They appear to have been washed off the collapsed bridge. Heavy driving rain and flooding causing havoc across northern #China." #wx#ChinaWx#ExtremeWeather#flooding
Out of all the polluting things people do that also hurt themselves, the most puzzling one is parents driving expensive petrol and diesel cars and flying.
How can you raise #children but actively destroy their health and livable future?
I just don't get it. It's even worse than parents who smoke around their children.
And some parents spend a fortune in their child's education but destroy their future with avoidable #AirPollution.
Why is no one getting arrested for murdering people and destroying #Italy??????
"Seven people have died in the past 24 hours as two extreme weather events split Italy between #wildfires in the south and violent #storms in the north.
#Fires in #Sicily caused the temporary closure of #Palermo airport after temperatures in the city climbed to 47C on Monday."