Half of the world’s carbon emissions come from just 36 companies, according to a recent analysis. Countries worldwide have been battling to decarbonise their economies by investing in renewable energy and clean tech, moving away from fossil fuels, an…
The largest and most infamous corruption scandal of the last decade began with a criminal investigation into the operations of Brazil’s largest corporation: Petrobras.
Wondering why Trump has been making such a big deal about Ukraine's rare earth metals? Minerals that are potentially available, at best, 10 years down the road. And at worst, may not be commercially viable to mine at all, considering none have been mined, to date, and all knowledge of their existence is based on 50 year old geological surveys done by the USSR.
One reason, according to Antonia Juhasz, is that it's actually a FOSSIL FUEL SHAKEDOWN.
People need to know about the anti-science and pseudoscience promoted by the meat industry, especially the cow meat industry, to hide the non-slaughter horrors of their bloody industry.
<💬> Jacquet, a professor of environmental science and policy at the University of Miami, noted that the 2006 UN report represented an inflection point, not only making the public aware of livestock’s climate impact, but putting the industry on notice that it could potentially be targeted for regulation. The report said that livestock’s climate emissions—which come from converting forests to pasture, growing feed, methane-emitting cow burps and manure storage—were about 18 percent of the global total, more even than the transportation sector. </💬>
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"The American Beef Industry Understood Its Climate Impact Decades Ago"
People need to know about the anti-science and pseudoscience promoted by the meat industry, especially the cow meat industry, to hide the non-slaughter horrors of their bloody industry.
<💬> Jacquet, a professor of environmental science and policy at the University of Miami, noted that the 2006 UN report represented an inflection point, not only making the public aware of livestock’s climate impact, but putting the industry on notice that it could potentially be targeted for regulation. The report said that livestock’s climate emissions—which come from converting forests to pasture, growing feed, methane-emitting cow burps and manure storage—were about 18 percent of the global total, more even than the transportation sector. </💬>
<💬> In 1989—the year after NASA’s James Hansen famously told Congress that climate change posed a global threat—the Environmental Protection Agency held a workshop focusing on methane emissions from livestock and, soon after, published a report, “Reducing Methane Emissions from Livestock.” The report said that livestock were a major source of methane and estimated that a 50 percent decrease in global emissions from livestock would yield huge benefits for stabilizing this especially potent greenhouse gas. Tucked into an appendix was the following suggestion: “Reducing methane emissions from ruminants should be pursued as part of an overall investigation into alternatives for reducing future global warming and its impacts.” </💬>
<💬> Jacquet and her co-authors note that representatives from the meat and dairy industry attended the 1989 EPA workshop, including a member of the National Cattlemen’s Association. Several months and a handful of planning meetings later, the association, which is the country’s biggest beef lobby and now known as the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, or NCBA, developed a “Strategic Plan on the Environment” to counter anticipated public relations problems or regulations related to climate change. The plan included suggestions to reach out to “key influencers” with research and positive messaging about the industry’s environmental benefits. </💬>
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<💬> In a separate study, published this week, Jacquet and another University of Miami researcher, Loredana Loy, trace the meat industry’s efforts to derail advocacy groups’ attempts to persuade the public to eat less meat as a climate strategy. These attempts include the Beyond Beef campaign and others, including Diet for a New America and Meatless Monday. </💬>
<💬> The study says the livestock industry took a different approach than the oil and gas industry, which tried to convince the public it was only continuing to develop fossil fuels because consumers called for them. The livestock industry, on the other hand, tried to convince consumers that their dietary choices would make no difference. </💬>
"The reason I made the analogy between #FossilFuels & Nuclear Bomb #NonProliferation is because there was a time in our history where stockpiling nuclear weapons was considered what kept us safe. And that shifted over a decade, in no small part because of the campaign for nuclear treaties."
Here’s how #France is preparing for 4C of #globalheating by #2100 Unveiled third national #climate adaptation plan 10 March, outlining dozens of measures to protect citizens in a possible 4C by 2100 scenario France is aiming to reach #carbon neutrality by 2050, having already seen its emissions drop by 20% since 2017. But even if #netzero is achieved by mid-century, scientists still predict temperatures in the country will climb by at least 4C by 2100 due to #fossilfuels. euronews.com/green/2025/03/11/…
Temperature anomalies by latitude band in February 2025. Pay close attention to the magnitude of this warmth in the #Arctic (x-axis). This is really jaw-dropping.
[Latitude = y-axis (not scaled by distance). Data from NASA GISS (GISTEMPv4) using a 1951-1980 climate baseline]
#350pdx Rumble on the River Community Forum: The False Promise of “Renewable” Fuels March 20, 5:30 - 8:30 pm Havurah Shalom (825 NW 18th Ave) #ClimateAction #FossilFuels #Portland
Featuring a sneak-peak of a new documentary by Barbara Bernstein, “Chasing Chimeras”
Rumble on the River Community Forum: The False Promise of “Renewable” Fuels In place of our usual March Action Night on 3rd Thursdays, we are partnering with our comrades to […]
FFS, CBC. The story is not that LNG is wildly popular at a #fossilfuels convention in Texas. The story is that Danielle Smith is at that convention looking for investors to fund LNG in Alberta for Kevin O'Leary's proposed $70 billion AI data centre which he says she has promised him she can authorize. Because AI needs the massive amounts of electricity which LNG could provide.
U.S. President Donald Trump has cast a covetous gaze at Greenland. But why? In an interview, Greenland expert Paul Bierman explains why the exploitation of natural resources on the island is difficult, expensive and has generally not been profitable.#DonaldTrump #NaturalResources #FossilFuels #World
With apparent support for airport expansion and fossil fuel exploration, it may look as if the party’s leaders are abandoning climate pledges, but it’s just pantomime, says writer Richard Power Sayeed
"An ethics of probability tends to crowd out an ethics of possibility."
"A technocratic approach can also be self-defeating in policy terms. Render the future too concrete and it becomes harder to think about far-reaching structural change. In the language of the anthropologist Arjun Appadurai, an ethics of probability tends to crowd out an ethics of possibility. Moreover, the precision of targets can make failures more glaring, as goals are missed and deadlines pass.This weakens commitment in adversity – a point made by sympathetic critics of a climate agenda centred on “hitting the carbon numbers”. Arguably one of the preconditions of radical politics is an element of imprecision. The anticolonial thinker and activist Frantz Fanon once warned of the “curious cult of detail” that could afflict the scientific mindset in politics, causing its bearer to lose sight of the bigger picture: “Thus, if a local defeat is inflicted, he may well be drawn into doubt, and from thence to despair.”" Jonathan White >>
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"An ethics of probability tends to crowd out an ethics of possibility."
"A technocratic approach can also be self-defeating in policy terms. Render the future too concrete and it becomes harder to think about far-reaching structural change. In the language of the anthropologist Arjun Appadurai, an ethics of probability tends to crowd out an ethics of possibility. Moreover, the precision of targets can make failures more glaring, as goals are missed and deadlines pass.This weakens commitment in adversity – a point made by sympathetic critics of a climate agenda centred on “hitting the carbon numbers”. Arguably one of the preconditions of radical politics is an element of imprecision. The anticolonial thinker and activist Frantz Fanon once warned of the “curious cult of detail” that could afflict the scientific mindset in politics, causing its bearer to lose sight of the bigger picture: “Thus, if a local defeat is inflicted, he may well be drawn into doubt, and from thence to despair.”" Jonathan White >> theguardian.com/commentisfree/… #nature #biodiversity #GBF #BeanCounting #governance #technocracy #science #ecology #mindset #NaturePositive #offsets #ClimateBreakdown #ParisAgreement #targets #FossilFuels #WayofLife #ethics #reflection #change
The centre left’s failure has left a vacuum that’s been filled by those offering hope, rather than a technocratic status quo, says the LSE’s Jonathan White
Electricity demand in the United States is rising faster than it has in decades. For years, power use remained steady due to efficiency improvements and shifts in industrial activity. However, recent changes have increased demand significantly.
Airborne Hazards Smoke pollution from pile burning, bushfires and burn pits
Push for Australia to recognise toxic burn pits in Afghanistan as cause of cancer in soldiers >> abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/bur…
Airborne Hazards and Burn Pit Exposures (US) "Open air pits used to burn several waste products, including, but not limited to: chemicals, paint, medical and human waste, metal/aluminum cans, munitions, petroleum and lubricant products, plastics and Styrofoam, rubber, wood, and food waste."
Pile burning in rural NSW "Burning of cut and stacked vegetation is referred to as a pile burn." The piles often also contain waste materials. >>
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Airborne Hazards Smoke pollution from pile burning, bushfires and burn pits
Push for Australia to recognise toxic burn pits in Afghanistan as cause of cancer in soldiers >> abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/bur…
Airborne Hazards and Burn Pit Exposures (US) "Open air pits used to burn several waste products, including, but not limited to: chemicals, paint, medical and human waste, metal/aluminum cans, munitions, petroleum and lubricant products, plastics and Styrofoam, rubber, wood, and food waste."
Pile burning in rural NSW "Burning of cut and stacked vegetation is referred to as a pile burn." The piles often also contain waste materials. >> rfs.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/p…
Black Summer bushfire smoke "Before summer's end, 33 people had lost their lives, more than 3,000 homes had been destroyed, and more than 17 million hectares of land had been burnt, devastating lives and regional economies. Many cities and towns were blanketed in smoke with air quality ranking amongst the worst in the world.">> apsc.gov.au/state-service/stat…
While America has recognised that military burn pits used in Afghanistan can cause cancer and other illnesses in soldiers, Australia has not accepted it.
Faisons de la lutte face aux #EnergiesFossiles , une lutte solidaire, promotrice de perspectives émancipatrices, contre le fascisme & toutes les oppressions ✊✊🏿✊🏾
Climate Change a mere “side effect” and a “trade-off” of fossil fuel awesomeness, says Trump admin.
This takes me back 25 years, when economic models(*) used to calculate the “optimal trade-off” was to cause more climate change than had occurred since the ice age.
Of course there are “trade-offs”, but they involve catastrophic risks!
The United States has pulled out of two key international climate finance initiatives, limiting support for developing nations facing climate disasters and slowing efforts to transition away from coal.Chico Harlan reports for The Washington Post.
#Educators : Your #pension shouldn’t fund climate destruction. While severe #weather worsens, TIAA keeps investing billions in #fossilfuels — fueling the #climatecrisis. But here’s the thing: We have the #power to change that. Follow us to join educators taking action and demanding #TIAAdivest. Together, we will win.
"The work I'm doing globally now to try & help create international cooperation, standing up to the #FossilFuels industry & getting countries to acknowledge that reducing production is essential for a #FossilFuelPhaseout, honestly, it wouldn't exist without the experiences I had in Alberta."
What remains of the mask finally falls away: "To applause from oil and gas executives, Chris Wright said natural gas was preferable to renewable energy and climate change was a 'side effect of building the modern world.'"
That raises some legal questions about whether Wright's statement amounts to accepting responsibility for civil claims that may arise in relation to injuries resulting from climate change-driven influences. Damage payouts could then be seen as merely an insurable 'cost of doing business' (if any insurer decides the risk is acceptable).
To applause from oil and gas executives, Chris Wright said natural gas was preferable to renewable energy and climate change was a “side effect of building the modern world.”
#SCOTUS rejected a bid by 19 #Republican states led by Alabama to block 5 Democratic-led states from pursuing lawsuits accusing major #oil companies of deceiving the public about the role #FossilFuels have played in causing #ClimateChange.
The justices declined to hear a case filed directly w/the #SupremeCourt by Republican state AGs that took aim at cases brought in various state courts against companies including Exxon Mobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Shell & BP.
A federal auction model that helped the country add more than 130 gigawatts of renewables projects over the past decade is under threat of circumvention.
