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This hashtag could help get the point across in terms of mass atrocities against human life.
#CarbonBombs as a weapon of mass destruction - the destruction of human life is slower than for atomic bombs and chemical/biological weapons, but just as lethal in terms of #BodyCount s.
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#CarbonBombs are huge oil, gas and coal projects that would drive the climate past internationally agreed temperature limits with catastrophic global consequences.
“Despite the UK’s seemingly ambitious #climate plans, it is astonishing how much money has flowed from UK banks to companies worldwide developing the biggest climate-wrecking and damaging projects since 2016,”
Fatima Eisam-Eldeen, a lead analyst at the Leave It in the Ground Initiative
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Today, I learned about a very interesting project put together by Data For Good and éclaircies: https://www.carbonbombs.org
It explains the concept of #carbonBombs and provides transparent data and visualization about the world's biggest #fossil fuel extraction projects, and their links with #companies and #banks !
It comes with maps, graphs and figures that highlight the 425 fossil fuel projects around the world that will generate more than 1 gigatonne of CO₂ emissions during their lifetime.
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" Environmentalist movement Extinction Rebellion is leading a week-long campaign in the UK targeting the global #insurance industry.
Without insurance cover, drilling for oil and gas would struggle to continue.
“However, what’s really worrying is that they are also insuring new projects that are referred to as #CarbonBombs like the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline,” says Tooze."
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Heraus zum #Klimastreik am 1.März! #WirFahrenZusammen.
Denn die #CarbonBombs ticken weiter während der Atlantik sich verlangsamt und die Polkappen immer schneller schmelzen.
In Bremen geht’s um 10 Uhr am Marktplatz los ➡️ BSAG (Neustadt) und wieder zurück! -
New Study: #FossilFuels Disproportionately Impact #Black, #Brown, #Indigenous, and #Poor Communities Throughout The Supply Chain
#CarbonOffsets, #CapAndTrade, #CCS and Other “#CarbonCentric” Policies Fail to Mitigate Air and Water #Pollution
by Tyler Kruse
June 5, 2023"The study concludes that policies solely focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions without reducing fossil fuel usage could fail to reduce local air and water pollution, fail to alleviate public health harms, and end up perpetuating the racially inequitable impacts of the fossil fuel economy.
WASHINGTON DC (June 5, 2023)–"A new peer-reviewed study details the risks of President Biden’s support for expanded fossil fuel production and exports. Despite campaign promises to take on fossil fuels, Biden has approved massive extraction projects and allowed a surge of crude and LNG exports. Against the backdrop of attacks on environmental justice in Congress – including the recent rollbacks to NEPA in the Fiscal Responsibility Act – and the Supreme Court’s undercutting of the Clean Water Act, the study titled 'Fossil fuel racism in the United States: How phasing out coal, oil, and gas can protect communities' finds that fossil fuels impose unfair and unjust health harms on Black, Brown, Indigenous and poor communities.
"The study identifies the public health harms as well as the disproportionate impacts on communities at each stage of the #coal, #oil, and #gas lifecycles – #extraction, processing, transport, and combustion. It was authored by experts from Greenpeace USA, Salem State University, and Taproot Earth and published in Energy Research & Social Science.
"The publication draws from 200+ academic studies which reveal a consistent pattern: fossil fuel pollution is associated with #asthma, birth complications, #cancer, #respiratory disease, heart conditions, and premature mortality. Black, Brown, Indigenous, and poor communities bear a disproportionate burden of these harms. These same communities are hit hardest by the impacts of the climate crisis.
"Additionally, the study concludes that policies solely focused on reducing #GreenhouseGas emissions without reducing fossil fuel usage could fail to reduce local air and water pollution, fail to alleviate public health harms, and end up perpetuating the racially inequitable impacts of the fossil fuel economy. Black, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, and low-income populations already have an elevated burden of exposure to air pollutants that can harm the respiratory system known as PM2.5, a pattern that is consistent across nearly all emission source types. Poorly designed climate policies could concentrate this pollution in community 'hotspots' even as overall carbon emissions decline.
"Dr. Tim Donaghy, research manager at Greenpeace USA and a co-author of the report, said: 'Fossil fuels harm both the climate and our health and must be phased out as fast as possible. But if our climate policies only focus on reducing carbon, we are missing an opportunity to greatly improve health in impacted communities. Carbon-centric policies being pushed by the oil and gas industry won’t alleviate fossil fuel racism and could worsen it for communities who already bear the brunt of the industry’s pollution. A better approach is to shift the focus to the root cause of both carbon and pollution, which are fossil fuels themselves. Policymakers should explicitly mitigate air and water pollution, advance #EnvironmentalJustice, and meaningfully include historically targeted communities in climate policy-making and implementation.”
"Noel Healy, professor of Geography and Sustainability at Salem State University and co-author of the report, said: 'Alarmingly, Biden is approving new #drilling at a faster rate than the Trump administration. This includes approving '#CarbonBombs' at the #AlaskaWillow and the #LNGAlaskaProject, and recently breaking a major G7 climate promise by financing an #Indonesian #OilRefinery. Continued approval of harmful and #Extractive fossil fuel licenses is a catastrophic climate and public health failure.'
"The study argues that #SystemicRacism enables the fossil fuel industry to avoid paying the true cost of its pollution by passing it on to communities of color. It identifies fossil fuel racism as a subset of environmental racism characterized by the disproportionate and racialized effects of climate change, fossil fuel extraction, transportation, processing, and consumption on Black, Brown, Indigenous, and poor populations.
"The fossil fuel industry is fueling a public health crisis that disproportionately affects communities of color and low-income communities. Healy said: 'We can tackle the #ClimateCrisis, improve public health, and confront systemic racism by phasing out fossil fuels and enacting a #GreenNewDeal.'
"The study makes the following recommendations:
- The U.S. should implement a managed phase out of fossil fuel production to drive absolute pollution reductions in ‘#SacrificeZones’ and to align our policy with 1.5°C pathways.
- Enact a Green New Deal to halt climate change and build a more just and regenerative economy.
- Protect and expand democratic spaces."#EnvironmentalRacism #BigOilAndGas #WaterIsLife #CorporateColonialism
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Wo stecken die dreckigsten #CO2-Schleudern der 🌍?
Spoiler:
2 davon in 🇩🇪, bekannte Ortsnamen: #Garzweiler & #Hambach
🌏sind auch im Bau befindliche eine Gefahr@correctiv_org: "Weltweit gibt es 425 solcher #KohlenstoffBomben, von denen 128 nicht in Betrieb sind – zumindest noch nicht. Werden alle Projekte realisiert, droht der #Klimakollaps."
Hier gibt's interaktive Informationen mit #GtCO2 Angaben:
#CarbonBombs Under Spotlight
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Avez-vous déjà entendu parler des « bombes carbone » ? Ce sont des gisements d'énergies fossiles dont l'exploitation compromet gravement les chances de limiter le réchauffement climatique à 1,5°c ou même à 2°c. 🛢️ 1/
#climate #climatchange #climatecrisis #petrole #charbon #gaz #climat #rechauffementclimatique #environnement #ecologie #energie #totalenergies #banques #carbonbombs
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" #Banks pumped more than $150bn last year into companies whose giant “carbon bomb” projects could destroy the last chance of stopping the planet heating to dangerous levels, the Guardian can reveal. ... Between 2016 and 2022, banks mainly in the #US, #China and #Europe gave $1.8 trillion (!) in financing to the companies running them, new research shows.
The #CarbonBombs – 425 extraction projects that can each pump more than one gigaton of #CarbonDioxide into the #atmosphere – cumulatively hold enough #coal, #oil and #gas to burn through the rapidly dwindling #carbon budget four times over. Between 2016 and 2022, banks mainly in the #US, #China and #Europe gave $1.8tn (!) in financing to the companies running them, new research shows.
The #climate rhetoric did not match up with what was happening on the books, said Shruti Shukla, an energy campaigner at the National Resources Defense Council, which was not involved in the investigation. “We need to rapidly decline our production of fossil fuels and support for fossil fuels, whether that’s regulatory or financial.”
#CO2 #COP28 #ClimateEmergency #Klima #Klimakrise #Capitalism #Kapitalismus #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary #Banks
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Medienberichte zu Klima und Energie, 7./8.12.2022 ( 🧵)
Subventionen für Zerstörung der #Biodiversität –Ziele der #COP15 – Interview mit Inger Andersen – Neue fossile Investitionen – Katars #CarbonBombs – Klimaverschmutzer sollen vor internationalen Strafgerichtshof – Konzept für Klimabildung an Unis – Lobbyismus bei Raffinerieverkauf in Italien – Verfassungsgericht stoppt #Klimafonds nicht #Klimafinanz #Klimadiplomatie #Fossilindustrie #FossileInvestitionen #Katar #Vanuatu #Klimabildung (1/10)
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Medienberichte zu Klima und Energie, 7./8.12.2022 ( 🧵)
Subventionen für Zerstörung der #Biodiversität –Ziele der #COP15 – Interview mit Inger Andersen – Neue fossile Investitionen – Katars #CarbonBombs – Klimaverschmutzer sollen vor internationalen Strafgerichtshof – Konzept für Klimabildung an Unis – Lobbyismus bei Raffinerieverkauf in Italien – Verfassungsgericht stoppt #Klimafonds nicht #Klimafinanz #Klimadiplomatie #Fossilindustrie #FossileInvestitionen #Katar #Vanuatu #Klimabildung (1/10)
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Medienberichte zu Klima und Energie, 7./8.12.2022 ( 🧵)
Subventionen für Zerstörung der #Biodiversität –Ziele der #COP15 – Interview mit Inger Andersen – Neue fossile Investitionen – Katars #CarbonBombs – Klimaverschmutzer sollen vor internationalen Strafgerichtshof – Konzept für Klimabildung an Unis – Lobbyismus bei Raffinerieverkauf in Italien – Verfassungsgericht stoppt #Klimafonds nicht #Klimafinanz #Klimadiplomatie #Fossilindustrie #FossileInvestitionen #Katar #Vanuatu #Klimabildung (1/10)
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Medienberichte zu Klima und Energie, 7./8.12.2022 ( 🧵)
Subventionen für Zerstörung der #Biodiversität –Ziele der #COP15 – Interview mit Inger Andersen – Neue fossile Investitionen – Katars #CarbonBombs – Klimaverschmutzer sollen vor internationalen Strafgerichtshof – Konzept für Klimabildung an Unis – Lobbyismus bei Raffinerieverkauf in Italien – Verfassungsgericht stoppt #Klimafonds nicht #Klimafinanz #Klimadiplomatie #Fossilindustrie #FossileInvestitionen #Katar #Vanuatu #Klimabildung (1/10)