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  1. Una delegazione di Parents, Fridays, Mothers e ‘potenziali’ nuovi attivisti è partita per la val di Susa per il seminario con Luca Mercalli.

    Buon lavoro a tutti, sarà sicuramente un’esperienza molto intensa e di valore.

    #Parents4Future #fridays4future #mothersRebellion #climateActivism #lucaMercalli
    @ambiente

  2. A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a youth climate case against the US federal government's fossil fuel policies.

    If you're discussing this case, Lighthiser v. Trump, in your classroom and community, we have resources to put this climate litigation case in context for you. 1/3 👇

    insideclimatenews.org/news/030

    #CurrentEvents #Climate #ClimatePolicy #ClimateAction #ClimateActivism #ClimateLitigation #USNews #LighthiserVTrump,

  3. A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a youth climate case against the US federal government's fossil fuel policies.

    If you're discussing this case, Lighthiser v. Trump, in your classroom and community, we have resources to put this climate litigation case in context for you. 1/3 👇

    insideclimatenews.org/news/030

    #CurrentEvents #Climate #ClimatePolicy #ClimateAction #ClimateActivism #ClimateLitigation #USNews #LighthiserVTrump,

  4. kqed.org/science/2001099/patag

    Patagonia Sued Pattie Gonia. Now Fans Want the Company to Back Down
    Patagonia’s $1 lawsuit against drag artist Pattie Gonia over a trademark dispute has garnered online backlash.
    May 28, 2026
    by Ezra David Romero

    #PattieGonia #Patagonia #ClimateChange #ClimateActivism #Drag #RainbowWashing #LGBTQ #Pride #PrideMonth

  5. kqed.org/science/2001099/patag

    Patagonia Sued Pattie Gonia. Now Fans Want the Company to Back Down
    Patagonia’s $1 lawsuit against drag artist Pattie Gonia over a trademark dispute has garnered online backlash.
    May 28, 2026
    by Ezra David Romero

    #PattieGonia #Patagonia #ClimateChange #ClimateActivism #Drag #RainbowWashing #LGBTQ #Pride #PrideMonth

  6. Truncheons and price caps are two top-down mechanisms to try to control the mob – the stick and the carrot. But they have to be understood to come after people have already refused to pay the price supermarkets demand of them.

    freedomnews.org.uk/2026/05/28/

    #autoReduction #Capitalism #climateactivism #directaction #frombelow #proletarianshopping #shoplifting

  7. Truncheons and price caps are two top-down mechanisms to try to control the mob – the stick and the carrot. But they have to be understood to come after people have already refused to pay the price supermarkets demand of them.

    freedomnews.org.uk/2026/05/28/

    #autoReduction #Capitalism #climateactivism #directaction #frombelow #proletarianshopping #shoplifting

  8. "Salire in montagna da Luca Mercalli"
    un'iniziativa di Parents For Future, Fridays For Future e Mothers* Rebellion.
    Dettagli in locandina e nel testo ALT, iscrizioni aperte!
    #climateactivism #climateaction #lucaMercalli #clima #ambiente #montagna
    @ambiente

  9. "Salire in montagna da Luca Mercalli"
    un'iniziativa di Parents For Future, Fridays For Future e Mothers* Rebellion.
    Dettagli in locandina e nel testo ALT, iscrizioni aperte!
    #climateactivism #climateaction #lucaMercalli #clima #ambiente #montagna
    @ambiente

  10. Environmental Activists Say the FBI May Be Investigating Them

    The goal is to intimidate, says an expert, but “intimidation and repression tend to actually mobilize more people.”

    murica.website/2026/03/environ

  11. Read George's story, how he became a climate and social activist after quitting his job as a pilot for Ryan air.

    George is also vegan.

    In his interview he shares how he has been receiving pressure from people in the Aviation industry to keep his mouth shut...

    ethosandempathy.org/en/2024/12

    #flightfree #staygrounded #nofly #ryanair #pilot #formerpilot #vegan #socialjustice #climateactivism

  12. Climate activism in 2018: "I'm taking short showers twice a week so I don't take a lot of water away from nature."

    Climate activism in 2026: "I'm leaving all taps on at all time so I take a lot of water away from AI."

    #ClimateJustice #ClimateActivism #AI #LLMMeAlone #NoAI

  13. Climate activism in 2018: "I'm taking short showers twice a week so I don't take a lot of water away from nature."

    Climate activism in 2026: "I'm leaving all taps on at all time so I take a lot of water away from AI."

    #ClimateJustice #ClimateActivism #AI #LLMMeAlone #NoAI

  14. 🚨 We all knew this would be coming... Don't like polluters? TOUGH SHIT! You're under arrest!!!

    #FBI #Counterterrorism Agents Spent Weeks Seeking a #ClimateActivist — Then Showed Up at His Door

    The visit suggests a possible FBI probe into #ExtinctionRebellionNYC as the Trump administration increases surveillance of #activist groups.

    Jacqueline Sweet, February 12 2026

    Excerpt: "Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, at least one of whom works on counterterrorism, went to the home of a former member of a #ClimateActivism group for questioning last week, potentially signaling a new escalation in the Trump administration’s promise to criminalize #nonprofits and #ActivistGroups as #DomesticTerrorists.

    "Two FBI agents, one from New York’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, told a former member of Extinction Rebellion NYC they wanted to ask him about the group at his home upstate on Friday, an attorney for the group told The Intercept. The visit followed a prior attempt to reach him at his old address.

    "The FBI’s apparent probe of Extinction Rebellion NYC comes as the Justice Department ramps up its surveillance of activists protesting immigration enforcement and the Trump administration creates secret lists of domestic enemies under Trump’s National Security Presidential #Memorandum7, or #NSPM7.

    " 'I believe this to be a significant escalation of the criminal legal system against #XR and find it very troubling,' said Ron Kuby, the Extinction Rebellion attorney. 'This is usually the way we find out an actual investigation is underway and is often followed by other visits and other actions.'

    "The former Extinction Rebellion member, who asked to remain anonymous out of fear for his safety, said that the visit came after a phone call in January from a special agent that he assumed was a scam.

    " 'I was skeptical the phone call was really from the FBI, but after I declined to speak with the agent, she said that she was standing outside my door,' he said. She was actually at the activist’s former address, which he said made him additionally dubious. But last week, when the agents showed up at his current address, he said he saw the agent’s business card through his door."

    Read more:
    theintercept.com/2026/02/12/fb

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/4Nq3X

    #USPol #ExtinctionRebellion #CriminalizingDissent #AntiProtestLaws #EPAFail #Polluters #Corporatocracy #CorporateColonialism #Oligarchy #EnvironmentalActivists #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife #NoMiningWithoutConsent #ResistFascism #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Orwellian #ThoughtCrime #BigBrother #NineteenEightyFour #SilencingDissent #SilencingFreeSpeech #CorporationsAreTheRealTerrorists

  15. 🚨 We all knew this would be coming... Don't like polluters? TOUGH SHIT! You're under arrest!!!

    #FBI #Counterterrorism Agents Spent Weeks Seeking a #ClimateActivist — Then Showed Up at His Door

    The visit suggests a possible FBI probe into #ExtinctionRebellionNYC as the Trump administration increases surveillance of #activist groups.

    Jacqueline Sweet, February 12 2026

    Excerpt: "Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, at least one of whom works on counterterrorism, went to the home of a former member of a #ClimateActivism group for questioning last week, potentially signaling a new escalation in the Trump administration’s promise to criminalize #nonprofits and #ActivistGroups as #DomesticTerrorists.

    "Two FBI agents, one from New York’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, told a former member of Extinction Rebellion NYC they wanted to ask him about the group at his home upstate on Friday, an attorney for the group told The Intercept. The visit followed a prior attempt to reach him at his old address.

    "The FBI’s apparent probe of Extinction Rebellion NYC comes as the Justice Department ramps up its surveillance of activists protesting immigration enforcement and the Trump administration creates secret lists of domestic enemies under Trump’s National Security Presidential #Memorandum7, or #NSPM7.

    " 'I believe this to be a significant escalation of the criminal legal system against #XR and find it very troubling,' said Ron Kuby, the Extinction Rebellion attorney. 'This is usually the way we find out an actual investigation is underway and is often followed by other visits and other actions.'

    "The former Extinction Rebellion member, who asked to remain anonymous out of fear for his safety, said that the visit came after a phone call in January from a special agent that he assumed was a scam.

    " 'I was skeptical the phone call was really from the FBI, but after I declined to speak with the agent, she said that she was standing outside my door,' he said. She was actually at the activist’s former address, which he said made him additionally dubious. But last week, when the agents showed up at his current address, he said he saw the agent’s business card through his door."

    Read more:
    theintercept.com/2026/02/12/fb

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/4Nq3X

    #USPol #ExtinctionRebellion #CriminalizingDissent #AntiProtestLaws #EPAFail #Polluters #Corporatocracy #CorporateColonialism #Oligarchy #EnvironmentalActivists #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife #NoMiningWithoutConsent #ResistFascism #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Orwellian #ThoughtCrime #BigBrother #NineteenEightyFour #SilencingDissent #SilencingFreeSpeech #CorporationsAreTheRealTerrorists

  16. Climate Protesters Face Greater Risk of Crackdown Amid Rising Authoritarianism

    A new study found that vilifying protestors in public and through the media has been key to state repression tactics.

    murica.website/2025/12/climate

  17. Climate Protesters Face Greater Risk of Crackdown Amid Rising Authoritarianism

    A new study found that vilifying protestors in public and through the media has been key to state repression tactics.

    murica.website/2025/12/climate

  18. #German #ClimateActivist faces expulsion from #Austria after ban

    AFP Apr 7, 2025, Updated Apr 8, 2025

    "Austria has banned a German climate activist for two years, she said on Monday, adding she would fight the decision, which could see her expelled from the Alpine EU member.

    "#AnjaWindl, who has been living in Austria for seven years, became known for her #protests against #ClimateChange, including glueing herself on streets to stop #traffic with the #LastGeneration group.

    "In a decision Windl received last week, the Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum issued the two-year ban, giving her one month to leave the country.
    "The ban was issued after the German activist was found to pose a 'danger for the #PublicOrder and security', according to the decision seen by AFP.

    " 'This is highly problematic from a democratic perspective,' Windl, a 28-year-old psychology #student, told AFP, adding she would appeal the ban.

    " 'We are moving toward civilisational #collapse, and instead of holding those responsible accountable, it is those who have peacefully advocated for the preservation of our livelihoods" who are targeted, she said.

    "Her lawyer, Ralf Niederhammer, said he did not know of any other political activist being banned from Austria. Windl faces no criminal charges, he added."

    Read more:
    homenewshere.com/national/news

    #CriminalizingDissent #TrafficInterference #CriminalizingProtest #ClimateActivism #AntiProtestLaws #GermanyPol #GermanAntiProtestLaws #Authoritarianism #Fascism #StudentProtesters #ClimateCatastrophe

  19. #German #ClimateActivist faces expulsion from #Austria after ban

    AFP Apr 7, 2025, Updated Apr 8, 2025

    "Austria has banned a German climate activist for two years, she said on Monday, adding she would fight the decision, which could see her expelled from the Alpine EU member.

    "#AnjaWindl, who has been living in Austria for seven years, became known for her #protests against #ClimateChange, including glueing herself on streets to stop #traffic with the #LastGeneration group.

    "In a decision Windl received last week, the Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum issued the two-year ban, giving her one month to leave the country.
    "The ban was issued after the German activist was found to pose a 'danger for the #PublicOrder and security', according to the decision seen by AFP.

    " 'This is highly problematic from a democratic perspective,' Windl, a 28-year-old psychology #student, told AFP, adding she would appeal the ban.

    " 'We are moving toward civilisational #collapse, and instead of holding those responsible accountable, it is those who have peacefully advocated for the preservation of our livelihoods" who are targeted, she said.

    "Her lawyer, Ralf Niederhammer, said he did not know of any other political activist being banned from Austria. Windl faces no criminal charges, he added."

    Read more:
    homenewshere.com/national/news

    #CriminalizingDissent #TrafficInterference #CriminalizingProtest #ClimateActivism #AntiProtestLaws #GermanyPol #GermanAntiProtestLaws #Authoritarianism #Fascism #StudentProtesters #ClimateCatastrophe

  20. Tido was one of the most inspiring lecturers I was lucky to work with on #CMIP6ArcticBootcamp - worth a watch.
    fediscience.org/@nextgems_eu/1
    @nextgems_eu - 📽️ Tido Semmler @awi Polar and Marine Research, discusses critical role of effective #ScienceCommunication in context of politics + #ClimateCrisis. 🌍 + need to bridge the gap between scientific findings, society + political action. ⚖️
    ▶️ buff.ly/4cRIc3h
    #H2020 #ClimateScience #ClimateModelling #ClimateActivism #ScientistsForFuture

  21. ICYMI - from 2019:

    VERIFY: does Gov. #JanetMills' brother have ties to #CMPCorridor project?

    NEWS CENTER #Maine verifies #PeterMills' involvement in the CMP corridor.

    July 3, 2019

    "In the last year, we have been bombarded with questions and concerns surrounding the #CMP transmission line project.

    "Most recently, some of those concerns from you at home have shifted to Governor Janet Mills' support behind the project -- more specifically, if her brother, Peter Mills, has any ties to the corridor or if he has anything to gain from it.

    "To verify these claims, NEWS CENTER Maine spoke with Peter Mills himself and referenced these public documents -- 'The Memorandum of Understanding between Central Maine Power Company and Western Mountains and Rivers Corporation'.

    Here's what we found out.

    "Mills does currently sit on the board of a charitable non-profit called Western Mountains and Rivers Corporation, an organization established back in 2017.

    "He admits the non-profit has ties to CMP and the corridor project, but he says it's a very specific partnership.

    "'The purpose of the corporation was to negotiate with #CentralMainePower and possibly #HydroQuebec to see to it that they would put together terms to mitigate in a public and charitable way, to mitigate for the impact of the power line if it were built.' says Mills. [I've seen this tactic before -- with #MaineTurnpikeAuthority donations to non-profits affected by #highway expansion]

    "Public documents detail this agreement between the two entities, which includes CMP's requirement to provide $250,000 dollars to the non-profits trust fund; for start-up costs and other proceedings.

    "It has been used to hire an #attorney to represent the interests of the #corporation in the #Legal proceedings before the #PUC and #LERK and the #DEP, and in negotiating for any mitigation terms including the creation of land rights of way in the #KennebecValley." says Mills."

    Read more:

    #MainePolitics #ClimateActivism #CorporateColonialism #CorporateFascism #Nepotism
    #MaineTribes #Mining #GorhamSpur #GorhamConnector #SaveSmilingHillFarm #NoCMPCorridor

  22. ICYMI - from 2019:

    VERIFY: does Gov. #JanetMills' brother have ties to #CMPCorridor project?

    NEWS CENTER #Maine verifies #PeterMills' involvement in the CMP corridor.

    July 3, 2019

    "In the last year, we have been bombarded with questions and concerns surrounding the #CMP transmission line project.

    "Most recently, some of those concerns from you at home have shifted to Governor Janet Mills' support behind the project -- more specifically, if her brother, Peter Mills, has any ties to the corridor or if he has anything to gain from it.

    "To verify these claims, NEWS CENTER Maine spoke with Peter Mills himself and referenced these public documents -- 'The Memorandum of Understanding between Central Maine Power Company and Western Mountains and Rivers Corporation'.

    Here's what we found out.

    "Mills does currently sit on the board of a charitable non-profit called Western Mountains and Rivers Corporation, an organization established back in 2017.

    "He admits the non-profit has ties to CMP and the corridor project, but he says it's a very specific partnership.

    "'The purpose of the corporation was to negotiate with #CentralMainePower and possibly #HydroQuebec to see to it that they would put together terms to mitigate in a public and charitable way, to mitigate for the impact of the power line if it were built.' says Mills. [I've seen this tactic before -- with #MaineTurnpikeAuthority donations to non-profits affected by #highway expansion]

    "Public documents detail this agreement between the two entities, which includes CMP's requirement to provide $250,000 dollars to the non-profits trust fund; for start-up costs and other proceedings.

    "It has been used to hire an #attorney to represent the interests of the #corporation in the #Legal proceedings before the #PUC and #LERK and the #DEP, and in negotiating for any mitigation terms including the creation of land rights of way in the #KennebecValley." says Mills."

    Read more:

    #MainePolitics #ClimateActivism #CorporateColonialism #CorporateFascism #Nepotism
    #MaineTribes #Mining #GorhamSpur #GorhamConnector #SaveSmilingHillFarm #NoCMPCorridor

  23. ICYMI - from 2019:

    VERIFY: does Gov. #JanetMills' brother have ties to #CMPCorridor project?

    NEWS CENTER #Maine verifies #PeterMills' involvement in the CMP corridor.

    July 3, 2019

    "In the last year, we have been bombarded with questions and concerns surrounding the #CMP transmission line project.

    "Most recently, some of those concerns from you at home have shifted to Governor Janet Mills' support behind the project -- more specifically, if her brother, Peter Mills, has any ties to the corridor or if he has anything to gain from it.

    "To verify these claims, NEWS CENTER Maine spoke with Peter Mills himself and referenced these public documents -- 'The Memorandum of Understanding between Central Maine Power Company and Western Mountains and Rivers Corporation'.

    Here's what we found out.

    "Mills does currently sit on the board of a charitable non-profit called Western Mountains and Rivers Corporation, an organization established back in 2017.

    "He admits the non-profit has ties to CMP and the corridor project, but he says it's a very specific partnership.

    "'The purpose of the corporation was to negotiate with #CentralMainePower and possibly #HydroQuebec to see to it that they would put together terms to mitigate in a public and charitable way, to mitigate for the impact of the power line if it were built.' says Mills. [I've seen this tactic before -- with #MaineTurnpikeAuthority donations to non-profits affected by #highway expansion]

    "Public documents detail this agreement between the two entities, which includes CMP's requirement to provide $250,000 dollars to the non-profits trust fund; for start-up costs and other proceedings.

    "It has been used to hire an #attorney to represent the interests of the #corporation in the #Legal proceedings before the #PUC and #LERK and the #DEP, and in negotiating for any mitigation terms including the creation of land rights of way in the #KennebecValley." says Mills."

    Read more:

    #MainePolitics #ClimateActivism #CorporateColonialism #CorporateFascism #Nepotism
    #MaineTribes #Mining #GorhamSpur #GorhamConnector #SaveSmilingHillFarm #NoCMPCorridor

  24. ICYMI - from 2019:

    VERIFY: does Gov. #JanetMills' brother have ties to #CMPCorridor project?

    NEWS CENTER #Maine verifies #PeterMills' involvement in the CMP corridor.

    July 3, 2019

    "In the last year, we have been bombarded with questions and concerns surrounding the #CMP transmission line project.

    "Most recently, some of those concerns from you at home have shifted to Governor Janet Mills' support behind the project -- more specifically, if her brother, Peter Mills, has any ties to the corridor or if he has anything to gain from it.

    "To verify these claims, NEWS CENTER Maine spoke with Peter Mills himself and referenced these public documents -- 'The Memorandum of Understanding between Central Maine Power Company and Western Mountains and Rivers Corporation'.

    Here's what we found out.

    "Mills does currently sit on the board of a charitable non-profit called Western Mountains and Rivers Corporation, an organization established back in 2017.

    "He admits the non-profit has ties to CMP and the corridor project, but he says it's a very specific partnership.

    "'The purpose of the corporation was to negotiate with #CentralMainePower and possibly #HydroQuebec to see to it that they would put together terms to mitigate in a public and charitable way, to mitigate for the impact of the power line if it were built.' says Mills. [I've seen this tactic before -- with #MaineTurnpikeAuthority donations to non-profits affected by #highway expansion]

    "Public documents detail this agreement between the two entities, which includes CMP's requirement to provide $250,000 dollars to the non-profits trust fund; for start-up costs and other proceedings.

    "It has been used to hire an #attorney to represent the interests of the #corporation in the #Legal proceedings before the #PUC and #LERK and the #DEP, and in negotiating for any mitigation terms including the creation of land rights of way in the #KennebecValley." says Mills."

    Read more:

    #MainePolitics #ClimateActivism #CorporateColonialism #CorporateFascism #Nepotism
    #MaineTribes #Mining #GorhamSpur #GorhamConnector #SaveSmilingHillFarm #NoCMPCorridor

  25. ICYMI - from 2019:

    VERIFY: does Gov. #JanetMills' brother have ties to #CMPCorridor project?

    NEWS CENTER #Maine verifies #PeterMills' involvement in the CMP corridor.

    July 3, 2019

    "In the last year, we have been bombarded with questions and concerns surrounding the #CMP transmission line project.

    "Most recently, some of those concerns from you at home have shifted to Governor Janet Mills' support behind the project -- more specifically, if her brother, Peter Mills, has any ties to the corridor or if he has anything to gain from it.

    "To verify these claims, NEWS CENTER Maine spoke with Peter Mills himself and referenced these public documents -- 'The Memorandum of Understanding between Central Maine Power Company and Western Mountains and Rivers Corporation'.

    Here's what we found out.

    "Mills does currently sit on the board of a charitable non-profit called Western Mountains and Rivers Corporation, an organization established back in 2017.

    "He admits the non-profit has ties to CMP and the corridor project, but he says it's a very specific partnership.

    "'The purpose of the corporation was to negotiate with #CentralMainePower and possibly #HydroQuebec to see to it that they would put together terms to mitigate in a public and charitable way, to mitigate for the impact of the power line if it were built.' says Mills. [I've seen this tactic before -- with #MaineTurnpikeAuthority donations to non-profits affected by #highway expansion]

    "Public documents detail this agreement between the two entities, which includes CMP's requirement to provide $250,000 dollars to the non-profits trust fund; for start-up costs and other proceedings.

    "It has been used to hire an #attorney to represent the interests of the #corporation in the #Legal proceedings before the #PUC and #LERK and the #DEP, and in negotiating for any mitigation terms including the creation of land rights of way in the #KennebecValley." says Mills."

    Read more:

    #MainePolitics #ClimateActivism #CorporateColonialism #CorporateFascism #Nepotism
    #MaineTribes #Mining #GorhamSpur #GorhamConnector #SaveSmilingHillFarm #NoCMPCorridor

  26. Despite local opposition and a statewide vote, the #CMPCorridor through #Maine's #NorthWoods is getting pushed through! #PeterMills, head of the #MaineTurnpikeAuthority and brother of #JanetMills, is on the board of a corporation involved in the project! Nothing to see here, eh? No wonder MTA has no problem destroying woods, streams and farmland here in southern #Maine!

    #CMPCorridor Proposal: A Bad Deal for Maine

    "In April 2023, a Cumberland County jury ruled in CMP’s favor during a court case that very likely will decide the future of the company’s controversial transmission corridor. The decision was based on technical legal issues and not on the merits of whether or not this was a good project for Maine.

    "We are disappointed with the outcome and remain sharply focused on achieving a just and equitable clean energy future that works for all Mainers.

    "Maine has already shown there’s a better path forward than the CMP corridor. A path focused on regional collaboration and centered in Maine’s pragmatic approach to solving problems.

    "Mainers are pursuing home-grown clean energy sources, like the #KingPineWindProject in Aroostook County that will deliver new and verifiable reductions in pollution rather than a shell game that shifts existing energy for maximum profit.

    "#MaineVoters got it right when they overwhelmingly passed a referendum rejecting the CMP corridor because it’s a bad deal for Maine and a bad deal for our climate.

    "#NRCM is honored to stand with youth #ClimateJustice activists, tribes in Maine and Canada, people across western Maine who rely on a vibrant outdoor recreation economy, and many others in opposing the CMP corridor. Thank you to everyone who partnered with us on this hard-fought campaign."

    Top 4 Reasons NRCM Opposes the Corridor:

    - Won’t reduce climate-changing pollution, and may actually increase it.
    - Cuts 53 miles of new transmission lines through undeveloped #forests in Maine’s #NorthWoods, harming brook trout, deer, other #wildlife, and the tourism economy.
    - Jeopardizes the construction of new in-state #RenewableEnergy projects and creation of clean energy jobs.
    - Generates billions of dollars of profit for CMP and #HydroQuebec while offering very little to Maine people and businesses.

    Read more:
    nrcm.org/programs/climate/prop

    #MainePolitics #ClimateActivism #CorporateColonialism #CorporateFascism #Nepotism #MaineTribes #Mining #GorhamSpur #GorhamConnector

  27. Despite local opposition and a statewide vote, the #CMPCorridor through #Maine's #NorthWoods is getting pushed through! #PeterMills, head of the #MaineTurnpikeAuthority and brother of #JanetMills, is on the board of a corporation involved in the project! Nothing to see here, eh? No wonder MTA has no problem destroying woods, streams and farmland here in southern #Maine!

    #CMPCorridor Proposal: A Bad Deal for Maine

    "In April 2023, a Cumberland County jury ruled in CMP’s favor during a court case that very likely will decide the future of the company’s controversial transmission corridor. The decision was based on technical legal issues and not on the merits of whether or not this was a good project for Maine.

    "We are disappointed with the outcome and remain sharply focused on achieving a just and equitable clean energy future that works for all Mainers.

    "Maine has already shown there’s a better path forward than the CMP corridor. A path focused on regional collaboration and centered in Maine’s pragmatic approach to solving problems.

    "Mainers are pursuing home-grown clean energy sources, like the #KingPineWindProject in Aroostook County that will deliver new and verifiable reductions in pollution rather than a shell game that shifts existing energy for maximum profit.

    "#MaineVoters got it right when they overwhelmingly passed a referendum rejecting the CMP corridor because it’s a bad deal for Maine and a bad deal for our climate.

    "#NRCM is honored to stand with youth #ClimateJustice activists, tribes in Maine and Canada, people across western Maine who rely on a vibrant outdoor recreation economy, and many others in opposing the CMP corridor. Thank you to everyone who partnered with us on this hard-fought campaign."

    Top 4 Reasons NRCM Opposes the Corridor:

    - Won’t reduce climate-changing pollution, and may actually increase it.
    - Cuts 53 miles of new transmission lines through undeveloped #forests in Maine’s #NorthWoods, harming brook trout, deer, other #wildlife, and the tourism economy.
    - Jeopardizes the construction of new in-state #RenewableEnergy projects and creation of clean energy jobs.
    - Generates billions of dollars of profit for CMP and #HydroQuebec while offering very little to Maine people and businesses.

    Read more:
    nrcm.org/programs/climate/prop

    #MainePolitics #ClimateActivism #CorporateColonialism #CorporateFascism #Nepotism #MaineTribes #Mining #GorhamSpur #GorhamConnector

  28. Despite local opposition and a statewide vote, the #CMPCorridor through #Maine's #NorthWoods is getting pushed through! #PeterMills, head of the #MaineTurnpikeAuthority and brother of #JanetMills, is on the board of a corporation involved in the project! Nothing to see here, eh? No wonder MTA has no problem destroying woods, streams and farmland here in southern #Maine!

    #CMPCorridor Proposal: A Bad Deal for Maine

    "In April 2023, a Cumberland County jury ruled in CMP’s favor during a court case that very likely will decide the future of the company’s controversial transmission corridor. The decision was based on technical legal issues and not on the merits of whether or not this was a good project for Maine.

    "We are disappointed with the outcome and remain sharply focused on achieving a just and equitable clean energy future that works for all Mainers.

    "Maine has already shown there’s a better path forward than the CMP corridor. A path focused on regional collaboration and centered in Maine’s pragmatic approach to solving problems.

    "Mainers are pursuing home-grown clean energy sources, like the #KingPineWindProject in Aroostook County that will deliver new and verifiable reductions in pollution rather than a shell game that shifts existing energy for maximum profit.

    "#MaineVoters got it right when they overwhelmingly passed a referendum rejecting the CMP corridor because it’s a bad deal for Maine and a bad deal for our climate.

    "#NRCM is honored to stand with youth #ClimateJustice activists, tribes in Maine and Canada, people across western Maine who rely on a vibrant outdoor recreation economy, and many others in opposing the CMP corridor. Thank you to everyone who partnered with us on this hard-fought campaign."

    Top 4 Reasons NRCM Opposes the Corridor:

    - Won’t reduce climate-changing pollution, and may actually increase it.
    - Cuts 53 miles of new transmission lines through undeveloped #forests in Maine’s #NorthWoods, harming brook trout, deer, other #wildlife, and the tourism economy.
    - Jeopardizes the construction of new in-state #RenewableEnergy projects and creation of clean energy jobs.
    - Generates billions of dollars of profit for CMP and #HydroQuebec while offering very little to Maine people and businesses.

    Read more:
    nrcm.org/programs/climate/prop

    #MainePolitics #ClimateActivism #CorporateColonialism #CorporateFascism #Nepotism #MaineTribes #Mining #GorhamSpur #GorhamConnector

  29. Despite local opposition and a statewide vote, the #CMPCorridor through #Maine's #NorthWoods is getting pushed through! #PeterMills, head of the #MaineTurnpikeAuthority and brother of #JanetMills, is on the board of a corporation involved in the project! Nothing to see here, eh? No wonder MTA has no problem destroying woods, streams and farmland here in southern #Maine!

    #CMPCorridor Proposal: A Bad Deal for Maine

    "In April 2023, a Cumberland County jury ruled in CMP’s favor during a court case that very likely will decide the future of the company’s controversial transmission corridor. The decision was based on technical legal issues and not on the merits of whether or not this was a good project for Maine.

    "We are disappointed with the outcome and remain sharply focused on achieving a just and equitable clean energy future that works for all Mainers.

    "Maine has already shown there’s a better path forward than the CMP corridor. A path focused on regional collaboration and centered in Maine’s pragmatic approach to solving problems.

    "Mainers are pursuing home-grown clean energy sources, like the #KingPineWindProject in Aroostook County that will deliver new and verifiable reductions in pollution rather than a shell game that shifts existing energy for maximum profit.

    "#MaineVoters got it right when they overwhelmingly passed a referendum rejecting the CMP corridor because it’s a bad deal for Maine and a bad deal for our climate.

    "#NRCM is honored to stand with youth #ClimateJustice activists, tribes in Maine and Canada, people across western Maine who rely on a vibrant outdoor recreation economy, and many others in opposing the CMP corridor. Thank you to everyone who partnered with us on this hard-fought campaign."

    Top 4 Reasons NRCM Opposes the Corridor:

    - Won’t reduce climate-changing pollution, and may actually increase it.
    - Cuts 53 miles of new transmission lines through undeveloped #forests in Maine’s #NorthWoods, harming brook trout, deer, other #wildlife, and the tourism economy.
    - Jeopardizes the construction of new in-state #RenewableEnergy projects and creation of clean energy jobs.
    - Generates billions of dollars of profit for CMP and #HydroQuebec while offering very little to Maine people and businesses.

    Read more:
    nrcm.org/programs/climate/prop

    #MainePolitics #ClimateActivism #CorporateColonialism #CorporateFascism #Nepotism #MaineTribes #Mining #GorhamSpur #GorhamConnector

  30. Despite local opposition and a statewide vote, the #CMPCorridor through #Maine's #NorthWoods is getting pushed through! #PeterMills, head of the #MaineTurnpikeAuthority and brother of #JanetMills, is on the board of a corporation involved in the project! Nothing to see here, eh? No wonder MTA has no problem destroying woods, streams and farmland here in southern #Maine!

    #CMPCorridor Proposal: A Bad Deal for Maine

    "In April 2023, a Cumberland County jury ruled in CMP’s favor during a court case that very likely will decide the future of the company’s controversial transmission corridor. The decision was based on technical legal issues and not on the merits of whether or not this was a good project for Maine.

    "We are disappointed with the outcome and remain sharply focused on achieving a just and equitable clean energy future that works for all Mainers.

    "Maine has already shown there’s a better path forward than the CMP corridor. A path focused on regional collaboration and centered in Maine’s pragmatic approach to solving problems.

    "Mainers are pursuing home-grown clean energy sources, like the #KingPineWindProject in Aroostook County that will deliver new and verifiable reductions in pollution rather than a shell game that shifts existing energy for maximum profit.

    "#MaineVoters got it right when they overwhelmingly passed a referendum rejecting the CMP corridor because it’s a bad deal for Maine and a bad deal for our climate.

    "#NRCM is honored to stand with youth #ClimateJustice activists, tribes in Maine and Canada, people across western Maine who rely on a vibrant outdoor recreation economy, and many others in opposing the CMP corridor. Thank you to everyone who partnered with us on this hard-fought campaign."

    Top 4 Reasons NRCM Opposes the Corridor:

    - Won’t reduce climate-changing pollution, and may actually increase it.
    - Cuts 53 miles of new transmission lines through undeveloped #forests in Maine’s #NorthWoods, harming brook trout, deer, other #wildlife, and the tourism economy.
    - Jeopardizes the construction of new in-state #RenewableEnergy projects and creation of clean energy jobs.
    - Generates billions of dollars of profit for CMP and #HydroQuebec while offering very little to Maine people and businesses.

    Read more:
    nrcm.org/programs/climate/prop

    #MainePolitics #ClimateActivism #CorporateColonialism #CorporateFascism #Nepotism #MaineTribes #Mining #GorhamSpur #GorhamConnector

  31. #GreenColonialism”: #Nigerian #ClimateActivist #NnimmoBassey Says #Africa Is Being Sold Out at #COP28

    December 07, 2023 via #DemocracyNow

    "Longtime Nigerian activist and poet Nnimmo Bassey joins us at COP28 in Dubai to discuss how 'false climate solutions' like carbon trading markets are hurting efforts to reduce emissions and prevent catastrophic global heating. 'People are making deals rather than talking about how to cut emissions at source,' says Bassey. 'We’re seeing a sellout of the African continent.' Bassey is director of the Health of #MotherEarth Foundation and received the Right Livelihood Award in 2010 for his #environmental #activism."

    #EnvironmentalRacism #Greenwashing #ClimateActivist #ClimateActivism #CorporateColonialism

  32. #GreenColonialism”: #Nigerian #ClimateActivist #NnimmoBassey Says #Africa Is Being Sold Out at #COP28

    December 07, 2023 via #DemocracyNow

    "Longtime Nigerian activist and poet Nnimmo Bassey joins us at COP28 in Dubai to discuss how 'false climate solutions' like carbon trading markets are hurting efforts to reduce emissions and prevent catastrophic global heating. 'People are making deals rather than talking about how to cut emissions at source,' says Bassey. 'We’re seeing a sellout of the African continent.' Bassey is director of the Health of #MotherEarth Foundation and received the Right Livelihood Award in 2010 for his #environmental #activism."

    #EnvironmentalRacism #Greenwashing #ClimateActivist #ClimateActivism #CorporateColonialism

  33. Northern Arapaho and Akimel O'otham Hopi Interrupt Biden at #COP27: No Time Left for False Solutions

    November 11, 2022

    #JacobJohns, Akimel O'otham and Hopi, and #BigWind Carpenter, Northern Arapaho, were among four climate activists whose credentials were removed after their war cry and banner drop during President Biden's address.

    “Johns told the Guardian, 'We’ve been locked out, our voices silenced,' said Johns, 39, a Washington state-based community organizer. 'The climate collapse is coming, we are literally fighting for our lives. If we’re not allowed to advocate for our future, who will? It’s shameful.'

    “‘The world is falling apart but inside the destruction, there is creation and a healthy liveable future, and we try to bring this energy to the chaotic negotiations. International spaces have been historically off-limits to indigenous peoples, but different perspectives can hold a lot of power. I’ve been denied that basic right.'

    “Johns raised his own funds to attend COP27 and was then locked out.

    “Big Wind, Northern #Arapaho, told the Guardian, 'This is a clear example of radical #Indigenous people and youth being silenced, we’re muted when we try to express our frustration in these spaces. It shows the UN’s true colors.'

    “‘We need to accelerate the transition but that’s not going to happen by partnering with big polluters like #Amazon and #PepsiCo, and so we needed to call that out,' he said, in reference to an announcement earlier this week by US climate envoy #JohnKerry, the #Bezos Earth Fund, PepsiCo and others about plans to design an energy transition accelerator.

    “Today: Biden's speech was interrupted before the suits moved in, as #Egypt forbids protest in the #BlueZone at COP27.

    “The Guardian reports: Protesters interrupt the US president's speech by Nina Lakhani: ‘Four protesters holding a banner which read ‘people vs fossils’ interrupted the speech of Joe Biden, the US president, to Cop27.
    'The protesters were youth and Indigenous activists from the US, and they were calling on Biden to stop pushing fossil fuel extraction. They spoke with the Guardian shortly after being escorted out of the plenary hall by security staff.

    “‘The president, members of Congress and the state department have come to this international forum on climate change proposing false solutions that will not get us to 1.5C,' said Big Wind, 29, a member of the Northern Arapaho tribe in Wyoming.
    “We need to accelerate the transition but that’s not going to happen by partnering with big polluters like Amazon and PepsiCo, and so we needed to call that out,' he said, in reference to an announcement earlier this week by US climate envoy John Kerry, the Bezos Earth Fund, PepsiCo and others about plans to design an energy transition accelerator.

    “'Biden referenced Indigenous peoples in his speech, yet has failed to leverage his power to support them directly through direct access to funds needed by communities to adapt to the #ClimateCrisis' said Big Wind.”

    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2022/11

    #ClimateActivism #NativeAmericanActivists #IndigenousNews #Activists

  34. Northern Arapaho and Akimel O'otham Hopi Interrupt Biden at #COP27: No Time Left for False Solutions

    November 11, 2022

    #JacobJohns, Akimel O'otham and Hopi, and #BigWind Carpenter, Northern Arapaho, were among four climate activists whose credentials were removed after their war cry and banner drop during President Biden's address.

    “Johns told the Guardian, 'We’ve been locked out, our voices silenced,' said Johns, 39, a Washington state-based community organizer. 'The climate collapse is coming, we are literally fighting for our lives. If we’re not allowed to advocate for our future, who will? It’s shameful.'

    “‘The world is falling apart but inside the destruction, there is creation and a healthy liveable future, and we try to bring this energy to the chaotic negotiations. International spaces have been historically off-limits to indigenous peoples, but different perspectives can hold a lot of power. I’ve been denied that basic right.'

    “Johns raised his own funds to attend COP27 and was then locked out.

    “Big Wind, Northern #Arapaho, told the Guardian, 'This is a clear example of radical #Indigenous people and youth being silenced, we’re muted when we try to express our frustration in these spaces. It shows the UN’s true colors.'

    “‘We need to accelerate the transition but that’s not going to happen by partnering with big polluters like #Amazon and #PepsiCo, and so we needed to call that out,' he said, in reference to an announcement earlier this week by US climate envoy #JohnKerry, the #Bezos Earth Fund, PepsiCo and others about plans to design an energy transition accelerator.

    “Today: Biden's speech was interrupted before the suits moved in, as #Egypt forbids protest in the #BlueZone at COP27.

    “The Guardian reports: Protesters interrupt the US president's speech by Nina Lakhani: ‘Four protesters holding a banner which read ‘people vs fossils’ interrupted the speech of Joe Biden, the US president, to Cop27.
    'The protesters were youth and Indigenous activists from the US, and they were calling on Biden to stop pushing fossil fuel extraction. They spoke with the Guardian shortly after being escorted out of the plenary hall by security staff.

    “‘The president, members of Congress and the state department have come to this international forum on climate change proposing false solutions that will not get us to 1.5C,' said Big Wind, 29, a member of the Northern Arapaho tribe in Wyoming.
    “We need to accelerate the transition but that’s not going to happen by partnering with big polluters like Amazon and PepsiCo, and so we needed to call that out,' he said, in reference to an announcement earlier this week by US climate envoy John Kerry, the Bezos Earth Fund, PepsiCo and others about plans to design an energy transition accelerator.

    “'Biden referenced Indigenous peoples in his speech, yet has failed to leverage his power to support them directly through direct access to funds needed by communities to adapt to the #ClimateCrisis' said Big Wind.”

    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2022/11

    #ClimateActivism #NativeAmericanActivists #IndigenousNews #Activists

  35. #Mexico: Land, territory and #environmental #defenders are being criminalized for exercising their right to #protest

    September 13, 2023

    "The disproportionate use of criminal law is one of the main threats facing the right to protest peacefully in defense of land, territory and environment in Mexico, Amnesty International said today upon publishing a new report. Mexico: Land and Freedom? Criminalizing defenders of land, territory and environment documents the disproportionate use of the justice system to deter, punish and prevent defenders from protesting in demand of their rights.

    "The disproportionate use of the criminal justice system against protesters forms part of a broader strategy of disincentivizing and dismantling advocacy for land, territorial and environmental rights. It is alarming to see that Mexico ranks among the countries with the highest number of murders of environmental defenders and yet, far from the State addressing and preventing this violence, other serious human rights violations are also being committed such as stigmatization, harassment, attacks, assaults, forced displacement and disappearances, said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International.

    "This report focuses on four cases: (i) Colonia Maya in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, where a diverse group of people came together to protest against the construction of residential housing in a protected area where it would cause #environmental damage; (ii) #Zacatepec, where Miguel and Alejandro, #Nahua communicators and defenders, opposed the construction of a drain in Ciudad Industrial Huejotzingo, Puebla, that would flow into the Metlapanapa River, polluting it; iii) Chilón, #Chiapas, where César and José Luis, Tseltal defenders, were criminalized for opposing the construction of a National Guard barracks in their territory; iv) Sitilpech, Yucatán, where residents such as Jesús Ariel, Arturo and Juan Diego are opposing the activities of a mega pig farm in their territory because of the #pollution, water contamination and health problems it is causing.

    "The disproportionate use of the criminal justice system against protesters forms part of a broader strategy of disincentivizing and dismantling advocacy for land, territorial and environmental rights.

    "Criminal prosecution and stigmatization

    "Our report highlights the use of vague or ambiguous offences that ignore the principle of legality, such as rioting, obstruction of public works and variations on the offence of attacks on roadways. It was also noted that events occurring during protests have been conveniently adapted to fit other crimes through broad interpretations of criminal offences and statements that misrepresent the facts. The accusations are largely fabricated on the basis of statements made by public servants and company workers directly related to the events being denounced by the communities. There is no hard evidence in any of the criminal files that would enable any crime to be established.
    #AmnestyInternational observed some alarming similarities in these cases. The complaints filed are overwhelmingly directed at people who are considered leaders, or those who are most visible in the protest movements, and they are being prosecuted for vague offences, without hard evidence and solely on the basis of their peaceful actions. The proceedings often drag on for various reasons, and there is a constant worry that cases could be revived or new crimes fabricated.

    "Criminal proceedings against defenders are intended as a deterrent to others advocating for the same causes as it leads them to fear that their legitimate demands may end in stigmatization, repression or threats to their lives and safety. While we’ve observed the hope and dignity of some who are being unjustly criminalized when they enjoy the support of their communities, we’ve also seen others who have decided to abandon the struggle to demand their rights, said Edith Olivares Ferreto, executive director of Amnesty International Mexico.

    "Differential impacts of state pressure

    "These processes are often accompanied by a stigmatization of defenders and serious problems for their security and physical and mental health. This situation also affects their legal representatives and people who support them on an ongoing basis. The use of the criminal justice system against those who dissent or speak out in relation to local government projects and #corporate interests takes place without consequence and with complete impunity. Other violations that occur in the context of protests have also not been investigated, such as violations of the right to liberty and security of defenders, as well as the excessive use of force.

    "The unjust #criminalization of defenders who protest peacefully has both individual and collective impacts. Some of the most common effects on an individual level are physical, psychological and economic, such as illness, physical pain as a result of blows received, fear, anxiety, sleeping difficulties, stress, impotence, feelings of injustice at what has happened to them, and effects on their work defending their rights.

    "Collective impacts include the intimidation or repression of demands for rights to land, territory and the environment among people advocating for the same causes.

    "The unjust criminalization of #HumanRights defenders draws attention away from the root causes and challenges facing land, territory and environmental defenders. The right to protest must be handled in such a way that recognizes that punishing those involved in social conflicts generally only exacerbates the problem rather than resolving the substance of the issue. Defenders’ demands must be properly heard and analysed and their right to protest guaranteed.

    "Amnesty International’s report offers a number of general recommendations for addressing the disproportionate use of the criminal justice system against protesters, in addition to other recommendations specific to the cases documented in the report. Among the former, the authorities must recognize the valuable work done by land, territory and environmental defenders; refrain from stigmatizing them; guarantee their participation in issues affecting their communities; strengthen the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists; and refrain from using militarized security forces, such as the National Guard, to monitor protests.

    "Among its specific recommendations, Amnesty International calls on the state to immediately cease the criminalization of protest and to properly investigate the human rights violations in the cases documented in the report in order to ensure that the defenders receive full reparations.

    "The report accompanies the launch of the campaign #ProtestarNoEsUnCrimen, which seeks to raise awareness of the problem of the unjust criminalization of human rights defenders and its impact on the defence of land, territory and the environment."

    Source:
    amnesty.org/en/latest/news/202

    #Fascism #ClimateAction #ClimateActivism #ACAB #WaterIsLife #Oligarchy