#fossilfuel — Public Fediverse posts

#derelictionofleadership
Should we not increase our investments of becoming energy independent and transitioning away from all uses of #FossilFuel than transitioning agriculture to become more resilient? Why are we not asking for reparations from the #FossilFuelIndustries, but private citizens to stock up on food and water in anticipation of a calamity? Where are the royals on this? What does #KingCharles do to avoid mass casualties and take care of his peasants?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/03/angela-eagle-uk-stock-up-supplies-el-nino-warning

#derelictionofleadership
Should we not increase our investments of becoming energy independent and transitioning away from all uses of #FossilFuel than transitioning agriculture to become more resilient? Why are we not asking for reparations from the #FossilFuelIndustries, but private citizens to stock up on food and water in anticipation of a calamity? Where are the royals on this? What does #KingCharles do to avoid mass casualties and take care of his peasants?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/03/angela-eagle-uk-stock-up-supplies-el-nino-warning

#derelictionofleadership
Should we not increase our investments of becoming energy independent and transitioning away from all uses of #FossilFuel than transitioning agriculture to become more resilient? Why are we not asking for reparations from the #FossilFuelIndustries, but private citizens to stock up on food and water in anticipation of a calamity? Where are the royals on this? What does #KingCharles do to avoid mass casualties and take care of his peasants?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/03/angela-eagle-uk-stock-up-supplies-el-nino-warning

#derelictionofleadership
Should we not increase our investments of becoming energy independent and transitioning away from all uses of #FossilFuel than transitioning agriculture to become more resilient? Why are we not asking for reparations from the #FossilFuelIndustries, but private citizens to stock up on food and water in anticipation of a calamity? Where are the royals on this? What does #KingCharles do to avoid mass casualties and take care of his peasants?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/03/angela-eagle-uk-stock-up-supplies-el-nino-warning

#derelictionofleadership
Should we not increase our investments of becoming energy independent and transitioning away from all uses of #FossilFuel than transitioning agriculture to become more resilient? Why are we not asking for reparations from the #FossilFuelIndustries, but private citizens to stock up on food and water in anticipation of a calamity? Where are the royals on this? What does #KingCharles do to avoid mass casualties and take care of his peasants?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/03/angela-eagle-uk-stock-up-supplies-el-nino-warning

Failed environmental safeguards leave coastal Bangladesh facing coal pollution https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/failed-environmental-safeguards-leave-coastal-bangladesh-facing-coal-pollution/

#Bangladesh #environment #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #coal #pollution

Fossil-fuel carbon fingerprint reaches the deep North Atlantic https://phys.org/news/2026-08-fossil-fuel-carbon-fingerprint-deep.html

#NorthAtlantic #environment #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #carbon

Fossil-fuel carbon fingerprint reaches the deep North Atlantic https://phys.org/news/2026-08-fossil-fuel-carbon-fingerprint-deep.html

#NorthAtlantic #environment #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #carbon

Fossil-fuel carbon fingerprint reaches the deep North Atlantic https://phys.org/news/2026-08-fossil-fuel-carbon-fingerprint-deep.html

#NorthAtlantic #environment #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #carbon

Fossil-fuel carbon fingerprint reaches the deep North Atlantic https://phys.org/news/2026-08-fossil-fuel-carbon-fingerprint-deep.html

#NorthAtlantic #environment #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #carbon

Fossil-fuel carbon fingerprint reaches the deep North Atlantic https://phys.org/news/2026-08-fossil-fuel-carbon-fingerprint-deep.html

#NorthAtlantic #environment #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #carbon

France Urges World Bank to Keep 45% Climate Finance Target as U.S. Pushes Fossil Fuel Shift

France is pressing the World Bank to preserve its target of …
#Economy #centralbank #CentralBanks #CentralBanksoftheEuropeanSystem #Climate #climatefinance #DeutscheBundesbank #ECB #EleonoreCaroit #ESCB #ESG #Europe #European #EuropeanCentralBank #EuropeanCentralBanks #fossilfuel #france #THEBANKOFENGLAND #TheBankofFrance #TheBankofItaly #TrumpAdministration #worldbank
https://www.europesays.com/3234057/

Tracing #anthropogenic #carbondioxide and #methane #emissions to #fossilfuel and #cement producers, 1854–2010

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-013-0986-y

Abstract

This paper presents a quantitative analysis of the historic fossil fuel and cement production records of the 50 leading investor-owned, 31 state-owned, and 9 nation-state producers of oil, natural gas, coal, and cement from as early as 1854 to 2010. This analysis traces emissions totaling 914 GtCO2e—63 % of cumulative worldwide emissions of 315 GtCO2e have been traced to investor-owned entities, 288 GtCO2e to state-owned enterprises, and 312 GtCO2e to nation-states. Of these emissions, half has been emitted since 1986. The carbon major entities possess fossil fuel reserves that will, if produced and emitted, intensify anthropogenic climate change. The purpose of the analysis is to understand the historic emissions as a factual matter, and to invite consideration of their possible relevance to public policy. #climate

The risks of normalising cycling in a car-dependent infrastructure
Where is the safe cycling infrastructure?

"Many Australians are interested in cycling but feel intimidated by riding in traffic. Others are uncertain about route planning, road rules or cycling infrastructure. In highly car-dependent places, cycling can feel unfamiliar, risky or at odds with car-related norms. Simply providing technology and infrastructure does not overcome this."

"Australia’s investment in cycling infrastructure remains essential. We need safer bike lanes, secure parking and better integration with public transport."
https://theconversation.com/people-are-more-likely-to-ditch-the-car-and-use-an-e-bike-if-they-feel-confident-and-safe-288102
#MobilityDesign #cycling #CarDependency #motorists #CarMinds #risks #infrastructure #FossilFuel #transition #PublicInfrastructure #PrivateVehicles #PublicTrabsport

#News: A 900-mile #oil pipeline is set to devastate #Uganda's Murchison Falls 🦁🐘 #TotalEnergies destroy protected black #rhino and #leopard habitat, forcing communities out. End #fossilfuel #greed 🛑🔥 #Boycott4Wildlife #ClimateActionNow @palmoildetectives
https://e360.yale.edu/features/eacop-completion?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

@fradie_new temporär vielleicht wegen dem #eeg langfristig genau das #gegenteil , es sind die #Stromkonzerne wie #eon und #rwe an denen übrigens #fossilfuel #blackrock Anteile hält die #Reiche ihren #Lobbyismus bezahlen und einfach keinen #Bock auf günstigen #Strom für Alle oder gar #investitionen in #infrastruktur haben weil: #dividende genau an #blackrock ist wichtiger #wtf #DE #wakeup #energiewende selber machen aber mit Vorsicht #deye #wechselrichter 48V kaufen

#Venray #Venlo #natuurbrand #bosbrand #natuur #MateriëleSchade #afbranden #brandweer #Wilders #extreemrechts #klimaatverandering #droogte #hittegolf #wetenschap #consensus #overstroming #fossiel #energetransitie #populisme #natuurgeweld #verkiezingen #bestaanszekerheid #ClimateChange #HeatWave #FossilFuel

Eight biggest #oil companies amassed profits of more than $90bn in just three months as the Iran conflict sent energy prices soaring and the emissions-fuelled #climatecrisis caused deadly #heatwaves.
#Aramco #BP #Shell #Equinor #TotalEnergies #Eni #Chevron & #ExxonMobil – made more than $700,000 of profit every minute this spring quarter.
#Carbon #emissions from the world’s biggest #fossilfuel firms were directly linked to fatal spells of hot weather for the first time.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2026/aug/04/revealed-major-oil-firms-make-93bn-profits-amid-war-and-climate-crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/14/kemi-badenoch-zeros-in-on-tory-mps-who-believe-in-climate-crisis-and-those-who-dont. The woman can't even plead insanity, even though her #policies are crazy! It's an interesting form of #Climatechange denialism, isn't it, @GeraldKutney? "We believe that #carbon #emissions cause #globalwarming - we just don't think you can, or should, do anything about it, because that would hurt the #fossilfuel #companies, etc."

Break Obama’s energy shackles — and free America’s future

Hundreds of billions of dollars are being invested by every major economy around the world in the race to…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #donaldtrump #energy #federalregulation #fossilfuel #greenenergy #LeeZeldin #opinion #Technology
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/755751/

My question is: *Is the Govt reading this?*. They should, because the window on legislating bountyful #GasTaxes on the #SuperProfits currently enjoyed by the #GasIndustries is rapidly closing. If #AlboPM keeps going at his #SlugSpeed on this overwhelmingly supported #Tax there will be little to celebrate and Consolidated Revenue will not see its full potential (if Gas Peak hasn’t already gone past us).

The other important question is: *WTF is Labor even considering new #FossilFuel and especially #GasField exploration and #Exploitation licences* (in the NW)? What in blazes is he blind to? Is this a obvious case of #StateCapture by preferential and idiotic treatment? How can the *whole* of govt, the pollies, the public service, the NGOs all be going along with this #Circus ? No detractors to be seen in the halls of power? Could #AlboPM really be pulilng *ALL* the strings? Is everyone with one ounce of *decision-making* authority hell bent on maintaining the current economic *joke* ? If not, then why aren’t we seeing a backbench and crossbench revolt in Partliament. Why aren’t we seeing public information flooding the news medium? Why aren’t we seeing GOvt taken. To Court on their failure of *Duty of Care* ? Class actions filling the Courts’ agenda. The #Greens flooding us with outrage at the inaction we observe and which makes us angry?

I have a lot of questions… and so far, no answers! There has been no better time to see that doing the same thing and expecting better results is either a conspiracy (lead by the #RentierClass and its minions) or wholesale brainwashing of the power elites. WTF will it take for the electorate to demand much *Better* from our representataives?

/end_of_rant/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/03/donald-trump-strait-of-hormuz-climate-crisis-europe-heatwave

#ClimateCrisis #Renewables #Electrification #StopBurningFossilFuels #NoMoreFossilFuelExtraction #TaxTheRich #WriteToYourMP #Revolt #Resist #ThinkBeforeYouVote #InUnity #JoinYourUnionNow #Protest #Litigate #Accountability #Transparency #GovtForThePeople #SocialDemocracy

Ocean surface temperatures hit record high as world enters 'uncharted territory,' scientists warn

by Chantal Da Silva
July 1, 2026

"Temperatures on the #ocean surface hit a record high in June, European scientists warned Wednesday, fueling fears of more dangerous heat waves this summer and fanning concerns over the escalating global #ClimateCrisis.

"Two separate services under the European Union’s #CopernicusEarth observation program — the Copernicus #ClimateChange Service and the Copernicus Marine Service — announced they had both independently confirmed the record temperatures.

"Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus Copernicus Climate Change Service, warned that the rising temperatures could mark the 'beginning of a new phase.'

" 'With OceanTemperatures at these levels and #ElNiño on the horizon, we are likely to see more temperature records fall in the coming months,' Buontempo said in a statement Wednesday. El Niño is a naturally occurring climate cycle that sees the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean become warmer than usual for months at a time.

"The world could be heading into 'uncharted territory,' Buontempo warned.

"According to Copernicus Climate Change Service and the Copernicus Marine Service, global ocean temperatures outside the polar regions hit record levels on June 21, surpassing levels for the time of the year observed in both 2023 and 2024.

"The Copernicus Climate Change Service said temperatures reached 20.86 degrees Celsius, or 69.54 degrees Fahrenheit, that day, climbing above the 20.83 degrees Celsius, or 69.49 degrees Fahrenheit observed in 2023 and 2024.

"The Copernicus Marine Service meanwhile recorded temperatures at 21 degrees Celsius, or 69.8 Fahrenheit, beating previous records from 2023 and 2024 by 0.1 degree Celsius.

" 'It’s consistent with what we’ve known for a long time — that the planet is warming because we’re emitting vast quantities of #GreenhouseGasses, primarily from #FossilFuel burning, into the atmosphere and that’s stifling the ability of the planet to lose its heat to space,' Richard Allan, a professor of climate science at the University of Reading in the U.K., said in a phone interview."

Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/ocean-surface-temperatures-hit-record-high-as-world-enters-uncharted-territory-scientists-warn/ar-AA26Y44s?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhoverent&cvid=f599060839da41e9ef5b88b7772ae89b&ei=7

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/vKHY2

#BigOilAndGas #MarineHeatWave #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ElNino #WarmingOceans #Heatwaves #Heatwave

Amazon oil drilling plan excludes unique hybrid manatees too big for rescue https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/amazon-oil-drilling-plan-excludes-unique-hybrid-manatees-too-big-for-rescue/

#Amazon #environment #wildlife #manatees #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #oil #drilling

Nordic coalition urges EU to stand firm against new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic

A Nordic coalition of financial institutions, trade unions and climate scientists issued a stark warning to the European…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission #Arcticdrilling #Arcticpolicy #BarentsSea #energysecurity #europeancommissioners #EuropeanUnion #fossilfuel #oilandgasdrilling #Oilspills #theArctic
https://www.europesays.com/europe/54080/

Vehicle idling fees

Cars, trucks and motorbikes illegally pollute our air and force residents to breathe in their exhaust. Most motorists are seen fumbling on their phones while idling in Bellingen.

Mayor Recovers More Than $9 Million in Unpaid Amazon Idling Fines
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/05/mamdani-administration-recovers-more-than--9-million-in-unpaid-a
#pollution #cars #trucks #idling #exhaust #FossilFuel #climate #FuelRationing #BellingenShire #motorists

The [1940] World [Map] According To Standard [Oil]
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https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:q524n1565 <-- shared technical article
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https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/mr-five-percent-the-complex-story-of-oil-in-middle-east/news <-- shared history/technical/article, “The complex story of oil in Middle East”
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[with the current ‘reworking’ of conflicts related to fossil fuel extraction and supplies, I thought this historic map was somewhat topical, and indicates the ongoing/continued huge reach of the massive oil companies/corporations]
#spatial #mapping #cartography #geopolitics #RichardHarrison #StandardOil #oil #fuel #fossilfuel #naturalresources #global #oilcompanies #supplychain #logistics #conflict #war #mapdesign #distortion #mapprojection #custom #projection #oildropprojection #symbology #perspective #propaganda #international #industry #corporate #influence #tankers #risk #hazard #crudeoil #profit #money
#LeventhalMaps | @Fortune

"The Concord Fund — Leo’s confirmation-campaign vehicle — has given RAGA $18.8 million since 2014, including $2 million in the first half of 2024, making it RAGA’s largest single donor. Koch Industries, the American Petroleum Institute, and the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers have written six-figure checks. The circuit closes at every connection point."

#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #corruption #FederalistSociety #LeonardLeo #DarkMoney #oil #gas #FossilFuel #BigOil
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"The Trust gave $153 million to Leo’s Rule of Law Trust in 2021. The Rule of Law Trust gave $36.3 million in grants to allied organizations in 2020 alone, with the Concord Fund — formerly the Judicial Crisis Network, the organization that ran the campaigns to confirm Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett — as the largest single beneficiary."

#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #VotingRights #Callais #corruption #FederalistSociety #LeonardLeo #DarkMoney #oil #gas #FossilFuel #BigOil
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"Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has tracked the pipeline across multiple investigations. Leonard Leo’s Marble Freedom Trust, established in 2020, controls a $1.6 billion dark-money fund."

#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #VotingRights #Callais #corruption #FederalistSociety #LeonardLeo #DarkMoney #oil #gas #FossilFuel #BigOil
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The Details Behind US President Trump’s Primetime Speech

Since February 28, the Islamic terrorist regime of Iran has been heavily decimated by the joint US-Israel military operations. To date, almost all of Iran’s senior leadership were eliminated, their navy and air force have been devastated, their military/industrial/government sites have been struck, and their new so-called supreme leader could not even show himself physically to his people. While it is still able to launch missiles at different states in the Middle East, Iran has been weakened dramatically and its wicked regime is clearly down on its knees.

Since the beginning, it was made clear that the joint operations were to bring down the Islamic terrorist regime, disarm it and pave the way for the oppressed Iranians to take their country back. The Trump administration made it clear the operations won’t be a “forever war” nor would it follow what the administration of past US President George W. Bush did during and after the invasion of Iraq. US President Trump just delivered a primetime speech to give the public a clear view about the direction America is taking right now regarding the weakened Iran. Beyond the fighting, what happened has been shaping the future of the Middle East as we know it.

To begin with, posted below is the primetime speech of President Trump. Watch it entirely and pay attention closely.

https://www.youtube.com/live/OzhLRPZfOMQ?si=7P6W-ATCitH6kqNf&t=551

To put things in perspective, posted below is are details from Trump’s speech via the White House announcement. Some parts in boldface…

Here are the top moments from the address:

• “As we speak this evening, it has been just one month since the United States military began Operation Epic Fury targeting the world’s number one state sponsor of terror, Iran. In these past four weeks, our Armed Forces have delivered swift, decisive, overwhelming victories on the battlefield — victories like few people have ever seen before. Tonight, Iran’s navy is GONE. Their air force is in ruins. Their leaders, most of them — the terrorist regime they led — are now dead. Their command and control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Core is being decimated as we speak. Their ability to launch missiles and drones is dramatically curtailed and their weapons, factories, and rocket launchers are being blown to pieces — very few of them left. Never in the history of warfare has an enemy suffered such clear and devastating large-scale losses in a matter of weeks.” (Watch)
• “From the very first day I announced my campaign for President in 2015, I have vowed that I would never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. This fanatical regime has been chanting ‘Death to America, ‘Death to Israel,’ for 47 years. Their proxies were behind the murder of 241 Americans in the Marine Barracks bombing in Beirut, the slaughter of hundreds of our servicemembers with roadside bombs, they were involved in the attack on the U.S.S. Cole, and they’ve carried out countless other heinous acts… For these terrorists to have nuclear weapons would be an intolerable threat. The most violent and thuggish regime on earth would be free to carry out their campaigns of terror, coercion, conquest, and mass murder from behind a nuclear shield. I will never let that happen.” (Watch)
• “I did many things during my two terms in office to stop the quest for nuclear weapons by Iran… First, and perhaps most importantly, I killed General Qasem Soleimani in my first term… And then, very importantly, I terminated Barack Hussein Obama’s Iran Nuclear Deal… Essentially, I did what no other President was willing to do. They made mistakes and I am correcting them.” (Watch)
• “My first preference was always the path of diplomacy — yet, the regime continued their relentless quest for nuclear weapons and rejected every attempt at an agreement. For this reason, in June, I ordered a strike on Iran’s key nuclear facilities in Operation Midnight Hammer… The regime then sought to rebuild their nuclear program at a totally different location, making clear they had no intention of abandoning their pursuit of nuclear weapons… For years, everyone has said that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons — but in the end, those are just words if you’re not willing to take action when the time comes.” (Watch)
• “As I stated in my announcement of Operation Epic Fury, our objectives are very simple and clear. We are systematically dismantling the regime’s ability to threaten America or project power outside their borders… Our Armed Forces have been extraordinary. There’s ever been anything like it militarily — everyone is talking about it — and tonight, I am pleased to say that these core strategic objectives are nearing completion. As we celebrate this progress, we think especially of the 13 American warriors who have laid down their lives in this fight to prevent our children from ever having to face a nuclear Iran… Now, we must honor them by completing the mission for which they gave their lives.” (Watch)
• “Many Americans have been concerned to see the recent rise in gasoline prices here at home… This short-term increase has been entirely the result of the Iranian regime launching deranged terror attacks against commercial oil tankers and neighboring countries that have nothing to do with the conflict. This is yet more proof that Iran can never be trusted with nuclear weapons. They will use them and they will use them quickly. It would lead to decades of extortion, economic pain, and instability worse than we can ever imagine. The United States has never been better prepared economically to confront this threat.” (Watch)
• “To those countries that can’t get fuel — many of which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, we had to do it ourselves — I have a suggestion. Number one, buy oil from the United States of America; we have plenty. We have so much. And Number two, build up some delayed courage… Go to the Strait and just take it. Protect it. Use it for yourselves. Iran has been essentially decimated. The hard part is done.” (Watch)
• “I have made clear from the beginning of Operation Epic Fury that we will continue until our objectives are fully achieved. Thanks to the progress we’ve made, I can say tonight that we are on track to complete all of America’s military objectives shortly — very shortly. We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We are going to bring them back to the stone ages where they belong. In the meantime, discussions are ongoing… We have all the cards; they have none.” (Watch)

Let me end this piece by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this development? Which part of Trump’s speech did you find the most compelling or most interesting? Can you imagine the Middle East being free from the armed threat of Iran? Do you think the Islamic terrorist regime of Iran will get penalized by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other states for the Iranian missiles and drones that hit them? Do you feel confident that the price of oil will go down this month?

You may answer in the comments below. If you prefer to answer privately, you may do so by sending me a direct message online.

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Feds Are Downplaying #MethaneLeaks in America’s Biggest #OilField, Satellite Data Suggests

A report found #MethaneEmissions in the #PermianBasin to be nearly four times higher than #EPA estimates. A senator wants an explanation.

By Ellyn Lapointe
Published March 20, 2026

"#FossilFuel extraction is a known source of #methane leaks, releasing large amounts of this potent #GreenhouseGas into the atmosphere. Yet the Environmental Protection Agency appears to be drastically underreporting emissions from the nation’s largest oil-producing region.

"Nearly half of U.S. oil comes from the Permian Basin in West #Texas and southeastern #NewMexico. The region generates more than $100 billion annually for the U.S. economy, and apparently, a whole lot of methane, too. A recent report from #MethaneSAT—a methane-sensing satellite that observed Earth from March 2024 to June 2025—found emissions from the Permian Basin to be nearly four times higher than the EPA’s official estimates."

Read more:
https://gizmodo.com/feds-are-downplaying-methane-leaks-in-americas-biggest-oil-field-satellite-data-suggests-2000736269

#BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #BigOilLies #BigGasLies #USPol #TrumpSucks
#TrumpsEPA #EPAFail #ClimateChange
#GlobalWarming

#Colorado’s #OilAndGas industry is vastly underestimating #methane emissions

Jennifer Oldham
Thu, February 26, 2026 at 6:00 AM EST

Excerpt: "A unique aerial measurement campaign found that emission inventories compiled by energy companies to account for planet-warming methane leaking from equipment on Colorado oil and gas production sites undercount such #pollutants by at least two times.

"Results from the $3.25 million project, led by a team of university researchers and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, provided officials for the first time with a more complete picture of the invisible pollutant emitted from well pads. #FossilFuel extraction is the state’s second-largest source of methane pollution, which has a global warming potential roughly 80 times that of carbon dioxide during a 20-year period."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/colorado-oil-gas-industry-vastly-110014181.html

#BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #BigOilLies #BigGasLies #MethaneEmissions #MethaneLeaks #USPol #TrumpSucks #TrumpsEPA #EPAFail #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

Why is Australia so reliant on foreign oil?

“We’re completely dependent on imported fuel.”

“We’ve spent a lot of money, especially in places like Victoria and Sydney, building up large motorway networks, large road infrastructure, without any kind of thinking about whether that’s an optimal approach”..."A focus on servicing new growth areas with public transport would help buffer cities against future shocks."

“Some of us are motivated by the impact of transportation and the consumption of fuels and energy on the environment. But many of us are much more strongly motivated by the impact on our hip pocket. And sometimes also the impact in terms of the security of our country.” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/19/australia-fuel-energy-solutions-foreign-oil-reliance-prices
#cars #roads #FossilFuel #dependency #climate #coffsharbour #highways #war
Image: Pacific Highway dreaming of endless cheap oil

Half of world’s #CO2 #emissions come from just 32 #fossilfuel firms, study shows
Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging #climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account
Saudi #Aramco was the biggest state-controlled polluter and #ExxonMobil, #Chevron, #Shell, #ConocoPhillips and #BP -- the top five emitting investor-owned companies.
State-owned fossil fuel producers made up 17 of the top 20 emitters in the #CarbonMajors report
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/21/carbon-dioxide-co2-emissions-fossil-fuel-firms-study

From pro-climate Republican to ‘one of the #Trump disruptors’

#EPA Administrator #LeeZeldin's attacks on his agency's spending and regulations have made him a rising star in the Trump Cabinet, but left some former colleagues mystified.

By Hannah Northey, Emily Ngo, Josh Siegel and Miranda Willson
04/06/2025

Excerpt: "[O]thers who have known Zeldin wonder what happened to the middle-of-the-road lawmaker they once knew, who acknowledged that humans were warming the Earth and bucked Trump’s first administration on offshore oil drilling.

" 'He’s really turned out to be a chameleon in the political landscape,' said Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, who is based in Zeldin’s former congressional district. 'He’s always had higher political aspirations, and I believe he has his eyes set on the White House.”

"Green groups on the island say they feel betrayed by the slash-and-burn style Zeldin is bringing to EPA. Sea-level rise poses a serious threat to the low-lying coastal region he calls home, and he had expressed support over the years for shifting to #RenewableEnergy — in contrast to Trump’s pro-#FossilFuel agenda. As a lawmaker, he belonged to the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus and the Conservative Climate Caucus, two blocs that recognize the need to address #GlobalWarming."

Read more:
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/06/zeldin-is-gutting-epa-and-building-political-heft-in-maga-land-00263179

#USPol #ClimateChange #EPAFail #ClimateCrisis #GreenhouseGas #FossilFools #BigOilAndGas #CorporateColonialism #Oiligarchy #Oligarchy

Trump’s EPA Is Set to Scrap a Landmark Emissions Policy in Deregulatory Push

https://murica.website/2026/02/trumps-epa-is-set-to-scrap-a-landmark-emissions-policy-in-deregulatory-push/

Council wants to ban artificial grass on nature strips over microplastics and PFAS concerns

"Fake lawns produce microplastics and contain PFAS chemicals that should not be near gutters. Artificial turf has PFAS and it's not good for our stormwater...If it gets into the stormwater, it can contaminate it... It can get up to 90 degrees …It also leeches microplastics into the waterways, impacting ecosystems. And finally, it will eventually end up in landfill."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-16/queanbeyan-council-artifical-grass-ban/105894880
#plastic #microplastics #fake #ocean #waterways #ecosystems #pollution #ArtificialGrass #PFAS #NatureStrip #lawn #councils #HotOcean #FossilFuel #landscapes #RepellWildlife #cars #TyreParticles

Image: Hot Fossil Fuel Landscape (Still life)
Fake plastic lawn and chairs on a hot 'nature strip' between fossil fuel parking with plastic tyre particles and a cement path. Al fresco space at a coastal town on the mid north coast of NSW

#Renewables #RenewableEnergy #Green #GreenEnergy #Energy #Solar #Wind #WindTurbines #Windmills #FossilFuels #Oil #Gas #Fracking #FossilFuel #CO2 #Pollution #GreenhouseEffect #Power #CleanPower #CarbonDioxide #Europe #Environment #globalemissions #USA
#America #UnitedStates #DonaldTrump #Trump #President #News #SkyNews
So much for his “ditch the windmills” and “drill baby drill.” Hopefully this will shut Trump up…

https://news.sky.com/story/renewable-energy-produces-more-electricity-than-coal-for-the-first-time-experts-say-13446220

From 2021... This started before #Trump, but things are way worse now!

#AntiProtestLaws Threaten #Indigenous and #Climate Movements

“#CriticalInfrastructure” laws in over a dozen states wrongly invoke national security to justify targeting #PipelineProtesters.

Kaylana Mueller-Hsia, March 17, 2021

"In 2016 as a member of Congress, #DebHaaland stood for four days in solidarity with protesters at the #StandingRockSioux Reservation against construction of the #DakotaAccessPipeline. Today, as the first #NativeAmerican to be the secretary of the interior — the first to lead any cabinet department — she has the opportunity to support the #FirstAmendment rights of the protesters she joined in the past.

"With her authority over energy development on federal lands, Haaland can be a voice for Indigenous and climate movements facing an urgent threat: the rapid spread of laws to protect 'critical infrastructure' that single out activists.

"Since 2016, 13 states have quietly enacted laws that increase criminal penalties for trespassing, damage, and interference with infrastructure sites such as oil refineries and pipelines. At least five more states have already introduced similar legislation this year. These laws draw from national security legislation enacted after 9/11 to protect physical infrastructure considered so 'vital' that the 'incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety.'

"Many industry sectors are designated critical infrastructure, including food and agriculture, energy, water and wastewater, and communications, but most state critical infrastructure laws focus more narrowly on oil and gas #pipelines. While protecting critical infrastructure is a legitimate government function, these laws clearly target environmental and Indigenous activists by significantly raising the penalties for participating in or even tangentially supporting pipeline trespassing and property damage, crimes that are already illegal. Many laws are modelled on draft legislation prepared by the American Legislative Exchange Council, also known as #ALEC, a powerful lobbying group funded by #FossilFuel companies like #ExxonMobil and #Shell.

"Central to the new critical infrastructure laws are increased criminal penalties and vague, broad definitions that could discourage protest and particularly, nonviolent civil disobedience. Many laws make any 'damage' to or 'interference' with a facility deemed critical infrastructure a felony. Under #Ohio’s law, trespass with the purpose of 'tampering' with a facility is a third degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. In Indiana, a felony conviction is applied for any facility trespass, a crime that is typically a misdemeanor or fine.

"Vague language like 'damage,' 'tamper,' and 'impede' in critical infrastructure laws makes it unclear if, for example, knocking down #SafetyCones and starting a fire next to a natural gas facility are the same under the law. Many critical infrastructure laws do not clarify if they apply only to land a company fully owns or also to pipeline easements, which run through both public and private lands. At least some laws apply to both. Only a week after Louisiana’s critical infrastructure law was enacted, opponents of the Bayou Bridge pipeline were charged with trespassing for boating on public waters on the border of a pipeline easement.

"The combination of overly broad language and steep penalties in critical infrastructure laws make it likely that future activists and supporting organizations will be discouraged from exercising their First Amendment-protected protest rights. A lawsuit brought in response to the #BayouBridge charges will test the laws for the first time on First Amendment grounds.

"Many of these laws even extend beyond the protesters. In a proposed law in #Minnesota, anyone who 'recruits, trains, aids, advises, hires, counsels, or conspires' someone to trespass without a 'reasonable effort' to prevent the trespassing is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. In #Oklahoma organizations that conspire with perpetrators are liable to be fined up to $1 million. These laws may infringe on the freedom of association protected under the First Amendment. Indeed, the Supreme Court ruled that the illegal actions of a few individuals do not implicate an entire group.

"The criminalization of environmental protest is fueled by federal security agencies and oil and gas companies, who are often major political donors. For years, the Department of #HomelandSecurity and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have labelled activists at infrastructure sites as #DomesticTerrorists and violent extremists in order to justify further #surveillance and #policing. Government documents have been released that detail the FBI’s focus on '#AnimalRights / #EnvironmentalExtremism,' describing even #NonviolentProtesters as #extremists.

"At Standing Rock, a private security firm [#Blackwater] hired by the pipeline companies consistently referred to protesters as 'terrorists' while working with law enforcement. Ahead of the #KeystoneXLPipeline protests in 2018, #DHS agents held an '#AntiTerrorism training' for state and local authorities. In contrast, members of the #FarRight militant group the #ThreePercenters have established a significant presence at oil and gas plants with little law enforcement reaction.

"To be sure, as the recent power outages in Texas showed so vividly, the United States needs reliable energy. But it’s questionable whether pipeline construction sites that could feasibly be moved or replaced with renewable energy sources should legitimately be considered 'vital' to the energy grid. Furthermore, a singular focus on this aspect of security comes at the cost of others. Whose essential resources do pipeline projects protect and whose do they threaten? Black Americans are disproportionately likely to live near natural #GasPipelines and experience higher #CancerRisk due to unclean air. An oil spill from the Dakota Access Pipeline could devastate the #SiouxTribe’s water source. Meanwhile, on some reservations, 10 percent of households lack electricity and as many as 40 percent of households must haul water and use outhouses. The well-being of these communities must count too.

"The rise in critical infrastructure laws may foreshadow more anti-protest legislation to come. A similar wave of anti-protest laws has already begun in response to the 2020 #BlackLivesMatter protests. State legislators contemplating critical infrastructure laws should bear in mind that laws that criminalize trespassing and protect the safety of construction workers and law enforcement already exist. Critical infrastructure laws don’t fill an unmet need — they only raise the penalties for specific groups of people. Courts adjudicating #FirstAmendment challenges in the coming years should recognize that these laws are overbroad and impose disproportionately severe penalties that chill freedom of assembly and association.

"As secretary of the interior, Haaland promises to uplift the voices of Indigenous and climate protesters in the Biden administration. State legislators, law enforcement, and the fossil fuel industry should follow suit and listen to these activists rather than suppressing constitutionally protected activity under the guise of national security."

Source:
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/anti-protest-laws-threaten-indigenous-and-climate-movements

#BrennanCenter #Authoritarianism #Fascism #NoDAPL #NoKXL #PipelineProtests #WaterIsLife #ACAB #ErikPrince #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #CorporateColonialism #EnvironmentalRacism #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife #ExxonLied #Blackwater #StandWithStandingRock #StandingRockSioux

YIKES! Please read and share this!

via @UnicornRiot

"We’ve been forced to spend around $55,000 to date because of Energy Transfer’s legal campaign against our freedom of the press.

"We’ve only raised back $38,916 of this so far.

"Your donation helps us keep operating despite corporate attempts to silence us"

https://donorbox.org/unicorn-riot-nodapl-legal-defense

#EnergyTransfer #SLAPPs #NoDAPL #WaterIsLife #MutualAid #LegalDefenseFund #SilencingDissent #Resistance #CorporateColonialism #Oiligarchy #CriminalizingDissent #CriminalizingProtest #Authoritarianism #EnergyTransfer #StandWithStandingRock #StandingRockSioux #IndigenousResistance #IndigenousAllies #DAPL #NorthDakota #StandWithStandingRock #SLAPPsLawsuits #FossilFuel #BigOilAndGas #Academi #ErikPrince #Blackwater #ACAB #PrivateSecurity #BigOil #KelcyWarren #Oiligarchy #WaterProtectors #CorporateFascism #StandingRockReservation

The smoke from #Canada’s #wildfires may be even more #toxic than usual

A legacy of #mining means that #ToxicMetals could be carried along plumes of smoke.

by Matt Simon, June 5, 2025

"More than 200 wildfires are blazing across central and western Canada, half of which are out of control because they’re so hard for crews to access, forcing 27,000 people to evacuate. Even those nowhere near the wildfires are suffering as smoke swirls around Canada and wafts south, creating hazardous air quality all over the midwestern and eastern parts of the United States. The smoke is even reaching Europe.

"As the climate changes, the far north is drying and warming, which means wildfires are getting bigger and more intense. The area burned in Canada is now the second largest on record for this time of year, trailing behind the brutal wildfire season of 2023. That year, the amount of #carbon blazed into the atmosphere was about three times the country’s #FossilFuel emissions. And the more carbon that’s emitted from wildfires — in Canada and elsewhere — the faster the #PlanetaryWarming, and the worse the fires.

" 'There’s obviously the #ClimateFeedback concern,' said Mike Waddington, an environmental scientist at McMaster University in Ontario who studies Canada’s forests. 'But increasingly we’re also concerned about the smoke.'

"That’s because there’s much more to wildfire smoke than charred sticks and leaves, especially where these blazes are burning in Canada. The country’s #forests have long been #mined, operations that loaded #soils and #waterways with #ToxicMetals like #lead and #mercury, especially before clean-air standards kicked in 50 years ago. Now everyone downwind of these wildfires may have to contend with that legacy and those pollutants, in addition to all the other nasties inherent in #WildfireSmoke, which are known to exacerbate respiratory and cardiac problems.

" 'You have there the burning of these organic soils resulting in a lot of carbon and a lot of #ParticulateMatter,' said Waddington. 'Now you have this triple whammy, where you have the metals #remobilized in addition to that.'

"What exactly is lurking in the smoke from Canadian wildfires will require further testing by scientists. But an area of particular concern is around the mining city of #FlinFlon, in #ManitobaCanada, which is known to have elevated levels of toxic metals in the landscape, said Colin McCarter, an environmental scientist who studies pollutants at Ontario’s #NipissingUniversity. Flin Flon’s 5,000 residents have been evacuated as a wildfire approaches, though so far no structures have been destroyed.

"But a fire doesn’t need to directly burn mining operations to mobilize toxicants. For example, in #Yellowknife, in Canada’s #NorthwestTerritories, #GoldMining operations between 1934 and 2004 spread #arsenic as far as 18 miles away, adding to a landscape with an already high concentration of naturally occurring arsenic. In a paper published last year, Waddington and McCarter estimated that between 1972 and 2023, wildfires around Yellowknife fired up to 840,000 pounds of arsenic into the atmosphere. Arsenic is a known carcinogen associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and developmental problems, according to the World Health Organization. (After the 2023 #LahainaFire in Maui, officials reported elevated levels of arsenic, lead, and other toxic substances in ash samples. California officials also found lots of lead in smoke from 2018’s #CampFire.)"

Source:
https://grist.org/climate/canada-wildfire-smoke-toxic-arsenic/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#WaterIsLife #SoilIsLife #AirIsLife #Mining #ToxicLegacy #FirstNations #Canada #Pollution #Worldwide #AQI #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #AirQualityIndex

#StandingRock Chair on #Greenpeace Verdict -- False, Self-serving Narrative in Insulting Lawsuit

"If Greenpeace can be held liable for telling the truth about #SiouxNation Treaty rights, then we are all in trouble."

By Standing Rock Chairwoman Janet Alkire, via #CensoredNews, March 27, 2025

"As Chairwoman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, I take offense to the jury verdict in the #EnergyTransfer #SLAPP lawsuit against Greenpeace. We expect more from #NorthDakota judges and members of the jury from our neighboring communities.

"#EnergyTransfer’s claims in this case were ridiculous. They were wholly disrespectful of the #StandingRockSioux Tribe, our ancestors, and our youth, who started the movement in 2016 to protect our water from an oil spill from #DAPL. Neither Greenpeace nor anyone else paid or persuaded Standing Rock to oppose DAPL.

"Our young people and our elders urged us to protect our water and #UnciMakah (grandmother earth). That is what happened, and is happening still. Energy Transfer’s false and self-serving narrative that Greenpeace manipulated Standing Rock into protesting DAPL is patronizing and disrespectful to our people.

"We understand that many Morton County residents support the #OilIndustry, even out-of-state #pipeline companies such as Energy Transfer. But we are your neighbors, and you should not be fooled that easily. Energy Transfer does not know us. They don’t know who we are – an Indigenous Nation that has survived every attack because our ancestors are with us.

"Greenpeace did not manipulate Standing Rock, but #EnergyTransfer has manipulated #MortonCounty. DAPL crosses our Treaty and aboriginal land for hundreds of miles.

"Our ancestors occupied this land for thousands of years before #NorthDakota came into existence. The land between the Heart and Missouri River are our #unceded Treaty lands under the 1868 and 1851 Fort Laramie Treaties. Our aboriginally-occupied territories extend east to the James River and beyond. That is a historical truth. If Greenpeace can be held liable for telling the truth about Sioux Nation Treaty rights, then we are all in trouble.

"The construction of Fort Rice on our northern boundary in 1864 was a violation of the Fort Laramie Treaties. This required our Tribe to be vigilant. No one should be surprised that warrior society burials are found in this area, near the pipeline route.

"And do not insult our cultural experts, who have wisdom over matters most residents of Morton County or bureaucrats at the State Historical Society know absolutely nothing about. Energy Transfer and its lawyers should be ashamed of themselves. Everyday North Dakotans on the jury should know better.

"When it comes to the excessive police and private security response to the generally peaceful protests at #CannonBall, believe your eyes. The scenes of guard dogs menacing Tribal members are reminiscent of the violence of #WhiteSupremacists in the #DeepSouth during the 1950’s and 60’s, but it was in North Dakota, in this day and age. It was on the news and on the internet.

"Many of the protesters were Native American veterans of the United States armed forces. Energy Transfer used attack dogs against peaceful protesters and war heroes. But the jury sided with the out-of-state, unlicensed security with the attack dogs, instead of North Dakota veterans who supported Standing Rock.

"A Texas oil company has come to North Dakota, and its lawyers and propaganda machine are weaving stories about how the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and our supporters have lied, and how the poor pipeline company, a trillion dollars richer than in 2016 when this all started, should receive extra millions from non-profit organizations. It’s a funny thing about liars – they always accuse everyone else of lying. The Greenpeace trial was marked by secrecy.

"The court is not making the transcript public. The documents obtained by Greenpeace about Energy Transfer’s terrible safety record are protected by a secrecy order and are not available to the public. The judge exhibited so much bias in favor of Energy Transfer that a team of international human rights lawyers felt compelled to monitor the trial. One prominent monitor stated 'In my six decades of legal practice, I have never witnessed a trial as unfair as the one against Greenpeace that just ended in the courts of North Dakota.'

"Standing Rock has tried to work for greater transparency on DAPL. It is our experience with the Army Corps of Engineers and Energy Transfer that all documents relating to DAPL pipeline safety are heavily redacted, and kept secret. What are they hiding? Who is looking out for the communities that may be affected by an oil spill? And why didn’t the North Dakota court allow Greenpeace to address these questions at the trial?

"DAPL is a dangerous pipeline. It crosses our unceded Treaty and aboriginal land. Energy Transfer destroyed Tribal burials as identified by our cultural experts, and committed violence against our people. That is the history that North Dakota and Morton County must reckon with. After the Greenpeace verdict, that day seems farther off than ever."

Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/03/standing-rock-chair-on-greenpeace.html
#StandWithStandingRock #SLAPPsLawsuits #SLAPPs #FossilFuel #BigOilAndGas #Academi #EricPrince #Blackwater #ACAB #PrivateSecurity #BigOil #KelcyWarren #Oiligarchy #CorporateColonialism #WaterProtectors #StevenDonziger #EnvironmentalRacism #ReaderSupportedNews #CorporateFascism #SilencingDissent #StandingRockReservation

Statement of #IndependentTrialMonitors
On Verdict in #GreenpeaceUSA Trial:

"It is our collective assessment that the jury verdict against Greenpeace in #NorthDakota reflects a deeply flawed trial with multiple due process violations that denied Greenpeace the ability to present anything close to a full defense. Attorneys on our team monitored every minute of the proceedings and found multiple violations of #DueProcess that denied Greenpeace its right to a fair trial. The problems included a jury that was patently biased in favor of #EnergyTransfer, with many members working in the #FossilFuel industry; a judge who lacked the requisite experience and legal knowledge to rule properly on the complex #FirstAmendment and other evidentiary issues at the center of the case; and incendiary and prejudicial statements by lawyers for Energy Transfer that tried to criminalize Greenpeace and by extension the entire #ClimateMovement by attacking constitutionally-protected advocacy.

"Our fear that this was an illegitimate #corporate-funded #SLAPP harassment case was confirmed by our observations.

"We will be issuing a full report documenting these violations and larger flaws in the case in the coming weeks.

"While the trial court verdict is in, the case is far from over. Greenpeace has a right to appeal to the North Dakota Supreme Court and ultimately to the #USSupremeCourt. Our committee will continue its work monitoring this critically important case that raises troubling concerns for all advocates in the country."

— #MartyGarbus | #NataliSegovia | #JeanneMirer | #TerryCollingsworth | #StevenDonziger | #NadiaAhmad | #ScottWilsonBadenochJr. | #PaulPazYMiño | #AyishaSiddiqa | #WadeMcMullen | #KipHale | #SimonTaylor

Read individual statements:
https://www.trialmonitors.org/statement-of-independent-trial-monitors-on-verdict-in-greenpeace-trial
#NorthDakota #EnergyTransferPartners #StandWithStandingRock #NoDAPL #SLAPPs #ViewerSupportedNews #GreenpeaceUSA #SLAPPsLawsuits #CriminalizingDissent #NorthDakota #StandingRockSiouxTribe #StandingRockReservation #CorporateColonialism #BigOilAndGas #EnvironmentalRacism #WaterIsLife #KelcyWarren #ArrestKelcyWarren #ErikPrince #Blackwater #ACAB #FreeSpeech

#CriminalizingDissent: #Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M to #DakotaAccessPipeline Firm over #Protests

#DemocracyNow, March 20, 2025

"A jury in #NorthDakota has ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $660 million in damages for defaming #EnergyTransferPartners, the corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Texas-based pipeline company accused Greenpeace of orchestrating criminal behavior by training and providing funds to the #Indigenous-led protests at #StandingRock. Greenpeace and its supporters, including other #nonprofits and #advocacy groups, argued that the lawsuit is part of a conspicuous attempt by #corporations to destroy the right to #FreeSpeech. Longtime #HumanRights and #environmental lawyer #StevenDonziger, who was part of the independent trial monitoring team observing the trial, says it was purposely held in a region of the country with deep ties to the #FossilFuel industry. Donziger said most of the jurors in the case were connected to the industry and were 'predisposed' to rule in favor of Energy Transfer despite the 'false narratives' presented at the trial. Greenpeace plans to appeal the ruling."

Watch / listen / read transcript:
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/20/greenpeace_lawsuit_north_dakota_pipeline
#StandWithStandingRock #NoDAPL #SLAPPs #ViewerSupportedNews #GreenpeaceUSA #SLAPPsLawsuits #CriminalizingDissent #NorthDakota #StandingRockSiouxTribe #StandingRockReservation #CorporateColonialism #BigOilAndGas #EnvironmentalRacism #WaterIsLife #KelcyWarren #ArrestKelcyWarren #ErikPrince #Blackwater #ACAB

Commentary: #WaterProtectors on trial again as #Greenpeace case begins in #NorthDakota

by #WinonaLaDuke
February 24, 2025

Excerpt: "North Dakota v. USA

"In March of last year, I was a federal witness in the North Dakota v. United States of America trial in Bismarck, where North Dakota charged that the United States Army Corps of Engineers had caused the #StandingRock #resistance by issuing a conditional use permit for the flood plain. Attorneys asked if I came to Standing Rock resistance camp because the Army Corps issued a permit. My response: No. I came for the #water,and I came because #LaDonnaBraveBull Allard asked me to come. I came because #Enbridge, the Canadian #pipeline company, had proposed a Sandpiper #pipeline across our territory in northern Minnesota and we defeated them, only to find that they later financed 28% of the #DakotaAccessPipeline. I came for the water.

"#EnergyTransfer v. #Greenpeace

"There’s another big trial starting Monday in #MandanNorthDakota, too, in Morton County District Court. There, Judge James Gion will preside over a jury trial in the case of Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace. Energy Transfer charges that Greenpeace effectively orchestrated and was a force driving the Standing Rock resistance. That allegation is pretty surprising to the thousands of people who came to Standing Rock without even hearing about Greenpeace being there. That case will be heard behind #ClosedDoors, no livestreaming, and yet somehow a judge in a small county without a law clerk will make sure the justice of a jury trial is carried out. The case with a multitude of pretrial motions is described as the largest in North Dakota history, so carrying out justice, well that’s a challenge.

"'This is a pretty ludicrous accusation,' noted #DeepaPadmanabha, Greenpeace’s senior legal counsel, responding to charges that Greenpeace effectively orchestrated and was a force driving the Standing Rock resistance. 'Standing Rock was one of the largest #Indigenous-led protests in history. It was a grassroots-led resistance, and the idea that Greenpeace orchestrated it is a #racist attempt to erase #IndigenousHistory.'

"But it might be what you’d expect from a company whose CEO once said that protesters who damaged construction equipment should be 'removed from the gene pool.'

"I’d encourage you to watch the trial online, but unfortunately, Judge Gion has denied a motion to arrange for the trial to be streamed online.

"As The Wall Street Journal reported in September, 'both sides expect a #FossilFuel - friendly jury.' Check out the
'community' page on the company’s daplpipelinefacts.com website and you’ll understand why. There’s a picture of Mandan town employees appreciatively holding up a giant check representing Energy Transfer’s $3 million donation to upgrade the town’s library and other infrastructure.

"Energy Transfer is suing Greenpeace for damages, initially proposed at $300 million, in what Greenpeace has called an effort to bankrupt the organization. Greenpeace is the 50-year-old environmental organization which has been part of opposing #NuclearTesting in the Pacific, saving #whales from factory #trawlers, and challenging #BigOil. That’s something you are not supposed to do in North Dakota, it seems, where oil money slicks through all the systems. In North Dakota, the message seems to be, No one should oppose a pipeline project. No one."

Read more:
https://northdakotamonitor.com/2025/02/24/greenpeace-dakota-access-trial-commentary/
#WaterIsLife #StandWithStandingRock #NoDAPL #KelcyWarren #Trump #StandWithStandingRock
#CorporateColonialism
#BigOilAndGas #EnvironmentalRacism #StandingRock #SLAPPs #NoDAPL #WaterIsLife #SLAPPsLawsuits #SilencingDissent #ACAB #EnergyTransfer

Tourism leads the pack in growing carbon emissions

"The most net emissions were reported in aviation, utilities and private vehicle use for travel. Australia ranked in the top 20 countries that together contributed three quarters of the total tourism carbon footprint in 2019.">>
https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11/tourism-leads-pack-growing-carbon-emissions

Drivers of global tourism carbon emissions
"National tourism decarbonisation strategies will require demand volume thresholds to be defined to align global tourism with the Paris Agreement." >>
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54582-7

"The study found air travel and private vehicle use were the two biggest contributors to tourism's carbon footprint. Australians, meanwhile, are travelling overseas in record numbers..." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-11/tourism-air-travel-carbon-emissions-surge-environment/104701158
#ClimateBreakdown #FossilFuel #mobility #pollution #ParisAgreement #MobilityDesign #cars #PrivateVehicles #TheDrive #tourists #LongHaul #AirTravel #travel #tourism #harm #CarbonFootprint #electric #vehicles #GHG

#Trump Picks #ClimateDenying #Oil&Gas Magnate as #EnergySecretary. He Once Drank #FrackingFluid on Live TV

#DemocracyNow, November 18, 2024

"As we broadcast all week from the #COP29 talks in #Azerbaijan, we look at what Donald Trump’s reelection as U.S. president means for the #climate. #CleanEnergy and #environmental advocates are raising alarm over Trump’s picks for key roles in his administration, including #fracking magnate #ChrisWright to serve as energy secretary and #NorthDakota Governor #DougBurgum to lead the #InteriorDepartment, where he could greatly expand #drilling on #FederalLands. #Burgum, a major ally of the #FossilFuel industry, was also tapped to head a newly created #NationalEnergyCouncil aimed at increasing oil and gas production.

"For more on the #WhiteHouse transition, we speak with #ManishBapna, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council [#NRDC] and Natural Resources Defense Council Action. He calls Trump’s picks 'deeply troubling' but says there is still room for optimism. 'The clean energy transition in the United States is unstoppable. It’s going to hit some speed bumps now, but it will move forward,' says Bapna."

Watch / Transcript:
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/18/cop29_usa

#ViewerSupportedNews #BigOilAndGas #TrumpAppointments #LeaveItInTheGround

#ClimateChange feedbacks lead to surge in natural #methane #emissions
A new trouble spot is in the Arctic, where scientists recently found unexpectedly large methane emissions in winter. And globally, the increase in #watervapor caused by #globalwarming is slowing the rate at which methane breaks down in the atmosphere. If those feedbacks intensify, scientists said, it could outpace efforts to cut methane from #fossilfuel and other human sources.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/08/climate-change-feedbacks-lead-to-surge-in-natural-methane-emissions/ #climate #climatecrisis

@jabgoe2089

#DEpol #Merkel #Scholz #Gabriel #NordStream2 #EnergyWars

(1/n)

Oh, absolutely not, you are right. It seems that too many luminaries of the two big #German parties were involved in the #Russian #FossilFuel Bermuda Triangle.

Take this interview with #SigmarGabriel before the #Russian mass invasion. He, one of the paragon of Social-Democracy took an utterly freeemarket-deregulation stance worthy of the Liberals #ChristianLindner, #FDP.
TBH, there is...

https://www.rnd.de/politik/sigmar-gabriel-zu-nordstream-2-europa-muss-sein-energierecht-souveran-entscheiden-KLJU2YACK5CGHF36ZQCZYUGCEU.html

Mining and Refining: Fracking https://hackaday.com/2024/06/05/mining-and-refining-fracking/ #MiningandRefining #OriginalArt #directional #fossilfuel #naturalgas #hydraulic #Featured #Interest #borehole #drilling #Fracking #mudmotor #methane