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Big deal, I'll wait until I can buy an IKEAscraper.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/aug/27/the-flat-pack-skyscraper-how-wood-can-shape-the-cities-of-the-future

#cleantech #cleanenergy #sustainability #renewableenergy #climatechange #greenenergy #innovation

So, Uber asked me if removing UberX (the standard option) would make me sad. They wanted to know if I'd choose a different option or leave the platform entirely.

In all honesty, that would allow only the newer, eco-friendly vehicles to run around, so that's something. The prices aren't any higher, especially if you choose the wait&save option.

The downside, from what I've noticed, is that (all???) EVs have ad displays in the back. Look, I want to do my part and reduce CO₂ emissions, but I absolutely detest ads. Plus, I'm paying for my ride. At least make them free, you know, like those awful mobile games that people play in the bathroom.

#RideHailing #RideSharing #Uber #RoadSafety #BanFossils #GreenEnergy #AlternativeEnergy

So, Uber asked me if removing UberX (the standard option) would make me sad. They wanted to know if I'd choose a different option or leave the platform entirely.

In all honesty, that would allow only the newer, eco-friendly vehicles to run around, so that's something. The prices aren't any higher, especially if you choose the wait&save option.

The downside, from what I've noticed, is that (all???) EVs have ad displays in the back. Look, I want to do my part and reduce CO₂ emissions, but I absolutely detest ads. Plus, I'm paying for my ride. At least make them free, you know, like those awful mobile games that people play in the bathroom.

#RideHailing #RideSharing #Uber #RoadSafety #BanFossils #GreenEnergy #AlternativeEnergy

So, Uber asked me if removing UberX (the standard option) would make me sad. They wanted to know if I'd choose a different option or leave the platform entirely.

In all honesty, that would allow only the newer, eco-friendly vehicles to run around, so that's something. The prices aren't any higher, especially if you choose the wait&save option.

The downside, from what I've noticed, is that (all???) EVs have ad displays in the back. Look, I want to do my part and reduce CO₂ emissions, but I absolutely detest ads. Plus, I'm paying for my ride. At least make them free, you know, like those awful mobile games that people play in the bathroom.

#RideHailing #RideSharing #Uber #RoadSafety #BanFossils #GreenEnergy #AlternativeEnergy

So, Uber asked me if removing UberX (the standard option) would make me sad. They wanted to know if I'd choose a different option or leave the platform entirely.

In all honesty, that would allow only the newer, eco-friendly vehicles to run around, so that's something. The prices aren't any higher, especially if you choose the wait&save option.

The downside, from what I've noticed, is that (all???) EVs have ad displays in the back. Look, I want to do my part and reduce CO₂ emissions, but I absolutely detest ads. Plus, I'm paying for my ride. At least make them free, you know, like those awful mobile games that people play in the bathroom.

#RideHailing #RideSharing #Uber #RoadSafety #BanFossils #GreenEnergy #AlternativeEnergy

I got a great idea - how about we make OTHER things eat this?

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/aug/24/cookies-plastic-astronauts-space-food

#cleantech #cleanenergy #sustainability #renewableenergy #climatechange #greenenergy #innovation

I got a great idea - how about we make OTHER things eat this?

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/aug/24/cookies-plastic-astronauts-space-food

#cleantech #cleanenergy #sustainability #renewableenergy #climatechange #greenenergy #innovation

I got a great idea - how about we make OTHER things eat this?

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/aug/24/cookies-plastic-astronauts-space-food

#cleantech #cleanenergy #sustainability #renewableenergy #climatechange #greenenergy #innovation

I got a great idea - how about we make OTHER things eat this?

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/aug/24/cookies-plastic-astronauts-space-food

#cleantech #cleanenergy #sustainability #renewableenergy #climatechange #greenenergy #innovation

I got a great idea - how about we make OTHER things eat this?

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/aug/24/cookies-plastic-astronauts-space-food

#cleantech #cleanenergy #sustainability #renewableenergy #climatechange #greenenergy #innovation

What we know about the link between Nepal’s flash floods and our climate crisis https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/03/what-we-know-about-the-link-between-nepals-flash-floods-and-our-climate-crisis #NepalDisaster #ClimateChange #BigOilKnew #PhaseOutFossilFuels #MakeBigOilPay #GreenEnergy

American Investors To Explore Mega Infrastructure, Energy Deals And Other Opportunities In The Philippines

Several business executives and investors from the United States are set to visit the Philippines next week to explore investment opportunities in the nation’s infrastructure sector, energy sector, and more, according to a news report by the Manila Bulletin. The American investors will engage with their Filipino counterparts during the planned 5-day trade mission.

To put things in perspective, posted below is the excerpt from the report of the Manila Bulletin. Some parts in boldface…

More than 25 American business executives and investors will visit the country next week for a business mission as the United States (US) seeks to deepen its economic ties with the Philippines, which recently secured upper-middle-income status.

In a statement, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said the US business delegation would mount a five-day trade mission across major economic areas in the Philippines from July 6 to 10.

The delegation includes business leaders and investors from the Northeast and Midwest regions of the US. The mission is organized by the DTI’s Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC) in New York and the Philippine Consulates General in New York and Chicago.

The DTI said the business mission aims to strengthen economic ties between the two longtime trade partners while also encouraging US companies to invest more in the country’s growing economy.

Based on the latest country income classifications of the World Bank, the Philippines has moved up from lower-middle-income to upper-middle-income status. This was based on the country’s gross national income (GNI) per capita estimate for 2025, which reached a record $4,850.

The DTI noted that the upcoming visit also comes at a time when the Philippines is actively positioning itself as a key partner for US companies looking to expand in Asia.

During the business mission, the US delegation will meet with Philippine government leaders and local business owners to explore business, tourism, and investment opportunities.

The US business leaders will also attend business meetings, informational briefings, and tours of key economic areas in Manila, Clark, Subic, and Corregidor.

Let me end this piece by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this development? Do you see a promising future between the United States and the Philippines when it comes to economics and investment under the leadership of US President Donald Trump? Are you convinced the corruption within the Philippines is no longer a turn-off for American investors?

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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ଆଲେକ୍ସେଇ କ୍ରିଲୋଭ From Bonfire To Reactor (In Odia by Alexei Krylov)

A popular science book for children explaining various sources of energy and how we can harness them from nature.

Some really fantastic full page drawings by Andrei Platonov

Translated to Oriya

Why do airplanes fly?
What makes cars and trains run?
Why is electricity provided to our homes and to factories? Why do people eat? Indeed, why and what for?

ତିହାସ

– ଚିତ୍ରାଙ୍କନ – ଆଦେଲ ପ୍ଲାଟୋନୋଭ୍

ଅନୁବାଦ – ଅରୁଣ ଢୁମାର ମହାନ୍ତ
– ମୁଖ୍ୟ ପରିବେଶକ – ନବଯୁଗ ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥାଳୟ

ବଜ୍ରକବାଟି ରୋତ୍

କଟକ – ୭୫୩୦୦୧

ଶିଶୁମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଏକ ଲୋକପ୍ରିୟ ବିଜ୍ଞାନ ପୁସ୍ତକ, ଯାହାରେ ଉର୍ଜାର ବିଭିନ୍ନ ସ୍ରୋତ ଏବଂ ପ୍ରକୃତିରୁ ସେଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ କିପରି ଅଧିଗମନ କରାଯାଇପାରେ, ସେବିଷୟରେ ବିସ୍ତାରରେ ବ୍ୟାଖ୍ୟା କରାଯାଇଛି।

ଆନ୍ଦ୍ରେଇ ପ୍ଲାଟୋନଭଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ଆକର୍ଷଣୀୟ ପୃଷ୍ଠା ପୃଷ୍ଠା ଅଙ୍କନରେ ଭରିଥିବା ପୃଷ୍ଠାଗୁଡ଼ିକ ପୁସ୍ତକକୁ ଆରୋ ଆକର୍ଷଣୀୟ କରିଛି।

ଏହି ପ୍ରଶ୍ନଗୁଡ଼ିକ ଜିଜ୍ଞାସାକୁ ଜଗାଇ ଦିଏ:
ଏୟାରପ୍ଲେନ୍ କାହିଁକି ଉଡେ?
କାହିଁକି ଗାଡ଼ି ଏବଂ ଟ୍ରେନ୍ ଚାଲେ?
ଆମ ଘର ଏବଂ କାରଖାନାଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ବିଦ୍ୟୁତ୍ କାହିଁକି ଯୋଗାଇ ଯାଏ?
ଲୋକମାନେ କାହିଁକି ଖାଉଛନ୍ତି?
ସତରେ, କାହିଁକି ଏବଂ କଣ ପାଇଁ?

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#FotoVorschlag 'Windräder' / 'Wind turbines'

Aktueller Blick aus unserem Garten. Und nein, die stören gar nicht und wir freuen uns über Ökostrom.

A current view from our garden. And no, they don't bother us at all, and we're happy to be using green electricity.

#photography #fotografie #greenenergy #windenergie #fossilfree #windpower #CO2frei #klimafreundlich #energiewende

GAIL to Develop 600 MW Solar Power Project in Uttar Pradesh

#TycoonWorld #GAIL #SolarPowerProject #RenewableEnergy #UttarPradesh #JhansiSolarPark #CleanEnergyIndia #SolarEnergy #GreenEnergy #EnergyTransition #SustainableDevelopment #BatteryStorage #BESS #PowerSectorIndia #EnergyNews #InfrastructureIndia #CBGPlants #PetrochemicalPlant #PataAuraiya #SolarInvestment #LowCarbonEnergy #IndiaEnergy #GreenFuture

https://tycoonworld.in/gail-to-develop-600-mw-solar-power-project-in-uttar-pradesh/

This is literally insane:
https://apnews.com/article/trump-2027-annual-budget-congress-defense-f95715d838be17afd9799208cd3182e3?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c2c1600ae1507590e099
#2027budget #budget #trump #pentagon #hegseth #defensespending #dod #departmentofwarcrimes #war #iran #israel #zionism #russellvought #vought #gop #daycare #medicare #medicaid #doj #departmentofjustice #DC #greenenergy #housing #uspol #uspolitics ##noaa #usda #hud #hhs #lowincomecommunities #lowincome #trumpstein #trumpsteinclass #epsteinclass #communityservices #ahrq #rogerwicker #brendanboyle #debt #deficit #socialsecurity #congress

Switching off wind turbines cost Britain €1.6bn this year. Here’s why.

Wind is now one of the world’s biggest electricity sources and wind power has surged across Europe, sparking concern that billions are being wasted due to “insufficient” grid investment.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260102-switching-off-wind-turbines-cost-britain-16bn-this-year-heres-why?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#RenewableEnergy #WindEnergy #GreenEnergy #EnergyTransition #Energy #WindTurbines #UK #Europe #NationalGrid

Someone finally built the car that charges itself.

Just talked to Robert Hoevers, CEO of Squad Mobility, about their solar-powered city car. Panel on the roof. Battery underneath. Park it in the sun, drive it around town—it just keeps charging.

Live somewhere sunny? You literally never plug in. The average person drives 12km a day for errands. This does 150km max range. The math works.

5,300 pre-orders. €1.5M in European funding. Production starts next year.
Street legal. Crash tested.
Robert put it simply: "It's like a second car."

Exactly. Not for highway commutes but perfect for the grocery run, city trip, the school drop-off and all those short trips where driving a massive polluting vehicle makes zero sense.

Sometimes the obvious solution just needed someone to build it.

Watch the Video 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI8gnYxn0OE
Listen to the Podcast 👉 https://itspradio.com/episodes/solar-ev-that-never-needs-charging-w-robert-hoevers-squad-mobility-brand-highlight-story

#electricvehicle #EV #solarpower #electriccar #sustainableliving #ecofriendly #cleanenergy #greenenergy #innovation #climatetech #solarcar #solarEV #citycar #urbanmobility #micromobility #electricmobility #sustainabletransport #emobility #evlife #electricvehicles #sustainablelifestyle #zerowaste #carbonfootprint #greenliving #ecoconscious #sustainablefuture #climataction #gogreen #ecoinnovation #renewableenergy #futureofmobility #smartcities #urbandesign #minimalism #modernliving #simpleliving #tinycar #compactcar #europetravel #europeanstyle #gatedcommunity #smartliving #citylife #urbanlife #europeandesign #startup #crowdfunding #preorder #disruptor #sustainability #greentech #cleantech #futuretech #europeanstartupRetry

Will man seinen Stromverbrauch an klimafreundliche Stromerzeuger anpassen, ist ein Tag mit viel Wind besonders praktisch: Denn anders als der typische Mittagspeak der Photovoltaik steht uns Windenergie oft über den gesamten Tag zur Verfügung. 🌞🌬️🌛 So kann man meist auch schon vormittags oder noch spät abends viel grünen Strom nutzen. 🌱

Am 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴 um 20 Uhr ist der Windkraft-Anteil an der gesamten Stromerzeugung mit 𝟲𝟮% am höchsten. Über den gesamten 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴 beträgt ihr Anteil am Strommix etwa 𝟱𝟯% und damit deutlich mehr als der Jahresdurchschnitt 2024 von 𝟯𝟯%.

Wie nutzt du heute die Kraft des Windes? 🪁

#Windenergie #Windstrom #Wind #Windkraft #Windrad #WindkraftJaBitte #klimafreundlich #Waschmaschine #Erneuerbare #GreenEnergy #LasstUnsHandeln #AlleFürsKlima #PowerByThePeople

📷 Das Foto wurde von 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹 ( @windfotos auf Instagram) in #Zülpich aufgenommen.

🔍 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲: Berechnungen auf Basis von Daten der Transparenzplattform des Verbandes Europäischer Übertragungsnetzbetreiber ENTSO-E (www.entsoe.eu)

we #pickgreenenergy 💚

Blast off with EF040: 40kW DC dynamo for public pros—CCS/CHAdeMO dual-ready, OCPP-upgradable, app-secure, and element-proof (IP54/IK10). 7" Touch UI, 30-Day Guarantee. Morocco's charge for tomorrow!
#DCFastCharge #EF040 #EVInnovation
#EF040, #EF040Series, #EVMoroccoEV, #MoroccoDCCharger
#40kWDC, #CCS2CHAdeMO, #OCPPDCCharger, #RFIDFastCharge, #IP54EVCharger, #DualConnectorEV
#EVFastCharge, #ElectricVehicle, #SustainableMobility, #GreenEnergy, #DCStation,…

https://evmorocco.ma/product/ef040-series-dc-ev-charger-accelerate-your-ev-journey-with-high-speed-versatile-power/

Wir bekommen leider auch heute außer zum Börsenstrompreis keine Prognosedaten. Darum haben wir Peaky losgeschickt. 🐥 Der meint: Mäßig Wind in Sicht, aber viel Sonne.

Naja... bisschen genauer ist es, sich am schwankenden #Strompreis zu orientieren, aus dem wir ersatzweise den voraussichtlichen Anteil Erneuerbarer Energien im Stromnetz ableiten. So kannst du dich wie gewohnt an unserer Infografik orientieren, um viel klimafreundlich erzeugen Strom zu nutzen. 💪🌍

#Energiewende #Klimaschutz #Klima #klimafreundlich #Infografik #Photovoltaik #Vogel #Erneuerbare #GreenEnergy #LasstUnsHandeln #AlleFürsKlima #PowerByThePeople

🔍 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲: Berechnungen auf Basis von Daten der Transparenzplattform des Verbandes Europäischer Übertragungsnetzbetreiber ENTSO-E (www.entsoe.eu)

we #pickgreenenergy 💚

Perovskite solar cells are a promising technology for green energy, offering higher efficiency and potentially lower production costs compared to traditional silicon-based solar cells. Let's explore the environmental benefits of perovskite solar cells.
#PerovskiteSolarCells #GreenEnergy #RenewableEnergy #SolarPower #EnvironmentalSustainability #CleanEnergy #SustainableFuture #EnergyEfficiency #ClimateAction #NetZero #SolarInnovation
https://www.scientificworldinfo.com/2025/05/environmental-benefits-of-perovskite-solar-cells.html

A call for a greener tech future that invites change and sparks debate. #SustainableIT, #GreenComputing, #EnergyEfficiency, #eWasteReduction, #DigitalSustainability, #GreenEnergy, #TechForGood, #DataCenterGreen, #CleanTech, #DigitalGreen, #EcoTech, #FutureTech, #GreenInnovation, #JoinGreenTech, #ActNow, #GlobalGreen, #TechSuccess, #GreenChallenges, #TechOpportunities, #BrightFuture, #NextGenGreen, #GreenSteps, #EcoAction, #InnovateGreen, #CleanInnovation, #GlobalUnity, #GreenWorld, #EcoEconomics, #SmartBusiness, #GreenPolicy, #SustainableRules, #GreenLearning, #TechAwareness, #CommunityTech, #CollaborateGreen, #MeasureGreen, #SmartMetrics, #NextGenGreen, #YoungTech, #EmbraceChange, #FutureGreen, #VisualGreen, #ArtAndTech, #BoldTech, #GreenLegacy
https://medium.com/@sanjay.mohindroo66/green-bytes-the-journey-towards-sustainable-it-green-computing-d43134869d5f

Blog: Voices of #Decolonization

#FirstNations chiefs shouldn’t be duped by the ‘#nuclear-is-green' deception

by William Eric Altvater, February 6, 2025

"Some First Nation Chiefs are victims of shenanigans, not unlike the swindle behind the purchase of Manhattan. The federal government needs the support of #Indigenous peoples to expand nuclear power generation capacity in #Canada.

"For millennia, the cornerstones of the Indigenous people that inhabit Turtle Island, now known as North America, held all that is essential to life, in reverence. Every decision considered the next 7 generations. These cornerstones are crumbling.

"Newcomers, armed with the #Colonizing tool, 'The #DoctrineOfDiscovery' and their mentality of superiority, invaded the land of those they called 'Savages,' almost totally exterminating #Skicinuwok, People of The Earth.

"Determined to bestow Christianity and civility to this wild untamed population, old growth forests were cut, rivers and streams were dammed to power sawmills, roads and railroads were built, bridges erected. All to create an infrastructure for #capitalism, a system to make a #profit, that morphed into #greed, a word of foreign root. This unbridled desire for progress has ruined what was once called Paradise.

"Now most water is not fit to drink, clean air is scarce, #deforestation is rampant, #biodiversity loss out of control, plants genetically modified, food manufactured with unpronounceable chemicals, caged fish starved of oxygen while being fed chicken feathers and pig parts, cancer cases in the millions, the list goes on.

"As the population increased over this continent the available sources for power generation have not been able to satisfy the insatiable desires of the 'bigger, better, faster, more is never enough' mentality. Some have finally acknowledged the fact that #FossilFuels are not the golden egg they were once deemed to be.

"So-called '#GreenEnergy' is required to slow the blind drive to extinction of man; man, who is considered by some to be the most intelligent creature to ever roam Earth. Unfortunately, the lure of riches and the corruption of self-serving purposes have led man to stray from practices that nurture everything required to sustain life on this tiny blue marble floating through the universe.

"#NuclearPower is now being touted as being 'Green.' It is not. Big money corporations are lobbying legislators to convince them and the public that it is. They are also lobbying to convince the public that they should foot the bill in the form of taxes and rate hikes, for a process that pollutes from the day it starts. Water is life. As soon as #uranium is mined from the earth it begins to contaminate the water in surrounding aquifers.

"When the uranium is processed sufficiently, it is used as fuel for reactors where it generates heat while delivering electricity, not just for essential needs, but also for many things once considered luxuries. This fission generated heat is then dumped into nearby waters where it kills thousands, if not millions of small beings that form the basis of life itself.

"After this radioactive fuel is depleted, it is stored in various containers where it will stay radioactive for eons. Indigenous #Grandmothers have labelled it 'Forever Dangerous.'

"The power generated during the fission process benefits only those who exist today as the process occurs, not those born tomorrow or next week or next month. All the #RadioactiveWaste and the inherent danger it creates is left to future generations, kicking the can down the road.

"What better place to dump this waste than in an area with a population that has witnessed Newcomers enrich themselves for hundreds of years? Yes, what better place than a population that has been targeted for assimilation, suffered theft of lands, witnessed the taking of naturally bestowed rights? A population that has been subjected to racial Indian Act legislation essentially stripping away all that sustained this population for thousands of years.

"Yes, let us give the Indians some more shiny beads and trinkets so that they willingly agree to care for our radioactive garbage. How do we do this? Let’s talk to the Chief and Council. Let’s wine and dine them. Let’s give them some money, take them to dinner, buy some drinks and make them feel all festive and most of all make them think we are looking out for their best interests. Some Chiefs have taken the bait.

"Egregious as it may be, this is exactly what is happening in some Indigenous communities contrary to the will of the majority. Elected Chiefs are continuing the deception as they are blinded and professing the 'Nuclear is Green' mantra. They have lost connection with the Spirit of Ancestors and traditional values. They need to have a serious introspection and realize that looking forward, we need only look back at what has sustained us to this point in time. We need not do any more than that."

Eric lives in #PeskotomuhkatiNation territory in Maine and stands shoulder to shoulder with his Peskotomuhkati relations in #NewBrunswick in the struggle to achieve Canadian Government recognition.

https://www.wabanakireach.org/first_nations_chiefs_shouldn_t_be_duped_by_the_nuclear_is_green_deception_by_william_altvater
#NoNukes #NoNewNukes #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife #UraniumMining #UraniumMilling #LeaveItInTheGround #Greenwashing #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #NuclearIsNotGreen #CanadaPol #NuclearWaste #NuclearIndustry #TEPCOLies #HoltecLies #NuclearColonialism

Switching to electric vehicles will push the power grid to the brink
#Environment #Energy #ClimateChange #ElectricVehicles #PowerGrid #NetZero #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #UK #GreenEnergy #SustainableTransport #CleanEnergy #EnergyDemand
https://the-14.com/switching-to-electric-vehicles-will-push-the-power-grid-to-the-brink/

I am shocked and dismayed that #Amazon claims that #nuclearenergy is a #safe and #clean source of #greenenergy.
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/sustainability/amazon-nuclear-energy-smr-plans
Even the shortest-lived #radioactivewaste remains dangerous for longer than recorded human history and every strategy I've ever read about to manage it begins to fail long before the waste is inert. Since when is trading #carbon for #irradiation a valid strategy?

#climatepledge
#SMR
#nuclearpower
#sustainability
#nuclearwaste
#nuclearfission
#fission

I am shocked and dismayed that #Amazon claims that #nuclearenergy is a #safe and #clean source of #greenenergy.
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/sustainability/amazon-nuclear-energy-smr-plans
Even the shortest-lived #radioactivewaste remains dangerous for longer than recorded human history and every strategy I've ever read about to manage it begins to fail long before the waste is inert. Since when is trading #carbon for #irradiation a valid strategy?

#climatepledge
#SMR
#nuclearpower
#sustainability
#nuclearwaste
#nuclearfission
#fission

I am shocked and dismayed that #Amazon claims that #nuclearenergy is a #safe and #clean source of #greenenergy.
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/sustainability/amazon-nuclear-energy-smr-plans
Even the shortest-lived #radioactivewaste remains dangerous for longer than recorded human history and every strategy I've ever read about to manage it begins to fail long before the waste is inert. Since when is trading #carbon for #irradiation a valid strategy?

#climatepledge
#SMR
#nuclearpower
#sustainability
#nuclearwaste
#nuclearfission
#fission

I am shocked and dismayed that #Amazon claims that #nuclearenergy is a #safe and #clean source of #greenenergy.
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/sustainability/amazon-nuclear-energy-smr-plans
Even the shortest-lived #radioactivewaste remains dangerous for longer than recorded human history and every strategy I've ever read about to manage it begins to fail long before the waste is inert. Since when is trading #carbon for #irradiation a valid strategy?

#climatepledge
#SMR
#nuclearpower
#sustainability
#nuclearwaste
#nuclearfission
#fission

The Silent Killers in #IndianCountry: #Copper, #Lithium, #Uranium and #Plutonium

Judge finds plutonium plants in #NewMexico and #SouthCarolina violated environmental laws

By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Oct. 10, 2024

"The U.S. government's plan for increased plutonium production at #LosAlamos National Laboratory, in the heart of Pueblo lands in northern New Mexico, has been delayed by a federal judge.

"Continuing the U.S. legacy of poisoning Indian country with #radiation, this comes as the U.S. government is granting leases to foreign #mining companies targeting Native #sacred lands and communities.

"#CopperMining is targeting San CarlosApache's sacred #OakFlat; #Hualapai are suing the US Department of Interior to halt lithium mining at their sacred spring Ha'Kamwe'; and the U.S. government is promoting the ongoing digging into the #Paiute Massacre Site in northern Nevada for #lithium, in violation of all federal laws that protect Native religious and historic sites, the environment and endangered species.

"Uranium mining in the Grand Canyon threatens #Havasupai's aquifer, the haul route endangers everyone in the Four Corners region, and the uranium mill at White Mesa Ute in #Utah is poisoning #Utes.

"Interior Sec. #DebHaaland said in Farmington, N.M., that Los Alamos Labs would be the leader in the so-called '#GreenEnergy transition' in the #FourCorners region.

"More than 500 radioactive #UraniumMill sites remain on the #NavajoNation that have not been cleaned up by the U.S. #EPA, which deceives the public by announcing plans and promises to clean up the #ColdWar sites.

"In the current federal lawsuit, a federal judge in South Carolina ruled that U.S. energy officials illegally neglected to study impacts to the #environment in efforts to increase plutonium production for nuclear weapons in New Mexico and South Carolina.

"'South Carolina District Court Judge Mary Geiger Lewis sided with environmental, #AntiNuclear proliferation and community groups last week who sued the National Nuclear Security Administration (#NNSA), which oversees the nuclear weapons stockpile as part of the U.S. Department of Energy [#DOE],' reports Source New Mexico.

"The U.S. is investing billions into restarting the manufacture of #PlutoniumPits, the grapefruit-sized spheres developed for #nuclear weapons. The plutonium is produced from uranium.

"'The federal government halted its manufacturing program at the #RockyFlatsPlant in #Colorado in 1989 after an FBI raid due to safety concerns and #EnvironmentalCrimes,' Source New Mexico reports.

"The U.S. government's #AtomicBombTesting in #Nevada left a trail of cancer and death for #WesternShoshone. The documentary 'Downwind' reveals the truth.

"'This is a very serious issue and that's why I can't let it go. I can't move on. People say, 'oh, why don't you just let it go?' Because it's killing my family. It's killing my land. It's killing my people. And that will not stand. It's being done in secret. And killing Indians in secret will not stand,' said Ian Zabarte, Principal Man of the Western Bands of the #ShoshoneNation of Indians. Zabarte is featured in '#Downwind' about radiation poisoning from U.S. #NuclearTests.

"Currently, foreign companies -- which receive the profits and find it easy to avoid clean up and responsibility for #environmental crimes and deaths from #cancer -- are receiving the mining leases from the U.S. government. The leases are granted by the U.S. Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and in the case of #UraniumMining in the #GrandCanyon, it is the USDA's Forestry Service. #Biden's attorneys have joined the lawsuit with #RioTinto to devastate #OakFlat.

"Australian and Canadian mining corporations are devastating Native lands and communities, poisoning the water and causing widespread cancer.
Rio Tinto, targeting Apaches #OakFlat, is an Australian company which destroyed 46,000 years of #Aboriginal sacred history in caves in #Australia.

"Another Australian mining company is targeting #Hualapai's sacred site. It is #Hawstone / #ArizonaLithium, in Perth, Australia.

"#EnergyFuels, now uranium mining in the Grand Canyon, and operating the uranium mill at #WhiteMesaUte, is a Canadian company. Another Canadian company is digging into the #Paiute Massacre Site. It is #LithiumAmericas.
#Hopi judge #DianeHumetewa granted a temporary restraining order to halt the lithium mining at #Hualapai's sacred spring."

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-silent-killers-in-indian-country.html

#NoUraniumMining #CopperMining #LithiumMining #NoMiningWithoutConsent #EnvironmentalRacism #NoWar #NoNukes #NuclearWeapons #RecycleCopper #RecycleLithium #WaterIsLife #NuclearWaste #DefendTheSacred #WhiteMesaMill #Ute #AtomicBomb #CulturalGenocide #Genocide #FirstNations #NativeAmericanNews #SuperfundSites #ToxicWaste #SaveOakFlat #OpenPitMining #Pollution #ReaderSupportedNews

BREAKING NEWS! Federal Judge Halts #Haaland's Runaway Train of Destruction of #NativeAmerican #SacredPlaces in #Arizona

By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, August 21, 2024

"In a bizarre twist, attorneys for the U.S. government said an Australian company has to drill into #Hualapai's Ceremonial Place because it is necessary for '#GreenEnergy transition.' A federal judge ruled otherwise and halted the drilling for #lithium with a temporary restraining order.

"The head of a #Navajo tribal enterprise had already rushed in and agreed to head up the drilling into the sacred. On Monday, Hualapai defenders began an encampment to protect their sacred land and water.

"U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa granted a temporary restraining order, and became the first judge to halt Biden and Haaland's runaway train of destruction, which includes granting mining permits at Native sacred places for lithium, and bulldozing Native historic villages and burial sites for #WindEnergy -- in violation of federal laws.

[...]

"In the usual scam of environmental impact statements, the U.S. government claimed the drilling would have 'no significant impact' on Hualapai's Ceremonial Place and the Sacred Spring. #Biden's Interior Department, headed by #DebHaaland, and her BLM issued the drilling permit to Australia's #HawkstoneEnergy, now calling itself #ArizonaLithium.

"The #HualapaiTribe is seeking a preliminary injunction to prohibit the drilling, pointing out that it violates the National Historic Preservation Act and National #Environmental Policy Act.

"The Ha’Kamwe' springs are on Hualapai land known as Cholla Canyon. There is archaeological evidence of the tribe’s presence there dating to 600 A.D.

“Today our people celebrate the granting of the temporary restraining order, but understand our fight is not over,” Hualapai Tribe Chairman Duane Clarke said in a statement Wednesday. “We will continue to bring awareness to the protection of our water.”
Ha'Kam'we Springs

"Meanwhile, Haaland is also being sued by the Tohono O'odham and San Carlos Apache Nations for destruction of their ancient village sites, medicine gathering areas, and burial places in the San Pedro Valley in southern Arizona.
Bulldozers for #SunZia transmission lines are destroying sacred and historic sites in violation of federal laws. A Tucson federal judge refused to halt the destruction. Pattern Energy plans to take wind energy from New Mexico to California.

"In the ongoing fake green energy transition, the Navajo Transitional Energy Company signed an agreement with the Australian lithium company to head the drilling operation."

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08/judge-halts-haalands-runaway-train-of.html

#WaterIsLife #HaKamwe #WaterIsLife #SacredSite #ProtectTheSacred #CulturalGenocide #EnvironmentalRacism #NoMiningWithoutConsent #LithiumMining #NoLithiumMining #EarthJustice #BigSandyRiver #WesternMiningActionProject

In the Dirty Business of Faking Green, a Third #Arizona Tribe Sues #DebHaaland for Desecration

By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews
August 13, 2024

"In the dirty business of faking #GreenEnergy, Interior Department head Deb Haaland is being sued by the #Hualapai Tribe for approval of a #LithiumMine targeting their #SacredSpring. It is the same lithium mine where an Australian company has hired the head of a #NavajoNation enterprise to lead the drilling for lithium and violating the sacred.

"Deb Haaland, #LagunaPueblo, is now being sued by three tribes in Arizona for ongoing destruction of religious and historic places, sacred places where #TohonoOodham, #SanCarlosApache , and Hualapai have offered their prayers since time immemorial.

"In the lawsuit, Hualapai tell of the drilling for lithium, and the way the Interior's Bureau of Land Management concealed the plans for the lithium mine."

[...]

"The Tohono O'odham and San Carlos Apache Nations filed for a restraining order on Haaland, which was denied by a Tucson federal judge, but the tribes continue the legal battle. Haaland, present at the groundbreaking of #PatternEnergy's wind project, is promoting the #SunZia transmission line to take wind energy from New Mexico to California, now cutting a path of destruction across pristine regions of the Southwest. Pattern Energy in San Francisco is owned by the #CanadaPensionFund.

"The mainstream media is also concealing the fact that the CEO of the #NavajoNation enterprise which claims to be transitioning to green energy is heading the project to desecrate Hualapai's sacred ceremonial place. The so-called #NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany also owns #CoalMines in Wyoming and Montana.

"The Navajo Transitional Energy Company stated in March that it had signed the mining agreement and its CEO #Vern Lund would lead the mining operation for the Australian company."

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08/in-dirty-business-of-faking-green-third.html

#ProtectTheSacred #CorporateColonialism #CorporateGreed #NoMiningWithoutConsent #LithiumMining #HaKamwe #ChollaCanyon #Greenwashing #FourCorners #ArizonaLithium #BigSandy #HawthornResourcesLtd #HawthornResources #GinaRinehart

Common kitchen ingredient may be key to world’s green energy transition, scientists say
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/common-kitchen-ingredient-may-be-key-to-world-s-green-energy-transition-scientists-say/ar-AA1czrBh?ei=11

#GreenEnergy
#Hydrogen
#Bicarbonate
#BakingSoda

Here’s what’s at stake for #Indigenous peoples at #COP28

Negotiations happen behind closed doors, but for Indigenous peoples, “a lot of work happens in the hallways.”

by Anita Hofschneider, Nov 29, 2023

“Ozawa Bineshi Albert wants the world to stop relying on #FossilFuels. So last year, the co-executive director of #ClimateJusticeAlliance flew from the U.S. to Egypt to make her voice heard at COP27, the international conference on climate change where world leaders gather to negotiate new commitments to battle the #ClimateCrisis.

”But at COP27, Albert, who is Anishinaabe and Yuchi, noticed that Indigenous peoples like herself were outnumbered by fossil fuel #lobbyists. She was also struck by how many people touted #nuclear energy as an alternative to burning #oil and #gas. 

'#Nuclear is one of the most dirty, damaging energy sources, particularly for #IndigenousPeople,' she thought. 'It touches Indigenous communities all along its lifecycle from where it gets #mined, to where it gets #processed, to where #NuclearPower plants are placed, to where #NuclearWaste gets stored.'

“That observation was just one indication of how the perspectives, and experiences, of Indigenous peoples aren’t always reflected in the broader #EnvironmentalMovement. As COP28 kicks off in the United Arab Emirates this week, hundreds of Indigenous advocates are making their way to Dubai with the hope of ensuring that their communities aren’t overlooked by global leaders.

“Though the conference doesn’t officially begin until Thursday, the work has already started. Jennifer Tauli Corpuz is Kankanaey-Igorot from the Philippines and is managing director of policy at Nia Tero. She spent eight hours Tuesday in an auditorium with about 350 fellow members of the #IndigenousPeoplesCaucus, a delegation representing Native peoples, working on the details of a two-minute opening statement that the Caucus will be allowed to give during COP28’s opening ceremony. Corpuz says it’s not easy to distill everyone’s perspectives and issues into such a short statement and the work required interpreters in five languages. 

“Apart from ending fossil fuel reliance, Indigenous advocates at COP28 want to ensure that funding to offset the impacts of #ClimateChange reaches their communities; ensure Indigenous knowledge is seen as a solution to climate change; and prevent governments and private actors from violating their rights, especially as those actors pursue #GreenEnergy projects. 

“Corpuz said the caucus plans to approve advocacy papers outlining their positions Wednesday. Then comes the work of convincing negotiators to listen. But it’s not easy. 

“The estimated 350 Indigenous peoples at COP28 is an attendance record for Native advocates, but it’s still far fewer than the 600 fossil fuel lobbyists who attended COP27 last year. As well, the most important work at the conference, negotiating the exact language of international climate change treaties, gets done behind closed doors among designated representatives from United Nations member countries. 

“Corpuz estimates that perhaps 20 of the 350 #IndigenousPeople at COP28 this week have government badges that allow them access to negotiations. But even then, because they aren’t credentialed delegates representing a negotiating party, they are only able to watch and listen, not speak, she said.

“Still, it’s an improvement over past years when Indigenous peoples’ representatives were locked out from even more rooms, said Corpuz. At least now Indigenous representatives will be able to hear the details of the negotiations, the perspectives of international representatives, and carry the information back for advocates to lobby government delegates. 'A lot of the work of the Indigenous Caucus happens in the hallways,' Corpuz said.

“A key question that’s expected to be decided this year is how much money wealthy nations like the U.S. should pay in order to cover the costs of climate disasters in the Global South, an initiative known as the loss and damage fund. One study estimates that nations in the Global North are responsible for 92% of excess carbon emissions each year, compared with 8% in the Global South.

“‘What’s at stake is how these finance mechanisms are going to impact and be accessible to Indigenous communities and other impacted communities, how they will be funded, and to what levels will they be funded,' Albert said. 'And will those resources actually get to communities and not be taken up by agencies that will administer them?' 

“Eriel Deranger of the #Athabasca #Chipewyan #FirstNation in #Canada and executive director of Indigenous Climate Action, thinks that it makes sense that wealthy countries would be paying for climate impacts, but Deranger also wants the money to be available to Indigenous people no matter what country they live in due to already extreme climate impacts, many of which are exacerbated by #colonization and #LandTheft .

“‘If Canada, for example, or the U.S. is contributing to the loss and damage fund and we don’t have access to it as Indigenous people in North America or in the Global North, where are we going to see those kind of climate reparations and restitution for the damages that we are facing from the climate crisis?' Deranger asked. 

“But money is only part of the equation, said Kandi White, a citizen of the #Mandan, #Hidatsa, and #Arikara Nations in the U.S. and program director at the Indigenous Environmental Network, which sent a 25-member delegation to Dubai. 'For Indigenous peoples, it’s not just about the money, but it’s also about the return of our #sovereignty over our lands,' said White.  

“That sovereignty has been threatened by #landgrabs, including recent #landdeals between a #UnitedArabEmirates company and five #African nations for the #CarbonCredit trade, White said. The land deals were touted as a way to help conserve land and offset #pollution, but White is concerned about whether the Indigenous people living there truly #consented to the plan as well as how they’ll be affected. It’s part of a broader pattern of conservation deals that are creating conflict in Indigenous territories around the world.

“Both Deranger and White, who are in Dubai this week, also hope to establish a grievance procedure through which Indigenous peoples whose rights are infringed upon could hold governments accountable. 'We need there to not just be lip service of, ‘We recognize Indigenous rights,’ but we need to see language that has teeth,' Deranger said. 

“But securing that level of accountability may be an uphill battle. Even when world leaders make promises, they don’t always fulfill them: wealthy countries blew a 2020 deadline to spend $100 billion a year to help poorer nations cope with climate impacts and make progress toward #decarbonization. One study suggested that goal may have been met last year, two years late, even as the world hurtles toward 3 degrees of warming.

“The combined challenges—a lack of access to negotiating tables and tepid commitments by global leaders—have fueled disillusionment. Moñeka De Oro, who is Chamorro from the Mariana Islands and co-executive director of the #Micronesia Climate Change Alliance, says that last year at COP some Indigenous Caucus members discussed boycotting the convention, 'no longer being a part of these processes that continuously degrade our input,' she said. 

“De Oro recently helped draft a declaration for peace, unity and climate justice in the Pacific to be read at COP that called for a future free of #colonialism and #militarization. But as much as she believes in that message, she joined a boycott of this year’s convention with Grassroots Global Justice Alliance protesting the Israeli government’s war on Gaza, and questions whether to attend future meetings. 

"'If you’re going to continue to continuously be ignored and continuously be just erased from the entire process, I don’t know how much longer we want to be complicit in attending these sorts of things,' she said.

“The power imbalances can be discouraging but Ozawa Bineshi Albert still feels determined. 

“‘#COP is not a place that we go to thinking we’re going to get everything we want,' she said. To her, the overarching question is: 'How can we make sure that we at least hold the line and make sure the least amount of damage and the least amount of harm is caused to frontline and Indigenous communities?’”

https://grist.org/global-indigenous-affairs-desk/heres-whats-at-stake-for-indigenous-peoples-at-cop28/

#IndigenousRights #ClimateJustice #IndigenousConsent #EnvironmentalRacism #BigOilAndGas

Study Shows Bitcoin Mining Could Accelerate Transition to Renewable Energy - A new study suggests bitcoin mining could actually help drive the transition to re... - https://news.bitcoin.com/study-shows-bitcoin-mining-could-accelerate-transition-to-renewable-energy/ #electricityconsumption #environmentalimpact #capacityexpansion #carbonemissions #decarbonization #renewableenergy #sustainability #climatechange #gridstability #profitability #energygrids #flexibility #greenenergy #proofofwork

To accelerate our #GreenTransition, we need to address #workers pay & skills

A report from LSE’s Grantham Research Institute has concluded that: 'The lack of a positive wage premium in recent years despite ['green'] jobs having higher skill requirements is problematic for attracting workers into low-carbon jobs'!

A move to #greenenergy & other more #environment 'friendly' jobs also requires an #education & #retraining strategy that is (of course) beyond our current Govt.

h/t Sarah O'Connor FT

How to Clean Coal 1/4:
Take one dirty coal-fired power station such as Drax.
#drax #quaise #quaiseenergy #geothermal #greenenergy #green

https://metrozone.newsroomlabs.com/article-content/7557191?brid=2861ea0a&lang=en. Why we don't want nukes.
OKUMA, Japan (AP) — Twelve years after the triple reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan is preparing to release a massive amount of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea. #Fukushima #NuclearPowerMEWS #GreenEnergy #Environmental #SaveOurOceans #NuclearMeltdown

Oh, #introduction yeah sure. Just a late-30s guy looking to explore topics of interest. Generally of the view that today is better than the past, today is not nearly as good as it ought to be, and that the future can be much better than today. Regardless of topic, trying to focus more on feel-good vibes and funk, less on nasty dunks.

#videogames #BoardGames #dnd #ttrpg #running #scifilit #finance #economics #housing #yimby #astronomy #anthropology #greenenergy #energytransition #climatechange

What I recently learned from
@verbraucherzentrale_sh :

#cradle2cradle is getting more and more popular in the #solarEnergy world.

E.g. https://www.solitek.eu/en/solar-panels

More details: https://pad.hacc.space/green-hardware-ranking?view#Home-heating
@michiel #solar #solarPower #solarpanels #pv #photovoltaik #greenenergy #renewableenergy #greenfediverse