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  1. #SamAltman and others at #OpenAI are trying wicked hard to convince folks that they're all about saving #Nature... Buying #JackieAndShadow's home and now this... Um, sorry Sam and friends. It doesn't make up for the #NoisePollution, #WaterPollution, pollution from #EnergyConsumption , etc. for the #AIHouseOfCards... But folks are seeing right through that!

    #OpenAI flew influencers to a #NatureResort to fix its image. The internet called it #greenwashing.

    OpenAI flew a group of influencers to a $2,000-a-night wellness resort to warm up the public mood around #AI. Days before a reported $500bn #Datacentre deal, the internet called it greenwashing, and the creators got the backlash.

    August 4, 2026

    "The event, branded 'Summer Camp,' ran at Wildflower Farms, a resort in New York’s #HudsonValley where rooms can top $2,000 a night, Business Insider reported. Creators posted farm-to-table dinners under bistro lights, a beekeeping session, and classes on OpenAI’s tools. They went home with branded canvas bags and jars of honey.

    "The videos were soft-focus and lighthearted. The comments were not. Across TikTok, Reddit, X and Instagram, people called the trip 'dystopian' and accused OpenAI of greenwashing. One commenter told TechCrunch the issue was timing: '#TheWorldIsOnFire. It’s not a great time to brag about your $5,000-a-night suite.' "

    Read more:
    thenextweb.com/news/openai-sum

    #NoDatacenters #TheWorldIsBurning #USPol #AISucks #BigPower #BigData #ResistDataCenters #PowerCorruptionAndLies #AIDatacenters

  2. Quando a Terra impõe seus limites

    A crise climática escancara-se em todo o mundo. Um sistema que sonha com a expansão e o lucro infinitos converteu em desastre a energia abundante. Para restabelecer o equilíbrio rompido, sociedades precisarão ir além dos mercados. Haverá tempo, sabedoria e estratégia?

    outraspalavras.net/terraeantro

  3. #RecyclingLead for U.S. Car Batteries Is #Poisoning People

    By Peter S. Goodman, Will Fitzgibbon and Samuel Granados Visuals by Finbarr O’Reilly and Carmen Abd Ali
    Nov. 18, 2025

    Excerpt: "The #AutoIndustry touts #BatteryRecycling as an environmental success story. Lead from old batteries, when recycled cleanly and safely, can be melted down and reused again and again with minimal pollution.

    "But companies have rejected proposals to use only lead that is certified as safely produced. Automakers have excluded lead from their #environmental policies.
    Battery makers rely on the assurances of trading companies that lead is recycled cleanly. These intermediaries rely on perfunctory audits that make recommendations, not demands.

    "The industry, in effect, built a global supply system in which everyone involved can say someone else is responsible for oversight.

    "#Nigeria, the economic engine of West Africa, is among the fastest-growing sources of recycled lead for American companies."

    Read more [with visuals]:
    nytimes.com/interactive/2025/1

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/HqR18

    #SEZ #EPZ #EconomicSacrificeZones #Pollution #EnvironmentalDamage #Greenwashing #EnvironmentalRacism #Africa #Nigeria #LeadPoisoning #Ford #Toyota #GM #PeopleAndPlanetOverProfit

  4. „Instytucje jednak czuwają”. UOKiK ściga gigantów za ekościemę

    Czy to koniec ekościemy zwanej „greenwashingiem”? Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumenta (UOKiK) wziął pod lupę przekaz firm, które podają się za proekologiczne. „Zeroemisyjny”, „neutralny dla środowiska”, „zielona flota” – to komunikaty, które mogą opierać się na niepełnych danych lub dotyczyć wycinka działalności danej firmy. Z kolei hasło „sadzimy drzewa” może nie informować jasno i konkretnie […]

    spinka.tepewu.pl/2025/08/insty

  5. “We’re really firm believers that by contributing to the community and building upon open-source data models, the whole community moves further, faster,” (says Meta)
    Where did Meta get it from in the first place? And why is MIT tech review falling for this propaganda?
    #meta #MITtechnologyreview
    #bigtech #propaganda #greenwashing
    @mittechreview
    @techreview technologyreview.com/2024/10/1

  6. Und wie bitteschön sollen Bürger*innen da nicht den Eindruck bekommen, es sei hier keine #Korruption / #Bestechung im Raum??? 🤔

    Angeführt von dieser "#Konservativen" #EVP (u. A. #ÖVP, #CDU, #CSU), die ja bekanntlich "sehr empfänglich bez. #Lobbyismus" sind (um es diplomatisch auszudrücken).

    "Kommission will Gesetz zu #Greenwashing zurückziehen"
    orf.at/stories/3397325/

    #Lobbyismus #FossilLobby #FossileLobby #GasKathi #BlackrockFriedrich #Klimakrise #Klimakatastrophe

  7. #handsoff2025 Protest today!!!!! Join up with others to say #HandsOff our democracy and fight for your freedom!!!! Find Your LOCAL PROTEST HERE; mobilize.us/handsoff/

    #UnplugTrump #PuckFutin #democracy #freedom #freespeech #life_liberty_happiness #betheblizzard #theavalancheofjustice #capitalism #CapitalismIsADeathCult #CapitalismKills #SurveillanceCapitalism #deforestation #DrillBabyDrill #deforestation #DefundDeforestation #DefundExtinction #progressive #TransRights #FreeSpeechTv #america #americans #americana #defiance #truth #TruthToPower #truth2power #protest #protests #theflagisforthepeople #eagle #pollution #corporations #corporations_are_not_your_friends #NoisePollution #ClimatePollution #thereisnoplanetb #fiftyfiftyone #VoteWithYourWallet #boycott #boycottusa #UnplugTrump #ElonMusk #elonmuskisanazi #gofuck_elonmusk #PutinIsAWarCriminal #PutinWarCriminal #putin #enviroment #enviromental #TheEnviromentExcuse #FreeMedicareForAll #peace #PeaceNow #PeaceTalks #PeaceLink #PrayForUkraine #fascism #NoFascism #fascismo #fascisme #Ukraine #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #_ukraine #Russia #russian #russiaToday #climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #greed #CapitalistGreed #PharmaGreed #FearandGreedIndex #bigpharma #peaceonearth #tariffs #tarrif #Tariff #slavery #minimumwage #minimumwageraiseplz #Aristocrat #RunawayAristocrat #aristocrat #HumanRights #HumanRightsDay #media4humanrights #portugal4humanrights #usa #usa2025 #ușa #northcarolina #northcarolina1stcongressionaldistrict #northcarolina8thdistrict #northcarolina1st #DonaldTrump #UkraineIsOurFriend #trump #trumptariffs #newyork #rejectproject2025 #project2025 #project_2025 #project2025cansuckit #2025project #2025reads #election2025 #revision2025 #eatthe1percent #EatTheRich #EatTheRichs #eatREADsleep #bird #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #birding #wildlife #nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLovers #NatureArtist #WildlifePhotography #WildlifeWednesday #WildlifeMurals #mouse #reptiles #MarineReptiles #SquamateReptiles #reptile #ReptileWorld #ReptileLovers #ReptileDatabase #boycott #Boycott4Wildlife #boycott4widlife #BoycottGold4Yanomami #boycott4palestine #ChildLabor #freespeech #freespeech4all #freespeech2 #tree #trees #tree_magic #TreeTime #déforestation #DefundDeforestation #amphibians #amphibian #AmphibiansOfInstagram #instagram #_instagram #facebook #FacebookFeed #FacebookFeed #twitter #TwitterMigration #twitter2 #Hippie #beachHippie #beach #BeachTown #BeachTravel #BeachCamping #google #degoogle #GooglePixel #GooglePlay #GoogleGo #yahoo #exclude_applenews_and_yahoo #degoogling #degooglenow #diversity #BioDiversity #DiversityEquityInclusion #DiversityMatters #censorship #Queer #QueerRights #QueerInkSquad #QueerWriters #NeuroDivergent #NeurodivergentWellbeing #NeurodivergentMood #NeurodivergentThinking #autism #AutismSpectrumDisorder #AutismPride #neurospicy #neurotypical #disabled #DisabledArtist #DisabledMastodon #lgbtq #lgbtqia #LGBTQIA2S #lgbtq_plus #lgbtqAlly #StraightAlly #lgbtqia2 #lgbtqia2a #straight #gardener #GardenJoy #forest #ForestTrails #ForestWhitaker #forest_deepness #forest #foresttherapy #therapy #leaf #leafLitter #sexuality #gender #GenderEquality #GenderPayGap #GenderVerbot #dirt #cloudflare #FascistGOP #gop #native #NativeAmerican #NativeAmericans #NativeBirds #insectpopulationdecline #insect #insects #InsectID #bug #bug2038 #black #peopleofcolor #eatlocal #macdonalds #camp #camping #ElderAbuse #elder #old #OldBuildings #conservation #OceanConservation #science #ScienceMastodon #OpenScience #OpenSource #mastodon #mastodonsocial #MastodonTips #lake #LakeErie #LakeCity #river #HudsonRiver #RiverSoul #river_plate #prairie #PrairieLife #pinetree #oldgrowthtree #ocean #OceanBeach #OceanHealth #flowers #WildFlowers #DailyFlowers #sky #SkyTonight #skype #discord #FuckDiscord #DiscordServer #DisneyboundingDiscord #ubuntu #UbuntuLinux #linux #linuxmint #linux_gaming #linuxgaming #GreenwashingKills #GreenWashing #furry #FurryArtist #furryart #furryfandom #totoabafish #VaquitaCPR #vaquita #fish #fishing #FishArt #FishCrow #MarineMammal #NativeMammal #mammal #StopPrimateShipments #primate #animalrights #NaturesRights #transrightsarehumanrights #TransRightsAreHumanRights #transrightsreadathon #transrights #lesbian #LesbianVisibilityWeek #LesbianArt #SydneyGayandLesbianMardiGras #gay #gayMAN #GayPride #GayMastodon #intersex #IntersexRights #IntersexAwareness #TransAndIntersexPrideDublin #asexual #AsexualPride #pride #asexuality #BoycottExxon #verizon

  8. 🧦♻️ Ich bin schon länger auf der Suche nach nachhaltigen Socken. Da dachte ich, dass diese Socken es wären, doch ich habe meine Zweifel, da mir da eher #Greenwashing in den Sinn kommt.

    Kennt ihr nachhaltige Socken? Ich brauche welche…

    youtube.com/shorts/qakeVo8wPG0

    #Nachhaltigkeit #SlowFashion #Kompostierbar #RoicaV550 #Textilindustrie #EcoFashion #Umweltbewusst #Plastikfrei #FairFashion #SockenCheck

  9. [Video] Voices from #WhiteMesa, Part 2: "We Are One People"

    "On Oct. 12, members of the #UteMountainUte Tribe held their annual #SpiritualWalk opposing the #WhiteMesaUraniumMill in Southern #Utah.

    "The mill, which processes uranium and other substances, sits on sacred land just north of the tribe’s reservation boundary and is the only one of its kind in the U.S.

    "Local organizers with White Mesa Concerned Community and their supporters organize the walk each year to raise awareness about the mill and demand it be shut down and cleaned up.

    "Participants rallied before walking five miles to the mill site. Unicorn Riot heard from participants and organizers along the route."

    Watch: vimeo.com/1023001512

    #UnicornRiot #EnvironmentalRacism #Greenwashing #NuclearWeapons #UraniumMining #UraniumMills #NuclearIndustry #AtomicBombs #Downwinders #Environment #WaterIsLife #Ute #HaulNo #EnergyFuels #WhiteMesaUte #RadioactiveDust #RadioactiveContamination #ExtractiveIndustries #CorporateColonialism #ReaderSupportedNews #DefendTheSacred #AirIsLife #UteMountainUte #NoUraniumMining #UraniumMills

  10. [Video] Voices from #WhiteMesa, Part 1: "Don't Nuke My Culture"

    "On Oct. 12, members of the #UteMountainUte Tribe held their annual #SpiritualWalk opposing the #WhiteMesaUraniumMill in Southern #Utah.

    "The mill, which processes uranium and other substances, sits on sacred land just north of the tribe’s reservation boundary and is the only one of its kind in the U.S.

    "Local organizers with White Mesa Concerned Community and their supporters organize the walk each year to raise awareness about the mill and demand it be shut down and cleaned up.

    "Participants rallied before walking five miles to the mill site. Unicorn Riot heard from participants and organizers along the route."

    Watch: vimeo.com/1023001432

    #UnicornRiot #EnvironmentalRacism #Greenwashing #NuclearWeapons #UraniumMining #UraniumMills #NuclearIndustry #AtomicBombs #Downwinders #Environment #WaterIsLife #Ute #HaulNo #EnergyFuels #WhiteMesaUte #RadioactiveDust #RadioactiveContamination #ExtractiveIndustries #CorporateColonialism #ReaderSupportedNews #DefendTheSacred #AirIsLife #UteMountainUte #NoUraniumMining #UraniumMills

  11. … 🧶

    Pour faire face à la catastrophe en cours, on peut s’équiper de deux concepts :

    "D’abord, la diminution de l’intensité carbone de l’économie. Concrètement, c’est ce qu’on fait avec les renouvelables. Parce qu’il y a besoin de back-up, parce que ça n’est pas non plus complètement décarboné, parce qu’elles alimentent en courant une économie qui dans sa matérialité même (acier, ciment, plastique) va dépendre du carbone pendant encore longtemps : une voiture électrique par exemple, ce n’est évidemment pas décarboné, même si cela diminue l’intensité carbone du transport. C’est évident. Pourquoi faut-il le préciser ? Parce que ça oblige à laisser sur la table la question de la taille de l’économie.

    "Et donc la deuxième notion, logiquement, c’est la décroissance, le démantèlement de certains espoirs, projets, dispositifs techniques. Il y a des choses qu’il va falloir réduire voire abandonner, et organiser cela. Et une fois qu’on a dit ça, c’est la question de la répartition qui réapparaît. Si on n’imagine pas un monde où tout va croître sans problème d’environnement, la question des inégalités revient de manière un peu plus brûlante. Tout ceci est fort banal, mais cela donne un autre sens politique à la question climatique. Le débat devient un peu moins centré sur les technologies".

    Une conversation avec Jean-Baptiste Fressoz : legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2024/02

    #technoSolutionnisme #économie #énergie #technique #renouvelables #décroissance #intensitéCarbone #réseaux #Fressoz #histoire #transition #transitionÉnergétique #écologie #sobriété #lesInstitutionsMentent #écologisme #écologiePolitique #consumérisme #discontinuité #priorités #croyance #foi #espoir #capitalisme #climat #criseClimatique #RéchauffementMondial #changementClimatique #confusion #réalité #environnement #pollution #durabilité #développementDurable #greenWashing #livre #pelote

  12. 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:
    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08

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

  13. Viele "besonders nachhaltig" eingestufte "Artikel-9" Fonds investieren sehr stark in Microsoft, Alphabet, Apple, Amazon, NVIDIA, Tesla, Nestle, ..., weil die Konzerne "nicht direkt an klimaschädlicher Produktion beteiligt sind."

    #Greenwashing #SDG #Klima #KI #Teamdatenschutz #Ressourcen #Kindersklaven #Gigamanie

    Aber was habe ich von diesem korrupten kapitalistischen System eigentlich erwartet. 🙄

    "Echt nachhaltige" #Fonds dagegen sind dagegen als #Hochrisiko eingestuft. ...

    "Planet A" (LU2211813873) sieht z.B. gar nicht mal so schlecht aus, gilt aber nur als Artikel 8.

    Kennt jemand ein paar WKNs / ISINs, die das besser machen und nicht nur auf die "Performance" hin optimiert sind?

  14. 🇩🇰🐷 Danmark ligger nummer 1 i svineri. Hæp hæp, kom så Danmark! Eller noget.

    💩 At svineriet er meget grønnere i Danmark end i andre lande, er desværre , surprise surprise, en løgn med løg på, som landbrugets organisationer har travlt med at bilde os ind. Her er en masse tal:

    threadreaderapp.com/thread/180

    #greenwashing #klima #miljø #landbruget #dansklandbrug #kvælstof #gylle #forurening #dengrønnetrepart

  15. Letter: Save #SearsIsland

    by Opinion Contributor
    June 17, 2024

    "The article '#SpragueEnergy pushes #WindPort' in the June 15 Bangor Daily News Business section highlights the perfectly reasonable argument that #MackPoint should be reconsidered as the site for the proposed wind port. According to Jim Therriault, vice president of materials handling for Sprague, new information is available from research and studies. Things have changed since the state first targeted Sears Island. The arguments of dredging, construction costs and environmental concerns all have new facts and figures since the state (prematurely?) made the executive decision to use Sears Island for the wind port.

    "Those who want to save Sears Island from the wind port construction that I believe would be the destruction of that beautiful local treasure sincerely hope that the state will do the responsible and reasonable thing. That they will take a good, strong look at what Sprague is offering.

    "Hopefully, the decision to use Sears Island is not cast in stone and is reversible if facts warrant it.

    "Too much is at stake to allow the state to stubbornly refuse to reconsider a decision this important. Someone in an impartial position needs to come to the table and study the facts. The new facts. If possible, let’s save Sears Island!"

    - Sue Shaw
    Penobscot, Maine

    bangordailynews.com/2024/06/17

    #ProtectNature #Nature #GulfOfMaine #Environment #EndangeredSpecies #ProtectSearsIsland #WindTerminal #SandDunes
    #ProtectWahsumkik #Wahsumkik
    #EndangeredSpecies #ProtectTheDunes #WabanakiAlliance #Wassumkeag #CorporateColonialism #PenobscotBay #Greenwashing #JanetMills

  16. #SpragueEnergy Unveils Alternative, Lower-Impact Plan for Floating #OffshoreWind at Its #MackPoint Terminal in #Maine

    Harnessing Existing Infrastructure, Sequestering Tons of #Carbon Per Year and Protecting 100 Acres of Undisturbed Natural Habitat on and off #SearsIsland

    June 6, 2024 /PRNewswire

    "'Building a wind port on Sears Island means more than 75 acres of upland forest will be cleared, graded, and compacted. It also means filling 25 acres of pristine #PenobscotBay to extend the shoreline where a previously protected ocean sand dune is located,' said Rolf E. Olsen, vice president of #FriendsOfSearsIsland, a volunteer nonprofit organization that manages the conservation area on behalf of the people of Maine and supports the idea of a #WindPort in #Searsport.

    "Olsen continued, 'That estimate by the State does not include the additional impact from a new and greatly expanded approach road and rail bed to get to the facility. This seriously damages the island's #ecological, recreational, and economic value. Re-developing Mack Point - which has thrived as an industrial site for more than a century - is a far better and less disruptive decision, and the State has previously stated that it meets the requirements for the port.'

    "On April 24, the #MaineDOT issued a request for information seeking public input on Maine's commercial offshore wind solicitation approach and implementation. Public opinions should be emailed to [email protected] before the June 21st deadline. More information is available on the Maine.gov website."

    tmcnet.com/usubmit/2024/06/06/

    #ProtectNature #Nature #GulfOfMaine #Environment #EndangeredSpecies #ProtectSearsIsland #WindTerminal #SandDunes
    #ProtectWahsumkik #Wahsumkik
    #EndangeredSpecies #ProtectTheDunes #WabanakiAlliance #Wassumkeag #CorporateColonialism #PenobscotBay #Greenwashing #JanetMills

  17. What this article doesn't mention is all the other plans to develop #SearsIsland, that are contingent on #MDOT's and #GovernorJanetMills getting their way!

    [Paywall] The plans for #Maine’s floating #WindPort, explained

    May 31, 2024

    Why Sears Island?

    "This question remains a big sticking point for what appears to be a number of local residents, some environmental organizations and midcoast advocacy groups, and those who are simply opposed to offshore wind development entirely.

    "They argue that industrialized #MackPoint in #SearsportMaine is the best place for a wind port.

    "'There’s such a sensible alternative 800 yards away — a 105-year-old working port, with a terminal operator that is ready, willing and able to take on the project and not to jeopardize their other operations,' said #DavidItaliaander, a Searsport resident and board member for #FriendsOfSearsIsland. The group maintains the island’s vast network of trails.

    "#SpragueEnergy owns Mack Point and appears to be making its own push to host the state’s wind port. The company has said that its existing #industrial #waterfront could be repurposed to support Maine’s plans. And Sprague said it has a new alternative plan that addresses some of the concerns the state has identified.

    "But there is a coalition of other conservation organizations, labor groups, the Maine Chamber of Commerce and others that want to see Sears Island redeveloped as a wind port and support the state’s plan.

    "Maine DOT already owns the land that it wants to develop. The state also says that Sears Island wouldn’t require dredging, but Sprague has said those requirements would be reduced under its new plan.
    In the meantime, Italiaander and other Sears Island advocacy groups are poring through the details of DOT’s federal grant application.

    "DOT, for example, has proposed relocating the Sears Island access road so it would cut through a corner of the #conservation area.

    "That’s a concern, Italiaander said. Burns acknowledged that the land is protected and said the proposed road relocation is intended to better bifurcate the island into its two potential uses — port activity and recreation.

    "The debate over Sears Island will ramp up in the coming weeks and months.

    "Sprague Energy will host an event next month at the Mack Point terminal, where company leaders are expected to present their own alternative wind port design.

    "And #MaineDOT is expected to release a much-anticipated analysis of alternative sites, which will include Mack Point."

    bangordailynews.com/2024/05/31

    #WindPort #GulfOfMaine #Environment #EndangeredSpecies #ProtectSearsIsland #WindTerminal #SandDunes
    #Searsport #ProtectWahsumkik #Wahsumkik
    #EndangeredSpecies #ProtectTheDunes #WabanakiAlliance #Wassumkeag #CorporateColonialism #PenobscotBay #Maine #ProtectSearsIsland #WindTerminal #SandDunes
    #ProtectWahsumkik #Wahsumkik #CulturalGenocide #Greenwashing

  18. Tree cutting has already started! Call your legislators and #ProtectTheForest / #ProtectTheDunes and #SaveSearsIsland! The trees and greenery there keep #Carbon from entering the atmosphere! #MackPoint is a better choice, since it has already been developed and is NOT ecologically sensitive!

    [Undeveloped] #SearsIsland has staved off #industrialization for decades. Now it may become #Maine’s #WindPort.

    Many say Mack Point's the better choice.

    SEARSPORT — "At 940 acres, Sears Island is the largest uninhabited island off the coast of Maine, making it an inviting patch of ground for proposed developments such as a shipping cargo port and #nuclear power plant.

    "For decades, however, the #PenobscotBay island has been a graveyard for major projects that never got built.

    "That could change in the coming years.

    "#GovJanetMills announced in February that Sears Island is the state’s preferred site for an industrial port with facilities to build, assemble and maintain floating offshore wind turbines, hundreds of feet in height. The undeveloped site would be transformed into a busy hub for ships delivering materials to build the turbines, and it would be populated by cranes, storage facilities and vehicles.

    [...]

    "Many local residents and others in Maine [including the #WabanakiAlliance] say Mack Point is a more logical launchpad for the state’s floating wind industry, and that the state should spare tranquil Sears Island with its abundant woods, trails and views of #PenobscotBay from becoming what they fear would be an industrial zone."

    Read more:
    sunjournal.com/2024/05/19/sear

    #Maine #ProtectSearsIsland #WindTerminal #SandDunes
    #Searsport #ProtectWahsumkik #Wahsumkik #EndangeredSpecies #GovernorJanetMills #Wassumkeag #AllianceForSearsIsland #CulturalGenocide #Greenwashing

  19. Governor’s Bill to Exempt a Sand Dune on #SearsIsland/ #Wahsumkik from #EnvironmentalProtection for #OffshoreWind Port Passes Committee – Full Vote Expected This Week

    Sunlight Media Collective March 26, 2024

    "Governor’s Bill to Exempt a Sand Dune on Sears Island/ Wahsumkik from Environmental Protection to allow for her choice of the Undeveloped Island as the Site for the most 'Cost-Effective' Offshore Wind Port Passes Committee.

    "The #Passamaquoddy and #PenobscotNation and numerous #environmental organizations oppose the development, while large environmental groups and unions back the governor.

    "A full legislative vote is expected this week.

    "On Thursday, March 21st the Maine Legislature’s Committee on Environment and Natural Resources voted in support of a bill that would carve out exemptions from existing environmental protections for the industrial development Sears Island/Wahsumkik.

    "#LD2266 “An Act Regarding #OffshoreWindTerminals Located in #CoastalSandDune Systems” put forth by the Governor’s office five days before its public hearing last week, seeks to specifically exempt a sand dune on Sears Island, in Searsport, from current #EnvironmentalProtections to allow for the advancement of an offshore wind staging development on the island.

    "Governor Mills announced last month that Sears Island is the state’s “preferred site” for the major development, instead of the already industrialized #MackPoint, also in Searsport.

    "The bill’s passage could set a dangerous precedent for the quick rollback of environmental protections at the behest of industry and the state.

    "The development of Sears Island (known also by the Penobscot name Wahsumkik)), the largest undeveloped island within the state and one of the largest on the eastern seaboard, has been a lightening rod over the past decades, as the state and prevailing industry have attempted to site a number of projects there and received concerted local push back that stopped development.

    "On this current attempt, the Governor’s office has gathered a roster of supportive environmental groups eager to be seen making visible strides on climate change, and unions eager for employment opportunities. But opposition to Sears Island development has not dissipated, and has increased in diversity to include both political parties, as well as local and state environmental groups, fisherman and the Penobscot Nation and Passamaquoddy Tribe.

    "This movement is pushing back on what they see as a false choice on #ClimateChange action– alternative energy vs the destruction of #forests and critical habitat on the undeveloped island. They challenge the Governor’s conclusion that Sears Island should be chosen over Mack Point.

    "LD 2266 would allow for the exemption of a coastal sand dune on Sears Island within the proposed wind port from current protection under the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.

    "Expressing public support for the bill at the hearing were: The Governor’s Office, The Maine DOT, Maine Labor Climate Council, Maine AFL-CIO, Maine State Camber of Commerce, Maine Peoples Alliance and the Natural Resources Council of Maine. Some expressed openness to locating at Mack Point, if it was considered viable.

    "Against the development of Sears Island and additionally opposed to the bill that would make changes to the DEP coastal sand dunes protections, include: The Passamaquoddy Tribe, Searsport Representative Reagan Paul, the Alliance for Sears Island, #FriendsOfSearsIsland, Isleboro Island Trust, #SierraClub Maine, Preserve Rural Maine, New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association , Upstream Watch, Community Water Justice, #FriendsOfCascoBay and Casco Bay Keepers and a number of individuals speaking on own behalf. The Penobscot Nation did not give testimony at the hearing but opposes the development at Sears Island/Wassamkeag.

    "Speaking Neither for nor against were: Maine Conservation Voters and #MaineAudubon, who stated they could not support the bill as written, but could potentially with an amendment .

    "Testimony from the March 18th hearing can be viewed online at

    legislature.maine.gov/committe

    "A vote by the full legislature on the the rollback is expected this week.

    Sunlight Media Collective will continue to follow this story.

    Further coverage can be heard archived on WERU FM Community Radio on the programs Maine Currents and RadioActive. www.weru.org"

    Source:
    sunlightmediacollective.org/go

    #Corporatocracy #Maine #MainePolitics #Greenwashing #JanetMills #ProtectTheForest #SaveSearsIsland

  20. Wie glaubwürdig ist die #Klimaneutralität von #Unternehmen? Burkhard Huckestein vom @Umweltbundesamt sieht u. a. in der #GreenClaimsDirective der #EU Chancen für

    ▶ verbindliche #Kriterien
    ▶ mehr #Transparenz
    ▶ weniger #Greenwashing

    Zum Beitrag in der aktuellen Ausgabe »Ökologisches Wirtschaften«: oekologisches-wirtschaften.de/