#greenwashing — Public Fediverse posts

@hope_n_beauty @anneroth @umwelthilfe

Habe diese Marke noch nie gesehen 🤷

Konstruktive Alternative: #Hafermilch mache ich mir immer aus #Hafermilchpulver vom #unverpackt-Laden. Das spart 'ne Menge #Diesel bzw. CO₂ für den Transport von #Wasser, was 90 % der Hafermilch ausmacht. Und #TetraPak ist #Greenwashing Mist:

https://www.duh.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/pressemitteilung/dreistes-greenwashing-durch-tetra-pak-deutsche-umwelthilfe-fordert-sofortigen-stopp-der-umweltluegen/

Also wenigstens #Pfandglas nehmen, wenn man nicht selbst schütteln will.

#vegan #Klimaschutz

@hope_n_beauty @anneroth @umwelthilfe

Habe diese Marke noch nie gesehen 🤷

Konstruktive Alternative: #Hafermilch mache ich mir immer aus #Hafermilchpulver vom #unverpackt-Laden. Das spart 'ne Menge #Diesel bzw. CO₂ für den Transport von #Wasser, was 90 % der Hafermilch ausmacht. Und #TetraPak ist #Greenwashing Mist:

https://www.duh.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/pressemitteilung/dreistes-greenwashing-durch-tetra-pak-deutsche-umwelthilfe-fordert-sofortigen-stopp-der-umweltluegen/

Also wenigstens #Pfandglas nehmen, wenn man nicht selbst schütteln will.

#vegan #Klimaschutz

@hope_n_beauty @anneroth @umwelthilfe

Habe diese Marke noch nie gesehen 🤷

Konstruktive Alternative: #Hafermilch mache ich mir immer aus #Hafermilchpulver vom #unverpackt-Laden. Das spart 'ne Menge #Diesel bzw. CO₂ für den Transport von #Wasser, was 90 % der Hafermilch ausmacht. Und #TetraPak ist #Greenwashing Mist:

https://www.duh.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/pressemitteilung/dreistes-greenwashing-durch-tetra-pak-deutsche-umwelthilfe-fordert-sofortigen-stopp-der-umweltluegen/

Also wenigstens #Pfandglas nehmen, wenn man nicht selbst schütteln will.

#vegan #Klimaschutz

@hope_n_beauty @anneroth @umwelthilfe

Habe diese Marke noch nie gesehen 🤷

Konstruktive Alternative: #Hafermilch mache ich mir immer aus #Hafermilchpulver vom #unverpackt-Laden. Das spart 'ne Menge #Diesel bzw. CO₂ für den Transport von #Wasser, was 90 % der Hafermilch ausmacht. Und #TetraPak ist #Greenwashing Mist:

https://www.duh.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/pressemitteilung/dreistes-greenwashing-durch-tetra-pak-deutsche-umwelthilfe-fordert-sofortigen-stopp-der-umweltluegen/

Also wenigstens #Pfandglas nehmen, wenn man nicht selbst schütteln will.

#vegan #Klimaschutz

@hope_n_beauty @anneroth @umwelthilfe

Habe diese Marke noch nie gesehen 🤷

Konstruktive Alternative: #Hafermilch mache ich mir immer aus #Hafermilchpulver vom #unverpackt-Laden. Das spart 'ne Menge #Diesel bzw. CO₂ für den Transport von #Wasser, was 90 % der Hafermilch ausmacht. Und #TetraPak ist #Greenwashing Mist:

https://www.duh.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/pressemitteilung/dreistes-greenwashing-durch-tetra-pak-deutsche-umwelthilfe-fordert-sofortigen-stopp-der-umweltluegen/

Also wenigstens #Pfandglas nehmen, wenn man nicht selbst schütteln will.

#vegan #Klimaschutz

Autoroutes : comment ces infrastructures ont-elles été pensées au lendemain de la guerre et comment pourraient-elles évoluer à l’avenir ? 😑
▶️ La canopée de panneaux solaires => triomphe du #Greenwashing 🤪
▶️ Pensons plutôt à les transformer progressivement en voie de TER ou de TGV
▶️ Et parions qu’avant 2060, certains tronçons d' #Autoroutes auront été classés monuments historiques...
#A69 #StopA69
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/les-chantiers-de-la-recherche/transition-energetique-comment-repenser-le-modele-des-autoroutes-4661746

Autoroutes : comment ces infrastructures ont-elles été pensées au lendemain de la guerre et comment pourraient-elles évoluer à l’avenir ? 😑
▶️ La canopée de panneaux solaires => triomphe du #Greenwashing 🤪
▶️ Pensons plutôt à les transformer progressivement en voie de TER ou de TGV
▶️ Et parions qu’avant 2060, certains tronçons d' #Autoroutes auront été classés monuments historiques...
#A69 #StopA69
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/les-chantiers-de-la-recherche/transition-energetique-comment-repenser-le-modele-des-autoroutes-4661746

https://www.europesays.com/ie/625122/ Jeff Bezos and Leonardo DiCaprio accused of ‘greenwashing’ with launch of $200 million project to save endangered species #Amazon #CriticallyEndangeredSpecies #Éire #EndangeredSpecies #Environment #Greenwashing #IE #Ireland #JeffBezos #LeonardoDiCaprio #PhoenixSpeciesProject #Science #ThreatenedSpecies

https://www.europesays.com/people/180598/ Jeff Bezos and Leonardo DiCaprio accused of ‘greenwashing’ with launch of $200 million project to save endangered species #Amazon #CriticallyEndangeredSpecies #EndangeredSpecies #greenwashing #JeffBezos #LeonardoDicaprio #PhoenixSpeciesProject #ThreatenedSpecies

https://www.europesays.com/people/180299/ Jeff Bezos and Leonardo DiCaprio accused of ‘greenwashing’ with launch of $200 million project to save endangered species #Amazon #CriticallyEndangeredSpecies #EndangeredSpecies #greenwashing #JeffBezos #LeonardoDicaprio #PhoenixSpeciesProject #ThreatenedSpecies

#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:
https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-summer-camp-influencer-retreat-greenwashing-backlash

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

Quando a Terra impõe seus limites

https://outraspalavras.net/terraeantropoceno/quando-a-terra-impoe-seus-limites/

Übrigens: Bei Verdacht auf Greenwashing können Sie die Funde bei Verbraucherzentralen melden.

Die beigefügte Infografik zeigt typische Green Claims im Check – und macht sichtbar, welche konkreten Angaben dabei oft fehlen.

👉 zum vollständigen Umwelttipp: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/umwelttipps-fuer-den-alltag/valide-umweltaussage-greenwashing-tipps-um

👉 alle UBA-Umwelttipps: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/uba-umwelttipps

#GreenClaims #Greenwashing #NachhaltigerKonsum #Verbraucherschutz #UmweltbewusstHandeln #BlauerEngel

El “falso” ecologismo capturado por las redes del poder

https://tardigram.com/m/MedioAmbiente/t/39140

@tazgetroete #Monsanto ist schon lange Teil des Chemieriesen #Bayer, für den der frühere parlamentarische Staatssekretär der @GrueneBundestag (2001-2005) für #Ernährung, #Landwirtschaft und #Verbraucherschutz, #MatthiasBerninger, als nachhaltiger Cheflobbyist, gewissermassen #Greenwashing betreibt und dies offenbar recht erfolgreich. Dank solcher #Lobbyarbeit werden einstige grüne Errungenschaften z.B. im Haftungsrecht wieder abgeräumt.
Ich habe #Berninger bei Sitzungen erlebt...
@tazgetroete

#AmericanPrestige welcomes #TheaRiofrancos for a great interview about her book #Extraction: The Frontiers of #GreenCapitalism

https://americanprestigepod.com/episodes/7058544218
#energyTransition #greenwashing #environment #lithium #lithiumMining #extractivism #geoeconomy #politicalTheory #degrowth #ecosocialism #ecomarxism #books @bookstodon

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Ruhrnalist/116446978661383647

Was könnten wir alles erreichen, wenn wir eine @Bundesregierung hätten, die die Lenkungswirkung von Preissteuerung regulär auch jenseits von eratischen "Krisen"-Entwicklungen nutzen würde, um ihre #Klimaschutz-Ziele zu erreichen? Also mit ordentlicher Bepreisung von #fossilfuels über #ETS und hohe #Kerosinsteuer, Einbeziehung von Luftverkehr nicht nur über #greenwashing wie #corsia, extra-Abgaben für #Kurzfstreckenflüge, u.v.a.???
#Flyless #dontfly #Klimakiller #Fliegen #Staygrounded #AmBodenBleiben #Unter1000machichsnicht

Boy, #SanfordME seems to be the target of #Greenwashing #SnakeOilSalesmen! First an Amazon #Datacenter, now they want to truck all the #PFAS to a plant that may or may not work!

Residents pack Sanford forum on #biosolids plant, asking questions and voicing concerns

#AriesCleanTechnologies saw a major turnout at the open house it held to explain its proposal, and some attendees were left frustrated by a lack of answers.

by Penelope Overton and Abigail Driscoll
Posted February 25, 2026

Excerpt: "According to the official Aries Technologies website, the gasification process destroys 99% of forever chemicals. [I've seen other percentages cited! 95%, 97%... Who knows exactly how much?!!]

"Some people aren’t convinced.
'We haven’t seen any third-party research that backs their claims,' said Eve Dumont-Wilson, a representative from the #SanfordCleanAirAndWaterCoalition, a group that began this month to promote transparency from Aries and share its concerns over the possible environmental impacts of the proposed treatment center.

" 'We want assurances that they will be held accountable in the event of a spill,' Dumont-Wilson explained, adding that one of the coalition’s concerns is how little research has been done into the process Aries uses." [Sneaky, sneaky! Just like the datacenters!!!]

[...]

"Despite these assurances, the developer faces a high bar in proving its #gasification technology is ready for large-scale use. Aries acknowledged its facility in #LindenNJ, has been 'temporarily idled' for equipment upgrades [and it only functioned intermittently for a year before being closed!]. The company maintains that the issues were related to dryers rather than the core technology."

Read more:
https://www.pressherald.com/2026/02/25/sludge-plant-developer-tries-to-woo-sanford-2/

Archived version:
https://archive.md/fYjLK

Related article:
https://www.mainepublic.org/environment-and-outdoors/2026-02-24/sanford-could-host-sludge-processing-plant

#MainePol #MEPol #ForeverChemicals

#HaymarketBooks event

#TheaRiofrancos and activist-historian Gabriel Winant for a conversation on Riofrancos’s new book, #Extraction.

live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mw5gu4LOas

#extractivism #greenCapitalism #greenwashing #energyTransition #politicalTheory #geoeconomy #environment #lithium #lithiumMining #mining #books @bookstodon

Water, Water Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Drink? An Essay in Hydro-Politics
https://onceinabluemoon2021.in/2026/01/29/water-water-everywhere-nor-any-drop-to-drink-an-essay-in-hydro-politics/
#WaterScarcity, #HydroPolitics, #WaterWars, #GreenCapitalism, #Greenwashing, #PharmakonLogic, #AmbaniColaCapitalism, #PiramalSarvajal, #AntiGreenDevelopment, #EcoSolidarity, #Ajay_Piramal_Environmental_Extortionist, #Isha_Ambani_Campacol, #Piramal_Sarvajal,

@Alternativet bliver ved med at reklamere for #dyreplageri. #alternativet opfordrer til drab på #ænder og kalder det #grønt, fordi de de er skamløse i deres #greenwashing og #dyremishandling.

forleden opfordrede de til vold imod #grise:
https://veganism.social/@pelle/115641210595234975

Zwarte vrijdag
'pleur op met je reclames'

Zwarte vrijdag is vooral goed voor grote winkel ketens, die deze overdreven aanbiedingen die,
vaak vals zijn gebruiken om zelfstandige bedrijven de markt uit te drukken.

Sommige winkel ketens doen niet mee aan zwarte vrijdag maar kiezen voor de greenwashing tactiek van het doen alsof ze om het klimaat geven.

Blijkbaar is er een initiatief genaamd groene vrijdag vanhttps://treesforall.nl/

negeer de hype en koop als je iets nodig hebt bij je lokale winkel

'de publieke ruimte is van ons #ZapGames2025

#anticommercieleactiebeweging #brandalism #blackfriday #zwartevrijdag #groenevrijdag #publiekeruimte #reclame #acab #greenwashing

#Hydropower Developer No-Show Leaves #Navajos with More Questions than Answers

Chapter officials table hydropower resolution, ask for more community info sessions as FERC seeks to end a policy blocking permits on Tribal land absent Tribal support

by #HerbYazzie, Coal-Lease Area Resident; #AdrianHerder, #TóNizhóníÁní; #TaylorMcKinnon, #CenterForBiologicalDiversity
via #CensoredNews, Nov. 21, 2025

Excerpts: #KayentaAZ— "On a cloudy, rainy Wednesday afternoon, the Kayenta Chapter held its monthly meeting where a resolution by #NatureAndPeopleFirst was first on the agenda. Impacted community members from the coal-lease area on Black Mesa (#DziłYíjiin) filled the chapter house to voice concern about the resolution. But before discussions could begin, Chapter officials tabled the resolution because the developers didn’t show up.

"Nature and People First (#NPF) are developers who are pushing #PumpedStorageHydropower (#PSH) on the #NavajoNation, particularly in the #BlackMesa region. Pumped storage pumps water uphill during low electricity prices and then releases it back downhill through generators when electricity prices are high, producing electricity and revenue. Pumped storage #hydropower, which requires huge amounts of water, is different than hydrogen, which other developers wanted piped across the Nation."

[...]

"#TóNizhóníÁní (#TNA) e-filed comments objecting to #FERC’s proposed policy reversal along with the #CenterForBiologicalDiversity, #AmericanRivers and more than a dozen #tribes across the US. 'For decades, #CoalMining on #BlackMesa has not only extracted coal but also billions of gallons of #groundwater to support the #mining operation,' wrote #AdrianHerder with Tó Nizhóní Ání. 'Energy projects that propose to use large amounts of water for #EnergyProduction should be vetted diligently.' Water access and reliability is crucial for our communities on Black Mesa and the southwest region of the United States.

"Tribal communities understand the resources and impacts by industry. Any project that proposes to use groundwater when it has been heavily impacted and in a state of recovery should not be considered for continued industry use."

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/11/hydropower-developer-no-show-leaves.html

#WaterIsLife #Diné #Dineteh #Greenwashing #PeabodyCoal #ReaderSupportedNews

'Extraction is the material foundation of a zero-carbon world. “#GreenCapitalism” can therefore sound like an oxymoron. How can capitalism ever be green if even the technologies and infrastructures needed to harness #renewableEnergy require digging several hundred new large-scale #mines in the span of a decade?'

#TheaRiofrancos on the #lithium boom and #extractivism

https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/09/17/whats-underground/
https://archive.ph/eqk3H
#energyTransition #greenwashing #mining #miningIndustry #lithiumMining

E20 Petrol in India: Green Transition or Greenwashed Cronyism?
https://onceinabluemoon2021.in/2025/09/23/e20-petrol-in-india-green-transition-or-greenwashed-cronyism/
#ClimateChange, #Anthropocene, #Capitalocene, #Greenwashing, #GreenCapitalism, #CronyCapitalism, #DynasticCapitalism, #NepoCapitalism, #NitinGadkari, #GadkariFamilyBusiness, #GreenwashedCronyism, #EthanolCronyism, #ClimateJustice, #FoodVsFuel, #WaterCrisisIndia, #BiodiversityLoss, #EcologicalExtinction, #PollutionIndia, #DeforestationIndia, =

@DC4DD Der Name ändert auch nichts daran, dass es sich um eine GmbH der #Fleischindustrie handelt. Ich habe noch nie ein Produkt mit deren Label gesehen, welches auch nur Haltungsform 3 erreicht.
Ich gehe stark davon aus, dass diese "Initiative" ausschließlich dazu dient, das "Für mehr Tierschutz"-Label vom #Tierschutzbund durch Ähnlichkeit zu diskreditieren.
#Rewe und #Edeka sind die reinste #Greenwashing Plage.
#InitiativeTierwohl #Tierrechte #Fleisch
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiative_Tierwohl

“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 https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/10/18/1105880/the-race-to-find-new-materials-with-ai-needs-more-data-meta-is-giving-massive-amounts-away-for-free/

Trotz zahlreicher #Brände in bestehenden #Holzpelletanlagen sollen zwei neue Werke in #Kalifornien nahe #Yosemite entstehen.

Dabei gelten #Holzpellets als extrem brandgefährlich. Es gab 52 Brände an US-#Pelletwerken seit 2010.

Vor Ort regt sich Widerstand. Viele sprechen von „#Greenwashing durch und durch“.

https://www.wired.com/story/in-california-a-biomass-companys-expansion-raises-fears-of-more-fires/

#Biomasse #Waldschutz #Feuergefahr #Klimapolitik # #StopptWaldverbrennen #Holzwirtschaft #Umweltschutz #StopBurningWood

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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

#KleeBenally's on his cover of the #TomWaits song "Earth Died Screaming."

"#Climatechange is a consequence of the war against #MotherEarth.
The #greenwashing of #capitalism and #colonialism perpetuates the nightmare of #ecocide and #genocide of #IndigenousPeoples.

"#LithiumMining is intensifying to meet demand of 'green' #EV cars. This means further targeting and destruction of #Indigenous #SacredLands and water. Support #Hualapai & #Shoshone (and beyond!) resistance to lithium mining.

From mining, transport, milling, and waste, 'clean/green' #Nuclear energy is a deadly lie. There are more than 10,000 abandoned uranium throughout the so-called US that have been left to permanently contaminate our communities with deadly #radioactive pollution. There is also no permanent plan to deal with the highly radioactive waste from nuclear power generation. #YuccaMountain, a sacred site for #WesternShoshone, is still being considered for a national nuclear waste repository.

"For wind turbines, solar panels, and electric vehicles, #ResolutionCopper proclaims that they desperately need to mine the copper beneath #OakFlat, a sacred site for #SanCarlosApache.

"We can't ignore the brutal impacts associated with the sourcing of necessary metals and minerals needed to
'sustain' unsustainable ways of life.

"#GreenCapitalists and #colonizers dream, while the Earth dies screaming."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMrBYnKo9v4

http://www.the-ciej.org
http://www.indigenousaction.org
http://www.HaulNo.com
http://www.dinenonukes.org
http://www.cleanupthemines.org

#DefendTheSacred #DefendMotherEarth #ClimateChange #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #RethinkNotRestart #NoUraniumMining #NoMiningWithoutConsent #CulturalGenocide #Genocide #RestInPowerKleeBenally #FridayNightMusicVideos
#FridayNightMusic #MusicForActivism #MusicForResistance

#PrayerHorseRide Prepares for Sacred Journey 2025

"We do not sell our #MotherEarth or profit off of her, Mother Earth is here to take care of us and teach us our natural ways of Life! I pray we all stand to protect our Mother,” - Josh Dini, Sr., Walker River Pauite Tribe, #WaterProtector, #PrayerHorseRider and a member of #AIM Northern Nevada.

By Prayer Horse Ride, via #CensoredNews

SCHURZ, Nevada -- "The Prayer Horse Ride is getting ready to begin our 4th annual sacred journey March 21st – April 2nd, across Nevada in the ancestral lands of the Numu (#Paiute) and Newe (#Shoshone), through Yerington, Fallon, Wadsworth, Nixon, Lovelock to McDermitt, and ending near Orovada, honoring #PeeheeMuhuh (#ThackerPass in the McDermitt Caldera).

"Those Riders, Walkers, and Runners carry the prayerful energy with each community. They'll move forward to raise awareness regarding water usage and #NativeAmericanGraves Protection and
Repatriation Act concerns about #lithium mining in Peehee Mu'huh and within the McDermitt Caldera.

"The Ride also raises awareness of several #EndangeredSpecies in #FishLakeValley (#TecopaBirdsBeak, #TiehmsBuckwheat, and #TuiChub), a place Newe gathered foods and medicines, held sacred ceremonies, and where a proposed lithium boron mine would violate the #AmericanIndianReligiousFreedomAct."

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/01/prayer-horse-ride-prepares-for-sacred.html
#JusticeForMyronDewey #LithiumMining #CopperMining #NoMining #SaveThackerPass #SacredPlaces #DefendTheSacred #GreenWashing #ExtractiveIndustries #MMIWG #MMIR #CorporateColonialism #PrayerRide #ProtectTheSacred #ProtectThackerPass #ReaderSupportedNews

[Video] Voices from #whitemesa Part 4: "I Love My Community"

Watch: https://vimeo.com/1023001632

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

[Video] Voices from White Mesa, Part 3: "We're Here to Say No"

Watch: https://vimeo.com/1023001559

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

[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: https://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

[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: https://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

[Thread] #Indigenous #SpiritualWalk in #Utah #Protests Last Conventional #UraniumMill

By Alex Binder, Unicorn Riot November 1, 2024

#WhiteMesa, #Utah — "The #WhiteMesaMill was built in 1979 with plans to process #uranium ore for 15 years. With the facility now well past its initial operational lifespan, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, other Indigenous tribes and allies continue their call for it to be shut down and cleaned up. On October 12, over 75 people participated in an annual spiritual walk in opposition to the mill, which is the last conventional uranium processing plant in operation in the United States.

"Participants met at the White Mesa Community Center in southern Utah at 11 a.m., then walked five miles north on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 191 to rally outside the mill. Throughout the hours-long walk, Unicorn Riot spoke with attendees about their opposition to the 45-year-old mill owned by Energy Fuels Inc."

Thread contains links to the four videos...

https://unicornriot.ninja/2024/indigenous-spiritual-walk-in-utah-protests-last-conventional-uranium-mill/

#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

#NuclearRevival? #Diné #Activist Warns Against New #UraniumMining as #AI, #Bitcoin Energy Needs Soar

#DemocracyNow
November 19, 2024

"The search for an energy alternative to #FossilFuels has renewed interest in #NuclearPower production across the globe. Despite nuclear boosters’ promotion of the energy source, Tim Judson of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service [#NIRS] calls #NuclearPower an 'elaborate #greenwashing scheme.' Nuclear is 'not carbon-free,' says Diné organizer #LeonaMorgan, who highlights the fuel costs and #EnvironmentalContamination — particularly within and around #IndigenousCommunities in the #SouthwestUnitedStates — of the #UraniumMining required to produce nuclear power. Because the carbon costs before and after nuclear generation are not factored into energy calculations, says Morgan, 'it’s really not going to solve the #EnergyCrisis.'"

Watch / listen / read transcript:
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/19/cop29_nuclear_greenwashing

#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #RethinkNotRestart #NuclearNotCarbonFree
#ViewerSupportedNews #BigTech #Corporatocracy
#CorporateColonialism #NoMiningWithoutConsent #NoUraniumMining #HaulNo #UraniumMills #WaterIsLife
#AirIsLife #NoNewNukes #NoNuclearWeapons #NuclearColonialism #EnvironmentalRacism
#NativeAmericanActivists #DinéActivists

subMedia and Peter Gelderloos: *It's Revolution or Death - Part 1 : Short Term Investments*

"Just in time for the #COP29 summit, where a group of self-congratulatory world leaders will meet in #Baku, #Azerbaijan for photo-ops, catered meals, and of course discussion of climate goals that they don’t intend to meet, #subMedia, in collaboration with #PeterGelderloos, is pleased to release part one of a three part series: It’s Revolution or Death.

The first installment of the series takes a look at the push for green #capitalism, and questions the common-sense assumptions of its cheerleaders. Bolstered by unwavering, uncritical support from #NGOs, energy corporations portray themselves as cutting edge innovators in green energy technology while hedging their bets and maintaining diversified portfolios – packed with fossil fuel investments.

The coming two installments will discuss #Indigenous and #anarchist struggles for land and autonomy and how local communities can get organized to build resiliency in the face of worsening climate catastrophe.

The effects of runaway climate change are already here. […] So what are we going to do about it? …"

https://kolektiva.media/w/iY2SJKKXcUkBMPPxXngAGT

#ClimateCrisis #GreenCapitalism #greenwashing #anarchism

"L'energia rinnovabile può risolvere molti problemi ambientali ma viene spesso usata dalle lobby del #capitalismo verde per occupare territori e privatizzare l'estrazione di valore.
Il caso del Sahara occidentale."

#Saharawi #GreenWashing #neoColonialismo #29settembre

https://jacobinitalia.it/colonialismo-verde/

France24
Pollution plastique : la Californie poursuit le pétrolier ExxonMobil
https://mcinformactions.net/pollution-plastique-la-californie-poursuit-le-petrolier-exxonmobil
#plastiques #pollution #ecosystemes #Californie #ExxonMobil #greenwashing

… 🧶

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 : https://legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2024/02/22/une-monde-sans-transition-une-conversation-avec-jean-baptiste-fressoz/

#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

Nos #institutions sont vulnérables à des défaillances soudaines, catastrophiques, voire irréparables. Ne les croyez pas :

« Dans la plupart des contextes, les professionnel·les du climat et de la durabilité ne sont pas payé·es pour changer les choses importantes, iels sont payé·es pour protéger les choses importantes du changement.

« L'expertise en matière de climat et de développement durable est devenue une profession comme une autre. Elle propose principalement des plans à moindre coût pour des actions progressives mais socialement crédibles. En général, ces plans défendent les organisations contre les critiques et les pressions en s'engageant sérieusement à atteindre des objectifs importants mais lointains (comme « Net Zero d'ici 2050 »), associés à des mesures incrémentales et peu coûteuses à court terme. Les deux sont ensuite « triangulés » avec des arguments selon lesquels les petits pas d'aujourd'hui sont « en ligne » avec un avenir d'action audacieuse. Le principal résultat est l'affirmation que l'employeur du triangulateur « en fait assez ».

« La définition de l'expression « en faire assez » devient le champ de bataille critique avec les défenseurs et les régulateurs qui veulent plus d'action. Avec la triangulation, nous assistons au déploiement de solutions complémentaires destinées à préserver la valeur des approches lentes, des actifs et de l'expertise. L'accent est mis sur des éléments tels que les dons caritatifs, les notations ESG [critères environnementaux, sociaux et de gouvernance], les émissions climatiques opérationnelles (et les compensations carbone), les engagements en matière de développement durable dans le cadre de l'activité de la firme (de petites mesures qui rapportent), le comportement des employé·es (« N'oubliez pas de recycler vos tasses de café et de participer à la journée de plantation d'arbres ») et les messages (de l'écoblanchiment pur et simple aux déclarations vides de sens de soutien à la justice climatique).

« La promesse de la #triangulation - l'apparence d'un engagement sérieux, mais un programme d'action qui ne bouleverse pas les priorités de gestion et les centres de revenus existants - s'est avérée attrayante pour les dirigeant·es, pour des raisons compréhensibles : Si vous êtes un·e dirigeant·e qui n'a pas de compréhension particulière du bouleversement, l'embauche d'expert·es en triangulation vous permet de couvrir vos arrières sans inconvénient évident. Il s'agit d'une solution prête à l'emploi, qui vous permet de vous concentrer sur les modèles d'entreprise qui ont bien fonctionné jusqu'à présent. Elle limite l'exposition au fossé entre les approches lentes et les réalités rapides. Et cela fonctionne parfaitement, tant que votre horizon décisionnel est très proche, mesuré en rapports trimestriels, et n'est pas interrompu par des changements soudains.
[…]
« La triangulation rend la plupart des institutions moins performantes en matière de stratégie. Elle rend l'expertise professionnelle acquise dans le cadre de ses programmes obsolète. Elle entrave la capacité à repérer les opportunités et les compétences nécessaires pour agir de manière disruptive afin de les saisir.

« Les stratégies triangulées protègent les organisations des pressions exercées pour qu'elles agissent maintenant, mais elles affaiblissent les capacités de changement de l'organisation. Tout ce qui mérite d'être discuté se trouve en dehors des limites du débat couramment acceptable dans la plupart des cercles professionnels, parce que chaque position triangulée et chaque bulle d'expertise créent les limites dont elles ont besoin pour rester sûres. Si vous comptez sur les conseils donnés à l'intérieur des limites triangulées pour essayer de comprendre ce qui se passe, vous externalisez votre acuité stratégique à des personnes dont la compétence principale est d'éviter la question ».

Alex Steffen (en): https://alexsteffen.substack.com/p/discontinuity-is-the-job

#discontinuité #priorités #croyance #foi #espoir #écologie #lesInstitutionsMentent #économie #consumérisme #capitalisme #climat #criseClimatique #RéchauffementMondial #changementClimatique #confusion #réalité #environnement #pollution #durabilité #développementDurable #greenwashing

So, #Terrapower and other #HALEU energy projects are being touted as "carbon-free". But alas, a lot of energy is spent digging, milling, transporting and enriching #Uranium -- and there's still no place to permanently store #NuclearWaste.

And #NewNuclear is far from CLEAN -- ask the residents of #PiketonOhio -- who are still dealing with #contamination from when the uranium enrichment plant was operating before!

Radioactive cylinders abound at former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site

by The Guardian

August 7, 2024

PIKETON, Ohio – "The site of the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon is home to a significant number of radioactive cylinders, posing ongoing environmental and health risks. As of 2022, there are a total of 20,570 uranium hexafluoride (#UF6) cylinders at the site, including 1,879 low-enriched uranium (LEU) cylinders, 18,206 depleted uranium cylinders, and 385 empty cylinders.

"These cylinders, which have been stored in the open for decades, are known to be among the highest sources of #radioactive contamination at the entire plant site. The U.S. Department of Energy [#DOE] has repeatedly reported the #hazardous conditions associated with these cylinder yards.

Chemical Reaction and #Corrosion

"UF6 is highly reactive with moisture, forming uranyl fluoride (UO2F2) and hydrogen fluoride (HF). Both compounds are extremely corrosive and toxic. HF can lead to severe corrosion of the cylinder walls, potentially resulting in leaks and the release of hazardous materials. The environmental and health impacts of these compounds are severe; HF can cause respiratory issues, skin burns, and eye damage, while UO2F2 can lead to kidney damage and other serious health problems.

Historical Accidents

"The potential risks are not hypothetical. In 1978, a major incident occurred when a UF6 cylinder ruptured, releasing over 20,000 pounds of uranium hexafluoride into the atmosphere. Over the years, there have been dozens of such accidental releases, exacerbating the environmental and health risks associated with the site."

Read more:
https://sciotovalleyguardian.com/2024/08/07/radioactive-cylinders-abound-at-former-portsmouth-gaseous-diffusion-plant-site/

#NoUraniumEnrichment #BillGates #Greenwashing #NoUraniumMining #RenewablesNow #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #TerrapowerHype #NewNuclearHype #SameOldSameOld

#ApacheStronghold at Peehee Mu'huh Locked Gates for People of Prayer

On the Journey to the Supreme Court

By Apache Stronghold, #CensoredNews
August 8, 2024

"Apache Stronghold visited Peehee Mu’huh (#ThackerPass), the second stop on the Prayer Journey to the Supreme Court [#SCOTUS] to Stop the Shattering of Human Existence and Protect #MotherEarth.

"We visited with the People of #RedMountain, who are fighting a #LithiumMine that is destroying their #SacredSite. When we arrived at the entrance to Peehee Mu’huh, we found a chain link wall with a locked gate, blocking everyone except those authorized by the mine.

"Security trucks came to go through the gate, and one of the drivers admitted that they knew the Apache Stronghold would be there with the People of Red Mountain.

"One truck drove off toward the mine, while the other driver re-locked the gate and left, emphasizing that the mining company has access to Peehee Mu’huh, but the Indigenous people who were stewards of the land since time immemorial, and all others who would go there to pray, are locked out.

"Dr. Wendsler Nosie Sr. said, 'It’s a sad reminder that people don’t know the day could come, if #OakFlat is ever transferred to #ResolutionCopper, that the acorns, #MedicinePlants, and water could be locked away behind a gate facing death at the hands of a corporation.

"'People need to come together to stop this desecration happening at Peehee Mu’huh and prevent it from happening everywhere else, before it’s too late.'

"Costanoan Rumsen #CarmelTribe said, 'We are honored to welcome and pray along side the Apache Stronghold and Protect Oak Flat on their Prayer Journey. Please join us in prayer this Saturday from 7 am-12 noon.' Chief Ya'anna Learning Village and Tuatukar Eco-Cultural Center for Indigenous Regeneration, 4500 Via Marisol, #Los AngelesCalifornia 90042.

"For those who can’t join us in person, please pray for us as we travel to the Supreme Court, and follow along on the journey here.

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08/apache-stronghold-at-peehee-muhuh.html

#PeeHeeMuhuh #NoCopperMiningWithoutConsent #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousNews #RioTinto CopperMine #BHP #Apache #NDAA #BigMountain #CulturalGenocide #Genocide #Arizona #ChichilBildagoteel #RioTinto #CopperMine #SanCarlosApache #Arizona #ProtectOakFlat #protectthesacred #DefendTheSacred #IndigenousActivism #SaveOakFlat #WaterIsLife #SacredSite #CopperMining #RecycleCopper #MiningWithoutConsent #ProtectTheSacred #CulturalGenocide #Ecocide #NativeAmericanNews #Greenwashing #NoMiningWithoutConsent #CorporateColonialism #PeacefulProtest

From 2011:

In Tennessee, #HeatWaves Diminish #Nuclear Power Output

By Alyson Kenward
April 10, 2011

"On July 8, 2010, as the temperature in downtown Decatur, Alabama climbed to a sweltering 98°F, operators at the #BrownsFerry #NuclearPowerPlant a few miles outside of town realized they had only one option to avoid violating their #environmental permit: turn down the reactors. For days, the Tennessee Valley Authority (#TVA), which owns the nuclear plant, had kept a watchful eye on the rising mercury, knowing that more heat outside could spell trouble inside the facility. When the #TennesseeRiver, whose adjacent waters are used to cool the reactors, finally hit 90°F and forced Browns Ferry to run at only half of their regular power output, the TVA hoped the hot spell would last just a few days.

"Eight weeks of unrelenting heat later, the plant was still running at half its capacity, robbing the grid of power it desperately needed when electricity demand from #AirConditioners and fans was at its peak. The total cost of the lost power over that time? More than $50 million dollars, all of which was paid for by TVA’s customers in Tennessee.

"The Browns Ferry nuclear plant, located on the Wheeler Reservoir along the Tennessee River near Athens, Alabama. It has three reactors, each producing about 1000 megawatts of electricity. Credit: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

“'Last summer, the water in the Tennessee River warmed up early and stayed warm,' says TVA spokesman Ray Golden. 'When it got hot again in July and August, we were impacted by that and had to reduce power at the plant and get it from somewhere else.'

"With river water so warm, the #NuclearPlant couldn’t draw in as much water as usual to cool the facility's three reactors, or else the water it pumped back into the river could be hot enough to harm the local #ecosystem, says Golden. But for every day that the Browns Ferry plant ran at 50 percent of its maximum output, the TVA had to spent $1 million more than usual to purchase power from somewhere else, he says.

"What happened in northern Alabama last summer, at the largest of TVA's nuclear power plants, did not present a human safety concern. Operators knew there was never a risk of an explosion or nuclear meltdown, nor was there a threat of leaking radioactive material. But the prolonged spell of hot weather put the TVA at risk of violating environmental permits, with hefty fines as one consequence and potential harm to the Tennessee River ecosystem as another.

"It’s not the first time high temperatures have affected the performance of the Browns Ferry plant, and extreme heat is a growing concern for power plant operators across the #Southeast. While some nuclear plants can improve their cooling procedures to cope with the intake of warmer water, the upgrades can cost hundreds of millions of dollars and still don’t offer an indefinite defense against extreme heat. Because scientists say the Southeast (like many other parts of the world) can expect to see more frequent and intense heat waves by the end of this century, the problems for nuclear power and the people that rely on it for electricity may only be beginning.

#ExtremeHeat Limits Nuclear Energy Production

"The disaster still unfolding at Japan’s #FukushimaDaiichi nuclear plant has refocused America's attention on nuclear power, calling into question its future role in the country's energy portfolio. Many advocates of nuclear power say that we need to maintain — and even expand — nuclear power to get away from using fossil fuels, such as coal, and to help lower greenhouse gas emissions.

"But nuclear power has a paradoxical relationship with #ClimateChange. Even though it might help mitigate long-term #GlobalWarming, nuclear power is already being challenged by rising temperatures and the increasing number of heat waves around the world. Throughout the last decade, several plants have had to reduce electricity production during heat waves, just when when electricity demand typically reaches peak levels.

“'It’s a dilemma between mitigation of climate change, and adaptation to it,' says Natalie Kopytko, an energy policy doctoral student at the University of York in England. Having recently studied the ways in which climate change could have a negative impact on nuclear power, she says nuclear power is caught in the middle because it could be used to help lower greenhouse gas emissions, but global warming is making the technology less effective at providing electricity."

Read more:
https://www.climatecentral.org/news/in-tennessee-heat-waves-frustrate-nuclear-power

#Greenwashing #NoNukes
#NoNewNukes #NuclearPowerPlant #NuclearPlants #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #RethinkNotRestart #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeTemperatures #ExtremeWeather #ExtremeHeat

Nuclear Power Plants: #NRC Should Take Actions to Fully Consider the Potential Effects of #ClimateChange

GAO-24-106326 Published: Apr 02, 2024.

"Climate change is likely to exacerbate natural hazards—such as #floods and #drought. The risks to nuclear power plants from such hazards include damage to systems and equipment that ensure safe operation.

"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's oversight process includes addressing safety risks at these plants. However, NRC doesn't fully consider potential increases in risk from climate change. For example, NRC mostly uses historical data to identify and assess safety risks, rather than data from future climate projections.

"We recommended that NRC fully address climate risks to nuclear power plants.

"Climate change is expected to exacerbate natural hazards—including heat, drought, #wildfires, #flooding, #hurricanes, and #SeaLevelRise. In addition, climate change may affect #ExtremeCold weather events. Risks to nuclear power plants from these hazards include loss of offsite power, damage to systems and equipment, and diminished cooling capacity, potentially resulting in reduced operations or plant shutdowns.

"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) addresses risks to the safety of nuclear power plants, including risks from natural hazards, in its licensing and oversight processes. Following the tsunami that led to the 2011 accident at Japan's #FukushimaDaiichi nuclear power plant, NRC took additional actions to address risks from natural hazards. These include requiring safety margins in reactor designs, measures to prevent radioactive releases should a natural hazard event exceed what a plant was designed to withstand, and maintenance of backup equipment related to safety functions.

"However, NRC's actions to address risks from natural hazards do not fully consider potential climate change effects. For example, NRC primarily uses historical data in its licensing and oversight processes rather than climate projections data. NRC officials GAO interviewed said they believe their current processes provide an adequate margin of safety to address climate risks.

"However, NRC has not conducted an assessment to demonstrate that this is the case. Assessing its processes to determine whether they adequately address the potential for increased risks from climate change would help ensure NRC fully considers risks to existing and proposed plants. Specifically, identifying any gaps in its processes and developing a plan to address them, including by using climate projections data, would help ensure that NRC adopts a more comprehensive approach for assessing risks and is better able to fulfill its mission to protect public health and safety."

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106326

#Greenwashing #NoNukes
#NoNewNukes #NuclearPowerPlant #NuclearPlants #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #RethinkNotRestart #NuclearRegulatoryCommission #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeTemperatures #ExtremeWeather

#MonochromeMonday

They keep killing the ancients.
Men who kill elder trees, are men who kill their children's futures.
Souls must be disconnected from nature & their spirits desperate for money, for them to be OK destroying #OldGrowth forests, for a temporary paycheque.
There are more ethical ways to earn a living.
Stop believing industrial & government #greenwashing lies.
#ClearcutLogging kills #ecosystems & throws #ecological balance out of whack.

Government tells us to not fret, that they're managing #forestry better - they're #greedy, #sellout #LIARS. You can go see for yourself, how many clearcuts are still happening on big scales, at several places across Vancouver Island & some parts of BC interior where greedy corporations are decimating the last inland #TemperateRainforest in the world. Our #neoliberal BC NDP government is OK with ongoing mass ecocide - they get money from industry lobbyists 🤑🤮😡

Don't stop, fighting to #ProtectOldGrowth #forests 🌲❤️🌲 #AncientTrees need #ForestDefenders in times of increased, rampant #CorporateGreed & sellout #ecocide enabling governments ✊️

#BCNewDeathParty #BCpoli #SaveOldGrowth #DefendNature #TreesOverGreed #TreesAreEarthsLungs #Nature #ProtectNature #WildFirst #BCForestryReform #deforestation #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #photography #BanCorporateLobbyists #DavidEby #BCNDP #EbyTheEnabler #ProtectForests #BCTourism #VancouverIsland #Cowichan #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #BCgovernment #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #StopDeforestation #OneEarth #BritishColumbia #Canada #WorldInMyEyes #YYJphotographers #DisabledPhotographers #Activism #ActivistPhotography #Environmentalist #EcoJustice #FightForNature #NatureGuardians #StopTheSaws #CrimesAgainstHumanity #morose #SuperUnnaturalBC #TourismBC #TourismVanvouverIsland #EcoCrimes #monochrome #BWphotography #BWphoto

Nuclear Expansion Sparks Concerns from Scientists of '#CatastrophicFailure'

Story by Jordan King
June 19, 2024

"A group of scientists has spoken out against a new bill that aims to accelerate the development of #nuclear energy.

"The U.S. Senate passed the #ADVANCEAct on Tuesday, which, among other things, makes it easier and quicker for companies to apply for permits and creates new incentives for advanced #nuclear reactor technologies.

"It was passed with bipartisan support (88-2 votes), with Democrats getting behind it for environmental reasons and Republicans seeing it as a way to ensure electricity supply and create jobs.

"An example of how the bill could be applied is with the Bill Gates-backed company #TerraPower, which has so far been unable to secure a permit to build a $4 billion #Natrium Reactor on an old #coal plant site in Wyoming, Reuters reports.

"But the Union of Concerned Scientists, a science advocacy nonprofit, is worried about the #safety implications of the bill, which is now on its way to President Joe #Biden to sign into law.

"The organization's director of nuclear power safety Dr. #EdwinLyman compared the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's [#NRC] relaxing of rules to the Federal Aviation Administration doing the same with air transport."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/nuclear-expansion-sparks-concerns-from-scientists-of-catastrophic-failure/ar-BB1ovdL7

#BigOilAndGas #Greenwashing #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #UnionOfConcernedScientists #NuclearPowerPlant #NuclearPlants #Greenwashing #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree

#BCNDP is still lying about this. Former #Forestry minister lied through her entire time in that portfolio. She approved more #glysophate spraying #ecocide in #BritishColumbia & told people it's safe. She agreed to help #JohnHorgan commit many #CrimesAgainstHumanity.

#BCgovernment is still #greenwashing & #whitewashing on #deforestation of #OldGrowth & #logging clearcuts are still happening.

#VoteBCGreens #BCNDPisKillingUs #BCpoli #EbyIsANeoliberal #Corruption #Neoliberals #BCNDPcriminals