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  1. Energy stability or a 'climate bomb'? The arguments around Beetaloo
    By Matt Garrick

    The Northern Territory government says it "stared down the hypocrites" to get gas flowing from the Beetaloo Sub-Basin. But will the project be the economic game changer that's been promised?

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-05/ana

    #OilandGas #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #NaturalResources #NTCLP #MattGarrick

  2. The shadow of the United States lengthens over southern Greenland: ‘We are going to lose our homes’.

    Donald Trump’s interest in controlling the vast Danish island and exploiting its natural resources worries the population.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260830

    #Greenland #Denmark #Sovereignty #Trump #Mining #NaturalResources

  3. There are numerous hurdles, including strong opposition in #Venezuela to ceding #control of #NaturalResources to the #US. Revisions to the Venezuelan #constitution may be required before any such deal is finalized, & the prospects of that happening are uncertain amid US antipathy.

    #Trump #geopolitics #sovereignty #economy #TaxpayersMoney #affordability #CostOfLiving #law #InternationalLaw #energy #FossilFuels #ClimateChange

  4. A Geologic Map Funded Through The STATEMAP Component Of The National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program Was Published In Direct Response To A Tribal Nation’s Science Needs.
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    usgs.gov/programs/national-coo <-- shared USGS technical article/details
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    ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddes | doi.org/10.34191/OFR-781DM <-- shared geologic map, ‘Interim geologic map of the Oljeto quadrangle, San Juan County, Utah’
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    H/T @USGS
    “A first for STATEMAP. 🗺️
    For the first time, a geologic map funded through the STATEMAP component of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program was published in direct response to a Tribal Nation’s science needs.
    The Utah Geological Survey, in collaboration with the Navajo Nation, recently published the geologic map of the Oljeto 7.5-minute quadrangle in southeastern Utah.
    STATEMAP plays a critical role nationwide by matching federal funds with state geological surveys to produce high-priority geologic maps that address societal needs, from infrastructure planning and responsible land use to natural hazard mitigation and groundwater resource management.
    Geologic maps provide a foundational framework for understanding Earth’s resources and processes. Detailed mapping gives resource managers and other stakeholders the scientific information they need to make informed decisions about the land and resources they manage.
    For the Oljeto quadrangle, the mapping work supports Navajo Nation science needs by helping better understand the relationship between regional geology and groundwater resources.
    This collaboration demonstrates the value of STATEMAP in supporting high-priority mapping needs and building partnerships between state geological surveys and Tribal Nations…”
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    “Funded through the STATEMAP component of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP), this geologic mapping work supports Navajo Nation needs to better understand the relationship between regional geology and groundwater supply.
    An outcome of the geologic partnership between the Utah Geological Survey and the Navajo Nation, the benchmark Oljeto 7.5' quadrangle map is the first-ever publication funded under the STATEMAP component of the NCGMP in direct response to Tribal Nation science needs. This collaboration demonstrates a proven model for STATEMAP partners conducting geologic mapping work in areas of Tribal Nation interest…”
    #mapping state #geology #geological #cooperation #STATEMAP #tribe #tribal #TribalNation #firstnation #triballands #NationalCooperativeGeologicMapping Program #USA #Utah #Oljeto #Utah #opendata #usecase #water #hydrology #waterresources #naturalresources #spatial #mapping #partnership #groundwater #regionalgeology
    @Utah Geological Survey | @Navajo Nation | @USGS

  5. “There were elders who started to get sores in their mouths because of the pesticides. We use our mouths to help in basket weaving,” Young says.

    “And then if you’re cooking in these baskets and the material has been sprayed, then people can be ingesting it.”

    Link: motherjones.com/environment/20

    #Forest #Nature #Climate #Environment #Pollution #Pesticides #Herbicides #Toxins #IndigenousRights #NativeAmericans #NaturalResources

  6. 📰 NC Coastal Habitat Protection Plan Update Begins

    🌊 North Carolina environmental officials have started updating the state's Coastal Habitat Protection Plan (CHPP), a long-term strategy focused on protecting coastal habitats that support fisheries, water quality, and the seafood industry.

    🌿 The 2026 update is centered on three priorities: ecosystem-based habitat management, seagrass protection and restoration, and planning for long-term wetland changes along the coast.

    🤝 State agencies and stakeholders are helping develop draft recommendations that will eventually be released for public review, shaping future coastal conservation and resource management efforts.

    🔗 coastalreview.org/2026/07/work

    Keep up with NC health, environment, and energy news. Request to follow:
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    (Best to have a robust profile and toots.)

    #CoastalConservation #WaterQuality
    #Fisheries #ClimateResilience
    #Wetlands #Environment #NaturalResources #Biodiversity

  7. Hopes for renewed Australian helium production after SA extraction
    By Isabella Kelly

    Helium has been produced in Australia for the first time since 2023, on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/aus

    #OilandGas #NaturalResources #RegionalCommunities #IsabellaKelly

  8. It feels surreal that our democratically elected Prime Minister has to say that #Denmark is ready to defend itself against an ally. Right now, the #US feels like a bigger threat to Denmark than Russia.

    #greed #Greenland #warcrimes #nato #wartime #naturalresources

    dr.dk/nyheder/indland/mette-fr

  9. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦭🚧 Neil, a 1,000 kg southern elephant #seal in #Tasmania, crushes traffic cones and barriers each year during molting season, rubbing against them to shed his coat.

    Wildlife experts from Tasmania’s Department of #NaturalResources and #Environment say it’s not mischief but instinct. As Neil matures, officials warn he may become more territorial, urging fans to keep 20 m away.

    👉 sciencealert.com/neil-the-seal

    #elephantseal #marine #mammals #animals #behavior #hobart #wildlife #science #australia

  10. Menjaga Bumi untuk Generasi Mendatang: Tanggung Jawab Bersama dalam Konservasi Lingkungan

    Di era modern yang ditandai dengan perkembangan teknologi dan pertumbuhan ekonomi yang pesat, isu lingkungan menjadi salah satu tantangan terbesar yang dihadapi umat manusia. Perubahan iklim, berkurangnya kawasan hutan, pencemaran udara dan air, serta menurunnya keanekaragaman hayati merupakan dampak nyata dari aktivitas manusia yang kurang memperhatikan keseimbangan alam. Di tengah kondisi tersebut, kesadaran akan pentingnya konservasi lingkungan menjadi semakin relevan. Foto ini […]

    frnstudio.wordpress.com/2026/0

  11. Menjaga Bumi untuk Generasi Mendatang: Tanggung Jawab Bersama dalam Konservasi Lingkungan

    Di era modern yang ditandai dengan perkembangan teknologi dan pertumbuhan ekonomi yang pesat, isu lingkungan menjadi salah satu tantangan terbesar yang dihadapi umat manusia. Perubahan iklim, berkurangnya kawasan hutan, pencemaran udara dan air, serta menurunnya keanekaragaman hayati merupakan dampak nyata dari aktivitas manusia yang kurang memperhatikan keseimbangan alam. Di tengah kondisi tersebut, kesadaran akan pentingnya konservasi lingkungan menjadi semakin relevan. Foto ini […]

    frnstudio.wordpress.com/2026/0

  12. Menjaga Bumi untuk Generasi Mendatang: Tanggung Jawab Bersama dalam Konservasi Lingkungan

    Di era modern yang ditandai dengan perkembangan teknologi dan pertumbuhan ekonomi yang pesat, isu lingkungan menjadi salah satu tantangan terbesar yang dihadapi umat manusia. Perubahan iklim, berkurangnya kawasan hutan, pencemaran udara dan air, serta menurunnya keanekaragaman hayati merupakan dampak nyata dari aktivitas manusia yang kurang memperhatikan keseimbangan alam. Di tengah kondisi tersebut, kesadaran akan pentingnya konservasi lingkungan menjadi semakin relevan. Foto ini […]

    frnstudio.wordpress.com/2026/0

  13. Menjaga Bumi untuk Generasi Mendatang: Tanggung Jawab Bersama dalam Konservasi Lingkungan

    Di era modern yang ditandai dengan perkembangan teknologi dan pertumbuhan ekonomi yang pesat, isu lingkungan menjadi salah satu tantangan terbesar yang dihadapi umat manusia. Perubahan iklim, berkurangnya kawasan hutan, pencemaran udara dan air, serta menurunnya keanekaragaman hayati merupakan dampak nyata dari aktivitas manusia yang kurang memperhatikan keseimbangan alam. Di tengah kondisi tersebut, kesadaran akan pentingnya konservasi lingkungan menjadi semakin relevan. Foto ini […]

    frnstudio.wordpress.com/2026/0

  14. Menjaga Bumi untuk Generasi Mendatang: Tanggung Jawab Bersama dalam Konservasi Lingkungan

    Di era modern yang ditandai dengan perkembangan teknologi dan pertumbuhan ekonomi yang pesat, isu lingkungan menjadi salah satu tantangan terbesar yang dihadapi umat manusia. Perubahan iklim, berkurangnya kawasan hutan, pencemaran udara dan air, serta menurunnya keanekaragaman hayati merupakan dampak nyata dari aktivitas manusia yang kurang memperhatikan keseimbangan alam. Di tengah kondisi tersebut, kesadaran akan pentingnya konservasi lingkungan menjadi semakin relevan. Foto ini […]

    frnstudio.wordpress.com/2026/0

  15. Dinner is served. The map is the plate, the oil is the feast, and the international oil companies have already taken their seats at the table, forks in hand. Who picks up the tab? The Venezuelan people.

    #Venezuela #Oil #Petroleum #Shell #Texaco #Chevron #Imperialism #EnergyColonialism #Geopolitics #NaturalResources #LatinAmerica #Cartoon #ComicStrip #Exploitation #ResourceWars

  16. Press Release: Rising #Emissions, Depleting #Water and Vanishing #Land—UN Scientists: #AI Is Threatening #NaturalResources for Billions

    By 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warns

    Date Published
    3 Jun 2026

    Excerpt: "Inference, efficiency, and the rebound effect

    "Public discussion has largely focused on the energy required to train massive models. Training GPT-3 was estimated to require 1.3 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity, while estimates suggest GPT-4 consumed between 50 and 70 GWh. However, the report reveals this framing is outdated. Once a model is deployed, inference—the continuous running of models to answer everyday user prompts—becomes the dominant cost, accounting for 80 to 90 per cent of total #AI energy use. ChatGPT alone is estimated to process around 2.5 billion prompts per day, translating to roughly 383 GWh of electricity per year for a single product. Offsetting associated carbon emissions would require 2.6 million tree seedlings grown for 10 years, enough trees to cover a land area the size of Manhattan. The water footprint is equivalent to the minimum annual domestic water needs of roughly 500,000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the land footprint is equal to over 800 football fields."

    Read more:
    unu.edu/inweh/news/environment

    #AIBoom #Electricity #Hyperscale #BigTech #BigData #CarbonFootprint #EnvironmentalRacism #EnvironmentalDegradation #NoisePollution #LightPollution #WaterIsLife #AIAgents #BotTraffic #GreenSpaces #Farmland #Prairies #Woodland #TechGiants #ProtectNature #NoDatacenters #EnergyConsumption #USPol #WorldPol #Datacentres
    #DatacenterMoratoriums #ArtificialIntelligence

  17. Happy US Public Service Recognition Week!
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    2026.ourpublicservice.org/publ
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    To every #publicservant that contributes to the #public’s #wellbeing and #prosperity, at every level of #government - be that #industry, #science, #agriculture, #fisheries, #ecology, #naturalresources, #environmental, #qualityoflife, #publicsafety, #publichealth, #wastedisposal, #waterresources, #foodsecurity, #planning, #policy, and SO much more…
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    “Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW) 2026 takes place May 3–9, celebrating federal, state, county, local, and tribal government employees who strengthen communities. It honors dedicated professionals—from first responders and teachers to public administrators—who provide essential services…”
    #publicservice #publicgood #fedservice #opendata #taxpayervalue #publicsupport #farming #GIS #spatial #mapping #nation #national #USA

  18. Upcoming #lecture talk at #UVIC.

    From #Forests Frayed to Forests Renewed.
    April 16, 2026.

    Join us April 16, 2026 at the University of Victoria for a thought-provoking talk with keynote speaker Ben Parfitt as he explores, Forests Frayed to Forests Renewed: The Case for Rezoning BC’s Public Lands.

    Ben has covered #forestry and natural resource issues in #BritishColumbia since the 1980s both as a journalist and in his previous role as senior public policy analyst with the now-closed Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, BC Office. He is currently a reporter with The Tyee where he covers the forestry and oil and gas industries, among others, and their impacts on critical natural resources like water.

    In his talk, Ben will explain the consequences of today’s outdated land use policies and outline how rezoning BC’s public lands can set us on a more desirable course by conserving at-risk primary forests, restore lands scarred by industrialization and support jobs in a refocused, value-oriented forest industry.

    Whether you’re an activist, policy maker or someone passionate about environmental preservation this is a talk you won’t want to miss.

    University of Victoria – [Lecture Theatre HSD A240]
    Tickets: $20
    bcpolicy.app.neoncrm.com/nx/po

    #BCpoli #CDNpoli #PublicPolicy #BCForestryReform #StopEcocide #NaturalResources #Degrowth #CarbonFootprint #FossilFuels #environmental #climate #PolicyChange #PolicyReform #WeCantDrinkOil #WeCantBreatheGas #StopDeforestation #WeCantEatDeadForests #YYJ #VictoriaBC

  19. Challenges In Comparing National Forest Statistics - Canada As A Case Study
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    📑 pubs.cif-ifc.org/doi/abs/10.55 <-- shared paper
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    H/T Michael Wulder |Senior Research Scientist at Natural Resources Canada
    “Canada is a forest nation. Its forests are spatially extensive, ecologically diverse, and of global importance. While national level forest statistics are used for international reporting and comparison, they often fail to reflect the distinctive structure and stewardship context of Canada’s forest estate, which includes millions of hectares of remote, unmanaged forests alongside actively managed zones governed by provincial and territorial stewardship frameworks...”
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    #forest #Canada #national #geostatistics #forestestate #remote #unmanaged #contrast #managed #harvesting #naturalresources #resource #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #assessment #value #metrics #stewardship #management #monitoring #statistics #health #foresthealth #science
    #NRCAN #NRCANScience #NaturalResourcesCanada

  20. While the exact dollar figure & logistics of any payment are unclear, #US ofcls, including #WhiteHouse aides, have discussed figures ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 per person, said 2 of the sources, who requested anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

    #Trump #MafiaState #bribery #imperialism #geopolitics #Greenland #Denmark #Europe #NATO #NewWorldOrder #law #Congress #WarPowers #NaturalResources #oil #minerals #sovereignty #ShippingLanes #ClimateChange #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw

  21. Another option would be to make a deal on #Greenland — a sale or lease, with expanded access to #mineral rights, & #US role in #security. In the event of a crisis, “the rest of #Europe will lean on #Denmark to make some kind of arrangement with the #US,” Rahman said.

    #Trump #MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #NATO #NewWorldOrder #law #Congress #WarPowers #NaturalResources #oil #minerals #sovereignty #ShippingLanes #ClimateChange #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw

  22. Whether its gaming or grasping, European leaders face unpalatable choices. One is to stick with the unified hard line that emerged in recent days, making clear that any move on #Greenland could trigger a response by European #allies — not against #Russia or #China but, unthinkably, against the #UnitedStates.

    #Trump #MafiaState #imperialism #greed #geopolitics #Europe #NATO #NewWorldOrder #law #Congress #WarPowers #NaturalResources #sovereignty #ShippingLanes #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw

  23. @Nonilex

    Let me very blunt here:

    I have absolutely *no* sympathy for Europe, the EU, or NATO

    Trump has been on the International stage for 15-20 years?

    Trump should be a known quantity:

    he is a profoundly disturbed, acute narcissist *and* a serial, pathological liar

    Trump's BFFs are Putin and the kleptocrats of Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Middle East

    This should be nothing new to any adult European leader

    Instead they've been playing footsy with Trump, trying to pretend that if they just let him have his way a little, he'll go away and leave them alone

    Didn't work, and Europe has no Plan B

    Time to face the reality you've all helped create

    #MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #Denmark #NATO #NewWorldOrder #law #Congress #WarPowers #NaturalResources #oil #minerals #sovereignty #ShippingLanes #ClimateChange #theft #piracy #greed #InternationalLaw

  24. Where many European leaders’ reactions to the #Venezuela raid were muted, caveated or outsourced to #legal abstractions about the #UNCharter, European leaders on Tuesday came out with uncommonly forceful rebukes about the #Trump admin’s greediness on #Greenland.


    #MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #Denmark #Europe #NATO #NewWorldOrder #law #Congress #WarPowers #NaturalResources #oil #minerals #sovereignty #ShippingLanes #ClimateChange #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw

  25. “It is not as if there is an abundance of special envoys,” Dr. Olesen said. “So when one is appointed with the purpose of asserting control over #Greenland, it signals that Greenland is very much in focus at the highest level.”

    #geopolitics #Denmark #US #Trump #imperialism #greed #NaturalResources #ShippingLanes #ClimateChange

  26. The appointment of a special envoy for #Greenland could put pressure on Howery, a former executive at #PayPal who is considered close to #Trump. In November, Howery dodged a question from journalists about whether the United States would ever take Greenland by #force, but he pledged cooperation.

    #geopolitics #Denmark #US #imperialism #greed #NaturalResources #ShippingLanes #ClimateChange