#nofracking — Public Fediverse posts
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El fracking no sólo fractura la tierra y contamina el agua y pone en peligro la salud de la gente, sino que fractura el tejido social. “Me entristece mucho que, al día de hoy, se siga hablando del fracking como una posibilidad en el país”:
—Yuvelis Moreno, en defensa del río Magdalena en contra del fracking#News #Fracking #ambiental #NoFracking #ecocide #Mexico #Colombia
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El fracking no sólo fractura la tierra y contamina el agua y pone en peligro la salud de la gente, sino que fractura el tejido social. “Me entristece mucho que, al día de hoy, se siga hablando del fracking como una posibilidad en el país”:
—Yuvelis Moreno, en defensa del río Magdalena en contra del fracking#News #Fracking #ambiental #NoFracking #ecocide #Mexico #Colombia
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El fracking no sólo fractura la tierra y contamina el agua y pone en peligro la salud de la gente, sino que fractura el tejido social. “Me entristece mucho que, al día de hoy, se siga hablando del fracking como una posibilidad en el país”:
—Yuvelis Moreno, en defensa del río Magdalena en contra del fracking#News #Fracking #ambiental #NoFracking #ecocide #Mexico #Colombia
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El fracking no sólo fractura la tierra y contamina el agua y pone en peligro la salud de la gente, sino que fractura el tejido social. “Me entristece mucho que, al día de hoy, se siga hablando del fracking como una posibilidad en el país”:
—Yuvelis Moreno, en defensa del río Magdalena en contra del fracking#News #Fracking #ambiental #NoFracking #ecocide #Mexico #Colombia
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El fracking no sólo fractura la tierra y contamina el agua y pone en peligro la salud de la gente, sino que fractura el tejido social. “Me entristece mucho que, al día de hoy, se siga hablando del fracking como una posibilidad en el país”:
—Yuvelis Moreno, en defensa del río Magdalena en contra del fracking#News #Fracking #ambiental #NoFracking #ecocide #Mexico #Colombia
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Nukleare Katastrophen und Krieg: 15 Jahre Fukushima, 40 Jahre Tschernobyl und heute Krieg um Atomanlagen
Am 11. März jährt sich die mehrfache Atomkatastrophe von Fukushima in Japan zum 15. Mal. Am 26. Apr
https://umweltfairaendern.de/2026/03/09/nukleare-katastrophen-und-krieg-15-jahre-fukushima-40-jahre-tschernobyl-und-heute-krieg-um-atomanlagen/
#AtomGeschichte #Atomenergie #Energiewende #ErneuerbareEnergien #Klimakatastrophe #Kohleausstieg #NoFracking #Umweltpolitik #Verbraucherschutz -
Nukleare Katastrophen und Krieg: 15 Jahre Fukushima, 40 Jahre Tschernobyl und heute Krieg um Atomanlagen
Am 11. März jährt sich die mehrfache Atomkatastrophe von Fukushima in Japan zum 15. Mal. Am 26. Apr
https://umweltfairaendern.de/2026/03/09/nukleare-katastrophen-und-krieg-15-jahre-fukushima-40-jahre-tschernobyl-und-heute-krieg-um-atomanlagen/
#AtomGeschichte #Atomenergie #Energiewende #ErneuerbareEnergien #Klimakatastrophe #Kohleausstieg #NoFracking #Umweltpolitik #Verbraucherschutz -
Nukleare Katastrophen und Krieg: 15 Jahre Fukushima, 40 Jahre Tschernobyl und heute Krieg um Atomanlagen
Am 11. März jährt sich die mehrfache Atomkatastrophe von Fukushima in Japan zum 15. Mal. Am 26. Apr
https://umweltfairaendern.de/2026/03/09/nukleare-katastrophen-und-krieg-15-jahre-fukushima-40-jahre-tschernobyl-und-heute-krieg-um-atomanlagen/
#AtomGeschichte #Atomenergie #Energiewende #ErneuerbareEnergien #Klimakatastrophe #Kohleausstieg #NoFracking #Umweltpolitik #Verbraucherschutz -
Nukleare Katastrophen und Krieg: 15 Jahre Fukushima, 40 Jahre Tschernobyl und heute Krieg um Atomanlagen
Am 11. März jährt sich die mehrfache Atomkatastrophe von Fukushima in Japan zum 15. Mal. Am 26. Apr
https://umweltfairaendern.de/2026/03/09/nukleare-katastrophen-und-krieg-15-jahre-fukushima-40-jahre-tschernobyl-und-heute-krieg-um-atomanlagen/
#AtomGeschichte #Atomenergie #Energiewende #ErneuerbareEnergien #Klimakatastrophe #Kohleausstieg #NoFracking #Umweltpolitik #Verbraucherschutz -
Nukleare Katastrophen und Krieg: 15 Jahre Fukushima, 40 Jahre Tschernobyl und heute Krieg um Atomanlagen
Am 11. März jährt sich die mehrfache Atomkatastrophe von Fukushima in Japan zum 15. Mal. Am 26. Apr
https://umweltfairaendern.de/2026/03/09/nukleare-katastrophen-und-krieg-15-jahre-fukushima-40-jahre-tschernobyl-und-heute-krieg-um-atomanlagen/
#AtomGeschichte #Atomenergie #Energiewende #ErneuerbareEnergien #Klimakatastrophe #Kohleausstieg #NoFracking #Umweltpolitik #Verbraucherschutz -
Some kind of freedom! David Bowie – Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London 1973)
Ich denke, es ist irgendwas mi
https://umweltfairaendern.de/2025/10/04/some-kind-of-freedom-david-bowie-rock-n-roll-suicide-live-at-hammersmith-odeon-london-1973/
#AKWBrokdorf #AtomBT #AtomGeschichte #Atomenergie #Braunkohle #Energiewende #ErneuerbareEnergien #Klimakatastrophe #Kohleausstieg #NoFracking #NRW #koSozial #Pressemitteilungen #Spurensuche #Umweltpolitik #Verbraucherschutz -
Some kind of freedom! David Bowie – Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London 1973)
Ich denke, es ist irgendwas mi
https://umweltfairaendern.de/2025/10/04/some-kind-of-freedom-david-bowie-rock-n-roll-suicide-live-at-hammersmith-odeon-london-1973/
#AKWBrokdorf #AtomBT #AtomGeschichte #Atomenergie #Braunkohle #Energiewende #ErneuerbareEnergien #Klimakatastrophe #Kohleausstieg #NoFracking #NRW #koSozial #Pressemitteilungen #Spurensuche #Umweltpolitik #Verbraucherschutz -
Some kind of freedom! David Bowie – Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London 1973)
Ich denke, es ist irgendwas mi
https://umweltfairaendern.de/2025/10/04/some-kind-of-freedom-david-bowie-rock-n-roll-suicide-live-at-hammersmith-odeon-london-1973/
#AKWBrokdorf #AtomBT #AtomGeschichte #Atomenergie #Braunkohle #Energiewende #ErneuerbareEnergien #Klimakatastrophe #Kohleausstieg #NoFracking #NRW #koSozial #Pressemitteilungen #Spurensuche #Umweltpolitik #Verbraucherschutz -
Ein „Deal“ für Trump – ein Desaster fürs Klima!
#NoFracking: Keine neuen Terminals für Klimakiller-Gas!
https://chng.it/qqKzJZ8SZJ -
Prince! Sinéad! Cynthia Erivo ! Listen!
Cynthia Erivo ! Listen! It matters!https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=JbpcNGe1IoY&listen=false
https://umweltfairaendern.de/2025/07/11/prince-sinead-cynthia-erivo-listen/
#AKWBrokdorf #AtomBT #AtomGeschichte #Atomenergie #Energiewende #ErneuerbareEnergien #Klimakatastrophe #Kohleausstieg #NoFracking #NRW #koSozial #Umweltpolitik #Verbraucherschutz -
Prince! Sinéad! Cynthia Erivo ! Listen!
Cynthia Erivo ! Listen! It matters!https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=JbpcNGe1IoY&listen=false
https://umweltfairaendern.de/2025/07/11/prince-sinead-cynthia-erivo-listen/
#AKWBrokdorf #AtomBT #AtomGeschichte #Atomenergie #Energiewende #ErneuerbareEnergien #Klimakatastrophe #Kohleausstieg #NoFracking #NRW #koSozial #Umweltpolitik #Verbraucherschutz -
Prince! Sinéad! Cynthia Erivo ! Listen!
Cynthia Erivo ! Listen! It matters!https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=JbpcNGe1IoY&listen=false
https://umweltfairaendern.de/2025/07/11/prince-sinead-cynthia-erivo-listen/
#AKWBrokdorf #AtomBT #AtomGeschichte #Atomenergie #Energiewende #ErneuerbareEnergien #Klimakatastrophe #Kohleausstieg #NoFracking #NRW #koSozial #Umweltpolitik #Verbraucherschutz -
Eine Stimme für Demokratie und Gerechtigkeit – FÜR ALLE: DIE LINKE Rede von Heidi Reichinnek zur Situation in Deutschland am 11.02.25
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https://umweltfairaendern.de/2025/02/12/eine-stimme-fuer-demokratie-und-gerechtigkeit-fuer-alle-die-linke-rede-von-heidi-reichinnek-zur-situation-in-deutschland-am-11-02-25/
#AtomBT #AtomGeschichte #Atomenergie #Braunkohle #Energiewende #ErneuerbareEnergien #Klimakatastrophe #Kohleausstieg #NoFracking #NRW #koSozial #Umweltpolitik #Verbraucherschutz -
Eine Stimme für Demokratie und Gerechtigkeit – FÜR ALLE: DIE LINKE Rede von Heidi Reichinnek zur Situation in Deutschland am 11.02.25
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https://umweltfairaendern.de/2025/02/12/eine-stimme-fuer-demokratie-und-gerechtigkeit-fuer-alle-die-linke-rede-von-heidi-reichinnek-zur-situation-in-deutschland-am-11-02-25/
#AtomBT #AtomGeschichte #Atomenergie #Braunkohle #Energiewende #ErneuerbareEnergien #Klimakatastrophe #Kohleausstieg #NoFracking #NRW #koSozial #Umweltpolitik #Verbraucherschutz -
Formen bürgerlicher Herrschaft: Trump – Bitcoin
https://umweltfairaendern.de/2025/01/20/formen-buergerlicher-herrschaft-trump-bitcoin/
#Allgemein #AtomBT #AtomGeschichte #Atomenergie #Energiewende #Klimakatastrophe #NoFracking #koSozial #Umweltpolitik #Verbraucherschutz -
#AlboPM please take note: “Last year eclipsed 2023’s temperature in the European database by an eighth of a degree Celsius (more than a fifth of a degree Fahrenheit). That’s an unusually large jump; until the last couple of super-hot years, global temperature records were exceeded only by hundredths of a degree, scientists said.” (Source Al Jazerra)
#NoMoreMines #NoMoreWells #NoFracking #RaisePRRT #TaxFossilFuels #auspol
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It seems the #ElsipogtogFirstNation has been targets of the #RCMP for a while...
10 years after RCMP raided N.B. anti-fracking camp, Aboriginal title claim ongoing
Oscar Baker III · CBC News · Posted: Oct 13, 2023 4:25 PM
"#Elsipogtog First Nation, a #Mikmaq community in #NewBrunswick, launched an Aboriginal title claim for #Sikniktuk, a traditional district, after a 2013 #antifracking #protest that was raided by the RCMP."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/10-years-rexton-rcmp-raid-1.6992814
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It seems the #ElsipogtogFirstNation has been targets of the #RCMP for a while...
10 years after RCMP raided N.B. anti-fracking camp, Aboriginal title claim ongoing
Oscar Baker III · CBC News · Posted: Oct 13, 2023 4:25 PM
"#Elsipogtog First Nation, a #Mikmaq community in #NewBrunswick, launched an Aboriginal title claim for #Sikniktuk, a traditional district, after a 2013 #antifracking #protest that was raided by the RCMP."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/10-years-rexton-rcmp-raid-1.6992814
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It seems the #ElsipogtogFirstNation has been targets of the #RCMP for a while...
10 years after RCMP raided N.B. anti-fracking camp, Aboriginal title claim ongoing
Oscar Baker III · CBC News · Posted: Oct 13, 2023 4:25 PM
"#Elsipogtog First Nation, a #Mikmaq community in #NewBrunswick, launched an Aboriginal title claim for #Sikniktuk, a traditional district, after a 2013 #antifracking #protest that was raided by the RCMP."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/10-years-rexton-rcmp-raid-1.6992814
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It seems the #ElsipogtogFirstNation has been targets of the #RCMP for a while...
10 years after RCMP raided N.B. anti-fracking camp, Aboriginal title claim ongoing
Oscar Baker III · CBC News · Posted: Oct 13, 2023 4:25 PM
"#Elsipogtog First Nation, a #Mikmaq community in #NewBrunswick, launched an Aboriginal title claim for #Sikniktuk, a traditional district, after a 2013 #antifracking #protest that was raided by the RCMP."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/10-years-rexton-rcmp-raid-1.6992814
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It seems the #ElsipogtogFirstNation has been targets of the #RCMP for a while...
10 years after RCMP raided N.B. anti-fracking camp, Aboriginal title claim ongoing
Oscar Baker III · CBC News · Posted: Oct 13, 2023 4:25 PM
"#Elsipogtog First Nation, a #Mikmaq community in #NewBrunswick, launched an Aboriginal title claim for #Sikniktuk, a traditional district, after a 2013 #antifracking #protest that was raided by the RCMP."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/10-years-rexton-rcmp-raid-1.6992814
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Unter #Trump "würden Öl, Kohle und #Fracking-Gas ein Comeback ungeahnten Ausmaßes erleben." Darum: #StopProject2025
https://blog.campact.de/2024/08/project-2025-trump-todesstoss-fuer-klimaschutz-und-demokratie/
#NoFracking #StopFracking #GegenGasbohren #EndFossil -
Inside the last-ditch effort to stop the #MountainValleyPipeline
The project is over budget and behind schedule, with a lot of hard work left to do. Its opponents hope that makes #FossilFuel companies think twice about building the next one.
By Katie Myers
Published Jan 16, 2024"As day broke over the small mountain town of #EllistonVirginia, one Monday in October, masked figures in thick coats emerged from the woods surrounding a construction site. Three of them approached three excavators and, one by one, locked themselves to the machines, bringing the day’s work to a halt. As they did so, several dozen of their fellow protesters gathered around them, unfurling banners and chanting amid the groaning and beeping of construction equipment.
"They made their way across the field, over patches of bare earth, around sections of rusty pipe meant for burial beneath the mountain. Eventually the metal tubes will form yet another section of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which will soon carry 2 billion cubic feet of #fracked #methane from the #ShaleFields of #WestVirginia to #NorthCarolina each day. Their breath billowed in the crisp air. Beyond them stretched a bright blue sky, and mountains tinged with yellow. The past night’s rain pooled on the muddy and compacted soil beneath their feet.
"Workers in highlighter-yellow vests and hard hats milled around, some looking amused, others frustrated. One or two engaged with the #protesters, only to be told off by an irate site manager. A few miles away at the West Virginia state line, another three dozen or so activists did much the same atop #PetersMountain. One even managed to crawl under an excavator and lock herself in place, despite the cold. The others rallied around, enclosing her in a tight, protective circle.
Some might wonder why they bothered. After all, the project is, by the Mountain Valley Pipeline company’s estimate, 94 percent complete and will be wrapped up before summer. It stalled for several years amid legal fights over various permits, but Senator #JoeManchin, a moderate Democrat from West Virginia, almost single-handedly revived it in 2022 in exchange for his support of key Democratic priorities. Since then, the Biden administration and the Supreme Court have all but assured its completion. With the approximately 303-mile pipeline approaching the final stretch after almost a decade’s work, it might seem hardly worth fighting at this point.
"A large contingent of steadfast opposition begs to differ — and will enthusiastically explain why. The pipeline is six years behind schedule, about half a billion dollars over budget, and, despite promises that it would be done by the end of last year, delayed once again. The remaining construction is over rugged terrain, with hundreds of water crossings left to bridge. The company recently postponed, shortened, and rerouted its planned extension into North Carolina, a proposal long stymied by permitting problems with the main line. And, just last month, #Equitrans, which owns the #pipeline and many others across the country, was said to be considering selling itself. The road to the pipeline’s completion remains rocky, its opponents argue, with many opportunities to make finishing it as difficult as possible.
"'We cannot let them destroy our land and water,' said a young woman named Ericka. Like many interviewed for this story, she gave only her first name out of fear of reprisal from #MountainValleyPipelineLLC, which has begun suing #protesters in a bid to silence them. She had brought her three children to occupy the land that day. 'What are we going to drink? Where are we going to live? People have to come here and stop this.'"
#SilencingDissent #DirectAction #ClimateCatastrophe #NoFracking #WaterIsLife #SLAPPs #Fascism #CriminalizingDissent #WaterProtectors #ForestDefenders #EnvironmentalActivists #ClimateActivists #ClimateJustice #CorporateColonialism #EcoActivists #Censorship
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🥳 "Gericht verhängt Baustopp für #LNG-Pipeline vor Rügen". "#Gascade wollte im Bereich des Greifswalder Bodden gleich an mehreren Unterwasserbaustellen die Pipeline mit Sediment und Steinen abdecken. Für den Zeitraum von Januar bis Mai gilt wegen Laichzeit des Herings sowie Vogelrastzeit jedoch ein absolutes Bauverbot." https://www.nordkurier.de/regional/ruegen/gericht-verhaengt-baustopp-fuer-lng-pipeline-vor-ruegen-2184908 #RügenGegenLNG #Hering #RettetDenHering #GegenGasbohren #noFracking #noLNG @Andy_Gheorghiu
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@kentparkstreet1 When leaders like the Victoria Premier take a stand against #gas #fracking to protect our environment and communities, they often face relentless media attacks driven by corporate interests. The Victoria Premier was driven out of office for prioritising our future over profits. Now, the #Queensland Premier faces similar threats for implementing a ban on carbon capture and storage. It's a stark reminder of the power dynamics at play and the need to support leaders who put people and the planet first. #StandWithOurLeaders #NoFracking #ProtectOurPlanet #NoCarbonCapture #qldpol
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BreitbandSchlüsselKopf – Für die Ohren! Demokratie, denn Faschismus in ein Verbrechen. Willy
Inne halten. Besinnen! Zuhören. Augen zu. Erst noch mal klicken: https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?
https://umweltfairaendern.de/2024/04/28/breitbandschluesselkopf-fuer-die-ohren-demokratie-denn-faschismus-in-ein-verbrechen-willy/
#AtomGeschichte #Atomenergie #Energiewende #ErneuerbareEnergien #Klimakatastrophe #Kohleausstieg #NoFracking #koSozial #Spurensuche #Umweltpolitik #Verbraucherschutz -
#Klimakrise bedeutet #Wasserkrise. "Die Folgen der globalen Erderwärmung verschärfen sich - und #Deutschland ist davon in besonderem Maß betroffen." Die #Klimakatastrophe beschert uns einen immensen #Wasserverlust. https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/klima/klima-monitoringbericht-102.html #Wassernot #right2water #noFracking #GegenGasbohren
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"Dass #Deutschland ein #Wasserproblem hat und auf eine Krise zusteuert, ist unter Fachleuten und Politikern, die sich mit dem Thema beschäftigen, längst Gewissheit." Darum: "Die #Wasserversorgung darf NICHT privatisiert [auch nicht teilprivatisiert!] und dem freien Spiel der Marktkräfte überlassen werden" https://www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2023/juli/hitze-hotspot-deutschland #Wasser #Wassernot #noFracking #Privatisierung #PPP #ÖPP vs #right2water
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@Andy_Gheorghiu @berlinerwassertisch @PfaffTino @SheDrivesMobility @ckemfert @niklashoehne @parents4future
Hab ich gesehen, bester Andy, und hab schon die Feder gespitzt, um noch etwas zu meinem Votum dazu zu schreiben. -
Buenos dias a todos,
wenn Ihr zwischen lauter Keksen und Schoki beim Freustück Zeit hättet, diese Petition gegen den Unfug, der sich #Fracking nennt, mitzuzeichnen (leider auf change.org, aber was soll's) - das wäre super:
https://www.change.org/p/keine-schiefergasgewinnung-in-deutschland
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Eine Petition, die fracking in Deutschland verhindern möchte. Wer mag, darf gerne mitmachen.
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Toll, Andy ist auch da! 🥳
Alle, die sich für #Klimaschutz, #Energiewende, #Fracking (natürlich #NoFracking, #NoLNG) interessieren #FFF ->
@Andy_Gheorghiu -
"Dealer wechseln oder Entzugskur: Bei richtigem 'Entzug' braucht es keine neue LNG Infrastruktur. 'Methadon' LNG nur für absoluten Notfall, so wenig wie möglich, zeitlich begrenzt, unter strenger Aufsicht" @niklashoehne @newclimateinst
1/3 #EndFossilFuels #NoFracking #NoLNG #moa -
+++BREAKING+++
@uniper_energy baut kein #LNG-Terminal in Wilhelmshaven! Ein großartiger Erfolg für die Anti-Gas-Bewegung 🥳
Jetzt #LNG-Terminals in Brunsbüttel und Stade verhindern und weiter für #Klimagerechtigkeit kämpfen.Danke an alle ❤
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@zwovierzwo
Ich drück dir die Daumen!Öl nicht, Erdgas.
Sie lassen sich gerne mal von den entsprechenden Firmen vorschicken, weil jene das nicht so ohne weiteres dürfen.
Hier in Niedersachsen sindse ganz heiss darauf. -
@zwovierzwo
Musste auch nicht zustimmen. Sicher, dass die nicht einfach das Gebiet für ne Gasfördergeschichte erkunden? Stichwort #NoFracking
http://nofracking.wendland-daten.de/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/SchildPrivat.png -
RT @[email protected]
@xrgermany
Die grünen Felder zeigen, wer #Klimaschutz #NoFracking #keepitintheground versuchte, bei der Abstimmung über die Unionsliste am Mittwoch verhindern wollte, dass mit EU-Geldern Infrastruktur für #Frackinggas gefördert werden:https://twitter.com/MartinSonneborn/status/1228586297356406784/photo/1
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In #SchleswigHolstein hat ein Bündnis zum Schutz des Wassers eine Unterschriftenaktion für ein Volksbegehren gestartet. Mit dabei auch @vi_wasser mit unserem #PIRATEN-MdEP @echo_pbreyer als Vertrauensperson. @RTLNord berichtet:
devtube.dev-wiki.de/videos/watch/9…
#NoFracking #StopFracking devtube.dev-wiki.de/videos/wat… -
Pressemitteilung der #PIRATEN 02.09.2019
Ab heute sammelt ein breites Bündnis Unterschriften für das Volksbegehren zum Schutz des Wassers!
Mit dabei @vi_wasser, bei denen unser MdEP @echo_pbreyer Vertrauensperson ist.
piratenpartei.de/2019/09/02/vol…
#NoFracking #StopFracking #Transparenz www.piratenpartei.de/2019/09/0… -
RT @FFF_Berlin
Was für ein krasser Tag heute!! Erst um 9 Uhr vor dem Bundesrat demonstriert, dann im Invalidenpark. Trotzdem ging die Entscheidung positiv für die an Profit interessierten amerikanischen Fracking-Konzerne aus. Eine Blamage für echten Klimaschutz! -
Inside the last-ditch effort to stop the #MountainValleyPipeline
The project is over budget and behind schedule, with a lot of hard work left to do. Its opponents hope that makes #FossilFuel companies think twice about building the next one.
By Katie Myers
Published Jan 16, 2024"As day broke over the small mountain town of #EllistonVirginia, one Monday in October, masked figures in thick coats emerged from the woods surrounding a construction site. Three of them approached three excavators and, one by one, locked themselves to the machines, bringing the day’s work to a halt. As they did so, several dozen of their fellow protesters gathered around them, unfurling banners and chanting amid the groaning and beeping of construction equipment.
"They made their way across the field, over patches of bare earth, around sections of rusty pipe meant for burial beneath the mountain. Eventually the metal tubes will form yet another section of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which will soon carry 2 billion cubic feet of #fracked #methane from the #ShaleFields of #WestVirginia to #NorthCarolina each day. Their breath billowed in the crisp air. Beyond them stretched a bright blue sky, and mountains tinged with yellow. The past night’s rain pooled on the muddy and compacted soil beneath their feet.
"Workers in highlighter-yellow vests and hard hats milled around, some looking amused, others frustrated. One or two engaged with the #protesters, only to be told off by an irate site manager. A few miles away at the West Virginia state line, another three dozen or so activists did much the same atop #PetersMountain. One even managed to crawl under an excavator and lock herself in place, despite the cold. The others rallied around, enclosing her in a tight, protective circle.
Some might wonder why they bothered. After all, the project is, by the Mountain Valley Pipeline company’s estimate, 94 percent complete and will be wrapped up before summer. It stalled for several years amid legal fights over various permits, but Senator #JoeManchin, a moderate Democrat from West Virginia, almost single-handedly revived it in 2022 in exchange for his support of key Democratic priorities. Since then, the Biden administration and the Supreme Court have all but assured its completion. With the approximately 303-mile pipeline approaching the final stretch after almost a decade’s work, it might seem hardly worth fighting at this point.
"A large contingent of steadfast opposition begs to differ — and will enthusiastically explain why. The pipeline is six years behind schedule, about half a billion dollars over budget, and, despite promises that it would be done by the end of last year, delayed once again. The remaining construction is over rugged terrain, with hundreds of water crossings left to bridge. The company recently postponed, shortened, and rerouted its planned extension into North Carolina, a proposal long stymied by permitting problems with the main line. And, just last month, #Equitrans, which owns the #pipeline and many others across the country, was said to be considering selling itself. The road to the pipeline’s completion remains rocky, its opponents argue, with many opportunities to make finishing it as difficult as possible.
"'We cannot let them destroy our land and water,' said a young woman named Ericka. Like many interviewed for this story, she gave only her first name out of fear of reprisal from #MountainValleyPipelineLLC, which has begun suing #protesters in a bid to silence them. She had brought her three children to occupy the land that day. 'What are we going to drink? Where are we going to live? People have to come here and stop this.'"
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Inside the last-ditch effort to stop the #MountainValleyPipeline
The project is over budget and behind schedule, with a lot of hard work left to do. Its opponents hope that makes #FossilFuel companies think twice about building the next one.
By Katie Myers
Published Jan 16, 2024"As day broke over the small mountain town of #EllistonVirginia, one Monday in October, masked figures in thick coats emerged from the woods surrounding a construction site. Three of them approached three excavators and, one by one, locked themselves to the machines, bringing the day’s work to a halt. As they did so, several dozen of their fellow protesters gathered around them, unfurling banners and chanting amid the groaning and beeping of construction equipment.
"They made their way across the field, over patches of bare earth, around sections of rusty pipe meant for burial beneath the mountain. Eventually the metal tubes will form yet another section of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which will soon carry 2 billion cubic feet of #fracked #methane from the #ShaleFields of #WestVirginia to #NorthCarolina each day. Their breath billowed in the crisp air. Beyond them stretched a bright blue sky, and mountains tinged with yellow. The past night’s rain pooled on the muddy and compacted soil beneath their feet.
"Workers in highlighter-yellow vests and hard hats milled around, some looking amused, others frustrated. One or two engaged with the #protesters, only to be told off by an irate site manager. A few miles away at the West Virginia state line, another three dozen or so activists did much the same atop #PetersMountain. One even managed to crawl under an excavator and lock herself in place, despite the cold. The others rallied around, enclosing her in a tight, protective circle.
Some might wonder why they bothered. After all, the project is, by the Mountain Valley Pipeline company’s estimate, 94 percent complete and will be wrapped up before summer. It stalled for several years amid legal fights over various permits, but Senator #JoeManchin, a moderate Democrat from West Virginia, almost single-handedly revived it in 2022 in exchange for his support of key Democratic priorities. Since then, the Biden administration and the Supreme Court have all but assured its completion. With the approximately 303-mile pipeline approaching the final stretch after almost a decade’s work, it might seem hardly worth fighting at this point.
"A large contingent of steadfast opposition begs to differ — and will enthusiastically explain why. The pipeline is six years behind schedule, about half a billion dollars over budget, and, despite promises that it would be done by the end of last year, delayed once again. The remaining construction is over rugged terrain, with hundreds of water crossings left to bridge. The company recently postponed, shortened, and rerouted its planned extension into North Carolina, a proposal long stymied by permitting problems with the main line. And, just last month, #Equitrans, which owns the #pipeline and many others across the country, was said to be considering selling itself. The road to the pipeline’s completion remains rocky, its opponents argue, with many opportunities to make finishing it as difficult as possible.
"'We cannot let them destroy our land and water,' said a young woman named Ericka. Like many interviewed for this story, she gave only her first name out of fear of reprisal from #MountainValleyPipelineLLC, which has begun suing #protesters in a bid to silence them. She had brought her three children to occupy the land that day. 'What are we going to drink? Where are we going to live? People have to come here and stop this.'"
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