#polluting — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #polluting, aggregated by home.social.
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New #Amazon #DataCenter Stokes Worry It Would Be the Most #Polluting #PowerPlant in #US
Amazon is investing in #naturalgas power plant as part of huge data center in #Texas that could become largest single source of #climate #pollution in #UnitedStates
New gas-burning plant would be permitted to release 33 million tons of #carbondioxide a year, regulatory records show, more #globalwarming gases than any other power plant in country
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/climate/amazon-data-center-texas-pollution.html
https://archive.ph/QM9lp
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New #Amazon #DataCenter Stokes Worry It Would Be the Most #Polluting #PowerPlant in #US
Amazon is investing in #naturalgas power plant as part of huge data center in #Texas that could become largest single source of #climate #pollution in #UnitedStates
New gas-burning plant would be permitted to release 33 million tons of #carbondioxide a year, regulatory records show, more #globalwarming gases than any other power plant in country
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/climate/amazon-data-center-texas-pollution.html
https://archive.ph/QM9lp
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3 countries. 16 stadiums. 104 matches. 2026 World Cup set to become ‘most #polluting’ #games ever
source: latimes.com/environment/story/…
They found that the 2026 games will generate over 9 million tons of carbon #dioxide, about double the average for the last four World Cups — 4.7 million tons. A million tons is the equivalent #emissions of about 220,000 cars on U.S. roads for a year.
#wc #worldcup #soccer #pollution #co2 #carbonDioxide #crisis #climate #environment #earth #sports #event #usa #mexico #canada #travel #flight #nature #future #fifa #humanity #fail #game
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…#Voters across the nation are concerned that the #DataCenters are driving up #electricity #prices & #polluting the #air. More than 70% of Americans oppose building the centers in their local area, acc/to a recent Gallup survey.
…The political energy is slowly beginning to catch up to voter anger. Lawmakers in both parties who had touted the centers as economic boons in their states are backpedaling.
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #AI #tech #law #regulations #midterms #elections #money #power
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…#Voters across the nation are concerned that the #DataCenters are driving up #electricity #prices & #polluting the #air. More than 70% of Americans oppose building the centers in their local area, acc/to a recent Gallup survey.
…The political energy is slowly beginning to catch up to voter anger. Lawmakers in both parties who had touted the centers as economic boons in their states are backpedaling.
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #AI #tech #law #regulations #midterms #elections #money #power
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#ElonMusk’s #xAI is being sued for using #polluting #generators at its #datacentre near Memphis. Despite the lawsuit, xAI plans to buy $2.8 billion more #turbines, including $2 billion worth of mobile #gasturbines, which are currently under scrutiny for violating #airpollution regulations. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/musks-xai-is-being-sued-over-its-data-center-generators-now-its-buying-2-8b-more/?AIagents.at #AIagent #AI #ML #NLP #LLM #GenAI
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#ElonMusk’s #xAI is being sued for using #polluting #generators at its #datacentre near Memphis. Despite the lawsuit, xAI plans to buy $2.8 billion more #turbines, including $2 billion worth of mobile #gasturbines, which are currently under scrutiny for violating #airpollution regulations. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/musks-xai-is-being-sued-over-its-data-center-generators-now-its-buying-2-8b-more/?AIagents.at #AIagent #AI #ML #NLP #LLM #GenAI
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@DoomsdaysCW I have to tell you that I simply don't believe in so-called "green technology". It is subject to the Law of Unintended Consequences, & is a diversion from what we should be doing - using less #plastic, fewer #chemicals, no #fossilfuels, & NOT #destroying & #polluting our #environment! We need to put the #IPAT #equation in reverse, see: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27844882 (Holdren, JP & Ehrlich, PR, American Scientist, 62[3]:282-292, May-June, 1974).
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@DoomsdaysCW I have to tell you that I simply don't believe in so-called "green technology". It is subject to the Law of Unintended Consequences, & is a diversion from what we should be doing - using less #plastic, fewer #chemicals, no #fossilfuels, & NOT #destroying & #polluting our #environment! We need to put the #IPAT #equation in reverse, see: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27844882 (Holdren, JP & Ehrlich, PR, American Scientist, 62[3]:282-292, May-June, 1974).
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Is self-regulated free market forces not a contradiction in terms? 🤔
The free part implies that it is by definition not regulated...@philosophy @psychology
@[email protected] @[email protected] @aiop#Thinking #Meme #Memes #FreeMarket #Regulation #Polluting #Pollution
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Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of #methane driving #globalheating
The super-#polluting plumes from #oil and #gas facilities have a colossal heating impact on the #climate but often result from poor maintenance and can be simple to fix, making lack of action maddening. The assessment found dozens of mega-leaks, each having the same global heating impact as a coal-fired power station.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/17/revealed-world-worst-methane-leaks-global-heating
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Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of #methane driving #globalheating
The super-#polluting plumes from #oil and #gas facilities have a colossal heating impact on the #climate but often result from poor maintenance and can be simple to fix, making lack of action maddening. The assessment found dozens of mega-leaks, each having the same global heating impact as a coal-fired power station.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/17/revealed-world-worst-methane-leaks-global-heating
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Finding #Joy in the #HappyNumbers : Medium
#Hallucinated #Citations are #Polluting the #Scientific #Literature. What can be done? : Nature
#AI #Development won’t hit a #Wall anytime soon—here’s why : Tech Review
Latest #KnowledgeLinks
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Finding #Joy in the #HappyNumbers : Medium
#Hallucinated #Citations are #Polluting the #Scientific #Literature. What can be done? : Nature
#AI #Development won’t hit a #Wall anytime soon—here’s why : Tech Review
Latest #KnowledgeLinks
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From 2024: Locals Say #SpaceX Is #Polluting #SacredLand. This Project Aims to Preserve It.
“This wasn’t just something we wanted to do,” said 35-year-old Monica Sosa, who grew up in #BrownsvilleTX, a short drive from #BocaChica Beach. “We felt like we needed to do it.”
by Cat Cardenas October 30, 2024
"Among the #CarrizoComecrudo people of Texas, it is said that the state’s rivers are like ancestors. As they flow toward the sea, they bring their abundance, their beauty, and their knowledge with them. In South Texas, the place where these rivers meet and empty into the Gulf of Mexico is a sacred life source — the location they believe to be the birthplace of the first woman. Today, most Brownsville locals know it as #BocaChicaBeach — a public stretch of sand located at the end of #Highway4, along the southernmost edge of the Texas coast. But to many people outside of the #RioGrandeValley, that land, its name, and its history have largely been swallowed up by the operation of the #RocketLaunch facility just up the road: SpaceX’s #Starbase.
"Growing up a short drive from Boca Chica Beach in Brownsville, 35-year-old Monica Sosa told The Barbed Wire she still remembers it as an escape: a piece of unspoiled coastline that was free for everyone to enjoy. On lazy summer weekends, she and her siblings would hop into her mom’s blue Chevrolet Astro van. The back seats pulled down to make room for more passengers as they stopped to pick up more family. Once there, they’d look forward to hours and hours of endless sunshine, and a cooler packed full of ham and cheese sandwiches, sodas, Cheetos, and fruit.
"As an adult, many of those happy memories have turned bittersweet. The beach, while still free to the public, is frequently plagued by the closure of Highway 4 each time there’s a rocket launch or other 'space flight activities.' And even when it’s open, the construction has fundamentally changed the landscape: There’s a tall metal SpaceX launch and catch pad towering over the once-untouched sand dunes.
" 'Boca Chica was bliss,' Sosa said earlier this month. 'I came from a working class family, and being out there was one of the only times we would come together and play. We’d be in the water, sitting in the sun, running through the lomas (hills), or burying each other in sandcastles. You could spend the whole day out there. But now there’s someone who has the right and the ability to privatize a beach that people have used for decades and decades.'
"SpaceX’s operation in the Rio Grande Valley has been far from smooth. In recent years, they’ve been cited by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for multiple violations of #wastewater regulations and been the subject of multiple legal complaints. The company has disputed these claims as 'factually inaccurate' and has been allowed to continue their operations.
"In April of this year, multiple Valley-based environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department over a proposed land swap that would grant 43 acres of #BocaChicaStatePark to #SpaceX in exchange for land near Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. In addition to their concerns about #pollution, the groups also argued that the land proposed in the swap was sacred to the #CarrizoComecrudoTribe.
" 'SpaceX has always been polluting,' Christopher Basaldú, a member of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe told the Texas Tribune, which first reported on the allegations. 'And I think people are kind of brainwashed into thinking that rockets — constructing rockets, testing rockets and blowing up rockets — that somehow that’s not causing pollution.' "
#ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism
#CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity -
From 2024: Locals Say #SpaceX Is #Polluting #SacredLand. This Project Aims to Preserve It.
“This wasn’t just something we wanted to do,” said 35-year-old Monica Sosa, who grew up in #BrownsvilleTX, a short drive from #BocaChica Beach. “We felt like we needed to do it.”
by Cat Cardenas October 30, 2024
"Among the #CarrizoComecrudo people of Texas, it is said that the state’s rivers are like ancestors. As they flow toward the sea, they bring their abundance, their beauty, and their knowledge with them. In South Texas, the place where these rivers meet and empty into the Gulf of Mexico is a sacred life source — the location they believe to be the birthplace of the first woman. Today, most Brownsville locals know it as #BocaChicaBeach — a public stretch of sand located at the end of #Highway4, along the southernmost edge of the Texas coast. But to many people outside of the #RioGrandeValley, that land, its name, and its history have largely been swallowed up by the operation of the #RocketLaunch facility just up the road: SpaceX’s #Starbase.
"Growing up a short drive from Boca Chica Beach in Brownsville, 35-year-old Monica Sosa told The Barbed Wire she still remembers it as an escape: a piece of unspoiled coastline that was free for everyone to enjoy. On lazy summer weekends, she and her siblings would hop into her mom’s blue Chevrolet Astro van. The back seats pulled down to make room for more passengers as they stopped to pick up more family. Once there, they’d look forward to hours and hours of endless sunshine, and a cooler packed full of ham and cheese sandwiches, sodas, Cheetos, and fruit.
"As an adult, many of those happy memories have turned bittersweet. The beach, while still free to the public, is frequently plagued by the closure of Highway 4 each time there’s a rocket launch or other 'space flight activities.' And even when it’s open, the construction has fundamentally changed the landscape: There’s a tall metal SpaceX launch and catch pad towering over the once-untouched sand dunes.
" 'Boca Chica was bliss,' Sosa said earlier this month. 'I came from a working class family, and being out there was one of the only times we would come together and play. We’d be in the water, sitting in the sun, running through the lomas (hills), or burying each other in sandcastles. You could spend the whole day out there. But now there’s someone who has the right and the ability to privatize a beach that people have used for decades and decades.'
"SpaceX’s operation in the Rio Grande Valley has been far from smooth. In recent years, they’ve been cited by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for multiple violations of #wastewater regulations and been the subject of multiple legal complaints. The company has disputed these claims as 'factually inaccurate' and has been allowed to continue their operations.
"In April of this year, multiple Valley-based environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department over a proposed land swap that would grant 43 acres of #BocaChicaStatePark to #SpaceX in exchange for land near Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. In addition to their concerns about #pollution, the groups also argued that the land proposed in the swap was sacred to the #CarrizoComecrudoTribe.
" 'SpaceX has always been polluting,' Christopher Basaldú, a member of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe told the Texas Tribune, which first reported on the allegations. 'And I think people are kind of brainwashed into thinking that rockets — constructing rockets, testing rockets and blowing up rockets — that somehow that’s not causing pollution.' "
#ProtectTheSacred #Colonialism
#CorporateColonialism #OccupySpaceX #TwoHeartedPeople #GarciaPasture #EndangeredSpecies #EnvironmentalRacism #AncestralLand #ElonSucks #StarbaseCity -
Our global #food system is broken; #CorporateGreed is to blame
Families, communities, local farmers face devastating impacts of #ClimateChange from extreme weather to higher food costs; handful of #billionaires running #BigAg profit
They expand cruel, #polluting factory farms, #poison #waterways, eat up forests
Politicians let corporate destroyers & billionaires off the hook
Time to choose people over #profit
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/stop-big-meat-and-dairy/?utm_source=mastodon_fediverse
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Our global #food system is broken; #CorporateGreed is to blame
Families, communities, local farmers face devastating impacts of #ClimateChange from extreme weather to higher food costs; handful of #billionaires running #BigAg profit
They expand cruel, #polluting factory farms, #poison #waterways, eat up forests
Politicians let corporate destroyers & billionaires off the hook
Time to choose people over #profit
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/stop-big-meat-and-dairy/?utm_source=mastodon_fediverse
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Old rules hurting #Thai #economy
🧐"Tariffs r only part of te prob. Other trade barriers, such as a quota system, often do more harm.. under #Thailand–China #FTA, fully built EVs fr #China enter duty-free, while key components face tariffs. Tt discourages local production.. Lax #environmental & #health rules hv turned🇹🇭 into a destination for #polluting #factories relocating fr countries w stricter controls.. #Competition #law is weak esp'ly in telecoms & digital platforms"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/3184903/old-rules-hurting-the-thai-economy -
Old rules hurting #Thai #economy
🧐"Tariffs r only part of te prob. Other trade barriers, such as a quota system, often do more harm.. under #Thailand–China #FTA, fully built EVs fr #China enter duty-free, while key components face tariffs. Tt discourages local production.. Lax #environmental & #health rules hv turned🇹🇭 into a destination for #polluting #factories relocating fr countries w stricter controls.. #Competition #law is weak esp'ly in telecoms & digital platforms"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/3184903/old-rules-hurting-the-thai-economy -
https://www.evshift.com/355292/plug-in-hybrids-more-polluting-than-you-think/ Plug In Hybrids More Polluting Than You Think! #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #Hybrids #Plug #PlugInHybrids #Polluting
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"We work the black seam together," - Sting,
#Trump administration opens more land for #CoalMining, offers $625M to boost #coal-fired power plants
By MATTHEW DALY
Updated 4:22 PM EDT, September 29, 2025WASHINGTON (AP) — "The Trump administration said Monday it will open 13 million acres of federal lands for coal mining and provide $625 million to recommission or modernize coal-fired power plants as President Donald Trump continues his efforts to reverse the years-long decline in the U.S. coal industry.
"Actions by the Energy and Interior departments and the Environmental Protection Agency follow executive orders Trump issued in April to revive coal, a reliable but #polluting energy source that’s long been shrinking amid environmental regulations and competition from cheaper natural gas.
"#Environmental groups denounced the actions, which come as the Trump administration has clamped down on renewable energy, including freezing permits for offshore wind projects, ending #CleanEnergy tax credits and blocking #wind and #solar projects on federal lands.
"Under Trump’s orders, the Energy Department has required fossil-fueled power plants in Michigan and Pennsylvania to keep operating past their retirement dates to meet rising U.S. power demand amid growth in data centers, artificial intelligence and electric cars. The latest announcement would allow those efforts to expand as a precaution against possible electricity shortfalls."
#DirtyCoal #RenewablesNow #FossilFuelsOut #TrumpIsAFossil #Oiligarchy #FossilFools #USPol #Corporatocracy #AreWeLivingInTheVictorianAgeAgain?
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"We work the black seam together," - Sting,
#Trump administration opens more land for #CoalMining, offers $625M to boost #coal-fired power plants
By MATTHEW DALY
Updated 4:22 PM EDT, September 29, 2025WASHINGTON (AP) — "The Trump administration said Monday it will open 13 million acres of federal lands for coal mining and provide $625 million to recommission or modernize coal-fired power plants as President Donald Trump continues his efforts to reverse the years-long decline in the U.S. coal industry.
"Actions by the Energy and Interior departments and the Environmental Protection Agency follow executive orders Trump issued in April to revive coal, a reliable but #polluting energy source that’s long been shrinking amid environmental regulations and competition from cheaper natural gas.
"#Environmental groups denounced the actions, which come as the Trump administration has clamped down on renewable energy, including freezing permits for offshore wind projects, ending #CleanEnergy tax credits and blocking #wind and #solar projects on federal lands.
"Under Trump’s orders, the Energy Department has required fossil-fueled power plants in Michigan and Pennsylvania to keep operating past their retirement dates to meet rising U.S. power demand amid growth in data centers, artificial intelligence and electric cars. The latest announcement would allow those efforts to expand as a precaution against possible electricity shortfalls."
#DirtyCoal #RenewablesNow #FossilFuelsOut #TrumpIsAFossil #Oiligarchy #FossilFools #USPol #Corporatocracy #AreWeLivingInTheVictorianAgeAgain?
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Countries are struggling to meet the rising energy demands of data centers
#Mexico’s lagging energy grid is forcing companies, including #Microsoft, to use generators.
By Daniela Dib and Pablo Jiménez Arandia, 15 September 2025
Excerpt: "That Mexico’s electric grid is struggling does not bode well for a country trying to position itself as a data center hub, and which is already home to 150 #DataCenters, including from Microsoft, #AmazonWebServices, and #Google. Together, they have invested over $7 billion in the country since 2020.
"Like Mexico, countries around the world are scrambling to meet the rising energy demands of data centers, spurred by a boom in #ArtificialIntelligence and #CloudComputing. Like Microsoft, some companies have tapped alternative — and sometimes more #polluting — energy sources. Mexico’s power grid faces a deficit of 48,000 megawatt-hours by 2030, which is more than half the country’s output in 2023, according to the Mexican Institute For Competitiveness, a research center. As the country lures more data center-related investments, more companies may follow in Microsoft’s footsteps.
" 'This case is part of a broader global pattern, particularly in areas where the rapid deployment of #DigitalInfrastructure is outpacing the #EnergyGrid’s capacity,' Marina Otero Verzier, a visiting professor at Columbia University who researches data centers, told Rest of World. 'In some cases, corporations frame fossil-fueled generators as temporary solutions, which, over time, become normalized.'
"Microsoft set up its data center last year in #ColónMexico, an industrial hub with a population of over 67,000 people, but was unable to plug into the country’s energy grid, which is itself largely powered by #FossilFuels. In documents filed to Mexico’s environmental secretariat in 2023, Microsoft said the grid would not be fully operative to the company until mid-2027 due to 'long construction times required in [Microsoft’s] contract with CFE,' referring to the Federal Electricity Commission. The following year, the secretariat approved Microsoft’s request to use seven generators to temporarily power its data center.
"A spokesperson for Microsoft declined to comment on how the company is powering its data centers in Mexico now, and whether it will continue using generators.
"Worldwide, nearly 60% of the electricity used by data centers comes from fossil fuels including #NaturalGas. #Renewables including #solar and #wind meet more than a quarter of the demand, according to the International Energy Agency. But while the share of renewable energy is increasing, the rapid growth in the demand for data centers is outpacing the expansion of renewable energy infrastructure, posing a challenge to the climate goals of countries and tech companies alike."
Read more / listen:
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-energy-supply-data-centers/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us#EnergyUsage #AIDataCenters #AISucks #CoPilot #CorporateGreed #CorporateColonialism #WaterIsLife #Polluters #BigOilAndGas #BigData #CorporatePolluters #AI
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Countries are struggling to meet the rising energy demands of data centers
#Mexico’s lagging energy grid is forcing companies, including #Microsoft, to use generators.
By Daniela Dib and Pablo Jiménez Arandia, 15 September 2025
Excerpt: "That Mexico’s electric grid is struggling does not bode well for a country trying to position itself as a data center hub, and which is already home to 150 #DataCenters, including from Microsoft, #AmazonWebServices, and #Google. Together, they have invested over $7 billion in the country since 2020.
"Like Mexico, countries around the world are scrambling to meet the rising energy demands of data centers, spurred by a boom in #ArtificialIntelligence and #CloudComputing. Like Microsoft, some companies have tapped alternative — and sometimes more #polluting — energy sources. Mexico’s power grid faces a deficit of 48,000 megawatt-hours by 2030, which is more than half the country’s output in 2023, according to the Mexican Institute For Competitiveness, a research center. As the country lures more data center-related investments, more companies may follow in Microsoft’s footsteps.
" 'This case is part of a broader global pattern, particularly in areas where the rapid deployment of #DigitalInfrastructure is outpacing the #EnergyGrid’s capacity,' Marina Otero Verzier, a visiting professor at Columbia University who researches data centers, told Rest of World. 'In some cases, corporations frame fossil-fueled generators as temporary solutions, which, over time, become normalized.'
"Microsoft set up its data center last year in #ColónMexico, an industrial hub with a population of over 67,000 people, but was unable to plug into the country’s energy grid, which is itself largely powered by #FossilFuels. In documents filed to Mexico’s environmental secretariat in 2023, Microsoft said the grid would not be fully operative to the company until mid-2027 due to 'long construction times required in [Microsoft’s] contract with CFE,' referring to the Federal Electricity Commission. The following year, the secretariat approved Microsoft’s request to use seven generators to temporarily power its data center.
"A spokesperson for Microsoft declined to comment on how the company is powering its data centers in Mexico now, and whether it will continue using generators.
"Worldwide, nearly 60% of the electricity used by data centers comes from fossil fuels including #NaturalGas. #Renewables including #solar and #wind meet more than a quarter of the demand, according to the International Energy Agency. But while the share of renewable energy is increasing, the rapid growth in the demand for data centers is outpacing the expansion of renewable energy infrastructure, posing a challenge to the climate goals of countries and tech companies alike."
Read more / listen:
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-energy-supply-data-centers/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us#EnergyUsage #AIDataCenters #AISucks #CoPilot #CorporateGreed #CorporateColonialism #WaterIsLife #Polluters #BigOilAndGas #BigData #CorporatePolluters #AI
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I waited for the details, before to talk.
Results:IS THIS WHAT YOU CALL #RECIPROCITY ?
NO. NOT AT ALL. SORRY BUT I'M NOT OK.
I THEREFORE CALL #EUROPEANS , #REAL #EUROPEANS, THAT CARE ABOUT OUR #SOVEREINGTY AND #INDEPENDANCE, TO A #GLOBAL #BOYCOTT OF #ALL #AMERICAN #PRODUCTS
MORE ESPECIALLY, WE DO NOT WANT :
* #BLEACHED CHICKEN
* #HORMONE #TREATED MEAT
* #POLLUTING #CARS
* 4TH #REICH #CARS
* NON #SOVEREIGN #DIGITAL #TOOLS WHOSE CORPORATIONS SHARE #TOXIC #VALUES -
I waited for the details, before to talk.
Results:IS THIS WHAT YOU CALL #RECIPROCITY ?
NO. NOT AT ALL. SORRY BUT I'M NOT OK.
I THEREFORE CALL #EUROPEANS , #REAL #EUROPEANS, THAT CARE ABOUT OUR #SOVEREINGTY AND #INDEPENDANCE, TO A #GLOBAL #BOYCOTT OF #ALL #AMERICAN #PRODUCTS
MORE ESPECIALLY, WE DO NOT WANT :
* #BLEACHED CHICKEN
* #HORMONE #TREATED MEAT
* #POLLUTING #CARS
* 4TH #REICH #CARS
* NON #SOVEREIGN #DIGITAL #TOOLS WHOSE CORPORATIONS SHARE #TOXIC #VALUES -
#Nuclear #sizewellC #power #electric I can't believe that anybody thinks this is a good idea. #dangerous #uneconomic #wasteful #polluting 20th century thinking ?
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#Nuclear #sizewellC #power #electric I can't believe that anybody thinks this is a good idea. #dangerous #uneconomic #wasteful #polluting 20th century thinking ?
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Toxic waste is spilling onto beaches as rising seas erode landfills.
To the already very long list of problems caused by global warming, add toxic waste in old landfills exposed by coastal erosion and polluting beaches and seas.
#ClimateChange #Waste #Erosion #CoastalErosion #Polluting #Toxins #Research
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Surprise! #London's tax on #polluting #vehicles made everyone much healthier
Two of the most dangerous aspects of vehicle #emissions – nitrogen oxides, which are responsible for #smog formation, and PM2.5, which are tiny particles that irritate the lungs – have dropped by almost a third compared to if #ULEZ hadn’t been implemented, in only the few years that the policy has been in place.
99% of air quality monitors around London have showed a reduction in #pollution!
https://electrek.co/2025/03/15/surprise-taxing-polluting-vehicles-in-london-made-everyone-much-healthier/ -
Surprise! #London's tax on #polluting #vehicles made everyone much healthier
Two of the most dangerous aspects of vehicle #emissions – nitrogen oxides, which are responsible for #smog formation, and PM2.5, which are tiny particles that irritate the lungs – have dropped by almost a third compared to if #ULEZ hadn’t been implemented, in only the few years that the policy has been in place.
99% of air quality monitors around London have showed a reduction in #pollution!
https://electrek.co/2025/03/15/surprise-taxing-polluting-vehicles-in-london-made-everyone-much-healthier/ -
#GolfCourses Use More Land Globally Than #Solar or #WindEnergy
Story by Mihai Andrei, February 25, 2025
"The land use of #RenewableEnergy is often criticized in public and political debates. However, a new study shows that something as frivolous as golf courses use up more land globally than solar or wind energy. Golf courses, which often serve a small number of #AffluentPeople, are also terrible for the #environment and use up a lot of #water and resources.
Competition for space
"The lush greenery you see on golf courses is a well-maintained lie. Golf courses use enormous amounts of water — sometimes in regions already facing shortages. Maintaining that flawless grass also means heavy reliance on #fertilizers and #pesticides, which seep into local waterways, harming# wildlife and #polluting #ecosystems. To make it even worse, golf courses are apparently competing with renewable energy for space.
"Every acre we allocate to one use is an acre less for another. Currently, more than 38,400 golf courses span the globe, occupying vast stretches of valuable land. Surprisingly, researchers from Germany’s Forschungszentrum Jülich found that countries (especially richer countries like the US, the UK, and Canada) dedicate far more land to golf courses than to #SolarFarms or #WindTurbines.
"Let’s put this into perspective. If you take the golf courses in just the top ten golfing countries and convert them into renewable energy, you’d get an extra 842 gigawatts (GW) of solar or 659 GW of wind capacity. And to put that into perspective, that’s more than the entire quantity of renewable energy these countries produce and are forecast to have for a few years.
Replacing golf courses with something more useful isn’t a new idea, it’s already happening in some areas. In Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture, an entire golf course now hosts 260,000 solar panels, generating 125 gigawatt-hours annually. Meanwhile, in South Korea, 'screen golf,' indoor simulated golfing experiences, provide a popular, space-efficient alternative to traditional courses."
Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/general/golf-courses-use-more-land-globally-than-solar-or-wind-energy/ar-AA1zHvIE
#Renewables #RenewablesNow #GolfCourses #WaterIsLife #Rewilding #WindTurbines -
#GolfCourses Use More Land Globally Than #Solar or #WindEnergy
Story by Mihai Andrei, February 25, 2025
"The land use of #RenewableEnergy is often criticized in public and political debates. However, a new study shows that something as frivolous as golf courses use up more land globally than solar or wind energy. Golf courses, which often serve a small number of #AffluentPeople, are also terrible for the #environment and use up a lot of #water and resources.
Competition for space
"The lush greenery you see on golf courses is a well-maintained lie. Golf courses use enormous amounts of water — sometimes in regions already facing shortages. Maintaining that flawless grass also means heavy reliance on #fertilizers and #pesticides, which seep into local waterways, harming# wildlife and #polluting #ecosystems. To make it even worse, golf courses are apparently competing with renewable energy for space.
"Every acre we allocate to one use is an acre less for another. Currently, more than 38,400 golf courses span the globe, occupying vast stretches of valuable land. Surprisingly, researchers from Germany’s Forschungszentrum Jülich found that countries (especially richer countries like the US, the UK, and Canada) dedicate far more land to golf courses than to #SolarFarms or #WindTurbines.
"Let’s put this into perspective. If you take the golf courses in just the top ten golfing countries and convert them into renewable energy, you’d get an extra 842 gigawatts (GW) of solar or 659 GW of wind capacity. And to put that into perspective, that’s more than the entire quantity of renewable energy these countries produce and are forecast to have for a few years.
Replacing golf courses with something more useful isn’t a new idea, it’s already happening in some areas. In Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture, an entire golf course now hosts 260,000 solar panels, generating 125 gigawatt-hours annually. Meanwhile, in South Korea, 'screen golf,' indoor simulated golfing experiences, provide a popular, space-efficient alternative to traditional courses."
Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/general/golf-courses-use-more-land-globally-than-solar-or-wind-energy/ar-AA1zHvIE
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ScienceAlert: The #Ancient #Greeks Were #Polluting The #Planet Over 5,000 Years Ago
#History #pollution
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ScienceAlert: The #Ancient #Greeks Were #Polluting The #Planet Over 5,000 Years Ago
#History #pollution
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#Polluting industries have captured the federal government. They're opening a secure tipline for employees to report the impacts.
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'#InsatiableGreed': Richest 1% Have Already Burned Through Their #CarbonLimit for 2025
"The #SuperRich continue to squander humanity's chances with their lavish lifestyles, polluting stock portfolios and pernicious political influence. This is theft—pure and simple."
Jake Johnson, Jan 10, 2025
"An #Oxfam analysis published Friday shows that the richest 1% of the global population has already blown through its global carbon budget for 2025—just 10 days into the New Year. The figures, which arrive amid catastrophic fires in Los Angeles that may turn out to be the costliest in U.S. history, highlight the disproportionate role of the #UltraWealthy in fueling a #ClimateEmergency that is causing devastation around the world.
"Oxfam calculates that in order to keep critical climate goals in reach, each person on Earth must have a CO2 footprint of roughly 2.1 tons per year or less. On average, each person in the global 1% is burning through 76 tons of planet-warning carbon dioxide annually—or 0.209 per day—meaning it took them just over a week to reach their CO2 limit for the year.
"By contrast, the average person in the poorest 50% of humanity has an annual carbon footprint of 0.7 tons per year—well within the 2.1-ton budget compatible with a livable future.
"'The future of our planet is hanging by a thread,' Nafkote Dabi, Oxfam International's climate change policy lead, said in a statement Friday. 'The margin for action is razor-thin, yet the super-rich continue to squander humanity's chances with their lavish lifestyles, polluting stock portfolios and pernicious political influence.'
"'This is theft—pure and simple―a tiny few robbing billions of people of their future to feed their insatiable greed,' Dabi added.
"'Rich polluters must be made to pay for the havoc they're wreaking on our planet.'
"Oxfam's new analysis came as the @CopernicusEU Climate Change Service confirmed that 2024 was the hottest year on record and 'the first calendar year that the average global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above its #PreIndustrial level.'
"'All of the internationally produced global temperature datasets show that 2024 was the hottest year since records began in 1850,' Copernicus director Carlo Buontempo said in a statement. 'Humanity is in charge of its own destiny, but how we respond to the climate challenge should be based on evidence. The future is in our hands—swift and decisive action can still alter the trajectory of our future climate.'
"Oxfam called on governments to move urgently to curb the emissions of the rich, including by implementing #WealthTaxes, banning #PrivateJets and #Superyachts, and imposing strict new regulations on #polluting companies.
"'Governments need to stop pandering to the richest,' Dabi said Friday. 'Rich polluters must be made to pay for the havoc they're wreaking on our planet. Tax them, curb their emissions, and ban their excessive indulgences—private jets, superyachts, and the like. Leaders who fail to act are effectively choosing complicity in a crisis that threatens the lives of billions.'"
https://www.commondreams.org/news/rich-carbon-limit
#EatTheRich #YeetTheRich #Oligarchy #CorporateColonialism #CorporateGreed #TechBros #CEOSeason -
'#InsatiableGreed': Richest 1% Have Already Burned Through Their #CarbonLimit for 2025
"The #SuperRich continue to squander humanity's chances with their lavish lifestyles, polluting stock portfolios and pernicious political influence. This is theft—pure and simple."
Jake Johnson, Jan 10, 2025
"An #Oxfam analysis published Friday shows that the richest 1% of the global population has already blown through its global carbon budget for 2025—just 10 days into the New Year. The figures, which arrive amid catastrophic fires in Los Angeles that may turn out to be the costliest in U.S. history, highlight the disproportionate role of the #UltraWealthy in fueling a #ClimateEmergency that is causing devastation around the world.
"Oxfam calculates that in order to keep critical climate goals in reach, each person on Earth must have a CO2 footprint of roughly 2.1 tons per year or less. On average, each person in the global 1% is burning through 76 tons of planet-warning carbon dioxide annually—or 0.209 per day—meaning it took them just over a week to reach their CO2 limit for the year.
"By contrast, the average person in the poorest 50% of humanity has an annual carbon footprint of 0.7 tons per year—well within the 2.1-ton budget compatible with a livable future.
"'The future of our planet is hanging by a thread,' Nafkote Dabi, Oxfam International's climate change policy lead, said in a statement Friday. 'The margin for action is razor-thin, yet the super-rich continue to squander humanity's chances with their lavish lifestyles, polluting stock portfolios and pernicious political influence.'
"'This is theft—pure and simple―a tiny few robbing billions of people of their future to feed their insatiable greed,' Dabi added.
"'Rich polluters must be made to pay for the havoc they're wreaking on our planet.'
"Oxfam's new analysis came as the @CopernicusEU Climate Change Service confirmed that 2024 was the hottest year on record and 'the first calendar year that the average global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above its #PreIndustrial level.'
"'All of the internationally produced global temperature datasets show that 2024 was the hottest year since records began in 1850,' Copernicus director Carlo Buontempo said in a statement. 'Humanity is in charge of its own destiny, but how we respond to the climate challenge should be based on evidence. The future is in our hands—swift and decisive action can still alter the trajectory of our future climate.'
"Oxfam called on governments to move urgently to curb the emissions of the rich, including by implementing #WealthTaxes, banning #PrivateJets and #Superyachts, and imposing strict new regulations on #polluting companies.
"'Governments need to stop pandering to the richest,' Dabi said Friday. 'Rich polluters must be made to pay for the havoc they're wreaking on our planet. Tax them, curb their emissions, and ban their excessive indulgences—private jets, superyachts, and the like. Leaders who fail to act are effectively choosing complicity in a crisis that threatens the lives of billions.'"
https://www.commondreams.org/news/rich-carbon-limit
#EatTheRich #YeetTheRich #Oligarchy #CorporateColonialism #CorporateGreed #TechBros #CEOSeason -
#Polluting #Shipwrecks Are the Ticking #TimeBomb at the Bottom of Our #Oceans
As their structures break down, the wrecks could release toxic substances into the #environment.
December 11, 2024
"At the bottom of the oceans and seas lie more than 8,500 shipwrecks from two world wars. These wrecks have been estimated to contain as much as 6 billion gallons of oil, as well as munitions, toxic heavy metals and even chemical weapons [and NUCLEAR weapons and materials!].
"For decades, these wrecks have largely lain out of sight and out of mind. But all this time, their structures have been degrading, inexorably increasing the chances of sudden releases of toxic substances into the marine environment.
"In parts of the globe, climate change is exacerbating this risk. Rising ocean temperatures, #acidification and increasing #storminess accelerate the breakdown of these wrecks.
"Of course, wrecks from the world wars are far from the only ones to be found at the bottom of the sea, with many others adding to the problem. The cost of addressing this global issue has been estimated at US$340 billion (£261 billion).
"How many of these wrecks pose a threat to people’s safety, to coastal communities and to the environment? What can be done – and why haven’t we done it sooner?"
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#Polluting #Shipwrecks Are the Ticking #TimeBomb at the Bottom of Our #Oceans
As their structures break down, the wrecks could release toxic substances into the #environment.
December 11, 2024
"At the bottom of the oceans and seas lie more than 8,500 shipwrecks from two world wars. These wrecks have been estimated to contain as much as 6 billion gallons of oil, as well as munitions, toxic heavy metals and even chemical weapons [and NUCLEAR weapons and materials!].
"For decades, these wrecks have largely lain out of sight and out of mind. But all this time, their structures have been degrading, inexorably increasing the chances of sudden releases of toxic substances into the marine environment.
"In parts of the globe, climate change is exacerbating this risk. Rising ocean temperatures, #acidification and increasing #storminess accelerate the breakdown of these wrecks.
"Of course, wrecks from the world wars are far from the only ones to be found at the bottom of the sea, with many others adding to the problem. The cost of addressing this global issue has been estimated at US$340 billion (£261 billion).
"How many of these wrecks pose a threat to people’s safety, to coastal communities and to the environment? What can be done – and why haven’t we done it sooner?"
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“We #share new #evidence of how the #yachts, #jets and #polluting #investments of the 50 #richest #billionaires are #accelerating the #climate #crisis. Oxfam’s #research #shows that the #emissions of the world’s #super-#rich 1% are causing #economic #losses of #trillions of #dollars; contributing to #huge #crop #losses; and #leading to #millions of #excess #deaths.” #eattherich #inequality #climatecrisis #climatechange #environment #CapitalisIsNotWorking
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Well then, I found a story about "ink jet solar panels -- put them anywhere! Will solve energy crunch!", and had to dig past the hype (but of course). It turns out that the spray-on solar panels are made from perovskite, which degrades quickly, and is lead-based and is toxic! Bzzzzzt! Try again, #Greenwashng corporations. Whenever some new miraculous technology appears, I always ask these questions... How long will it last? What is involved in its manufacture? What kind of pollution will it leave behind? We need to come up with technology that doesn't pollute when manufactured or after its usefulness is over, and that is long-lasting! Otherwise, we're just creating more problems and not real solutions.
Razor-thin solar panels could be ‘ink-jetted’ onto your backpack or phone for cheap clean energy
Biological impact of lead from halide perovskites reveals the risk of introducing a safe threshold
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13910-y
#SolarSunday #SolarEnergy #Perovskites #LeadPoisoning #Hype #Polluting #Greenwashing
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Well then, I found a story about "ink jet solar panels -- put them anywhere! Will solve energy crunch!", and had to dig past the hype (but of course). It turns out that the spray-on solar panels are made from perovskite, which degrades quickly, and is lead-based and is toxic! Bzzzzzt! Try again, #Greenwashng corporations. Whenever some new miraculous technology appears, I always ask these questions... How long will it last? What is involved in its manufacture? What kind of pollution will it leave behind? We need to come up with technology that doesn't pollute when manufactured or after its usefulness is over, and that is long-lasting! Otherwise, we're just creating more problems and not real solutions.
Razor-thin solar panels could be ‘ink-jetted’ onto your backpack or phone for cheap clean energy
Biological impact of lead from halide perovskites reveals the risk of introducing a safe threshold
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13910-y
#SolarSunday #SolarEnergy #Perovskites #LeadPoisoning #Hype #Polluting #Greenwashing
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It’s no surprise that big #polluting companies are not happy about annual #CarbonTax increases. But it is #unfair that #BritishColumbians must pay the full carbon tax when the #OilAndGas industry, whose production is responsible for more than one-quarter of #BritishColumbia #CarbonEmissions, gets a carbon #TaxBreak.
The new system will also have a negative impact on B.C.’s carbon #TaxRevenues. In 2024-25, carbon tax revenues will be about $500 million lower than they would have been under the old system. This #RevenueLoss means fewer dollars to pay for #ClimateAction.
These changes point to a #BCgovernment that is far too cosy with the oil and gas #industry. And they make no sense given the urgency of acting on #ClimateChange. #Disasters in 2021 alone caused between $11 billion and $16 billion in damage to the #BCeconomy.
If B.C. really wants to be a #climate leader, the government must stop pandering to lobbying by the oil and gas industry that is causing climate change and act in the interests of all British Columbians
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/08/09/BC-Letting-Big-Industry-Evade-Carbon-Tax/
#BCNDP #Ecocide #BanCorporateLobbyists #BCpoli #ConflictOfPublicInterest #EcoJustice #environmental #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #CrimesAgainstHumanity #EcocidalManiacs #CapitalistCrimes #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #SuperSelloutBCNDP #SuperCorruptBC #PNW #PollutedPoliticians #EndCorporateWelfare #EbyTheEnabler #DavidEby #HorganizedCrimesContinue #JustStopOil #DivestFromFossilFuels
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It’s no surprise that big #polluting companies are not happy about annual #CarbonTax increases. But it is #unfair that #BritishColumbians must pay the full carbon tax when the #OilAndGas industry, whose production is responsible for more than one-quarter of #BritishColumbia #CarbonEmissions, gets a carbon #TaxBreak.
The new system will also have a negative impact on B.C.’s carbon #TaxRevenues. In 2024-25, carbon tax revenues will be about $500 million lower than they would have been under the old system. This #RevenueLoss means fewer dollars to pay for #ClimateAction.
These changes point to a #BCgovernment that is far too cosy with the oil and gas #industry. And they make no sense given the urgency of acting on #ClimateChange. #Disasters in 2021 alone caused between $11 billion and $16 billion in damage to the #BCeconomy.
If B.C. really wants to be a #climate leader, the government must stop pandering to lobbying by the oil and gas industry that is causing climate change and act in the interests of all British Columbians
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/08/09/BC-Letting-Big-Industry-Evade-Carbon-Tax/
#BCNDP #Ecocide #BanCorporateLobbyists #BCpoli #ConflictOfPublicInterest #EcoJustice #environmental #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #CrimesAgainstHumanity #EcocidalManiacs #CapitalistCrimes #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #SuperSelloutBCNDP #SuperCorruptBC #PNW #PollutedPoliticians #EndCorporateWelfare #EbyTheEnabler #DavidEby #HorganizedCrimesContinue #JustStopOil #DivestFromFossilFuels
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Violence and Repression: #Indigenous from #Russia, #Algeria and #Nicaragua Appeal to the #UnitedNations
#CulturalSurvival: "#LatinAmerica is one of the most dangerous regions to be an #IndigenousRights and #environmental defender. Three out of four assassinations of environmental defenders take place in Latin America. Indigenous defenders face a double threat: defending rights and being Indigenous."
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews
July 17, 2024GENEVA -- "The #coal and #GoldMining in Russia has driven #IndigenousPeoples from their homes and poisoned their rivers. In Nicaragua, the assassinations and imprisonment of #LandDefenders has fractured families and communities, presenters told the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
"In Algeria, the people have barely survived 3,000 years of violent #colonization and #genocide.
'Other people should not undergo what we have experienced – which is the case now in #Palestine,' said the representative from the Algeria Association, Learned Society of scientific research, religious and mystical bodies. Describing the genocide in Algeria, he said France has thousands of bones and craniums of the people in French museums."An Indigenous woman from #Khakassia Republic in Siberia described the coal and gold mining: 'Coal is mined, despite mass protests, the government used land, private property for this, and citizens were driven out of their homes.' Now, she said, the conditions are no longer good for livestock breeding, which is their way of life.
"'The government is only interested in the presence of natural resources -- but we are a resource ourselves,' she told the #UnitedNations.
"'Our language is disappearing, and we only have one school in the republic where the language is taught. We are #Khakas but we do not govern #Khakassia.'
"'Nothing has been done to protect our land. The main priority is the mining for materials.'
"'I also note the #Shors are suffering from gold mining, they have territory for traditional nature management created by the Republic of Khakassia, traditionally they are fishers and hunters and so on.'
"'However, companies are #polluting rivers, and this water should be used for vital needs. This water flows through villages, however it is polluted, but companies do not put an end to their activities."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/07/violence-and-repression-indigenous-from.html#WaterIsLife #Indigenous #FirstPeoples #NativeRights
#HumanRights #Deforestation #GreedKills #StopEcocide
#StopIndigenousGenocide
#Environmental #ClimateCrisis
#StopKillingForests #IndigenousLand #NativeLand #EcoJustice #InformedConsent
#FirstNations #Colonialism
#CorporateColonialism
#Mining #CulturalGenocide
#IndigenousSovereignty
#LandBack #WaterIsLife
#Canada #LandDefenders
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Violence and Repression: #Indigenous from #Russia, #Algeria and #Nicaragua Appeal to the #UnitedNations
#CulturalSurvival: "#LatinAmerica is one of the most dangerous regions to be an #IndigenousRights and #environmental defender. Three out of four assassinations of environmental defenders take place in Latin America. Indigenous defenders face a double threat: defending rights and being Indigenous."
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews
July 17, 2024GENEVA -- "The #coal and #GoldMining in Russia has driven #IndigenousPeoples from their homes and poisoned their rivers. In Nicaragua, the assassinations and imprisonment of #LandDefenders has fractured families and communities, presenters told the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
"In Algeria, the people have barely survived 3,000 years of violent #colonization and #genocide.
'Other people should not undergo what we have experienced – which is the case now in #Palestine,' said the representative from the Algeria Association, Learned Society of scientific research, religious and mystical bodies. Describing the genocide in Algeria, he said France has thousands of bones and craniums of the people in French museums."An Indigenous woman from #Khakassia Republic in Siberia described the coal and gold mining: 'Coal is mined, despite mass protests, the government used land, private property for this, and citizens were driven out of their homes.' Now, she said, the conditions are no longer good for livestock breeding, which is their way of life.
"'The government is only interested in the presence of natural resources -- but we are a resource ourselves,' she told the #UnitedNations.
"'Our language is disappearing, and we only have one school in the republic where the language is taught. We are #Khakas but we do not govern #Khakassia.'
"'Nothing has been done to protect our land. The main priority is the mining for materials.'
"'I also note the #Shors are suffering from gold mining, they have territory for traditional nature management created by the Republic of Khakassia, traditionally they are fishers and hunters and so on.'
"'However, companies are #polluting rivers, and this water should be used for vital needs. This water flows through villages, however it is polluted, but companies do not put an end to their activities."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/07/violence-and-repression-indigenous-from.html#WaterIsLife #Indigenous #FirstPeoples #NativeRights
#HumanRights #Deforestation #GreedKills #StopEcocide
#StopIndigenousGenocide
#Environmental #ClimateCrisis
#StopKillingForests #IndigenousLand #NativeLand #EcoJustice #InformedConsent
#FirstNations #Colonialism
#CorporateColonialism
#Mining #CulturalGenocide
#IndigenousSovereignty
#LandBack #WaterIsLife
#Canada #LandDefenders
#sovereignty
