DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GolfCourses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GolfCourses</span></a> Use More Land Globally Than <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solar</span></a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindEnergy</span></a></p><p>Story by Mihai Andrei, February 25, 2025</p><p>"The land use of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> 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 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AffluentPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AffluentPeople</span></a>, are also terrible for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> and use up a lot of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> and resources.</p><p>Competition for space</p><p>"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 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fertilizers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fertilizers</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pesticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pesticides</span></a>, which seep into local waterways, harming# wildlife and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polluting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a>. To make it even worse, golf courses are apparently competing with renewable energy for space.</p><p>"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 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarFarms</span></a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindTurbines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindTurbines</span></a>.</p><p>"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.</p><p>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."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/general/golf-courses-use-more-land-globally-than-solar-or-wind-energy/ar-AA1zHvIE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/politics/general</span><span class="invisible">/golf-courses-use-more-land-globally-than-solar-or-wind-energy/ar-AA1zHvIE</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Renewables</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewablesNow</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GolfCourses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GolfCourses</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rewilding</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindTurbines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindTurbines</span></a></p>
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SPdevALK 🐘️ ☑️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@glynmoody" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>glynmoody</span></a></span> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> Selling <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Quantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quantum</span></a> Without A Basic Scientific Foundation. </p><p>They are using exactly the same strategy used in selling us their <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NonDeterministic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonDeterministic</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Fuzzy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fuzzy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polluting</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/garbage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garbage</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/MarketingBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarketingBS</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FakeNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FakeNews</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AlternateFacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlternateFacts</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DontBuyIt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DontBuyIt</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SellMicrosoftStock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SellMicrosoftStock</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CeoPersonalAccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CeoPersonalAccountability</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SueSatya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SueSatya</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JailSatya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JailSatya</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SendSatyaToMars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SendSatyaToMars</span></a></p>
SPdevALK 🐘️ ☑️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@silentexception" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>silentexception</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> Selling <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Quantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quantum</span></a> Without A Basic Scientific Foundation. </p><p>They are using exactly the same strategy used in selling us their <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NonDeterministic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonDeterministic</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Fuzzy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fuzzy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polluting</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/garbage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garbage</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/MarketingBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarketingBS</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FakeNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FakeNews</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AlternateFacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlternateFacts</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DontBuyIt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DontBuyIt</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SellMicrosoftStock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SellMicrosoftStock</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CeoPersonalAccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CeoPersonalAccountability</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SueSatya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SueSatya</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JailSatya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JailSatya</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SendSatyaToMars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SendSatyaToMars</span></a></p>
FredericM<p>On voit que les parisiens sont en vacances. Les chemins sont défoncés par les pitbikes, comme à chaque fois fois que la zone de paris est en congé scolaire...</p><p><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paris</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/pollueur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollueur</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polluting</span></a></p>
ScienceCommunicator<p>Have you ever been in a traffic jam in a town or city & thought "This is crazy!" (perhaps you simply wish there was less traffic so you wouldn't be delayed)</p><p>Lots of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polluting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/traffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traffic</span></a> through where people live is crazy. It's an unhealthy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> . Lots of moving traffic is particularly dangerous for younger <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a>. Plus <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/noise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noise</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AirPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirPollution</span></a>. It's an antisocial environment!</p><p>Why do "we" accept this? (We can do much better than this)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a></p>
Flyover Project<p><a href="https://lor.sh/tags/Polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polluting</span></a> industries have captured the federal government. They're opening a secure tipline for employees to report the impacts.<br><a href="https://lor.sh/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a></p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/heated/p/a-tipline-to-protect-the-planet?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=786z7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/heated/p</span><span class="invisible">/a-tipline-to-protect-the-planet?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=786z7</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>'<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InsatiableGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsatiableGreed</span></a>': Richest 1% Have Already Burned Through Their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarbonLimit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonLimit</span></a> for 2025</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SuperRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperRich</span></a> continue to squander humanity's chances with their lavish lifestyles, polluting stock portfolios and pernicious political influence. This is theft—pure and simple."</p><p>Jake Johnson, Jan 10, 2025</p><p>"An <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oxfam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oxfam</span></a> 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 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UltraWealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UltraWealthy</span></a> in fueling a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> that is causing devastation around the world.</p><p>"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.</p><p>"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.</p><p>"'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.'</p><p>"'This is theft—pure and simple―a tiny few robbing billions of people of their future to feed their insatiable greed,' Dabi added.</p><p>"'Rich polluters must be made to pay for the havoc they're wreaking on our planet.'</p><p>"Oxfam's new analysis came as the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://respublicae.eu/@CopernicusEU" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CopernicusEU</span></a></span> 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 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PreIndustrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PreIndustrial</span></a> level.'</p><p>"'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.'</p><p>"Oxfam called on governments to move urgently to curb the emissions of the rich, including by implementing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WealthTaxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthTaxes</span></a>, banning <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrivateJets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateJets</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Superyachts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Superyachts</span></a>, and imposing strict new regulations on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polluting</span></a> companies.</p><p>"'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.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/rich-carbon-limit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/rich-car</span><span class="invisible">bon-limit</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YeetTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YeetTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CEOSeason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CEOSeason</span></a></p>
gcvsa ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭<p>As a native of <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a>—not a transplant—whose family has lived in NYC for over a century, I have a thing to say about this. </p><p>The reason we treat our <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/sidewalks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sidewalks</span></a> like highways is because we treat our streets like highways.</p><p>Get rid of the fucking cars. There would be plenty of room for strolling, if not for the fucking noisy <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/idiotboxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiotboxes</span></a> taking up too much space and <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polluting</span></a> the air.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/BanCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BanCars</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/WarOnCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarOnCars</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/PedestriansFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PedestriansFirst</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/Urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urbanism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/DisabilityAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityAccess</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/PublicTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransit</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://gothamist.com/news/how-to-walk-like-a-new-yorker-a-holiday-guide-for-both-tourists-and-locals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gothamist.com/news/how-to-walk</span><span class="invisible">-like-a-new-yorker-a-holiday-guide-for-both-tourists-and-locals</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polluting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shipwrecks</span></a> Are the Ticking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TimeBomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeBomb</span></a> at the Bottom of Our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oceans</span></a></p><p>As their structures break down, the wrecks could release toxic substances into the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a>.</p><p>December 11, 2024</p><p>"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!].</p><p>"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.</p><p>"In parts of the globe, climate change is exacerbating this risk. Rising ocean temperatures, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/acidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acidification</span></a> and increasing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/storminess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storminess</span></a> accelerate the breakdown of these wrecks.</p><p>"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).</p><p>"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?"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://getpocket.com/explore/item/polluting-shipwrecks-are-the-ticking-time-bomb-at-the-bottom-of-our-oceans?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">getpocket.com/explore/item/pol</span><span class="invisible">luting-shipwrecks-are-the-ticking-time-bomb-at-the-bottom-of-our-oceans?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNuclearWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicShipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicShipwrecks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a></p>
A.Stringer<p>Across the UK, fair <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> on the use of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/privatejets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatejets</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/superyachts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>superyachts</span></a> could raise up to £2 billion a year for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/climateaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climateaction</span></a> and incentivise those who use them to stop. The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKGovernment</span></a> has the responsibility and the opportunity to take the bold action needed to tackle <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/climateinequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climateinequality</span></a> and create a fairer, more sustainable future for everyone.</p><p>Let's tax the most <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polluting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/luxurytravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>luxurytravel</span></a> | Oxfam GB<br><a href="https://www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-oxfam/lets-tax-the-most-polluting-luxury-travel/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">oxfam.org.uk/get-involved/camp</span><span class="invisible">aign-with-oxfam/lets-tax-the-most-polluting-luxury-travel/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petition</span></a></p>
Farista Sairuv<p>“We <a href="https://mas.to/tags/share" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>share</span></a> new <a href="https://mas.to/tags/evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evidence</span></a> of how the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/yachts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yachts</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/jets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jets</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polluting</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/investments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investments</span></a> of the 50 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/richest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>richest</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> are <a href="https://mas.to/tags/accelerating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accelerating</span></a> the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/crisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crisis</span></a>. Oxfam’s <a href="https://mas.to/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/shows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shows</span></a> that the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a> of the world’s <a href="https://mas.to/tags/super" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>super</span></a>-<a href="https://mas.to/tags/rich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rich</span></a> 1% are causing <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economic</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/losses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>losses</span></a> of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/trillions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trillions</span></a> of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/dollars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dollars</span></a>; contributing to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/huge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>huge</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/crop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crop</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/losses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>losses</span></a>; and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/leading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leading</span></a> to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/millions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>millions</span></a> of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/excess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>excess</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/deaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deaths</span></a>.” <a href="https://mas.to/tags/eattherich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eattherich</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CapitalisIsNotWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalisIsNotWorking</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/carbon-inequality-kills-why-curbing-the-excessive-emissions-of-an-elite-few-can-621656/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">policy-practice.oxfam.org/reso</span><span class="invisible">urces/carbon-inequality-kills-why-curbing-the-excessive-emissions-of-an-elite-few-can-621656/</span></a></p>
Want Ch🔁nge? W🔁rk T🔁gether☑<p>@poemproducer@systerserver.tnake friendown </p><p>Quick reply, depends on who we consider fascist.</p><p>But the lower levels of fascism which I think is everywhere (and overlooked by those asking) consider these examples and let me know what you think os my take on it as it's not always people in black boots or militia as we know today:</p><p>EXAMPLE<br>As example below and more prevalent at lower level + back by <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> and other subsidiary <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>companies</span></a>:</p><p>➡️ I think my mum was fascist of various sorts:<br> - over-cleaning and too sterile<br> + didn't know what to do otherwise with herself<br> - a bit of a <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hitler</span></a> reaction when challenged (like "measurably you did this 5 hours ago and almost not been here much ever since) but <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/no" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>no</span></a> room for <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/choice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>choice</span></a> <br> + and even aggressive or more provokable<br> + <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/psychological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychological</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/questions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>questions</span></a> were there (didn't know what else to do but take this position of <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/cleaning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cleaning</span></a> etc / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/monowork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monowork</span></a> / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/workaholism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workaholism</span></a> / non <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a><br> + she was using spray guns (like real <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> on people) but even the friendly is prossibele <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a>)<br> + <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemicals</span></a> were bought by the trolley load and fund pollution and even <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> with <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/sprays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sprays</span></a> etc<br> + toxic stuff created by SmithKleinBeecham etc which are <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polluting</span></a> things and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> to <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earth</span></a> / nature and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>habitat</span></a> as <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planet</span></a><br> + few other things that touches on similar <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> which is more strictly <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> backed / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/hierarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hierarchy</span></a></p><p>Imagine now all the mums, dads paying for shit and doing shit like this over cleaning while paying for it / helping state profit... sounds much closer now with these list of points with keywords (hashtags)... A sloopy</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>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, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashng</span></a> 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.</p><p>Razor-thin solar panels could be ‘ink-jetted’ onto your backpack or phone for cheap clean energy</p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/razor-thin-solar-panels-could-be-ink-jetted-onto-your-backpack-or-phone-for-cheap-clean-energy/ar-AA1ov9wF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/other/razor</span><span class="invisible">-thin-solar-panels-could-be-ink-jetted-onto-your-backpack-or-phone-for-cheap-clean-energy/ar-AA1ov9wF</span></a></p><p>Biological impact of lead from halide perovskites reveals the risk of introducing a safe threshold</p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13910-y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-019</span><span class="invisible">-13910-y</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Perovskites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perovskites</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeadPoisoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeadPoisoning</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hype</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polluting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>It’s no surprise that big <a href="https://beige.party/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polluting</span></a> companies are not happy about annual <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CarbonTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonTax</span></a> increases. But it is <a href="https://beige.party/tags/unfair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unfair</span></a> that <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbians</span></a> must pay the full carbon tax when the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/OilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilAndGas</span></a> industry, whose production is responsible for more than one-quarter of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CarbonEmissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonEmissions</span></a>, gets a carbon <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TaxBreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxBreak</span></a>.</p><p>The new system will also have a negative impact on B.C.’s carbon <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TaxRevenues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxRevenues</span></a>. In 2024-25, carbon tax revenues will be about $500 million lower than they would have been under the old system. This <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RevenueLoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevenueLoss</span></a> means fewer dollars to pay for <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a>.</p><p>These changes point to a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCgovernment</span></a> that is far too cosy with the oil and gas <a href="https://beige.party/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a>. And they make no sense given the urgency of acting on <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Disasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disasters</span></a> in 2021 alone caused between $11 billion and $16 billion in damage to the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCeconomy</span></a>.</p><p>If B.C. really wants to be a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> 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</p><p><a href="https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/08/09/BC-Letting-Big-Industry-Evade-Carbon-Tax/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/08/09/</span><span class="invisible">BC-Letting-Big-Industry-Evade-Carbon-Tax/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@thetyee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thetyee</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCNDP</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BanCorporateLobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BanCorporateLobbyists</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ConflictOfPublicInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfPublicInterest</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/EcoJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EcoJustice</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNewDeathParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCNewDeathParty</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CrimesAgainstHumanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrimesAgainstHumanity</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/EcocidalManiacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EcocidalManiacs</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CapitalistCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalistCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GreedKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreedKills</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SuperSelloutBCNDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperSelloutBCNDP</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SuperCorruptBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperCorruptBC</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PollutedPoliticians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PollutedPoliticians</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/EndCorporateWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndCorporateWelfare</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/EbyTheEnabler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EbyTheEnabler</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DavidEby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidEby</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HorganizedCrimesContinue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HorganizedCrimesContinue</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/JustStopOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustStopOil</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DivestFromFossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DivestFromFossilFuels</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Violence and Repression: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Algeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Algeria</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nicaragua" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nicaragua</span></a> Appeal to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnitedNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedNations</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalSurvival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalSurvival</span></a>: "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LatinAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LatinAmerica</span></a> is one of the most dangerous regions to be an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousRights</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> 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."</p><p>By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrendaNorrell</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a> <br>July 17, 2024</p><p>GENEVA -- "The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GoldMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldMining</span></a> in Russia has driven <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a> from their homes and poisoned their rivers. In Nicaragua, the assassinations and imprisonment of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandDefenders</span></a> has fractured families and communities, presenters told the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. </p><p>"In Algeria, the people have barely survived 3,000 years of violent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonization</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a>.<br>'Other people should not undergo what we have experienced – which is the case now in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>,' 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. </p><p>"An Indigenous woman from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Khakassia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Khakassia</span></a> 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. </p><p>"'The government is only interested in the presence of natural resources -- but we are a resource ourselves,' she told the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnitedNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedNations</span></a>. </p><p>"'Our language is disappearing, and we only have one school in the republic where the language is taught. We are <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Khakas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Khakas</span></a> but we do not govern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Khakassia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Khakassia</span></a>.' </p><p>"'Nothing has been done to protect our land. The main priority is the mining for materials.'</p><p>"'I also note the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shors</span></a> 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.' </p><p>"'However, companies are <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polluting</span></a> 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."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/07/violence-and-repression-indigenous-from.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/07</span><span class="invisible">/violence-and-repression-indigenous-from.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeRights</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Deforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deforestation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreedKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreedKills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopEcocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopEcocide</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopIndigenousGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopIndigenousGenocide</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environmental</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopKillingForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopKillingForests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousLand</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeLand</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EcoJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EcoJustice</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InformedConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InformedConsent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousSovereignty</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandBack</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandDefenders</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sovereignty</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandBack</span></a> at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Barnhart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Barnhart</span></a>:<br>Contextualizing the Re-occupation of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BarnhartIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BarnhartIsland</span></a> in Shared Legacies of Struggle</p><p>From <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TurtleIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TurtleIsland</span></a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>, the struggle at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Akwesasne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Akwesasne</span></a> is rooted in the shared struggle of all <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OppressedPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OppressedPeoples</span></a> of the world who are opposing the illogic of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SettlerCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerCapitalism</span></a> and the endless violation of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lands</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/waters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waters</span></a> that our current economic system necessitates.</p><p>By Jennifer Lee<br>June 25, 2024</p><p>"On May 21, 2024, a group of eight Kanien’kehá:ka (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mohawk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mohawk</span></a>) community members from Akwesasne were arrested at Niionenhiasekowa:ne (Barnhart Island). Certain individuals among the '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Akwesasne8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Akwesasne8</span></a>' had originally gone to Barnhart to exercise their right to build a hunting and gathering shelter on their own territory, in part to protest an ongoing land claim settlement that threatens to hand over Kanien’kehá:ka title to this island, among other traditionally held territories, to New York State. The settlement is being negotiated between New York entities and three Akwesasne government councils.</p><p>"Presently, the settlement negotiations would require the extinguishment of Mohawk title to Barnhart Island, which would be effectuated through an act of Congress. By asserting their right to the land, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Akwesasne8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Akwesasne8</span></a> have sent a clear message to both negotiating parties. Barnhart Island, like all other territories illegally stolen and swindled from their community, is not for sale—particularly not by collaborationist band and tribal council entities that purport to represent the full community but that were in fact historically imposed upon it at gunpoint.</p><p>"The fact that a group of eight community members was surrounded within just a few hours by approximately 35 police agents (including both border patrol agents and state troopers) is a clear indication of the strategic significance of this island to the interests of settler-capital. As Taiewennahawi (Marina Johnson-Zafiris), one of the eight arrestees, explains in her article 'Akwesasne and the History of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hydropower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hydropower</span></a>,' the Moses-Saunders <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hydrodam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrodam</span></a>, located at the east end of Barnhart Island, is one of the many dams along the St. Lawrence Seaway that has supplied 'cheap' electricity to an unending procession of heavily <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polluting</span></a> factories since the 1950s. </p><p>"For decades, dirty plants like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alcoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alcoa</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeneralMotors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralMotors</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReynoldsMetals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReynoldsMetals</span></a> harnessed the immense power of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kaniatarowanenneh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kaniatarowanenneh</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaintLawrenceRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaintLawrenceRiver</span></a>) at the Moses-Saunders dam to manufacture aluminum, a cheap, abundant, and malleable building material that requires vast amounts of power to extract and process. Not only was hydropower-fueled aluminum production critical to New York’s economic development, it was central to the national pride and independence of so-called <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Qu%C3%A9bec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Québec</span></a>. Eager to assert its autonomy from Anglophone capital in the 1960s, the province began damming rivers on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> land in a frenzy of hydropower nationalism. </p><p>"Upstream on the St. Lawrence, the aluminum plants at Akwesasne used a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sludge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sludge</span></a> containing polychlorinated biphenyls (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PCBs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCBs</span></a>) as a hydraulic fluid during the production process. These PCBs were manufactured by the infamously litigious <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Monsanto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monsanto</span></a>, which continues to evade public <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a> for discharging this known <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/carcinogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carcinogen</span></a> into the St. Lawrence River and onto Kanien’kehá:ka soil. The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/carcinogenic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carcinogenic</span></a> soup was left exposed on the very grounds where the children of Akwesasne played and where families grew their vegetables. Today, Akwesasne sits downstream and downwind of three heavily <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/polluted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polluted</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/superfund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>superfund</span></a> sites, and residents of Akwesasne report that almost everyone they know has a friend or family member suffering from a rare <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MetabolicSyndrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetabolicSyndrome</span></a>, or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/autoimmune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autoimmune</span></a> disorder. Rare, life-threatening illnesses exist at Akwesasne at rates that the public would never consider normal or acceptable in any non-Indigenous community.</p><p>"Dana-Leigh Thompson, one of the Akwesasne 8, lived about 3,000 feet from the PCB <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dumpsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dumpsite</span></a> of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeneralMotors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralMotors</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GM</span></a>) factory for a decade. She calls what is happening to the community nothing short of an '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a>.'"</p><p>Read more:</p><p><a href="https://magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/online/land-back-at-barnhart/#easy-footnote-15-16285" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">magazine.scienceforthepeople.o</span><span class="invisible">rg/online/land-back-at-barnhart/#easy-footnote-15-16285</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecocide</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>Global sales of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polluting</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SUV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SUV</span></a> hit record high in 2023, data shows</p><p>SUVs account for a quarter of all new demand for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a>, 20% of the increase in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a>, making the vehicles a major cause of the intensifying <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a>.<br>SUVs have grown to just under half of global auto sales in #2023<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/28/global-sales-of-polluting-suvs-hit-record-high-in-2023-data-shows" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/artic</span><span class="invisible">le/2024/may/28/global-sales-of-polluting-suvs-hit-record-high-in-2023-data-shows</span></a></p>
MadeInDex 📰🌎<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nestl%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nestlé</span></a> is without a doubt one of the most <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corps</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>world</span></a>:<br>✔ Killing Babies with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/melamine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>melamine</span></a> & more<br>✔ Making packaged products & sending them to regions without <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waste</span></a> management<br>✔ Increasing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> prices around the 🌎<br>✔ Giving people E. coli infections<br>✔ Poisoning their "food" with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lead</span></a><br>✔ Buying up <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> & selling it for a crazy price to the poor<br>✔ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polluting</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a><br>✔...<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestlé#Controversies_and_criticisms" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestlé#C</span><span class="invisible">ontroversies_and_criticisms</span></a></p><p>A merry <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FCKnestl%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FCKnestlé</span></a> by the <a href="https://Madeindex.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">Madeindex.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Team!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BoycottNestl%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottNestlé</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satire</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>'How the overseas owners of the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a>’s WaterCompanies clean up by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polluting</span></a> our <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivers</span></a></p><p>Soiled seas and huge shareholder dividends: where has the £64bn borrowed by firms since <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/privatisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatisation</span></a> gone?'<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/26/england-water-companies-shareholders-dividends-river-sea" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2024/apr/26/england-water-companies-shareholders-dividends-river-sea</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ThatchersLegacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThatchersLegacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PrivateProfitPublicCost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateProfitPublicCost</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>No Toxic Rockets for Maine</p><p>Who We Are</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NatureLovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatureLovers</span></a> opposed to building <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polluting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RocketLaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketLaunch</span></a> sites in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a>. We monitored & resisted the rush to pass 'emergency' legislation to create a public-private partnership for rocket launch sites in our state. In April, 2022, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LD1923" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LD1923</span></a> was signed into law by Gov. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a> after passing the House 'under the gavel' i.e. without a voice vote.</p><p>Military Use</p><p>"LD 1923's sponsor Rep. Daughtry insists that no military uses are planned for rocket launch sites in Maine. But in every location we've studied, the same promises were made and not kept.</p><p>"In# Kodiak, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alaska</span></a> 20 years ago one launch site was built with developers claiming it was only for civilian purposes. There are now multiple sites there being used by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliMilitary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliMilitary</span></a>. Meanwhile, the jobs that were promised for the project never developed. Sites are staffed when launches happen by outsiders who leave after the event. Only custodial and security staff jobs are available to the local community.</p><p>"Recently a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> launch of satellites saw 40 of them fall out of the atmosphere due to a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarStorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarStorm</span></a>. In their statement about their response to the incident, SpaceX stressed their close cooperation with the Pentagon: </p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> team commanded the satellites into a safe-mode where they would fly edge-on (like a sheet of paper) to minimize drag — to effectively 'take cover from the storm' — the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpaceForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceForce</span></a>’s 18th Space Control Squadron and LeoLabs to provide updates on the satellites based on ground radars.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toxic</span></a> Fallout </p><p>"When rocket launches go wrong -- as they frequently do -- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemicals</span></a> rain down on land and sea as highly toxic materials burn up. </p><p>"In case of fires at the rocket launch site, large scale storage of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PFAS</span></a> foam is to be expected. Maine already has a severe <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFASContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PFASContamination</span></a> problem on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Agricultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agricultural</span></a> land across the state."</p><p>Learn more about their mission:<br><a href="https://www.notoxicrockets4me.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">notoxicrockets4me.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoToxicRocketsForMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoToxicRocketsForMaine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpaceCorporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceCorporations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MilitarizationOfSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitarizationOfSpace</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicRockets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicRockets</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpacePollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpaceIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceIndustry</span></a></p>
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