DoomsdaysCW<p>BP is NOT SORRY!</p><p>"BP has announced it will cut its renewable energy investments and instead focus on increasing oil and gas production.</p><p>"The energy giant revealed the shift in strategy on Wednesday following pressure from some investors unhappy its profits and share price have been lower than its rivals.</p><p>"BP said it would increase its investments in oil and gas by about 20% to $10bn (£7.9bn) a year, while decreasing previously planned funding for renewables by more than $5bn (£3.9bn).</p><p>"The move comes as rivals <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shell</span></a> and Norwegian company <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Equinor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Equinor</span></a> have also scaled back plans to invest in green energy and US President Donald Trump's '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DrillBabyDrill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrillBabyDrill</span></a>' comments have encouraged investment in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3374ekd11po" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3374e</span><span class="invisible">kd11po</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BPKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BPKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThanksBigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThanksBigOil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndependentPetroleumAssociationOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndependentPetroleumAssociationOfAmerica</span></a> </p><p>Congressional Candidates</p><p>Republicans $150,300 96.78%<br>Democrats $5,000 3.22% </p><p><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/independent-petroleum-assn-of-america/recipients?id=D000022041" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">opensecrets.org/orgs/independe</span><span class="invisible">nt-petroleum-assn-of-america/recipients?id=D000022041</span></a><br><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/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilCriminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilCriminals</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Trump taps <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilIndustry</span></a> insider to oversee drilling on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicLands</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BureauOfLandManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BureauOfLandManagement</span></a> nominee <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KathleenSgamma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KathleenSgamma</span></a> heads a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> industry trade group that sued the Biden administration over a landmark <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> rule.</p><p>By Maxine Joselow</p><p>"President Donald <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has nominated oil and gas advocate <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KathleenSgamma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KathleenSgamma</span></a> to lead the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management, the agency tasked with managing millions of acres of public lands and waters for the benefit of all Americans.</p><p>"The nomination of Sgamma, who heads a Denver-based oil and gas industry trade group called the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternEnergyAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternEnergyAlliance</span></a>, heralds a seismic shift in the management of roughly 245 million acres of public property — about one-tenth of the nation’s land mass.</p><p>"If confirmed by the Senate, she would be a key architect of Trump’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DrillBabyDrill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrillBabyDrill</span></a> agenda alongside Interior Secretary and '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyCzar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyCzar</span></a>' <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DougBurgum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DougBurgum</span></a>. An MIT graduate who previously worked in consulting, she has advocated for the BLM to prioritize oil and gas drilling, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HardrockMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HardrockMining</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/livestock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livestock</span></a> grazing on public lands nationwide.</p><p>"A spokesman for Sgamma did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</p><p>"During his first term, Trump tapped conservative lawyer William Perry Pendley to lead the BLM on an acting basis. But Trump never nominated Pendley, a vocal advocate of selling off public lands, to helm the agency on a permanent basis, prompting a rebuke from a federal judge.</p><p>"President Joe Biden in 2021 chose Tracy Stone-Manning, a prominent Montana-based <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmentalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalist</span></a>, to lead the BLM. Earlier in her career, Stone-Manning worked on conservation policy at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalWildlifeFederation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalWildlifeFederation</span></a> and led Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality.</p><p>"Under Biden, the BLM finalized a landmark rule that sought to put conservation, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/recreation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recreation</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> development on equal footing with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResourceExtraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResourceExtraction</span></a> on public lands. Sgamma’s Western Energy Alliance filed a lawsuit challenging that rule, which the Trump administration is expected to overturn.</p><p>"In an interview with The Washington Post in April, Sgamma criticized the regulation for allowing ranchers, renewable-energy developers and other interests to lease federal lands for the purpose of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HabitatRestoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HabitatRestoration</span></a>.</p><p>"We have no choice but to litigate,' she said. 'These conservation leases seem to be designed to preclude energy development on federal lands.'</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environmentalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environmentalists</span></a> criticized <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sgamma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sgamma</span></a>’s nomination.</p><p>"'This choice shows that the new administration will leave no favor ungranted for the oil and gas industry and the wealthy <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/executives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>executives</span></a> who funded Trump’s campaign,' <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlanZibel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlanZibel</span></a>, oil and gas research director with the liberal advocacy group <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicCitizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicCitizen</span></a>, said in an email.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JeffEshelman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffEshelman</span></a>, president and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CEO</span></a> of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, which represents small oil producers, praised Sgamma’s selection while critiquing the Biden administration."</p><p>Original article:<br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/02/12/trump-bureau-land-management-kathleen-sgamma/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/climate-env</span><span class="invisible">ironment/2025/02/12/trump-bureau-land-management-kathleen-sgamma/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/tmTH6#selection-645.0-724.1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.ph/tmTH6#selection-645</span><span class="invisible">.0-724.1</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</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/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillCapitalism</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/LandIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandIsLife</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/Corporatocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporatocracy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilCriminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilCriminals</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</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/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningOnConservationLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningOnConservationLands</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DrainTheSwamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrainTheSwamp</span></a>? More like, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilUpTheSwamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilUpTheSwamp</span></a>!<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndepdendentPetroleumAssociationOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndepdendentPetroleumAssociationOfAmerica</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Lazarou" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Lazarou</span></a></span> I noticed that on the average, 95% of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Petrochemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Petrochemical</span></a> industry money went to republicans!</p><p>American Fuel & Petrochem Manufacturers</p><p><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/american-fuel-petrochem-manufacturers/recipients?id=D000027874" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">opensecrets.org/orgs/american-</span><span class="invisible">fuel-petrochem-manufacturers/recipients?id=D000027874</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</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/DrainTheSwamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrainTheSwamp</span></a>? More like, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilUpTheSwamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilUpTheSwamp</span></a>!</p>
Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇲🇽<p>The oilmen and techboys won't stop until they burn it all down...unless we group together and get off our asses and start monkeywrenching and stonewalling them at every opportunity.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PetroFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PetroFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TechboyFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechboyFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/JoinTheResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoinTheResistance</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a>: Will <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> Pardon <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StevenDonziger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StevenDonziger</span></a>, Who Faced Retaliation for Suing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chevron</span></a> over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilSpill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilSpill</span></a> in Amazon?</p><p>January 08, 2025 </p><p>"Massachusetts Congressmember Jim McGovern calls on President Biden to pardon environmental activist Steven Donziger, who has been targeted for years by oil and gas giant Chevron. Donziger sued Chevron on behalf of farmers and Indigenous peoples who suffered the adverse health effects of oil drilling in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EcuadorianAmazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EcuadorianAmazon</span></a>. 'I visited Ecuador. I saw what Chevron did. It is disgusting' and 'grotesque,' says McGovern. 'Donziger stood up for these people who had no voice.' In return, Chevron has spent millions prosecuting him instead of holding itself to account, he adds, while a pardon from the president would show that the system can still 'stand up to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> and excesses.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/8/steven_donziger_jim_mcgovern" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/1/8/stev</span><span class="invisible">en_donziger_jim_mcgovern</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ViewerSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ViewerSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateJustice</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalActivists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreen</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/Ecuador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecuador</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmazonRainforest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmazonRainforest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeStevenDonziger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeStevenDonziger</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Not an actual <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeorgeOrwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeOrwell</span></a> quote, but it's from the movie version of 1984. In the movie, Winston Smith reads the quote as an excerpt from Emmanuel Goldstein's banned book: "The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous."</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndlessWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndlessWars</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IraqWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IraqWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IranWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IranWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Doublethink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Doublethink</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Orwellian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orwellian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/1984Movie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1984Movie</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The shadow of consulting firms (and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TonyBlair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TonyBlair</span></a>) on climate negotiations </p><p>by Emanuele Bompan, 04 APR 2024 </p><p>"Tony Blair has a long history of support for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> projects, especially in Central Asia (in 2014 he became an advisor to the consortium for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransAdriaticPipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransAdriaticPipeline</span></a> - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TAP</span></a>, to bring Azeri gas to Italy), and a green-wash with wind turbines on TBI website is not enough to clarify where he currently stands for. The same can be said for all the consultancy firms that made billions of euros through contracts with the oil and gas sector, deals that are perfectly legal but can raise concerns when the same consultancy firms become agents and advisers to governments should serve the interests of citizens, not private companies." </p><p><a href="https://www.renewablematter.eu/en/the-shadow-of-consulting-firms-and-tony-blair-on-climate-negotiations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">renewablematter.eu/en/the-shad</span><span class="invisible">ow-of-consulting-firms-and-tony-blair-on-climate-negotiations</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/COP29" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COP29</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>ICYMI - From 2011: Secret memos expose link between <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> firms and invasion of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Iraq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iraq</span></a></p><p>Paul Bignell, Tuesday 19 April 2011 </p><p>"Five months before the March 2003 invasion, Baroness Symons, then the Trade Minister, told <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BP</span></a> that the Government believed British energy firms should be given a share of Iraq's enormous oil and gas reserves as a reward for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TonyBlair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TonyBlair</span></a>'s military commitment to US plans for regime change.</p><p>"The papers show that Lady Symons agreed to lobby the Bush administration on BP's behalf because the oil giant feared it was being 'locked out' of deals that Washington was quietly striking with US, French and Russian governments and their energy firms.</p><p>"Minutes of a meeting with BP, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shell</span></a> and BG (formerly <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BritishGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishGas</span></a>) on 31 October 2002 read: 'Baroness Symons agreed that it would be difficult to justify British companies losing out in Iraq in that way if the UK had itself been a conspicuous supporter of the US government throughout the crisis.'</p><p>"The minister then promised to "report back to the companies before Christmas" on her lobbying efforts.</p><p>"The Foreign Office invited BP in on 6 November 2002 to talk about opportunities in Iraq 'post <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RegimeChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegimeChange</span></a>'. Its minutes state: "Iraq is the big oil prospect. BP is desperate to get in there and anxious that political deals should not deny them the opportunity.'</p><p>"After another meeting, this one in October 2002, the Foreign Office's Middle East director at the time, Edward Chaplin, noted: 'Shell and BP could not afford not to have a stake in [Iraq] for the sake of their long-term future... We were determined to get a fair slice of the action for UK companies in a post-Saddam Iraq."'</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/secret-memos-expose-link-between-oil-firms-and-invasion-of-iraq-2269610.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/secret-memos-expose-link-between-oil-firms-and-invasion-of-iraq-2269610.html</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndlessWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndlessWars</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BPKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BPKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AbolishTheMonarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbolishTheMonarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IraqWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IraqWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShellOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShellOil</span></a></p>
*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦<p>It should be clear as day by now to anyone who isn’t in a coma that the right intends to completely dominate the information-sphere.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> #1984</p><p>From: <a href="https://mstdn.ca/@davidakin/113719923795661183" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.ca/@davidakin/1137199237</span><span class="invisible">95661183</span></a></p>
*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦<p>Who wants to bet me that Musk hits ‘trillionaire’ within the next four years?</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a></p><p>From: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@WorkingFamilies/113642570125899442" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@WorkingFamili</span><span class="invisible">es/113642570125899442</span></a></p>
*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦<p>I’m not sure how widely reported this has been, but apparently <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DanielleSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSmith</span></a>’s latest gambit in her war with Ottawa to protect the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a>’s <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> profits is to hide behind her freshly-minted You Cant Make Me Act, claim exclusive ownership over the province's emissions data and simply refuse to hand it over. 🙄</p><p>If nothing else, this will ensure a lengthy and costly court battle that will grant her <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilAndGas</span></a> masters more time to continue <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BusinessAsUsual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessAsUsual</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FossilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFools</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ABPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABPoli</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CDNPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNPoli</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SovereigntyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SovereigntyAct</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/sovereignty-act-emissions-cap-danielle-smith-alberta-analysis-1.7397638" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/sov</span><span class="invisible">ereignty-act-emissions-cap-danielle-smith-alberta-analysis-1.7397638</span></a></p>
Bentley<p>I think <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/COP29" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COP29</span></a> has made it abundantly clear: <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/TheSuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSuits</span></a> aren't going to fix it. Too married to the Industries that like things EXACTLY as they are and don't care how many of us burn so long as they keep getting richer. It is, as it's always been, up to <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/ThePeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePeople</span></a>. We need to get back to 2019.</p><p><a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> </p><p> <a href="https://theconversation.com/un-climate-negotiations-end-on-shaky-geopolitical-ground-but-i-see-reasons-for-hope-243006?utm_content=buffere28a4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/un-climate</span><span class="invisible">-negotiations-end-on-shaky-geopolitical-ground-but-i-see-reasons-for-hope-243006?utm_content=buffere28a4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> Sues Major <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilCompanies</span></a> Over ‘Ongoing Deception’ About <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a></p><p>The lawsuit follows similar suits by eight other states and the District of Columbia against major oil companies, all alleging complicity in climate change. Those states are New Jersey, California, Delaware, Minnesota, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island</p><p>Story by Nina Golgowski<br>November 27, 2024</p><p>"The state of Maine has filed a lawsuit against five major oil companies and their top lobbying group, accusing them of carrying out a decades-long disinformation campaign about climate change and their contribution to it in order to maximize profits. </p><p>"Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey, in his lawsuit filed Tuesday in state court, accuses Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron, BP, Sunoco and the American Petroleum Institute of withholding internal knowledge about fossil fuels’ catastrophic effects all while spinning public doubt.</p><p>"'For over half a century, these companies chose to fuel profits instead of following their science to prevent what are now likely irreversible, catastrophic climate effects,' said Frey in a statement. 'In so doing, they burdened the State and our citizens with the consequences of their greed and deception.'"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maine-sues-major-oil-companies-over-ongoing-deception-about-climate-change/ar-AA1uSBhg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ma</span><span class="invisible">ine-sues-major-oil-companies-over-ongoing-deception-about-climate-change/ar-AA1uSBhg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonLied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonLied</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilStillLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilStillLies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateDeception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDeception</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Exxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exxon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mobil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mobil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShellOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShellOil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chevron</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sunoco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sunoco</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanPetroleumInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanPetroleumInstitute</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The Dirty Secrets: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whales</span></a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrandCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrandCanyon</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarCriminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCriminals</span></a></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>November 22, 2024</p><p>"People who travel the world will tell you two things that they really love: Whales and the Grand Canyon.</p><p>"The majestic Orca whales are now at risk from the massive oil tankers departing the shores of British Columbia with thick crude oil from Alberta tar sands in Canada, bound for distant refineries and ports. </p><p>"Meanwhile, in the heart of the Southwest, the Grand Canyon, loved by the people of the world, now has a uranium mine spewing radioactive dust into the air, and endangering Havasupai's aquifer and future generations.</p><p>"Neither the Appeals Court in Canada, nor the U.S. EPA and Interior have done anything to stop these assaults on the most beloved natural wonders in the world, whales and the Grand Canyon.<br> <br>"Rueben George, səlilwətaɬ, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, remembers the long fight to halt the Trans Mountain Pipeline, now carrying crude oil from Alberta tar sands to the Salish Sea, which flows off the shores of British Columbia and Washington State to the Pacific.</p><p>"George said they thought they were winning their case in Canada's Appeal Court.</p><p>"'They said you're right it's going to kill all the Orca whales, you're right -- but we're going to build it anyway,' George said at the Salish Sea Assembly in Seattle in November. </p><p>"The uranium mine in the Grand Canyon is now spraying radioactive dust on Havasupai's medicine plants, and into the air for the world's travelers to breathe. The uranium mine, operated by Energy Fuels of Canada, threatens the aquifer of Havasupai and future generations.</p><p>"The mine's radioactive truck transport is a deadly risk for Supai, Paiute, Dine', Hopi and Ute on the haul route. The radioactive ore is transported by truck to the Energy Fuels mill in the White Mesa Ute community in southeastern Utah.</p><p>"Interior's Deb Haaland, who is Laguna Pueblo and Norwegian, has not only failed to halt the deadly risks and destruction, but has proclaimed that the atomic bomb industry, Los Alamos National Laboratory, will lead the green 'energy transition.' </p><p>"Los Alamos Labs produces nuclear weapons and is already poisoning the Pueblo homelands in northern New Mexico with radiation. A federal judge recently halted the push to produce and store more plutonium at the site, citing a risk to the environment."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-dirty-secrets-whales-grand-canyon.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11</span><span class="invisible">/the-dirty-secrets-whales-grand-canyon.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlbertaTarSands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertaTarSands</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TarSands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TarSands</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LosAlamos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAlamos</span></a> <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/Plutonium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plutonium</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHaaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DebHaaland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtomicBombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtomicBombs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Downwinders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Downwinders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</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/Supai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Supai</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paiute</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dine</span></a>' <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hopi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hopi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ute</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaulNo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyFuels</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaUte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesaUte</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesa</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Havasupai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Havasupai</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SalishSeaAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SalishSeaAssembly</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Salish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Salish</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveDust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveDust</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveContamination</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TsleilWaututh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TsleilWaututh</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TsleilWaututhNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TsleilWaututhNation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CanadasAppealsCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanadasAppealsCourt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransmountainPipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransmountainPipeline</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RuebenGeorge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuebenGeorge</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WashingtonState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoTarSands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoTarSands</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtractiveIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtractiveIndustries</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/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectHaKamwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectHaKamwe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@RobertoArchimboldi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RobertoArchimboldi</span></a></span> Um, elements of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PatriotAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatriotAct</span></a> are still "enshrined" in the system. Also, have you heard about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProjectEsther" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectEsther</span></a>? I appreciate your mentioning all the times that the US government has gone after folks, but Trump and crew are planning to go after <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalActivists</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestinian</span></a> activists, and a whole lot of other folks who don't agree with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a>.</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Rueben George "We Are People of the Water" Voices from the Salish Sea</p><p>Faced with the economic smallpox of oil pipelines, Rueben George says hold tight to your spiritual intention</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>, November 20, 2024 </p><p>SEATTLE -- "They never stopped fighting. Even when they cut off his grandfather's finger as a child in residential school because he couldn't speak English, even when they put them in jail for protesting the Trans Mountain pipeline, they never stopped fighting. Even when the appeals court decided that shipping the dirty tarsand oil was more important than the survival of the Orca whales, they did not surrender. </p><p>"'Even though we're almost extinct, we are still here," said Rueben George, səlilwətaɬ, Tsleil Waututh Nation.<br>'We're People of the Water. That's our First Mother,' George said at the Salish Sea Assembly in Seattle.</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11/rueben-george-we-are-people-of-water.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11</span><span class="invisible">/rueben-george-we-are-people-of-water.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransmountainPipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransmountainPipeline</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SalishSeaAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SalishSeaAssembly</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResidentialSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResidentialSchools</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</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/WaterDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterDefenders</span></a> <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/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <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/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousActivists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousActivism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MotherEarth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificNorthwest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PetrolState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PetrolState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PetroState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PetroState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResidentialSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResidentialSchools</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StolenChildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StolenChildren</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RuebenGeorge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuebenGeorge</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TsleilWaututhNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TsleilWaututhNation</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Exposed: The Oil and Gas Giants Profiting Most From <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a></p><p>"The complicity of international <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> and governments in fueling Israel's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarMachine</span></a> represents the latest chapter in a long history of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> companies enabling <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> and mass atrocities," said one campaigner.<br> <br>by Brett Wilkins<br>Nov 14, 2024</p><p>"On the fourth day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/COP29" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COP29</span></a>, in Azerbaijan, green groups highlighted how fossil fuel companies 'enable and profit from Israel's genocide in Gaza,' continuing 'a long history of the industry's complicity in mass atrocities worldwide.'</p><p>"'The fossil fuel industry is culpable in death and destruction around the world, not only through the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> they cause but through the violence they fuel,' <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilChangeInternational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilChangeInternational</span></a> said in a statement Thursday.</p><p>"'Every shipment of oil to Israel carries the weight of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> lives.'</p><p>"The group—along with others including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FriendsOfTheEarthPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FriendsOfTheEarthPalestine</span></a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PENGON" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PENGON</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TippingPointUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TippingPointUK</span></a> — is seizing the opportunity presented by COP29 to draw attention to an aspect of the Gaza war often overlooked amid the staggering death and destruction wrought by Israel's 13-month onslaught, which a United Nations panel on Thursday said is consistent with the 'characteristics of genocide.'</p><p>"'Investor-owned and private <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilCompanies</span></a> supply 66% of oil to Israel—more than a third of that from major oil companies like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chevron</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shell</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BP</span></a> — despite genocide warnings from the International Court of Justice [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICC</span></a>],' <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilChange</span></a> said. 'BP is among the top corporate suppliers of oil to Israel. It operates and is the largest owner of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BTC</span></a> pipeline, which transports <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AzeriOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AzeriOil</span></a> that is ultimately sent to Israel.'</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BTCPipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BTCPipeline</span></a> runs from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Baku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baku</span></a> — the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Azeri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Azeri</span></a> capital and COP29 host city on the Caspian Sea —t hrough <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Azerbaijan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Azerbaijan</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> and, according to Oil Change, supplies Israel with 28% of its oil, belying Thursday's claim by Turkish President <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RecepTayyipErdo%C4%9Fan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RecepTayyipErdoğan</span></a> that the country has severed all ties with Israel.</p><p>"An investigation published in September by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyEmbargoForPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyEmbargoForPalestine</span></a> showed how oil transported via the BTC pipeline is refined into jet fuel for Israel Defense Forces [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IDF</span></a>] warplanes.</p><p>Oil Change continued:</p><p>"BP has also been granted <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GasExploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GasExploration</span></a> licenses in occupied Palestinian waters. By providing it with fuel, BP enables the Israeli government to commit genocide in Gaza. Chevron operates and partially owns the two largest Israeli-claimed fossil <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GasFields" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GasFields</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tamar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tamar</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Leviathan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leviathan</span></a>, making it the main international actor extracting fossil gas claimed by Israel in the Mediterranean. In 2022, 70% of Israel's power was generated from fossil gas extracted by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chevron</span></a>. Through the millions of dollars it pays Israel for its gas extraction licenses, Chevron is also directly contributing to financing Israel's regime of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apartheid</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SettlerColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerColonialism</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Occupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Occupation</span></a>. </p><p>"'The complicity of international corporations and governments in fueling Israel's war machine represents the latest chapter in a long history of fossil fuel companies enabling genocide and mass atrocities,' <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MohammedUsrof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MohammedUsrof</span></a>, a member of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PalestinianYouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalestinianYouth</span></a> Climate Negotiation Team at COP29 who lost 21 relatives to Israel's onslaught, said in a statement Thursday. 'Every shipment of oil to Israel carries the weight of Palestinian lives.'</p><p>"Tipping Point U.K. organizer <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SadieDeCost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SadieDeCost</span></a> said that 'BP originated as a key enabler of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BritishEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishEmpire</span></a>, and continues as one of the top 10 largest <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarbonEmitters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonEmitters</span></a> in the world.'</p><p>"'It operates and is the largest owner of the BTC pipeline, which ships Azeri oil to fuel Israel's genocide in Gaza,' DeCost added. 'BP's historic colonial harms continue through its support of violent regimes. Its emissions are estimated to cause hundreds of billions of dollars of loss and damage. We must shut down BP to end this injustice, and demand climate reparations for impacted communities around the world.'"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/fossil-fuels-gaza-genocide" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/fossil-f</span><span class="invisible">uels-gaza-genocide</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chevron</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliWarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BibiIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BibiIsAWarCriminal</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/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CeasefireNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CeasefireNow</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeGaza</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Coast <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Salish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Salish</span></a> Water Warriors: Voices for the Water at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SalishSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SalishSea</span></a> Assembly in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a></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> at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indybay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indybay</span></a>, Nov. 8, 2024</p><p>"The defenders are battling the dirty energy <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> poisoning the land, water and air in western <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WashingtonState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonState</span></a>, and the waters of the Salish Sea. The rivers from British Columbia in Canada and Washington State come together in the Salish Sea on their journey to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PacificOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificOcean</span></a>. </p><p>"The dead birds floating in the Alberta tar sands <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TailingPonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TailingPonds</span></a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ManCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ManCamps</span></a> linked to missing and murdered Indigenous girls, and the increased oil tankers in the Salish Sea -- are all parts of the dirty oil business of the Trans Mountain pipeline pouring out of Alberta's dirty tar sands in Canada, bound for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilTankers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilTankers</span></a> in the Salish Sea. </p><p>"The destruction, and theft of land, is a continuation of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocidal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocidal</span></a> residential school system. Native children were kidnapped, ripped from their families, and incarcerated in the abusive schools operated by Canada and the churches.</p><p>"'We can't drink water from there any more,' said Jean, who lives close to the Alberta tar sands in her homeland. 'I was born into this destruction.</p><p>"'Thousands of birds are dead in the tailing ponds.'"</p><p><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11/coast-salish-water-warriors-voices-for.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11</span><span class="invisible">/coast-salish-water-warriors-voices-for.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterDefenders</span></a> <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/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <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/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousActivists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousActivism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MotherEarth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificNorthwest</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/PetrolState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PetrolState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PetroState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PetroState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResidentialSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResidentialSchools</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StolenChildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StolenChildren</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MMIW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMIW</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MMIWG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMIWG</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>'Dying of thirst' as climate-driven floods mix with oil</p><p>Maura Ajak & Stephanie Stafford</p><p>"Herders scooping murky water from a small pond in grasslands in South Sudan are well aware of the dangers they face if they drink it.</p><p>"'The water is dirty because this place has oil - it has chemicals in it,' says their chief, Chilhok Puot.</p><p>"Nyatabah, a woman from this community raising cows in the heart of oil fields in Unity State, adds: 'If you drink it, it makes you pant and cough.</p><p>"'We know it's bad water, but we don't have anywhere else, we're dying of thirst.'</p><p>"A former oil engineer, David Bojo Leju, has told the BBC World service that flooding in the area is washing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> into water sources.</p><p>"Large swathes of the state have been under water for several years after unprecedented <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flooding</span></a>, which scientists say has been worsened by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>.</p><p>"Mr Bojo Leju says the floods are a 'disaster' and that pollution from mismanaged oil facilities is a 'silent killer' spreading across the state.</p><p>"South Sudan is the world’s youngest country and one of its poorest, with a government hugely dependent on oil revenue.</p><p>"Unity State, a major oil-producing state, has always experienced seasonal flooding. But in 2019, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeRains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeRains</span></a> brought a deluge that engulfed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/villages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>villages</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/grasslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grasslands</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a>. Year after year of intense rainfall followed. The water built up, trapped on the clay soil.</p><p>"At the worst point in 2022, two-thirds of Unity State were submerged, according to the UN World Food Programme (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WFP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WFP</span></a>) - even now, it says about 40% is still under water."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gpmx7z0xno" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c4gpmx7z</span><span class="invisible">0xno</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PetroState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PetroState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GPOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPOC</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnityState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnityState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</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/SouthSudan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthSudan</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/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a></p>
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