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Welcome to The Green Economy. Exxon is pushing for a carbon capture scheme without even a rough estimate as to how much they might be ‘willing’ to contribute. Photo: An oil refinery outside of Houston. Exxon Mobil is proposing building a carbon capture project along the Houston Ship Channel. (Getty Images) 01 November 2021 |…
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Politicians love invoking ‘plausible denial.’ They are too busy, wheeling and dealing and kissing babies to know what is happening ‘in the world.’ Share this item with your ‘leaders’ before they head home on their private jets. 02 November 2021 | Alex Crawford | Sky News Madagascar is on a frontline where there are no…
Between 1946 and 1958, the USA detonated 67 nuclear bombs on, in and above the Marshall Islands — vaporizing entire islands, carving craters into its shallow lagoons and exiling people from their houses. Photo: More than 40 years ago, the U.S. buried radioactive waste on Runit Island. The leaking dumpsite is a point of contention in…
A single shitcoin transaction generates the same amount of electronic waste as throwing two iPhones in the garbage. Photo: In 2020 the bitcoin network processed 112.5m transactions. Photograph: Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/Rex/Shutterstock 17 September 2021 | Alex Hern | The Guardian A single bitcoin transaction generates the same amount of electronic waste as throwing two iPhones in…
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Six military bases in the Great Lakes region, including Michigan’s Selfridge Air National Guard Base, which sits on the coast of Lake St. Clair, have “dangerously” high levels of toxic PFAS chemicals present in their groundwater, according to a new report Photo: Michigan’s Selfridge Air National Guard Base, which sits on the coast of Lake…
No Photo Credit ‘It is of course essential that you take the time to cultivate an awareness that, well, most people don’t fly private. And never will.’ XO Private Jets | No date or author | Additional photos and links provided by CMO in case, you know, concerned parents want to teach their children about…
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Photo: Smoke billows from the Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl. [Ishara S Kodikara/AFP] Authorities prepare for possible oil slick from the burned-out cargo ship sinking off Colombo’s main harbour. 03 June 2021 | Staff/Wires | Al Jazeera An environmental disaster off the coast of Sri Lanka is getting worse after a large container ship…
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Taxes of €325m a year should be used to fund zero-carbon aviation technology, report suggests 26 May 2021 | Damian Carrington | The Guardian Climate-heating emissions from private jet flights have soared in Europe since 2005, according to a report. It calls for wealthy fliers to pay ticket taxes of €325m a year to fund…
Col Faulkner, 68, owns the only house in Wollar that hasn’t been bought up by US-based miner Peabody 01 May 2021 | Graham Readfearn Photography: Isabella Moore | The Guardian (original link) Bev Smiles usually turns up at least an hour before the start of any functions at Wollar’s community hall – a spot for many a…
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01 May 2021 | Hannah Ritchie | Our World in Data (original link) Summary 80% of the world’s ocean plastics enter the ocean via rivers and coastlines. The other 20% come from marine sources such as fishing nets, ropes, and fleets. To tackle plastic pollution we need to know where these plastics are coming from….
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