We Can’t Blame the Youth
It is time for ‘us’ to stop trying to create the world we want for ‘the youth,’ ask them to forgive us, and then do whatever they ask so we might help them right our wrongs. 14 June 2023 |…
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Exxon might contribute to its $100 billion Houston carbon capture plan
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…
Dear COP26: The children of Madagascar are on the brink of famine caused by climate change
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…
Marshall Islands: US refusing to deal with their 3.1 million cubic ft of radioactive waste
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.…
The lifespan of specialised computer chips used for mining Bitcoin is 1.29 years
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…
Report: Dangerous levels of ‘forever chemicals’ found at six Great Lakes area military sites
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…
Taking your kids on private jets can show them the real benefits of hard work
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…
Photo Essay: Sri Lanka braces for ‘almost inevitable’ catastrophic oil spill
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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…
Private Jets: “Super-rich super-polluters’
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.…
Peabody wants to buy Col Faulkner’s home in Wollar, Australia. He isn’t selling
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…
Report: Where does the plastic in our oceans come from?
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…
