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wachinyeya · 8 months

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#good news #nature #science #environmentalism #environment #oil and gas #fossil fuels #alaska

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fruityheffalump · 1 year

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#i personally did not put fire into my uncontrolled farts #gates of hell #accidents happen #nature #oil and gas #twitter #lol #free laughs

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architectureofdoom · 4 months

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Brent Oil Field rig

#scotland #oil and gas

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feckcops · 7 months

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The public wants to save the planet – as long as it doesn’t personally inconvenience them

“Back in July, Just Stop Oil (JSO) experienced something unusual – they found they were the ones being protested. An alternative group called Just Stop Pissing People Off attempted to block Just Stop Oil from engaging in disruptive protests and interrupted their events, saying that the climate crisis is real but that JSO is distracting and alienating people. The counter-protests tell us a great deal about Britain’s contradictory attitude to the climate crisis.

“Broadly, Brits understand that the climate crisis climate change is a major problem. 65% of us are worried about the climate crisis (versus just 28% who aren’t) while the same proportion supports the government’s aim of reducing Britain’s net carbon emissions to zero by 2050 ... Eight in 10 back more tree planting, subsidies for energy-efficient homes and higher taxes for high-carbon companies. 62% would support a requirement for all energy production to come from renewable sources. But this enthusiasm has its limits.

“When asked if they would back policies that would impose limits on what they personally can do, Brits quickly turn against them. For instance, two-thirds oppose the idea of a limit on how much meat they can buy, and a majority oppose banning petrol and diesel cars ... Even though 62% of voters back the idea of requiring all energy to be renewable, just 39% want to ban new North Sea oil fields, and a mere 32% want to prohibit the sale of gas boilers ...

“The British public is not as supportive of action on the climate crisis as many environmentalists would hope. We favour general, uncontentious ideas – net zero, tree-planting, tax rises on high-carbon companies – but when asked for our opinion on a climate policy that would directly affect us personally, we baulk. This is partly due to worries about the cost of living, but it’s also about avoiding personal inconvenience.

“Just Stop Pissing Everyone Off perfectly encapsulates the British attitude to the climate crisis: sure, it’s a problem, but not ours. As Homer Simpson once asked: ‘Can’t someone else do it?’”

#just stop oil #climate activists #climate activism #activism #climate crisis #climate breakdown #climate change #climate #tree planting #home insulation #low emission zones #renewable energy #renewables #oil and gas #fossil fuels #motorists #public opinion #brits #uk

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dontmean2bepoliticalbut · 1 year

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piizunn · 5 months

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petrolia - oak savanna (2023)

oil pastel

it was such an honour to make this piece for my friend tys’ upcoming documentary titled petrolia!! as i worked i thought a lot about the presence of oil in my life, about the industry of extraction and export but also it’s precolonial uses. the pastels i used are likely petrolium based, as are many things we don’t think about we just consume.

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agentfascinateur · 2 months

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The pillaging in the war on Gaza:

Israel as an occupier has no right to award licences in areas that it does not hold sovereignty over under any circumstances.

Palestine is a party to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and has declared its maritime boundaries in accordance with these principles.

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avardwoolaver · 2 years

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Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia - photo by Avard Woolaver

From my new photo book: “Found Fields” now for sale at Blurb Books. You can preview it there, and also buy it as a PDF.

https://www.blurb.ca/b/11840587-found-fields

#avard woolaver #photography #climate crisis #Renewable Energy #photographers on tumblr #oil and gas

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wachinyeya · 2 months

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#chicago #fossil fuels #climate crisis #oil and gas #climate legislation #climate litigation #climate lawsuits #lawsuits #usa #good news #environmentalism #science #environment #climate change

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architectureofdoom · 2 years

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Grissom Island, off the coast of Long Beach, California.

#california #oil and gas

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reasonandempathy · 2 months

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Biden's Dock isn't about Gazan Oil

No. It isn't. People saying that it is are either misinformed or actively lying. Or stupid. Or all three.

You don't even need to trust Biden to realize this is a stupid fucking take, and believing this sort of dumbassery will actively lead you and other people down the conspiracy theory pipeline that will make you buddy-buddy with nazis, alex jones, and other idiot reactionaries who seek to make the world worse because it feels good to "know the truth".

Even if you don't trust Biden, which you shouldn't and that's fine. It is fair reasonable to say that the genocide is partially motivated by Israel's lust for Gazan offshore oil. Saying a temporary dock is secretly going to be used to...what, exactly? What is the dock actually going to do?

It's not going to be able to refine crude. It can take upwards of 2 years to make a modular oil refinery, and they weigh an ungodly amount that would shatter any dock. Which is why they're built on land. There is a way refineries get oil from ships to the refinery via docks, but...oil refineries are built on shores, not the actual dock.

Refining crude will be the first thing you'll want/need to do with oil, too.

There's no existing infrastructure to actually get the gas in sufficient quantities in short enough time where it makes any sense to do it with a portable dock. They aren't drilling; there are some leases given out but they haven't even started preparing to build any offshore rigs there. Offshore rigs can take upwards of five years to build. Even logistically, there's no way in hell it makes sense to build a fake-dock five years in advance, and there's also no reason to think this will go on for 5 years either.

Explicitly making the promise and then using it to Not Do That will do nothing but actively harm him politically, electorally, and globally.

They're not even saying "this won't help and it's all for show." You're going a step beyond to say that it's SECRETLY about this other thing. This other thing that is physically impossible, makes zero damn sense logistically, and is the better part of a decade too early.

#gaza #conspiracy theory #original content #oil and gas #oil refinery

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dontmean2bepoliticalbut · 1 year

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allthecanadianpolitics · 1 year

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Alberta’s energy minister is issuing a ministerial order that calls on the Alberta Energy Regulator to require oil and gas companies to pay taxes owed to municipalities before approving licence transfers or new licences. Global News has asked the province if there are any additional powers in place to hold companies who aren’t seeking licence transfers or licences accountable. The Alberta government’s 2022 survey of oil and gas companies found $220 million in unpaid taxes reported by municipalities, with $130 million in tax arrears (including penalties and interest) and $90 million in cancellations.

Full article

Tagging: @politicsofcanada

#cdnpoli #canadian politics #canada #canadian news #canadian #alberta #oil and gas #oil #gas

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agentfascinateur · 2 months

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Israelis are looting Gaza's oil and gas reserves:

"The tenders, issued in accordance with Israeli domestic law, effectively amount to the de facto and de jure annexation of the Palestinian maritime areas claimed by Palestine, as they seek to supersede applicable IHL norms by instead applying Israeli domestic law to the area in the context of managing and exploiting natural resources," Adalah added.

The statement stressed that under applicable international law, Israel is prohibited from using the limited non-renewable resources of the occupied territories for commercial gain and for the benefit of the occupying power (usufruct rules referred to in Article 55 of the Hague Regulations).

That's certainly a motive and definitely premeditation of Israeli war crimes.

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kp777 · 7 months

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By Brett Wilkins

Common Dreams

Sept. 14, 2023

"Citi is the world's second-largest financier of fossil fuels," noted one group taking part in the protest. "How do these people sleep at night? How?"

Declaring a #ClimateShutdown, hundreds of activists blockaded the entrances of Citibank's Lower Manhattan headquarters Thursday morning to demand that the financial giant end fossil fuel financing and stop greenwashing its record of planet-heating investments.

"We're shutting down Citibank, the world's second-largest funder of fossil fuels," the activist group Stop the Money Pipeline explained on X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter. "Citi says it's a climate leader, but it's also the main financier of oil expansion in the Amazon."

Jay Waxse of Climate Defiance told Common Dreams that 25 activists were arrested at the protest, including two of the group's organizers.

Citibank is "torching the planet," said Waxse, "so the least we can do is disrupt business as usual."

"Workers were talking. Executives were reeling," Waxse added. "Citi must change their ways, or we'll be back."

Another group, Climate Defiance, said sources informed it that "every door in the Citibank HQ has been shuttered" and that "the bank just went into lockdown over the climate protest."

"Thousands of bankers are now getting turned away, angry and confused," the group added, posting photos supporting its claim.

According to a report published earlier this month by a coalition of green groups, JPMorgan Chase ($434.2 billion), Citibank ($332.9 billion), Wells Fargo ($318.2 billion), and Bank of America ($281.2 billion) have been the world's biggest fossil fuel financiers since the Paris climate agreement took effect in 2016. Those four banks alone accounted for 28% of all identified fossil fuel financing in 2022.

Groups participating in or supporting Thursday's direct action include Oil & Gas Action Network, Stop the Money Pipeline, Climate Defiance, Climate Organizing Hub, Climate Defenders, Youth Climate Finance Alliance, and New York Communities for Chang

"Since the Paris agreement was adopted, Wall Street banks have provided $1.4 trillion to the fossil fuel industry," Stop the Money Pipeline's website explains. "Big asset managers are the world's largest investors in coal, oil, and gas. Insurance companies provide insurance for new fossil fuel projects without which they could not be built."

"The fossil fuel corporations driving the climate crisis depend on this support of the financial sector," the group added. "That's why we're pushing banks, insurance companies, and asset managers to end fossil financing. If we stop the flow of money, we stop the flow of oil."

Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.

#citibank #wall street banks #oil and gas #fossil fuel investments #stop the money pipeline #profits over planet earth #climate defiance #climate shutdown #climate crisis #climate change #fossil fuels

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