#Solidarity and #gratitude to the hundreds of people who used kayaks and their bodies to blockade the world's busiest #coal port for 32 hours this weekend, and to the thousands who supported them, and to the millions who cheered them on, and to the billions for whose sake they were acting. This was a taste of an unstoppable force of collective #courage, #care and #commitment
"Five global north governments stand out as the biggest #ClimateHypocrites and most egregious #PlanetWreckers: the #UnitedStates, #Canada, #Australia, #Norway, and the #UnitedKingdom. Despite having the greatest economic means to rapidly phase out production, they are responsible for a majority (51%) of planned expansion from new #oil and #gas fields through 2050. New drilling in countries with high incomes, diversified economies and outsized historical responsibility for causing the #ClimateCrisis, while claiming to be #ClimateLeaders, is inexcusable. These countries must not only stop expansion immediately but also move first and fastest to phase out their production and pay their fair share to fund a just global #EnergyTransition.”
In Südhessen wird nach Erdöl gesucht. Das Bohrunternehmen und die Lokalpresse verbreiten viel Optimismus. Doch lohnt sich die Förderung in einem der kleinsten Ölfelder Deutschlands überhaupt? Von Ingo Nathusius.
The UK Conservative Government has “undermined the careful language” used to negotiate a global climate pact at #COP26 in Glasgow over its insistence to expand oil and gas development, according to its own advisers:
As megalomaniacal fascist Erdogan prepares to suckle more deeply from #Putin’s saggy teat the simplest way to avoid funding #Russia’s ongoing illegal wars in #Ukraine and plunder of Africa is to stop burning filthy fossil fuels.
We’ve known we have to make the shift to renewables for 50 years to save the planet.