Inbox: The DOJ proposes a consent decree with Koch subsidiary Flint Hills Resources for their Christmas Eve 2022 oil spill at Ingleside, TX. Flint Hills will pay $989,212.80 in Oil Pollution Act and Clean Water Act fines.
SCOOP: I was told by Cyndi Valdes, Executive Director of Ingleside on the Bay Coastal Watch Association, that residents hadn't heard about the proposed consent decree until I approached them for comment.
Here's IOBCWA's statement. Still awaiting a response from Flint Hills.
#Brazil has ambitious plans to marry greater #industrialisation with the goal of reducing emissions to net zero by 2050. What role can #hydrogen play in this? A new report by Agora Industry and Instituto E+ Transição Energética examines the case of H2 in BRA. 1/7
Brazil has a long tradition of #industry and vast #renewableenergy resources. The country could thus become a hub for the production of low-emissions hydrogen and related molecules to help meet global #climatetargets. 2/7
... and as contrast to that calming, idyllic pastoral landscape - some more dingy, derelict architecture from that shipyard at #Gdańsk, #Poland - March 2008.
Bonus #graffiti from the shipyard at #Gdańsk, #Poland - March 2008. (I have ... several more photos taken there. Large areas of what I explored have long since been demolished and redeveloped...)
As far-right contenders dominate the #GOP ticket in a state known for its flourishing #economy, the business community is bracing for potential fallout
When deciphering the motivations of modern tech titans, often more important than: ”What are they lying to us about?”, is the question: ”What are they lying to themselves about?”
The tech industry has gone down to cosplaying the innocent child, Google in particular with primary colors and bouncy castles, to keep telling itself it can not possibly be evil.
The Outrage Industry is talk radio, cable news shows, and political blogs.
The #outrage#industry dictates the behavior of elected officials (particularly conservatives) who are terrified of getting on its wrong side because they know if they do, they will be #primaried.
Outrage discourse, as a rule, ignores complexity and nuance. It is not about conveying accurate information or stimulating meaningful discourse.
♦️Outrage arose because it was #profitable
♦️Outrage created or exacerbated the problem of #polarization, not the other way around.
Because of the fragmenting of media and the clutter of outlets, blogs, and talk shows, there is a lot of noise.
There is also a lot of #money in the outrage business.
🔸Outlets or pundits in search of an audience need to break through.
🔸The easiest way to break through is to be an “agent provocateur."
Both sides use the same tactics but #conservative#outrage is more outrageous, more hyperbolic, and more prone to misrepresenting the facts.
The conservatives are better at all things outrage–including making money.
Nuclear safety in spotlight as French start-ups bring mini reactors to market
France wants to take the lead in rolling out safer, cleaner #nuclear#energy as an alternative to #fossil#fuels – but the growing number of start-ups promising to #decarbonise the #industry with small reactors is raising questions about safety and #environmental responsibility.
Mark Watson was ten when the 1984 miners' strike took over his life.
Forty years on, he wants to know what really happened and how it changed his community - and this country. Tales of violence, desperation, and determination.
For years, a #copper#smelter at Rouyn Noranda, #Quebec # 600 km northwest of #Montreal has been spewing a cocktail of #HeavyMetals into the air. W5 discovers that some of the town's residents are no longer willing to pay the financial benefits from heavy #industry.