#ecology

psychmesu@diaspora.glasswings.com
smokeinfog@diasp.org

Joe Biden just did the rarest thing in US politics: he stood up to the oil industry

The Biden administration suspended new permits for natural gas terminals. Can we see more of this kind of backbone?

Ten days ago Joe Biden did something remarkable, and almost without precedent – he actually said no to big oil.

His administration halted the granting of new permits for building liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals, something Washington had been handing out like M&Ms on Halloween for nearly a decade. It’s a provisional “no” – Department of Energy experts will spend the coming months figuring out a new formula for granting the licenses that takes the latest science and economics into account – but you can tell what a big deal it is because of the howls of rage coming from the petroleum industry and its gaggle of politicians.

And you can tell something else too: just how threadbare their arguments have become over time. Biden has called their bluff, and it’s beautiful to watch.

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#oil #naturalGas #LNG #POTUS #JoeBiden #Biden #politics #USpolitics #environment #ecology #climateCrisis #climateChange #TheGuardian

eccodrum@diasp.org

Fun exercise...

The next time you hear someone use the phrase "climate change", feel free to ask: "do you mean the ascertainable 'ecocide' perpetrated by a handful of money-grubbing, psychopathic corporate entities and state actors, who are preying on the planet's demise and the extinction of its inhabitants for purposes of power and profit while denying its very existence and shifting the burden and blame onto the end user / consumer / victims? That 'climate change?'"

Just wanna make sure we're operationally defining our terms here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecocide

#ecocide #climatechange #corporations #profit #ecology #nature

psych@diasp.org

_Meanwhile... I was not expecting this! But nice to see his focus on our planet: Robert Plant, of Led Zeppelin fame: _

There’s still time to change the road you’re on”.

#COP28 #NaturePositive #RobertPlant #environment #ecosystem #ecology #nature

anonymiss@despora.de

#Pope Francis criticizes #capitalism

source: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/20231004-laudate-deum.html

As usual, it would seem that everything is the fault of the poor. Yet the reality is that a low, richer percentage of the planet contaminates more than the poorest 50% of the total world population, and that per capita emissions of the richer countries are much greater than those of the poorer ones.

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Deep down, it consists in thinking “as if reality, goodness and truth automatically flow from technological and economic power as such”. As a logical consequence, it then becomes easy “to accept the idea of infinite or unlimited growth, which proves so attractive to economists, financiers and experts in #technology”.

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One need but think of the momentary excitement raised by the money received in exchange for the deposit of nuclear waste in a certain place. The house that one could have bought with that money has turned into a grave due to the diseases that were then unleashed.

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Once and for all, let us put an end to the irresponsible derision that would present this issue as something purely ecological, “green”, romantic, frequently subject to ridicule by economic interests. Let us finally admit that it is a human and social #problem on any number of levels. For this reason, it calls for involvement on the part of all.

**I myself am surprised to hear such wise words from the #Vatican, which I have never before mentioned with praise in my timeline

#criticism #economy #climate #environment #nature #poverty #earth #church #religion #warning #society #future #emissions #ecology #news

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