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Recommend this careful patchwork (piecemeal?) documentary on #Mossadegh #Iran - plenty left unsaid, but ooof! #FossilCapital #regimechange
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/coup53movie
Peace isn't as simple as wearing suits and signing agreements #FossilCapital #SouthSudan
https://aje.io/mdfpqv
Al Jazeera · Fighting flares in South Sudan: Is the 2018 peace deal in danger?
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@AssociatedPress @entertainment-AssociatedPress Nobody's going to mention #climatebreakdown or those nasty wildfires, are they? #FossilCapital #businessasusual (#limousines?)
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@thecanaryuk clicking on link tells me i follow them, but see no posts after 2 pinned (from 2022)
(Disclaimer; want to read their BP protest story, using photo of me being angry about #FossilCapital in London the other night)
#FossilCapital seems to be arguing that because they can't help causing damage, they should be allowed to continue #climateviolence #Scope3
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/18/fossil-fuel-industry-accused-of-seeking-special-treatment-over-oilfield-emissions
The Guardian · Fossil fuel industry accused of seeking special treatment over oilfield emissions
Academia and #FossilCapital - insightful piece from one of the world's top Universities #ImperialCollege #CutTheTies https://felixonline.co.uk/articles/a-call-to-action-cut-ties-between-education-and-the-fossil-fuel-industry/
@ScientistRebellion
Felix · A call to action: cut ties between education and the fossil fuel industryThe continued extraction of fossil fuels poses an immediate, existential threat to modern societies. There is an urgent need to change courses and syllabuses, to cut ties with fossil fuel companies, and to foster a culture that empowers imagination, design, and the creation of just and fossil free futures. We
@PeterRu Just when it seemed #FossilCapital might be beginning to notice #climatebreakdown it's #OooohShiny all over again
Thanks #AdrianRamsay for clear calm skewering of shameless #ScienceMuseum hypocrisy #FossilCapital
https://novaramedia.com/2025/01/09/why-is-the-science-museum-laundering-a-coal-giants-reputation/
Novara Media · Why Is the Science Museum Laundering a Coal Giant’s Reputation?The Science Museum is facing fresh scrutiny over its sponsorship by Adani Green Energy, part of coal giant Adani Group, after fraud charges were brought against the company’s directors. Ignore the denials, writes Adam Ramsay - this is pure, unadulterated greenwashing.
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@CarbonBubble "Sites that have been licensed for drilling but have not yet been developed are estimated to hold up to 3.8bn barrels of oil equivalent. If burned, this would release 1.5bn tonnes of carbon dioxide. Emissions from the UK’s 28m households amount to about 50m tonnes a year." #FossilCapital
Big long useful thinkpiece on #CumbrianCoal that nonetheless ignores the reality of #ClimateBreakdown - please let's plan for the future #FossilCapital has been lining up for us #journalism
https://aje.io/7na4sg
Al Jazeera · The bitter final showdown over British coal, as sun sets on ‘dirtiest fuel’
Geopolitics of the #Arctic continue in the teeth of #ClimateBreakdown - what future world exists in projections made by #FossilCapital?
https://aje.io/l3kd5z
Al Jazeera · Why is Canada scrambling to counter Russia, China in the Arctic?
Yesterday we joined health and legal professionals in occupying lobbies of firms enabling #FossilCapital to further #ClimateBreakdown. Do #CliffordChance understand allegory? https://www.lar.earth
So much ingenuity spent avoiding actual reduction of actual emissions #FossilCapital
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/24/cop29s-new-carbon-market-rules-offer-hope-after-scandal-and-deadlock?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Unfortunately the operating space for national U.S. politics lies outside the operating space for humanity. I'm not sure what to do about that.
In the meantime, I'm going to keep fighting for a green Democratic Party.
#climate #fossilfuels #uspol #kamala #gop #democrats #fossilcapital https://hillheat.news/p/unsafe-at-any-planet
Hill HeatUnsafe at any planetAnd we've got only one
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Or what Andreas Malm calls "fossil capital" in his writings - see the paper linked here or the essential "White Skin, Black Fuel" he wrote with the Zetkin Collective. https://geosci.uchicago.edu/~moyer/GEOS24705/Readings/From_water_to_steam.pdf
#climate #fossilfuels #uspol #kamala #gop #democrats #andreasmalm #fossilcapital
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Re: "Will even extensive heat death be enough to spur genuine climate action from producers and consumers in the #FossilCapital system? "
No.
The millions of deaths from air pollution have done little to stop them, why would they care?
It's up to those few of us who get it to *make* them stop.
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@kim_harding Will even extensive heat death be enough to spur genuine climate action from producers and consumers in the #FossilCapital system? #ClimateBreakdown will soon become #massmurder