DoomsdaysCW<p>No Escape: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> is a growing threat to people already fleeing war</p><p>12 November 2024 </p><p>"People forced to flee war, violence and persecution are increasingly finding themselves on the front line of the global climate crisis, a new report warns, exposing them to a lethal combination of threats but without the funding and support to adapt.</p><p>"The report, released today by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UNHCR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UNHCR</span></a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UNRefugeeAgency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UNRefugeeAgency</span></a>, in collaboration with 13 expert organizations, research institutions and refugee-led groups, uses the latest data to show how climate shocks are interacting with conflict, pushing those who are already in danger into even more dire situations.</p><p>"Of the more than 120 million forcibly <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/displaced" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>displaced</span></a> worldwide, three-quarters live in countries heavily impacted by climate change. Half are in places affected by both conflict and serious climate hazards, such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ethiopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethiopia</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haiti</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Myanmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Myanmar</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Somalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Somalia</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sudan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sudan</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a>. </p><p>"According to the report – No Escape: On the Frontlines of Climate Change, Conflict and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForcedDisplacement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedDisplacement</span></a> – by 2040 the number of countries facing extreme climate-related hazards is expected to rise from 3 to 65, the vast majority of which host displaced people. Similarly, most refugee settlements and camps are projected to experience twice as many days of dangerous heat by 2050.</p><p>“ 'For the world’s most vulnerable people, climate change is a harsh reality that profoundly affects their lives,' said UN High Commissioner for Refugees, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FilippoGrandi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FilippoGrandi</span></a>. 'The climate crisis is driving displacement in regions already hosting large numbers of people uprooted by conflict and insecurity, compounding their plight and leaving them with nowhere safe to go.'</p><p>"For example, the devastating conflict in Sudan has forced millions of people to flee, including 700,000 who have crossed into <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chad</span></a>, which has hosted refugees for decades and yet is one of the countries most exposed to climate change. At the same time, many who fled the fighting but remained in Sudan are at risk of further displacement because of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SevereFlooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SevereFlooding</span></a> that has blighted the country.</p><p>"Similarly, 72 per cent of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Myanmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Myanmar</span></a>’s refugees have sought safety in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bangladesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bangladesh</span></a>, where natural hazards such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cyclones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyclones</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flooding</span></a>, are classified as extreme.</p><p>" 'In our region, where so many people have been displaced for so many years, we see the effects of climate change before our very eyes,' said <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GraceDorong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GraceDorong</span></a>, a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateActivist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateActivist</span></a> and former refugee living in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthSudan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthSudan</span></a>. 'I hope the voices of the people in this report help decision-makers to understand that if not addressed, forced displacement – and the multiplying effect of climate change – will get worse. But if they listen to us, we can be part of the solution, too.' "</p><p><a href="https://unsdg.un.org/latest/stories/no-escape-climate-change-growing-threat-people-already-fleeing-war" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">unsdg.un.org/latest/stories/no</span><span class="invisible">-escape-climate-change-growing-threat-people-already-fleeing-war</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateRefugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateRefugees</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flooding</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeHeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeHeat</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoHumanIsIllegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoHumanIsIllegal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BPKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BPKnew</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p>Climate Refugees: The Human Face of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalDisplacement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDisplacement</span></a></p><p>By Marco Kopinke, M.Sc.<br>February 20, 2025</p><p>"In recent years, the world has witnessed a dramatic surge in the number of people <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/displaced" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>displaced</span></a> due to climate-related <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaturalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalDisasters</span></a>. In 2022 alone, approximately 36.2 million individuals were forced to leave their homes as a direct result of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> challenges linked to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>. This marked a significant increase compared to previous years, highlighting an alarming trend that is reshaping lives and communities across the globe. The stark reality is that these numbers are not just statistics; they represent families torn apart, livelihoods disrupted, and futures uncertain. As we continue to see the effects of climate change intensify, the number of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateRefugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateRefugees</span></a> is expected to rise, creating a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanitarian</span></a> challenge that requires immediate attention and action.</p><p>"Looking ahead, the projections paint an even grimmer picture. By the year 2050, it is estimated that up to 1.2 billion people could be displaced worldwide due to the impacts of climate change and natural disasters. This staggering figure underscores the urgency of addressing the root causes of climate-induced displacement. It is crucial to understand that these projections are not mere forecasts but a call to action for governments, organizations, and individuals to mitigate the factors contributing to such mass displacement. The potential scale of this crisis demands a coordinated global response to ensure that those affected are provided with the necessary support and resources to rebuild their lives." </p><p><a href="https://climatecosmos.com/climate-news/climate-refugees-the-human-face-of-environmental-displacement/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">climatecosmos.com/climate-news</span><span class="invisible">/climate-refugees-the-human-face-of-environmental-displacement/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonLied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonLied</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chevron</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoHumanIsIllegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoHumanIsIllegal</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nero</span></a> golfs while <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rome</span></a> burns, eh?</p><p>EPA to revoke "endangerment finding," landmark basis for regulating greenhouse gases</p><p>By Tracy J. Wholf<br>Updated on: July 29, 2025</p><p>"Repealing the finding comes at a time when climate change impacts appear to be reaching new heights as 2024 was the hottest year on record, and natural disasters are growing more intense, destructive and deadly. Since 2010, there have been 246 billion-dollar disasters striking every U.S. state, causing more than $1.7 trillion in damages, and killing more than 7,700 people, according to archived data from NOAA."</p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epa-revoke-endangerment-finding-regulating-greenhouse-gases/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/epa-revoke-en</span><span class="invisible">dangerment-finding-regulating-greenhouse-gases/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumptyDumpty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumptyDumpty</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsAnIdiot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsAnIdiot</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheWorldIsBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheWorldIsBurning</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NeroFiddledWhileRomeBurned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeroFiddledWhileRomeBurned</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>From 2021: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>’s forgotten oil and gas resources</p><p>A fair distribution of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oil</span></a> and gas resources in the Levant Basin will be needed to achieve a lasting political and economic settlement between Israel and Palestine.</p><p>by Mahmoud Elkhafif<br>Published On 21 Jun 2021</p><p>Excerpt: "The prolonged closure and recurrent military operations in Gaza have left more than half the territory’s population living below the poverty line and cost $16.7bn in lost GDP annually. This figure does not account for the huge opportunity cost of preventing the Palestinian people from using their natural gas field off the shores of Gaza.</p><p>"The 1995 Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WestBank</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GazaStrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaStrip</span></a>, known as the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OsloII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OsloII</span></a> Accord, gave the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PalestinianAuthority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalestinianAuthority</span></a> (PA) maritime jurisdiction over its waters up to 20 nautical miles from the coast. The PA signed a 25-year contract for gas exploration with the#BritishGas Group in 1999, and a large gas field, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GazaMarine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaMarine</span></a>, was discovered at 17 to 21 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza the same year. However, despite initial discussions between the Israeli government, the PA and British Gas on the sale of gas from this field and the provision of much-needed revenue to the occupied Palestinian territories, the Palestinians have not realised any benefits.</p><p>"Since the blockade of Gaza in 2007, the Israeli government has established de facto control over Gaza’s offshore natural gas reserves. The contractor, British Gas, has since been dealing with the Israeli government, effectively bypassing the Palestinian government regarding exploration and development rights.</p><p>"Israel has also taken control of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meged</span></a> oil and natural gas field, located inside the occupied <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WestBank</span></a>. Israel states that the field lies west of the armistice line of 1948, yet most of the reservoir is situated beneath the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PalestinianTerritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalestinianTerritory</span></a> occupied since 1967.</p><p>"More recently, Israel has begun to develop new oil and gas finds in the Eastern Mediterranean, solely for its own benefit.</p><p>"In commandeering and exploiting Palestinian oil and gas resources, Israel is acting in violation of the letter and the spirit of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheHague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheHague</span></a> Regulations, the Fourth <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenevaConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenevaConvention</span></a> and a body of international <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanitarian</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> law that addresses the exploitation of common resources by an occupying power, without regard for the interest, rights and shares of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/occupied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>occupied</span></a> population."</p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/6/21/palestines-forgotten-oil-and-gas-resources" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/6/</span><span class="invisible">21/palestines-forgotten-oil-and-gas-resources</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OccupiedPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OccupiedPalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeGaza</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndTheBlockade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndTheBlockade</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RoyalDutchShell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalDutchShell</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliWarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BibiIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BibiIsAWarCriminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliIsAPetroState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliIsAPetroState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BritishGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PetroCriminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PetroCriminals</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShellOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShellOil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LevantBasin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LevantBasin</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Starvation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starvation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StolenLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StolenLand</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Behind <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>’s ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndGame</span></a>’ for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a>: Theft of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OffshoreGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OffshoreGas</span></a> reserves</p><p>By Betsey Piette<br>November 14, 2023</p><p>"In 1999, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BritishGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishGas</span></a> (BG) discovered the existence of natural gas in the Gaza Marine fields, 20 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza, at a depth of 610 meters below the surface. Further exploration by BG through two successful wells — Gaza Marine 1 and Gaza Marine 2 — determined the field could contain up to 1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. (EgyptOil-Gas.com, April 5, 2018)</p><p>"The Palestinian Authority was 'granted' the right to exercise sovereignty over its own maritime territory by the Oslo Accords in 1995. Four years later, following the findings of the offshore natural gas, the PA gave the international consortium BG a 25-year, 90% stake in a license to explore, develop any discovered fields, and install the required infrastructure. Since that time Israel has consistently blocked this development.</p><p>"In 2002, the PA approved BG’s proposals to construct a pipeline to a processing facility in Gaza. However, the Israeli state delayed this development, arguing that the pipeline should run to an Israeli-controlled port, and that Palestinians would have to supply Gaza Marine surplus fuel to Israel at far below market price.</p><p>"When Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in Gaza in 2007, Israel established a militarized naval blockade, prohibiting further offshore development. Around the same time, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YamThetis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YamThetis</span></a>, an Israeli gas consortium, challenged the awarding of the contract to BG, further delaying the process.</p><p>"In December 2008, in total contravention of international laws, Israel declared sovereignty over the Gaza Marine area, and BG closed its offices in Tel Aviv.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RoyalDutchShell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalDutchShell</span></a> bought out BG’s interests in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GazaMarineFields" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaMarineFields</span></a> for $52 million in 2016. By March 2018, Royal Dutch Shell backed out of their investment, leaving the PA to search for a replacement company to develop the field. (EgyptOil-Gas.com, April 5, 2018)."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://iacenter.org/2023/11/15/behind-israels-end-game-for-gaza-theft-of-offshore-gas-reserves/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">iacenter.org/2023/11/15/behind</span><span class="invisible">-israels-end-game-for-gaza-theft-of-offshore-gas-reserves/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeGaza</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndTheBlockade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndTheBlockade</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliWarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BibiIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BibiIsAWarCriminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliIsAPetroState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliIsAPetroState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BritishGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PetroCriminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PetroCriminals</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShellOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShellOil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LevantBasin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LevantBasin</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Starvation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starvation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StolenLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StolenLand</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeggyFlanagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeggyFlanagan</span></a> was one of those opponents!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DakotaAccessPipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DakotaAccessPipeline</span></a> opponents aim to hold law enforcement accountable for brutal tactics</p><p>Tuesday, November 14, 2017 </p><p>"Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline are planning to move forward with their police brutality lawsuit despite a setback in the courts.</p><p>"The lawsuit accuses law enforcement in North Dakota of engaging in illegal tactics against pipeline opponents. The lead plaintiff is Vanessa Dundon, a citizen of the Navajo Nation who has nearly lost all of the vision in her right eye after being shot in the face last November during a clash with Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier and his forces.</p><p>"In February, as the months-long <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoDAPL</span></a> encampment was winding down, a federal judge declined to order Kirchmeier to stand down so the plaintiffs pursued an appeal. But the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a short decision on Tuesday, said the judge made the right call, The Associated Press reported.</p><p>"Despite the setback, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterProtectorLegalCollective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterProtectorLegalCollective</span></a>, a group of attorneys who have been representing pipeline opponents, plan to take their case to trial. The case had been put on hold during the appeal.</p><p>" 'The preliminary injunction is denied, but we will continue our fight for a permanent injunction and to ensure that the state pays for their indiscriminate use of excessive force,' Terry Janis, the group's executive director, said in a press release on Tuesday.</p><p>" 'Although we are certainly disappointed by the decision today, we remain determined to see justice in this case,' added lead attorney Rachel Lederman.</p><p>"The February 7 decision against a preliminary injunction came on the same day the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration approved the final portion of the pipeline. A different federal judge later said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers took action without fully considering objections raised by opponents.</p><p>"By that time, the $3.8 billion pipeline had already been completed and was shipping oil. The judge has since refused to halt operations while the Army Corps comes up with a new analysis that addresses tribal concerns. An answer isn't expected until spring 2018."</p><p><a href="https://indianz.com/News/2017/11/14/dakota-access-resisters-seek-to-hold-law.asp" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">indianz.com/News/2017/11/14/da</span><span class="invisible">kota-access-resisters-seek-to-hold-law.asp</span></a><br> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoDAPL</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpSucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterProtectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterProtectors</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Start with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a>, puh-lease! Give <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> a taste of his own litigious medicine!</p><p>Top UN court says countries can sue each other over climate change</p><p>by Esme Stallard and Georgina Rannard<br>BBC News Climate and Science<br>July 24, 2025</p><p>"A landmark decision by a top UN court has cleared the way for countries to sue each other over climate change, including over historic emissions of planet-warming gases.</p><p>"But the judge at the International Court of Justice in the Hague, Netherlands on Wednesday said that untangling who caused which part of climate change could be difficult.</p><p>"The ruling is non-binding but legal experts say it could have wide-ranging consequences.</p><p>"It will be seen as a victory for countries that are very vulnerable to climate change, who came to court after feeling frustrated about lack of global progress in tackling the problem.</p><p>"The unprecedented case at the International Court of Justice (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICJ</span></a>) was the brainchild of a group of young law students from low-lying <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PacificIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PacificIslands</span></a> on the frontlines of climate change, who came up with the idea in 2019.</p><p>"One of those students, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SiosiuaVeikune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiosiuaVeikune</span></a> from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tonga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tonga</span></a>, was in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheHague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheHague</span></a> to hear the decision. </p><p>" 'I'm lost for words. This is so exciting. There's a ton of emotions rushing through us. This is a win we take proudly back home to our communities,' he told BBC News.</p><p>" 'Tonight I'll sleep easier. The ICJ has recognised what we have lived through - our suffering, our resilience and our right to our future,' said Flora Vano, from the Pacific Island <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Vanuatu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vanuatu</span></a>, which is considered the country most vulnerable to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a> globally.</p><p>" 'This is a victory not just for us but for every frontline community fighting to be heard.'</p><p>"The ICJ is considered the world's highest court and it has global jurisdiction. Lawyers have told BBC News that the opinion could be used as early as next week, including in national courts outside of the ICJ.</p><p>"Campaigners and climate lawyers hope the landmark decision will now pave the way for compensation from countries that have historically burned the most fossil fuels and are therefore the most responsible for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a>."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce379k4v3pwo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce379k</span><span class="invisible">4v3pwo</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/ZCwvm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/ZCwvm</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChangeIsReal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChangeIsReal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonLied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonLied</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BPKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BPKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a></p>
*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱<p>Meanwhile, in Albertastan, the separatists want to replace their currency with a Bitcoin clone tied to the price of oil. 🤨</p><p>“World on brink of climate breakthrough as fossil fuels ‘run out of road’, UN chief says<br>António Guterres says ‘sun is rising on a clean energy age’ as 90% of renewable power projects cheaper than fossil fuels”</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FossilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFools</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CleanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CleanEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PetroState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PetroState</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ABPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ABPoli</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/22/antonio-guterres-climate-breakthrough-clean-energy-fossil-fuels" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jul/22/antonio-guterres-climate-breakthrough-clean-energy-fossil-fuels</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>From 2021... This started before <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, but things are way worse now!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> Threaten <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> Movements</p><p>“<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriticalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalInfrastructure</span></a>” laws in over a dozen states wrongly invoke national security to justify targeting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PipelineProtesters</span></a>.</p><p>Kaylana Mueller-Hsia, March 17, 2021</p><p>"In 2016 as a member of Congress, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHaaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DebHaaland</span></a> stood for four days in solidarity with protesters at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandingRockSioux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingRockSioux</span></a> Reservation against construction of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DakotaAccessPipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DakotaAccessPipeline</span></a>. Today, as the first <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> to be the secretary of the interior — the first to lead any cabinet department — she has the opportunity to support the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> rights of the protesters she joined in the past.</p><p>"With her authority over energy development on federal lands, Haaland can be a voice for Indigenous and climate movements facing an urgent threat: the rapid spread of laws to protect 'critical infrastructure' that single out activists.</p><p>"Since 2016, 13 states have quietly enacted laws that increase criminal penalties for trespassing, damage, and interference with infrastructure sites such as oil refineries and pipelines. At least five more states have already introduced similar legislation this year. These laws draw from national security legislation enacted after 9/11 to protect physical infrastructure considered so 'vital' that the 'incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety.'</p><p>"Many industry sectors are designated critical infrastructure, including food and agriculture, energy, water and wastewater, and communications, but most state critical infrastructure laws focus more narrowly on oil and gas <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pipelines</span></a>. While protecting critical infrastructure is a legitimate government function, these laws clearly target environmental and Indigenous activists by significantly raising the penalties for participating in or even tangentially supporting pipeline trespassing and property damage, crimes that are already illegal. Many laws are modelled on draft legislation prepared by the American Legislative Exchange Council, also known as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ALEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ALEC</span></a>, a powerful lobbying group funded by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> companies like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonMobil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonMobil</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shell</span></a>.</p><p>"Central to the new critical infrastructure laws are increased criminal penalties and vague, broad definitions that could discourage protest and particularly, nonviolent civil disobedience. Many laws make any 'damage' to or 'interference' with a facility deemed critical infrastructure a felony. Under <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ohio</span></a>’s law, trespass with the purpose of 'tampering' with a facility is a third degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. In Indiana, a felony conviction is applied for any facility trespass, a crime that is typically a misdemeanor or fine.</p><p>"Vague language like 'damage,' 'tamper,' and 'impede' in critical infrastructure laws makes it unclear if, for example, knocking down <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SafetyCones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SafetyCones</span></a> and starting a fire next to a natural gas facility are the same under the law. Many critical infrastructure laws do not clarify if they apply only to land a company fully owns or also to pipeline easements, which run through both public and private lands. At least some laws apply to both. Only a week after Louisiana’s critical infrastructure law was enacted, opponents of the Bayou Bridge pipeline were charged with trespassing for boating on public waters on the border of a pipeline easement.</p><p>"The combination of overly broad language and steep penalties in critical infrastructure laws make it likely that future activists and supporting organizations will be discouraged from exercising their First Amendment-protected protest rights. A lawsuit brought in response to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BayouBridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BayouBridge</span></a> charges will test the laws for the first time on First Amendment grounds.</p><p>"Many of these laws even extend beyond the protesters. In a proposed law in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a>, anyone who 'recruits, trains, aids, advises, hires, counsels, or conspires' someone to trespass without a 'reasonable effort' to prevent the trespassing is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> organizations that conspire with perpetrators are liable to be fined up to $1 million. These laws may infringe on the freedom of association protected under the First Amendment. Indeed, the Supreme Court ruled that the illegal actions of a few individuals do not implicate an entire group.</p><p>"The criminalization of environmental protest is fueled by federal security agencies and oil and gas companies, who are often major political donors. For years, the Department of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomelandSecurity</span></a> and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have labelled activists at infrastructure sites as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DomesticTerrorists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DomesticTerrorists</span></a> and violent extremists in order to justify further <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a>. Government documents have been released that detail the FBI’s focus on '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AnimalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnimalRights</span></a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalExtremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalExtremism</span></a>,' describing even <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NonviolentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NonviolentProtesters</span></a> as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/extremists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extremists</span></a>.</p><p>"At Standing Rock, a private security firm [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a>] hired by the pipeline companies consistently referred to protesters as 'terrorists' while working with law enforcement. Ahead of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KeystoneXLPipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeystoneXLPipeline</span></a> protests in 2018, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> agents held an '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiTerrorism</span></a> training' for state and local authorities. In contrast, members of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> militant group the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThreePercenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThreePercenters</span></a> have established a significant presence at oil and gas plants with little law enforcement reaction.</p><p>"To be sure, as the recent power outages in Texas showed so vividly, the United States needs reliable energy. But it’s questionable whether pipeline construction sites that could feasibly be moved or replaced with renewable energy sources should legitimately be considered 'vital' to the energy grid. Furthermore, a singular focus on this aspect of security comes at the cost of others. Whose essential resources do pipeline projects protect and whose do they threaten? Black Americans are disproportionately likely to live near natural <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GasPipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GasPipelines</span></a> and experience higher <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CancerRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CancerRisk</span></a> due to unclean air. An oil spill from the Dakota Access Pipeline could devastate the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SiouxTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiouxTribe</span></a>’s water source. Meanwhile, on some reservations, 10 percent of households lack electricity and as many as 40 percent of households must haul water and use outhouses. The well-being of these communities must count too.</p><p>"The rise in critical infrastructure laws may foreshadow more anti-protest legislation to come. A similar wave of anti-protest laws has already begun in response to the 2020 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackLivesMatter</span></a> protests. State legislators contemplating critical infrastructure laws should bear in mind that laws that criminalize trespassing and protect the safety of construction workers and law enforcement already exist. Critical infrastructure laws don’t fill an unmet need — they only raise the penalties for specific groups of people. Courts adjudicating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> challenges in the coming years should recognize that these laws are overbroad and impose disproportionately severe penalties that chill freedom of assembly and association.</p><p>"As secretary of the interior, Haaland promises to uplift the voices of Indigenous and climate protesters in the Biden administration. State legislators, law enforcement, and the fossil fuel industry should follow suit and listen to these activists rather than suppressing constitutionally protected activity under the guise of national security."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/anti-protest-laws-threaten-indigenous-and-climate-movements" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">brennancenter.org/our-work/ana</span><span class="invisible">lysis-opinion/anti-protest-laws-threaten-indigenous-and-climate-movements</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrennanCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrennanCenter</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoDAPL</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoKXL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKXL</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PipelineProtests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonLied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonLied</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandWithStandingRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithStandingRock</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandingRockSioux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingRockSioux</span></a></p>
*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@dyckron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dyckron</span></a></span> <br>Not coincidentally, the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FossilFool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFool</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> has been putting a ton of effort into turning the non authoritarian oil producing nations/jurisdictions into autocracies.</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hurricanes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hurricanes</span></a> Have Left Their Mark on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wetlands</span></a></p><p>2023</p><p>Excerpt: "Oil and gas exploration, oil spills, rising sea levels, and subsidence also contribute to land loss in the region. Potter found that, in addition to tropical storms, oil pollution left behind from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepwaterHorizon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepwaterHorizon</span></a> spill in 2010 contributed to wetland degradation in Barataria Basin. The presence of oil likely damaged the marsh’s vegetation above and below the ground, reducing the stability of the surrounding soil and making the marsh more vulnerable to erosion. Heavily oiled wetlands experienced more loss than those that were less polluted, according to Potter. He noted that oil residues were still present in the basin in 2023."</p><p><a href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152778/hurricanes-have-left-their-mark-on-louisianas-wetlands" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">earthobservatory.nasa.gov/imag</span><span class="invisible">es/152778/hurricanes-have-left-their-mark-on-louisianas-wetlands</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BPLied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BPLied</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BPIsNotSorry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BPIsNotSorry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BPKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BPKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThanksBigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThanksBigOil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GulfStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GulfStates</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CleanUpYourMessBP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CleanUpYourMessBP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The Oil Company Behind the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepwaterHorizon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepwaterHorizon</span></a> Spill Wants to Do a Massive, Risky Drilling Project in the Gulf</p><p>July 11, 2025 </p><p>"What’s happening: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BP</span></a>, the company behind the worst <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilSpill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OilSpill</span></a> in U.S. history, is asking the Trump administration to allow it to drill a new, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UltraDeepwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UltraDeepwater</span></a> project in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GulfOfMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GulfOfMexico</span></a>.</p><p>"Why it matters: BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010 killed 11 people and released 4.9 million barrels of oil that blanketed the Gulf shoreline. It wiped out horrific amounts of marine life, cratered local economies, and left Gulf communities burdened with everything from health issues to unemployment.</p><p>"The conditions around BP’s new proposed project, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kaskida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kaskida</span></a>, could make it even more dangerous than the Deepwater Horizon. Kaskida would be in greater depths, where equipment would have to withstand higher pressures and temperatures.</p><p>"BP lacks experience operating this type of well and had not met required qualifications for using this drilling technology at the time of its application. It also vastly underestimates the impacts of another oil spill. We’re telling the government not to give BP another chance to contaminate the Gulf and disrupt coastal communities." </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BPLied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BPLied</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BPIsNotSorry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BPIsNotSorry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BPKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BPKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThanksBigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThanksBigOil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GulfStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GulfStates</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CleanUpYourMessBP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CleanUpYourMessBP</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Fifteen years after the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepwaterHorizon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepwaterHorizon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilSpill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OilSpill</span></a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> impact is still felt along the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GulfCoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GulfCoast</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Settlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Settlement</span></a> money is also nearing an end, leaving states like Louisiana searching for alternative funding sources for their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoastalRestoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoastalRestoration</span></a> projects.</p><p>Published 12:07 AM EDT, April 20, 2025</p><p>Video: <a href="https://apnews.com/video/fifteen-years-after-the-deepwater-horizon-disaster-environmental-impact-is-still-felt-along-the-gulf-coast-02667c10b1d04e3c8936a9679bcc8f41" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/video/fifteen-years</span><span class="invisible">-after-the-deepwater-horizon-disaster-environmental-impact-is-still-felt-along-the-gulf-coast-02667c10b1d04e3c8936a9679bcc8f41</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BPKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BPKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThanksBigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThanksBigOil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GulfStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GulfStates</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BPIsNotSorry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BPIsNotSorry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>YIKES! Please read and share this! </p><p>via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@UnicornRiot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>UnicornRiot</span></a></span> </p><p>"We’ve been forced to spend around $55,000 to date because of Energy Transfer’s legal campaign against our freedom of the press.</p><p>"We’ve only raised back $38,916 of this so far.</p><p>"Your donation helps us keep operating despite corporate attempts to silence us" </p><p><a href="https://donorbox.org/unicorn-riot-nodapl-legal-defense" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">donorbox.org/unicorn-riot-noda</span><span class="invisible">pl-legal-defense</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyTransfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyTransfer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPPs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoDAPL</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LegalDefenseFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalDefenseFund</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyTransfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyTransfer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandWithStandingRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithStandingRock</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandingRockSioux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingRockSioux</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousResistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousAllies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousAllies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DAPL</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthDakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthDakota</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandWithStandingRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithStandingRock</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPPsLawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPPsLawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Academi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrivateSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KelcyWarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KelcyWarren</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterProtectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterProtectors</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandingRockReservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingRockReservation</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Um, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> is ruining <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlanetEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetEarth</span></a>. Let's complain about that!!!</p><p>US lawmakers write to Canada to complain that its wildfire smoke is spoiling summer</p><p>July 9, 2025<br>Ali Abbas Ahmadi</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czjkgg0kk3lo?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/czjkgg0k</span><span class="invisible">k3lo?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigUglyBill</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Every Dirty Gift <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBill</span></a> Gives the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> Industry<br>Trump’s “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a>” has billions for oil and gas companies: tax breaks, deductions, and pay-to-play <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deregulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deregulation</span></a> </p><p>by Antonia Juhasz, July 10, 2025</p><p>"The new law compounds the already $17 billion in direct federal subsidies U.S. taxpayers pay to oil, gas, and coal companies every year. It cuts hundreds of billions of dollars in tax incentives for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a>, despite it being cheaper, healthier, more efficient, and more reliable than <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a>. As a result, the law threatens nearly a million U.S. jobs and will result in higher electricity and transportation costs for people living in every state in the continental U.S.</p><p>"The power of the fossil fuel industry over Trump and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> is on full display in their Big Beautiful Bill. Mike Sommers, president of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanPetroleumInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanPetroleumInstitute</span></a>, the fossil fuel industry’s largest lobbying group, told CNBC, 'It includes almost all of our priorities.' "</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-big-beautiful-bill-fossil-fuel-gifts-1235382436/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/politics/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-features/trump-big-beautiful-bill-fossil-fuel-gifts-1235382436/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/ARDGt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/ARDGt</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigUglyBill</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonLied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonLied</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalDeregulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDeregulation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MastersBidding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastersBidding</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpSucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a></p>
*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@Sanderde" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Sanderde</span></a></span> <br>CCS is a massive subsidy-mining scam. Just another way for the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> to bilk Canadian taxpayer while manufacturing consent to continue business-as-usual. And it looks like Carney is drunk on the Kool-Aid. 🤦♂️</p>
*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱<p>Le sigh…</p><p>“Fresh off his government passing Bill C-5 to get big developments built quickly in the country, Prime Minister Mark Carney is talking confidently, with an eye on two pivotal oil and gas initiatives that could make it onto Ottawa’s major projects list.</p><p>They also happen to be on the province’s wish list for accelerated federal approval: a new oil pipeline to the West Coast and a massive carbon capture network proposed by Canada’s largest oilsands producers.</p><p>“I am confident that my government will do everything we can so that those projects can be built,” Carney said in an interview Saturday, shortly before flipping pancakes at a Stampede breakfast in the city’s northeast.”</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CDNPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDNPoli</span></a><br><a href="https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/varcoe-mark-carney-oil-pipeline-ottawa-major-project-list" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu</span><span class="invisible">mnists/varcoe-mark-carney-oil-pipeline-ottawa-major-project-list</span></a></p>
*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱<p>“Energy minister leans on oil industry talking points in carbon capture announcement”</p><p>We’re cooked. ‘Responsibly produced oil’ and ‘clean LNG’ are oil-industry marketing terms.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FossilFools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFools</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CDNPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDNPoli</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/07/news/energy-minister-carbon-capture-announcement-oil-industry-talking-points" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nationalobserver.com/2025/07/0</span><span class="invisible">7/news/energy-minister-carbon-capture-announcement-oil-industry-talking-points</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>International Survey Shows 81% Back Forcing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> to Pay for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> Destruction</p><p>"People are no longer buying the lies. They see the fingerprints of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> giants all over the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/storms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>storms</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/floods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>floods</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/droughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>droughts</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> devastating their lives, and they want accountability," said the head of one green group. </p><p>by Eloise Goldsmith, Jun 19, 2025</p><p>"Large majorities of people around the world support both taxing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gas</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> companies for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalDamage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDamage</span></a> made worse by fossil fuels and using higher taxes on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/polluters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polluters</span></a> to support communities most impacted by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a>, according to the results of an international survey released Thursday.</p><p>"The study, which was jointly commissioned by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenpeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenpeace</span></a> International and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oxfam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oxfam</span></a> International, surveyed roughly 1,200 people in each of these 13 countries: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kenya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kenya</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philippines</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spain</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a>, and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>. The research was conducted by the data company Dynata, and field work was done between May 9-28, 2025. Greenpeace noted that, taken together, the countries represent close to 50% of the globe's population.</p><p>"The results of the survey showed a whopping 81% of those surveyed would support taxes fossil fuel companies to pay for damages wrought by 'fossil-fuel driven climate disasters.'</p><p>"These survey results send a clear message: people are no longer buying the lies. They see the fingerprints of fossil fuel giants all over the storms, floods, droughts, and wildfires devastating their lives, and they want accountability," said <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MadsChristensen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MadsChristensen</span></a>, the executive director of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenpeaceInternational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenpeaceInternational</span></a>.</p><p>" 'It's only fair that those who caused the crisis should pay for the damage, not those suffering from it,' he added.</p><p>Read more / listen:<br><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/international-survey-shows-81-back-forcing-big-oil-to-pay-for-climate-destruction" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/internat</span><span class="invisible">ional-survey-shows-81-back-forcing-big-oil-to-pay-for-climate-destruction</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigCoal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilLied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilLied</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sunoco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sunoco</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chevron</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanPetroleumInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanPetroleumInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShellOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShellOil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonLied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonLied</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BPLied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BPLied</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TaxThePolluters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxThePolluters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OilCompanies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChevronDoctrine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChevronDoctrine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MakePollutersPay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakePollutersPay</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WateIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WateIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a></p>
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