Energy crisis revives push to drill in Philippines’ largest intact wetland https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/energy-crisis-revives-push-to-drill-in-philippines-largest-intact-wetland/

#Philippines #environment #wetland #wetlands #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #drilling

BP sued in Kenya over alleged toxic waste from 1980s oil exploration https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/04/bp-sued-in-kenya-over-alleged-toxic-waste-from-1980s-oil-exploration/

#Kenya #environment #energy #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #oil #waste #BP

Yesterday was close to 80ºF/26ºC.

Today's 45ºF/7ºC.

They even forecast possible SNOW flurries.

I admit a part of me really, really wants Iran to fuck up the world fossil fuel status quo.

#climatechange #fossilfuel #gas #pollution #energy #green

Links for 4/18/26

The Rise of Homo Idioticus: Are We Getting More Stupid?

What’s Really Happening With AI Data Centers

How Epstein Channelled Race Science and ‘Climate Culling’ Into Silicon Valley’s AI Elite

AI is struggling

Data Poisoning: The Fatal Flaw in Mass Surveillance

How 19th-Century Scientists Predicted Global Warming

“Simply Cann

https://www.kawentzmann.de/exotic-blog/asides/links-for-4-18-26/

#australia #ClimateChange #FossilFuel #technology #WindPower

RE: https://omfg.town/@dansinker/116420494226950633

Imagine if all the speculative profits on AI was instead invested in proper railroad network.

It would actually create jobs, make everyone's lives better AND help fight climate change.

But no, because fast profit is the only thing that matters.

#trains #climatechange #car #fossilfuel

Very cogent but scary **MUST READ** & please boost!

“The Fossil Fuel System Is Collapsing – and Taking Civilisation’s Safety Net With It”

by Nafeez Ahmed, Divyesh Desai and Sandrine Dixson-Declève in Byline Times on Substack

@palestine
@Palestine
@[email protected]
@iran
@UKLabour
@ZackPolanski

“The war on Iran has broken five critical systems at the same time — energy, food, industry, pharmaceuticals and government finances — and each failure is feeding every other in a self-reinforcing spiral. The fossil fuel system driving it all was already in structural collapse before the first missile was fired. The war has accelerated a process that physics and geology had set in motion long before it. There is no return to normal”

https://open.substack.com/pub/bylinetimes/p/the-fossil-fuel-system-is-collapsing

#Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Hormuz #Empire #Collapse #US #FossilFuel #Civilisation #Collapse #SystemFailure #Fertiliser #Medication

The Minns #labor govt is still committed to #RoadUser charges for #BEVs and #Hybrid #EVs. A flawed tax policy IMHO. I do not yet own an BEV but this road tax is a sure disinsentive to buy one at a time when all govts ought to insentivise EVs like crazy.

I calculated that it would cost me over $500 a year in tax to run an EV under that policy (not counting servicing the vehicle, charging expenses, tyres, registration, insurance, etc.) while ammortising what is still an expensive vehicle over the life of the battery (about 10 yrs or a little more).

The loss of fuel tax (do States get a cut of this?) can easily be made up with higher taxes on #FossilFuelIndustries. We need to phase most of them out of the economy anyway.

This is supposed to be a #Labor govt… it’s not. It’s as neoliberal as the #LNP was 6 years ago and still supporting #FossilFuel despite the rhetoric on #Electrification.

#AusPOl #NSW

“Minns said the government remained committed to its road user charge, set for July 2027, putting a fee of 2.97 cents a kilometre for an EV and 2.37c/km for a plug-in hybrid.” (Source: The Guardian)

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/14/minns-promises-more-fast-chargers-and-electric-trucks-in-revamped-ev-policy?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other