Happy #bleptember until next year!
Happy #bleptember until next year!
Clarkia rubicunda - Ruby Chalice Clarkia
Photographed July 13, 2024 at McNee Ranch State Park just north of Montara
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#fossilfools sink eyesores down to the seabed. Not because it's cheaper, of course, but to attract scuba-diving tourists….to keep infrastructure in place, not in order to offset billions of dollars in liabilities, but to “offset” #globalwarming as exhausted oil fields are perfect for the storage of carbon emissions. (In May their minions, aka the federal government welcomed the idea, nominating seven oil fields as potential sites.) #Montara #Friendsoftheearth
In waters around Australia's coastline are about 1 million tonnes of pipelines, moorings, fixed rigs and floating vessels. Many are due for "decommissioning" and operators are contractually obliged to remediate the sites. But the cost is gargantuan, and not everyone wants to pay, writes Linton Besser.