Oil Wars vs Energy Transition (feat. Markham Hislop)
What another oil war means for Canada’s future
No more wars for oil
I just signed Greenpeace’s pledge to stand against Trump’s oil wars. Fossil fuel companies are already driving the greatest threat to humanity with the climate crisis. Will you join me in saying: no more wars for oil?
https://act.gp/3Z7qzHp
#warsforoil #greenpeace #FossilFuel #trump
No more wars for oil
Stand against Trump’s oil wars
South Africa Hosts Major <span class="caps">BRICS</span> Summit as Bloc Eyes Expanding in Global South to Counter Western Powers
BRICS — the five-country bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — is holding a monumental summit in Johannesburg this week where the group will discuss a number of major issues, including expanding membership and how to improve financial cooperation. Over 40 countries have expressed interest in joining BRICS, and 23 countries have formally applied to join the bloc, including Saudi Arabia, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Indonesia, Egypt and Ethiopia. The summit is a “very unstable situation,” as member countries vary greatly on priorities and many potential candidates for membership are “mostly tyrannies, carbon-addicted economies,” says Patrick Bond, director of the Centre for Social Change at the University of Johannesburg. “Some of these machinations are hegemonic projects to stop dissent at home and actually call for a unity that does not benefit the masses,” says South African activist and scholar Trevor Ngwane, who criticizes BRICS as “projecting a false hope to the masses” for posing as an alternative to U.S. and Western imperialism.
Racism at heart of US failure to tackle deadly heatwaves, expert warns
Jeff Goodell, author of The Heat Will Kill You First, found ‘engine of planetary chaos’ in travels from Antarctica to California
https://slate.com/technology/2023/08/nasa-nazi-history-von-braun.html
it’s hard to see von Braun’s transition from #Nazi rocketeer to American #hero as anything less than astonishing. After helping the U.S. #Army develop its #ballisticmissileprogram, he took a position in the newly established civilian space agency, #NASA, in 1960
#bullshitjobs #WarsForOil #globalboiling #SlaveLabor #militaryindustrialcomplex #X #TaxBillionairesOutOfExistence
The Nazis in the Space Program
Wernher von Braun was one of the most influential engineers in NASA’s history—and a Nazi.
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2023/08/paved-paradise-grabar
In a new book, Paved Paradise: How #Parking Explains the World (Penguin Press), Grabar illustrates how Americans have saturated their cities with parking. Along the way, they have demonstrated that they often care more about housing cars than housing people.
#HousePeopleNotCars #CarFreeCityCentersPlease #WarsForOil
Not-So-Free Parking
New book discusses how free parking spoiled cities for walkers, drivers, and residents
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The server for working journalists and news outlets on Mastodon. Home to active & retired journalists, media scholars, and a variety of news and journalism adjacent professionals. #Newstodon
https://impakter.com/military-exemptions-how-one-of-the-worlds-largest-polluters-gets-a-free-pass/
#WarsForOil: In its first 12 months, the Ukraine war has been estimated to emit 120 million tCO2e. That amounts to the annual output of Singapore, Switzerland and Syria combined. all the #militaries in the world combined are estimated to be responsible for 5.5% of global #greenhousegas #emissions, ranked fourth after India and ahead of Russia.
#keepitintheground #PeaceIsTheWay #BetterWorld #DistributedRenewablesReduceConflict #RenewablesAreDeflationary
Military Exemptions: How One of the World's Largest Polluters Gets a Free Pass - Impakter
Despite pledging to be more climate-friendly, military emissions don’t have to be reported on, raising concerns about their climate response
Arms, not democratic values, on parade as Macron hosts India’s Modi on Bastille Day
French President Emmanuel Macron rolls out the red carpet for Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Indian leader picked as guest of honour at this year’s July 14 Bastille Day military parade. But critics warn that by overlooking rights violations and democratic backsliding under Modi’s reign, France is sending the wrong message.
Julian Assange and Arnon Milchan: The Lopsided Scales of American Justice
One has boasted of espionage. The other revealed massive government wrongdoing. So why is the whistleblower in jail?
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Jan Kraft
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