toussaintAug 24, 2023

The people we pay to protect us from #CorpoCrimeWave are the ones we really need protection from. There is no amount to low for which they will not sell us out. All we have is us

"Public Health Watch discovered that the EPA and Texas had ignored warning signs at ITC for nearly two decades prior to the 2019 catastrophe. After the fire was extinguished, dangerous levels of the carcinogen benzene infused nearby neighborhoods for weeks"
#climate #ClimateCrisis #climatechange https://gijn.org/2023/08/16/journalistic-teamwork-uncovered-regulatory-failure-texas/

How Journalistic Teamwork Uncovered Years of Regulatory Failure in Texas

Public Health Watch reporters David Leffler & Savanna Strott go behind the scenes on their investigation into a massive Texas chemical fire.

Global Investigative Journalism Network
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we are paying for the rope around our necks
#CapitalismIsKillingYOU
#climate #ClimateCrisis #climatechange
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/total-spending-fuel-subsidies-topped-7-trillion-2022-imf-says-2023-08-24/?taid=64e76bbd6bdd380001065def&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
Total spending on fuel subsidies topped $7 trillion in 2022, IMF says

Global subsidies for fossil fuels rose by $2 trillion over the past two years to reach a record $7 trillion in 2022, according to new estimates from the International Monetary Fund.

Reuters
Aug 24, 2023 at 2:43pmWeb
Show threadMaxilo OveritAug 24, 2023

@toussaint

It's not that we're paying too much, it's that the money we're paying isn't protecting us from the future. We should have rolled back fossil fuel subsidies in the 70s and ratcheted up taxes instead to compensate for future harms in the 80s, and that money spent on environmental projects, such as rethinking cities, transportation, energy, and charging profiteers future-harm-adjusted prices for access to resources.