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Don't blame people. Don't blame the whole world. Blame those who actually deserve it.

Blame the leaders of business and government in the world's richest nations. They are the ones actively destroying our climate and environment.
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Four wealthy nations — the United States, Canada, Norway, and Australia — account for the majority of planned oil and gas expansion over the next decade, according to new data published by Oil Change International.

The analysis, titled 'Planet Wreckers', notes that if those four Global North nations stopped their planned oil and gas extraction, 32 billion tons of carbon pollution would stay in the ground instead of being burned and released into the atmosphere where they fuel planetary heating. That's the equivalent of three times the annual global emissions created by burning coal.

"A handful of the world's richest nations remain intent on leading us into disaster. This is not just hypocrisy. It is a death sentence for communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis," Oil Change International's Romain Ioualalen said in a statement.

"It is sickening that countries with the highest incomes and outsized historical responsibility for causing the climate crisis are planning massive oil and gas expansion with no regard for the lives and livelihoods at stake," Ioualalen added.
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➡️ https://www.commondreams.org/news/oil-change-report-planet-wreckers

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual

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papiris 2d ago

@breadandcircuses I'm norwegian, living in the north. We've been brainwashed from a young age that "oil built this great welfare state, and we've gotta keep drilling to sustain ourselves".

It's a toxic half-truth. Oil brought riches yes, but our strong democratic institutions courtesy of the workers movement as well as civic society, is what ensured the riches were actually put to use for the sake of people.

We don't need to pump up another litre of oil or gas to stay rich, the profits from our sovereign wealth fund (although problematic by skimming off of others' hard work, investing in Israel and disregarding human rights) already cover 1/3 of our national budget. Bar societal collapse, which gets increasingly likely with every additional kg of co2e in the atmosphere, we'll keep raking in undeserved dough forever, enough to cover 1/3 of our natonal budget; even without pumping up more oil/gas or putting any more money into the fund.

Just Stop Oil

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AbortedOrange

@papiris @breadandcircuses man when I hear norwegians say "we can't stop with oil, that's all we have" it's the saddest and most infuriating thing ever.
Like, do you genuinely believe that you, your family, your friends, and every other person you share this country with, plus the country itself, is worth so little and has so little options?
Norway has the riches and political stability to do basically everything, stopping with oil instead of blaming other polluters should be a no-brainer

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AbortedOrange 2d ago

@papiris @breadandcircuses

The actual XR Norway campaign is something worth keeping an eye on rn:
https://social.rebellion.global/@XR_Norway/114693202724652310

Extinction Rebellion Norway (@XR_Norway@social.rebellion.global)

Attached: 1 video Join the climate movement from Europe and beyond this August for the biggest action against Norwegian Oil. Ever. 🔥🌎 Together we demand that Europe’s biggest fossil fuel producer PHASE OUT NOW‼️🛢️ 🔗 Go to the links in XR Norway’s bio to register/sign up for an intro call. #extinctionrebellion #climatechange #fossil fuel #phaseout

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