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> ... the thing about fossil fuels, the reason why they have become so deeply entrenched in our lives is not just because they produce energy, but it’s because they produce a kind of energy that interacts with structures of power in very specific ways. So, for example, consider China.. the leader in the production of renewable energy. But imagine if China were able to completely reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and switch to renewable energies. It would completely overturn the geopolitical order of the world...
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“A Process of Violence”: Indian Author Amitav Ghosh on How Colonialism Fueled the Climate Crisis

As talks at the Glasgow U.N. climate summit accelerate, we look at how the roots of the climate crisis date back to Western colonialism with award-winning Indian author Amitav Ghosh, who examines the violent exploitation of human life and the natural environment in his new book, “The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis.” Ghosh speaks about the political significance of fossil fuels in global politics, saying that “if fossil fuels were to be completely substituted at scale, what you would have is the complete inversion of the world’s geopolitical order.” Ghosh’s previous books include “The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable” and the novel “Gun Island.”

Democracy Now!
Oct 7, 2025 at 11:09pmWeb
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> ... geopolitics.. depends on the shipping of fossil fuels, you know, through these particular chokepoints. Two of the most important chokepoints are the Strait of Hormuz and the Strait of Malacca. And, you know, something like 40% of the world’s oil ship through these chokepoints every day. So, on controlling these chokepoints depends, actually, Western geopolitical dominance. And if fossil fuels were to be completely substituted at scale, what you would have is a complete inversion of the world’s geopolitical order.
#FossilFuelShipping
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> ... you could even say that India spearheaded some of these movements. We had a movement called the Chipko movement, when women hugged trees to prevent their being cut down. But, you know, one of the sort of really, really positive things that I see in the world today is that even high courts and supreme courts are beginning to recognize these ideas. I mean, in New Zealand recently, there was a judgment from — I think it was the Supreme Court — that recognized the personhood of a river.
#RadicalEmpathy #ChipkoMovement
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/11/10/the_nutmegs_curse
“A Process of Violence”: Indian Author Amitav Ghosh on How Colonialism Fueled the Climate Crisis

As talks at the Glasgow U.N. climate summit accelerate, we look at how the roots of the climate crisis date back to Western colonialism with award-winning Indian author Amitav Ghosh, who examines the violent exploitation of human life and the natural environment in his new book, “The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis.” Ghosh speaks about the political significance of fossil fuels in global politics, saying that “if fossil fuels were to be completely substituted at scale, what you would have is the complete inversion of the world’s geopolitical order.” Ghosh’s previous books include “The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable” and the novel “Gun Island.”

Democracy Now!
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> ... their ideas about the sacredness of the Earth were very important to that movement, you know? It’s not necessarily something that you or the press always emphasizes. But, in fact, the longevity of that movement, the resilience of that movement really depends on Native American ideas of the sacredness of the Earth, of the vitality of the Earth.
#NativeAmericans #IndigenousStories #IndigenousViews #IndigenousIdewas #SacredEarth #VitalEarth #LivingEarth
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> ... move away completely to a different way of envisioning the Earth, you know? I am a writer, and so I think stories play a very fundamental part in this. But I do think this can actually have an important political impact.
> I mean, if you look at the people who have resisted fossil fuel industries most effectively in America, they’re Indigenous peoples.
#FossilFuelStories #IndigenousPeoples #PrimaryPeoples #PrimaryStories