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Mainly interested in climate change, but also politics - Australia, US, UK primarily.
Not a techie but I think technology is a principal route to mitigating and adapting to fight climate change. Was a remedial reading teacher before retirement. #photography #politics #philosophy #climateCrisis

šŸ””šŸ“¢ The CLIMATE BRAWL you have been waiting for live on YouTube Tuesday, Nov. 29th, 1PM (ET). šŸ•

šŸ‘‰ https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qmev8btSm68 -

The debate between myself and the noted climate denier Tony Heller.

#ClimateBrawl #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

Climate Brawl Debate: Tony Heller vs Gerald Kutney

YouTube
Big polluters given almost €100bn in free carbon permits by EU

Free allowances ā€˜in direct contradiction with the polluter pays principle’, WWF report says

The Guardian
Dr. @MichaelEMann
may well be the most hated scientist in conservative America, especially for his peer-reviewed studies, including "THE GRAPH," which upsets their deep devotion to climate denialism.
https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32KW973
Video falsely claims scientists exaggerated 'hockey stick' climate chart

A speaker in a video viewed hundreds of thousands of times on social media claims scientists removed data from a graph to exaggerate global warming. This is false; the chart includes global data that make regional warming stand out less, and such periods do not disprove human-caused climate change.

Fact Check
Finnish energy industry stunned by government’s high windfall tax plan https://ift.tt/30OeqPI
Finnish energy industry stunned by government’s high windfall tax plan

Energy companies are worried about the government’s recently announced windfall tax proposal, which plans to

EURACTIV

RT @[email protected]

SKA: Construction to begin on world's biggest telescope. Astronomical article by @[email protected] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-63836496

šŸ¦šŸ”—: https://twitter.com/DavidBflower/status/1599593314243596293

SKA: Construction to begin on world's biggest telescope

Ceremonies in Australia and South Africa mark the start of building for the Square Kilometre Array.

BBC News

Human Rights victory

Iran abolished its morality police after the death of a woman they arrested over the strict Islamic dress code ignited months of protests.

The decision was a major victory for feminists who have sought for years to dismantle the morality police and for the protest movement sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in the force's custody. NYTimes

The lies told by the 'somewhere over the rainbow' Brexiteers
https://adambienkov.substack.com/p/the-lies-told-by-the-somewhere-over
The lies told by the 'somewhere over the rainbow' Brexiteers

Faced with the harsh economic reality of leaving the EU, Brexiteers are being forced to adopt a new tactic to defend their failing project

Folded with Adam Bienkov

This is a Western Media Paying Attention toot, boosting this editorial from The Guardian. It's a good piece to share with your liberal friends who might be open to learning more:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/27/the-guardian-view-on-modis-india-the-danger-of-exporting-hindu-chauvinism

"When the US state department recently told a court that the Saudi Arabian crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, should have immunity in a lawsuit over the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi... it pointed to a rogues’ gallery of foreign leaders previously afforded similar protection. Nestling between Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe... and Congo’s Joseph Kabila... was India’s Narendra Modi."

The Guardian view on Modi’s India: the danger of exporting Hindu chauvinism

Editorial: New Delhi’s foreign policy won’t be insulated from its domestic politics, which demonise India’s 200 million Muslims

The Guardian

This is an #India media landscape toot:

India's already very pro-corporate, pro-government media is about to get worse, as the world's third richest man, Gautam Adani, takes over one of the most prominent news outlets not already under the BJP's thumb

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-63713572

Adani owns lots of coal mines, sand mines, coal ports, power stations, and generally does a lot of human rights violations or runs up against and then subverts government regulations. He has become enormously wealthy under the BJP and is widely considered one of the two main oligarchs pulling the strings for the party, with religious leaders largely playing an up-front role, and capital reaping the benefits of an increasingly undemocratic and unregulated business atmosphere

NDTV: How Gautam Adani will run India's top news network

Gautam Adani, Asia's richest man, buys India's most trusted 34-year-old news network. What will it change?

BBC News

I’ve been saying this for years.

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