MarcBaptista ⚜️

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#Filmmaker, #Animator running an online learning business. #VisualMedia #MakingThings and #Experimenting. Win some loose many…. traveling ‘from here to there’, and… visuals & motion…
Tax breaks on 'big, dumb' utes cost the public $250m

Australian taxpayers lost a quarter of a billion dollars in revenue in 2023 in a tax loophole for "big, dumb" utes, a report says.

Oh, what a feeling: The "Filthy Five" car companies polluting as much as coal mines | Climate Council

We've examined 2023 Australian car sales and identified five filthy car companies whose fleets are estimated to be responsible for as much domestic climate pollution as some of Australia’s biggest coal mines.

Climate Council

This. While we sit around wringing our hands. Preparation for housing US marines in Australia…

https://x.com/kirsty_howey/status/1785143517150621995

Dr Kirsty Howey (@kirsty_howey) on X

The bulldozers destroying habitat for endangered Gouldian Finches, black-footed tree rats and over 270 bird species at Binybara/Lee Point. This is a place beloved by thousands of people across Darwin. Its loss is a failure of our environment laws, and deeply upsetting.

X (formerly Twitter)

Despite all the NYT "but his age" articles, I sincerely appreciate how Biden is able to deliver a speech without making me wonder if he's actively having a stroke. I can't say that about the candidate who is ::checks notes:: 4 years younger and fighting 91 criminal charges

#SOTU

Oh, what a feeling: The "Filthy Five" car companies polluting as much as coal mines | Climate Council

We've examined 2023 Australian car sales and identified five filthy car companies whose fleets are estimated to be responsible for as much domestic climate pollution as some of Australia’s biggest coal mines.

Climate Council
What links Rishi Sunak, Javier Milei and Donald Trump? The shadowy network behind their policies

The Atlas Network’s dark-money junktanks are behind neoliberal policies around the world, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian
Car bloat: bad for safety, bad for the planet. Should owners pay up? - Marketplace

Car prices, taxes and fees should reflect the vehicles' societal impact, says David Zipper of the MIT Mobility Initiative.

Marketplace
Call me all the names you want – I won’t stop telling the truth about livestock farming

I’ve been accused of being a ‘soyboy’ and ‘in the pay of Big Lettuce’ by one of the most destructive industries on Earth, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian
Australia, India May End Up with Glut of Gasoline Cars, Carbon Tracker Says

Nations slow to adopt electric vehicles are likely to end up with a glut of used gasoline cars if they fail to accelerate the shift to electrification, according to a report by London-based think-tank Carbon Tracker.

Bloomberg
Poverty is not an accident, it's a deliberate design feature of Modern Day #Capitalism
#socialjustice #inequality
https://therealnews.com/american-poverty-is-a-calamity-by-design
American poverty is a calamity by design

Sociologist Matthew Desmond explains the roots of poverty in America in exploitation, and the willful policies at all levels of government that keep people trapped in precarity.

The Real News Network