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jonasgoonface · 1 year
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maybe consider violence.
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thoughtportal · 8 months
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In this episode we explore a relatively new subgenre of science fiction called Solarpunk, which aims to imagine better, more ecologically harmonious, futures on earth. In many ways Solarpunk is a reaction to both the real-world climate crisis and to the many apocalyptic visions of collapse filling our screens. Andrew Sage from the YouTube channel Andrewism joins host Jonathan McIntosh and friend of the show Carl Williams for this conversation.
References & Links • The Andrewism YouTube Channel • Walkaway by Cory Doctorow • Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach • Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation • Fighting for the Future edited by Phoebe Wagner  • Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler • Princess Mononoke from Studio Ghibli • The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin • Emergency Skin by N. K. Jemisin • Monk and Robot book series by Becky Chambers • Dear Alice from THE LINE • Dear Alice’ Decommodified Edition by Waffle To The Left • Our History Is the Future by Nick Estes • 3000-Year-Old Solutions to Modern Problems by Lyla June  • Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher
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October 29, 2022 - Thousands of environmental activists clashed with riot police and private security as they charged a site to sabotage an industrial mega-basin that would privatize groundwater in Sainte-Soline, France. [video]/[video]
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nando161mando · 23 days
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Yesterday, water protectors and forest defenders shut down construction against the Mountain Valley Pipeline in #Appalachia.
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Yesterday, the federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault announced that his government is developing regulations that would allow for “treated” tailings wastewater to be drained into the Athabasca River as early as 2025, when the current ponds will run out of capacity.
Alberta's toxic tailings ponds — which cover an area over twice the size of the city of Vancouver and are growing daily — contain dangerous levels of mercury, arsenic, and naphthenic acids. Even after treatment, tailings remain high in salinity and naphthenic acids.
While the Minister also stated that this was not the only option being explored, it is the only option that is fast-tracking significant changes to the federal Fisheries Act. Releasing tailings effluent will not only have a detrimental effect on life within the Arctic Ocean Drainage Basin but will also significantly impact what little environmental protections are left for life-giving water across the settler state of Canada.
Our position remains unchanged, and we vehemently oppose the release of “treated” tailings. This is nothing more than another handout to oil companies that will allow them to continue to avoid their responsibility of reclamation and the high cost of cleaning up their own mess. Releasing tailings into the watershed is not a safe or just option for solving Alberta’s ever-growing tailings crisis.
This is a decision that accepts northern Indigenous communities and lands will remain a sacrifice zone for the profit of settler governments, southern populations, and some of the world’s richest mining corporations. Indigenous peoples have already been saddled with the burden of the negative impacts of oil sands extraction on their traditional homelands. This decision will impact Indigenous communities across this country already facing accessible clean water issues. Keepers of the Water demand Free, Prior, and Informed Consent before Canada enacts Fisheries Act regulation changes.
There are many harmful impacts from the oil sands production and leaking toxic tailings ponds, such as low water levels and loss or contamination of critical species, which have effectively forced Indigenous people off their own land. These impacts are exacerbated by increasing impacts from climate change and other expanding industrial activity that changes landscapes forever.
“There is no proven way to turn treated tailings into safe drinking water, but the government process is pushing for tailings release and nothing else,” said Jesse Cardinal, executive director of Keepers of the Water. “It is no coincidence that the oil industry, which is banking record profits, continues to push for ineffective half measures that hurt the communities.”
If Canada is serious about implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples then they need our Free, Prior and Informed Consent before releasing tailings into the water.
You can Take Action Today!
Send a letter to the Minister for Environment Climate Change Canada, Steven Guilbeault, and the Deputy Minister for Environmental Protection, John Moffet, that says NO to the release of “treated” tar sands tailings effluent into the Athabasca River. Link: https://www.keepersofthewater.ca/call-to-action
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For more information contact:
Jesse Cardinal - cell: 780-520-7108, email: [email protected]
Daniel T’seleie - cell: 867-444-0509, email: [email protected]
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caswarrenart · 2 years
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So excited to do this fundraiser print for the Line 3 Legal Defense Fund. 100% of the profit from these limited edition prints goes to help water protectors!!! Available here
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climatecalling · 7 months
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Minnesota law enforcement – which along with other agencies received at least $8.6m in payments from the Canadian pipeline company Enbridge – made more than 1,000 arrests between December 2020 and September 2021. The protesters, who identified as water protectors, were arrested during non-violent direct actions across northern Minnesota as construction of the 330-mile line expansion jumped from site to site, in what campaigners say was a coordinated strategy to divide and weaken the Indigenous-led social movement – an allegation Enbridge denies. Overall, at least 967 criminal charges were filed including three people charged under the state’s new critical infrastructure protection legislation – approved as part of a wave of anti-protest laws inspired by the American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec), a rightwing group backed by fossil fuel companies. ... Yet the vast majority of charges were eventually dismissed – either outright by prosecutors and judges or through plea deals, suggesting the mass arrests were about silencing and distracting protesters, according to Claire Glenn, an attorney at the Climate Defense Project. “It was obviously not about criminal sanctions or public safety because otherwise the prosecutors would not be dismissing these cases left and right. Enbridge was paying police to get people off the protest line and tied up with pretrial conditions, so they could get the pipeline in the ground, and it worked,” said Glenn, who has represented more than 100 Line 3 protesters including Vialard.
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the-aila-test · 1 year
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tinydumpsterfire · 1 year
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Just finished watching Wakanda Forever.
This beautiful story is filled with so much hurt and pain. A perfect encapsulation of the hurt and pain that the natives as felt, hispanic and latin people. Of the hurt and pain the Black people have felt, African Americans and those of mixed Afro ethnicity. Of the hurt and pain that Asian people have felt, Asian Americans and the natives of the Hawaiian islands. The hurt and pain that Jewish people have felt. The hurt and pain that we continue to feel today... In the "land of the free"
And in our pain we have clawed our way out. We have fought kicking and screaming to have our basic human rights. Rights that still to this day are ignored in favor of the system of white supremacy.
And in our pain, in our fight we have kicked down others who are equally oppressed. Allowing the colonizer to pit us against each other. When we should be our strongest allies.
And today, while there is still a struggle, we move more and more towards a future where we 100% have each-others backs. We share each other's stories, sign each others petitions, walk together in protest.
But that doesn't mean that with every step of the way the system won't fight back. Abortion rights, the pipe lines and oil drills. Schools banning books on the Lgbtqia+ community, Black and native history. Police brutality. Anti-Semitism. Hate crimes against APPI. Police raiding peaceful protests and arresting water protestors, POC, trans individuals. All for using their human right to speak their voice against destruction of their land, against violence and abuse again their communities.
We have a long way to go but its not FUCKING OVER!!
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commiepinkofag · 3 months
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Avert Climate Disaster/Subvert Disaster Capitalism
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Coal must be phased out 7x faster than is now happening, deforestation must be reduced 4x faster, and public transport around the world built out 6x faster than at present, if the world is to avoid the worst impacts of climate breakdown, 'new research has found'. [Guardian, 2023]
The 6 Year Plan:
Shutdown about 240 average-sized coal-fired power plants a year, every year between now and 2030.
Construct the equivalent of three New Yorks’ worth of public transport systems in cities around the world each year this decade.
Halt deforestation, which is happening to an area the size of 15 football pitches every minute, this decade.
Increase the rate of growth of solar and wind power from its current high of 14% a year to 24% a year.
Cut meat consumption from ruminants such as cows and sheep to about two servings a week in the US, Europe and other high-consuming countries by 2030.
Destroy Capitalism before it destroys us all
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queerbrownvegan · 1 year
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The Great Salt Lake is drying up and we need your help to help raise awareness. Just this past day I was in Utah with the @humblebloomco and @livecrude team where they took us on a trip to the Lake that is drying up in Utah. @saveourgreatsaltlake is an organization that works alongside people / community activists to bring awareness to this key lake that is giving life to humans and animals. The toxic dust that has been circulating as the lake continues to become a dumping ground, water is stolen for agricultural use, and continuous mining has depleted its water table.
When I was on here, my stomach instantly felt sick. How can something so sacred that gives life to many of us continue to be plundered? Water is life and they are a living system that moves into our bodies. It doesn’t make sense that local government politicians in Utah are failing at doing their job while being supported by multi-million-dollar corporations that continue lying. I’m angry and I'm sad, but I'm happy to be in a community with many BIPOC trying to regenerate this precious landscape. You save more money by giving respect and ensuring the continued wellness of ecosystems, than exploiting it for continued usage.
-qbv
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thatsleepymermaid · 2 months
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On top of the environmental clusterfuck that is Cop City, there is also a titanium mining company interested in mining the Okefenokee swamp.
If you don't know about the Okefenokee swamp it's an endangered ecosystem in South Georgia. Amazingly, it hasn't been protected as a national park yet despite it's infamy.
Good news; a few days ago, Twin Pines (the mining company) was fined 20,000 dollars for illegally collecting soil samples in the swamp
Bad news; The Okefenokee is still at risk for for being mined for all it's worth. The State of Georgia is still deciding on Okefenokee protected status.
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Multiple environmental groups are showing up to the capital this Monday (January 29 2024) in the South Wing of the Georgia State Capitol to show support for the organizations and people working to protect the Okefenokee swamp. This event is open to the public so everyone's welcome! There should also be a Livestream available as well.
If you can't make it please look up this list of actions you can do to protect the Okefenokee!
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thoughtportal · 1 year
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March 25, 2023 - 30.000 water defenders descended on the mega-bassin at Sainte-Soline, France, to stop the privatization of ground- and rainwater for the benefit of corporate agriculture.
In the pitched battle with riot police 200 protesters were injured, 40 of whom seriously, with police shooting tear gas grenades at head height and heavy use of explosive grenades. One protester, Serge, is still in a coma and fighting for his life after a police grenade exploded next to his head. [video]/[video]/[video]
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Hey, so... this is really important, and I don't see many people talking about it. Community activists and leaders predict that this merger will have a detrimental impact on waterways in the Fox River Valley (which runs from about-around Milwaukee, WI to Ottawa, IL). It also connects to the Chain O' Lakes and the Illinois River. The Fox River, Illinois River, and Chain O' Lakes are all MAJOR waterways in Illinois. The second and seventh largest cities in Illinois sit along this river.
This river is the primary source of drinking water for these communities. This merger is going to increase train traffic right along the river. The volume and length of trains will increase; some have predicted ten-fold. The rail infrastructure along the river is not built to accommodate the volume, length, or weight of this new traffic, given that most of it is a commuter rail line. A derailment will affect the drinking water for about 1 million people and the ecosystem of a 202-mile-long tributary of the Illinois River.
Most of the cities along the river are segmented by the river and, thus, also the tracks. There is a public safety concern with the increased volume and length of the traffic along these rails. Some communities have first responder stations (fire stations) on one side of the tracks and the nearest hospitals on the other. The 2 mi long trains running through this area will affect response times.
The STB just approved this merger and, in a statement, told the community that *IF* their concerns about the public health, safety, and environmental effects of this merger happen to be true AFTER THE FACT, then they'll increase oversight to mitigate any issues. But by then, it's TOO DAMN LATE. That would mean something disastrous has already occurred.
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allthecanadianpolitics · 10 months
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Posted by Gidimt'en Checkpoint Facebook page May 24, 2023:
The devastation to our toh (water) and yintah (land) is immeasurable. This is toh we drink. This is where the salmon start their lives. This is our sacred headwaters that feed EVERYONE downstream all the way to the west coast.
We knew this would happen. CGL tries to blame the climate crisis and being surprised/unprepared but the fact is they knew what they were getting into and simply don’t care.
CGL has a stop work order (ref: 20230027_OR001) from the EAO in the Gosnell Creek section EXCEPT for the work to cross Gosnell Creek!
This has to stop. These are the people within colonial government that can do something about it and are choosing not to. They clearly won’t listen to us so maybe they will listen to you. Be loud. Be persistent. We all live downstream.
Honourable George Heyman
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy
Honourable Josie Osborne
Honourable Josie Osborne
Compliance and Enforcement for Environmental Assessment
Christie Lombardi Compliance and Enforcement Officer
#AllOutForWedzinKwa
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