I left Reddit much too late. I guess some habits can be hard to break. Then I spent some time on kbin/mbin/fedia, and I'll be staying here.
Btw I'm a non-binary trans person [they/she/he].
Representatives of ExxonMobil, Dow, BASF and Sabic are among the fossil fuel firms doing lobby at the plastics negotiations in South Korea
> Representatives of ExxonMobil, Dow, BASF and Sabic are among the fossil fuel firms doing lobby at the plastics negotiations in South Korea
> A “record” number of fossil fuel lobbyists have registered to take part in the last scheduled round of UN talks to agree a new global pact to tackle plastic pollution, according to the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL).
> Taken together, fossil fuel and chemical sector lobbyists would form the largest single delegation at the meeting in Busan,
Relevant podcast, transcript included:
“This war is not a civil war, it’s a counterrevolutionary war against civilians,” says Sudanese organizer Nisrin Elamin.
I mean, the war in Sudan precedes the genocide in Gaza by six months, and we didn’t get much coverage then. I think in fact, the movement in solidarity with Palestinians has opened up the space for people to want to know more about Sudan.
Have you ever wondered what the largest living organism on Earth is? Well, you might be surprised to learn that it's not a giant blue whale or a sequoia tree; it's a fungus!
> The humongous fungus grows throughout Malheur National Forest in Oregon's Blue Mountains. It spans over 2,385 acres — an area roughly the size of 1,665 football fields. Scientists estimate the organism to be around 8,000 years old.
24/7 Carbon-free energy matching – the game-changer of corporates’ sustainability
> A year ago, I highlighted 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE) hourly matching as the future of corporate energy procurement. Today it is steadily emerging in Europe with new buyers joining in beyond the traditional Big Tech trailblazers, Google and Microsoft. Now it’s time to take it mainstream.
Mathilde Do Chi, Expert on Food Law, Part 7: Mushrooms and Other Fungi Wonders
> Mathilde Do Chi is the CEO of Forward Food Law, a food law and regulatory consultancy in global alternative protein regulations. She is an international food law and regulatory consultant with expertise in alternative proteins, novel foods, the future of food, and much more.
I find this article to be to the point. Copy pasting a part of it.
Yet even as fires, floods, and heat waves become noticeably worse, Democrats and Republicans are further apart on the science of human-caused global warming than almost any other issue. Some observers have noted that the resistance to accepting climate science might not be about the science at all, but what attempts to fix the problem might entail. An experiment in 2014 found that Republicans who read a speech about the United States using environmentally friendly technologies to fuel the economy, versus a speech about enacting stringent environmental regulations and pollution taxes, were twice as likely as other Republicans to agree with mainstream climate science. In other words, it might be easier to just ignore a problem if you don’t like the proposed solution.
“When you make this shift from having an opinion to understanding the concern that underlies the opinion, it’s really a different kind of conversation,” Barish said.
The approach is reminiscent of “deep canvassing,” an outreach method developed by LGBTQ+ advocates that involves listening to people’s worries without judgment and helping them work through their conflicted feelings. Personal conversations like these have been shown to change people’s minds, with lasting effects.
Distinct regions are seeing repeated heat waves so extreme, they cannot be explained by climate models.
> Distinct regions are seeing repeated heat waves so extreme, they cannot be explained by climate models.
The director of Netflix’s “Buy Now!” says companies should be accountable for the trash they generate.
> Without explicitly using the term, Buy Now! makes the case for an alternative paradigm called the “polluter pays principle,” which holds that companies — not the public — should be held financially responsible for dealing with the waste they generate. In wonkier terms, the idea manifests as “extended producer responsibility,” or EPR, policies that typically require large companies to pay into a central fund for waste management and prevention. In the U.S., five states have passed EPR laws for packaging.
> Through interviews with former executives at Adidas, Amazon, and Apple, Buy Now! argues that consumer goods companies have knowingly abdicated their responsibility to the public good. Grist sat down with Bagenal to discuss the film and how she and her team of executive producers went about conveying the polluter pays principle to a general audience.
The Israeli settlers preparing to move to Gaza | Today in Focus | The Guardian
> While Palestinians are fleeing the war, one group of Israelis are planning for beachfront homes on the strip. Bethan McKernan and Ruth Michaelson report
The Israeli settlers preparing to move to Gaza
The group of Israelis that are planning for beachfront homes in the strip. Bethan McKernan and Ruth Michaelson report
> While Palestinians are fleeing the war, one group of Israelis are planning for beachfront homes on the strip. Bethan McKernan and Ruth Michaelson report
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EU countries were almost unanimous in their support for Israel following the Hamas-led attack on October 7.
> Only five EU states – Belgium, Latvia, France, Estonia and Cyprus – were in favour of a resolution adopted by the UN general assembly in September that demanded Israel end “its unlawful presence” in the occupied territories of Palestine within 12 months. Bulgaria, Austria, Sweden, Italy and Germany abstained. > > There has been a notable shift in the position of EU leaders since then.
> Some European states such as France, Spain, Italy, Belgium and the UK have reduced arms sales to Israel. But despite these policies, there is no EU arms ban on Israel. In fact, Germany provides one-third of Israel’s arms, and has even increased these exports in the second half of 2024.
> Yet in July 2024, the court said that states are “under an obligation not to render aid or assistance in maintaining the situation created by Israel’s illegal presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory”. This should arguably not only involve an EU ban on arms sales to Israel, but also a suspension of the EU’s trade agreement with Israel. Ireland and Spain have been pushing for the latter, but no decision has yet been taken.
> the recent arrest warrants are likely to have a powerful indirect effect.(...) So, EU states that continue to provide arms to Israel are arguably complicit in war crimes and crimes against humanity.
> And even if the EU government itself does not ban arms sales, citizens can ask their own courts to enforce such a ban. This type of case is already occuring in the Netherlands.
> EU states are firmly in agreement that only a two-state solution will increase the chances of security and peace in the region.
The committee’s honourable mentions went to ‘right to disconnect’ and ‘rawdogging’
3D printing Mycelium reinforced structures
> At the Institute of Architecture and Media at Graz University of Technology, the Shape Lab research group developed a new material named MyCera composed of clay, wood sawdust, and mycelium
> The research focuses on using mycelium as an intelligently oriented fiber reinforcement to increase the structural performance of 3D printed unfired clay elements and allow for bio-welding of fired elements.
> Mycelium has been proven to both increase the structural performance of clay 3D printed elements and act as a bio-binder between different pieces, creating a stable combined structure.
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Reality check on technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the air
> - Challenge 1: Scaling up > - Challenge 2: Energy requirement > - Challenge 3: Siting > - Challenge 4: Cost
> the world would need to generate billions of tonnes of CO2 credits at an affordable price. That prospect doesn't look likely. The largest DAC plant in operation today removes just 4,000 tonnes of CO2 per year, and the price to buy the company's carbon-removal credits on the market today is $1,500 per tonne.
> The researchers recognize that there is room for energy efficiency improvements in the future, but DAC units will always be subject to higher work requirements than CCS applied to power plant or industrial flue gases, and there is not a clear pathway to reducing work requirements much below the levels of current DAC technologies.
> "Given the high stakes of climate change, it is foolhardy to rely on DAC to be the hero that comes to our rescue."
The US has been a safe haven for illicit financial flows from environmental crimes due to lax anti money laundering requirements
> A new report by the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition looking at 230 environmental crimes in countries in the Amazon region provides new insights into how environmental crimes such as illegal mining, logging, and wildlife trafficking are being committed and how their associated profits are being laundered.
>Many prosecutors and investigators are currently failing to “follow the money” in environmental crime cases, the report found. In fact, only one in three analyzed cases involved a financial investigation. As a result, many cases yield low-level arrests and seizures while those who are really responsible for the crime – and are benefiting financially from this $281 billion a year illicit economy – walk free. This creates a vicious cycle in which environmental crimes are widely perceived to be “low-risk, high-reward”, thereby attracting increasing interest from criminal groups seeking to benefit. (...)
The 218 cruise ships operating in European waters in 2023 emitted the sulphur oxide (SOx) equivalent of a billion cars.
> The 218 cruise ships operating in European waters in 2023 emitted the sulphur oxide (SOx) equivalent of a billion cars.
>Illegal mining inside the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to spread, satellite data show, driving environmental devastation. Deforestation stayed at a near-record high in 2023, and preliminary data for 2024 shows that clearing continues apace....
> - The Okapi Wildlife Reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo protects vast tracks of primary Congo Basin rainforest, and is a stronghold for endangered species including the iconic okapi (Okapia johnstoni) and African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis). > - The reserve is also the home to Indigenous Mbuti and Efe forest peoples, who depend on forest resources. > - Deforestation in the reserve remained high in 2023, and continued to spread this year, according to satellite data from the Global Forest Watch platform. > - Illegal artisanal and semi-industrial gold mining within the reserve is driving deforestation, poaching and environmental destruction.
Cleaning up contaminated land is a struggle. Meet some of the community leaders who are taking matters into their own hands.
> Cleaning up contaminated land is a struggle. Meet some of the community leaders who are taking matters into their own hands.
The Haaretz news outlet called the decision ‘another step in Netanyahu’s journey to dismantle Israeli democracy’.
> Israel has approved a resolution to cut ties with the Israeli news outlet Haaretz and ban government funding bodies from communicating or placing advertisements with the newspaper.
> The government said its decision was due to “many articles that have hurt the legitimacy of the state of Israel and its right to self-defence, and particularly the remarks made in London by Haaretz publisher Amos Schocken that support terrorism and call for imposing sanctions on the government,” Haaretz reported on Sunday.
> “Like his friends [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, [Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan, and [Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor] Orban, Netanyahu is trying to silence a critical, independent newspaper. Haaretz will not balk and will not morph into a government pamphlet that publishes messages approved by the government and its leader,” the outlet added.
> “It dismisses the costs of both sides for defending the settlements while fighting the Palestinian freedom fighters that Israel calls ‘terrorists’,” he added.
> Following an Israeli public outcry over the comments, Schocken said that his mention of Palestinian freedom fighters did not mean Hamas.
Fungi offer huge unexplored potential to feed our growing population, providing nutritious and sustainable sources of protein.
> Fungi offer huge unexplored potential to feed our growing population, providing nutritious and sustainable sources of protein.
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I'll try to put things into some historical perspective, as briefly as I can.
NATO was supposed to be a stabilizing force against the Soviet Bloc. During the cold war that was the rational.
Some claim that it was a tool to confirm and maintain US military hegemony and I tend to agree with this take. After approx 1993, through its interventions this started to be more and more obvious, especially to those living in the global South.
My source for NATO supporting Israel come from NATO's site. Here are a couple of examples:
NATO Secretary General: “Israel does not stand alone”
Or "indirectly" by claiming in a joint press conference by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken
that we continue to believe clearly that the allegations of genocide are without merit
To my knowledge Chamberlain is pretty famous for his misjudgments. Anyways, thanks for answering my question
Honest question: has the USSR or Russia ever attempted to invade Canada? I only know that Canada had sent military around 1917 to fight against communism (well, what is called this way) but I don't know much more on the topic.
Arguing against NATO for the reasons they state just means more people will suffer like the Palestinians do.
I don't know why you say this. NATO has been supporting Israel, not Palestine
I liked very much the takes of most historians that are included but not the take of this video in general (I've seen approx half of it).
It seems to me like this video has a faulty starting point. Sure, the global north - left and right - still struggles to overcome the myth of the noble savage and I have the impression that the ecological Indian is a continuation of this linear eurocentric narrative.
The problem I see with this youtuber's take is well articulated in 44:25. For me this is definitely not a matter of properly categorizing past cultures in modern terminology, like environmentalism. It's about how cultures/civilisations are interacting with their environment in practice.
And this is why I really oppose the statement at 49:49.
The way I see things, the problem is not humanity. It's capitalism and the values it promotes. Sure, it has taken a hold of the world, but the solution cannot be blaming all humans. The solution is to imagine a world without it and do what we can towards this direction.
Very interesting links. Still, my understanding is that in this context privatisations and investments are not referring to the same approach.
@MicroWave@lemmy.world a gentle reminder. Please do try to keep count of how many articles you post in this community per day.
Rule 7: We didn't USED to need a rule about how many posts one could make in a day, then someone posted NINETEEN articles in a single day. Not comments, FULL ARTICLES. If you're posting more than say, 10 or so, consider going outside and touching grass. We reserve the right to limit over-posting so a single user does not dominate the front page.
I agree with you. Even after taking into consideration that a conviction will create fascist narratives like those mentioned in the article and most probably more of that kind.
I agree with what you say. Also about the headline, it was the one that was suggested from the "Generate title" thingy - so I just changed it to what is on the actual article.
The statement in your first paragraph (that you later try to prove as true) is flawed because it is eurocentric.
Eurocentric does not mean talking about Europe. It's about having a biased perspective that favors or exonerates western civilisations for crimes they committed. Among other things, of course.
Just finished it and I really enjoyed their analysis. I'll definitely check out more videos of this channel.
This reasoning sounds very eurocentric. You talk about monetary values - rich, poor, diamonds - without taking into consideration that other civilizations, have other values, and these should be respected. At least as a proof of actual decolonisation.
The issue with colonialism and coloniality is that it destroyed (and still does actually), the way of being of thriving communities around the world to the point they are not able to be self-sustained as they used to be, before the colonisers arrived there.
For me, saying "yes, but I didn't do it", is not acknowledgement because you live in a society still profiting of it (btw when I say "you", I hope it's clear it's totally not personal). It's a matter of coming to terms with that fact and then use it as a starting point for the conversation.
Reparations for what?
So many things to say, but I'll be super brief.
It's quite common that people who come from colonial countries, they are taught to ignore that one of the reasons that they currently have a higher standard of living as societies (not as individuals) in comparison to the places their ancestors went and colonised is because they took/expoited/stole/etc the resources from these places, including people. In the process the colonisers also trashed the place, as well as local, thriving communities.
So the way I see things, there are stuff that needs to be acknowledged first. Solutions come after.