New Effort on the Runway to Raise #Climate Funds
A small group of countries is aiming to impose a fee on #privatejets and premium commercial fares.
“Those who #pollute more should contribute more, and a levy on premium fliers can generate billions for climate resilience, adaptation and sustainable development,” said Maria del Mar Fernández-Palacios at the #COP30 climate talks to draw other countries to join the Premium Flyers Solidarity Coalition
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/climate/private-jet-tax-climate.html
https://archive.ph/tg5KM
#pollute
#Fossilfuel burning poses threat to #health of 1.6B people, data shows
#Carbondioxide, the main #greenhousegas from fossil fuel burning, does not directly damage health, but leads to #globa heating. However, #coal and #oil burning for power generation, and the burning of #fossilfuels in industrial facilities, #pollute the #air with particulate matter called PM2.5, which has serious health impacts when breathed in.
#ClimateTrace launched a new interactive map!
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/24/fossil-fuel-burning-threat-health-16bn-people-data-shows #climate
I thought that plug-in hybrid #ElectricVehicles might be a reasonable #ClimateCrisis compromise given how expensive non-hybrid EVs can be. Turns out that they #pollute almost as much
Bryce Edwards rightly roasts the #Aotearoa / #NewZealand government for dropping the ball on #climateChange and #methane. #Agriculture contributes 5% of GDP, and holds the rest of us to ransom, "justifying" it with junk #science. They #pollute and reap in the profits while we pay the price. This is appalling #climate #policy. #nzpol #Pollution https://theintegrityinstitute.substack.com/p/integrity-briefing-lobbying-against
#Thames Water wants to #pollute #illegally until 2040. #Ofwat must say NO
#Petition - We Own It
Dear Chris Walters, interim CEO of Ofwat,
Thames Water wants to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say no.
Deadline: Tuesday 21st October
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/petition-ofwat-must-say-no-to-thames-water-creditors
#ThamesWater #greed #sewage #corruption #EcoCrime #water #feces #pollution
#WeOwnIt #RedReform #ToxicLabour #Starmer #Labour #WildSwiming #HealthRisks
Study shows which #vehicles #pollute the least in every #US county
The study compares internal combustion engine powertrains with #hybrid, 35- and 50-mile range plug-in hybrids, and 200-mile, 300-mile, and 400-mile #batteryelectric powertrains across compact and midsize sedans, small and midsize SUVs, and pickup trucks, using a life cycle assessment model developed by Argonne National Laboratory and data of model year 2025 vehicles from the #EPA.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/08/study-shows-which-vehicles-pollute-the-least-in-every-us-county/
Dedi Supriadi swings his hoe into the soil at his aubergine and cucumber farm – land where he once dug for gold in the hamlet of #CitorekKidul in #Indonesia.
The mountainous region is scarred by illegal #GoldMining , where workers carve deep into hillsides and caves and risk their lives in the process.
Tempted by the traces of #gold left behind by a former state-run mine, Aneka Tambang #ANTAM , villagers have turned to small-scale #IllegalMining , driving #deforestation and using #toxic chemicals like #mercury and #cyanide that #pollute water and kill #wildlife.
Critics and $environmentalists have called for stricter measures to stop the practice and encourage a return to traditional and less destructive ways of life like #farming.
A police crackdown and signs of change, such as several #miners recently switching to farming, have raised hopes of a possible turning point in the effort.
https://www.eco-business.com/news/from-indonesias-poisoned-gold-tunnels-miners-look-to-farming
#AsianMastodon #TootSEA #SouthEastAsia #EcoNews #ecological #environmental
#Plastics now #pollute every #ecosystem on Earth, and the #chemicals they carry are making their way into #human #bodies worldwide. These substances can #interfere with #hormones, #harm #reproductive systems, and #trigger #disease. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16082025/toxic-plastic-chemicals-poison-landfill-workers/
The #Caribbean is changing how it gets electricity. Many countries in the region still rely on old systems that use oil and gas. These are expensive and #pollute the air. Now, governments want to switch to cleaner and cheaper #energy sources. https://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/un-wind-and-water-powering-the-caribbeans-future/
#TaxTheRich, it’s a decent start
Posted by Bluebird | Mar 12, 2025
"As incredible as it may seem, just a handful of #billionaire #Mainers could fund the state for years out of their own pockets and still live out their lives as multimillionaires. So when socialists say tax the rich, we mean more than raising what billionaires pay by 1% or 2%, we mean raising their taxes by 25% or 50% or more to start with. We mean we should take back the wealth they have collected by exploiting all the people who have worked for them, all the land they have stolen, and all the resources they have grabbed all around the world. In the meantime, socialists often support smaller measures whenever we feel like they are a way to raise funds to help our class, raise consciousness, and build organization.
However, increasing taxes on the wealthy isn’t a permanent solution to the persisting problems of #capitalist society. It’s a good start, but it’s not enough.
[...]
"By all means tax [the wealthy] at a rate of 95%, 99%, 100%, 200%! Take back everything they have stolen from us. Truly solving the causes of social inequality cannot happen until the property of the capitalist class has been expropriated, but for the reasons explained above, simply taxing them at any rate will prove ineffective given enough time.
"Moreover, tax increases tend to antagonize capitalists. Sooner or later, as we are seeing very clearly now in Washington, they will transform their economic might into raw political power to claw back even the small social costs that generations of #SocialMovements and trade unions have imposed on them. During such times, as grim as our prospects may seem, it becomes clearer than ever that so long as the capitalists have all the power, even the most progressive public policy can only be temporary.
"How much longer will capitalist industry be allowed to #pollute the planet? How many more times does the economy have to crash? How many more wars will we be forced to fight on the behalf of these #RobberBarons? How many more lives will be ruined by #debts, mass #layoffs, denied insurance claims, and more? Why should we tolerate a system that exploits those whose labor keeps society functioning?"
Read more:
https://pineandroses.org/opinion/www-pineandroses-org/
#MaineDSA #Socialism #CapitalismMustDie
“#Trump’s order will unleash the chain saws & bulldozers on our federal #forests,” said Randi Spivak, the #PublicLands policy director for the Center for Biological Diversity, an #environmental group. “#Clearcutting these beautiful places will increase #fire risk, drive species to #extinction, #pollute our #rivers & #streams, & destroy world-class recreation sites,” she said.
#law #ClimateCrisis #conservation #ecosystems #habitats #Wildlife
The move appears aimed at increasing domestic supply as #Trump threatens #tariffs on #timber imports from #Canada, #Germany, #Brazil & elsewhere. #Environmental groups say increased #logging would decimate American #forests, #pollute #air & #water & devastate #wildlife #habitats.
And because trees absorb & store carbon dioxide, a #GreenhouseGas, cutting them down releases it back into the atmosphere, adding to #GlobalWarming.
Charcoal Storage, Bassens Harbour, France. August 2006. Ref-1020
https://www.denisolivier.com/photography/charcoal-storage-bassens-harbour-france/en/1020
#fuel #chemical #product #rejection #factory #industrial #dangerous #machine #chemistry #slagheap #industry #pollution #pollute #coal #atmosphere
Your Scented Wax Melts Can #Pollute Indoor Air as Much as a Diesel Engine https://flip.it/C_W-fi
#CensoredNews: United Nations #COP16 #Biodiversity Conference in Colombia
October 22, 2024
"#CaseyCampHorinek, #Ponca, is at COP16 in Cali, Colombia today. "The Ponca Nation is on the ground here at COP16 in Colombia, trying to raise up the issue of #FalseSolutions to the climate conference, like #CarbonCredits and #BiodiversityCredits that are killing #nature.' She said #FossilFuels must be phased out.
"The #PoncaNation is among the nations of the world that have followed #Ecuador's lead and recognized the #RightsOfNature by law.
Casey Camp-Horinek, Ponca, spoke today on false solutions, including carbon credits which allow #corporations to continue and #pollute. 'Don't give them permission to murder.'"
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10/live-from-united-nations-cop16.html
#RightsofNature #Biodiversity #PeaceWithNature #IndigenousRights #ClimateAction #COP16 #WECAN #ProtectOurPlanet #GBF #KMGBF #BiodiversityProtection #UNBiodiversity
Agrochemical industry goes after critics and their families.
"The profiling is part of an effort – that was financed, in part, by US taxpayer dollars – to downplay pesticide dangers, discredit opponents and undermine international policymaking, according to court records, emails and other documents obtained by the non-profit newsroom Lighthouse Reports.
More than 30 current government officials are on the membership list, most of whom are from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)."
#Pollute
#CA filed #lawsuit v #oil giant #ExxonMobil for role in creating M of tons of #plastic that #pollute #land #water #human bodie all while promoting idea that most consumer #plastics are #recyclable something that’s simply not true. ExxonMobil has been “deceiving Californians for 1/2 century” by using “misleading public statements, slick marketing” that promised recycling would be able to address enormous amount of plastic waste in world produced by ExxonMobil’s #polymers. https://gizmodo.com/california-sues-exxonmobil-for-promoting-the-lie-that-all-plastics-are-recyclable-2000502233
To those who remain on #X ...
You are aiding and abetting a dangerous #ManBaby in his efforts to:
1. Promote #WhiteSupremacy
2. Promote #mysogeny
3. Undermine #legal institutions,
4. Breach the #OuterSpace #treaty
5. Increase #ClassInequality
6. Waste and #pollute scarce #NaturalResources, thereby further exacerbating the #ClimateCrisis,
7. Destroy #Democratic institutions, and
8. #Elect a #fascist #narcissist suffering from #dementia
In #NYC and elsewhere, #ClimateProtesters say pace of change isn’t fast enough
By SETH BORENSTEIN
September 20, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — "Six years after a teenage #GretaThunberg walked out of school in a solitary #Climate{rotest outside of the Swedish parliament, people around a warming globe marched in youth-led protest, saying their voices are being heard but not sufficiently acted upon.
"Emissions of heat-trapping gases and temperatures have been rising and #OilAndGas drilling has continued even as the protests that kicked off major weeklong climate events in New York City have become annual events. This year, they come days before the #UnitedNations convenes two special summits, one concentrating on #SeaLevelRise and the other on the future.
"The young people who organized these marches with #FridaysForFuture said there is frustration with inaction but also hope. People marched in #Berlin, #RioDeJaneiro, #NewDelhi and elsewhere, but the focus often is in New York City because of #ClimateWeekNYC. Diplomats, business leaders and activists are concentrating their discussions on the money end of fighting #ClimateChange — something not lost on protesters.
"'We hope that the government and the financial sector make polluters pay for the damage that they have imposed on our environment,' said #Uganda Fridays for Future founder #HildaFlaviaNakabuye, who was among a few hundred marching in New York Friday, a far cry from the tens of thousands that protested in a multi-group mega-rally in 2023.
"The New York protest wants to take aim at 'the pillars of #FossilFuels” — companies that #pollute, banks that fund them, and leaders who are failing on climate, said Helen Mancini, an organizer and a senior at the city’s Stuyvesant High School."
#ClimateWeek #ClimateProtests #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #FridaysForFuture #BigOilAndGas #Greenwashing
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