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[–] solo 1 points 8 hours ago

Thank you for pointing me towards the right direction, so I found the following link:

Precise, gentle and efficient - The cleanup system has been specially designed and tailored for this purpose. It is four meters deep and designed as a funnel with an opening at the bottom to ensure that fish and other marine life are not trapped when trawling for marine plastic.

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[–] solo 1 points 10 hours ago

Thank you for pointing that out, this part really does not make any sense. Not to sure what I had in mind, so I thought of making an edit with a strikethrough so that the sentence does make sense.

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Coca-Cola Must Face Greenwashing Lawsuit in D.C. (www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org)
submitted 14 hours ago by solo to c/climate
 

D.C. appeals court holds that environmental nonprofit can challenge beverage giant’s sustainability claims.

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The UN's COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan will focus on climate finance and raising funds for developing countries affected by the climate crisis.

Dubbed the “finance COP”,

[–] solo 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

To be honest, I don't know who's in the right here, ...

The way I see things, it's pretty clear. In the global south are the countries that suffer the most from the economic activities (to say the least) that come from the global north. Giving these badges to the global south NGOs is important as an effort to balance out how underrepresented these part of the world typically are, even tho they are most affected by actions of others ~~,namely the countries that got upset, or companies that come from there~~. Admittedly, I don't expect too much out of this specific climate conference due to the intense lobbying that takes place there. I'd love to be wrong on this one and be pleasantly surprised, for sure.

...but the article definitely feels like it’s taking a side, and the editorialized title makes that bias worse.

I believe it is important to accept that all media is biased, even if they try to portray themselves as neutral or objective (an easy example would be fox's fair and balanced sloggan). So I don't think that bias is a problem by itself, but performing impartiality totally is, and mainstream media do that for several reasons.

Still, I think a journalist or an outlet can be trustworthy, and this relies on their processes. They need to be honest and meticulous in their research (and perhaps something else that I didn't think of right now).

Edit: The strikethrough

 

The agency again failed to account for full environmental justice and climate impacts, opponents argue.

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It would be unfair to say these guys represent everyone in Israel, so I’m not going to say that. They said it themselves

[–] solo 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This looks like a very interesting project but I'm not sure I understand how the net works so it catches only plastics and not fish. Or are fish caught as well in this process?

[–] solo 1 points 3 days ago

If you have a specific one (or more!) in mind could you please share?

[–] solo 2 points 5 days ago

I see what you mean, so I need to make the following clarification.

My statement that you quoted is specific to the context of the anthroposcene topic. Not a general one, for all topics.

[–] solo 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Ok, tbh the understanding I got from rule 3 is that it was more flexible, in the sense that it says "may be removed", not "will be removed", but thank you for taking the time to clarify this.

[–] solo 2 points 5 days ago

Archived link of an article from Haaretz:

Israel's General Strike: Who's Working and Who's Not

[–] solo 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (8 children)

I understand what you say about the difference of posts and comments.

Reported as a copy/paste of a Mondoweiss article

Not too sure I understand to which rule this report would be based on anyway. And btw Mondoweiss is mentioned at the very top of the article. It's the same author, different outlets. Not a secret.

[–] solo 2 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Healthcare cooperatives formed by patients, hiring medical practitioners to take care of them and possibly for outside persons as well.

I wonder how is this going? I have limited knowledge on that sort of efforts but it's a topic that interests me.

I know of some cases of doctors self organising to provide their services. The longevity of the projects Ι have heard of varies. One of them did last for a few years, but I remember the last dentist left told me they got afraid of having their license to practice revoked.

Also in Chiapas the Zapatistas have been doing tremendous work on it. If I remember correctly from last time I checked, they mainly relied on local traditional medicines and had help some conventional doctors. I understand that this example is a totally different to the situation you are describing but I think it is slightly relevant in the broader sense of autonomous health services.

[–] solo 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I have to admit (even tho I understand the intentions behind it) I really don't like the term anthroposcene for many reasons. I don't think it reflects the issue. The issue is not humans in general. The issue is a tiny part of humans that are on top of the social hierarchies within a system we call capitalism. As a term, it also seems to me that it feeds this wrong linear narrative of human evolution that has been widely adopted in the west (cultures that have been traditionally colonizing), unfortunately by almost everyone, even the left.

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