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On June 26, the Norwegian Ministry of Energy released a proposal for the first licensing round for mining of seabed minerals, setting out areas where companies could eventually apply for licenses. The proposal included a total of 386 blocks, constituting nearly 106,000 square kilometers (40,900 square miles), an area about the size of Iceland, that could potentially be used for mining activities.

The licensing round proposal included a three-month public consultation period, which closed Sept. 26.

Terje Aasland, Norway’s minister of energy, previously stated that he intended to begin awarding mining licenses in the “first half of 2025” with a view to starting commercial extraction in 2030.

The licenses due to be awarded will be exploitation licenses — not exploration licenses.

 

“To think we should be shipping around this gas as a climate solution is just plain wrong,” report author Robert Howarth, an environmental scientist, told the Guardian. “It’s greenwashing from oil and gas companies that has severely underestimated the emissions from this type of energy.”

It’s time to leave all fossil fuels in the ground — including gas!

 

Since it launched a notification system in 2022, IMEO has told companies and governments about more than 1,100 giant methane clouds escaping from oil and gas facilities. Yet the number of releases that it's verified have been halted "can be counted on two hands, maybe one," Caltagirone said.

The 12 members of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, which includes Saudi Arabia's Aramco, Exxon Mobil Corp. and China National Petroleum Corp., say they've halved emissions of the gas since 2017.

Yet methane emissions from the fossil fuel industry, including coal mining, remain close to a record level set in 2019 as supply continues to expand, according to International Energy Agency data.

Methane emissions from 13 of the world's major fossil fuel producing regions have risen 7% from 2020 to 2023, according to Kayrros SA, a satellite-data analysis company.

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The NSW Supreme Court has issued orders prohibiting a major climate protest, but the Newcastle Rising Tide protest will still go ahead.

 

Indigenous people, environmentalists and lawmakers of both parties fear more mining in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle could pollute Alaska’s waterways.

Archived link of the article

 

Indigenous people, environmentalists and lawmakers of both parties fear more mining in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle could pollute Alaska’s waterways.

Archived link of the article

 

“The scientific data we provide do not always align with common assumptions,” said co-author David Reich, a geneticist at Harvard University. “These findings challenge traditional gender and familial assumptions.”

"Instead of establishing new narratives that might also misrepresent these people's experiences, the genetic results encourage reflection on the dangers of making up stories about gender and family relationships in past societies based on present-day expectations,"

The study

[–] solo 2 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

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

[–] solo 2 points 2 months 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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 2 months ago

Archived link of an article from Haaretz:

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

[–] solo 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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.

[–] solo 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think I see what you mean. Still, I believe the priority is for this Genocide to be stopped and Israeli people have the duty I would say, to act towards this direction. General strikes that last long can be a great tool for political pressure.

[–] solo 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It looks like it's a one-day strike.

I hope many people participate, so that it goes on until a permanent ceasefire is achieved.

[–] solo 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think that maybe you misread the title?

[–] solo 24 points 2 months ago (11 children)

Relevant article:

Israeli Assault on Northern West Bank Marks New Phase of Genocide

As Israel escalates attacks, Palestinians are wondering whether the war on Gaza has now expanded to the West Bank.

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