the production of one of the fuels could emit air pollution that is so toxic, one out of four people exposed to it over a lifetime could get cancer
Catocala species
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve Unit, Wisconsin, USA
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“Almost half of products cleared so far under a new US federal ‘biofuels’ program are not, in fact, biofuels
And it gets worse. Such fuels specified by the act were chosen merely because they were the most profitable – not climate or human health friendly - alternatives because they complement Big Oil’s existing business model and operations however they options are SUPER UBER OVER-THE-TOP toxic and cancer causing.
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“The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently gave a Chevron refinery the green light to create fuel from discarded plastics as part of a climate-friendly initiative to boost alternatives to petroleum. But, according to agency records obtained by ProPublica and the Guardian, the production of one of the fuels could emit air pollution that is so toxic, one out of four people exposed to it over a lifetime could get cancer.
“That kind of risk is obscene,” said Linda Birnbaum, former head of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. “You can’t let that get out.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/23/climate-friendly-us-program-plastics-fuel-cancer
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Like the severe staffing shortage at the EPA, with Washington, words either don’t match action or are sabotaged in a way that isn’t making the news as much. This is how humankind goes extinction:
“The U.S. Has Billions for Wind and Solar Projects. Good Luck Plugging Them In.
An explosion in proposed clean energy ventures has overwhelmed the system for connecting new power sources to homes and businesses.”
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“How this company plans to use Earth’s heat to cool the planet
Geothermal energy from Earth’s crust could be used to pull carbon out of the sky”
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America is a whelcher on money promised to help developing nations combat climate the West’s destruction of the globe’s climate:
‘We have no time to lose’: Ban Ki-moon criticises climate finance delays
Former UN secretary general calls for rich countries to honour promises made to the developing world after years of failure
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America’s influence:
“Nigeria's election: Candidates ignore climate change
Nigeria has been badly hit by climate change, resulting in desertification, a shrinking Lake Chad in the north, flooding in the center and coastal erosion in the south. Yet the issue hasn't played a role in campaigning.”
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“Emancipation in Crisis”
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“There is a basic premise of emancipatory practice in the unfolding world crisis of capital that simply cannot be abandoned. It is necessary to tell people what is going on. What most people suspect or only vaguely feel must be clearly stated and become the basis of social movements and struggles: Capitalism is at its end – and in its agony it threatens to drag humanity with it into the abyss by depriving it of the social and ecological foundations of life.”
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“As Louisiana’s coast disappears, its historic communities are disappearing too”
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