Catocala species
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve Unit, Wisconsin
9/9/2018 _F2A7365aaa (ref 2021)
““Washington’s refinery-hosting communities deserve a transition plan that includes both high-paying jobs and a clean environment.” –Emily Moore, Senior Researcher, Sightline Institute
Since 2019, seven refineries across the US have shuttered, almost all without warning, leaving workers and local tax coffers at a massive loss. And oil companies have managed to forestall cleanup of almost all the heavily polluted sites by “idling” them, converting them to storage facilities, or converting them to process biofuels with a sliver of their former workforce. Oil companies decided the fate of these places without community input or planning. It doesn’t have to be this way in Washington state.
Our new report details each of the closures, with lessons and urgency for community leaders and elected officials in the Northwest.”
“THE HIGH COST OF UNPLANNED OIL REFINERY CLOSURES
Measuring the employment and tax losses to communities and how oil companies are avoiding or delaying cleaning up their long-polluted sites. Plus, looking ahead for Washington state planning.”
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Washington confuses the economy with the private wealth of the few:
“Biden to unions in 2020: “I don’t work for you!!!”
Biden to unions in 2022: “Back to work, slaves! You’ll hurt the economy”
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“The world’s insurance bill from natural disasters this year: $115 billion
That’s 42 percent higher than the 10-year average.”
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“Why Silicon Valley is so hot on nuclear energy and what it means for the industry”
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Another crisis our politicians didn’t plan for:
“The Diesel Crisis Is Going Global”
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“The economy just doesn’t make sense anymore
How’s the economy doing? Depends where you look. Seriously”
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Adding additional slaves doesn’t improve the lot of all slaves. Desperate Labor is profitable labor:
“Labor Market still stronger than economists think: U.S. added 263,000 new jobs in November”
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Burn ‘em and churn ‘em – America is set up to exploit the working class regardless of the consequences to the working class:
“Opinion: High debts and stagflation have set the stage for the mother of all financial crises”
“The end of the easy-money era rips the mask off the insolvent zombie economy”
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Ah the fruits of misinforming the people!:
“In No Mood for Soft Landing, Americans Keep Splurging, Outspend Inflation, No Problem”
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“What’s causing the global food price crisis? No, it’s not just the pandemic or the Ukraine war
Financial speculation is making the crisis worse.”
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“Food waste: green vegetable and potato crop glut after mild UK autumn
Fears of shortages early next year as farmers say they are having to ‘tear up’ sowing and harvesting timelines”
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Abolish the CIA. Like the military, it primary function is to concentrate wealth.
“Half of world's democracies in decline: report”
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No address? No vote!:
“The Eviction Crisis Is Aiding the GOP’s Voter Suppression Schemes
Struggles with eviction can translate into disenfranchisement at the ballot box.”
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“The Far Right Is Getting What It Asked For
With Ye on Infowars and Elon Musk lifting the floodgates on Twitter, the right wing is getting the free-speech thunderdome of its dreams. Or nightmares.”
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“Their wealth was built on slavery. Now a new fortune lies underground.
In Virginia, the land still owned by the Coles family could yield billions from uranium. Does any of that wealth belong to the descendants of the enslaved?”
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“‘Zombie’ viruses are thawing in melting permafrost because of climate change
Ancient viruses are locked in Russia’s permafrost. We may soon get a peek.”
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Another cost to humanity inflicted by the billionaire class:
“#ClimateScam: denialism claims flooding Twitter have scientists worried”
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“Outside CU Climate Summit, Climate Strikers Protest University’s Continued Fossil Fuel Investment”
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