Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/amazon-oil-extraction
#AcceleratingKeelingCurve: But the #declaration stops short of a cooperative #pledge to end #deforestation entirely by 2030 and contains no mention of #fossilfuels.
#RestoreCarbonSinks: Colombia this week also became the first country to back an #Indigenous-led call to protect at least 80% of the Amazon by 2025.
#ObliviousConsumer: Researchers have estimated that one in nine tanks of #gas, #diesel, or #jet #fuel pumped in the U.S. state of #California comes from the #Amazon.
#nowhereissafe #pointofnoreturn #FireWeather #noplanetb #globalboiling
#acceleratingkeelingcurve #declaration #pledge #deforestation #fossilfuels #restorecarbonsinks #indigenous #obliviousconsumer #gas #diesel #jet #fuel #california #amazon #nowhereissafe #pointofnoreturn #FireWeather #noplanetb #globalboiling
Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
119 followers · 1585 posts · Server sfba.socialBut large investor-owned #utilities, with legions of #lawyers to help them evade scrutiny, bake many of their #political costs into #rates right alongside their #investments in #electrical poles and wires.
Free to read:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/opinion/utility-bills-clean-energy.html?unlocked_article_code=jJcsS21G5aRoIuY-YTRd_S_e5ms-d-cvMubltRam6gLmTRF8mboNrX3Yy-OsYTywfnyr5_i5UA4NGq9HcIIxTurS9TsI3Gu6XpkQRh3-I1ZUTQAPlk64joRfr5JsWYAopvj9w-75SWTnbo2xR55DxtwpDhouK4teV5nmzWISE6SrlgN-FtemVk10bvf5IQoUN5zNl5y2yql-GzTyxUdRZLrB-eH9tyI9dtm8MH15WeyH-g5vUeZ0kQsTYUaaxPBViXYmOe5wyXssf3mt0EuJAop7wuDQnBGqRWGca_XoWaj3bunCe2uKjAjWDgTkz7u2HUfUJuqoejJ-Ap6hec7jge474hE&smid=url-share
#utilities #lawyers #political #rates #investments #electrical #obliviousconsumer #fossilfuelsubsidies #businessasusual