Dr. Makere Stewart-Harawira @[email protected] @MakereSH

David Attenborough: We need to focus on surviving Yes, it is that serious

60 Minutes @60Minutes

a month ago

“The time has come to put aside national ambitions and look for an international ambition of survival,” Sir David Attenborough told 60 Minutes in 2020. He turns 100 today. Attenborough warns that if world leaders don’t change, “It’s going to sink us in the end."

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The second half of this year will almost certainly see the start of an El Niño phase that could lead to extreme heat across much of the globe, and James Hansen expects that to make this year surpass 2024 as the hottest on record newscientist.com/article/252522…

New May spark plumes show El Niño rapidly intensifying, with 8 of 10 models pointing to a super event and four projecting the strongest on record. Across all 693 ensemble members, the mean reaches +2.8˚C, consistent with the strongest El Niño on record.

@PPUtoday @DemilitarizeDay @MAPW_Australia @wagepeaceau @Paps_R @EpeliVl @pacfemcop @PacWPSMediators @diva4equality @lotupasifika @warresistersint @QuakerUNOffice @PaxChristi @moanatribe @FemPRNetwork @taxesforpeace @SrAct_ivist Open now, #WhitePoppy #PeaceScholarships Interested in researching the impacts of #militarism and #militarisation in Aotearoa? #LestWeForget👉🏼 facebook.com/PeaceMovementA… @sian_troath @MarnieLloydd @Tom_Gregory @DamienRogers15 @MakereSH @JoannaKidman @dasafo123 @ronnykareni 2/2🧵

#nzpol And here it is. Unconscionable.

Helen Clark @HelenClarkNZ

a month ago

Battle lines drawn on #NZ’s #conservation estate with Govt introducing legislation which would enable up to half of it to be eligible for sale. No doubt this would open more areas up for destructive activity like mining. This approach must be stopped stuff.co.nz/politics/36097…

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Breaking: New study using observational constraints projects that the Atlantic Ocean circulation #AMOC will weaken ~50% by 2100, even for medium emissions and without Greenland melting. Seriously bad news. theguardian.com/environment/20…

AMOC is weakening. New Potsdam Institute study: once it collapses, it stays collapsed. The point of no return was 350ppm CO₂. We crossed that in 1988. We're at 430 today. Without the Gulf Stream: US East Coast winters get extreme. Europe loses 7°C. Southern Ocean releases 83 gigatonnes of CO₂. The fossil fuel industry knew about AMOC in the 1980s. Same decade we crossed 350. The EPA just stopped regulating the emissions driving it. #AMOC #ClimateChange #GulfStream #Science #Meteorologist

Good to see Fisk being rediscovered by a new generation. He was long reviled for his reporting, political views, and refusal to consider those he covered as less than human, esp after 9/11. He was truly one of the finest, most committed journalists!

audrey White @RedRosa91940184

2 months ago

This is British values - Robert Fisk is a real reporter and he’s spot on here …..

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Mikisew Cree First Nation Chief Billy-Joe Tuccaro addresses a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa this morning announcing findings from an independently commissioned health study showing cancer rates in Fort Chipewyan are at least 25 percent higher than the rest of Alberta. Fort Chipewyan is located downstream from the largest industrial project on earth- the Alberta oil sands. “For too long the almighty dollar has ruled Alberta,” he said. “For too long my people have been collateral damage.” Head here for full story at Indigenous Insider: open.substack.com/pub/indigenous…

Great news Brazil creates the South Atlantic's largest marine park Conservation International helped secure a million-hectare marine park Roughly the size of Jamaica, it is the largest marine protected area in the South Atlantic conservation.org/news/brazil-cr…

This was entirely avoidable. It should never have happened. The entire world including ecosystems are paying a horrendous price for the actions of two meglomanics at least one of whom is certifiable and both of whom are war criminals.

Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86

2 months ago

JUST IN: The entire petrochemical arc of the Persian Gulf is on fire, offline, or suspended. Count the countries. Iran: 85 percent of petrochemical production destroyed by Israeli strikes on Asaluyeh and Mahshahr. Qatar: two LNG trains and 17 percent of export capacity offline

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JUST IN: The entire petrochemical arc of the Persian Gulf is on fire, offline, or suspended. Count the countries. Iran: 85 percent of petrochemical production destroyed by Israeli strikes on Asaluyeh and Mahshahr. Qatar: two LNG trains and 17 percent of export capacity offline for three to five years after Iranian missiles hit Ras Laffan. UAE: Borouge polyolefin plant suspended, Habshan gas complex shut with 80 percent of domestic gas supply offline, Asab degassing station burning since March 29th, Bu Hasa oil field hit. Saudi Arabia: fires at Jubail Industrial City after Iranian missiles struck the SABIC petrochemical hub, one of the largest integrated chemical complexes on earth. Kuwait: airport fuel tanks ablaze, two power and desalination units offline, Oil Ministry facilities hit, 15 American servicemembers injured at Ali Al Salem air base. Bahrain: GPIC petrochemical units attacked, BAPCO storage tank fire. Six countries. One war. Every major energy producer on the Persian Gulf has taken damage. The global numbers are now quantifiable. C&EN reports 12 percent of global ethylene capacity is offline. The Dow CEO told Fortune that approximately 20 percent of global petrochemical capacity is blocked by the Hormuz closure and strikes combined. The Middle East operates 193 petrochemical complexes supplying 22 percent of global output. The GCC alone accounts for 12 percent, or 150 million tonnes per year. Asia’s naphtha feedstock supply has been throttled by 7 to 8 million tonnes. S&P Global estimates 10 to 11 million tonnes of paraxylene production lost. These are not projections. They are current measurements of capacity that is not producing. The war did not discriminate. Israel struck Iran’s plants to deny IRGC revenue and missile chemistry. Iran struck Gulf plants to impose symmetric pain on the countries hosting American forces and benefiting from the scarcity premium. The UAE’s damage came from the debris of its own successful interceptions falling onto the facilities the interceptors were protecting. Kuwait’s power and desalination plants were hit by Iranian drones while 15 American troops at Ali Al Salem took shrapnel from another. Saudi Arabia’s Jubail, which produces methanol, ethylene glycol, and fertiliser feedstocks for global markets, burned overnight. The fires in Bahrain’s BAPCO storage were extinguished. The fires in Jubail had not been when this was written. The molecule does not care about the flag over the facility. Polyethylene from Borouge and polyethylene from Asaluyeh and polyethylene from Jubail all serve the same Asian markets. All three sources are now offline or suspended. The syringe wrapper in Dhaka, the water pipe in Jakarta, the food container in Manila, the fertiliser pellet in Lahore, all of them originate in the Persian Gulf’s petrochemical arc, and the arc is dark from Asaluyeh to Jubail to Ras Laffan to Ruwais to Shuaiba. Hegseth said the most recent overnight strikes on Iran are the largest since day one. Tomorrow will be bigger. Iran’s response has been to hit every Gulf nation hosting American assets or profiting from the war. The reciprocal destruction is not collateral. It is doctrine. Israel degrades Iran’s chemistry. Iran degrades the Gulf’s processing. Both sides lose capacity. Asia loses supply. And the 12 to 20 percent of global petrochemical output that is now offline will not return until the war ends, the mines are cleared, the heat exchangers are manufactured, and the utilities are rebuilt. That timeline is not weeks. It is years. And Tuesday is today. Europe markets might open in to a bloodbath. open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

The highest quality video of the moon was just released… this is so beautiful.

A new forecast indicates there’s a high chance for a supercharged El Niño this year, which could push temperatures to record levels. A warming patch of water in the Pacific Ocean influences what areas experience droughts, floods, declining sea ice and more. wapo.st/4dwv330

Pope Leo's Easter message: "Let those who have weapons lay them down! Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace! Not a peace imposed by force, but through dialogue! Not with the desire to dominate others, but to encounter them!"

"As opportunities for western and Indigenous collaborations multiply, it’s critical that Indigenous people maintain control over any knowledge gleaned and how it’s used..." theguardian.com/environment/20…

“Sanctions on South Africa helped free its Black people – it’s time for sanctions on Israel to free Palestinians.” —Mark Ruffalo

In this short video, @drmarcspooner gives a succinct overview of the situation of universities in Canada and the US today. @UAlberta features as an example of democratic decline. youtube.com/watch?v=TV7XjA… #abpse @univcan @CAUT_ACPPU #cdnpoli

Forests in a semi-arid climate die with a memory: satellite signals predict forest mortality years after drought

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Brzezinski predicted what an attack on Iran would mean for the Gulf and global economy. Everyone predicted the Hormuz fiasco. Trump + Nethanyahu knew the risks. But they didn’t care. The worst negative impacts would be felt by their allies and others- and not by the US or Israel.

Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand

2 months ago

For people who say it couldn't be predicted that the Iran war would be this consequential for the global economy, watch this 2012 video of former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski 👇 He predicts what did in fact happen: "[Iran] can hurt us a lot... Can you imagine

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