Everyone should know by now that Bitcoin mining is an energy hog, but apparently cooling mining rigs also slurps down vast quantities of water too: more than the total water use of New York City apparently! Gift link here www.wsj.com/science/envi...

Police raid Moscow gay bars after a Supreme Court ruling labeled LGBTQ+ movement 'extremist' Russian security forces raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow after the Supreme Court banned what it called the “global LGBTQ+ movement."

Being a queer person in Russia has become a crime. De facto and de jure. On 1 Dec at night, the Russian police raided Moscow’s gay bars.
For now, we can expect more arrests, violence, unsolved and unpunished killings of Russian queer people. No democracy or rule of the law
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Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels Exclusive: UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber says phase-out of coal, oil and gas would take world ‘back into caves’

"I am telling you I am the man in charge"

COP28 President and ADNOC oil boss Sultan Al Jaber at a "She Changes Climate" event that focuses on women in climate action.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In reversal, Mexico calls for moratorium on international deep-sea mining Mexico, a nation that previously supported the development of deep-sea mining, has now called for a moratorium on this activity in international waters. One environmental expert called Mexico’s anno...

Mexico, a nation that previously supported the development of deep-sea mining, has now called for a moratorium on this activity in international waters.

My latest for @mongabay.bsky.social

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Court confirms Greenpeace right to peaceful protest as activists’ 200 hour long protest against de... A Dutch court has largely rejected a request by a deep seabed mining company to issue an injunction against protest by Greenpeace International, stating that it is "understandable" the organisation ha...

This ruling is a landmark decision for the right to take direct action on the high seas, which goes beyond the specific action on deep-sea mining!

www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

Deep sea miners turn water hoses on Greenpeace activists in the Pacific Protesters have been using canoes and dinghies to obstruct deep sea mining exploration vessel between Mexico and Hawaii

#stopdeepseamining

Deep sea miners turn water hoses on #Greenpeace activists in the Pacific

Protesters have been using canoes and dinghies to obstruct deep sea mining exploration vessel between Mexico and Hawaii

Via @theguardian.bsky.social