Greenpeace International @greenpeace.org has initiated the first test of the European Union’s anti-SLAPP Directive by filing a lawsuit in Dutch court against US-based pipeline company Energy Transfer.
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I can understand why the tech firms would want this. But why would the EU Commission succumb to this? What upside could there possibly be?
AI and Bot accounts. I've come across DOZENS of MAGA accounts with over 100k followers over the last few days who are from Africa, South Asia, etc.
Next time you see a big MAGA account, look where they are from and post the screenshot in the comment section for people to know they are Bots.
The Greens are opposing solar farms being owned by foreign companies, not solar power.
Rightly so. Why should overseas owners and investors profit from an indigenous renewable resource instead of the local community and country?
Have we learned nothing about "energy security"?
Data couldn't be clearer. Countries want electrotech when faced with yet another fossil fuel disruption.
"Shipments of batteries, electric vehicles, and solar cells an annual increase of 34%, 53% and 80%. All three exports rose from February levels as well."
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#ReformUK Nigel Farage say he'd reintroduce #fracking, which harms water & air quality, produces emissions fuelling climate crisis, can cause earthquakes & creates industrial sites the blight countryside. 187 constituencies are partially or totally in areas with geologic conditions for fracking 👇✍️
"The investigation also found one-off guest speakers from abroad are paid handsomely: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son was paid €7,000 for two one-hour panel discussions."
The shine of an electric car can hide a brutal story: cleared forests, polluted rivers, and families pushed from their homes in Congo’s mining regions. Demand responsibility from automakers. ✍️ #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest
rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
While your gas prices are skyrocketing, Big Oil executives have cashed out $1.4 BILLION in stock in a single quarter, a 15-year peak in insider selling.
In one quarter, Chevron’s CEO sold $104M, ConocoPhillips’ Chairman & CEO sold $54.3M, and Baker Hughes’ CEO sold $33M.
B.C. loves to say it has the cleanest natural gas in the world, but the truth is — well, more like the complete opposite of that.
a real banger of an investigation at @thenarwhal.ca today by @writermjs.bsky.social & Wil Crisp. thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-b...
"The war has triggered a global surge in demand for electric vehicles (EVs), solar panels, heat pumps and other fossil-free technologies. Inquiries about buying EVs have risen 23% in the UK since the attack on Iran began, by 50% in Germany and by 160% in France."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I'm sure the Carney government will respond to this damning report with a massive effort to reverse this disastrous trend, starting by reversing its decision to allow data centres to use fossil fuels to generate electricity and to cancel its MOU with Alberta to build another unneeded pipeline. /s
In just over a decade, Chile went from no utility-scale wind or solar at all to having more electricity from these sources than from all fossil fuels combined:
In 2000, wind+solar provided 0% of Chile's electricity, fossil fuels 45%.By 2025, wind+solar had risen to 36%, fossil fuels fallen to 28%.
"Critical minerals demand a critical approach to rights. Failing that, the energy transition risks becoming a new chapter in the long history of extractive exploitation on the continent"
www.business-humanrights.org/en/blog/crit...
If you are worried that China is beating us, then take a look at this. China is investing heavily in renewable energy. The USA is fighting all forms of green energy.
Reducing dependence on fossil fuels, and diversifying our energy sources could help us get ahead.
It could prevent wars over oil.
Orbán subbed “Friends of Nigel”, and purveyors of “We need Reform” and the like?😳
Orbán, the former (😅) PM of Hungary?
Orbán, widely criticised for dismantling democratic institutions and aligning with authoritarian powers? 🤷
Surely not!
Letter on UK Parliament headed paper dated 16 April 2026, addressed to Energy Secretary Ed Miliband. Green MPs urge him to maintain the ban on new North Sea oil and gas licences and not approve projects like Rosebank, Jackdaw or Cambo. The letter argues new fossil fuel extraction will not lower bills or improve energy security, and says claims about protecting jobs are inaccurate. It highlights that 93% of recoverable oil and gas has already been extracted and that remaining resources would be sold internationally. The MPs warn expanding fossil fuels harms workers, billpayers and future generations, and call instead for investment in renewable energy, warmer homes, future-proof jobs, and making polluters pay. Signed by Carla Denyer, Ellie Chowns, Siân Berry, Hannah Spencer and Adrian Ramsay.
Our MPs have written to Ed Miliband urging him not to backtrack on the ban on new oil and gas.
More drilling won’t lower bills or secure our energy future. It’s time to invest in renewables, future-proof jobs, and make polluters pay.
#BigOil reaps in the profits while avoiding contributions to the public good by using Britain's network of offshore tax havens.
Big Oil tax evaders.
theecologist.org/2026/apr/14/...
This is super-informative. It also makes it clear why the rapidly-dropping price of batteries, and the potential to offer cheap power when there is a surplus, will be so important.
For decades, climate policy has been framed as a technical swap: fossil fuels out, minerals in. But if extraction keeps expanding overall, the model has not changed — only its branding has.
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Another path is possible: reduce overconsumption, redistribute resources, respect the Right to Say No, and support community-led futures beyond extractivism.
📖 Full Paper: yestolifenotomining.org/towards-just...
DIESEL POWERED:
There's over 200 remote communities in Australia who are diesel powered.
@firstnationscen.bsky.social "For First Nations communities, the shift to renewables is more urgent than ever"
Rich miners + farmers receive diesel subsidies to get richer.
First Nations communities do not.
🧐 @bylinetimes.bsky.social @karambales.bsky.social have mapped how Hungary's govt under Orbán bankrolled tons of 💷 to organisations at the heart of UK hard right, especially the network around Reform UK - with both Orbán & Reform deeply entwined with the fossil fuel industry
bsky.app/profile/byli...
a chart showing 3 msft gas data centres vs countries
a chart showing 3 msft gas data centres vs countries
New @stand.earth: Microsoft's 3 new gas data centres will
- Increase Microsoft's emissions 160%
- Have higher emissions than power sectors of each of Greece, Ireland, Sri Lanka, NZ etc...
- Have higher emissions than pwr sector of 15 lowest-emitting countries combined
stand.earth/press-releas...
Microsoft 🤝 Big Oil. #Microsoft announced three projects last month (including one with Chevron) that more than DOUBLES its data center carbon footprint, using enough electricity to power nearly 4 million U.S. homes 🤯
🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/4chrD1K
📢 Take Action: https://bit.ly/4dF4Ejv
"Drax has claimed a total of about £8.7bn in renewable energy subsidies since 2012, despite persistent claims from campaigners and scientists that the wood pellets burned at its power plant are not sourced sustainably and may be increasing carbon emissions."
The ongoing war in Iran shows how vulnerable fossil fuel-based food systems are. The shut down of world’s largest urea plant in Qatar, disruption of fertiliser & gas supplies from the Gulf has led to sharp increase of fertilisers & food prices across the world. www.aljazeera.com/video/inside...
