'Like a creeping mold that's spreading across the landscape': Separate dry areas around the world are merging into 'mega-drying' regions at an alarming rate, study finds Unchecked groundwater extraction and climate change have dried continents significantly over the past 22 years, with 101 countries now losing fresh water to the ocean, research reveals.

'"Like a creeping mold that's spreading across the landscape": Separate dry areas around the world are merging into 'mega-drying' regions at an alarming rate, study finds'
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

#ClimateEmergency #droughts #GrowthObsession #IndustrialAgriculture #WaterSecurity

Green power joins fossil fuels in supplying record demand for energy Global appetite for oil, gas, coal, nuclear, hydro and renewable energy all grew year-on-year for the first time since 2006, the Energy Institute’s analysis finds

'Global appetite for oil, gas, coal, nuclear, hydro and renewable energy all grew year-on-year for the first time since 2006, the Energy Institute’s analysis finds'
www.thetimes.com/business-mon... (paywall)

#ClimateEmergency #capitalism #GrowthObsession #degrowth

Dereguleringsgolf EU raakt ook wet tegen greenwashing: commissie torpedeert eigen voorstel Milieuclaims: Een Europese wet tegen greenwashing zorgt in de laatste onderhandelingsfase ineens voor grote onenigheid in Brussel. Tot verbazing van het Europarlement besloot de Europese Commissie haa...

'EU deregulation wave also affects law against greenwashing: Commission torpedoes its own proposal'
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/... (Dutch, paywall)

#EU #ClimateEmergency #NatureEmergency #greenwashing #necropolitics #deregulation #GrowthObsession

The world wants China’s rare earth elements – what is life like in the city that produces them? More than 80% of China’s rare earth reserves are located in Baotou, an industrial hub of 2.7 million people that abuts the Gobi desert

'"Large-scale extraction [of rare earths] quite often proceeds at the expense of the health and well-being of surrounding communities ..."'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

#GrowthObsession #RareEarths #PublicHealth

EU rollback on environmental policy is gaining momentum, warn campaigners Observers shocked at scale and speed of deregulation drive they say is watering down European Green Deal and laws

'EU rollback on environmental policy is gaining momentum, warn campaigners'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'Observers shocked at scale and speed of deregulation drive they say is watering down European Green Deal and laws'

#ClimateEmergency #NatureEmergency #EU #necropolitcs #GrowthObsession

How Lisbon put itself on the map for real estate and tourism – and became Europe’s least affordable city | Agustín Cocola-Gant Tourists stay in short-term rentals and foreigners buy second homes, while residents of the city rent rooms, not apartments, says researcher Agustín Cocola-Gant

'How Lisbon put itself on the map for real estate and tourism – and became Europe’s least affordable city'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#capitalism #GrowthObsession #cities #speculation #greed #DestructionOfLivelihoods #segregation

‘It’s cheap but it’s not disposable’: why fast tech is a growing waste problem Low-cost and quickly discarded products are playing a key role in world’s fastest-growing waste problem – electronics

Fast tech: 'Low-cost and quickly discarded products are playing a key role in world's fastest-growing waste problem – electronics'
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

#capitalism #GrowthObsession #FastTech #decadence #imitation #GroupBehaviour #AdvertisingIndustry #ThrowAwayCulture #pollution

‘I feel completely drained’: young professionals swamped by ‘infinite workdays’ For many, work starts before sunrise and stretches late into the night, with nearly 270 notifications a day, report finds

'... many workers are increasingly grappling with "infinite workdays"”, which start before sunrise and stretch late into the night. They are interrupted by some 270 pinging notifications along the way ...'
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...

#capitalism #exploitation #GrowthObsession

The ‘sacrifice zone’: villagers resist the EU’s green push for lithium mining Residents of a Portuguese rural idyll where four vast mines are planned are among those who feel they will pay too high a cost for the energy transition

'Residents of a Portuguese rural idyll where four vast mines are planned are among those who feel they will pay too high a cost for the energy transition'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#NatureEmergency #ClimateEmergency #lithium #ClimateJustice #GrowthObsession #degrowth

England’s rivers ‘under threat’ as water extraction surges to record levels Exclusive: Investigation finds 76% rise in water taken from rivers and lakes for industrial or public consumption in two decades

'The amount of water being sucked from England’s rivers has surged to record levels, with potentially disastrous consequences for people and wildlife'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#Pollution #GrowthObsession #ClimateEmergency #NatureEmergency #DrinkingWater #WaterSecurity

Getting thicker… bigger… dumber. It’s all for you. Use this body like you own it 🥵

#MuscleBrainDrain #GrowthObsession #beefyboy #gaymuscle #MuscleFetish #GayMuscle #Beefcake #MuscleGrowth #MusclePig #MuscleBoy #MuscleSlave #MuscleTransformation #GrowthKink