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Month: June 2011

China: Two coal miners sentenced to death for killing locals who protested pollution

Posted on 22nd June 2011 by Benno Hansen

A court in China’s vast northern region of Inner Mongolia has sentenced to death a coal mine worker for killing a resident who had complained about pollution […] Earlier this month, a court in the same part of Inner Mongolia ordered the execution of a man for murdering an ethnic Mongolian herder who had also…

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How Much Gas Is Left? See with new visualization at Information is Beautiful

Posted on 17th June 2011 by Benno Hansen

The basics: The world uses 2.6 trillion cubic metres a year, we have 187.9 trillion cubic metres left. 187.9 divided by 2.6 gives 72.3 but the graphic says there’s only 63 years left assuming constant consumption. Assuming a constant growth in consumption by 2% there’s supposed to be 42 years left. The top three biggest…

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Guardian News / Network Rail losing millions from copper thefts

Posted on 7th June 2011 by Benno Hansen

The theft of copper cables from Britain’s railways is reaching epidemic proportions, costing the operator Network Rail millions of pounds as it takes on extra staff to catch the criminals and pays out compensation to train companies for delays on the system. Copper theft from railway lines jumped by 67% to 3,116 incidents in the…

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Climate news: Change linked to food security, emissions up, denialism alive and well, scientists threatened

Posted on 6th June 2011 by Benno Hansen

I’m a bit behind on taking note of the climate change news. First the bad plus the ridiculous: CO2 emissions are setting records while old time denier release auto-biographic film Carbon dioxide emissions hit record levels following global financial crisis lows (Reuters / IEA sees record CO2 emissions in 2010). Apparently now Westerners buy even…

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Ecowar_BHansenBenno Hansen@Ecowar_BHansen·
3 Dec

"Vand er efterhånden ligesom guld. Folk er så desperate, at de vil slås for det"

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18 Nov

"Those who made their money peddling fossil fuels—the execs and shareholders holding funds—owe something to those who got hurt. It’s not... all that different from the demand for reparations." - @Tamaraity
& @billmckibben @350 #ClimateJustice #MakeThemPay https://t.co/eQ7djQT1qw

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12 Nov

Psychological warfare on their own population

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@MichaelEMann As expected, RW media doubles down on blaming Greenies for #AUSTRALIAFIRES. https://t.co/oMZUDUidZT

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3 Nov

"Few land conflict-related killings in #Brazil result in convictions ... According to Brazil’s pastoral land commission, a rural violence watchdog, of 157 land conflict killings in Maranhão state between 1985 and 2017, just five cases went to court."
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2 Nov

The Saudis target Yemen’s rural livelihood, bombing farms, food systems, markets, water treatment facilities, and even agricultural extension offices. In urban areas, fishing boats and food processing and storage facilities were targeted.
#WarCrimes
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