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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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2 Mar

BREAKING: An Indigenous land defender has been sentenced to 90 days in prison after performing a ceremony along the Trans Mountain pipeline route — despite a policy that urges prosecutors to avoid jail time for Indigenous peoples if it’s under two years.
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16 Feb

China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defence industry - https://on.ft.com/3qtg3aO via @FT

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31 Jan

“It means people in developing countries can take on the multinationals who do them harm”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/29/dutch-court-orders-shell-to-pay-nigerian-farmers-over-oil-spills

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30 Jan

The Artsakh government will not be able to provide the revenue to fund its budget not only this year, but also in the coming years ... tax collection in Artsakh will be reduced by $80 million https://eurasianet.org/following-war-with-armenia-azerbaijan-gains-control-of-lucrative-gold-mines

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27 Jan

“Sea level rise on this scale will have very serious impacts on coastal communities this century"
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/25/global-ice-loss-accelerating-at-record-rate-study-finds

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