Adam Bandt:

“I congratulate the prime minister on his campaign and the strong position that they have got in government at the moment but what it means is that, with the Greens in sole balance of power in the #Senate at the moment, the government can’t blame other individual senators for not being able to get things through.

The only barrier to getting #dental into #Medicare now and passing it through the parliament is #labor.

The only obstacle to making #childcare #free is Labor.

The only obstacle to stopping new #coal and #gas #mines from being opened is Labor. We stand ready in the Senate to make this the most progressive parliament that Australia has seen.”

Trump’s #EPA Plans to Stop Collecting #GreenhouseGas #Emissions Data From Most #Polluters
#Climate experts expressed shock and dismay. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said.
The move would affect thousands of industrial facilities across the country, including #oil refineries, #powerplants and #coal #mines as well as those that make #petrochemicals, cement, glass, iron and steel.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-greenhouse-gas-reporting-climate-crisis

Notre deuxième campagne de vente de livrets par correspondance est ouverte, jusqu'au 27 avril !

Vous pouvez recevoir par La Poste six enquêtes imprimées, dont deux nouveautés au format papier : « Saint-Nazaire, malade de ses industries » et « Intoxication minière en Bretagne. 1/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWyqCGnPALw

The UK Ministry of Defence has unveiled a new robotic mine-clearing plow for the British Army, designed to better protect soldiers from danger.

Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-british-army-robotic-mine-plough-aims-to-better-shield-soldiers-from-danger

This week's #NewBooks at the library: Some second-hand treasures - The Great #Comet Crash: The Collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and #Jupiter from Cambridge UP, and two books from Rutgers UP: Upheaval from the Abyss: #Ocean Floor Mapping and the Earth Science Revolution (sans dust jacket), and Mass Destruction: The Men and Giant #Mines That Wired America and Scarred the Planet #Books #Scicomm #Bookstodon #Astronomy #Oceanograph #Geology #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalHistory #History @bookstodon

Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland have announced their withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention on anti-personnel mines.

Face à la contestation sociale et environnementales, les multinationales pétrolières ou minières se posent de plus en plus souvent en champions de l’égalité des femmes pour légitimer leurs projets controversés. Enquête sur ce « gender-washing » dont TotalEnergies en Ouganda fournit une parfaite illustration.

Agatha Allain : https://multinationales.org/fr/enquetes/survivre-a-eacop/gender-washing-comment-les-multinationales-du-secteur-extractiviste-detournent

Poland announces military training plan for all men.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced a slew of measures aimed at boosting his country's defence, including large-scale military training for men and a possible exit from a landmark anti-mines treaty.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250307-poland-announces-military-training-plan-for-all-men?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

En Guinée, un cabinet et des banques françaises au service de l’écocide minier

Malgré les promesses, des #mines financées par des banques françaises et une filiale de la #BanqueMondiale ravagent l’#environnement en #Guinée. Cette opération d’écoblanchiment a fait la fortune du cabinet français Biotope, qui conseille à la fois le gouvernement et les sociétés minières.

› https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/ecologie/190225/en-guinee-un-cabinet-et-des-banques-francaises-au-service-de-l-ecocide-minier?at_medium=rs-cm&at_campaign=mastodon&at_account=mediapart

Unregulated mines in Myanmar are a critical source of heavy rare earth elements (HREE), vital ingredients for magnets used in electric vehicles (EVs) and wind turbines around the world. #mines

https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/natural-resource-governance/fuelling-the-future-poisoning-the-present-myanmars-rare-earth-boom/

#KleeBenally, Navajo advocate for #IndigenousPeople and #environmental causes, dies in Phoenix

Klee Benally was among the most vocal opponents of snowmaking at #ArizonaSnowbowl ski resort in #Flagstaff.

AP, January 1, 2024

PHOENIX — "Klee Benally, a Navajo man who advocated on behalf of Indigenous people and environmental causes, has died, his sister said. He was 48 years old.

"Benally died Saturday at a Phoenix hospital, Jeneda Benally said. His cause of death was not disclosed.

"Klee Benally was among the most vocal opponents of snowmaking at Arizona Snowbowl ski resort in Flagstaff. At least 13 tribes consider the mountain on public land to be sacred.

"He protested #PoliceViolence and #RacialProfiling and was among activists who gathered outside metro Phoenix’s NFL stadium in 2014 to denounce the offensive team name previously used by the franchise from Washington, D.C.

"Benally advocated for the cleanup of abandoned #mines, where #uranium ore was extracted from the Navajo Nation over decades to support U.S. #nuclear activities during the #ColdWar.

"He also spoke out against an ordinance that, in a bid to address the problem of #homelessness, had banned camping on public property in Flagstaff.

"'There is no compassionate way to enforce the #AntiCamping ordinance,' Benally said in 2018 when officials declined to alter the 2005 ordinance. 'Life is already hard enough for our unsheltered relatives on the streets.'

"Benally was also a guitarist, and played with his sister and brother in the Native American punk rock band #Blackfire."

Source:
https://www.12news.com/article/life/people/klee-benally-navajo-advocate-for-indigenous-people-and-environmental-causes-dies/75-51b35e37-1a11-4853-8e2a-320fb4da7766
#RestInPowerKleeBenally #RIPKleeBenally

"La forêt, c’est une possibilité forestière. Le territoire, c’est un droit minier. Ce que je vois, c’est un pays qui appartient d’abord à l’industrie minière et forestière. Mon gouvernement engage des scientifiques du climat, de la biodiversité et de l’écologie, mais il ne les écoute pas."

Mon pays, ce n’est pas mon pays, c’est une ressource
https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idees/827593/idees-pays-ce-est-pas-pays-c-est-ressource

"New law paves way for cleaning abandoned mines without legal barriers"

#US #USA #America #Mines

https://www.ehn.org/new-law-paves-way-for-cleaning-abandoned-mines-2670498759.html

Avez-vous déjà entendu parler de Breizh Ressources ? Dans cette nouvelle enquête, nous l’appelons la société minière la plus discrète de l'Ouest. Fin 2023, cette start-up a déposé trois permis de recherche (PERM) en Bretagne. 1/

One of my first published stories was about wildlife in mines, so I always have a soft spot for critters reusing and repurposing them. We made a mess of a lot of the West with mining, but some of them are basically artificial caves, and can make excellent habitat.

A mine just outside of Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Idaho is now open for bat business.

#bats #mines #wildlife

https://columbiainsight.org/an-abandoned-mine-is-now-prime-habitat-for-bats/

Alerte #PortesTournantes

Clément Le Gouellec, conseiller industrie et innovation du ministre des #Armées et pilier du corps des #Mines, rejoint #TotalEnergies One Tech, pôle R&D du groupe

Ce recrutement est le dernier une longue série de débauchages par #TotalEnergies de fonctionnaires et de conseillers des ministères des #Armées et des #AffairesEtrangeres

Goliath est à nos portes… ZAD dans 5,4,3…

Projets miniers : Une consultation médiocre malgré des risques majeurs | Eau et Rivières de Bretagne https://www.eau-et-rivieres.org/projets-miniers-une-consultation-m%C3%A9diocre-malgr%C3%A9-des-risques-majeurs

La page Facebook (hélas) dédiée au pays de Redon : https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17iFaNFBq6/

#HurricaneHelene devastates #quartz #mines critical for worldwide #semiconductor manufacturing.
The #SprucePine facilities are the only ones that produce ultra-pure quartz in the world. High-purity quartz is vital for various stages of chip production, so if its supply is disrupted, this could hurt the semiconductor industry, which is already struggling with supply issues.
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/hurricane-helene-devastates-quartz-mine-critical-for-worldwide-semiconductor-manufacturing-spruce-pine-houses-the-worlds-only-ultra-pure-quartz-site #hurricane #helene

Ukraine Daily Summary - Wednesday, September 18 2024

Syrians disappear in Luhansk Oblast as Moscow uses foreign fighters as cannon fodder -- Too dangerous to ignore; Russia's malicious activity in the Baltics set to test NATO resolve -- Russia reportedly executes POW with sword -- IMF's trip to Moscow is effectively enabling Russia's war against Ukraine -- and more

https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Wednesday,%20September%2018%202024/