Tag: Pollution

Categories World

Global elites flying private jets to COP26 climate conference emit more CO2 than hundreds of citizens would in a year – UK media

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The bigwigs heading to Scotland for the COP26 climate summit – where they ostensibly aim to help save the planet from greenhouse gases – will generate outsized emissions themselves by employing private jets for the trip. … Read More >Global elites flying private jets to COP26 climate conference emit more CO2 than hundreds of citizens would in a year – UK media

Categories Asia & Pacific

Tokyo must stop and listen to the world, says Beijing, as Japan’s PM claims Fukushima wastewater release into ocean cannot wait

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The Chinese Foreign Ministry has reiterated its opposition to Japan’s decision to release nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima power plant into the ocean, after Tokyo’s new leader said the discharge could wait no longer. … Read More >Tokyo must stop and listen to the world, says Beijing, as Japan’s PM claims Fukushima wastewater release into ocean cannot wait

Categories UK

Among Europe’s dirtiest: ‘Green’ biomass power plant in Yorkshire burning ‘renewable’ wood emits MORE CO2 than UK’s coal – report

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A supposedly “carbon neutral” Drax biomass power plant is the UK’s leading source of CO2 emissions, and belches out more harmful carbon and particulate matter than some of Europe’s dirtiest coal plants, according to a new report. … Read More >Among Europe’s dirtiest: ‘Green’ biomass power plant in Yorkshire burning ‘renewable’ wood emits MORE CO2 than UK’s coal – report

Categories Asia & Pacific

Chinese media mocks Japan as Tokyo apologizes to Okinawans for US Marines’ sudden dumping of ‘safe’ wastewater from base

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A unilateral decision by the US Marines stationed in Okinawa to dump wastewater contaminated with toxic acid into a city sewer caused a scandal in Japan. Chinese media compared it to Japan’s own approach to water from Fukushima. … Read More >Chinese media mocks Japan as Tokyo apologizes to Okinawans for US Marines’ sudden dumping of ‘safe’ wastewater from base

Categories Shows

The campaign to free Jessica Reznicek, Walmart struggles to find workers

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Lee Camp interviews Monty Pinger. He is one of the lead organizers of the campaign to free the climate activist Jessica Reznicek. Reznicek had admitted to destroying pipeline equipment being used to build the Dakota Access Pipeline. She committed her act of nonviolent civil disobedience in order to protect the land and water from industrial pollution and to stand in solidarity with the NODAPL resistance camps. … Read More >The campaign to free Jessica Reznicek, Walmart struggles to find workers

Categories Asia & Pacific

Air pollution could cut 9 years of life expectancy for 40% of Indians if something isn’t done, study warns

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More than 480 million people in India could see their life expectancy reduced by more than nine years if record levels of air pollution aren’t reduced swiftly, a report by US researchers has revealed. … Read More >Air pollution could cut 9 years of life expectancy for 40% of Indians if something isn’t done, study warns

Categories Asia & Pacific

Fukushima nuclear plant to construct UNDERSEA tunnel to release a million tons of treated water

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The operators of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant have announced plans to build an undersea tunnel to facilitate the release of more than one million tons of treated water from the site into the surrounding ocean. … Read More >Fukushima nuclear plant to construct UNDERSEA tunnel to release a million tons of treated water

Categories Asia & Pacific

New Delhi opens first ‘smog tower’ to combat air pollution, which regularly exceeds safe levels in the capital

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New Delhi’s chief minister celebrated a “big day” in the “fight for clean air” on Monday, as India’s capital city opened its first ‘smog tower’, seeking to cut harmful particles in the air around the installation. … Read More >New Delhi opens first ‘smog tower’ to combat air pollution, which regularly exceeds safe levels in the capital

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The fight to save Americans from America, Joe Biden’s infrastructure scam

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Lee Camp interviews Afeni – a DC-based organizer and member of Fred Hampton Leftists. He learned about her work when she spoke at a Medicare For All rally and knew that Redacted Tonight viewers needed to hear from her. They discuss the precarious situation on the ground for people across the country in the face of a political class that doesn’t care about their welfare. Afeni also offers solutions to the growing problems affecting the most vulnerable members of our society. … Read More >The fight to save Americans from America, Joe Biden’s infrastructure scam