Mining’s toxic timebomb: dams full of poisonous waste are dotted around the world. What happens when they burst? While tailings dams are meant to last for ever, extreme weather events are making many unstable – with devastating consequences for nature and humans

'Mining’s toxic timebomb: dams full of poisonous waste are dotted around the world. What happens when they burst?'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#mining #NatureEmergency #PublicSafety #pollution #GrowthAddiction #greed #CapitalismKills #degrowth

‘The last frontier’: how red globules of nickel ore are suffocating an island’s precious wilderness In the race to meet the demands of the energy transition, biodiversity hotspots such as Palawan in the Philippines are being increasingly mined for critical elements

'In the race to meet the demands of the energy transition, biodiversity hotspots such as Palawan in the Philippines are being increasingly mined for critical elements'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#NatureEmergency #ClimateEmergency #ClimateJustice #GrowthAddiction #mining #CapitalismKills

This is the story of Weda Bay – and how nature is being sacrificed for mining Analysis has found more than 3,000 mining operations within the most naturally precious areas of the planet – a much bigger footprint than previously thought

'This is the story of Weda Bay [Indonesia] - and how nature is being sacrificed for mining'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#NatureEmergency #GrowthAddiction #CapitalismKills #necropolitics

World’s largest krill harvester at centre of row over ‘blue tick’ sustainability label Aker Qrill is facing criticism of its fishery management amid calls by environmentalists for curbs on Antarctic fishing of the keystone species

'World’s largest krill harvester at centre of row over "blue tick" sustainability label'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#NatureEmergency #GrowthAddiction #CapitalismKills

'Staggering' rise in coal plants in China despite clean energy gains More than 50 large coal units were commissioned in 2025, up from fewer than 20 a year over the previous decade.

'Wind and solar are booming in China. So why is it building so many new coal plants?'
www.euronews.com/green/2026/0...

'More than 50 large coal units were commissioned in 2025, up from fewer than 20 a year over the previous decade.'

#ClimateEmergency #coal #GrowthAddiction #necropolitics

Harmful investments outpace nature protection by 30 to 1 – new UNEP report For every US$1 the world invests in protecting nature, it spends US$30 on destroying it. This stark imbalance is the central finding of a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report released today. It ...

'Harmful investments outpace nature protection by 30 to 1 – new UNEP report'
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

#NatureEmergency #ClimateEmergency #GrowthAddiction #CapitalismKills #necropolitics #greed #egotism

Het bedrijfsleven financiert 200 (!) keer meer natuurschade dan dat het herstelt Follow the Money - Platform voor onderzoeksjournalistiek

'A recent United Nations report contains a shocking statistic. Globally, we spend 33 (!) times as much on destroying nature as we do on restoring it. For businesses, that figure is even more than 200 times more.'
www.ftm.nl/nieuwsbrieve... (Dutch)

#NatureEmergency #necropolitics #GrowthAddiction

US carbon pollution rose in 2025 in reversal of previous years’ reductions Study from research firm finds that US greenhouse gas emissions grew faster than economic activity last year

'The increase in greenhouse gas emissions is attributable to a ... a cool winter, the explosive growth of datacenters and cryptocurrency mining, and higher natural gas prices'
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

#ClimateEmergency #GrowthAddiction #capitalism #crypto #CryptoCurrency #datacenters #AI

Era of ‘global water bankruptcy’ is here, UN report says Overuse and pollution must end urgently as no one knows when whole system might collapse, says expert

'Era of "global water bankruptcy" is here, UN report says'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'Overuse and pollution must end urgently as no one knows when whole system might collapse, says expert'

#ClimateEmergency #ecocide #GrowthAddiction #IndustrialAgriculture #WaterSecurity #SystemCollapse

‘Mad fishing’: the super-size fleet of squid catchers plundering the high seas Every year a Chinese-dominated flotilla big enough to be seen from space pillages the rich marine life on Mile 201, a largely ungoverned part of the South Atlantic off Argentina

'Every year a Chinese-dominated flotilla big enough to be seen from space pillages the rich marine life on Mile 201, a largely ungoverned part of the South Atlantic off Argentina'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#NatureEmergency #greed #GrowthAddiction #plunder

Violence, death and stolen land: people need to know the true cost of an avocado | Claudia Ignacio Álvarez Behind the west’s huge appetite for the fruit lies the dark reality of environmental destruction and Indigenous exploitation in Mexico

'Violence, death and stolen land: people need to know the true cost of an avocado'
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

'Behind the west’s huge appetite for the fruit lies the dark reality of environmental destruction and Indigenous exploitation in Mexico'

#greed #GrowthAddiction #CapitalismKills

Historian Jean-Baptiste Fressoz: ‘Forget the energy transition: there never was one and there never will be one’ In France, Jean-Baptiste Fressoz has been provoking the energy and climate debate for some time. He denounces the obsession with technological solutions to climate change and advocates a reduction in ...

More food for thought: 'Historian Jean-Baptiste Fressoz: "Forget the energy transition: there never was one and there never will be one'''
www.resilience.org/stories/2024...

#capitalism #energy #accumulation #GrowthAddiction #degrowth #EnergyTransition #WishfulThinking

Was 2025 the year that business retreated from net zero? From retailers to banks, carmakers to councils, the bold pledges for carbon-neutral economies are being watered down or scrapped

'From retailers to banks, carmakers to councils, the bold pledges for carbon-neutral economies are being watered down or scrapped'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#ClimateEmergency #GrowthAddiction #degrowth

EU closes deal to slash green rules in major win for von der Leyen’s deregulation drive Controversial “omnibus” bill saw center-right EU lawmakers side with the far right to water down environmental standards.

'EU closes deal to slash green rules ...'
www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...

'Controversial “omnibus” bill saw center-right EU lawmakers side with the far right to water down environmental standards.'

#EU #ClimateEmergency #NatureEmergency #neoliberalism #FarRight #necropolitics #GrowthAddiction

In Guinee wijkt alles voor de Chinese mijnbouw Conakry – Wie kritiek heeft, wordt toegetakeld of verdwijnt.

'In Guinea, everything gives way to Chinese mining'
www.groene.nl/artikel/in-g... (Dutch, paywall)

#Mining #IronOre #pollution #injustice #China #GrowthAddiction #authoritarianism #CapitalismKills

Advies van experts: nationaal plan zoals de Deltawerken is nodig om mee te doen in AI-race AI-plan: Ruim vijftig deskundigen schreven op verzoek van de minister van Economische Zaken een plan voor Nederland om mee te doen in de AI-race. Zoals: meer datacenters, een staatssecretaris AI en ze...

A club of neoliberal AI worshippers advises the Dutch government to partially abolish protections for the population through regulations and labor laws in order to participate in the AI ​​rat race.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/... (Dutch, possibly a paywall)

#AI #neoliberalism #GrowthAddiction #cronyism

Google Wants to Power Their Chatbots By Filling Our Skies With Garbage The space data-center wars are coming—and they’re going to be ugly.

'... [Google's] paper boasts that the company’s data center fleet “will be significantly larger … than any previous or current satellite constellations” in orbit.'
slate.com/technology/2...

#AI #EnergyHog #Google #satellites #SpaceJunk #SpacePollution #GrowthAddiction #RobotizationOfHumanity

‘It’s like arguing with robots’: negotiators on the state of Cop30 talks Three representatives of developing countries speak candidly about meetings behind closed doors in Belém

'"It’s like arguing with robots": negotiators [of developing countries] on the state of Cop30 talks'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'"They don’t listen. They don’t want to listen"'

#ClimateEmergency #COP30 #necropolitics #GrowthAddiction #blablabla #ClimateJustice

Analysis: Fossil-fuel CO2 emissions to set new record in 2025, as land sink ‘recovers’ - Carbon Brief Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and cement will rise around 1.1% in 2025,...

'Fossil-fuel CO2 emissions to set new record in 2025'
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-fos...

'Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and cement will rise around 1.1% in 2025, reaching a record 38.1bn tonnes of CO2 (GtCO2)'

#ClimateEmergency #GrowthAddiction

World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating

'The world is still on track for a catastrophic 2.6C increase in temperature as countries have not made sufficiently strong climate pledges, while emissions from fossil fuels have hit a record high'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#ClimateEmergency #necropolitics #neoliberalism #GrowthAddiction

Liberals poised to dump net zero target after majority reject policy in marathon five-hour meeting Senior Liberal sources say 28 speakers wanted to jettison the 2050 net zero emissions target entirely, 17 expressed desire to retain it in some form, while four were on the fence

Australia: 'Liberals poised to dump net zero target after majority reject policy in marathon five-hour meeting'
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

#ClimateEmergency #neoliberalism #GrowthAddiction #necropolitics

Climate goals out of reach as demand for energy surges Changed government priorities and a slow EV uptake are derailing emissions targets, the consultancy Wood Mackenzie warns

Duh... 'Climate goals out of reach as demand for energy surges'
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

'Changed government priorities and a slow EV uptake are derailing emissions targets, the consultancy Wood Mackenzie warns'

#ClimateEmergency #necropolitics #blablabla #GrowthAddiction #degrowth

Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows Executives at world’s biggest datacenter owner grappled with disclosing information about water used to help power facilities

'Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows'
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

#NatureEmergency #WaterSecurity #datacentres #datacenters #GrowthAddiction #Amazon #secrecy

In the depths of the ocean, a new contest between the US and China emerges Around the Cook Islands, the world’s two most powerful countries are exploring the possibility of deep-sea mining for critical minerals

'Around the Cook Islands, the world’s two most powerful countries are exploring the possibility of deep-sea mining for critical minerals'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

#NatureEmergency #DeepSeaMining #ecocide #GrowthAddiction #necropolitics #CapitalismKills

Airport expansion will put UK’s net zero goal in ‘serious jeopardy’, MPs warn Committee urges ministers to set out measures to reduce carbon emissions before work starts on new runways

'Airport expansion will put UK’s net zero goal in "serious jeopardy", MPs warn'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#ClimateEmergency #Starmer #Labour #neoliberalism #GrowthAddiction #necropolitics

No major banks have yet committed to stop funding new oil, gas and coal, research finds ‘The objectives of the Paris agreement are slipping further out of reach,’ say researchers from LSE

'No major banks have yet committed to stop funding new oil, gas and coal, research finds'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#ClimateEmergency #ClimateVillains #greed #finance #GrowthAddiction #CrimesAgainstNatureAndHumanity

Global use of coal hit record high in 2024 Bleak report finds greenhouse gas emissions are still rising despite ‘exponential’ growth of renewables

'Global use of coal hit record high in 2024'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'Bleak report finds greenhouse gas emissions are still rising despite "exponential" growth of renewables'

#ClimateEmergency #ClimateVillains #necropolitics #GrowthAddiction #CrimesAgainstNatureAndHumanity

Brussel schrapt duurzaamheidsregels voor bedrijven en er volgen er meer Brussel wil bedrijven een kwart minder regels opleggen dan voorheen. De Let Valdis Dombrovskis kreeg de leiding over de operatie. Eerste slachtoffer zijn duurzaamheidsregels, maar er volgen nog veel m...

'Brussels wants to impose a quarter fewer regulations on companies than before. ... The first casualty is sustainability regulations.'
www.trouw.nl/buitenland/b... (Dutch, paywall)

#ClimateEmergeny #NatureEmergency #EU #neoliberalism #GrowthAddiction #cronyism

‘A punch in the face’: Germany’s dash for gas raises questions over climate targets Plans for a fossil fuel project in Wadden Sea nature reserve have angered local people and campaigners, as political enthusiasm for renewables wanes

'"A punch in the face": Germany’s dash for gas raises questions over climate targets'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'Plans for a fossil fuel project in Wadden Sea nature reserve have angered local people and campaigners'

#ClimateEmergency #necropolitics #ecocide #GrowthAddiction

‘It’s madness’: bat enthusiasts fear planning bill will derail years of conservation Research project team say Labour’s proposed nature restoration fund would end up being a ‘pay-to-destroy system’

'Research project team say Labour’s proposed nature restoration fund would end up being a "pay-to-destroy system"'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'... planning bill will derail years of conservation'

#NatureEmergency #Starmer #labour #Newspeak #ecocide #neoliberalism #GrowthAddiction