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DoomsdaysCW<p>The Killer <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CEOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CEOs</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a></p><p>Their fortunes are the result of poisoning you, me, our children and grandchildren, every other living thing on Earth, and destroying the temperature stability of our atmosphere. This week it's horrifying to look out and see the world they are creating for the rest of us. </p><p>by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThomHartmann" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThomHartmann</span></a>, Jan 11, 2025</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicCitizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicCitizen</span></a> would like you to know that there are killers among us.</p><p>"They wear $2,000 suits and travel in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrivateJets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateJets</span></a>, unbothered by the TSA or the teeming masses. Their children attend the finest universities in the world, and they vacation on private islands and yachts. Many 'earn' more in a day than most Americans take home in a year; their positions ensure their heirs will never have to work a day in their lives.</p><p>"Their fortunes are the result of poisoning you, me, our children and grandchildren, every other living thing on Earth, and destroying the temperature stability of our atmosphere. This week they’re arguably responsible, in part, for billions of dollars in losses, numerous deaths, and thousands of shattered lives in Southern California."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/big-oil-climate-criminals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/opinion/big-o</span><span class="invisible">il-climate-criminals</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AHexOnExxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AHexOnExxon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShellOilKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShellOilKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChevronKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChevronKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCriminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCriminals</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YeetTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YeetTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EatSeasonally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatSeasonally</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>"miles cable claws driller killer ripping holes tattered cloth stained regaining the weather acid rains so sweet sweat streaks downpour on humidity colder time talking hints watching tests the heat mangled meat retaliate no blaming in future dreams could you have stopped it from happening best left spectator spectacle time spaced fast paced farther down all that trigger guaging cause kills at will melted prophets book burning how undone written slurs the meaning the past they will repeat hard to hit so unbeat melting prophets the past melting undone misted fable role altogether mutating chains rattle happy to perform either war or famine no where arid food growing warming trends a place passive cows to feed the weak product waste give back nothing orders come in make a million living things suffer hidden glad garbage body bag what of that change that could save everything that paper shredder patent tender puts us back in time again budgets that burst with oil crude gas in purse no compassion common criminals seek asylum concrete pillow exxon dreams hidden hiarchy no one in power taking blame"</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amdUfLj7cNY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=amdUfLj7cN</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FridayNightMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FridayNightMusic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environmentalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environmentalism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SkinnyPuppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SkinnyPuppy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AHexOnExxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AHexOnExxon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonMobil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonMobil</span></a> sues investors to block <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> petition</p><p>Oil giant ExxonMobil has sued climate activist investors in a bid to prevent their climate proposal from going to a vote at its annual investor meeting.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68052440" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/business-680524</span><span class="invisible">40</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPPs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateActivists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonLied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonLied</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AHexOnExxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AHexOnExxon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilRefineries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilRefineries</span></a> release lots of water pollution near communities of color, data show</p><p>by Rebecca Hersher, January 26, 2023 4:38 PM ET</p><p>Most of the pollution is happening near communities of color</p><p>"In the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>, people with less power have consistently been exposed to more pollution, whether it's excess <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirPollution</span></a> from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/highways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highways</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/factories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>factories</span></a>, drinking water <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/contamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contamination</span></a>, exposure to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lead</span></a> paint or polluted <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lakes</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivers</span></a>. </p><p>"That trend shows up clearly in the new report, which finds that the majority of the worst-<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polluting</span></a> refineries are located near communities that have lower-than-average <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/income" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>income</span></a> and a higher-than-average proportion of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NonWhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonWhite</span></a> residents.</p><p>"A further NPR analysis of the data finds even more stark inequities: some types of water pollution are concentrated overwhelmingly in communities where people of color live.</p><p>"For example, about three-quarters of the nitrogen, selenium and dissolved solid <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> refineries came from facilities that are surrounded by neighborhoods that are home to people of color.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> declined to comment on the report or on NPR's findings." </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Exxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exxon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AHexOnExxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AHexOnExxon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPAFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPAFail</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeopleOfColor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeopleOfColor</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/01/26/1151464514/oil-refineries-release-lots-of-water-pollution-near-communities-of-color-data-sh" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2023/01/26/1151464514/</span><span class="invisible">oil-refineries-release-lots-of-water-pollution-near-communities-of-color-data-sh</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Exxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exxon</span></a>, your black hearts make me sick.<br>Budgets that burst with oil, crude gas in purse. No compassion, common criminals seek asylum.<br>Concrete pillow, Exxon dreams, hidden <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hierarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hierarchy</span></a>. No one in power taking blame."</p><p>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SkinnyPuppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SkinnyPuppy</span></a>, Hexonxonx, 1989</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amdUfLj7cNY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=amdUfLj7cN</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AHexOnExxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AHexOnExxon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Industrialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Industrialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndustrialMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndustrialMusic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarningSigns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarningSigns</span></a> started in the 1800s. Here's what humanity knew and when.</p><p>"Scientists had already figured out by the late 1800s that a greenhouse effect works to keep the planet warm, and that the carbon dioxide produced by burning coal could enhance that effect. By the 1970s, researchers were measuring those emissions in the atmosphere and warning Earth’s temperature could warm between 0.5 and 5 degrees Celsius by the mid-21st century."</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExxonKnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonKnew</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AHexOnExxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AHexOnExxon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Industrialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Industrialism</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/10/timeline-of-climate-change-what-humanity-knew-and-when/70273996007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usatoday.com/story/news/nation</span><span class="invisible">/2023/06/10/timeline-of-climate-change-what-humanity-knew-and-when/70273996007/</span></a></p>