tar sands – Green Social Thought https://www.greensocialthought.org Produce less. Distribute it fairly. Create a greener world for all. Thu, 22 Feb 2024 04:47:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.greensocialthought.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-ggef_logo_small-1-32x32.png tar sands – Green Social Thought https://www.greensocialthought.org 32 32 The Bayou Bridge Pipeline’s Entangled Hierarchies of Power https://www.greensocialthought.org/biodiversity-biodevastation/bayou-bridge-pipelines-entangled-hierarchies-power/ Mon, 03 Sep 2018 15:31:48 +0000 https://gst.riz-om.network/reprint/bayou-bridge-pipelines-entangled-hierarchies-power/ by Alycee Lane

Lately I’ve been struck by a picture of Melinda Tillies, a Louisiana homeowner recently featured in an article by Julie Dermansky in DeSmogBlog.* Tillies is standing in front of her house. In the background (not more than “25 feet away”) is a crane, its arm lifted, ready to plunge into the earth. Tillies looks into the camera. She appears at once angry, fed-up, resigned, and defiant.]]> by Alycee Lane

Lately I’ve been struck by a picture of Melinda Tillies, a Louisiana homeowner recently featured in an article by Julie Dermansky in DeSmogBlog.* Tillies is standing in front of her house. In the background (not more than “25 feet away”) is a crane, its arm lifted, ready to plunge into the earth.

Tillies looks into the camera. She appears at once angry, fed-up, resigned, and defiant.

]]> India May Ban Petcoke, One of Dirtiest Fossil Fuels Exported by Koch Brothers https://www.greensocialthought.org/biodiversity-biodevastation/india-may-ban-petcoke-one-dirtiest-fossil-fuels-exported-koch-brothers/ Mon, 29 Jan 2018 15:27:58 +0000 https://gst.riz-om.network/reprint/india-may-ban-petcoke-one-dirtiest-fossil-fuels-exported-koch-brothers/ by Steve Horn

While U.S. power plants have considered petroleum coke or “petcoke” to be too dirty to burn, India, on the other hand, has been importing this coal by-product of tar sands refining for years. However, it may be seeing its last days in the country which has served as its biggest importer. In the aftermath of an Associated Press investigation published on December 1, India's Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said the country is formulating plans to phase out petcoke imports. The AP investigation, filed from New Delhi, revealed that citizens who live near petcoke refining facilities have come down with a range of air pollution-related illnesses in recent months and years.]]> by Steve Horn

While U.S. power plants have considered petroleum coke or “petcoke” to be too dirty to burn, India, on the other hand, has been importing this coal by-product of tar sands refining for years. However, it may be seeing its last days in the country which has served as its biggest importer.

In the aftermath of an Associated Press investigation published on December 1, India's Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said the country is formulating plans to phase out petcoke imports. The AP investigation, filed from New Delhi, revealed that citizens who live near petcoke refining facilities have come down with a range of air pollution-related illnesses in recent months and years.

]]> Why are British Columbians Voting Liberal, Against Their Own Interest? https://www.greensocialthought.org/biodiversity-biodevastation/why-are-british-columbians-voting-liberal-against-their-own-interest-0/ Wed, 14 Jun 2017 13:41:59 +0000 https://gst.riz-om.network/reprint/why-are-british-columbians-voting-liberal-against-their-own-interest-0/ by Michael Hudson

British Columbia is giving away lumber at .50 cents an acre and the Green Party holds the balance of power at a tipping point on energy policy says Michael Hudson Dimitri Lascari: This is Dimitri Lascaris for The Real News. On Tuesday of this week the Canadian Province of British Colombia held an election and the result was a nail biter. BC’s legislature consists of 87 seats and in order to command a majority, a party must hold a minimum of 44 seats. The provisional results are that the right wing incumbent liberal party, led by BC premier Christy Clark, […]]]> by Michael Hudson

British Columbia is giving away lumber at .50 cents an acre and the Green Party holds the balance of power at a tipping point on energy policy says Michael Hudson

Dimitri Lascari: This is Dimitri Lascaris for The Real News. On Tuesday of this week the Canadian Province of British Colombia held an election and the result was a nail biter. BC’s legislature consists of 87 seats and in order to command a majority, a party must hold a minimum of 44 seats. The provisional results are that the right wing incumbent liberal party, led by BC premier Christy Clark, won 43 seats. The Social Democratic NDP won 41 seats, and the BC Green party, led by climate scientist Andrew Weaver won three seats.

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