#BlueHydrogen is fossil-based, with CO2 captured w/ #CCS
Research shows that #blueH2 total ghg footprint can be 20% or even 50% worse 4 the planet than burning gas directly.
Fossil fuel lobbyists have for years lobbied to label #blueH2 as low carbon or clean.
Emissions accounting tricks by #Basf #ArcelorMittal #Yara #E.ON & other Oil&Gas + #EnergyIntensive polluters
by simply removing from emission calculations what makes it so damaging for the climate (methane leakage)
#UnionMan #Unions #Unionize #Work #WorkPlace #NSFIAA #IWA #IAT #IAA #CNT #ZSP #BASF #OLS #CNTAIT#ASIMUR #COBAIT #Anarchism #Syndicalism #AnarchoSyndicalism #DirectAction #WorkersControl #SolidarityForever #GeneralStrike #OneUnion #WorkersSolidarity #AnarchoUnionism #RevolutionaryUnionism #LibertarianSocialism #IndustrialUnionism #WorkplaceOrganizing #WorkersRevolution #ClassStruggle #AntiCapitalism #SelfOrganization #WorkersCouncils #FreeAssociation #MutualAid #WorkersAutonomy #NoMasters145 #FAU #USI #SAC #ESE #FORA #AIT #CGT #IWW36 #Antifa #Revolution #ACAB
Schon lange frage ich mich, woher die braunschwarze Gesinnung des Mannes kommt, der sich schon als unser Bundeskanzler fühlt.
In dieser #Correctiv-Recherche hatte ich gelesen, dass #Merz nicht nur #BlackRock-Lobbyist ist, sondern auch oft #BASF als Anwalt vertreten hat: https://correctiv.org/aktuelles/wirtschaft/2025/01/28/bester-mann-der-grosskonzerne-das-lobby-netzwerk-von-friedrich-merz/
Heute wurde ich daran erinnert, dass #Auschwitz III ein Arbeitslager der IG Farben war, zu der auch BASF gehörte. Und schon passt alles zusammen. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/KZ_Auschwitz_III_Monowitz
Überraschende Diagnose: „So bezeichnet #BASF-Chef Kamieth gestiegene Personalkosten & Minderauslastung von Anlagen als größte Probleme für den Chemiekonzern in Deutschland & nicht zuerst die teure #Energie.“
#TanjaKewes & #BertFroendhoff im
@Handelsblatt.
#Merz wurde als Anwalt + #Lobbyist in Aufsichtsräten + mit Aufträgen von Großkonzerne der Chemie- + Autoindustrie zum Millionär.
Während seiner Zeit bei #MayerBrown verteidigte diese Kanzlei #VW gegen Kund*innen im #Dieselskandal 
und erzielte einen 11 Mrd. € schweren Vergleich für #BASF u.a. Chemiekonzerne, die das Trinkwasser amerikan. Versorger mit #PFAS vergiftet hatten.
Z.Zt. versucht #MayerBrown ein #PFAS
-Verbot in der EU zu verhindern.
#MerzDarfNieKanzlerWerden
Ein neuer Bericht enthüllt, dass über Ramstein und den Standorten von Rheinmetall und BASF Spionagedrohnen gesichtet wurden. Diese Vorfälle werfen Fragen zur Sicherheit und Überwachung auf. 
#Spionage #Drohnen #Ramstein #Rheinmetall #BASF #newz 
https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/spionage-drohnen-ueber-ramstein-rheinmetall-und-basf-gesichtet-a-e97bfa4c-e7fb-4d33-9a69-9e109968787b
550 #ClimateEmergency #Amazon #Indigenous
"Can Lula still save the Amazon?"
by Joaquim Salles for Grist [Nov 21, 2024] [Audio available]
https://grist.org/global-indigenous-affairs-desk/can-lula-still-save-the-amazon-brazil/
Quotes:
"The power imbalance in Brazil's government keeps environmental protections and Indigenous rights under threat."
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"Between January and November of 2023, the [Lula] government issued 40 percent more infractions against illegal deforestation in the Amazon when compared to the same period in 2022, when Bolsonaro was still in office."
"Lula also reestablished the Amazon Fund, an international pool of money used to support conservation efforts in the rainforest. Just this week, at the G20 Summit, outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden pledged $50 million to the fund."
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"And yet, despite the government’s actions, environmental protections and Indigenous rights are still under threat. Lula is governing alongside the most pro-agribusiness congress in Brazilian history, which renders his ability to protect Brazil’s forests and Indigenous peoples in the long term severely constrained."
"Brazil’s equivalent to the House of Representatives, is made up of politicians from 19 different parties../\..Weak party cohesion makes it easier for interest groups to step into the vacuum and act as this coordination device."
"Agribusiness has long been one of the most powerful interest groups in Brazilian politics, but its influence has grown steadily over the past decade as the electorate shifted to the right and the sector developed more sophisticated strategies to affect politics."
"Today, the agrarian caucus is larger than any single party in the Brazilian legislature. "This gives them immense leverage towards any president.”
"Much of the coordination around the legislative agenda takes place away from congress (in) a think tank founded in 2011 and financed largely by major agribusiness corporations, including some in the U.S. and the European Union."
Among IPA’s main backers are
* Brazilian beef giant #JBS,
* German pesticide producer #BASF, and the
* U.S.-based corporation #Cargill
"The agrarian caucus has tallied several../\.. new legislation (on) use of pesticides, which Human Rights Watch called a “serious threat to the environment and the right to health,” removes barriers for previously banned substances and reduces the regulatory oversight of the health and environment agencies../\..Lula attempted to veto parts of the bill, but was overruled by congress."
"Another recent victory for the agrarian caucus came as a major blow to #IndigenousRights. Agribusiness has (for) called marco temporal (“time frame,” in English), which posits that Indigenous groups can only claim their traditional lands if they were occupying it in 1988, the year the current Brazilian constitution was drafted.
It disregards the fact that many Indigenous groups were expelled from their native lands long before that date."
"The theory had been making its way through the Brazilian justice system for 16 years, until it was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court last year. Blatantly flouting the court’s ruling, congress passed a bill codifying marco temporal into law. Lula tried to veto the bill, but he was overruled by the agrarian caucus again."
"The government has limited tools at its disposal to block anti-environmental legislation. In the past, the executive branch had greater control over discretionary spending and was able to use this to its advantage while negotiating with congress."
"Among projects which have a high likelihood of passing, like the #BrazilsForestCode, the key piece of legislation governing the use and management of forests. “It would make control much more difficult because illegal forms of deforestation would become legal,” said Araújo."
"The move could open almost 18 million hectares of forest to agricultural development. That is an area roughly the size of New York state, New Jersey, and Massachusetts combined."
"Another bill in the package removes protections for native grasslands, including large parts of the Cerrado and the Pantanal (the world’s largest tropical wetland). In theory this would affect 48 millions hectares of native vegetation"
"Yet another bill, which has already been approved in the Chamber of Deputies, overhauls the process of environmental licensing, essentially reducing it to a rubber stamp. "You might as well not have licensing legislation” said Araújo."
"Part of the reason many of these bills have a chance of passing is the Lula government’s limited leverage../\..During these negotiations, some environmentalists believe concerns over Brazil’s forests fall by the wayside."
"Araújo: “There are political agreements and negotiations that must be made. The bargaining chip cannot be environmental legislation.”
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside
#ClimateBreakDown
@lesandrop
#InfluenceMap hat die Einflussnahme von Firmen und Industrieverbände auf #Klimapolitik international verglichen.
Am stärksten stemmen sich Akteure aus der #USA gegen #Klimaschutz, aber der drittschädlichste Konzern ist deutsch: #BASF 
#Lufthansa und #BMW liegen im Negativ-Ranking auf den Plätzen 15 und 16.
Auf Rang 4 der #Klimaschmutzlobby steht der europäische Verband mit dem generischen Namen #BusinessEurope. Bekannter sind Plätze 9 und 10: #VDA und #BDI.
NB: #AberChina #WhatAboutChina? Konzerne und #Lobbyisten aus #China tauchen in beiden Listen nicht auf.
https://influencemap.org/briefing/Corporate-Climate-Policy-Footprint-20137
Via #LetzteGeneration @AufstandLastGen
#Lobbyismus #Korruption
#menschenrechte #politik
#demokratie #gerechtigkeit #MarleneEngelhorn #reichtum #Rückverteilung #basf #erbschaft #seuer #erbschaftssteuer #taxherich #tax #politics #democracy #justice #rich
Unterstützt werden Organisationen und Initiativen in den Bereichen Gesundheit und Soziales, Klima- und Naturschutz, Bildung, Demokratie und soziale Gerechtigkeit, Soziale Integration, Initiativen und Kultur.
LEAVE IT TO HUMANS TO NOT ONLY SH*T WHERE THEY EAT -- WITH HARD TO BREAK FLUORINE-CARBON BONDS! GOOD JOB HUMANS! MAYBE CONSIDER ALL POSSIBLE OUTCOMES BEFORE MAKING STUPID DECISIONS!
‘This is #Chernobyl’: #Texas ranchers say ‘forever chemicals’ in waste-based fertilizers ruined their land
Story by Rebecca Lopez
April 28, 2024
"Ranchers here say their cattle, fish and horses are dying and getting sick because of a fertilizer spread on nearby farmland.
"The fertilizer is made from treated human waste from the city of Fort Worth.
"The company that makes the fertilizer says its products meet government standards.
"County officials have launched a criminal investigation, and ranchers are suing, saying runoff from the fertilizer has made their land useless."
#PFAS #PFOS #WaterIsLife #WaterPollution #PFASPollution #PFOA #PTFE #Wildlife #Cancer #Contamination #Chemicals #Environment #FoodPackaging #Plastics #FireFightingFoam #Firefighters #Health #Mining #Lubricants #Electronics #Cosmetics #PFNA #PFHxS #PFB #GenXChemicals
#Toxic #DowChemical #DuPont #3M #BASF #Teflon #RainWater #DrinkingWater
VW and BASF, which have had extensive investments and sales in China for decades, are among the companies increasingly caught between Beijing on one side and Western governments, shareholders and human rights groups on the other. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/02/19/companies/firms-china-xinjiang-ties/ #business #companies #xinjiang #china #volkswagen #carmakers #basf #uyghurs #forcedlabor #germany
It's about f-ing time!!! WTF!
The #EPA is proposing that '#ForeverChemicals' be considered #hazardous substances
by Ayana ArchieFeb, 02 2024
"The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing that nine #PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," be categorized as hazardous to human health.
"The EPA signed a proposal Wednesday that would deem the chemicals "hazardous constituents" under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
"For the agency to consider a substance a hazardous constituent, it has to be toxic or cause cancer, genetic mutation or the malformations of an embryo. The full list of the nine substances can be found here.
"The agency cited various studies in which forever chemicals were found to cause a litany of "t#oxic effects" in humans and #animals, including, but not limited to cancer, a decreased response to vaccinations, #HighCholesterol, decrease in #fertility in women, #preeclampsia, #thyroid disorders and #asthma, the EPA said.
"Short for "per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances," PFAS cover thousands of man-made chemicals. PFAS are often used for manufacturing purposes, such as in #NonstickCookware, #adhesives, #firefighting foam, #turf and more [ex, #SkiWax].
"PFAS have been called "forever chemicals" because they break down very slowly and can accumulate in people, animals and the environment. Last summer, a study by the U.S. Geological Survey found that the man-made chemicals are present in nearly half the country's tap water supply.
"The survey tested for 32 types of PFAS, though there are more than 12,000, the USGS said, and they can pose a health threat even at very small amounts.
"In June, the chemical manufacturer 3M said it would pay about $10 billion in lawsuit settlements to help detoxify water supplies across the country, after plaintiffs claimed the company's firefighting foam and other products were responsible for contaminating #TapWater with PFAS.
"The proposed rule will be open for #PublicComment once it is uploaded to the Federal Register, under docket number EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0278."
#PFASPollution #PFOS #WaterIsLife #Wildlife #Cancer #Contamination #Chemicals #Environment #FoodPackaging #Plastics #FireFightingFoam #Firefighters #Health #Mining #Lubricants #Electronics #Cosmetics #PFOS #PFNA #PFHxS #PFB GenXChemicals
#PFOA #Toxic #DowChemical #DuPont #3M #BASF #Teflon #RainWater #SkiWax
#Introduction Hello all, I've just joined the Fediverse recently.
My background is in #chemistry, and I am working for #BASF, making my journey from #research to #innovation into #communityManagement.
I am a hobby programmer and web developer and love to dig into new things like #generativeAI. A lot of my free time and travel time is spent with friends in #tango. Baking my own #bread and love the culinary experiences.
