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“Every place that there is this boom for mineral extractions [for electric vehicles], there are consequences for people on the ground.” Matthew Groch from Mighty Earth discusses solutions on the Driving Mobility podcast.
Show Driving Mobility, Ep What it will take to clean up the EV industry - Aug 8, 2024
📢 No More Mining Loopholes: Protect Our Desert Tortoises! 🐢
The California State Mining and Geology Board is proposing new rules that could let mining projects bypass crucial environmental checks! This could endanger habitats, wildlife, and communities, including our beloved Mojave Desert tortoises. 😱🌍
We need YOUR help to ensure these regulations don’t allow more harmful exemptions. Sign the petition to demand mining projects comply with environmental protection laws, inform local communities and Tribes about exemptions, and clearly explain their decisions to the public. Your voice matters! ✊🌿
Sign the petition now! 📝 ➡️https://bit.ly/No-More-Mining-Loopholes
Speak up to defend people and nature from new rules that could let mining projects in California dodge responsibility.
🗞️ UTS Report on Mining Impacts Makes Headlines 🌟
A recent article highlights Earthworker Paulina Personius, who discusses how we can electrify our transport systems without compromising the planet or the communities involved in mining. 🚗💚
Let's shape a more sustainable future for all! Read the full article to learn more about these innovative solutions and how they’re shaping the future of clean energy. 🌍🌱
Read here 🔗➡️ https://bit.ly/UTS-news-article
“It’s not like we need to wait for technological advances or for these solutions to be developed. They already exist,” an Earthworks campaigner told Tech Brew.
🏛️ $300M SLAPP Suit: A Dangerous New Precedent ⚖️
Energy Transfer is targeting Greenpeace USA and Greenpeace International with a $300 million lawsuit, falsely accusing them of orchestrating the resistance and erasing Indigenous leadership. This SLAPP suit aims to silence critics and burden them with crippling legal fees. 🚨💸
🗣️ Show your support! Click the link to learn more and see how you can stand with Greenpeace in this crucial fight for environmental justice. 🌍💪
🔗 GreenpeaceOnTrial.org
In the US, over 80% of EVs and gas cars are SUVs. Compared to other countries, small cars in the US also have larger batteries, averaging 60 kWh compared to 35 kWh in Europe. Smaller vehicles mean smaller batteries, which means less mineral demand.
🔗 Learn more at https://bit.ly/the-road-to-zero-emissions-transport
🚨 Urgent Action Needed! 🚨
While Big Oil is under investigation for colluding to raise your energy bills, Senator Manchin is pushing a bill to expand fossil fuel operations on our lands and waters and make it harder for communities to fight pollution. 🛢️🌊🚫
Manchin’s toxic legislation is set for a vote this Wednesday by the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee. 🛑⚠️
📞 Call these Senators NOW and urge them to vote NO on the Energy Permitting and Reform Act of 2024:
📍 Sen. Wyden (OR): 202-224-5244
📍 Sen. Cantwell (WA): 202-224-3441
📍 Sen. Heinrich (NM): 202-224-5521
📍 Sen. Hirono (HI): 202-224-6361
📍 Sen. King (ME): 202-224-5344
📍 Sen. Cortez Masto (NV): 202-224-3542
📍 Sen. Hickenlooper (CO): 202-224-5941
📍 Sen. Padilla (CA): 202-224-3553
Let’s protect our communities and environment! 🌍💪
CapturePoint Solutions proposed injecting up to 50 million tons of carbon dioxide over a 12- to 20-year period in the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana. That request was initially denied, but could be allowed under a proposed rule.
The U.S. Forest Service is considering a draft rule that would allow for carbon emissions to be stored under national forest land.
🗣️ Leading the Charge. A powerful coalition of 230 Indigenous Peoples groups, unions, and various organizations dedicated to climate, environmental justice, and human rights have united to develop recommendations for a transformative approach to transition minerals. With these, we aim to contribute to the panel’s work for a just global energy system that benefits all.
👉 Read the recommendations here: https://bit.ly/civil-society-recommendations
We are expanding mining for electric vehicles, but global estimates show cars are parked 95% of the time. Despite a trend towards larger vehicles, the average car trip only has 1.5 passengers in the US.
🔗 Learn more at https://bit.ly/the-road-to-zero-emissions-transport
📢 The UN Secretary-General convened the Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals to guide governments and companies on global principles for supplying the minerals needed to phase out fossil fuels. This initiative aims to advance sustainability, justice, equity, and human rights. ♻️🌍🌱
🗣️ 230 Indigenous Peoples groups, unions, and climate and environmental justice, child rights, and human rights organizations call on the panel to secure a transformative approach to transition minerals that contribute to a just global energy system. 📜
Read and share the recommendations here 👉 https://bit.ly/civil-society-recommendations
Transportation is the biggest GHG-emitting sector in the US. Expanding our public transit, walking, and biking infrastructure can help reduce transportation emissions and accelerate the transition from fossil fuels.
Reducing transport emissions, which account for 20% of global emissions, is essential. The main contributor is road transport, particularly cars, motorcycles, buses, and taxis. Lowering car dependency cuts mineral demand and GHG emissions. Public and active transportation have a lower mineral demand than EVs.
🔗 Learn more at https://bit.ly/the-road-to-zero-emissions-transport
65 years ago, one of the largest nuclear reactor failures in the U.S. occurred just 30 miles north of downtown LA. Today, it’s still one of CA’s most toxic sites. So why hasn’t the been cleaned up? Advocates, experts, and citizens are demanding a complete cleanup NOW.
The major barriers to a fast and fair transition are social and political, not technological. Policymakers can implement changes to support a clean energy transition with less mining.
🔗 Learn more at https://bit.ly/the-road-to-zero-emissions-transport
🌍 Reducing Mineral Demand for a Clean Energy Future ✨
🌿🔍 Curious about how we can lower mineral demand while transitioning to clean energy? Tune in on Thursday at 12 pm BST/7 am EST for our insightful webinar with Earthworks and the Institute for Sustainable Futures. Learn about impactful policy changes and real-world examples.
Secure your spot 🎥 ➡️ https://bit.ly/uts-eu-report
🌿 Pathway to Fossil-Free Transportation 🛤️
🛤️🔋 Join us on Thursday for an eye-opening webinar on transitioning to fossil-free transport with reduced mining impact. Earthworks and the Institute for Sustainable Futures will share global case studies and actionable policies at 12 pm BST/7 am EST. Don’t miss out!
Register here 🎥 ➡️ https://bit.ly/uts-eu-report
Tune in to Planet Philadelphia for an insightful discussion on emissions monitoring and the "radical transparency" program at CNX with Earthworker Melissa Ostroff! 🌐💚
You won't want to miss this enlightening conversation about our shared environment and the innovative steps being taken to protect it. Tune in live or catch the replay online afterward!🎙🌿
📲🔊gtownradio.com
Planet Philadelphia G-town Radio/WGGT-LP 92.9
The outcome of did not adopt any resolutions that included the rights of Indigenous Peoples and their Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC), following a persisting trend of diluting or deleting text about Indigenous rights from agreements, treaties, and resolutions.
Read more about this ongoing struggle in this article written by , , , and Indigenous Peoples Pact:
📎➡️ https://bit.ly/UN-Environmental-Agreements
🇺🇸 We Deserve Freedom From Pollution 🌍
While we celebrate our nation’s independence this Fourth of July, as a country, we still remain heavily dependent on fossil fuels for energy despite the urgent need to transition to clean energy to hold off the worst of the climate crisis. This year, we ask you to join us to push for . 🌿✨
Pollution from fossil fuel production and dirty mining continues to impact communities nationwide, poisoning their air and water. 🏭💧 Our families and communities deserve to have clean air and water, and future generations deserve to inherit a livable planet. 🌱✨
📎 Learn more here: https://bit.ly/freedom-from-pollution
🚨 Breaking News: Historic Victory for Alaska 🏔️
The Biden administration has blocked the proposed 211-mile Ambler Road through Alaska's Southern Brooks Range and Gates of the Arctic National Preserve! The decision protects vital subsistence resources and acknowledges there are no current mines or pending proposals in the area. 🏞️🚫
This is a huge victory for Alaska’s rural communities, tribes, and environmental advocates who fought tirelessly to protect their homeland. 🌍✊💚
📢 Read the full statement from Earthworks’ Executive Director Jennifer Krill: https://bit.ly/ew-statement
🏞️ Take Action for Our Future! 💪
Let's unite and make our voices heard! Join us in urging Governor Shapiro to protect our communities with strong regulations establishing no-drill zones across Pennsylvania. Our health and safety are at risk from fracking and its related infrastructure, which are dangerously close to our homes, schools, hospitals, and streams.🏡💧
Sign the petition now 📢 https://bit.ly/no-drill-zone
🌍 Powering the Future: How EV Battery Recycling Benefits Everyone ♻️
Reusing, repurposing, and recycling EV batteries is not just good for the planet but will lead to a wide variety of socio-economic and environmental benefits. The ability to extract and reuse these materials from end-of-life EV batteries decreases our need for new minerals to meet EV market demand. 🏭🔋
Building out domestic recycling can also mitigate supply and price volatility across global markets and create thousands of new jobs. Read the first blog of our series to find out how we can take advantage of this opportunity! 🚀🔍
📎 https://bit.ly/battery-circularity
This piece was co-authored by Alexia Melendez Martineau, Senior Policy Manager at Plug In America Currently, transportation is the sector with the single
Wall Street is bank rolling one of the world’s largest build outs of new fossil fuel projects along the coastlines of Texas and Louisiana.
That's why we're in NYC this week with 100+ community leaders and organizers from the Gulf South: to demand that banks, investors and insurers 🛑STOP🛑 financing all fossil fuel and petrochemical facilities.
https://www.summerofheat.org/
Invisible Threat in PA! Small oil and gas storage tanks may not catch our eye, but their impact on our health and environment is big. With thousands polluting PA, it's time for comprehensive action. Governor Shapiro must include all storage tanks in his climate and health protection plan. Let's clean up PA for our families and future generations!
NEW: Air monitoring research has revealed that residents in a part of Louisiana’s Cancer Alley are being exposed to significantly greater amounts of a cancer-causing petrochemical than assumed in regulations and permitting decisions.
New air monitoring research from John Hopkins University revealed that residents in a part of Louisiana’s Cancer Alley are being exposed to significantly
Minerals for EV batteries are sourced using irresponsible mining practices that lead to human rights and environmental abuses. We must accelerate the energy transition by investing now in scaling up battery reuse and recycling. 🔋⚡️
A new campaign from GAIA sets out what must be done to ensure that we fix waste and pollution issues in EV battery systems right now. By advocating for battery redesign, reuse and recycling with strong environmental justice standards, we can ensure that renewables are done right. 🌎🌱
🎬 Explore more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8569Y_22-b0
While celebrated for their role in achieving climate goals, EV batteries also present new challenges for communities and countries lacking proper systems to ...
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The major barriers to a fast and fair transition are social and political, not technological. Policymakers can implement changes to support a clean energy transition with less mining. 🔗 Learn more at https://bit.ly/the-road-to-zero-emissions-transport #CleanEnergyNow #SustainableTransport #LessMiningMoreFuture
Invisible Threat in PA! Small oil and gas storage tanks may not catch our eye, but their impact on our health and environment is big. With thousands polluting PA, it's time for comprehensive action. Governor Shapiro must include all storage tanks in his climate and health protection plan. Let's clean up PA for our families and future generations! #CutMethane #CleanUpPA #Pennsylvania
PA Families Deserve Better! No matter their size, Pennsylvania's oil and gas storage tanks leak dangerous pollutants that affect our health and planet. Governor Shapiro's new plan must include measures to cut pollution from these tanks. Our health and climate can't wait! #CutMethane #HealthyFutures #Pennsylvania
NEW research from Earthworks and Oil Change International reveals these certifications are deeply flawed and ineffective: 1️⃣ Certifiers use unreliable tech and methods, where monitors regularly miss pollution events. 2️⃣ Fossil fuel companies rarely take action to address pollution even when it is detected. 3️⃣ Despite the growth of the gas certification industry, U.S. methane emissions keep rising. Yet, certification schemes are increasingly influencing public policy. This greenwashing scam must end so we can focus on what’s urgently needed – phasing out oil and gas. Anything else is #CertifiedGaslighting. Read the full report here: CertifiedGaslighting.com
NEW REPORT ➡️ Fossil fuel companies are under public pressure to address the climate crisis and reduce pollution. In response, almost 40% of US gas is now “certified” by third-party companies, allowing fossil fuel producers to claim reduced methane emissions from their operations. The problem? The claims are false. Gas certification threatens climate goals by promoting false data and enabling gas companies to continue or expand operations under the guise of reduced emissions.
Small Tanks, Big Problems! The Shapiro administration is gearing up to fight oil & gas pollution. But did you know that even small storage tanks release harmful methane and toxins in our backyards and schools across PA? It's time they're included in the plan. Let's urge Governor Shapiro to tackle pollution from all tanks, big and small! #ActForPA #CutMethane #Pennsylvania
Edson Krenak, an Indigenous Rights Leader at Cultural Survival and the SIRGE Coalition, addressed the threat of mining for transition minerals to Indigenous communities at the #OECDMineralsForum2024 in Paris. #IndigenousRights #ClimateJustice #ProtectIndigenousLands
Earthworks' Mining Director at the #OECDMineralsForum2024 in Paris explains why it's essential to address the human rights and environmental costs of mining for lithium, cobalt, nickel & other "battery minerals" as we transition to renewable energy and scale up our climate solutions. ⚖️🌱 #HumanRights #CleanEnergyTransition #ClimateJustice
📢 Let's amplify: families and women from the community of Totoral Chico in the Ayllu Acre Antequera (Oruro, Bolivia) speak to the illegal mining incursion on their lands. The state and judicial response has been insufficient. There's been a noticeable expansion of mining extractivism in the country amidst the decline of the hydrocarbon boom. Watch and share. 🌍🔊 #WomenAgainstMiningExtractivism #SocialJustice #Bolivia -- 📢 Amplificamos una nueva denuncia de familias y mujeres de la Comunidad Totoral Chico, del Ayllu Acre Antequera (Oruro, Bolivia), quienes narran la incursión minera ilegal en sus terrenos. La respuesta estatal y de la justicia no ha sido suficiente. Se ve una expansión del extractivismo minero en el país en el contexto de la caída del boom de los hidrocarburos. Ve el video y compártelo. 🌍🔊 #MujeresFrenteAlExtractivismoMinero #JusticiaSocial #Bolivia
In John Beard Jr.’s hometown of Port Arthur, Texas there are hundreds of petrochemical facilities. John is at #INC4 to lend his voice and action to demand that the treaty addresses the entire plastics supply chain, chemicals of concern, pollution and waste management on a global scale.
Did you know that right now, the U.S. is negotiating a #GlobalPlasticsTreaty to solve the world's plastic crisis? That's why we're in Ottawa: to ensure the U.S. supports an ambitious treaty that will address plastic pollution all along the supply chain and a real, just transition from fossil fuels.
🚨Big News Alert: Victory for the Brooks Range 🌟 It’s official! The Biden administration listened to the call of Alaska Indigenous communities and formally acknowledged the Brooks Range is no place for the Ambler road! People from all over joined their call, and today we can officially say that our message was heard loud and clear. 💧🌿 Thank you to everyone for helping us reach this historic moment for people, caribou, clean water, and the vast landscapes that sustain us. 🌄🦌 #defendthebrooksrange #noamblerroad #roadtoruin #alaska
🌍💡 ¡Atención a todos los defensores del medio ambiente en #Ecuador! Aprende sobre la cámara OGI y su papel en la transparencia de la información ambiental. ¡Te esperamos! 🌟🌿 💬 Foro 'El Metano y Monitoreo de su Contaminación Oculta' 🗓️ 1 de mayo (15:00 hrs) 📍 Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar (Sede Ecuador) 🎥 En mayo de 2023, Earthworks viajó a varios lugares en Argentina para documentar las emisiones tóxicas e impactos de las instalaciones de hidrocarburos: https://bit.ly/documental-argentina | #AcciónAmbiental #ForoOGI #Quito
🌲 It's time to hold operators responsible for cleaning and plugging their wells. We can't let them keep walking away, especially when public health impacts are at stake. Some of these wells are in our backyards and schoolyards, not just the Allegheny National Forest. Let's remember that plugging wells can also create good union jobs! 💪 Join us in supporting Melissa Ostroff as she testifies at the PA House hearing on well abandonment in PA. Recently, Melissa used her OGI camera in the Allegheny National Forest and discovered pollution around many neglected wells. This video reminds us of the importance of our collective vigilance in safeguarding our environment. 🌍 #EnvironmentalRights #Accountability #PollutionAlert Tune in TODAY at 10 AM ET to witness Melissa's testimony live 🚨 https://bit.ly/melissa-pa-hearing
🌍 Latest News: Colorado Legislators Propose Measures for Cleaner Air! 💨 In a groundbreaking move, Democratic lawmakers announced a comprehensive package of bills to curb air pollution from oil and gas operations on the Front Range. This initiative stems from a critical concern for public health, particularly the impact on children. 🚨🔍 The Northern Front Range, facing air quality challenges for two decades, hopes these bills will pave the way for transitioning away from fossil fuels. Let's rally for cleaner air by contacting your legislators to support these bills. Together, we can ensure a healthier future for Colorado! 🌳💚 Read the full article here: https://ow.ly/skug50QJUW9 #CleanAirCO #EnvironmentalJustice #ColoradoLegislation
🌿Urgent Update: Colorado's Ambitious Ozone-Fighting Bills Unveiled! 🚀 Colorado Dems & advocates reveal bold ozone-fighting bills: summer drilling "pause," driving caps, fines for repeat offenders like Suncor. Despite opposition, these measures tackle severe ozone nonattainment affecting 60% of Coloradans. 🚗💨 Key actions include drilling restrictions, mileage limits, and fines. Let's back these initiatives for cleaner air and a healthier future. Together, we can build a more sustainable future! 🌍💚 Read more about the proposed bills by Michael Booth here: https://ow.ly/cntm50QJTZH #CleanAirColorado #OzoneAction #EnvironmentalJustice
👨👩👧👦🌲💧 #Pennsylvania Families Demand Action! Pollution from small oil and gas wells is invisible, but what we don’t see can still hurt us. EPA is asking states to protect families! It's time for Governor Shapiro to ensure frequent pollution monitoring at every oil and gas site. Our communities deserve to be safe! 🛡️🚫 #ProtectPA #CutMethane
🚨🌎👩👧👦 Small Wells, Big Impact! Did you know thousands of small oil & gas wells are harming our health and heating the planet in our backyards in #Pennsylvania? EPA is asking states to take action! We need Governor Shapiro to step up and treat these small wells as the big threats they are. Let's demand cleaner, safer communities! 🌿✊ #CleanUpPA #CutMethane #Earthworks
🏡 Health Impacts Unveiled: The Unseen Dangers in Our Neighborhoods! 😷 It's time to champion safer communities! Carlsbad's oil and gas development is alarmingly close to residential areas, educational facilities, and recreational spaces. The emissions from these operations are linked with significant health risks, including asthma, cancer, and hormonal imbalances. 🚨💔 Join us in pushing for meaningful change. Support and spread the word about our advocacy for SM 8 Oil and Gas Setbacks in New Mexico. Let's collaborate to secure the health and safety of our loved ones! 🌍💪 #ProtectOurCommunities #NMleg #NM
Our children deserve a safe learning environment. Experience the inspiring leadership of Stephanie Garcia-Richard as she advocates for SM 8 Oil and Gas Setbacks, aiming for a one-mile buffer zone around schools. 🌈🌿 #ProtectOurCommunities #NMleg #NM
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