I just watched a powerful new Greenpeace film exposing how Eni – one of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies – is using the Winter Olympics and Paralympics to greenwash its climate damage.

Eni’s annual fossil fuel emissions could melt enough glacier ice to fill 2.5 million Olympic swimming pools. And yet it’s a premium partner of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

This video shows what that sponsorship really means.
#olympics #fossilfuels #climatechange

I hope one day my grandchildren will tell a similar story about fossil fuel products. That governments around the world passed laws against carrying advertising for them. Then slowly expanded that ban to apply to businesses that totally depend on them. Like transport services that burn fossil fuels, or service stations that make most of their money selling them.

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#PolicyNZ #ClimateChange #FossilFuels

“It is impossible to claim that retaining an uneconomic resource will benefit ratepayers,” Goggin said.

The #coal plant that has run the longest beyond its retirement date is the JH Campbell plant in #Michigan. Starting last May, the #Energy Dept began issuing rolling 90-day orders for the plant to stay open. It has so far cost $80 million to keep running, acc/to filings from Consumers Energy, the #utility that operates the power plant.

#Trump #CostOfLiving #ClimateChange #FossilFuels #law

“It is impossible to claim that retaining an uneconomic resource will benefit ratepayers,” Goggin said.

The #coal plant that has run the longest beyond its retirement date is the JH Campbell plant in #Michigan. Starting last May, the #Energy Dept began issuing rolling 90-day orders for the plant to stay open. It has so far cost $80 million to keep running, acc/to filings from Consumers Energy, the #utility that operates the power plant.

#Trump #CostOfLiving #ClimateChange #FossilFuels #law

Routine maintenance & upgrades to the #grid were already causing households nationwide to experience sticker shock on their monthly #bills. These added costs could drive regional prices even higher in the coming year. 2 co-operative #electrical #utilities that own the #Colorado #coal plant forced to stay online asked the #Trump admin to reconsider because it would raise #costs on their ratepayers.

#idiocracy #affordability #CostOfLiving #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #energy #law

All told, the #Trump admin keeping these plants open could cost #US #utility customers $3-6 billion by the end of 2028, the #Grid Strategies report found.

Some are literally broken: 2 #coal power plant units in #Colorado & #Indiana were not operational when Wright ordered them out of retirement, meaning they will need costly repairs & maintenance before they can even hope to be turned back on.

#idiocracy #affordability #CostOfLiving #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #energy #law

Routine maintenance & upgrades to the #grid were already causing households nationwide to experience sticker shock on their monthly #bills. These added costs could drive regional prices even higher in the coming year. 2 co-operative #electrical #utilities that own the #Colorado #coal plant forced to stay online asked the #Trump admin to reconsider because it would raise #costs on their ratepayers.

#idiocracy #affordability #CostOfLiving #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #energy #law

All told, the #Trump admin keeping these plants open could cost #US #utility customers $3-6 billion by the end of 2028, the #Grid Strategies report found.

Some are literally broken: 2 #coal power plant units in #Colorado & #Indiana were not operational when Wright ordered them out of retirement, meaning they will need costly repairs & maintenance before they can even hope to be turned back on.

#idiocracy #affordability #CostOfLiving #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #energy #law

The #Trump admin has so far prevented 5 aging #coal-fired #power plants from shutting down at their planned retirement dates. The admin says this is a cost-saving solution for Americans at a time when rising #energy bills are causing concern around the country. But experts say it’s likely to increase energy prices, instead. In fact, new analysis shows the move could cost #US ratepayers billions over the next 2 years.

#idiocracy #CostOfLiving #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #law

#Trump is using “emergency powers” to keep aging #coal plants open. It could increase your #electricity bill.

A #Michigan #power plant that has consumed coal in a roaring furnace to generate electricity since the early 1960s was supposed to retire last year. Instead, it’s been kept running for months on the orders of the Trump admin.

And it’s not the only one.

#affordability #CostOfLiving #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #energy #EnvironmentalLaw #law
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/climate/trump-aging-coal-plants-electricity-bills

The #Trump admin has so far prevented 5 aging #coal-fired #power plants from shutting down at their planned retirement dates. The admin says this is a cost-saving solution for Americans at a time when rising #energy bills are causing concern around the country. But experts say it’s likely to increase energy prices, instead. In fact, new analysis shows the move could cost #US ratepayers billions over the next 2 years.

#idiocracy #CostOfLiving #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #law

#Trump is using “emergency powers” to keep aging #coal plants open. It could increase your #electricity bill.

A #Michigan #power plant that has consumed coal in a roaring furnace to generate electricity since the early 1960s was supposed to retire last year. Instead, it’s been kept running for months on the orders of the Trump admin.

And it’s not the only one.

#affordability #CostOfLiving #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #energy #EnvironmentalLaw #law
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/climate/trump-aging-coal-plants-electricity-bills

I just watched a powerful new Greenpeace film exposing how Eni – one of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies – is using the Winter Olympics and Paralympics to greenwash its climate damage.

Eni’s annual fossil fuel emissions could melt enough glacier ice to fill 2.5 million Olympic swimming pools. And yet it’s a premium partner of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

This video shows what that sponsorship really means.
#olympics #fossilfuels #climatechange

RE: https://mas.to/@TechConnectify/115985224639778868

Effective #activism, especially with issues like #environmentalism that have economic associations, can revolve heavily around simply framing issues.

In this video, #TechnologyConnections presents a really good argumentation, one that can be boiled down to a few simple statements and easily expanded with piles of facts, which can take people on the fence about #RenewableEnergy like #SolarPower to understanding that it's actually a good idea, by talking about how #FossilFuels are burned constantly, as a one-time-use, while #SolarPanels and #batteries are a one-time-purchase that quickly pay for themselves in those savings in their years and years worth of charges.

It's a good video, and I recommend people watch it if you think you're going to get into a conversation about this at some point in the near future.

This is how we change the world!

RE: https://mas.to/@TechConnectify/115985224639778868

Effective #activism, especially with issues like #environmentalism that have economic associations, can revolve heavily around simply framing issues.

In this video, #TechnologyConnections presents a really good argumentation, one that can be boiled down to a few simple statements and easily expanded with piles of facts, which can take people on the fence about #RenewableEnergy like #SolarPower to understanding that it's actually a good idea, by talking about how #FossilFuels are burned constantly, as a one-time-use, while #SolarPanels and #batteries are a one-time-purchase that quickly pay for themselves in those savings in their years and years worth of charges.

It's a good video, and I recommend people watch it if you think you're going to get into a conversation about this at some point in the near future.

This is how we change the world!

🇨🇦 Mark Carney’s Goal Is to "Increase Our Oil Production," Says Former Chief of Staff
https://www.desmog.com/2026/01/27/mark-carneys-goal-is-to-increase-our-oil-production-says-former-chief-of-staff

Quelle surprise: energy agenda at odds with prime minister’s previous stated commitments to addressing climate change.

#MarkCarney #corporatism #FossilFuels #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalDestruction #OilSanda #NaturalGas #duplicity

#capitalism #inequality #DemocraticSocialism #justice
Capitalism + fossil fuels lobby = anthropogenic climate change

Once again we see #National using a party with only 6% support ( #NZFirst) to justify screwing over 100% of us

#ShaneJones shut down #NZ involvement in 'road map' away from #fossilfuels https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/585632/shane-jones-shut-down-nz-involvement-in-road-map-away-from-fossil-fuels
#nzpol #climatechange #NACTional

Once again we see #National using a party with only 6% support ( #NZFirst) to justify screwing over 100% of us

#ShaneJones shut down #NZ involvement in 'road map' away from #fossilfuels https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/585632/shane-jones-shut-down-nz-involvement-in-road-map-away-from-fossil-fuels
#nzpol #climatechange #NACTional

Amid National Call to Make Polluters Pay, Illinois Lawmakers Are Prepping a Climate Change Superfund Bill - https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28012026/amid-national-call-to-make-polluters-pay-illinois-lawmakers-are-prepping-a-climate-change-superfund-bill/ "As climate costs rise and the U.S. backslides on action, pressure mounts on states to fill the gaps." #climatecrisis #fossilfuels

Amid National Call to Make Polluters Pay, Illinois Lawmakers Are Prepping a Climate Change Superfund Bill - https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28012026/amid-national-call-to-make-polluters-pay-illinois-lawmakers-are-prepping-a-climate-change-superfund-bill/ "As climate costs rise and the U.S. backslides on action, pressure mounts on states to fill the gaps." #climatecrisis #fossilfuels