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Coca-Cola's pledge on reusable packaging

dimanche 22 décembre 2024 à 11:38

Coca-Cola made a highly publicized pledge to move to 25% reusable packaging by 2030. But now it seems to have quietly stopped talking about all that.

Practical threats from wrecker's fascist machine

dimanche 22 décembre 2024 à 11:38

Some major practical threats that the wrecker's fascist machine could wreak.

The page does not include some most profound threats which are longer term:

Secrets shared with bullshit generators

dimanche 22 décembre 2024 à 11:38

Many people are opening their hearts and their secrets to bullshit generators. (And to the companies that run them, of course.)

Statement on Syrian-led transition process

dimanche 22 décembre 2024 à 11:38

The US, EU and Turkey endorsed a statement calling for *A Syrian-led transition to "produce an inclusive, non-sectarian and representative government formed through a transparent process", with respect for human rights.*

That doesn't mean it will be easy, or successful, but at east they endorse a good goal.

Authorizing extraction of more natural gas

dimanche 22 décembre 2024 à 11:38

A study by the US department of Energy reports that, as we would expect, authorizing extracting (and exporting) a lot more natural gas would speed up global heating.

This would increase the risk of deadly damage from "natural" disasters, such as hurricanes, flooding, fires, heat waves, and crop failures, as well as collapse of technological civilization, and these could lead to the death of tens or millions of people in the US. In the shorter term, more natural gas exports could cause difficulties in Americans' lives by making fossil gas more expensive.

This has been criticized as a weak criticism.

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