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BHP to face 620,000 claimants in Mariana dam collapse trial in London
Claimants seeking damages from Anglo-Australian mining company over 2015 environmental disaster in BrazilDaniel Boffey (The Guardian)
BP Scraps Target of Reducing Oil Production by 2030
Oil major BP has scrapped its goal of reducing oil and gas production by the end of the decade, angering environmental groups.Cristen Hemingway Jaynes (EcoWatch)
An Amazon free from oil and gas
Out of the more than $20 billion invested, 46% of all direct financing for oil and gas exploration in the Amazon comes from just six banks: Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, Itaú Unibanco, Santander, Bank of America, and HSBC.act.350.org
Focus - Indonesia's biodiesel industry contributing to deforestation
Indonesia is aiming to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, with 30 percent of the country's energy slated to come from biodiesel by 2030. But the plan has caused alarm among environmental groups.William DE TAMARIS (FRANCE 24)
#Humanrights #Fossilfuels #corruption
Tree planting offset project in Sierra Leone: USD 2.5 million from BP but no community consent | World Rainforest Movement
A report documents how a tree planting carbon project in Port Loko, Sierra Leone is violating the country’s community rights laws and risks locking families into 50-year contracts. The British oil company BP has already paid USD 2.www.wrm.org.uy
Focus - Indonesia's biodiesel industry contributing to deforestation
Indonesia is aiming to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, with 30 percent of the country's energy slated to come from biodiesel by 2030. But the plan has caused alarm among environmental groups.William DE TAMARIS (FRANCE 24)
Happening NOW: Hundreds & hundreds of people have entirely shut down the Federal Reserve of New York City.
The Fed needs to force Wall Street to stop funding climate chaos!
This new research in Nature Microbiology explores how hydrogen in seawater supports growth of multiple and diverse #bacterial species.
Fof those (like me) in #Melbourne , you may be interested that the research also includes study of this process within #PortPhillipBay sediments.
Learn more on:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-023-01322-0
#microbiology #bacteria #ecology #MicrobialEcology
Molecular hydrogen in seawater supports growth of diverse marine bacteria - Nature Microbiology
Genome-resolved metagenomics, biogeochemistry, modelling and culture-based analysis reveal that marine bacteria consume H2 to support growth.Nature