This brilliant piece by Zoë Schlanger in the The Atlantic captures both the damage caused by the LNG buildout in Louisiana and how the delusion of industrial scale "carbon capture" perpetuates it. theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

We frame the history of genocide in this country as the disappearance of Native Americans. Not the extreme violence our government committed.

"We were told it was never going to happen. That it was foolish to even ask for one removal. We were asking for four." - Brook Thompson BBC bbc.com/future/article…

When will this nation love its children, more than it loves its guns? Another school shooting in Georgia by a 14-year-old who should have never had access to a firearm and four precious lives killed. We do not have to live this way.

.LDEQ settled with Shell over multiple violations at Shell's Geismar facility for the relatively low figure of $20k. #lalege #lagov theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…

How does the Fossil Fuel industry influence universities? Here’s the first comprehensive review. In addition to funding research they also sit on governing boards, sponsor professorships, career fairs and even influence curricula. Take a peek: wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wc…

Speaking the Truth is not hate or racism. #LandBack

Wild new study about oil and gas infiltration of academia. 'We know of hundreds of conflicts of interest,' says Geoffrey Supran. Read more in DeSmog desmog.com/2024/09/05/how…

A 1978 manual advised fossil fuel companies on “co-opting” academics and “giving them research grants and the like … it must not be too blatant, for the experts themselves must not recognize that they have lost their objectivity.”lailluminator.com/2024/09/05/col… via Floodlight

AUBRY KILLION wdsu If you’re going to compare New Orleans to Louisiana then you need to compare Louisiana to the rest of the world

Canadian here. We don’t have prayer in schools, or the Ten Commandments, or God. We also don’t have dead kids. No Canadian child has ever died in a mass shooting in an elementary school. We have guns. What we don’t have is Republicans. American has to get rid of Republicans.

Today, we honor the passion, wisdom, and resilience of Indigenous women around the world. Their voices carry the stories of generations, their spirit fuels movements, and their love nurtures communities. #IndigenousWomen #ProtectTheSacred

A survey of higher education faculty in the South found that professors are increasingly worried about political interference in higher education. Piper Hutchinson reports: lailluminator.com/2024/09/05/uni… #HigherEducation #LSU

Top Row Colt Gray, murdered 4, injured 4, ARMED—ALIVE (Arrested by police) Dylan Roof, murdered 9, injured 1, ARMED—ALIVE (Arrested by police) Payton Gendron, murdered 10, injured 3, ARMED—ALIVE (Arrested by police) Travis Reinking, murdered 4, injured 4, ARMED—ALIVE (Arrested

Two petitions were filed with the the D.C. Circuit this week challenging FERC's authorization for the construction of the CP2 LNG terminal, which could increase greenhouse gas emissions by up to 190 millions tons per year desmog.com/2024/09/06/ven…

It’s the most wonderful time of the year

Dont come to terrebonne parish unless you were called, we dont need folks interupting rapid response. We were hit first and hardist yes new orleans was also but we cant wait like last time for power and supplies!

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Great stuff right here, #FarmAid