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No, Richard Morrison, it's not hypocrisy to end a fossil fuel sponsorship in 2023.
The Royal Opera House should have done it sooner.
And if you'd taken the time to join the dots, it would be obvious why... š§µ 1/x
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The Royal Opera House should have done it sooner.
And if you'd taken the time to join the dots, it would be obvious why... š§µ 1/x
thetimes.co.uk/article/the-roā¦
He writes that cultural orgs 'that benefited from money from the #Sackler family were right to erase their links'.
But not long ago, he called them 'hugely generous arts benefactors, but from a fortune partly derived from making addictive opioids.' š§2/x thetimes.co.uk/article/our-cuā¦
But not long ago, he called them 'hugely generous arts benefactors, but from a fortune partly derived from making addictive opioids.' š§2/x thetimes.co.uk/article/our-cuā¦
And that gets us to the heart of the issue.
It was actually that the #Sacklers/Purdue profited from *intentionally* misleading people about Oxcontin's addictiveness and breaking the law.
Cultural philantropy deflected the spotlight and rehabilitated the Sackler name. 3/x
It was actually that the #Sacklers/Purdue profited from *intentionally* misleading people about Oxcontin's addictiveness and breaking the law.
Cultural philantropy deflected the spotlight and rehabilitated the Sackler name. 3/x
Welcome back! Weāre going into the fourth hour of @BOEMās hearing on its 2023-2028 offshore drilling plan, which includes up to 10 lease sales in the Gulf and one in Alaska. Weāre tweeting live to hear why folks are calling in to #ProtectOurCoast & ask for #NoNewLeases.
@BOEM Juliana is from northern NJ, and reminds us that climate change has impacts across the country--like when the NY subway flooded. She calls for #NoNewLeases.
@BOEM Rev. James VanderWeele lives in Louisiana & is here to represent his grandchildren across the U.S.: What will climate change do to them? Will it force them to move?
Every greenhouse gas molecule increases #globalwarming. This is a moral crisis that will impact our grandchildren
Every greenhouse gas molecule increases #globalwarming. This is a moral crisis that will impact our grandchildren
Starting now: @BOEM hearing about the future of offshore drilling in the Gulf & U.S. oceans.
Weāre calling on @Interior @POTUS to #ProtectOurCoast and stop drilling leasing as soon as possible. Join us to hear from advocates, community leaders & more for #NoNewLeases.
Weāre calling on @Interior @POTUS to #ProtectOurCoast and stop drilling leasing as soon as possible. Join us to hear from advocates, community leaders & more for #NoNewLeases.
@BOEM @Interior @POTUS Peter, a Texas resident is talking about how hot the summerās been in San Antonio--and how that means we need to tackle #climatechange with renewable energy such as offshore wind, not offshore drilling.
@BOEM @Interior @POTUS Now, our national partner @EnvAmās Ian Giancarlo is highlighting how transporting oil to shore can lead to spills--like last yearās Huntington Beach spill. We need #NoNewLeases so we can stop investing in this dirty, dangerous infrastructure.
Today marks the 12th anniversary of the BP #DeepwaterHorizon disaster, which saw millions of gallons of oil gush into the Gulf of Mexico, oiling seabirds, sea turtles and more. 1/ 
Over a decade later, weāre still seeing the impacts of this spill in our ocean š¬ and in our communities. 2/ courthousenews.com/damage-from-deā¦
But catastrophic oil spills arenāt the only risk that comes from offshore drilling. The infrastructure needed to bring the oil to shore and process it poses an ongoing threat to coastal ecosystems & communities. 3/
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On April 20, 2010, eleven men on the #DeepwaterHorizon were incinerated when the BP/Transocean rig blew out.
āAccidentā?!
Thatās the official line and I could have swallowed itāexcept for a message I received from a source floating in the Caspian Sea... gregpalast.com/deepwater-horiā¦
āAccidentā?!
Thatās the official line and I could have swallowed itāexcept for a message I received from a source floating in the Caspian Sea... gregpalast.com/deepwater-horiā¦
The source told me heād been an eye-witness to the BP/Transocean oil rig blow-out ā not the one in the Gulf, but an IDENTICAL blow-out in the Caspian that happened just 17 months before its #DeepwaterHorizon Gulf companion exploded. gregpalast.com/deepwater-horiā¦
The hunt for the truth took me to Baku, Azerbaijan, in Central Asia (and detention by the dictatorshipās not-so-secret police), meetings with MI-6 sources in London, and beaches on the Gulf Coast and in the Arctic. #DeepwaterHorizon gregpalast.com/deepwater-horiā¦
Predictably, @Facebook is acting as if its liability ended when it "patched the vulnerability" in its systems which allowed the exfiltration of *half a billion* people's personal details š¤¦š»āāļøš¤¬
If @ICOnews & @DPCIreland fail to act, then what is the literal bloody point of them?
If @ICOnews & @DPCIreland fail to act, then what is the literal bloody point of them?
If 'data is the new oil' - it isn't, but bear with me - then this ONGOING #privacy disaster is the #DeepwaterHorizon of data breaches.
@bp_plc had to set up a $20Ā billion #compensation fund to pay for damage for which it was responsible; why should @Facebook get away with this?
@bp_plc had to set up a $20Ā billion #compensation fund to pay for damage for which it was responsible; why should @Facebook get away with this?
RIGHT NOW @Facebook should be sending messages to all its affected users, (a) apologising for its negligence/incompetence, (b) telling them what they can do to keep themselves safe, and (c) offering to compensate people for the difficulties it's causing them.
Of course it won't.
Of course it won't.
#OnThisDate 2010 an explosion on the #DeepwaterHorizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico set into motion one of the largest environmental disasters in our nationās history.
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This 3D tabletop map (INTR 07593) showing the Gulf region--now in our @InteriorMuseum collection--was produced in the early days of the incident response to serve as a visual aid at daily briefing sessions. (2/3)
Today marks the #DWH10Years anniversary, and much has changed in terms of prevention, preparedness and restoration. To learn more:
#RestoringtheGulf #CoastalRestoration
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#RestoringtheGulf #CoastalRestoration
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In this weekās #DWHStories, we cover the #DeepwaterHorizon oil spill response. Next week I will spend some time on the role of volunteers in the response, both official and unofficial. #oilspill #gulfofmexico #dwhoilspill Thread 1/
The coast was largely quiet in the week following the rig explosion. Initial official reports indicated that only a small amount of oil was leaking, and that the well would be contained in a short period of time, before causing extensive environmental damage.
The Coast Guard sent a Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) to the wellhead site to try to cap the well & determine whether the wellhead and/or the broken pipes were still leaking oil. Initial discharge estimates indicated that the well could be leaking approximately 1000 barrels a day.
THREAD | The Editorial Board at the @FT have put together an op-ed claiming 'Corporate arts patrons deserve praise not blame' and that protests against unethical sponsors and donors are counterproductive. Here's some of the flaws in their argument... ft.com/content/583a31ā¦ 1/12
The terms 'business donors', 'private patrons' and 'corporate donors' are used interchangably but are fundamentally different in nature. Crucially, the protests cited are not 'anti-business' as the piece suggests, but anti-unethical/explotative businesses e.g. arms and oil 2/12
They note that 'listed companies such as @bp_plc, @BAESystemsplc are at least overseen by shareholders and regulators'. The irony is that sponsorship deals are cheap and effective ways of deflecting attention from when regulators do catch up with unethical companies... 3/12
