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CoopersDad's JournalGreenland is estimated to have some of the world's largest untapped oil and gas resources.
Greenland’s fossil fuel ban is up in the air after recent election
US president Donald Trump thrust Greenland to the centre of global politics when he proposed to buy the vast, icebound island at the start of the year. With the world watching, Greenlandic voters went to the polls on March 11 2025 and delivered a landslide victory for a party that told Trump, “We are not for sale.”
Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark and its struggle for independence is a major political battleground. Both the right-wing Demokraatit (Democrats), now the largest party, and the socialist Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA) that they recently decimated are pro-independence. However, they also want a slower independence process than the populist-nationalist Naleraq, which also did well in the election.
While foreign observers may have had their attention drawn to Greenland by Trump, they shouldn’t look away now. The outcome of this election has made a fossil-fuelled future for Greenland more likely, just when the escalating climate crisis demands an urgent global transition to renewable energy.
Crucial to Greenland’s future is its base of economic production. Greenland is estimated to have some of the world’s largest untapped oil and gas resources.
https://theconversation.com/greenlands-fossil-fuel-ban-is-up-in-the-air-after-recent-election-252071#:~:text=Greenland%20is%20estimated%20to%20have,Greenland%20about%20half%20of%20that.
Sigh. CeraWeek: Big Oil Gathering in Texas praises Trump Cabinet, Policies.
Big oil gathers in Texas – but beneath the bravado, Trump-induced anxietyEnergy summit in Houston makes clear US is nowhere close to curbing fossil fuels, but tariffs are causing disquiet
As recently as last year, sustainability was a major focus at the annual Houston convention, known as CeraWeek, with fossil-fuel companies touting climate plans. But in the wake of Donald Trump’s re-election, the industry is undergoing a vibe shift, forgoing talk of the energy transition and instead parroting the president’s focus on energy “dominance”.
The mood at this year’s CeraWeek was at times not only celebratory but also swaggering. The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, kicked off the conference on Monday by saying the Trump administration was “unabashedly pursuing a policy of more American energy production”. Days later, as the White House announced an unprecedented series of environmental rollbacks, the interior secretary, Doug Burgum, invoked Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” mantra and claimed White House officials would cut 20 to 30% of US regulations.
Executives who only months ago were touting their sustainability bona fides heaped praise on the administration. Amin Nasser, CEO of the Saudi national oil company, Saudi Aramco, said the shift away from fossil fuels had been “doomed to fail”, while Larry Fink, head of top asset manager BlackRock, wore a silicone bracelet that read “make energy great again”. The ConocoPhillips chief, Ryan Lance, said Trump had “probably the best energy team in the United States we’ve had in decades”, while the Chevron chief, Mike Wirth, shouted out the “well-qualified people in the Trump administration”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/15/cera-week-houston-texas
🌈 Hawai'i Statewide Energy Flowcharts! Love 'em. 🌺
I'm a big fan of LLNL Sankey Diagrams and learned yesterday during a planning session with the State Energy Office and AES about this new page.
Play with all the buttons and settings to reveal energy flows for different sources and end uses.
Holy damn, jet fuel!!!
https://energy.hawaii.gov/what-we-do/energy-landscape/statewide-energy-flowchart/
I turn 68 in March, what time of year do higher benefits kick in?
I know what my calculated benefits will be at each age.
Please help me understand if benefits change each January or at each birthday.
If I file this April after my March birthday when I turn 68, I get $3,318, same as filing today.
If I chose to wait for the higher $3,613 benefit, do I need to wait until next January or file after my next birthday?
I collect fountain pens and pocket watches, does anyone else on DU?
I am crazy for mechanical clocks and have six pocket watches, including three "railroad" watches.
And I've collected fountain pens since age 11 and attend pen shows and shop on eBay regularly.
Does anyone else on Du have an interest in pens or pocket watches, or mechanical clocks generally?
Make your voice heard: 5Calls website makes it easy to reach your representatives.
Found on Nextdoor, of all places...
Pop in your zip code and select an issue from the list of top concerns.
https://5calls.org/
All active topics
Education
Protect the Department of Education
Foreign Affairs
Condemn a US Takeover of Gaza
Stop the Dismantling of USAID
Government Oversight
State AGs: Prosecute DOGE for Illegal Data Breach
Express Disapproval of Trump's Tariffs
Fight Against Elon Musk’s Government Takeover
Gun Safety
Demand Action Against Gun Violence
Healthcare
Protect Medicaid Funding
Demand Congress Restore CDC Guidance for Sexual, Reproductive, and LGTBQ+ Health
Stop H.R. 722: A National Abortion Ban
Oppose a National Ban on Abortion
Immigration
Governors: Deny Assistance for Mass Deportations
LGBTQ+
Oppose Efforts to Dehumanize Transgender and LGBTQ+ People
Nominations
Oppose Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence
Oppose Kash Patel for FBI Director
Oppose Trump's Unfit Cabinet Nominees
Oppose Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services
Voter Rights
Oppose The SAVE Act (H.R. 22 / S.128) – A Voter Suppression Bill
It's like Christmas as Tech Giants harvest data from the IRS, Social Security, etc.
You all realize that what made Facebook, Google, and Amazon gazillionaires is gathering and monetizing our data, right?
Well, how much data has been stolen since the inauguration, how many trillions is that worth?
The two articles below don't address how much formerly confidential individual personal data will be harvested but it doesn't take much to imagine how AI could be used to monetize that data that was formerly unobtainable to the tech sector.
With Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) gaining control of the Treasury Department's payment system, consumer advocates and Democratic lawmakers are raising alarms about the group's access to the federal government's financial spigot, as well as sensitive data such as the Social Security numbers of most taxpayers.
DOGE, a Trump administration task force assigned to find ways to reduce federal spending, now has access to a Treasury unit called the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which disburses trillions in payments each year, including Social Security checks and federal salaries, according to the Associated Press.
Musk's access to the payment system is raising concerns as it comes just days after the White House ordered a broad freeze on federal grants and loans, causing confusion within federal assistance programs, at nonprofits and among Americans receiving government aid. That same day, state Medicaid programs said they were locked out of the Department of Health and Human Services system used to track and disburse money.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/musk-treasury-social-security-access-federal-payment-system-trump/
Elon Musks’s wealth has jumped more than $170 billion since Election Day, according to a Washington Post analysis, capping off a year that saw the tech billionaire go all in supporting Donald Trump and Republican candidates with a combined $277 million contribution.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/elon-musk-net-worth-trump-b2665395.html
"Remember: They want you scattered. Your focus is resistance."
First seen on Facebook, I tracked it down to the original source and feel it's essential to our success and our sanity.
This isn't just politics as usual, it's a strategic exploitation of cognitive limits.
Media theorist McLuhan predicted this: When humans face information overload, they become passive and disengaged.
The rapid-fire executive orders create a cognitive bottleneck, making it nearly impossible for citizens and media to thoroughly analyze any single policy.
Agenda-setting theory explains the strategy: When multiple major policies compete for attention simultaneously, it fragments public discourse.
Traditional media can't keep up with the pace, leading to superficial coverage.
The result?
Weakened democratic oversight and reduced public engagement.
What now?
1️⃣ Set boundaries: Pick 2-3 key issues you deeply care about and focus your attention there. You can't track everything. That’s by design. Impact comes from sustained focus, not scattered awareness.
2️⃣ Use aggregators and experts: Find trusted analysts who do the heavy lifting of synthesis. Look for those explaining patterns, not just events.
3️⃣ Remember: Feeling overwhelmed is the point.
When you recognize this, you regain some power. Take breaks. Process. This is a marathon.
4️⃣ Practice going slow: Wait 48hrs before reacting to new policies. The urgent clouds the important. Initial reporting often misses context.
5️⃣ Build community: Share the cognitive load.
Different people track different issues. Network intelligence beats individual overload.
Remember: They want you scattered. Your focus is resistance. ✊🏼✊🏼
Shared with permission from Jen | Sociologist & Pathfinder (@itsjenniferwalter) on Threads.
https://www.threads.net/@itsjenniferwalter
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Because the current page is already shitstained.
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Kern County ICE agents slash tires of US citizen in random detainment.
Headline: WATCH: Bakersfield resident captures confrontation with Border Patrol agentHe was driving to work when an unmarked car turned its patrol lights on. Campos says he stopped, shut off his engine and gave agents his driver license.
When he wouldn’t give them his car keys, they slashed his tires he told 17 News.
https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/watch-bakersfield-resident-captures-confrontation-with-border-patrol-agent/
Kern County is a shithole of Trump lovers. This will continue to happen after inauguration day.
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