Oscailt340+ organisations call on the EU to immediately halt trade negotiations with BrazilIn an open letter, over 340 civil society organisations are demanding that the European Union immediately halt free trade agreement negotiations with the Mercosur bloc (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) on the grounds of deteriorating human rights and environmental conditions in Brazil. The letter is addressed to presidents of the EU institutions ahead of the ministerial-level meeting next week in Brussels where EU and Mercosur foreign ministers aim to finalise the negotiations.
Breaking news: Italian MP, Sgarbi denounces the Statistical Fraud on COVID-19. The speech of the Member of Parliament Vittorio Sgarbi in the session of the Italian Camera, Meeting no. 331 of Friday 24, April, 2020. Vittorio Sgarbi, denounces the closure of 60% of the businesses for 25,000 COVID-19 Deaths, of which the National Institute of Health says 96.3% died NOT of COVID-19 but of other pathologies. That means only 925 have died of the virus. 24,075 have died of other things.2019-06-19T22:03:49+00:00Indymedia Irelandimc-ireland@lists.indymedia.iehttp://www.indymedia.ie/atomfullposts?story_id=107113http://www.indymedia.ie/graphics/feedlogo.gifinteresting question...http://www.indymedia.ie/article/107113#comment3016622019-06-19T22:03:49+00:00EU scepticNow we will see what really matters to the elites in the EU
Profits or their "c...Now we will see what really matters to the elites in the EU<br />
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Profits or their "climate change" scam.<br />
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I'm betting profits!<br />
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The entire excess of CO2 in the atmosphere from ALL sources<br />
amounts to 0.04% of the atmosphere (400ppm), of which a mere 3.4% is as a result of all human activity.<br />
That includes all the major polluters in China and the US<br />
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Viewed from this pespective, FG's carbon tax is a joke on the poorest in society!<br />
It won't change a thing. It can't possibly. it's just a gnat's fart in the scheme of things.<br />
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The EU's decision to favour more juicy corporate profits from the mercosur deal will <br />
make it seem even more farcical<br />
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Re: interesting questionhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/107113#comment3016632019-06-20T16:30:30+00:00TThat graphic makes no sense.
CO-2 is the main greenhouse gas in the atmosphere ...That graphic makes no sense.<br />
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CO-2 is the main greenhouse gas in the atmosphere by amount although it is not the strongest greenhouse gas but the fact that the other greenhouse gases are present in much smaller quantities means collectively they contribute about 25% of the warming compared to CO-2.<br />
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The next point is also wrong to say human contributions of CO-2 to the CO-2 in the atmosphere are wrong.<br />
If we take the CO-2 level in 1950 it was at about 310 ppm. Now it is at about 413pm which is an increase of 103 since then and that's not even pre-industrial. Putting 103/413 gives ~25%. And that's a big increase by any measure in such a short time.<br />
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And while people tend to assume something in such a small amount can't possibly have a dramatic effect, one needs to think twice as this is often the case in physical chemicals systems. For example just a few parts per million of testosterone in the body can have dramatic differences.<br />
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Nevertheless the point about the EU profitting can still be valid because the capitalist system in general is only willing to try and address this problem in terms of the 'market' which to them really means making money out of it. But it can't and won't be solved within the framework of the capitalist logic and system.It's the EU/FG I have an issue with. I'm not denying the climate is changing.http://www.indymedia.ie/article/107113#comment3016642019-06-22T15:48:40+00:00EU scepticwater vapour is the dominant greenhouse gas.
The jetstream largely drives weathe...water vapour is the dominant greenhouse gas.<br />
The jetstream largely drives weather behaviour here.<br />
The sun drives the perturbations in the jetstream. And climate chamge.<br />
FG carbon taxes will do nothng to address any of that. <br />
unless they plan to buy something to partially cover the sun<br />
using our carbon taxes!! :-D<br />
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Taxing the poor in Ireland in order to somehow alter the world's weather is a fools errand.<br />
Climate change will happen no matter what taxes we pay to FG<br />
Our weather will not be altered one bit by any of this <br />
yet they have people in the street thinking it will.<br />
our input as a nation into the system does not even register. <br />
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The EU have yet again pulled a fast one on Ireland with carbon fines<br />
and calls to limit our agriculture<br />
Meanwhile they line their pockets helping to fell the rainforests<br />
with Mercosur.<br />
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It's a scam. Those in power know they can't change the climate. <br />
But it is still a useful thing to pretend they can and scare people<br />
into agreeing to nonsensical government overreach <br />
and foolish compliant behaviour.<br />
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Of course nobody at all talking about shutting down unnecessary nonsense such as all the US military bases whose combined carbon footprint is actually bigger than several countries. Just stuff like taxing poor people in Ireland <br />
And in fact the EU now want an army that may cost us billions every year on top of our carbom taxes. <br />
What about it's carbon footprint?? Crickets.<br />
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Your pointless google searches for cats on the toilet are are probably your biggest carbon crime.<br />
That's not really in the discussion either!<br />
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