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Vancouver-based Trevali Mining Corp. suspended operations at its West African Perkoa mine on April 16, when heavy rainfall caused flash floods and left eight workers missing underground. Search and rescue efforts are ongoing, it said on Monday. — Read on http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/burkina-faso-zinc-mine-trevali-vancouver-bc-1.6438261

Prime Minister Albert Ouedraogo says the managers of the Canada-based mining company have been banned from travelling. — Read on http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/2/burkina-faso-investigates-mine-flood-as-rescue-efforts-drag-on

Honduras Repeals Colonialist ZEDEs (Interview) – Kawsachun News — Read on kawsachunnews.com/honduras-repeals-colonialist-zedes-interview

Jasper Jolly (The Guardian) writes about the exhibition “Slavery & the Bank,” which reveals that the Bank of England owned 599 slaves in 1770s. Jolly… Slavery & the Bank: “Bank of England owned 599 slaves in 1770s…”

The U.S. investigation into the assassination of Jovenel Moïse has turned into a national security case in Miami, where prosecutors want to keep some evidence secret. — Read on http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article260808987.html

“look at them flames lightin’ up the skyain’t never seen fireshootin’ up so highare you listening people to what i’m sayin’?cuz it sure looks to me likethem niggers ain’t playin!”

Trends in fossil fuel extraction – SEI — Read on http://www.sei.org/publications/trends-in-fossil-fuel-extraction/

The „Societal Transfomation Scenario“ is a global 1.5°C mitigation scenario, which challenges  the notion of perpetual global economic growth and its compatibility with ambitious climate goals like the 1.5°C limit. It shows how through a reduction of production and consumption in the Global North, we can stay below 1.5°C without resorting to high-risk technologies likeContinue reading “A Societal Transformation Scenario for Staying Below 1.5°C | Heinrich Böll Stiftung”