David Tong
@Davidxvx
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Global industry campaign manager at @priceofoil | Board member at @greenpeace | Likes bikes, just transitions & renewable energy | he/him || Views my own
Naarm (Melbourne), Australia
Joined September 2009
Would you want or expect big tobacco to cure lung cancer? Why should fossil fuel companies be any different?
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But there's a deeper question behind this too: Do we want the oligopolistic, exploitative industry that has done the most to cause the climate crisis, that has a history bundled up in war, colonialism, & human rights violations to have a big stake in the renewable energy future?
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This is very useful, timely analysis built on Global Energy Monitor data, confirming that fossil fuel companies are not meaningfully investing in the energy transition. These companies are responsible for a tiny 0.1% of global renewable energy production. https://t.co/5THzfqnQiY
grist.org
A new study shows that fossil fuel companies own less than 2 percent of renewable energy projects worldwide.
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This is a lie. The PPTA was instructed not to raise pay and conditions because negotiations are underway. Collins knows this because it was her Private Secretary who organized the agenda. 1/ #nzpol
This week’s planned strikes are unnecessary. Workers’ pay claims will only be settled by negotiation but their unions prefer disruption.
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EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat. Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
politico.com
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
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I did not pick Chris Penk to voice a debt of gratitude to Stalin on my 2025 bingo card.
@PedagogyMaxima Yo we in New Zealand owe a debt of gratitude to those who fought the Nazis, no less because of unrelated and subsequent events in other countries (or our own, for that matter).
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Thanks to the anonymous random number username goofs amplifying my tweet with their goofy rants about stuff they don’t understand
New Zealand’s far right, ass backwards government has unsurprisingly bowed to big agriculture industry lobbyists and slashed the country’s 2050 methane target.
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New Zealand’s far right, ass backwards government has unsurprisingly bowed to big agriculture industry lobbyists and slashed the country’s 2050 methane target.
rnz.co.nz
The government is lowering its biogenic methane target for the next 25 years, a move opposed by the Greens and environmental activists.
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In a letter to the Security Council, the State of Palestine said:
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We are in solidarity with the #SumudFlottilla + with the Palestinian people enduring genocide + displacement. We call for the release of those still detained, an end to Israel’s military assault + blockade. and an end to the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
oilchange.org
“Oil Change International condemns Israel’s illegal interception and abduction of the Sumud flotilla in international waters and the abuse and mistreatment of hundreds of the civilians on board…
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Superb interview with eminent retired NZ international legal expert and diplomat, Colin Keating, who severely questions the arguments put forward by the government for not recognising Palestine.
Colin Keating was NZ’s U.N rep during the Rwandan genocide. Here, he considers the decision not to recognise a Palestinian state.
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Day of shame for #NZ. In late timeslot towards end of high-level segment of UN General Assembly, Foreign Minister reveals what Cabinet decided 11 days ago: that unlike many others with whom #NZ normally is likeminded, Govt will not recognise #Palestine. Incomprehensible.
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I assume that IKEA's superior supply lines will make this a hard war to win
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Vanuatu’s Climate Minister @RRegenvanu says the fossil fuel industry is the greatest obstacle to tackling the climate crisis and implementing the International Court of Justice opinion that international law requires all states to protect the climate: https://t.co/pDWlKneQbP
theguardian.com
Ralph Regenvanu, minister of climate change for the Pacific island nation, says step taken on ‘behalf of everybody’
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Trump: We stopped the conflict between Cambodia and Armenia. It was just starting and it was a bad one.
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Huge news. @alaa pardoned. Free Alaa. Free them all.
reuters.com
High-profile Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah was released on Tuesday, his family said, a day after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned him and five other prisoners.
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1/2 A UN commissIon has concluded that statements made by Israeli authorities about #Gaza are direct evidence of #genocidal intent. This is a serious commission led by former UN High Commissioner for Human rights, Navy Pillay.
theguardian.com
Legal analysis has accused Israel of committing genocide in four out of five categories as defined by 1948 convention
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the wildest thing to me about the recent cases of wealthy people making donations to affect their sentencing is that it’s just so cheap
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