joene 🏴🍉<p>There will only be a green revolution, green new deal, or whatever, without <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> and with <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>degrowth</span></a>. Green capitalism is a myth. </p><p>VPRO Frontline: *The Green Illusion*</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=H_mt4oPPWGY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=H_mt4oPPWG</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a></p><p>"Nowhere is the downside of energy transition more visible than in <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/NewCaledonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewCaledonia</span></a>. The French archipelago has large <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/nickel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nickel</span></a> reserves, which are essential for electric cars. <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> therefore wants to preserve the strategic area, with major consequences for both <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> and the original inhabitants, the <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Kanak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kanak</span></a>. Bram Vermeulen investigates these tensions for <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/VPRO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VPRO</span></a> Frontline.</p><p>While <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> seeks a green revolution, New Caledonia's nickel industry causes large-scale environmental <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> and threatens the island's unique biodiversity. The effects of "mining are visible everywhere: excavated mountaintops, ruined mangroves. What was once a tropical paradise is slowly turning into a barren moonscape.</p><p>For the Kanak, the original inhabitants of New Caledonia, the consequences are even more dire. Their dependence on fishing is threatened by toxic “zones du mort” in the mangroves, caused by waste from the mines and refineries. Ironically, the nickel plants are powered by <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> and largely owned by foreign companies, including French parties. …"</p><p><a href="https://todon.nl/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imperialism</span></a></p>