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@wammezz
Dec 22, 2022 • 7 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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📢Russia's targeting of energy infrastructure in #Ukraine is displacing millions of people, while also worsening conflict-pollution. Today we launch a new Environment & Conflict Alert, with support of @UNEP and @Cen4infoRes. A small 🧵1/x

paxforpeace.nl/what-we-do/pub…
Over the course of the last 10 months, we noted 213 reported incidents of strikes against thermal, hydro, nuclear and solar energy facilities in #Ukraine. We could verify 63 of those incidents with satellite images that observed damage to these facilities. 2/X
Throughout the country strikes against, and occupation of power plants severely impacted the lives and livelihoods of Ukrainian civilians, while also posing serious risks to their #environment from a range of pollutants or services depending on energy supplies. 3/x
In particular the situation at #Zaporizhzhya, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, became dire with a risk of a meltdown as energy infrastructure to cool the nuclear rods was damaged after being bombed, and it had to resort of emergency diesel generators 4/x
Other power plants are storing large amount of hazardous and toxic substances such as heavy fuel oil or PCBs, that could pose acute and long-term environmental health risks. For example, here we see a large oil spill at the Vuhleriksa TPP after intense Russian shelling 5/x
In Donbas, the extractive mining industry is depending on energy for its operations to pump out contaminated mine waters and prevent them from flooding. Absence of power supply could lead to severe regional pollution risks 6/x tearline.mil/public_page/en…
As winter has arrived, Ukrainian civilians face the cold and darkness by Russian aggression that specifically aims to impact their lives and the environment they depend on. Read our full @paxforpeace analysis and recommendations for green recovery here: paxforpeace.nl/what-we-do/pub…

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Dec 18, 2023
The devastation brought upon #Gaza's urban and rural environment by Israel after the brutal Hamas attacks is making large parts uninhabitable, a new @PAXforpeace
report shows. The massive damage is also posing long-term public health risks. A thread: 1/x paxforpeace.nl/news/israels-b…
The wide-scale destruction of urban areas is creating millions of tons of conflict-rubble, often mixed with toxic waste, and damaged hazardous facilities posing extra public and env health risks. We used @unosat
/@JamonVDH/@coreymaps data for damage, and #OSINT for facilities 2/x Image
Hundreds of types of water facilities have been damaged/ destroyed, worsening public health risks. Throughout #Gaza water wells, desalination plants, pumping systems are affected, while it was already struggling water shortage prior to the escalation 3/x Image
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Oct 26, 2023
The level of urban destruction by the use of #explosiveweapons in populated areas such as #Gaza is significant. Beyond the civilians casualties, this also leaves millions of tons of rubble, posing additional environmental health risks. New @Maxar img from Oct 21, Al Karameh 1/x
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Here the damage at Beit Hanoun in northern #Gaza showing a complete neighborhood being almost completely demolished from bombardments 2/x
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And here at Atatra in northern #Gaza with complete buildings collapsed from airstrikes. Building materials often contain hazardous materials and debris often mixed with industrial or other types of hazardous waste and UXOs 3/x
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Jun 13, 2023
And toxic ghost from the past appears as DoD approvs #depleteduranium export to Ukraine: despite US overstating the case, the use of DU would only complicate conflict-pollution in #Ukraine and counters the global norm against its use 1/x
wsj.com/articles/u-s-s…
What past wars showed was that DU was not decisive. In the Gulf Wars, most tanks were destroyed with Hellfires and Maverick missiles. Tungsten rounds still are able to destroy Russian tanks, and DU was no silver bullet. 2/x wise-uranium.org/pdf/dumyths.pdf Image
What our @PAXforpeace research in #Iraq found was that the US was uninterested in clean-up and remediation of DU and contaminated materials, putting civilians at risk of exposure, in particular children playing on tanks and scrapmetal workers. 3/x paxforpeace.nl/wp-content/upl… Image
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Jun 11, 2023
Open question with regard to the #Kakhovka flood impacts is to what kinds of pollutants were present on industrial locations that were swept away and create additional pollution risks. One example is the Kherson Oil Depot, southwest of the city 1/x Image
Another area of concerns is the industrial area south, hosting various construction facilities that are storing different types of hazardous substances. Satellite imagery by @planet indicates there are pollutants in the water 2/x Image
South of the city is the shipyard, which usually stores a range of hazardous substances including different types of oil, LPG, solvents and and cleaning agents. Some ships also were swept away or capsized by the flooding 3/x Image
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Jan 17, 2023
The emergence of Morocco as a #drone power. With a range of airstrikes against suspected Polisario militants in occupied Western-Sahara, it is suspected that quite a few are carried out by armed #drones. A small thread with some new satellite imagery showing these drones🧵 1/X
Morocco has been operating Israeli Harfang #drones from the Dakhla airbase in occupied Western Sahara, that are visible on Google Earth imagery in 2021 as shown by @obretix It is unclear if these drones have been armed 2/x
The involvement of armed #drones in airstrikes became more clear after social and traditional media reports on increased military activity against the Polisario armed group in Western Sahara by the Moroccan army 3/x
thedefensepost.com/2021/04/12/mor…
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Aug 16, 2022
The cumulative effects of #ClimateEmergency in #Iraq are clearly visible through open-source earth observation tools. A short thread on how drought creates a mix of smoke from burning marshes and dust storms moving over the country 1/ Image
As we shared earlier this week, the lack of water coming into the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that lead to the south is resulting in the drying of Iraq's Marshes, home to the Marsh Arabs and with a unique ecosystem, threatening the lives and livelihoods of its population 2/x Image
This year also witnessed the same patern of decline in precipitation in #Iraq, as documented by humanitarian agencies such as @REACH_info. This is impating access to clear water for households and agriculture use throughout the country 3/x
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