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@ClimateDefiance
Apr 5 • 13 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
No one is talking about it but Israel is eviscerating the natural ecosystems in Gaza. This could make the land uninhabitable not just for years but for generations. Up to 48% of tree cover and farmland has been torched. This is a war crime. This is ecocide. Nothing less. (1/13)🧵
Israel is burning and bulldozing tree crops at historic rates. These trees would take years to grow back - and that's without factoring in the time it would take to detoxify the soil. (2/13) Image
It gets worse. 23% of greenhouses have been destroyed in their entirety. (3/13) Image
Destroying up to 48% of tree crops and 23% of greenhouses is a horrendous crime in itself, but, when you factor in Israel blocking food aid and literally killing food aid professionals, you start to see the scale of the crime in full. (4/13)
Look at the difference. See the land before. See it after. Do not turn away. (5/13)
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Restoring the land will be profoundly difficult. The soil now contains asbestos, heavy metals, and even undetonated explosives. (6/13)
Waste disposal infrastructure is in ruins. Sewage treatment systems are failing. (7/13)
People are burning plastic to heat food. Fumes from bombs hang in the air. (8/13)
This is not "just" about nature. This is about the food and the air and the water and the land being deprived of life. It is about a whole population being denied its sustenance. (9/13)
A comprehensive report about this issue is in the Guardian. They are one of the few publications to cover the siege on Gaza from this angle. The full story is here: (10/13) theguardian.com/environment/20…
There is also some reporting on this in InsideClimateNews: (11/13) insideclimatenews.org/news/15032024/…
Here at Climate Defiance we have been clear in calling for a ceasefire since October. We wage our peaceful struggle because we believe in the inherent value of humanity - and in the need to see the humanity in each other. (12/13)
We fight for thriving ecosystems because we fight for life. Both are under attack right now. Do not look away. Do not stay silent. Moments like these are a test of our moral fabric. (13/13)

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BREAKING: we just SHUT DOWN the "Sustainability" Summit honoring Bank of America. They've given $279,000,000,000 to the fossil fuel industry since the Paris Accord was signed. They bruised and bloodied us but we held firm. There was no choice.🧵
The event was hosted by @IFRSFoundation. The panelists didn't say 'fossil fuels' once. Their ‘SuStAiNaBiLiTy CoNfErEnCe’ staff had us shoved to the ground & assaulted. They put their hands around our necks and left one of us bleeding. Which side do you think the IFRS is on? (2/5)
Bank of America is a top-5 funder of fossil fuels. They fund Cop City, Mountain Valley Pipeline, Arctic & Amazon oil drilling – projects that harm Black, Brown, & Indigenous communities. It's our job to confront fossil freaks like CEO Brian Moynihan with all we've got. (3/5)
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UPDATE: We just shut down Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan. We asked this top-5 fossil fuel financier a life-or-death question. He twiddled his thumbs. So we chased him off stage, then downstairs into the back office. He cowered & called the cops. Classic move, oil boy.🧵
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The guests, the “moderate” multimillionaires of the Wellesley Country Club, bashed us and beat us. One caned us. One pulled us to the ground. They banged up our bodies - but they bolstered our resolve. (3/13)
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This is monumental. This is utterly, utterly, monumental. On this day, January 26, 2024, President Joseph R. Biden took a big step towards banning all new gas exports. This is the most significant move any President has ever made on stopping fossil fuels. (1/13) 🧵
When you do this work, you do not often see good news. Every day stories break about wildfires and floods and tipping points and progressively more dire warnings from scientists. This is unambiguously, majorly good news. Relish it. Savor it. You'll need this to keep going. (2/13)
Today's full release from the White House is here. READ THIS AND WEEP! (3/13)

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Jan 25
Pop open the champagne. Pop open the goddam champagne. News just broke today that the President is taking big steps towards banning all new gas exports. This is monumental. This is unprecedented. Here’s what this means 🧵 (1/13)
This victory did not come from Brookings. It did not come from Davos.

It came from the bold climate leaders who put their bodies on the line. Even when it was hard. Even when it was uncomfortable. Even when the Experienced Beltway Insiders urged caution and moderation (2/13)
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This is huge. This is absolutely monumental. We just shut down an event honoring Exxon CEO Darren Woods. The whole room fled. We showed up & prevented this monster from uttering a word. We will resist him with all we've got. There is no choice.
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It is not easy to talk about this.

This weekend - for the first time ever - the world temporarily breached 2° of warming.

This is a five-alarm fire for humanity. (1/7) 🧵 Image
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