Les cinq couleurs du Gaz

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Paul Blume

Qu’on se le dise, les gaz à effet de serre sont des gaz à effet de serre. Pas des citrouilles d’Halloween.


D’abord, d’abord, … il y a le Noir.

La couleur du charbon, du pétrole brut.

Des paysages d’Alberta où l’on extrait le gaz de schiste. Des sables bitumineux.

Celle des marées destructrices de paysages côtiers, d’oiseaux englués, des pollutions impayables et non payées par leurs pollueurs.

Celle des percées dramatiques dans les poumons de la Terre. De l’Amazonie ravagée.

Le noir, couleur de climato-sceptiques célèbres. L’un était Président. Un autre l’est encore. D’autres jouent la comédie…

Et puis, il y a l’autre… le Bleu.

La couleur de l’Europe, du Libéralisme, de l’innovation technologique, des fables consuméristes.

Pâle comme le peu de crédibilité d’une croissance économique décarbonée.

Foncé, lisse comme les costumes des communicants spécialisés en Greenwashing.

Bleu comme la promesse d’un nouveau gaz, sans gaz à effet de serre.

Un gaz sécurisant, abondant comme celui de Gazprom …

Bleu comme les océans qui se meurent.

Et puis, il y a les autres … dont le Rouge

A la fibre solidaire, prompt à la révolte sociale, la révolution mondiale.

International dans ses solidarités, aveugle des contraintes environnementales.

Le gaz des sans fins de mois, des démunis, des retraités. L’indispensable gaz de chauffage. Celui de l’électricité pour les déplacements, du fonctionnement des hôpitaux « bien sûr », des aérogares pour la croissance « à partager ».

Le rouge du sang des mammifères disparus.

Des incendies, de la colère des sinistrés.

Sans oublier … le Vert.

Celui du déni, de la trahison. Le vert de la colère des penseurs d’une écologie scientifique.

Vert comme le feu vert donné par deux femmes ministres belges à l’utilisation du gaz … Bleu.

Le vert des environnements qui disparaissent, mais aussi des zones que l’on protège enfin.

Le vert de la collaboration à la croissance mortifère, mais aussi des expériences dites de transition.

Et puis, et puis… il y a le blanc

Le blanc du deuil des autres autres couleurs. Le blanc comme somme des autres couleurs.

Le blanc des abstentions qui préviennent.

Le blanc de la lumière qui viendra, qui vient.

Le blanc violent des soleils trop présents.

Le blanc du drapeau à lever dans cette guerre que nous menons contre la vie.


2024

This year elections are taking place across the globe, covering almost half of the world’s population. It is also likely to be, yet again, the hottest year recorded as the climate crisis intensifies. The Guardian asked young climate activists around the world what they want from the elections and whether politics is working in the fight to halt global heating.
Winter downpours also made 20% wetter and will occur every three years without urgent carbon cuts, experts warn
‘Catastrophic’ global decline due to dams, mining, diverting water and pollution threatens humans and ecosystems, study warns
Human-caused climate crisis brought soaring temperatures across Asia, from Gaza to Delhi to Manila
Nous avons demandé à 380 climatologues de renom ce qu’ils pensaient de l’avenir… Ils sont terrifiés, mais déterminés à continuer à se battre. Exclusif : Une enquête menée auprès de centaines d’experts révèle une image terrifiante de l’avenir, mais ils préviennent que la lutte contre le changement climatique ne doit pas être abandonnée.
Een enquête van de Britse krant The Guardian onder 380 vooraanstaande klimaatwetenschappers levert ontnuchterende resultaten op. Amper 1 op de 20 gelooft nog in het meest optimistische scenario. Toch moet de wereld blijven strijden tegen elke fractie opwarming.
Climate scientists have told the Guardian they expect catastrophic levels of global heating. Here’s what that would mean for the planet
Editorial: Top experts believe global temperatures will rise by at least 2.5C above pre-industrial levels by 2100. That frightening prediction must spur us to action
Exclusive: Survey of hundreds of experts reveals harrowing picture of future, but they warn climate fight must not be abandoned
Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds
Outgoing special rapporteur David Boyd says ‘there’s something wrong with our brains that we can’t understand how grave this is’
Oil and gas equipment intended to cut methane emissions is preventing scientists from accurately detecting greenhouse gases and pollutants, a satellite image investigation has revealed. Energy companies operating in countries such as the US, UK, Germany and Norway appear to have installed technology that could stop researchers from identifying methane, carbon dioxide emissions and pollutants at industrial facilities involved in the disposal of unprofitable natural gas, known in the industry as flaring.
Unesco joint research dating back 15 years found violence and intimidation against about 750 reporters and 44 murders
Marcus Decker dared to protest the climate crisis and was punished. Now he could be deported, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Cost of environmental damage will be six times higher than price of limiting global heating to 2C, study finds
The law will come into force in national parks within two years and in all of the country’s marine protected areas by 2030
Weak government climate policies violate fundamental human rights, the European court of human rights has ruled
If the anomaly does not stabilise by August, ‘the world will be in uncharted territory’, says climate expert
Environmental pledges are being shredded to please agribusiness and appease extremists. It’s a terrible mistake, says environmental writer Arthur Neslen
World’s fossil-fuel producers on track to nearly quadruple output from newly approved projects by decade’s end, report finds
Dr Sarah Benn has long been concerned about the climate crisis, diligently recycling until she was “blue in the face”. But the rise of the climate activist group Extinction Rebellion in 2019 inspired her and her husband to go further. “We thought: well, if we don’t do it then who else is going to?”
Activist accuses Sweden of being ‘very good at greenwashing’ as group sits outside building’s main entrance. Greta Thunberg has accused Sweden of being “very good at greenwashing” as she staged a protest along with about 50 other activists outside her home country’s parliament.
Dangers of wildfires, extreme weather and other factors outgrowing preparedness, European Environment Agency says
Scientists express concern over health impacts, with another study finding particles in arteries
In Munich I heard both Ukrainians and Alexei Navalny’s widow tell us why Putin must be defeated, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
Rapid ocean warming and unusually hot winter days recorded as human-made global heating combines with El Niño
Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regardless, Center for Climate Integrity study finds
Collapse in system of currents that helps regulate global climate would be at such speed that adaptation would be impossible
Exclusive: Meeting took place days after BP reported record profits while households were squeezed by high energy bills
In the UK and around the world, those who challenge rich corporations are being hounded and crushed with ever-more inventive penalties, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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