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Out Today- The amazing full length film of the Social Explosion!

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Hello Comrades!

We are pleased to announced that InterRebellium 01. The Estallido Social is here. We have subtitles in English Spanish and Portuguese for this documentary. Our apologies for the delay on French subtitles, they will be available soon!

This has been a huge undertaking, but incredibly rewarding. This is the first of what we hope to be many episodes and we sincerely hope it was worth the wait.

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InterRebellium 01. The Estallido Social


The first of a multipart documentary series, InterRebellium 01. The Estallido Social is a story told through the eyes of anarchist and anticolonial participants of the 2019 uprising in the territories occupied by the state of Chile.

The Estallido Social (or Social Explosion) was a popular uprising in the territories occupied by the Chilean state, sparked on October 18th 2019 by a fare hike of 30 pesos. What began with a student-led campaign of transit fare evasions quickly spread into a nationwide uprising that shook society to its very foundations.

This uprising was born out of the long history of revolt in so-called Chile. Unfortunately, as participant Yza reminds us, long histories of revolt are often due to long histories of repression. Repression in these lands goes back before the formation of the Chilean state, to the Spanish invasion and conquest.

But the modern era begins with the 1973 coup that installed Augusto Pinochet as dictator. Years of neoliberal reforms produced a disillusioned and disorganized working class. InterRebellium traces the roots of the 2019 uprising to the student movements of the 2000s and feminist movements of the mid 2010s, as well as through Indigenous resistance throughout the history of colonial domination.

The movement also took cues and tactics from revolts happening concurrently in Hong Kong and Ecuador.

For months, thousands of people fought pitched street battles with the cops and military, organized networks of support for the front line militants, created horizontally organized neighborhood assemblies, participated in general strikes and conducted acts of arson and sabotage against symbols of power and multinational corporations.

The Estallido was ultimately contained through a combination of brutal state repression, promises of reform and a new constitution, and an aesthetic face-lift on the old symbols of power with the election of the young Gabriel Boric of the new-left.

As the riots subsided and many people became willing to work within the channels of state bureaucracy, Boric and the new left were free to build coalition with the same forces that were in power before the Estallido, leaving many of the worst perpetrators of state repression in their same roles. A handful of political prisoners from the Estallido remain behind bars to this day (April 2025)



InterRebellium will cover the global wave of revolts from 2018-2020. The title is from Latin for “between uprisings.” We believe it is important to take this time between waves relate our experiences on a worldwide scale, to study the last one so that we are better prepared for the next one.

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El primero de una serie documental de varias partes, InterRebellium 01. El Estallido Social es una historia contada a través de los ojos de los participantes anarquistas y anticoloniales del levantamiento de 2019 en los territorios ocupados por el Estado de Chile.

El Estallido Social fue un levantamiento popular en los territorios ocupados por el Estado chileno, desencadenado el 18 de octubre de 2019 por un alza de tarifas de 30 pesos. Lo que comenzó con una campaña liderada por estudiantes de evasión de tarifas de tránsito se extendió rápidamente a un levantamiento nacional que sacudió a la sociedad hasta sus cimientos.

Este levantamiento nació de la larga historia de revueltas en el llamado Chile. Por desgracia, como nos recuerda el participante Yza, las largas historias de revueltas suelen deberse a largas historias de represión. La represión en estas tierras se remonta a antes de la formación del Estado chileno, a la invasión y conquista española. Pero la era moderna comienza con el golpe de 1973 que instaló a Augusto Pinochet como dictador. Años de reformas neoliberales produjeron una clase trabajadora desilusionada y desorganizada. InterRebellium rastrea las raíces del levantamiento de 2019 hasta los movimientos estudiantiles de la década de 2000 y los movimientos feministas de mediados de 2010, así como a través de la resistencia indígena a lo largo de la historia de la dominación colonial. El movimiento también se inspiró en las tácticas de las revueltas que tuvieron lugar simultáneamente en Hong Kong y Ecuador.

Durante meses, miles de personas libraron batallas campales contra la policía y el ejército, organizaron redes de apoyo a los militantes de primera línea, crearon asambleas de barrio organizadas horizontalmente, participaron en huelgas generales y llevaron a cabo actos de incendio y sabotaje contra símbolos del poder y empresas multinacionales.

El Estallido se contuvo en última instancia mediante una combinación de brutal represión estatal, promesas de reforma y una nueva constitución, y un lavado de cara estético de los viejos símbolos del poder con la elección del joven Gabriel Boric, de la nueva izquierda. Cuando los disturbios amainaron y mucha gente se mostró dispuesta a trabajar dentro de los canales de la burocracia estatal, Boric y la nueva izquierda tuvieron libertad para coaligarse con las mismas fuerzas que estaban en el poder antes del Estallido, dejando a muchos de los peores responsables de la represión estatal en sus mismos puestos. Un puñado de presos políticos del Estallido siguen entre rejas a día de hoy (abril de 2025).

InterRebellium cubrirá la oleada mundial de revueltas de 2018-2020. El título viene del latín y significa «entre revueltas». Creemos que es importante aprovechar este tiempo entre oleadas para relatar nuestras experiencias a escala mundial, estudiar la última para estar mejor preparados para la próxima.

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O primeiro de uma série de documentários, InterRebellium 01. The Estallido Social é uma história contada pelos olhos de participantes anarquistas e anticoloniais da revolta de 2019 nos territórios ocupados pelo Estado do Chile.

O Estallido Social (ou Explosão Social) foi uma revolta popular nos territórios ocupados pelo Estado chileno, desencadeada em 18 de outubro de 2019 por um aumento de 30 pesos na tarifa do transporte público. O que começou como uma campanha liderada por estudantes de pular as catracas do metrô rapidamente se transformou em uma revolta a nível nacional que abalou as bases da sociedade.

Essa revolta nasceu de uma longa história de revolta no chamado Chile. Infelizmente, como nos lembra a participante Yza, as longas histórias de revolta geralmente se devem a longas histórias de repressão. A repressão nessas terras é anterior à formação do Estado chileno, à invasão e conquista espanhola. Mas a era moderna começa com o golpe de 1973 que instalou Augusto Pinochet como ditador. Anos de reformas neoliberais produziram uma classe trabalhadora desiludida e desarticulada. InterRebellium traça as raízes do levante de 2019 nos movimentos estudantis dos anos 2000 e nos movimentos feministas de meados dos anos 2010, bem como na resistência indígena ao longo da história da dominação colonial. O movimento também assimilou dicas e táticas das revoltas que ocorreram simultaneamente em Hong Kong e no Equador.

Durante meses, milhares pessoas travaram batalhas de rua com policiais e militares, organizaram redes de apoio a militantes da linha de frente, criaram assembleias de bairro organizadas horizontalmente, participaram de greves gerais e realizaram atos de incêndio e sabotagem contra símbolos do poder e corporações multinacionais.

O Estallido acabou sendo contido por meio de uma combinação de repressão brutal do Estado, promessas de reforma e de uma nova Constituição, além de uma mudança estética nos antigos símbolos do poder com a eleição do jovem Gabriel Boric, da nova esquerda. À medida que os protestos diminuíram e muitas pessoas se dispuseram a trabalhar dentro dos canais da burocracia estatal, Boric e a nova esquerda ficaram livres para fazer coalizão com as mesmas forças que estavam no poder antes do Estallido, deixando muitos dos piores perpetradores da repressão estatal em suas mesmas funções. Um punhado de presos políticos do Estallido permanece atrás das grades até hoje (abril de 2025)

InterRebellium cobrirá a onda global de revoltas de 2018 a 2020. O título vem do latim e significa “entre revoltas”. Acreditamos que é importante aproveitar esse tempo entre as ondas para relatar nossas experiências em escala mundial e estudar o passado para que estejamos mais bem preparadys para o futuro


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– Primero de Mayo 2025 – Imagina otra vida –

por Acción Sindical a ciudadreal.cnt.es el 29 de Abril 2025 via thefreeonline at https://wp.me/pIJl9-GMh

  1. Menos Lo Lo Lo y Más Lucha
  2. Rico-pobre-rico
  3. El estado del malestar
  4. Fin de mes (no podemos pagar el alquiler)
  5. Es lo que hay
  6. El futuro era esto
  7. No me da la vida
  8. Escapa del algoritmo
  9. Vivir es un lujo
  10. Comer es un lujo
  11. No llegamos a fin de mes
  12. ¿Te gusta?
  13. Convocatoria.

Siempre la misma rutina: el sueldo…

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¡escaso!; las

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horas… ¡muchas y cambiantes!; la vivienda…

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¡cara hasta lo inaccesible! Mientras, bancos, eléctricas y grandes empresas baten récords de beneficios… ¡a nuestra costa!

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No nos conformamos con poco pan y pésimo circo. Menos lo lo lo y más lucha.
1 DE MAYO · IMAGINA OTRA VIDA

01_LULULUCHADescarga


Patria, nación, estado, país. Palabras que no nos solucionan la vida pero mantienen las cosas como están

Trabajadores compitiendo contra trabajadores por unas migajas para mantener los privilegios de una élite

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Sólo el pueblo salva al pueblo

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El pueblo organizado. Sin símbolos vacíos ni trapos de colores.
1 DE MAYO · IMAGINA OTRA VIDA

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80th anniversary of the USSR’s defeat of Nazism: The EU bans it for 3.42 billion of us – Eng/Esp

by presos.org.es on 27th April 2025 via thefreeonline at https://wp.me/pIJl9-GJM

When & Why Did The Soviet Union Fall? Guide To The USSR …

Leaders who will attend the Victory Parade in Moscow on May 9. EU vs. Russia

🇸🇰 Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico

🇷🇸 President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic

🇧🇷 President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

🇰🇿 President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

🇵🇸 President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas

🇨🇳 President of China, Xi Jinping

🇮🇳 Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi

🇧🇾 President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko

🇦🇲 Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan

🇹🇯 President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon

🇨🇺 President of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel

🇷🇸 President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik

🇻🇳 General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, To Lam

🇧🇫 President of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traore

🇰🇬 President of Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr Japarov

🇺🇿 President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev

🇻🇪 President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro

EU Foreign Minister Kaja Kallas threatens countries whose representatives attend the Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9. She also confirmed that Brussels has ‘urged’ all candidate countries not to participate in the event.

A bureaucratic and fascistic EU, representing 448 million people, threatening the countries that will attend, representing at least 3.42 billion people.

Source: presos.org.es

IN-PICTURES: Russia celebrates Nazi Germany’s defeat on Victory Day

80 aniversario derrota nazismo por la URSS: La U.E. lo prohíbe a 3.420 millones de personas

-80 aniversario de la derrota del nazismo por la URSS: La Unión Soviética sufrió el mayor número de muertes de cualquier nación, con estimaciones que oscilan entre 22 y 27 millones de muertes.…www.statista.com/

V.E. Day —– Nazi Germany Surrenders!

Líderes que acudirán al desfile de la Victoria en Moscú el próximo 9 de mayo.

UE vs Rusia

Primer Ministro de Eslovaquia, Robert Fico

Presidente de Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic

Presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Presidente de Kazajistán, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

Presidente de Palestina, Mahmoud Abbas

Presidente de China, Xi Jinping

Primer Ministro de India, Narendra Modi

Presidente de Bielorrusia, Alexander Lukashenko

Primer Ministro de Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan

Presidente de Tayikistán, Emomali Rahmon

Presidente de Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel

Presidente de Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik

Secretario General del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Vietnam, To Lam

Presidente de Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traore

Presidente de Kirguistán, Sadyr Japarov

Presidente de Uzbekistán, Shavkat Mirziyoyev

Presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro

La jefa de la diplomacia de la UE, Kaja Kallas, amenaza a los países cuyos representantes asistan al desfile del Día de la Victoria sobre el nazismo en Moscú el 9 de mayo. Además, confirmó que Bruselas ha instado a todos los países candidatos a no participar en el evento.

Estonia’s Kaja Kallas admits NATO’s goal of destroying Russia Kallas: From Nazism to Nazism –

Una burócrata y fascistizada UE, que representa a 448 millones de personas, amenazando a los países que asistirán, y que representan al menos a 3.420 millones de personas.

Fuente: presos.org.es..

All The Worst Evils Are Happening Right Out In The Open / Caitlin Johnstone

by Caitlin Johnstone Apr 26 READ IN APP via thefreeonline at https://wp.me/pIJl9-GKF

Trump is committing genocide for Israel after publicly admitting to being bought and owned by the Adelsons..

All the worst shit happens right out in the open. You don’t need to come up with any elaborate conspiracy theories to see it. It’s right there, completely unhidden.

Watch, Read and Listen to article HERE (reading by Tim Foley)

It’s not hidden, it’s just spun. Disguised by the propaganda of the mass media who frame this holocaust as a war of defense in response to a terrorist attack while constantly diverting our attention to other far less significant issues.

It says so much about the power of the imperial propaganda machine that Trump could openly admit to having been fully controlled by Adelson cash on the campaign trail, get elected, and then facilitate a blatant extermination campaign in Gaza while aggressively stomping out free speech that is critical of Israel throughout the United States — and somehow not have this be the main thing that everyone talks about all the time.

It is only because our minds are being forcefully manipulated by the powerful at mass scale that this has been the case

.https://x.com/mtracey/status/1837886438903357920

The narrative spin is greatly aided by the fact that Trump isn’t doing much different from the previous president here.

A public which has been indoctrinated from childhood into seeing everything in Democrat-vs-Republican binaries is conditioned to focus far more on the differences between the two parties than the similarities.

But you can learn a whole lot more about real power and what’s actually going on in the world by paying less attention to how US presidents differ from each other, and more attention to the ways in which they are the same.

The mass-scale psychological manipulation is so pervasive and ubiquitous that only a small minority are reacting to history’s first live-streamed genocide with an appropriate level of horror.

If US Americans could see what their government is doing in their name with fresh eyes and uncalloused hearts, the nation’s capitol would be burnt to the ground within days.

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Snow Deficits in the Himalayas Signal a Water Crisis for Nearly 2 Billion People

by C.A.R.E. climateawarenessreport on 24 April 25 via thefreeonline at https://wp.me/pIJl9-GJG Telegram t.me/thefreeonline/2962

Snow Deficits in the Himalayas Signal a Water Crisis for Nearly 2 Billion People – ↗.wo

The 2025 Snow Update Report has delivered a stark warning: for the third consecutive year, the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region has experienced below-normal snow cover.

Download the HKH Snow Update 2025

With snow persistence—a measure of how long snow remains on the ground after falling—reaching a record low of -23.6%, the findings highlight a troubling trend for the 12 major river basins that depend on this vital seasonal snow.

This significant drop in snow persistence is more than a weather anomaly. It’s a clear indicator of how climate change is disrupting natural systems, putting at risk the water security of nearly two billion people who live downstream of these rivers, including the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra.

ALLAHABAD, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA A child lies down on a dry bed of parched mud that is the dried up River Varuna at Phoolpur

India’s parched rivers: At least 13 without water, … Apr 1, 2024

A Third Year of Alarming Decline

The HKH region, often referred to as the “Third Pole” due to its vast snow and ice reserves, is crucial for seasonal water storage. These snowpacks melt gradually during spring and early summer, feeding rivers that support agriculture, hydropower, and daily life across South and Southeast Asia.

However, the report shows that all twelve major river basins in the region faced below-average snow cover in 2025. The Mekong and Salween basins were particularly hard-hit, losing over 50% of their typical snow persistence.

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Manifesto -‘We do not resign ourselves to Rearmament and War in Europe’ – Esp/Eng

by enred_sinfronteras@riseup.net via Latin Network Without Borders on 22nd April 2025 via thefreeonline at https://wp.me/pIJl9-GIY SIGNHEREseeover +20K Telegram t.me/thefreeonline/2954

Manifesto


‘We do not resign ourselves to rearmament and war in Europe’
Spain, March 26, 2025


Is there anyone, in Europe or anywhere else in the world, who does not want to defend their loved ones from a potential threat? Who does not wish to banish the terrible shadow of violence from their lives and those of their loved ones?

Who does not dream of a future in which their sons and daughters, those of their friends and neighbors, can live in peace, develop as people, have decent jobs, inhabit a habitable planet, have a roof over their heads, enjoy culture and enriching and constructive social relationships, and live lives free from all forms of violence?

Society needs the security provided by quality public healthcare and education for all, young people need a home to live in, our elders don’t want their pensions in jeopardy, and, above all, we don’t want our children and grandchildren to experience the horrors of war.
To what extent exactly does the unbridled increase in military spending that European governments intend to approve without public debate, without transparency or detail, and with urgency contribute to this peaceful future?

MANIFIESTO CONTA EL REARME: ‘NO NOS RESIGNAMOS AL REARME Y A LA GUERRA …

çWhat part of those billions is allocated to improving education, healthcare, the terrible housing situation, cultural precariousness, environmental harmony, or international solidarity?

Wouldn’t it be necessary to invest in greater political and diplomatic efforts that, in the face of threats of aggression, seek paths of dialogue that have not yet been explored?


Is it stupid, simplistic, or naive to wish for this, to defend peace and social justice? Is it perhaps more intelligent, thoughtful, and mature to believe that the winds of war, bellicose language, and the commitment to arms will bring a better future?

No, we are not resigned to war. Europe’s rearmament will not bring peace, it will not contribute to détente, but will bring us even closer to war. Militaristic contexts are also often accompanied by setbacks in rights, freedoms, and social policies.

They generate fear and social alarm, an ideal scenario for normalizing mechanisms of repression and authoritarianism, as is already beginning to be seen.

We are concerned that this strategy will lead to a long war with Russia, which we know is not intended to defend international humanitarian law, freedom, human rights, or the protection of the weakest.

If this were the case, the attitude toward Netanyahu would be the same as that toward Putin.

This Europe, which remains silent or, worse still, supports Israel in its genocide in Gaza and the West Bank and even persecutes those who denounce it, needs to clearly redefine those common values ​​whose defense is presented as a justification for rearmament.

The citizens of our country have amply demonstrated their commitment to peace and anti-war policies in the past.

The mass demonstrations against the Iraq war, illegally promoted by José María Aznar’s government, the movement against our country’s continued membership in NATO, which mobilized more than 43% of the vote in that distant referendum, and the movement against compulsory military service until its abolition in 2001, are part of our recent collective memory.

The increase in European military spending—up to €800 billion over four years—announced by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will be implemented through an exceptional mechanism that will prevent parliamentary debate and, in general, prevent clear and detailed information for European citizens.

We cannot and do not want to accept that the money from our public hospitals, our schools and public universities, our long-term care system, our protection and social coverage policies for times of difficulty, the fight against climate change, gender-based violence, racism, or emergency protection, and our cooperation, will be used to buy tanks, rifles, fighter jets, and missiles for war, because this is what the warmongering elites currently governing Europe and the United States have decided.

The true security we need is the vital security that our public pensions, our primary care doctors, our free treatment in public hospitals for any ailment or illness that affects us, our guaranteed education in public schools and universities that provide us with equality, our scholarship system, our unemployment benefits in case of need, the Minimum Living Income, our firefighters putting out fires in our mountains or rescuing people in our towns and cities when an emergency breaks out, or the development and implementation of public policies.

Sign Here- and see signatures of those agreeing with this Manifesto https://forms.komun.org/manifiesto-contra-el-rearme-y-la-guerra-en-europa

«No nos resignamos al rearme y a la guerra en Europa» – Rojo y Negro


original en español

Manifiesto: ‘No nos resignamos al rearme y a la guerra en Europa’

España, 26 de marzo de 2025

¿Hay alguien, en Europa o en cualquier otra parte del mundo, que no quiera defender a sus seres queridos de una posible amenaza? ¿Que no desee alejar la sombra terrible de la violencia de su vida y la de los suyos?

¿Que no sueñe con un futuro en el que sus hijos e hijas, los de sus amigos y vecinas puedan vivir en paz, desarrollarse como personas, tener trabajos dignos, habitar un planeta habitable, tener un techo sobre sus cabezas, disfrutar de la cultura o de las relaciones sociales enriquecedoras y constructivas y vivir vidas libres de todo tipo de violencias?

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Ocean Dumping – Crime against Biosphere or Climate Solution? – Chaotic rush to dump Carbon in Sea

“It’s like the Wild West. Everybody is on the bandwagon.” Insane predator capitalism is jumping on often false and disastrous”solutions” for profit that could permanently destroy our biosphere and climate.

from Rocky Mountain News April 21, 2025 by Earthpages.org via thefreeonline at https://wp.me/pIJl9-GHK Telegram t.me/thefreeonline/2948

From the grounds of a gas-fired power plant on the eastern shores of Canada, a little-known company is pumping a slurry of minerals into the ocean in the name of stopping climate change.

WTF??

A growing industry is betting on the ocean to help fight climate change by developing methods to capture and store carbon dioxide, such as adding minerals like magnesium oxide to seawater, promoting plankton or seaweed growth, and sinking organic waste to the ocean floor.

While these techniques may show local promise for locking away CO₂, scientists and local communities are concerned about the destruction of marine ecosystems and the impossibility of monitoring long-term effectiveness.

Panic and Denial abound as last year marked the hottest year in Earth’s history, even as global carbon emissions are projected to reach another all-time high.

The above video is an example of how ‘insane predator capitalism is jumping on false and disastrous “solutions” for profit that could permanently destroy our biosphere and climate

Transcript

Ocean dumping – or a climate solution? A growing industry bets on ocean carbon capture

by KHOU 11 1.06M 328 views Mar 21, 2025

From the shores of eastern Canada to the beaches of North Carolina to New Zealand’s open sea, companies are exploring a new frontier to fight global warming.

Soundbite (English) Will Burt, Planetary: “The problem, of course, at its root is that we’ve got too much carbon dioxide in the air and the logical storage place for all for some of that excess carbon is going to be the biggest reservoir by far that exists. And that reservoir is the ocean.”

Climate experts say that even if countries stepped up efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it wouldn’t be enough to cool the planet. Carbon dioxide also needs to be removed from the atmosphere.

Oceans naturally absorb heat-trapping gases, but researchers are looking to supercharge that capacity.

Soundbite (English) David Ho, (C)Worthy): “I always say that, you know, for this to work—carbon dioxide removal—it has to go from something that most people have never heard of to the largest thing that humanity has ever done in a really short time. Right. And it’s daunting. Yeah.”

Near Halifax, Planetary Technologies is pumping out magnesium oxide, a powdery white mineral used in everything from water treatment plants to heartburn pills. Here, a red dye is added to track how it flows out to sea.

The company hopes the chemical reaction caused by the magnesium oxide will allow the ocean to absorb more CO2.

Soundbite (English) Will Burt, Planetary: “You add an alkaline or a basic mineral to the ocean and that that mineral is essentially an antacid. This alkaline mineral neutralizes carbon dioxide acid in the ocean.”

Dozens of other projects have been launched in recent years, including sinking sugarcane waste to the ocean floor to trap carbon.

Last summer, another company, Vesta, poured shiploads of the mineral olivine, an ingredient used to manufacture steel, off the coast of North Carolina. GigaBlue is taking a different approach – hoping to increase the growth of algae through added nutrients

But some projects are facing strong opposition over concerns that dumping foreign matter into the ocean could have unintended consequences.

Planetary paused its project in Cornwall, England, after residents protested. And some locals in New England are fighting a proposed experiment off the coast of Massachusetts.

Soundbite (English) Meghan Lapp: “We created the Clean Water Act to ensure that we have clean water, (that) we’re not dumping chemicals into the ocean.”

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution plans to study the effects of sodium hydroxide in the North Atlantic Ocean. The scientists have been meeting with the community but Meghan Lapp, who represents a Rhode Island fishing company, is still concerned.

Soundbite (English) Meghan Lapp: “To be doing that in the name of carbon capture to me is just irresponsible.”

The industry is so new that many countries have yet to adopt guidelines and standards for how to dump nutrients, crops or minerals for carbon capture. In the U.S., federal agencies have recently issued some of the first-ever permits for these ocean projects.

Soundbite (English) Will Burt, Planetary: “We can’t spend half a century digging into the details of how the solution might work, because the whole point here is, is to mitigate against a rapidly accelerating climate crisis. We have to act with safety and integrity, but we also have to act fast.”

Most of the ocean start-ups are selling carbon credits to finance their work.

Soundbite (English) David Ho (C)Worthy): “The experiments that are being done now and the scale at which they’re being done, it’s pretty safe. The question is what happens when you scale it up to billions of tons every year? And that’s still to be determined. I think there’s still some work to be done there.”

AP Video: Alex Turnbull, David Goldman Other video: Ocean Alk-Align, GigaBlue, Vesta PBC, Alban Roinard, Carboniferous Production: Serginho Roosblad

Save the Climate? Growing industries bet on the ocean to capture carbon

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-ocean-dumping-climate-solution-industry.html

by Helen Wieffering

From the grounds of a gas-fired power plant on the eastern shores of Canada, a little-known company is pumping a slurry of minerals into the ocean in the name of stopping climate change.

Whether it’s pollution or a silver bullet that will save the planet may depend on whom you ask.

From shore, a pipe releases a mixture of water and magnesium oxide—a powdery white mineral used in everything from construction to heartburn pills that Planetary Technologies, based in Nova Scotia, is betting will absorb more planet-warming gases into the sea.

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