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beaverbait t1_jaaap17 wrote

Reply to comment by Immediate-Attempt-32 in Norway: Thunberg joins Indigenous protests against turbines. The young environmental activist says green energy cannot come at the expense of human rights. A court order has deemed the turbines' location in Norway illegal, as they disrupt Sami reindeer-herding traditions by DoremusJessup

Easy solution!

Have the energy corporation pay 150-200M euros to the reindeer folk to buy a nice plot of territory for them and buy some luxury barns as well. The wind farm comes out with half the cost of a worst case and the reindeer are filthy rich. Win-win.

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Hikury t1_jaa9xx3 wrote

Reply to comment by nerbovig in Norway: Thunberg joins Indigenous protests against turbines. The young environmental activist says green energy cannot come at the expense of human rights. A court order has deemed the turbines' location in Norway illegal, as they disrupt Sami reindeer-herding traditions by DoremusJessup

I think the compromise between tradition and environmental stewardship lies on the other side of this specific issue. and that you can pay adequate respect to the past while also allowing wind farms to operate in contravention of some elders sensibilities

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tnarref t1_jaa9nhl wrote

Reply to comment by CuriousShower9 in Macron flies to Africa to counter waning French influence by HRJafael

Russia is in it for reasons that go beyond Wagner paying themselves with local ressources. The migrant crisis of 2015 deeply divided the EU and the members have since shown a tougher stance on migration, Erdogan's Turkey playing a game of blackmailing the EU about potentially opening migration routes to the EU is something which showed Russia that controlling migration routes can be some sort of leverage to be used against the EU.

So Russia is trying to gain presence in Africa for 2 reasons linked to that: 1. With influence in countries migrants leave from/go through with hopes of reaching the EU, they'll have a card to play to get something from the EU in exchange for their cooperation with whatever migration policy the EU will want to put in place, or straight up go against that policy to try to destabilize the EU. And 2. If these countries stay unstable enough, this will keep a steady stream of potential migrants to the EU open.

TLDR: Russia's Africa policy isn't really about Africa, it's about the EU's migration policy.

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