Peder Østring
@pederoe.bsky.social
Norwegian Marxist // phd-fellow in human geography, researching oil & gas decommissioning. @pederoe@mastodon.social
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Peder Østring
@pederoe.bsky.social
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Landmark aluminium bridge built with recycled materials opens in Norway
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen) opens a new pedestrian bridge in Trondheim, built by Leirvik in collaboration with Hydro and partners. It is the first aluminium bridge bui...
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A bridge for the future: The aluminum helideck of the decommissioned Gyda platform has become a new pedestrian and bike bridge in Trondheim, Norway. Think about all the cool things we can do with all the thousands of tonnes of fixed fossil capital out there!
On a train bound for @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social, where I will do archival research on the Brent Spar controversy for an article. Excited!
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 AM
On a train bound for @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social, where I will do archival research on the Brent Spar controversy for an article. Excited!
I remember protesting the immense LNG investments with Ende Gelände in Hamburg a couple of years back. It doesn't take a lot of convincing to make people see this was a terrible idea now. The immediate energy future might be locked in, but Europe needs to start drastically cutting down on gas ASAP
Trump has growing stranglehold over EU and UK energy supply, study shows
European countries now reliant on US liquified natural gas shipments, creating risk of higher bills amid recent tensions
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:49 AM
I remember protesting the immense LNG investments with Ende Gelände in Hamburg a couple of years back. It doesn't take a lot of convincing to make people see this was a terrible idea now. The immediate energy future might be locked in, but Europe needs to start drastically cutting down on gas ASAP
Great episode with Gillian Hart on the current conjuncture of imperialism and resurgent nationalism 👇
Episode 2 – Trinity Social Justice Initiative
socialjusticeinitiative.domains.trincoll.edu
January 20, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Great episode with Gillian Hart on the current conjuncture of imperialism and resurgent nationalism 👇
Just reminding everyone about the Irish documentary crew that managed to film from inside the Miraflores palace during the coup against Chávez in 2002 – well worth watching: youtu.be/iH5nzZU0qCc?...
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
YouTube video by Proletarian TV
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Just reminding everyone about the Irish documentary crew that managed to film from inside the Miraflores palace during the coup against Chávez in 2002 – well worth watching: youtu.be/iH5nzZU0qCc?...
Like in Venezuela, the immense investments in fixed capital needed to extract a lot of Greenland's resources makes short term profit very difficult. Rather, it's about imperial ambitions. Interesting piece by @lslothuus.bsky.social
It's imperialism, stupid!
Natural resources are not the reason the US wants control over Greenland. I explain why in my new @theconversation.com article on Greenland's critical raw materials and fossil fuels in US expansionist ambition.
Read the article here:
theconversation.com/why-greenlan...
Natural resources are not the reason the US wants control over Greenland. I explain why in my new @theconversation.com article on Greenland's critical raw materials and fossil fuels in US expansionist ambition.
Read the article here:
theconversation.com/why-greenlan...
Why Greenland’s vast natural resources won’t necessarily translate into huge profits
Mining and fossil fuel extraction both demand infrastructure that Greenland doesn’t have.
theconversation.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Like in Venezuela, the immense investments in fixed capital needed to extract a lot of Greenland's resources makes short term profit very difficult. Rather, it's about imperial ambitions. Interesting piece by @lslothuus.bsky.social
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Fullt hus for seminar om oljas rolle i Venezuela-krisen, i regi av forskningsnettverket Olje og samfunn @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social i dag. Vegard Bye m.fl innleder
January 16, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Fullt hus for seminar om oljas rolle i Venezuela-krisen, i regi av forskningsnettverket Olje og samfunn @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social i dag. Vegard Bye m.fl innleder
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'hvordan synes du selv det går?'
January 3, 2026 at 7:37 PM
'hvordan synes du selv det går?'
New blogpost from Adam Hanieh on Venezuela and the US empire 👇
Venezuela’s Oil in the Grip of US Empire
The Trump administration’s kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro has refocused global attention on Venezuela and its enormous oil reserves. Yet to simply accept Trump’s bellicose language at face value – inclu...
www.versobooks.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:03 AM
New blogpost from Adam Hanieh on Venezuela and the US empire 👇
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This piece by Andreas Malm & Maxy Guez brilliantly captures both how mind-bogglingly difficult, but also courageous, the Colombian pledge not to permit new exploration of fossil fuels actually is.
Colombia Against the Fossil Fuel Age
Colombia’s energy transition is not just playing out in policy papers — it’s unfolding in oil fields, coal towns, and courtrooms. Jacobin spoke with engineers, unionists, and President Petro himself a...
jacobin.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
This piece by Andreas Malm & Maxy Guez brilliantly captures both how mind-bogglingly difficult, but also courageous, the Colombian pledge not to permit new exploration of fossil fuels actually is.
Much fuzz over Gustavo Petro meeting with Trump soon, but we all know the most important meeting of the Colombian president took place last year
January 8, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Much fuzz over Gustavo Petro meeting with Trump soon, but we all know the most important meeting of the Colombian president took place last year
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Alí Primera - Ahora que el petroleo es nuestro.
YouTube video by Argenis Franco
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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There is yet again an abundance of simplistic obituaries of the Bolivarian process in Venezuela. Sharing this article from 2022 that might help to historicise the current conjuncture: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:56 PM
There is yet again an abundance of simplistic obituaries of the Bolivarian process in Venezuela. Sharing this article from 2022 that might help to historicise the current conjuncture: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Meanwhile my local paper isn't pulling punches when it comes to world events vis-a-vis the oil industry.
January 8, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Meanwhile my local paper isn't pulling punches when it comes to world events vis-a-vis the oil industry.
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The imperial Derisking State, making oil investible for the barrons that are destroying the planet.
TRUMP: MAY SUBSIDIZE OIL COMPANIES REBUILDING IN VENEZUELA: NBC
January 6, 2026 at 1:10 PM
The imperial Derisking State, making oil investible for the barrons that are destroying the planet.
The war on Venezuela is a prism through which we can see the importance of fixed fossil capital: Gulf refineries were build for way more heavy crude than the dwindling exports under ever tighter economic sanctions up until today.
January 7, 2026 at 8:52 AM
The war on Venezuela is a prism through which we can see the importance of fixed fossil capital: Gulf refineries were build for way more heavy crude than the dwindling exports under ever tighter economic sanctions up until today.
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Kommer ikke over at Falkenberg Mikkelsen sa at det hadde vært økt spenning mellom VZ og USA, og at nå har situasjonen eskalert, etter at stormakten hadde bombet Caracas og kidnappet statslederen.
«Økt spenning mellom Navalnyj og Putin - situasjonen eskalerte»
«Økt spenning mellom Navalnyj og Putin - situasjonen eskalerte»
January 6, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Kommer ikke over at Falkenberg Mikkelsen sa at det hadde vært økt spenning mellom VZ og USA, og at nå har situasjonen eskalert, etter at stormakten hadde bombet Caracas og kidnappet statslederen.
«Økt spenning mellom Navalnyj og Putin - situasjonen eskalerte»
«Økt spenning mellom Navalnyj og Putin - situasjonen eskalerte»
Unhinged imperialism
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 6, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Unhinged imperialism
I have not seen or heard the word "kidnapped" used by Norwegian national broadcaster NRK so far either – there is an impressive array of euphemisms.
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 6, 2026 at 5:24 AM
I have not seen or heard the word "kidnapped" used by Norwegian national broadcaster NRK so far either – there is an impressive array of euphemisms.
Worth following Matt Huber and his prolific analysis of fossil Capital in the war on Venezuela 👇
Another post on oil and Venezuela. matthuber.substack.com/p/us-oil-cap...
January 6, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Worth following Matt Huber and his prolific analysis of fossil Capital in the war on Venezuela 👇
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For a sense of just how massive the legacy problems left by retreating fossil extraction are, check out the struggle to plug just one orphan oil well in a residential neighborhood. CA currently has more than 40,000 orphaned wells, w potential for many 1000s more.
www.latimes.com/socal/daily-...
www.latimes.com/socal/daily-...
Emergency effort to seal off leaks from abandoned oil well in Newport Beach faces delay
Construction to cap a methane-emitting oil well underneath a Balboa Peninsula neighborhood missed its Christmas Day deadline due to unexpected delays.
www.latimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:34 AM
For a sense of just how massive the legacy problems left by retreating fossil extraction are, check out the struggle to plug just one orphan oil well in a residential neighborhood. CA currently has more than 40,000 orphaned wells, w potential for many 1000s more.
www.latimes.com/socal/daily-...
www.latimes.com/socal/daily-...
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"If they’re going to maintain the pretense of independence and journalistic skepticism, they should maybe, at least every now and then, seek to complicate these euphemisms, ask themselves why they use a different set of terms when it comes to Russian military aggression"
"If they’re going to maintain the pretense of independence and journalistic skepticism, they should maybe, at least every now and then, seek to complicate these euphemisms, ask themselves why they use a different set of terms when it comes to Russian military aggression"
By framing this brazen act of aggression in euphemistic terms, the media is falling in line with Trump.
The Media Refuses to Call Trump’s Venezuela Attack an Act of War
By framing the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro in euphemistic terms, the media is falling in line with Trump.
interc.pt
January 5, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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"If they’re going to maintain the pretense of independence and journalistic skepticism, they should maybe, at least every now and then, seek to complicate these euphemisms, ask themselves why they use a different set of terms when it comes to Russian military aggression"
"If they’re going to maintain the pretense of independence and journalistic skepticism, they should maybe, at least every now and then, seek to complicate these euphemisms, ask themselves why they use a different set of terms when it comes to Russian military aggression"
Or "kidnapped"
"Words they don’t use: illegal, war, coup, international law, violation, sovereignty.
This is how you normalize imperialism."
-- @AssalRad
@danielagabor.bsky.social x.com/AssalRad/sta...
This is how you normalize imperialism."
-- @AssalRad
@danielagabor.bsky.social x.com/AssalRad/sta...
January 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Or "kidnapped"
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The weak response from Can, EU and UN to Trump's flagrant crimes in Venezuela is striking.
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
January 4, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The weak response from Can, EU and UN to Trump's flagrant crimes in Venezuela is striking.
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
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From November 9: President Petro was not wrong.
Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
January 4, 2026 at 4:18 AM
From November 9: President Petro was not wrong.
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Wrote up some quick thoughts on oil and imperialism in light of Venezuela. open.substack.com/pub/matthube...
January 3, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Wrote up some quick thoughts on oil and imperialism in light of Venezuela. open.substack.com/pub/matthube...