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South African communities vs Shell: high court victories show that cultural beliefs and practices count in climate cases

South African communities vs Shell: high court victories show that cultural beliefs and practices count in climate cases: Oyster gatherers on a Wild Coast beach at low tide. The sea is integral to these communities' lives and culture. PaulGregg When the Shell petroleum company announced in 2021 that it wanted to explore for fossil fuels …

This 18th-century shell collection, saved from a skip, tells a story of empire, explorers and women’s equality

This 18th-century shell collection, saved from a skip, tells a story of empire, explorers and women’s equality: In the 1980s, a shell collection that included specimens from Captain Cook’s final voyage was accidentally thrown into a skip and believed lost forever. But much to the joy of scientists, last week it was rediscovered safe and …

Caster Semenya’s legal victory is significant for human rights, but doesn’t necessarily mean she’ll be able to compete again – here’s why

Caster Semenya’s legal victory is significant for human rights, but doesn’t necessarily mean she’ll be able to compete again – here’s why: Olympic athlete Caster Semenya has repeatedly come into conflict with competition rules set out by the athletics governing body, World Athletics (formerly known as the IAAF). These rules require athletes like Semenya, who …

5 escape sequences for your Linux shell

5 escape sequences for your Linux shell: 5 escape sequences for your Linux shell sethkenlon Thu, 02/16/2023 – 03:00 I recently read an article about shell metacharacters by Opensource.com correspondent Don Watkins. His article made me think about all the weird things you could do with shell input. While I probably have yet to discover …

Shell Suit

A nice Kings Beach image: Shell Suit Image by jonnystell@ Image automatically curated and published by www.free-mail.co.za – CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress. Have you tried: Diving with Sharks?

Customize your shell prompt with Starship

Customize your shell prompt with Starship: read more: Opensource.com Moshe Zadka Supporting Open Source. Have you tried: Visiting Port Elizabeth?

Planned seismic survey by Shell has kicked up a storm in South Africa. Here’s an explainer

Planned seismic survey by Shell has kicked up a storm in South Africa. Here’s an explainer: South African marine biodiversity is unique and valuable and the Wild Coast is an especially rich part of that heritage. Peter Unger via GettyImages The planned seismic survey off South Africa’s Wild Coast by energy company Shell has unleashed …

Why Shell pulled out of the Cambo oilfield

Why Shell pulled out of the Cambo oilfield: Dabarti CGI/Shutterstock Shell has scrapped plans to invest in Cambo, a proposed oilfield off the Shetland Islands. The fossil fuel supermajor has been shedding UK assets for a while. It sold a large refinery complex in Cheshire in 2011 and US$ 3.8 billion (£2.64 billion) of North …

‘To hell with Shell!’ – South African activists protest against global oil giant

South Africa in the news: ‘To hell with Shell!’ – South African activists protest against global oil giant: Activists in South Africa have protested against sonic blasting which oil giant Shell will be doing on the coast of South Africa. The footage shot on Sunday (December 5) at Muizenberg Beach in Cape …: “South Africa” …

Shell script points of interest to coordinates

A nice Port Elizabeth image: Shell script points of interest to coordinates Image by Christiaan Colen Photos taken for the blog post explaining the shell script written to look up school names Port Elizabeth via Google Maps API and plotting onto Google Maps. Blog post: blog.christiaan008.com/2016/09/27/plotting-schools-port-e… Image automatically curated and published by www.free-mail.co.za – CLICK …

How to include options in your Bash shell scripts

How to include options in your Bash shell scripts: Terminal commands usually have options or switches, which you can use to modify how the command does what it does. Options are included in the POSIX specification for command-line interfaces. read more: Opensource.com sethkenlon Supporting Open Source. Have you tried: Farking?

Cool Shell script points of interest to coordinates image

Shell script points of interest to coordinates

A cool Port Elizabeth image: Shell script points of interest to coordinates Image by Christiaan Colen Photos taken for the blog post explaining the shell script written to look up school names Port Elizabeth via Google Maps API and plotting onto Google Maps. Blog post: blog.christiaan008.com/2016/09/27/plotting-schools-port-e… Image automatically curated and published by www.free-mail.co.za – CLICK …

Shell ordered to cut its emissions – why this ruling could affect almost any major company in the world

Shell ordered to cut its emissions – why this ruling could affect almost any major company in the world: Graham Toney / Alamy Dutch judges have ordered the major oil and gas company, Royal Dutch Shell, to implement stringent carbon dioxide emissions cuts within the next few years. It is a ruling which could have …

Processing modular and dynamic configuration files in shell

Processing modular and dynamic configuration files in shell: While working on a continuous integration/continuous development (CI/CD) solution for a customer, one of my first tasks was to automate the bootstrapping of a CI/CD Jenkins server in OpenShift. Following DevOps best practices, I quickly created a configuration file that drove a script to complete the job. …