(2022-07-03). Climate activists across the Global South and North unite to stop the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline. popularresistance.org On last month's annual celebration known as Africa Day, activists in Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and elsewhere held demonstrations targeting French oil giant TotalEnergies' involvement in African fossil fuel extraction projects. A main focus of the protests was Total's proposed East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline, or EACOP, which would transport 200,000 barrels of oil per day from western Uganda to export terminals 1,445 kilometers away on the Tanzanian coast. | Grassroots organizers in Uganda and Tanzania have been speaking out against EACOP for years, sometimes at great risk to their own safety. But in a testament…
(2022-07-03). Indigenous leaders and climate groups respond to West Virginia vs. EPA. popularresistance.org Earlier this year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated that existing and planned fossil fuel projects are more than the climate can handle, confirming that without sharp reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel use, we are, as UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says, "on a fast track to climate disaster." The report also warns investors of stranded fossil fuel assets that will amount to $4 trillion in a world where warming is limited to 2 ∞C, and even more in a world where it is limited to 1.5 ∞C. | In the five years after the Paris Agreement was adopted, six US Banks…
(2022-07-03). SCOTUS EPA Ruling Signals Court Will Strike Down Rules Limiting Corporate Profit. popularresistance.org On the last day of its term, the Supreme Court handed down a case no less impactful than its shameful ruling a week earlier that overturned Roe v. Wade. In West Virginia v. EPA, the court's right-wing members confirmed they are in the pockets of the fossil fuel companies. The 6-3 majority sided with coal companies and Republican-led states to restrain the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) power to regulate carbon emissions. | This frightening decision could preempt new regulations the Biden administration's EPA is developing to fight climate change. It will be nearly impossible for President Joe Biden to me…
(2022-07-03). Portugal's Climate Justice Movement Takes on Oil and Gas Company Galp. commondreams.org There can be absolutely no option on the table when it comes to new fossil projects and infrastructure.
(2022-07-03). Growing Food for Fuel Is Starving People. commondreams.org Modern biofuels are touted as a boon for the climate. But, used on a large scale, they are no more sustainable than whale oil.
(2022-07-03). To Force Radical Climate Action, the Global South Should De-Link From Western Capitalism. commondreams.org After all, Western economies—and their economic growth—depend utterly on labour and resources from the South.
(2022-07-02). Gazprom Suspended Gas Supplies to Europe Due To Repair Work. southfront.org 
On July 1, Gazprom announced that it stops supplying gas to Europe due to planned repairs in Nord Stream. A representative of Nord Stream AG said that both lines of the pipeline will be stopped for routine maintenance. Gas supplies will be reduced from 11 to 21 July. All Nord Stream partners were warned in advance. | Nord Stream's deliveries will be cut in mid-July as the company reportedly faced problems with its gas compressor units. Repair or replacement of the units is needed. They are made in Can…
(2022-07-02). Biodiversity Risks to Linger at Least a Half Century After Global Temperature Peaks, Study Says. popularresistance.org Even if global temperatures start to decrease, after peaking this century due to climate change, biodiversity risks are likely to persist for decades, a new study by London's Global University (UCL) and University of Cape Town researchers finds. The potential impacts on biodiversity were modeled against pre-industrial levels if temperatures increased by more than 2 ∞C (35.6 ∞F), before beginning to fall again. | Climate change and all of its anthropomorphic influences are already facing a biodiversity crisis, with mass dieoffs — such as hundreds of migratory birds falling out of the sky in the S…
(2022-07-02). Biodiversity Risks To Linger At Least A Half Century After Temperature Peaks. popularresistance.org Even if global temperatures start to decrease, after peaking this century due to climate change, biodiversity risks are likely to persist for decades, a new study by London's Global University (UCL) and University of Cape Town researchers finds. The potential impacts on biodiversity were modeled against pre-industrial levels if temperatures increased by more than 2 ∞C (35.6 ∞F), before beginning to fall again. | Climate change and all of its anthropomorphic influences are already facing a biodiversity crisis, with mass dieoffs — such as hundreds of migratory birds falling out of the sky in the S…
(2022-07-02). Climate change deepens crisis in Pakistan. peoplesdispatch.org Since March 2022, Pakistan has been experiencing an unprecedented heatwave and a series of extreme climate events ranging from flash floods to forest fires. Experts have expressed concerns about the catastrophic impact on the health and livelihoods of the most vulnerable and marginalized communities in the country…
(2022-07-02). Research Shows Burning More Gas Not the Answer to Energy Crisis. commondreams.org We have known for decades that the solution to our climate crisis is to transition away from fossil fuels as quickly as possible.
(2022-07-02). The Frightening Implications of This Ruling Go Far Beyond the EPA. commondreams.org The consequences will be profound—for climate, for people, for science, for progress.