(2022-01-07). Judge Rules Thousands Of Disputed DAPL Documents Are Public Records. popularresistance.org A state judge has ruled that thousands of documents related to security during the construction in North Dakota of the heavily protested Dakota Access Pipeline are public and subject to the state's open records law. | The Friday ruling by South Central District Judge Cynthia Feland is a victory for The Intercept news organization, which sued in November 2020 to get access to the documents for investigative journalism on the topics of "environmental justice, the treatment of Indigenous peoples and workers, and government efforts to suppress First Amendment-protected activities."
(2022-01-07). 'We Are Bathing in Syphilis Right Now': Sweden Sees Spike in Disease Once Forgotten. sputniknews.com The steep rise in syphilis, a disease nearly extinct in the Nordic country, is particularly rampant among homosexual men, which has been partly ascribed to the efficiency of therapy against HIV, which makes people less keen on using condoms.
(2022-01-06). California's Cap-and-Trade System Proves Limits of Market-Based Climate Action. zcomm.org California is not making sufficient progress to meet the 2030 emissions goals. With current policies, it could take easily at least a couple more decades before the 2030 goals are met…
(2022-01-06). Climate justice through divestment. nationofchange.org n recent years, a growing movement to achieve climate justice has connected the root cause of climate change not just with greenhouse gases but also with a more entrenched, insidious foe: capitalism. The United States supports a system that allows a few corporations and people to earn money off climate degradation, mainly through the extraction …
(2022-01-06). How Grassroots Energy Projects Are Taking Back Power From Utility Companies. independentmediainstitute.org As power outages caused by extreme weather events become more intense and frequent, the efforts by federal, state and local legislators to abate human-caused climate change may seem futile to those on the front lines, who are left sweating or freezing in their homes after the power goes out unexpectedly and at the worst time …
(2022-01-06). Don't look up reflects the cynicism of capitalist decay, for better and for worse. mronline.org 
A lively debate has ensued over the merits of the film, Don't Look Up. People on the progressive side of the political spectrum have praised the film for its piercing honesty about the climate crisis which is communicated through the metaphor of an incoming, planet-destroying comet.
(2022-01-06). Innovation Design Engineering students tackle '1.5 ∞C Cuisine' challenge. imperial.ac.uk Students from the Dyson School of Engineering experienced an innovative residential that fused design with food to help tackle the climate crisis.
(2022-01-06). Prosecutor Sought Enbridge Funding To Prosecute Water Protectors. popularresistance.org The Center for Protest Law & Litigation has obtained documents through our ongoing investigation showing that Jonathan Frieden, the lead prosecutor in Hubbard County, Minnesota, who is seeking to jail hundreds of peaceful Line 3 water protectors, sought Enbridge pipeline corporation's money to fund his prosecutions.
(2022-01-06). Wet'suwet'en water protectors vow to continue struggle after announcing strategic retreat. peoplesdispatch.org In an announcement on January 4, the activists of the Indigenous Wet'suwet'en tribe in British Columbia, Canada, have stated they are staging a "strategic retreat". Water protectors who have been resisting the construction of the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline and staging an occupation and blockade at the drillsite near Camp Coyote have retreated to evade arrests and another violent police crackdown. | Earlier this week, Wet'suwet'en chiefs and activists had been reporting a massive mobilization of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) near Coyote Camp, raising concerns of a fourth attack on the activists, as…
(2022-01-06). There Will Be Many Acts of Kindness on the Way Down. warisacrime.org 
I live in a wealthy country, the U.S., and in a corner of it, a part of Virginia, not yet hit hard by fires or floods or tornados. In fact, until Sunday night, January 2nd, we'd had rather pleasant, almost summerlike weather most of the time since summer. Then, Monday morning, we got several inches …