(2022-07-04). Lake Tahoe Town to Replace July 4th Fireworks With More Eco-Friendly Alternative. popularresistance.org Fourth of July firework shows are getting harder and harder to stage as high summer temperatures fueled by the climate crisis increase the risk that they will spark wildfires. But one town in the drought-stricken West has come up with a more environmentally-friendly alternative: a drone show. | The town of Incline Village Crystal Bay on the north side of Lake Tahoe announced that it was swapping out the traditional Independence Day pyrotechnics for environmental reasons.
(2022-07-04). Children Will Suffer the Consequences of the Supreme Court's Rampage. commondreams.org The court put children in the firing line of fossil fuel pollution and climate change, rather than rescue them from harm's way.
(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). Global South And North Unite To Stop 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.
(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). 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). 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). 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.