(2022-11-18). Online events w) Nikole Hannah-Jones, Medea Benjamin, Jeremy Lent, Naomi Klein, and others. indybay.org Here are about 14 online events taking place over the next 2 weeks (and starting at 4: 00 pm today (Thursday, 11/17), featuring people such as adrienne maree brown, Susan Raffo, Thenmozhi Soundararajan, Cornel West, Prachi Patankar, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Medea Benjamin, Dean Spade, Mariana Mazzucato, Jeremy Lent, Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.
(2022-11-17). Indigenous Women at COP27: No More Stolen Relatives, No Greenwashing. indybay.org Native women from North America joined Indigenous women from around the world and spoke out against greenwashing and false solutions, including carbon credits, at the UN Climate Summit in Egypt. Pointing out that fossil fuel man camps have become clusters of abusers, they sent their voices out to the world: "No More Stolen Sisters," and "No More Stolen Relatives."
(2022-11-17). Speaking for the Water: Indigenous Women Speak for the Children and Rivers at COP27. indybay.org Indigenous women held a Water Ceremony at the United Nations Climate Summit in Egypt and spoke out against the oil and gas industry, and gold mining, which is destroying their lives and rivers, and the future for their children.
(2022-11-17). Climate Talks Must Include BROAD Ecological Agriculture Solutions. commondreams.org Against huge odds and with minimal resources, farmers and peasant agrarian communities around the globe are proving we can nourish people and the planet with agroecological farming.
(2022-11-17). 'How Democracy Gets Corroded': Right-Wing Group Gets Two Dark Money Donations of $425 Million. commondreams.org "Let me make a guess: the money was fossil fuel-related, and will buy continued Republican obstruction of obviously necessary climate measures," suggested Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. "That's the pattern."
(2022-11-17). COP27: Chris Bowen's silence on fossil fuel expansion plans gives the game away. greenleft.org.au "Australia is back as a constructive, positive and willing climate collaborator," climate change minister Chris Bowen told COP27. But how true is this, asks Pip Hinman.
(2022-11-17). Amazon Leader Welcomes Climate Vow from Brazil's Lula to End Deforestation with Indigenous Help. democracynow.org 
Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva addressed world leaders at the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Wednesday, vowing to end deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and create a ministry to represent Indigenous peoples in his government. Brazil's new approach to climate change aims to reverse outgoing far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's policies that have devastated Indigenous lands. "With Lula's support, we can fight against deforestation and support Indigenous peoples in protecting and confronting the threats they face, including assassinations and hu…
(2022-11-17). At COP27 Indigenous Land Defenders from Mexico, Guatemala Warn "Green Capitalism" Creates Violence. democracynow.org 
We continue our coverage of the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, by asking what Indigenous leaders at the frontlines of the climate crisis are calling for from world leaders. We speak to Andrea Ixchíu, a land defender from Guatemala, and Rosa Marina Flores Cruz, an Afro-Indigenous activist from Mexico, who are both part of the Futuros Indígenas collective. They discuss how their countries' megaprojects and big business are devastating Indigenous communities. "Green capitalism is affecting our communities. It's displacing people. It's creating violence," says Ixchíu.
(2022-11-17). Indigenous Activists Tom Goldtooth & Eriel Deranger on the Link Between Colonialism & Climate Crisis. democracynow.org 
Democracy Now! is broadcasting live from COP27, the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where hundreds of activists protested outside the plenary hall Thursday to demand climate justice. We speak to two Indigenous activists and land defenders at the summit, Eriel Tchekwie Deranger and Tom Goldtooth. "It is frontline communities, land defenders and Indigenous peoples that have experienced the loss of our territories at the hands of oil and gas and extractivism," says Deranger, executive director of Indigenous Climate Action and member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. "Colon…
(2022-11-17). Climate Change Hysteria and the Extinction Rebellion. Extinction Rebellion Activists Have Worn Out Their Welcome and the Public Is Angry. globalresearch.ca
(2022-11-17). False Corporate Solutions at COP27 Further Entrench Capitalism and Colonialism. truthout.org Democracy Now! is broadcasting live from COP27, the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where hundreds of activists protested outside the plenary hall Thursday to demand climate justice. We speak to two Indigenous activists and land defenders at the summit, Eriel Tchekwie Deranger and Tom Goldtooth. "It is frontline communities, land defenders and Indigenous peoples that have experienced the loss of our territories at the hands of oil and gas and extractivism," says Deranger, executive director of Indigenous Climate Action and member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. "Colonialism has to be a…
(2022-11-17). Climate Talks Spark Action Against Investment Treaties Favoring Fossil Fuel Corporations. fpif.org In advance of the global climate negotiations taking place in Egypt, several countries announced important actions to curb the power of the fossil fuel industry. | For decades now, a global web of international investment agreements has given corporations excessive powers to block government policies they don't like. Through "investor-state dispute settlement" mechanisms, these agreements grant corporations the right to sue governments in unaccountable supranational tribunals, demanding huge payouts in retaliation for actions that might reduce the value of their investments. Corporations are able to file such…
(2022-11-17). Will Lithium Mining Turn Salton Sea Into A Green Energy Sacrifice Zone? popularresistance.org Salton Sea, California -‚ÄâAn October storm of noxious dust sweeps across the desert, turning the sky sepia and choking out residents. Like water bodies across the West, the 340-square-mile saline lake known as the Salton Sea is drying up as drought, fueled by climate change, further dwindles its inflow from the Colorado River basin. As the lake evaporates, its solution of pesticides, chemicals and heavy metals grows more concentrated. Winds whip the hazardous lakebed dust into the air, and more children here than anywhere else in California visit emergency rooms or are hospitalized with asthma-r…
(2022-11-17). [Articles] Estimating the effect of HIV on cervical cancer elimination in South Africa: Comparative modelling of the impact of vaccination and screening. thelancet.com High HPV vaccination coverage of girls and 2 lifetime cervical screens could eliminate cervical cancer among women overall in South Africa by the end of the century and substantially decrease cases among all women and WLHIV over the short and medium term. Cervical cancer elimination in WLHIV would likely require enhanced prevention strategies for WLHIV. Screening of WLHIV remains an important strategy to reduce incidence and alleviate disparities in cervical cancer burden between women with and without HIV, despite HIV interventions scale-up.
(2022-11-17). US and EU Export Obscene Amounts of Garbage to Latin America. orinocotribune.com 
An investigation reveals that the United States has invaded several Latin American countries with millions of tons of toxic plastic waste. | In a recent report, the Cross-Border Investigative Network OjoPúblico specifies that the United States and European countries have sent, in the last 10 years, 111 million tons of toxic plastic waste, mainly syringes, old monitor casings and buckets, to Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Chile, and Ecuador. | According to the investigation, after China closed its doors to the world's waste in 2018, the United States increased the shipment of its plastic waste to the Southern Hemisphere.
(2022-11-16). COP27 fiddling as world warms. mronline.org 
The latest annual climate conference has begun in the face of a worsening climate crisis and further retreats by rich nations following the energy crisis induced by NATO sanctions after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
(2022-11-16). "A Carbon Bomb": Movement Grows Against EACOP East African Pipeline Funded by France's Total & China. democracynow.org 
COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, has been called the African COP, but many African climate activists cannot afford to attend. Broadcasting from the summit, we speak to Omar Elmawi, campaign coordinator for Stop the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, about the push to stop the construction of a major pipeline that would stretch 900 miles from Uganda to Tanzania. Key financial backers of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline include the French company Total and the China National Offshore Oil Company. "It's a project that is strongly being opposed by people in Uganda and the whole world, because it's…
(2022-11-16). US Antagonism Towards Russia and China Deters Climate Progress. commondreams.org The United States is taking an increasingly confrontational stance toward China and Russia rather than working with them to address the climate crisis.
(2022-11-16). How Young Climate Activists Built A Mass Movement To Be Reckoned With. popularresistance.org When I became a climate organizer in college in the early 2000s, the words "youth climate movement" referred more to something activists hoped to bring into existence than a real-world phenomenon. | Growing numbers of young people were concerned about the climate crisis and had begun organizing in small groups on college campuses and in communities throughout the U.S. But as much as we talked about building a mass movement, it was mainly just a dream at that point. | Almost 20 years later it's impossible to deny a very real, vibrant youth climate movement has become an important force in national politics. With t…
(2022-11-16). Global South Demands Reparations From Rich Nations in Form of Climate Financing. truthout.org We are broadcasting from COP27, the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where poorer countries in the Global South that are weathering the worst effects of the climate crisis are calling for wealthy nations to pay reparations in the form of climate financing. "We need a global plan to phase out fossil fuels in a just and equitable manner," says Harjeet Singh, head of global political strategy with Climate Action Network and global engagement director of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. He adds that the United States is the main impediment to "loss and damage" climate financing. "Money is a…
(2022-11-16). As COP27 Failure Looms, Climate Movement Demands: 'Phase Out All Fossil Fuels'. commondreams.org "This COP must be the one where fossil fuels come to an end," one organizer with the youth-led Fridays for Future movement asserted.
(2022-11-16). 'More action required' to fight climate change. ecns.cn A report by the World Meteorological Organization, or WMO, warning that temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past 30 years is proof that more immediate action must be taken to fight climate change.
(2022-11-16). COP27 deliberations reaffirm imperialist states as main obstacle to ending climate change. mronline.org 
Developing countries and mass organizations continue to demand compensation for damage and loss.
(2022-11-16). COP27 ignores rich countries' carbon debt. greenleft.org.au Failure born of neoliberal greed is apparent at the COP27 Climate Change Conference in Egypt. Gideon Polya reports.
(2022-11-16). 90 Percent of US Counties Have Experienced a Climate Disaster in Past Decade. truthout.org This story was originally published by 9 in 10 US counties have experienced a climate disaster in the last decade, report finds | Ninety percent of all counties in the United States have experienced a weather disaster over the past decade, and these climate-fueled events have caused more than $740 billion in damages, according to a new report from the climate…
(2022-11-16). In COP27 Speech, Lula Vows to Make Amazon Destruction 'A Thing of the Past'. commondreams.org "There's no climate security for the world without a protected Amazon," said Brazil's president-elect.
(2022-11-16). COP 27: greenwashing, repression, food crisis. workers.org 
The activist group, Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change protests during the COP27 climate conference, Nov. 13. Nov. 13 — More than 40,000 people registered as participants at the 27th United Nations Climate Conference (COP27) gathering at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, held Nov. 6 to 18. One hundred world leaders, top-level . . . |
(2022-11-16). President Maduro's Address to the 27th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP27 (Transcript). orinocotribune.com English translation of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's Honorable President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi, | I extend my greetings of solidarity and gratitude to you and to the glorious people of Egypt for hosting the Twenty-Seventh Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and especially for the invitation to an event such as this, given…
(2022-11-16). Climate Action Is Still Disconnected From Developing Country Realities. scheerpost.com 
By Gaye Taylor | The Energy Mix A COP 27 panel discussion on accountability for climate action revealed an ongoing disconnect between developed and developing worlds, with the former urging faith in a complex-but-sincere process and the latter expressing significant mistrust and frustration. "I was told 40,000 people are here at COP 27," said Ani Dasgupta, President …
(2022-11-16). The Most Important Climate Talk Happened Thousands of Miles From COP27. scheerpost.com 
(2022-11-16). Who Should Pay for Climate Crisis? Global South Demands "Loss and Damage" from Wealthy Nations. democracynow.org 
We are broadcasting from COP27, the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where poorer countries in the Global South that are weathering the worst effects of the climate crisis are calling for wealthy nations to pay reparations in the form of climate financing. "We need a global plan to phase out fossil fuels in a just and equitable manner," says Harjeet Singh, head of global political strategy with Climate Action Network and global engagement director of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. He adds that the United States is the main impediment to "loss and damage" climat…
(2022-11-16). "Climate Collateral": How Military Spending Fuels Environmental Damage. democracynow.org 
As the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, is underway, we look at how military spending accelerates the climate crisis. Wealthy nations' investments in armed forces not only exacerbates pollution but also often surpasses their climate financing by as much as 30 times, according to a new report by the Transnational Institute. It shows the money is available, "but it's been dedicated to military spending," says co-author Nick Buxton. Governments that import arms, like Egypt, are motivated by the desire for legitimacy and the "power to crack down on the civil society,…
(2022-11-16). Lula Proposes the Amazon as the Venue for COP30 in 2025. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Brazil's President-elect Lula da Silva announced that he will petition the United Nations for the Amazon to host the 2025 Climate Change Conference (COP30). | RELATED: | "We will ask that the COP30 be held in Brazil," he said, adding that the states of Amazonas or Para have the conditions to host an event of such magnitude. | During a meeting with the governors of the Amazon states, Lula expressed that it is impor…
(2022-11-16). The campaign against "Last Generation" climate activists: Preparation for establishing a police state in Germany. wsws.org For weeks, politicians and various media outlets have been railing against the climate change activist group "Last Generation". Peaceful protest, civil disobedience and other forms of resistance are to be criminalised and intimidated.
(2022-11-16). Sheriff Retaliates Against Lawyers Scrutinizing Arrests of Water Protectors. truthout.org Court documents reveal that Aitkin County, Minnesota Sheriff Daniel Guida, a key figure in the repression of Water Protectors resisting the Line 3 pipeline, has used his office to retaliate against efforts to subpoena him. | The subpoena seeks to compel Guida to testify under oath about an arrangement with pipeline company Enbridge Inc. that has seen his office receive $355,393 of direct funding in addition to tens of thousands of dollars more in exclusive assistance from other agencies, all funded by Enbridge Inc. The funds reimbursed law enforcement for things like crowd control materials and time spent policin…
(2022-11-16). "Brazil is back": Lula's speech at COP27. peoplesdispatch.org On the first day of his public agenda in Egypt, currently hosting the COP27 conference, President-elect of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pushed for the climate conference to be held in the Amazon. "We are going to talk to the UN Secretary-General and ask that the 2025 COP be held in Brazil," he declared, mentioning Amazonas and Pará as possible locations. | "Brazil is back. Brazil is coming out of that cocoon to which it has been subjected to for the last four years," Lula stated. | After a day of meetings behind closed doors on November 15, Lula received, from the governors of the states of the Amazon basin,…