(2023-04-15). India braces for prolonged and severe heat waves. peoplesdispatch.org It is clear that the increasing frequency and severity of heat waves are not mere anomalies but evidence of a sustained transformation in a weather pattern caused by climate change.
(2023-04-15). Paris is Burning: France Braces for 7.2 ∞ F. Heating in its 'Turning Point' Strategy. juancole.com 
By Claire Stam | — ( Clean Energy Wire ) — Shocked by recent heatwaves, floods, wildfires and ongoing droughts, France is currently rebooting its strategy to cope with the impacts of climate change. In a "turning point" in the country's adaptation efforts, the plans will also include proposals on how to deal with 4 …
(2023-04-14). 2 California Prisons Face Imminent Flooding. They Must Be Evacuated Now. truthout.org California's prison system is in a state of crisis. Routine violations of incarcerated people's Eighth Amendment protections from cruel and unusual punishment — including a lack of medical care, overcrowding and ongoing endangerment of incarcerated people with dramatic COVID surges — are compounded by climate-induced disasters that result in losses of power, water and food. What's more… |
(2023-04-14). Blockade Australia activists fined for taking non-violent direct action. greenleft.org.au Ten climate activists have been variously charged under the NSW anti-protest laws for taking part in non-violent direct action protests. David Killingly reports.
(2023-04-14). 'Bombshell' 1989 Shell Memo Features In New Court Filing. popularresistance.org In October 1989, Shell researchers wrote a confidential report warning that climate-fuelled migration could swamp borders in the United States, Soviet Union, Europe, and Australia. "Conflict would abound," the document said. "Civilisation could prove a fragile thing." | A group of climate disinformation researchers and nonprofits filed the brief on April 7 in support of a 2020 lawsuit brought by the District of Columbia, part of a wave of litigation by at least 20 U.S. states and cities seeking to hold the oil industry to account for climate damages. | The 50-page brief cites academic studies and media reports to…
(2023-04-14). Canadian Bank RBC The Number One Financier Of Fossil Fuels. popularresistance.org Released today, the 14th annual Banking on Climate Chaos report is the most comprehensive global analysis on fossil fuel banking. Endorsed by 624 organizations from 75 countries, it reveals the truth of banks' commitments to the climate by examining their financing of the fossil fuel industry. | For the first time since 2019, a Canadian bank is the #1 annual financier of fossil fuels rather than US bank JP Morgan Chase. Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) showered fossil fuel projects with $42.1 billion dollars in 2022, including $4.8 billion for tar sands and $7.4 billion into fracking. Canadian banks are becoming the ba…
(2023-04-15). India braces for prolonged and severe heat waves. peoplesdispatch.org It is clear that the increasing frequency and severity of heat waves are not mere anomalies but evidence of a sustained transformation in a weather pattern caused by climate change.
(2023-04-15). Paris is Burning: France Braces for 7.2 ∞ F. Heating in its 'Turning Point' Strategy. juancole.com By Claire Stam | — ( Clean Energy Wire ) — Shocked by recent heatwaves, floods, wildfires and ongoing droughts, France is currently rebooting its strategy to cope with the impacts of climate change. In a "turning point" in the country's adaptation efforts, the plans will also include proposals on how to deal with 4 …
(2023-04-14). 2 California Prisons Face Imminent Flooding. They Must Be Evacuated Now. truthout.org California's prison system is in a state of crisis. Routine violations of incarcerated people's Eighth Amendment protections from cruel and unusual punishment — including a lack of medical care, overcrowding and ongoing endangerment of incarcerated people with dramatic COVID surges — are compounded by climate-induced disasters that result in losses of power, water and food. What's more… |
(2023-04-14). Blockade Australia activists fined for taking non-violent direct action. greenleft.org.au Ten climate activists have been variously charged under the NSW anti-protest laws for taking part in non-violent direct action protests. David Killingly reports.
(2023-04-14). 'Bombshell' 1989 Shell Memo Features In New Court Filing. popularresistance.org In October 1989, Shell researchers wrote a confidential report warning that climate-fuelled migration could swamp borders in the United States, Soviet Union, Europe, and Australia. "Conflict would abound," the document said. "Civilisation could prove a fragile thing." | A group of climate disinformation researchers and nonprofits filed the brief on April 7 in support of a 2020 lawsuit brought by the District of Columbia, part of a wave of litigation by at least 20 U.S. states and cities seeking to hold the oil industry to account for climate damages. | The 50-page brief cites academic studies and media reports to…
(2023-04-14). Canadian Bank RBC The Number One Financier Of Fossil Fuels. popularresistance.org Released today, the 14th annual Banking on Climate Chaos report is the most comprehensive global analysis on fossil fuel banking. Endorsed by 624 organizations from 75 countries, it reveals the truth of banks' commitments to the climate by examining their financing of the fossil fuel industry. | For the first time since 2019, a Canadian bank is the #1 annual financier of fossil fuels rather than US bank JP Morgan Chase. Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) showered fossil fuel projects with $42.1 billion dollars in 2022, including $4.8 billion for tar sands and $7.4 billion into fracking. Canadian banks are becoming the ba…
(2023-04-14). Can You Fight for Climate Justice Without Being Antiwar? dissidentvoice.org Can organizations sincerely say they are leading the climate justice fight without also being unapologetically antiwar? Short answer — no. Here's why. We cannot end climate change without ending war. The United States military is the planet's largest single emitter of greenhouse gasses and consumer of oil. The US military and its weapons, consistently deployed …
(2023-04-14). Dengue is hitting Latin America due to climate change. america.cgtn.com 
The World Health Organization warns that insect-borne diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, and zika are on the rise in South America due to climate change. CGTN's Dan Collyns has more.
(2023-04-15). Escalating Save-the-People-and-Planet Tactics. dissidentvoice.org 
Over the last couple of years there have been three books published, or about to be, which have dealt prominently with the question of whether violence against fossil fuel CEO's and/or sabotage of fossil infrastructure is warranted. The case is made in all three that it might be given the absolute criminality of those CEO's …
(2023-04-14). Why the Media Don't Want to Know the Truth About the Nord Stream Blasts. strategic-culture.org By Jonathan COOK | No one but the terminally naàØve should be surprised that security services lie — and that they are all but certain to cover their tracks when they carry out operations that either violate domestic or international law or that would be near-universally rejected by their own populations. | Which is reason enough why anyone following the fallout from explosions last September that ripped holes in three of the four Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea supplying Russian gas to Europe should be wary of accepting anything Western agencies have to say on the matter. | In fact, the only…
(2023-04-14). After Infiltrating Standing Rock, TigerSwan Pitched Its Playbook. popularresistance.org A new business model for breaking down environmental movements was being hatched in real time. On Labor Day weekend of 2016, private security dogs in North Dakota attacked pipeline opponents led by members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe as they approached earth-moving equipment. The tribal members considered the land sacred, and the heavy equipment was breaking ground to build the Dakota Access Pipeline. With a major public relations crisis on its hands, the pipeline's parent company, Energy Transfer, hired the firm TigerSwan to revamp its security strategy. | By October, TigerSwan, founded by James Reese, a re…
(2023-04-14). Japanese public gathers to oppose contaminated wastewater discharge plan. ecns.cn Japanese residents on Thursday held a rally in Tokyo to protest against the Japanese government's plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated water into the sea, two years after the decision was announced.