Dan Bacher (2023-04-06). CA Climate activists protest approval of hundreds of neighborhood oil permits this year. indybay.org

Julia Rock (2023-04-06). Hochul is helping her fossil fuel donors gut key climate law. mronline.org After scoring half a million from oil and gas interests, New York's Democratic governor wants to allow utilities to burn fossil fuels for decades longer than currently permitted.

Mark Keenan (2023-04-05). The Climate (CO2) Hoax and the Control Matrix. Mega-banks and Corporations. globalresearch.ca

Naveena Sadasivam (2023-04-05). Manchin Furious Over Latest Legal Setback to Mountain Valley Pipeline Project. truthout.org This story was originally published by Grist. Subscribe to its weekly newsletter here. In exchange for his help passing the most far-reaching climate law in U.S. history, Senator Joe Manchin hoped to fast-track a 303-mile natural gas pipeline that's being built in his home state of West Virginia. Those hopes were dashed yet again on Monday, when a federal appeals court ruled that the pipeline's… |

Staff (2023-04-05). The Collapse of the War System Is Not Outpacing the Collapse of the Earth's Climate and Ecosystems. davidswanson.org

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-05). China's Historical Destiny is to Stand With the Third World. libya360.wordpress.com Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 20 March 2023, China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's President Vladimir Putin spent over four hours in private conversation. According to official statements after the meeting, the two leaders talked about the increasing economic and strategic partnership between China and Russia—including building the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline—and the Chinese peace initiative for…

Dan Bacher (2023-04-06). CA Climate activists protest approval of hundreds of neighborhood oil permits this year. indybay.org

Julia Rock (2023-04-06). Hochul is helping her fossil fuel donors gut key climate law. mronline.org After scoring half a million from oil and gas interests, New York's Democratic governor wants to allow utilities to burn fossil fuels for decades longer than currently permitted.

Mark Keenan (2023-04-05). The Climate (CO2) Hoax and the Control Matrix. Mega-banks and Corporations. globalresearch.ca

Naveena Sadasivam (2023-04-05). Manchin Furious Over Latest Legal Setback to Mountain Valley Pipeline Project. truthout.org This story was originally published by Grist. Subscribe to its weekly newsletter here. In exchange for his help passing the most far-reaching climate law in U.S. history, Senator Joe Manchin hoped to fast-track a 303-mile natural gas pipeline that's being built in his home state of West Virginia. Those hopes were dashed yet again on Monday, when a federal appeals court ruled that the pipeline's… |

Staff (2023-04-05). The Collapse of the War System Is Not Outpacing the Collapse of the Earth's Climate and Ecosystems. davidswanson.org

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-05). China's Historical Destiny is to Stand With the Third World. libya360.wordpress.com Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 20 March 2023, China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's President Vladimir Putin spent over four hours in private conversation. According to official statements after the meeting, the two leaders talked about the increasing economic and strategic partnership between China and Russia—including building the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline—and the Chinese peace initiative for…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-05). The Nord Stream Ghost: The False Details in the CIA's Cover Story. libya360.wordpress.com Seymour HershGas emanating from the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea, September 28, 2022. / Swedish Coast Guard. America's Central Intelligence Agency is constantly running covert operations around the world, and all must have a cover story in case things go badly, as they often do. It is just as important to have…

Editor (2023-04-05). Japan needs to reconsider wastewater discharge plan. mronline.org It may be recalled that after Japan alarmingly announced in April 2021 its plan to start releasing around 1.3 million metric tons of contaminated wastewater from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, countries in the rest of eastern Asia and the Pacific region protested. Environmental groups and even the Japanese people opposed it.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-06). Greek workers intensify protests against further privatization of water utilities. peoplesdispatch.org On March 21, the Greek parliament passed a bill to revamp the Energy Regulatory Authority as the Waste, Energy, and Water Regulatory Authority, and expand its scope to include water and urban services. Unions and the communist party say that this will pave the way for further privatization…

ecns.cn (2023-04-04). Northern Hemisphere sees decreasing aerosol optical depth: research. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have studied the long-term global distribution of Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) that has great significance on air pollution control, forest fire prevention and climate research.

Editor (2023-04-04). Documents Reveal Oil Giant Shell Knew About Climate Impacts Even Earlier. scheerpost.com "Despite internal awareness, the company systematically downplayed the problem to the public, instead promoting more and more fossil fuel use despite the dangers," said one expert. "Now, five decades later, Shell continues to dawdle and delay."

Franziska Heinisch (2023-04-04). The first signs of an ecological class struggle in Germany. greenleft.org.au Franziska Heinisch and Julia Kaiser explain how, during the global climate strike on March 3, climate activists and public transport workers in Germany coordinated their efforts to take joint strike action in around 30 cities.

Julia Conley (2023-04-04). New York Governor Backs Proposal to Gut State's Landmark Climate Law. truthout.org Climate action groups and scientists are denouncing an effort by New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul to gut the state's signature emissions reduction law — one of the most ambitious in the United States — as the governor's office claims the move is aimed at saving money for consumers and attempts to disguise it as a technical accounting change. The proposal Hochul is backing has won approval… |

ecns.cn (2023-04-04). Northern Hemisphere sees decreasing aerosol optical depth: research. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have studied the long-term global distribution of Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) that has great significance on air pollution control, forest fire prevention and climate research.

Editor (2023-04-04). Documents Reveal Oil Giant Shell Knew About Climate Impacts Even Earlier. scheerpost.com "Despite internal awareness, the company systematically downplayed the problem to the public, instead promoting more and more fossil fuel use despite the dangers," said one expert. "Now, five decades later, Shell continues to dawdle and delay."

Franziska Heinisch (2023-04-04). The first signs of an ecological class struggle in Germany. greenleft.org.au Franziska Heinisch and Julia Kaiser explain how, during the global climate strike on March 3, climate activists and public transport workers in Germany coordinated their efforts to take joint strike action in around 30 cities.

Julia Conley (2023-04-04). New York Governor Backs Proposal to Gut State's Landmark Climate Law. truthout.org Climate action groups and scientists are denouncing an effort by New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul to gut the state's signature emissions reduction law — one of the most ambitious in the United States — as the governor's office claims the move is aimed at saving money for consumers and attempts to disguise it as a technical accounting change. The proposal Hochul is backing has won approval… |

Julia Rock (2023-04-04). Hochul Is Helping Her Fossil Fuel Donors Gut Key Climate Law. levernews.com New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is pushing to gut the state's signature climate law after raking in nearly half a million dollars from the corporations and lobbyists pushing the move, according to a Lever review of campaign finance records.The governor's office wants to place a provision into the state's $230 billion budget that would change how the state counts methane emissions, allowing energy companies to include more natural gas in their energy mix while still complying with the state's climate law."The governor and her administration's track record of decisive action to move away from fossil fuels toward a…

Matthew Green (2023-04-04). Lost decade: how Shell downplayed early warnings over climate changeÔøº. nationofchange.org Newly discovered documents from the 1970s and early '80s show that Shell knew more about the "greenhouse effect" than it let on in public.

Shannon Kelleher (2023-04-04). Emissions From Offshore Drilling in Gulf of Mexico Are Double Official Estimates. truthout.org Offshore oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico are releasing far higher quantities of a potent greenhouse gas than regulators have estimated, according to a new study published Monday. The analysis reveals that the climate change impact of these activities is more than double what official estimates suggest. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-04-04). Republicans Parroted Oil Lobbyist Talking Points Verbatim in Energy Bill Debate. truthout.org Last week, House Republicans passed a sweeping energy bill containing so many pro-fossil fuel provisions that climate advocates and progressives noted it may as well have been written by the industry itself — and, as a new report reveals, Republicans parroted talking points lifted verbatim from industry lobbyists as they argued for the bill. "Energy security is national security." That's a quote… |

Dana Drugmand, DeSmog. (2023-04-04). Montana Repeals State Energy Policy As Climate Trial Nears. popularresistance.org Montana has repealed its 30-year-old energy policy — including a 2011 amendment that prioritized fossil-fuel development. The move comes as a June trial date approaches for a youth-led climate lawsuit against the state. | In the lawsuit, Held v. State of Montana, sixteen Montana children and teenagers say that by actively promoting a fossil-fuel based energy system that is dangerous to the climate, state officials are violating the "right to a clean and healthful environment" for present and future generations under the state Constitution. It is the first constitutional climate case to go to trial in the Un…

infobrics (2023-04-04). Chairman Says Gazprom Close to Maximum Gas Supply to China. infobrics.org Russia's Gazprom is increasing gas supplies to China and expects soon to reach the maximum planned level through a Siberian pipeline, its chairman said, highlighting Beijing's importance as his country's top export market in the face of Western sanctions…