(2023-06-23). Insurance industry refuses policies to those most in need as climate change unfolds. mronline.org 
State Farm recently announced that it is halting new insurance policies for homeowners in the state of California, where the agency is currently the top insurance provider, due to rising "catastrophe exposure" coupled with inflating construction costs.
(2023-06-23). Montana's narrow defense in youth climate trial was devoid of climate science. nationofchange.org Last week, some of Montana's foremost climate scientists and ecologists testified in the historic trial, in support of the plaintiffs' claims.
(2023-06-23). Oregon County sues fossil fuel entities and enablers for contributing to deadly 2021 heatwave. nationofchange.org "Multnomah County is utilizing irrefutable climate science to hold corporate polluters accountable for their role in causing a discreet and disastrous event, as well as recent wildfires."
(2023-06-22). MAGA Republicans will use any means necessary to win—including 'progressive' third parties. peoplesworld.org 
The 2024 elections will be another epic battle to defend democracy, advance social progress, and act on the climate crisis. As the MAGA Republican Party has lost support, it's become more dangerous and desperate, escalating its assault on democracy—and the urgency to defeat them. An anti-MAGA majority has congealed to meet the threat previously, decisively …
(2023-06-22). Dear Climate Gremlin: We are still here. expose-news.com Yesterday five years ago, Greta Thunberg predicted climate change would "wipe out all of humanity unless we stop using fossil fuels over the next five years." We didn't stop using fossil fuels …
(2023-06-22). Financing climate goals in Brazil. america.cgtn.com 
In Brazil, both the government and private sector are investing in programs and practices to tackle climate change. And while the will to do more is there, sometimes the funding is not.
(2023-06-23). U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Peltier, Oak Flat and Line 5 in Final Report. indybay.org The priorities in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues final report include the release of imprisoned Leonard Peltier, the protection of Apaches sacred Oak Flat, and decommissioning Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline. Censored News looks at what is included in the final report, and what is not.
(2023-06-23). Barbecue restaurant explosion kills 31 in NW China's Ningxia. ecns.cn According to witnesses at the scene, a gas tank in the barbecue restaurant on the first floor exploded, detonating the gas pipeline on the second floor.
(2023-06-22). Environmental Groups Urge EPA Action on Methane Emissions From Landfills. truthout.org Joined by two residents of a community where emissions from landfills have forced them to live in the "center of a toxic wasteland," more than a dozen environmental and community advocacy groups on Thursday filed a petition with the Biden administration calling for a number of specific regulations to address the United States' third-largest source of methane pollution. A month after the… |
(2023-06-22). Venezuela Completes First Phase of Dredging at Lake Maracaibo (+Oil Production). orinocotribune.com 
With the purpose of strengthening the country's aquatic sector, Venezuela's National Institute of Canalization (Incanal) successfully completed the first phase of its plan to bolster navigation in the Lake Maracaibo Lake, the Minister of Transportation Ramón Velásquez Araguayán announced. | Since December 2022, Chevron and other oil producing agents have complained about difficulties navigating the waters of the lake and its impact on oil-related operation and production. | A dredge is often needed to clean out the bed of water areas by scooping out mud, weeds, and waste so that vessels can travel. Shallow waters…