Monthly Archives: August 2023

2023-08-29: News Headlines

End Fossil Fuels Coalition 500+ organizations (2023-08-28). Sunday 9/17: #Climate Emergency: March to End Fossil Fuels 2023 – NYC, Nationwide & Globally. indybay.org

Fridays for Future, partners (2023-08-28). Friday 9/15: #ClimateStrike: Nationwide & Global Strikes Against Climate Crisis. indybay.org Climate Strikes across California, nationwide & globally | Find a climate action near you: fridaysforfuture.org/action-map/map/ | Or here: fridaysforfutureusa.org/

Greg Kremenliev, Terri Moss (2023-08-28). I4C Showcases Innovative ICARE Program at World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. indybay.org Seven leaders from the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County (I4C) journeyed to Chicago last week to present a workshop at the 9th Parliament of the World's Religions (dating back to 1893). This year's gathering featured 7,000 participants from 90 countries and more than 200 faith traditions, revolving around the theme: "A Call to Conscience — Defending Freedom and Human Rights" with a focus on combating authoritarianism and the climate crisis.

Oil & Gas Action Network, more (2023-08-28). Sunday 9/17: Sacramento: Newsom and Biden: End Fossil Fuels! Climate Crisis Protest. indybay.org Old Sacramento | 1100 Front Street | Sacramento, CA 95814…

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-28). Cuts to Antarctic Division mean less climate research. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-28). Pilbara Climate Network says 'No' to Woodside's seismic testing. greenleft.org.au

Nick Cunningham, DeSmog. (2023-08-28). Portland City Government Privately Compromised With Oil Industry. popularresistance.org In the summer of 2022, it seemed that the days of an oil-by-rail facility in Portland, Oregon, were numbered. The previous year, the city had rejected a land use permit for a company called Zenith Energy, which receives crude oil shipped by rail from as far away as North Dakota. Zenith had appealed the decision, but had already suffered a string of defeats in the state. | Climate activists and community associations, who were concerned about the risks associated with oil-by-rail shipments, counted the city's rejection of the permit as a major victory, and were tantalizingly close to prevailing over the company.

Brandon Smith (2023-08-28). From COVID to Climate Change: Vehicles for Global Authoritarianism. globalresearch.ca

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-29). Cuts to Antarctic Division mean less climate research. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-29). Pilbara Climate Network says 'No' to Woodside's seismic testing. greenleft.org.au

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-29). Campaigners Sued an Oil Major For Climate Deception. Now the Company Is Preparing to Sue Them Back. desmog.com

Staff (2023-08-29). Youth climate activists inspire UN committee to declare child climate rights. thecanary.co Young people have been leading the way in the fight against climate breakdown — and now, a United Nations committee has recognised their unique rights in the face of the climate crisis and environmental degradation. On Monday 28 August, a key UN rights committee determined that all children are entitled to a clean and healthy …

Emily Sanders, DeSmog. (2023-08-28). Campaigners Sued An Oil Major; Now The Company Is Preparing To Sue Them. popularresistance.org In May, NGOs and citizens sued Italian oil giant Eni for its decades of lobbying and greenwashing to delay climate action. Barely two months later, Eni has laid the groundwork for a lawsuit of its own, alleging it has been harmed by a "massive campaign" of "serious defamatory declarations." | The move is indicative of a worldwide escalation of a legal tactic intended to cow critics into silence: SLAPPs — or strategic lawsuits against public participation. Enmeshing activists in lengthy legal proceedings can drain their time and resources — a win for the company even if it loses in court.

John Clarke, Canadian Dimension. (2023-08-28). The Changing Climate Of Class Struggle. popularresistance.org Two very different developments in the last year, each affecting the lives of workers in the United States, bring home the degree to which the impacts of climate change are redefining the nature of the class struggle. The implications that flow from this development are well worth considering. | Last August, an article in the New York Times took up the question of how intensifying heat waves were leading to deteriorating working conditions and increased health and safety risks for UPS drivers and other workers. It pointed out that since 2015 hundreds of UPS and US Postal Service, FedEx, and other delivery company…

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-28). Protest: Federal Reserve Ignoring Systemic Climate Financial Risks. popularresistance.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-28). Europe's climate movement is fractured and stuck — here is a way forward. wagingnonviolence.org

Matthew Rozsa (2023-08-28). Rising Sea Levels Will Displace Nearly a Billion People in Coming Decades. truthout.org When climatologist Dr. Twila Moon described a future of climate change-caused horrors as "baked in," she may not have intended to create a darkly apt pun for global warming. Certainly the future she laid out for sea level rise, a term for an increase in the level of the world's oceans, is a very grim one. As humans burn fossil fuels and emit so many greenhouse gases that they unnaturally overheat… |

Mark Gruenberg (2023-08-28). Sanders proposes U.S. and China cut military spending, shift funds to global warming fight. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., is proposing the United States and the People's Republic of China mutually agree to cut military spending, shifting the money to combatting global warming. Sanders made his proposal in an Op-ed in The Guardian on Aug. 21. But when he proposed a 10% cut—at least $90 billion—on July 27 during Senate …

Editor (2023-08-28). Alienation under capitalism and the conspiracy pipeline. mronline.org When class analysis is absent from discussions about systemic problems, issues like income inequality, access to resources, and power imbalances are often oversimplified or ignored.

ecns.cn (2023-08-28). Japan's move sparks furor. ecns.cn Japanese protesters are continuing to urge the government to halt the release of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean, which began on Thursday.

Jane Cutter (2023-08-28). Worldwide protests demand Japan stop dumping radioactive waste water from Fukushima power plant disaster. liberationnews.org While the Japanese government claims it is safe to release the radioactive water into the ocean, people around the world are alarmed.

Rowena Acraman (2023-08-28). Fiji: Solidarity march in Suva opposes Fukushima waste water release into Pacific. greenleft.org.au A large crowd of protesters gathered in Suva, Fiji on August 25 to march and voice their collective opposition to Japan's nuclear waste water disposal strategy, reports Rowena Acraman.

ecns.cn (2023-08-28). Water release spooks Chinese anglers, farmers. ecns.cn Japan's decision to release more than 1.3 million metric tons of radioactive wastewater into the sea has spooked Chinese consumers of seafood, threatening the livelihood of China's own fishing communities and seafood farmers.

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-28). Residents say 'no' to proposed waste-to-energy incinerator. greenleft.org.au

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