(2023-08-01). Climate conference slams Labor for supporting fossil fuel industry. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-08-01). Hottest day on record: Fight climate change not China. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-08-01). After hottest month on record, oil giant BP reports 'hideous' $2.6 billion in profits. nationofchange.org "Leaving this industry with the power to profit without consequence is not only morally abhorrent—it's plainly ludicrous in the face of a climate catastrophe that threatens us all," said one campaigner.
(2023-08-01). Biden Admin Issues New Protections for Outdoor Workers Amid Deadly Heat Wave. truthout.org The Biden Administration has announced new protections to keep outdoor workers safe from extreme heat, and instructed the Department of Labor to issue a heat hazard alert and increase enforcement of heat-safety violations. "Millions of Americans are currently experiencing the effects of extreme heat, which is growing in intensity, frequency, and duration due to the climate crisis… |
(2023-08-01). Climate Lawsuits Spreading Worldwide. consortiumnews.com
(2023-07-31). Revealed: Fossil Fuel Giants Are Using British Influencers To Go Viral. popularresistance.org Oil and gas supermajors including Shell and BP are using UK influencers to push false solutions to the climate crisis and manufacture a more family friendly image, DeSmog can reveal. | The influencers have included a popular former BBC presenter, a polar explorer, and an exasperated father of five who needs a break and finds it in the form of BP's rewards app. | The campaigns have been deployed across a number of social media platforms and are part of a global effort to give "millennials a reason to connect emotionally" with oil and gas firms, and to tackle their perception as "the bad guys". | DeSmog analysed ex…
(2023-07-31). Obama's Solicitor General Has Pivoted to Defending Climate-Killing Pipeline. truthout.org One of the highest-ranking U.S. government attorneys under the Obama administration leveraged his public service experience to successfully defend a natural gas pipeline, which is set to hasten global warming while threatening vulnerable communities and ecosystems along its route. Donald B. Verrilli Jr., solicitor general from 2011-2016, is the lead counsel for the holding company behind the… |
(2023-07-31). Sanders, Warren: DOJ Must Sue Big Oil for Decades of Lies on Climate Crisis. truthout.org A group of senators is urging the Department of Justice to file lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry over its decades-long campaign to deny its impact on the climate crisis on the last day of what scientists predict will be the hottest month on Earth on record. On Monday, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts), Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) and Elizabeth Warren (D… |
(2023-07-31). Niger: The Ethnic and Economic Background of the Conflict. telesurenglish.net Niger, like many other African countries, is poverty-stricken: poor but rich in uranium. It is a landlocked country that lies in the Sahel, the arid region south of the Sahara that has faced growing insecurity amid the worsening effects of climate change. | Mali and Burkina Faso announce that any military intervention against Niger will be tantamount to a declaration of war. Jul. 31, 2023.
(2023-07-31). Anti-Pipeline Protesters in the Great Lakes Region Shut Down Valves for the Line 5 Pipeline. itsgoingdown.org Anti-pipeline activists took credit for shutting down "2 different pipeline valves…along the Line 5" pipeline route in the Great Lakes region. According to Unicorn Riot, this latest act of sabotage is part of an ongoing push against pipelines in the so-called Midwest: The Line 5 pipeline was built in 1953, stretches for 645 miles and…
(2023-08-01). Glossy ibis spotted in Chongqing for first time. ecns.cn The rare bird with distinctive metallic glossy feathers once thought extinct in China is currently under China's top level of state protection.
(2023-08-01). Japan's Fishermen Are Concerned About Nuke Wastewater Discharge. telesurenglish.net Japanese fishermen have expressed growing concern over the government's plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the sea. | RELATED: | "The ocean is our workplace, and no one has the right to pollute it," said Haruo Ono, a fisherman from Fukushima prefecture. | The 70-year-old who works at a small port in Shinchi town, made the remarks at the…
(2023-07-31). How the "Nuclear Renaissance" Robs and Roasts Our Earth. truthout.org Every day, as they burn with nuclear fission at some 571 degrees Fahrenheit, some 430 nuke reactors roast our Earth. They irradiate and superheat our air, rivers, lakes and oceans. They also spew radioactive carbon, and emit more greenhouse gasses in the mining, milling, enrichment and fabrication processes that produce their fuel. Still more is emitted as they attempt to store their wastes. |
(2023-07-31). How the "Nuclear Renaissance" Robs and Roasts Our Earth. truthout.org Every day, as they burn with nuclear fission at some 571 degrees Fahrenheit, some 430 nuke reactors roast our Earth. They irradiate and superheat our air, rivers, lakes and oceans. They also spew radioactive carbon, and emit more greenhouse gasses in the mining, milling, enrichment and fabrication processes that produce their fuel. Still more is emitted as they attempt to store their wastes. |