(2023-08-15). Showdown Looming Over Extreme Logging Climate Crimes in Sierra Nevada. indybay.org The US Forest Service is proposing to spend $650 million (including $30 million of herbicides) to authorize extreme logging in the Plumas National Forest in the name of "wildfire community protection." The USFS proposes to remove protections for spotted owl and red-legged frogs among others. Help is urgently needed from forest defenders!
(2023-08-15). The Criminal Insanity of Climate Change: Direct Energy Weapons (DEW) Create Forest and Bush Fires, Destroying Entire Cities and Igniting Boats in the Sea. globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-15). Climate Maps Manipulated to Mislead the Public. globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-15). Biden's Dangerous Climate Hypocrisy. progressive.org Even as Biden announces some relief for the symptoms of extreme heat, his administration continues to green light the fossil fuel projects that are driving it.
(2023-08-15). Air conditioner exports heating up. ecns.cn Chinese makers of air conditioners have witnessed explosive growth of exports to Europe, Southeast Asia and North America so far this year as record-setting heat waves have scorched the northern hemisphere since June against the backdrop of climate change.
(2023-08-15). Gustavo Petro: The New Zone for the World's Largest Cocaine Production is the Colombian-Ecuadorian Border. libya360.wordpress.com Gustavo Petro From the marijuana of welfare capitalism and its rebellious youth, we have moved on to cocaine, the drug of competitiveness and neoliberalism; and now we are entering the drug of death, fentanyl: the drug of the capitalism of the climate crisis and war. The structure of the cocaine market has changed. The areas…
(2023-08-15). Headlines for August 15, 2023. democracynow.org Georgia Grand Jury Indicts Trump & 18 Others for Trying to Overturn 2020 Election, Maui Fires: Death Toll Rises to 99; 1,300 People Remain Unaccounted For, Montana Judge Rules in Favor of Youth Plaintiffs in Landmark Climate Case, NASA: Last Month Was Hottest July Ever Recorded "By a Long Shot", More Than 50 Die in Northern India Due to Heavy Rain & Landslides, Another Political Leader Assassinated in Ecuador Days Before National Elections, Ethiopian Airstrike Kills 26 in Amhara Days After State of Emergency Declared, Explosion at Gas Station in Russian Republic of Dagestan Kills at Least 35, Israel K…
(2023-08-15). Indian President pays tribute to independence martyrs. plenglish.com Murmu visited the National War Memorial in New Delhi to lay a wreath and pay her respects to the fallen combatants at a ceremony attended by senior military leaders, including Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. | On Monday, in an address on the occasion, the President called for efforts at the local, national and global levels to address the devastating effects of climate change. | She highlighted the challenges in this regard and urged scientists and politicians around the world to pay urgent attention to the problem. | The head of State added that parts of India have faced extraordinary floods, while there are re…
(2023-08-15). The Criminal Insanity of Climate Change: Direct Energy Weapons (DEW) Create Forest and Brush Fires, Destroying Entire Cities and Ignite Boats in the Sea. globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-15). The Deadly Intersection of Labour Exploitation and Climate Change. socialistproject.ca 
As temperatures soar in the United States this summer, some among us are lucky enough to be able to remain in air-conditioned interior spaces, ordering food, groceries, clothing, and other products to be delivered to us. The rest, toiling in the extreme heat to pull products off hot warehouse shelves and drop them off curbside in scorching delivery trucks, are risking health and even life. July 2023 marked the planet's In San Bernardino, California, where retail giant Amazon has a…
(2023-08-15). Montana youth climate litigation win raises hopes for other US climate accountability cases. thecanary.co On Monday 14 August, a group of young people won a landmark US climate accountability lawsuit. The Held v. State of Montana case was brought by 16 plaintiffs ranging in age from 5 to 22. In a US first, the sixteen young Montanans have held their state government to account for violating their constitutional rights …
(2023-08-14). Argentina's Presidential Primary Winner Has Vowed to "Chainsaw" Public Spending. truthout.org Javier Milei, an admirer of former U.S. President Donald Trump who believes climate change is a "socialist lie" and wants to impose extreme austerity on Argentina's economy, won the Latin American nation's presidential primary on Sunday with just over 30% of the vote. The surprise result makes Milei — a self-described "anarcho-capitalist" — the slight frontrunner for the October general election… |
(2023-08-14). "This Is the Climate Crisis": Michael Mann on Maui Wildfires & Why Disasters Are Becoming Deadlier. democracynow.org 
We speak with leading climate scientist Michael Mann about the devastating Maui wildfires and how the climate crisis makes such disasters more frequent and more intense. "This is the climate crisis. It's here and now," says Mann, director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media at the University of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, pressure is mounting for President Biden to declare an official climate emergency.
(2023-08-14). Ecologically-sound Development: A Vital Need for Concerted Action. transcend.org 11 Aug 2023 – With the consequences of climate change in the background, ecologically-sound development must be the center of a concerted action.
(2023-08-15). Resilience Amidst Controversy: Unveiling the Struggles of the Mountain Valley Pipeline and Unearthing Adult Supremacy. projectcensored.org The Mountain Valley Pipeline, a zombie fracked gas project that found new life in the dark corners of the debt ceiling relief bill continues to struggle through the rough terrain…
(2023-08-15). Fukushima Radioactive Water Release is Set to Begin. indybay.org Activists demonstrated at the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco to protest their opposition for the upcoming release of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean by TEPCO.
(2023-08-15). No Dumping Of Radioactive Water Into Pacific Ocean At Fukushima Say Speakers At JPN Consul. indybay.org
(2023-08-14). Hawaii: Catastrophic Wildfires Lay Waste to Historic Maui Town of Lahaina. transcend.org 11 Aug 2023 – Flyover footage of the once-vibrant tourist town of Lahaina shows street after street reduced to grey and black rubble.
(2023-08-14). "This Is the Climate Crisis": Michael Mann on Maui Wildfires & Why Disasters Are Becoming Deadlier. democracynow.org We speak with leading climate scientist Michael Mann about the devastating Maui wildfires and how the climate crisis makes such disasters more frequent and more intense. "This is the climate crisis. It's here and now," says Mann, director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media at the University of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, pressure is mounting for President Biden to declare an official climate emergency.
(2023-08-14). Ecologically-sound Development: A Vital Need for Concerted Action. transcend.org 11 Aug 2023 – With the consequences of climate change in the background, ecologically-sound development must be the center of a concerted action.
(2023-08-15). Resilience Amidst Controversy: Unveiling the Struggles of the Mountain Valley Pipeline and Unearthing Adult Supremacy. projectcensored.org The Mountain Valley Pipeline, a zombie fracked gas project that found new life in the dark corners of the debt ceiling relief bill continues to struggle through the rough terrain…
(2023-08-15). Fukushima Radioactive Water Release is Set to Begin. indybay.org Activists demonstrated at the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco to protest their opposition for the upcoming release of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean by TEPCO.
(2023-08-15). No Dumping Of Radioactive Water Into Pacific Ocean At Fukushima Say Speakers At JPN Consul. indybay.org
(2023-08-14). Hawaii: Catastrophic Wildfires Lay Waste to Historic Maui Town of Lahaina. transcend.org 11 Aug 2023 – Flyover footage of the once-vibrant tourist town of Lahaina shows street after street reduced to grey and black rubble.