Cristen Hemingway Jaynes (2023-08-08). South American winter feels like summer with mountain temperatures above 100 ∞F. nationofchange.org "Overall, this heatwave is a startling reminder of how humans are changing Earth's climate. We will continue to see such unprecedented extremes until we stop burning fossil fuels and emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere."

Jake Johnson (2023-08-08). Study Says Fossil Fuel Emissions Must Fall to Give Antarctica Chance of Survival. truthout.org The warming continent of Antarctica will face increasingly extreme and damaging weather events in the coming years if world leaders don't take "drastic action" to rein in fossil fuels, the primary driver of global climate chaos. That's the conclusion of a study published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science amid growing alarm over the failure of Antarctic sea ice to replenish… |

Amanda Rice (2023-08-08). Call for Global Day of Action supporting worldwide transition to clean energy. indybay.org Join people across the world in making climate movement history on 3-4 November, by taking part in this special day of action. Everything you need to know to organise an event, join an action in your area, or add your voice online to demand our leaders power up renewables and power down fossil fuels.

Cristian Salazar, Next City. (2023-08-08). Virtual Power Plants Offer A Climate-Forward Response To Hot Summers. popularresistance.org As the country roasted last week under extreme heat made more intense by climate change, tens of thousands of Americans received text messages telling them they could get paid if they powered down their devices and appliances during specific periods of the day. If their homes were equipped with smart thermostats or smart water heaters, the devices may have powered down automatically. | It may have seemed like a simple action to conserve energy during hours of peak demand. But behind the scenes, a number of companies that have emerged in recent years were working with utilities to monitor and respond to the stress…

ecns.cn (2023-08-08). Diplomacy on climate spurs unity, actions. ecns.cn The climate-themed diplomacy, led by President Xi Jinping, illustrates the evolving Chinese solution and the fair, responsible approach sought by Beijing for dealing with the growing deficit of global governance.

Editor (2023-08-08). Environmentally sustainable surgical health systems: an analysis of policies, tools, and guidelines. mronline.org Sustainable health practices and policies must be designed to mitigate the effects of climate change and optimize resource preservation.

Staff (2023-08-08). Chris Packham's warning to UK politicians is good — but it needs to go much harder. thecanary.co So far, the year 2023 has done its upmost to prove that the catastrophic climate crisis is the new normal. This has manifested in the form of devastating wildfires, boiling seas, and record lows of Antarctic sea ice. Despite this, Rishi Sunak has vowed (threatened?) to "max out" our oil and gas reserves — even …

Ana Vračar (2023-08-07). Climate breakdown threatens food security and health in Iraq. peoplesdispatch.org As another heat wave hit West Asia at the beginning of August, temperatures in Baghdad reached 51 degrees Celsius. "For a person like me, with access to air conditioning, this was unbearable. Imagine how it was for those with compromised health or compromised economic status," says Muntather Hassan, a dentist working at the Iraqi Al-Amal Association, reflecting on the health effects of climate change in Iraq. | Hassan authored a

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-07). Glasgow court acquits YCL activist charged during COP26 climate protest. peoplesdispatch.org

Chris Walker (2023-08-07). Poll: 70 Percent of Voters Want Next President to Address Climate Crisis. truthout.org New polling suggests that a majority of Americans want to select a president in the 2024 election who will move aggressively to address the climate crisis — and that they don't believe President Joe Biden is doing enough on the issue. A Washington Post/University of Maryland poll published this week asked respondents whether they approved of Biden's job performance on climate so far. |

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-08-08). Poland resumes oil pumping over Druzhba pipeline. plenglish.com Warsaw, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) Polish workers have restored a damaged segment of a Druzhba oil pipeline branch delivering oil to Germany and oil pumping has restarted, the Poland's pipeline section operator PERN said on its website.

teleSUR (2023-08-08). Environmental Activists Condemn Fiji's Stance on Fukushima. telesurenglish.net Civil society organizations in Fiji are urging Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka to reevaluate his position regarding Japan's planned discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. | RELATED: | Rabuka recently expressed contentment with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s report on Japan's radioactive wastewater discharge plan.

ecns.cn (2023-08-08). Researchers use sunlight to recycle plastic waste. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have made a breakthrough in recycling plastic waste utilizing seawater and sunlight, a process which is low-cost, environmentally friendly and economically viable.

ecns.cn (2023-08-08). Researchers use sunlight to recycle plastic waste. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have made a breakthrough in recycling plastic waste utilizing seawater and sunlight, a process which is low-cost, environmentally friendly and economically viable.

Amanda Rice (2023-08-07). Call for Global Day of Action supporting worldwide transition to clean energy. indybay.org Join people across the world in making climate movement history on 3-4 November, by taking part in this special day of action. Everything you need to know to organise an event, join an action in your area, or add your voice online to demand our leaders power up renewables and power down fossil fuels.

Ana Vračar (2023-08-07). Climate breakdown threatens food security and health in Iraq. peoplesdispatch.org As another heat wave hit West Asia at the beginning of August, temperatures in Baghdad reached 51 degrees Celsius. "For a person like me, with access to air conditioning, this was unbearable. Imagine how it was for those with compromised health or compromised economic status," says Muntather Hassan, a dentist working at the Iraqi Al-Amal Association, reflecting on the health effects of climate change in Iraq. | Hassan authored a

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-07). Glasgow court acquits YCL activist charged during COP26 climate protest. peoplesdispatch.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-07). The climate movement has a recruiting and retention problem — here's how we fix it. wagingnonviolence.org

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-07). Climate conference slams Labor for supporting fossil fuel industry. greenleft.org.au

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-08-07). Afghanistan is among the most vulnerable countries to climate change. plenglish.com Kabul, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) The deputy head of the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), Zainul Abideen Abid, said that Afghanistan is globally the sixth most vulnerable country to the effects of climate change.

Binoy Kampmark (2023-08-06). Water Wars: Cooling the Data Centres. dissidentvoice.org Water. Data centres. The continuous, pressing need to cool the latter, which houses servers to store and process data, with the former, which is becoming ever more precious in the climate crisis. Hardly a good comingling of factors. Like planting cotton in drought-stricken areas, decisions to place data hubs in various locations across the globe …

Charlie Wood, Waging Nonviolence. (2023-08-06). The Climate Movement Has A Recruiting And Retention Problem. popularresistance.org Last year, climate movement colleagues and I engaged in a project to map the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing the Australian climate movement. We learned many things, but one of the biggest themes we heard over and again from groups was the challenges they face in recruiting and retaining staff and volunteers with the skills, experience and capacities needed for climate justice work. In fact, this was the top organizational challenge named by groups after financial stability, which is saying something for a heavily under-resourced sector. | So what's behind this challenge with finding and k…

JP Sottile (2023-08-06). There Is a Climate Conspiracy — But Not the One Climate Denialists Are Peddling. truthout.org Imagine, if you will, a plot. It's an evil plot concocted by a power-hungry global elite determined to ensnare all of mankind in its dystopian, totalitarian net. Even more ominously, it's specifically designed to deny the planet's "freest" people — Americans — their god-given rights. If successful, this plot will force them to live within walking distance of schools and shopping and work and… |

Margaret Klein Salamon (2023-08-06). Confronting the Climate Crisis Requires Disruptive Action and Radical Healing. truthout.org Climate disasters are unfolding so quickly one can barely keep track. Wildfires in Canada have already burned millions of acres and sent thick smoke across the entire East Coast of the U.S. Italy's recent flooding has displaced more than 23,000 people. Heat waves in India, Spain, and beyond are devastating crops and killing people. And warming is not just increasing, it's accelerating. |

Anonymous103 (2023-08-06). Ukrainian Forces Struck Bridges In Northern Crimea With Storm Shadow Missiles. southfront.org On August 6, the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck the bridges which link the Crimean peninsula and the Kherson region. The attack was carried out with British-made Storm Shadow missiles. | According to the head of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov, the Chongar Bridge was damaged. The village of Chongar also came under fire. More than 20 thousand residents were left without gas due to the damage to the gas pipeline. | The acting governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, reported that the AFU fir…

ecns.cn (2023-08-07). BFA press center: China's first zero-carbon demonstration zone. ecns.cn Boasting China's first zero-carbon demonstration zone, itcovers 1.8 square kilometers. It will see integrated application of deep emission reduction technologies in various fields such as energy, construction, transportation and waste disposal with 19 renovation projects.