Daily Archives: September 12, 2023

2023-09-12: News Headlines

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-12). Criminalising activism: Woodside, protests and climate change. greenleft.org.au

Jeff Shantz (2023-09-12). Climate colonialism and the wildfires in Canada. greenleft.org.au Canada's fires have already burned more than eight million hectares of land, severely impacting Indigenous communities already struggling to protect their land, reports Jeff Shantz.

Editor (2023-09-11). Review: "Forces of Production, Climate Change and Canadian Fossil Fuel Capitalism" mronline.org Nicolas Graham's book on forces of production and fossil-fuel capitalism gives an important analysis of why fundamental change is needed to solve the climate crisis, finds John Clarke…

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-11). Criminalising activism: Woodside, protests and climate change. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-11). WA gov't, police go after climate protesters. greenleft.org.au

Melissa Garriga, Tim Biondo, Peace, Planet News. (2023-09-11). The Pentagon Is The Elephant In The Climate Activist Room. popularresistance.org With nearly 10,000 people expected to take to the streets of New York City on September 17 for the March to End Fossil Fuels, the climate justice movement seems more organized than ever. But, there's a big elephant in the room, and it has the Pentagon written all over it. | The U.S. military is the world's largest institutional oil consumer. It causes more greenhouse gas emissions than 140 nations combined and accounts for about one-third of America's total fossil fuel consumption. The Department of Defense (DoD) also uses huge amounts of natural gas and coal, as well as nuclear power plants at its bases around t…

Melissa Garriga, Tim Biondo (2023-09-11). The Pentagon is the elephant in the climate activist room. nationofchange.org We can't keep ignoring its enormous "bootprint."

Olivia Rosane (2023-09-11). Small Island States Say Global Ocean Treaty Must Cover Climate Pollution. truthout.org Do greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels count as ocean pollution under the Law of the Sea? That's the question that nine small island states that are low emitting but extremely vulnerable to the climate crisis have asked the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in a landmark hearing that began Monday in Hamburg, Germany. "We come here seeking urgent help… |

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-09-11). Island countries ask for protection from climate change. plenglish.com Saint John, Sep 11 (Prensa Latina) Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Gaston Browne addressed on Monday International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg, Germany, to request protection for island countries affected by global warming.

Patricia Harrity (2023-09-11). Climate Researcher Admits He Left Out the Full Truth to Get His Paper Published. expose-news.com

Staff (2023-09-11). Headlines for September 11, 2023. democracynow.org 6.8-Magnitude Quake Kills 2,500+ in Morocco as Rescuers Struggle to Reach Remote Areas, African Union Joins G20; U.S., EU, India Unveil Alternative to China's "Belt and Road", In Vietnam, Biden Denies Strengthening Ties with Vietnam Is an Effort to "Contain" China, Dutch Police Detain 2,400, Unleash Water Cannons on Massive Climate Protest, Activists Confront Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer over Climate Crisis Hypocrisy, Airstrike in Khartoum Kills 40+ Civilians Amid Ongoing Fighting Between Sudanese Army and RSF, At Least 4 Die as Fighting Resumes Between Rival Groups in Palestinian Ref…

WSWS (2023-09-11). Supporters of the "Last Generation" climate action group held in preventive detention in Bavaria. wsws.org The campaign against the climate activist group is part of building up a police state to criminalise and intimidate peaceful protests, civil disobedience and other forms of resistance.

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch. (2023-09-11). Amazon Deforestation Down 66% From Last July In Lula's Brazil. popularresistance.org The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest on the planet. It is home to more animal and plant species than any terrestrial ecosystem, including one-third of the world's tropical trees. This diverse sanctuary is also one of the last refuges for jaguars, pink river dolphins and harpy eagles, according to WWF. | Brazil has an Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Amazon by 2030, and since President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office at the start of this year, deforestation has fallen dramatically. | The country's Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Marina Silv…

Reuters. (2023-09-11). Dutch Police Use Water Cannon To Clear Climate Activists From Highway. popularresistance.org Police in the Netherlands said they were deploying a water cannon to clear a major highway blocked by climate activists for the third straight day on Monday in protests over government subsidies for fossil fuels. Protesters earlier walked onto the A12 highway at The Hague around noon local time preventing traffic from using it, local police said. | News agency ANP said dozens of protesters were blocking the major traffic artery into the Dutch seat of government in both directions. | Over the weekend around 3,000 activists were detained by police during two days of protests on and around the A12.

Jon Queally (2023-09-11). 'Furious' at Army Corps, tribe calls for public support to shut down Dakota Access Pipeline. nationofchange.org "The Corps' covering for the pipeline company's outrageous safety record and the reviewer's serious conflict of interest have now resulted in a failed effort," said Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairwoman Janet Alkire. "They need to start over with adult supervision."

ecns.cn (2023-09-11). First round of nuclear-contaminated wastewater release from Fukushima completed. ecns.cn The first release of 7,800 metric tons of nuclear-contaminated wastewater release from Fukushima was completed on Monday. The second round of release is expected to begin as early as the end of September.

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