Daily Archives: September 18, 2023

2023-09-18: News Headlines

Amy Goodman (2023-09-18). Frontline, Youth and Labor Activists Demand Biden Act Now on Climate Crisis. truthout.org During the rally at Sunday's March to End Fossil Fuels in New York City, activists decried President Joe Biden's continued investment in fossil fuels and his refusal to declare a national emergency over the worsening effects of climate change. Louisiana climate justice activist Roishetta Ozane said Biden is "personally accountable" for climate change-fueled natural disasters, while 16-year-old… |

Dorian Maffei, Left Voice. (2023-09-18). France: Stellantis Workers Walk Out To Demand Breaks Amid Heat Wave. popularresistance.org Last week, France was blanketed by a dome of heat, resulting in exceptionally warm temperatures. It even broke the previous record set in 1949, making September 4 the hottest day ever recorded in France during the month of September. The French national meteorological service, Météo-France, points to a remarkably long and intense heat wave which has lasted late into the season, clearly pointing to the impact of climate change, which tends to extend summer heatwaves. | At the Stellantis plant in Hordain, France, where Peugeot and Citroà´n vehicles are assembled, outside temperatures exceeded a scorching 30 &…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-18). Thessalia Tragedy: Greece in the Crosshairs of NATO and Israel. libya360.wordpress.com The Thessalia plains floods are a catastrophe of biblical proportions — deliberate or 'climate change'? Thessalia floods in Greece. Barely reported by legacy media. Why? We have covered the fires in Greece that serve NATO expansion and the installation of wind farms to provide energy for the EU. Now, we have the devastating floods in…

Jake Johnson (2023-09-18). United States: Demanding an end to 'deadly fossil fuels', tens of thousands take the streets in NYC. greenleft.org.au Tens of thousands poured into the streets of New York City, on September 17, for the largest climate mobilisation in the United States in years, reports Jake Johnson.

Julia Conley (2023-09-18). California's Historic Climate Disclosure Legislation Targets Big Corporations. truthout.org Climate advocates expressed hope Monday that California Gov. Gavin Newsom would help usher in a new era of accountability for corporate polluters nationwide after he confirmed plans to sign legislation forcing companies to publicly disclose their climate-related risks and more complete accounting of their total emissions. At a Climate Week event in New York on Sunday, Newsom said he wants to… |

Staff (2023-09-18). Headlines for September 18, 2023. democracynow.org U.N. Revises Death Toll from Libya Floods as Recovery Efforts Continue, 75,000 March to End Fossil Fuels in NYC as Hundreds of Thousands Worldwide Demand Climate Justice, Striking Workers Warn U.S. Automakers They May Expand Work Stoppage, Zelensky to Visit D.C. as Congress Debates Billions of Additional Dollars for Ukraine, Military Juntas in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso Sign Mutual Defense Pact, Office High-Rise Burns in Sudan's Capital Amid Fierce Fighting by Rival Factions, Iran and U.S. Finalize Prisoner Swap, Father of Mahsa Amini Arrested on First Anniversary of Her Death in Police Custody, Rights Gr…


Staff (2023-09-18). "We Will Not Give Up": AOC, Vanessa Nakate Lead Calls at Massive NY Climate Rally to End Fossil Fuels. democracynow.org We continue our coverage of the March to End Fossil Fuels, where protesters noted the United States is projected to account for more than one-third of planned global oil and gas expansion from today through 2050. It is the top oil and gas producer in the world, one of just 20 countries that will be responsible for 90% of new fossil fuel production over the next few decades. We feature speeches from Sunday's rally by Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate and Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. They were among more than 75,000 attendees of what was the largest climate mobilization in the world since 20…

Staff (2023-09-18). The March to End Fossil Fuels: 75,000 Rally in NYC to Push Biden & World Leaders on Climate Crisis. democracynow.org Tens of thousands of people filled the streets of midtown Manhattan Sunday to send a clear message to the world and leaders coming to the city for the U.N. General Assembly this week: End fossil fuels. As part of more than 200 actions around the world leading up to the first-ever United Nations Climate Ambition Summit this Wednesday, more than 700 grassroots groups together called on President Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency, stop all federal approvals for new fossil fuel projects, phase out production of fossil fuels on federal public lands, and build a new clean energy future. Speakers at the massive m…

Staff (2023-09-18). Labor, Frontline & Youth Voices Call on Biden to Immediately Act to Prevent Climate Catastrophe. democracynow.org During the rally at Sunday's March to End Fossil Fuels in New York City, activists decried President Joe Biden's continued investment in fossil fuels and his refusal to declare a national emergency over the worsening effects of climate change. Louisiana climate justice activist Roishetta Ozane said Biden is "personally accountable" for climate change-fueled natural disasters, while 16-year-old Fridays for Future organizer Helen Mancini proclaimed, "There is not enough time to put this off another term." Both emphasized the role of impacted communities — from those living…

David Goessmann (2023-09-17). Climate strike: How elites have been fighting Generation Alarm for five years. indybay.org Some activists are later sentenced to pay millions in damages, others have to spend months in prison for their civil disobedience. In the Bild newspaper, RWE boss Rolf Martin Schmitz calls them "eco-terrorists." But neither heat, nor summer drought, nor coal protests led the politicians to ask questions about the climate.

FFF Global Climate Strike website (2023-09-17). Friday 9/15: Global Climate Strike in Santa Cruz. indybay.org Outside of Santa Cruz City Hall | 809 Center Street | Santa Cruz, CA 95060…

Jake Johnson (2023-09-17). "A Watershed Moment": CA Sues Oil Giants Over Decades of Climate Destruction. truthout.org The state of California on Friday filed suit against ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips, and Chevron, accusing the five oil and gas giants of a decadeslong campaign to mislead the public about the threat fossil fuels pose to the climate. The lawsuit makes California the largest economy on the planet to take legal action against fossil fuel companies over their efforts to deceive the world about… |




Luis Chirino (2023-09-17). G77 nations + China address poverty, equality. america.cgtn.com The summit of G77 nations plus China wrapped up in Havana, Cuba, on Saturday. Participants reached consensus on developing countries' need to close ranks to face current global challenges. | They stressed the need for a more equitable world order to address poverty, access to science and technology, and to cushion the impact of climate change. | CGTN's Luis Chirino reports.

Marie Harrison Community Foundation (2023-09-17). Saturday 9/23: Climate Action: BaySpark 2023: Igniting Youth Action for Climate and Environmental Justice. indybay.org Southeast Community Center, | 1550 Evans Avenue San Francisco, CA 94124…

Nitza Soledad Perez (2023-09-17). How effective is the UN plan to address climate change? america.cgtn.com It's been a year of climate action for the United Nations. | The world body continues to work to try to find ways to help slow down global warming and the problems it causes. | Is the UN plan effective? | CGTN's Nitza Soledad Perez reports.

Siri Chilukuri (2023-09-17). Climate Change Played a Role in Staggering Flood Death Toll in Libya. truthout.org This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter here. Catastrophic flooding earlier this week in Libya killed at least 10,000 people, with more than 30,000 displaced, after Storm Daniel pummeled the coast and two dams broke in quick succession. Nearly a quarter of Derna, a coastal city in the eastern corner of Libya, was destroyed in the flooding… |

Speak Out Now Berkeley (2023-09-17). Friday 9/15: Global Climate Strike at UC Berkeley. indybay.org Gather at Sather Gate | UC Berkeley | Sather Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720…

Jake Johnson (2023-09-18). Demanding an end to 'deadly fossil fuels,' tens of thousands take the streets in NYC. nationofchange.org "It's time for Biden to declare a climate emergency and phase out the fossil fuels killing people and wildlife around the world."




_____ (2023-09-18). Beyond Climate Colonialism and Food Imperialism to Earth Democracy and Food Freedom. transcend.org 6 Sep 2023 – Mother Earth is a sacred, self organized living being. She creates and sustains life. Through her biosphere and her complex ecological processes, she regulates her water systems, her nutrition cycles, and her climate system.

_____ (2023-09-18). Climate Collapse — The Grim Silence of Our Leaders. transcend.org 14 Sep 2023 – None of us has previously witnessed a barrage of worldwide extreme weather like in this summer. Canadian wildfires, a Hawaiian town incinerated, a Greek island devastated by rainfall, a Libyan town washed into the sea leaving 20,000 dead, killer hurricanes fueled by climate change, heatwaves, floods…

_____ (2023-09-18). Libya Climate Crisis Linked to Pentagon-NATO Intervention of 2011. transcend.org 13 Sep 2023 – Western foreign policy has destroyed the capacity of Libya and the Kingdom of Morocco to coordinate relief efforts amid the worsening effects of climate change.

David Goessmann (2023-09-18). Climate strike: How elites have been fighting Generation Alarm for five years. indybay.org Some activists are later sentenced to pay millions in damages, others have to spend months in prison for their civil disobedience. In the Bild newspaper, RWE boss Rolf Martin Schmitz calls them "eco-terrorists." But neither heat, nor summer drought, nor coal protests led the politicians to ask questions about the climate.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-09-17). Angola plans to eliminate refrigerant gases by 2030. plenglish.com Since 2012 the country began to apply the schedule for the gradual elimination of these gases, which are harmful to the ozone layer and cause global warming, in compliance with the Montreal Protocol, Ivone Pascoal, the person in charge of the issue in the aforementioned ministry, explained to the Angolan Press Agency. | It is expected that the application of the measure of not importing these gases and their exclusion from consumption will be completed by 2025, leaving a margin until 2030 for their total disappearance. | Reaching this point, required intense awareness-raising work on good refrigeration practices…

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-18). Protest calls on NSW gov't, Santos to stop fracking the Pilliga. greenleft.org.au




greenleft.org.au (2023-09-17). Protest calls on NSW gov't, Santos to stop fracking the Pilliga. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-18). Protesters call on Labor to protest Fukushima nuclear waste dumping. greenleft.org.au

ecns.cn (2023-09-18). Japan draws up whitewash plan to salvage image. ecns.cn Japan plans to strengthen the monitoring and analysis of information about the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean and is seeking extra funding to step up public relations efforts at home and abroad.

Lucrecia Franco (2023-09-17). Beach cleanup in Brazil highlights dangers of plastic pollution. america.cgtn.com Celebrated on the third Saturday of September since 2018, World Cleanup Day is the largest international environmental mobilization aimed at combating the world's solid waste problem. | In Rio de Janeiro, hundreds took to one of Guanabara Bay's most polluted beaches to draw attention to the dangers of plastic pollution. | CGTN's Lucrecia Franco reports.




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