Daily Archives: November 16, 2023

2023-11-16: News Headlines

Brittani Banks (2023-11-16). The Case for Protecting the Tongass National Forest, America's 'Last Climate Sanctuary'. independentmediainstitute.org

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-11-16). China and California partner on environment. america.cgtn.com The APEC Leaders' meeting comes only weeks after California Governor Gavin Newsom traveled to China on a trip that focused on climate action and partnerships between China and the richest state in the U.S. | Several agreements were signed between the two sides aimed at strengthening cooperation in the carbon market, climate investment and financing, adaptation, and environmental law enforcement. | CGTN's Ediz Tiyansan met executives from California's clean energy industry who see this new cooperation as a potential game changer.

Roselena Ramirez (2023-11-15). The Threat to Xochimilco Gardens: Overuse and Climate Change. america.cgtn.com The Xochimilco Gardens in Mexico City have been a popular destination for centuries. Initially, the Aztecs utilized these gardens to provide water and produce for the city's residents, and today they continue to play a crucial role in the ecosystem. However, according to Harris Whitbeck, overuse and climate change are posing a threat to these famous gardens.

Geoff Dembicki (2023-11-16). Former BP scientist Steve Koonin claims climate journalists are spreading 'hysteria'. nationofchange.org Koonin argued that mainstream climate reporters shouldn't be linking unprecedented wildfires and hurricanes to climate change.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-11-16). Relying too much on CO2 removal is 'likely inconsistent with international law'. imperial.ac.uk Governments that over-rely on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) to meet their climate targets may be breaching international law, says a new study.

Roger McKenzie (2023-11-16). UN: One in three children worldwide do not have adequate water. peoplesworld.org About a third of children globally live in areas with limited access to water, according to a damning new United Nations report published on Monday. In a supplement to the landmark 2021 Children's Climate Risk Index, the UN children's agency UNICEF said last year around 739 million children across the globe were exposed to high …


Ruth Milka (2023-11-16). Fossil fuel firms accelerating climate catastrophe despite urgent warnings. nationofchange.org More than 1,000 oil and gas companies worldwide are actively plotting to enlarge their fossil fuel operations.

Alexandria Shaner, Waging Nonviolence. (2023-11-15). Confronting DC's Gas Problem. popularresistance.org From Oct. 24-26, a coalition of ecoactivist groups, including Extinction Rebellion Northeast, Extinction Rebellion DC, or XRDC, Scientist Rebellion, and Climate Defiance, engaged in three days of nonviolent actions against the gas industry in Washington, D.C. They disrupted the industry's biggest annual event in North America, temporarily shut down construction on a major pipeline project, and built bridges of inter-movement solidarity by joining in protests for a ceasefire in Gaza. | The week of action began by disrupting the North American Gas Forum to demand an end to the gas industry's lies that are accelerat…

Algernon Austin (2023-11-15). We Need More State Climate Corps Jobs Open to More Young People. counterpunch.org Without a doubt, the Biden administration has done more to address climate change and its impacts than any other administration. The nearly $400 billion in investments to reduce the production of greenhouse gasses in the Inflation Reduction Act has received attention. But the $200 billion in "green" infrastructure investments in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has

ecns.cn (2023-11-15). BRI coordination urged to mitigate natural disasters. ecns.cn Several regions involved in the Belt and Road Initiative are among the most severely affected by natural disasters and the effects of climate change, according to a report released by China's Ministry of Emergency Management.

teleSUR (2023-11-15). Germany Not to Reallocate COVID-19 Funds for Climate Actions. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Germany's Federal Constitutional Court annulled the national government's decision to reallocate 60 billion euros from a COVID-19 relief fund to be used for measures combatting climate change. | RELATED: | The law under which the funds were retroactively shifted to the Climate and Transformation Fund (CTF) at the beginning of 2022 for the previous year's budget "does not meet the constitutional requirements…

Paige Bennett (2023-11-16). Pollution puts threatened sea turtle reproduction in danger. peoplesworld.org A new study led by researchers from Griffith University in Australia contributes to the growing research on how global warming and pollution are impacting reproduction for endangered sea turtles. The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, found that pollution exposure to heavy metals, like cadmium and antimony, as well as organic contaminants can influence the …




The Independent (2023-11-16). EACOP paid fully for graves, shrines to be removed on pipeline route. independent.co.ug Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Crude Oil Pipeline is yet to compensate and support the relocation of 19 shrines along the pipeline route in Uganda. The latest information obtained from EACOP indicates that so far, five shrines have been relocated according to the tradition and expectations of the persons who operated …

The Independent (2023-11-16). Uganda-Kenya Expressway at Busia in pipeline. independent.co.ug Boost for Northern Corridor as AfDB approved US$1.4 million last month for feasibility study of the multinational Kenya-Uganda Expressway project Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The plan to construct a super highway connecting Uganda and Kenya could become a reality, following the financial intervention of the African Development Bank (AfDB). The Bank, through its New Partnership …

Linda Pentz Gunter (2023-11-15). The Dann Aisters Blazed an Anti-Nuclear Trail. counterpunch.org The Dann sisters campaigned to assert the rights of their Indigenous Western Shoshone people, committing themselves to a political and legal battle to retain their ancestral lands, harmed by nuclear tests carried out by the US government, then threatened with the deep geological radioactive waste dump at Yucca Mountain (for the time being defeated).

Linda Pentz Gunter (2023-11-15). The Dann Sisters Blazed an Anti-Nuclear Trail. counterpunch.org The Dann sisters campaigned to assert the rights of their Indigenous Western Shoshone people, committing themselves to a political and legal battle to retain their ancestral lands, harmed by nuclear tests carried out by the US government, then threatened with the deep geological radioactive waste dump at Yucca Mountain (for the time being defeated).




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