(2023-11-25). Oil And Gas Production Set To Escalate Under Landmark US Climate Law. popularresistance.org A new report warns that oil and gas production in the United States is expected to rise under Biden's signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), even as the legislation helps to moderately lower fossil fuel demand through billions of dollars in clean energy investments. | The report, "Biden's Fossil Fuel Fail: How U.S. Oil and Gas Supply Rises under the Inflation Reduction Act, Exacerbating Environmental Injustice," details how, despite the IRA's significant spending on renewable energy, electric vehicles, and batteries, the policy will not be enough for the U.S. to meet its 2030 climate target of…
(2023-11-25). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Here Come The Solar Canals. levernews.com Good things are happening! Construction gets underway at one of the first solar canals in the United States, New York files an "unprecedented" lawsuit against PepsiCo for plastic pollution, Florida is blocked from enforcing its ban on drag, and Starbucks workers walk out on the company's flagship sales day.First Solar Canal Breaks Ground: In the sunny, drought-ridden Southwest, some policymakers have been advocating adoption of a new climate technology: covering canals with solar panels. Officials hope this will create renewable energy while also preserving water. Now, in Arizona, the first of these proje…
(2023-11-25). Workers hold protests and strikes on global day of action to "Make Amazon Pay" peoplesdispatch.org 
Workers in different parts of the world took to the streets on the 4th global day of action to "Make Amazon Pay" to protest the corporation's anti-worker policies, its role in fueling the climate crisis, and its complicity in the Israeli occupation of Palestine…
(2023-11-25). Building Less Parking Space Helps Us Fight Climate Change and the Housing Crisis. truthout.org In the beginning, parking lots were created to curb chaos on the road. But climate change has turned that dynamic on its head. Since the 1920s a little-known policy called parking minimums has shaped a large facet of American life. In major cities, this meant that any type of building — apartments, banks, or shopping malls — needed to reserve a certain amount of parking spaces to accommodate… |
(2023-11-25). World Report] Health at COP28: three things to watch for. thelancet.com The 28th UN climate change conference will see declarations related to health and humanitarian crises, as well as an assessment of progress on the Paris Agreement. Talha Burki reports.
(2023-11-26). High-ranking Climate Scientists Rebel against the IPPC. pressenza.com It's 35 years since the formation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) "to advance scientific knowledge about climate change caused by human activities." Subsequently, COP21 at Paris '15 warned the world not to exceed 1.5 ∞C, and worst case, not to exceed 2.0 ∞C above pre-industrial or risk lasting damage to crucial life-supporting ecosystems, ultimately leading to some level of an extinction event. | Following three decades of IPCC failures to convince nations/states to make a dent in greenhouse gas emissions, which increase more and more each year, a high-ranking group of rebellio…