(2024-08-14). Activists Are Bringing the Heat to the Banks Funding Climate Crisis. truthout.org As the world broils under month after month of record-shattering temperatures, thousands of activists are engaging in a new campaign of civil disobedience to make fossil fuel's biggest funders feel the heat. Backed by a coalition of more than 80 climate and racial justice groups, the "Summer of Heat" is convening every day on Wall Street all summer to take direct action against the financial… |
(2024-08-14). Europe's left: the time for tactics is over. indybay.org Across Europe, we are experiencing a crisis of democracy; a systemic crisis that cannot be solved with the old structures and offers, in terms of personnel and programmatic. This is an opportunity for the left to put forward candidates like Li Andersson in Finland or Dadgostar in Sweden: both formulate a clear new policy that prioritizes social justice combined with climate justice.
(2024-08-14). Ethiopia launches programme to combat climate change. tvbrics.com 
The initiative covers more than 32 million hectares, of which 28 million hectares are located in highland regions…
(2024-08-14). From Papua to Gaza, military occupation leads to 'ecocide' — climate catastrophe. asiapacificreport.nz 
Environmental destruction is not an unintended side effect, but a primary objective in colonial wars of occupation. By David Whyte and Samira Homerang Saunders Many in the international community are finally coming to accept that the earth's ecosystem can no longer bear the weight of military occupation. Most have reached this inevitable conclusion, clearly articulated in the…
(2024-08-14). The American West's megafires are silencing birds. grist.org Wildfire smoke, which contains harmful particulate matter and toxic gases, is widely understood to be an acute threat to human health. As wildfires become more frequent and intense with worsening climate change, this knowledge has only become more widespread. This is particularly true for North Americans who have recently lived through some of the most devastating wildfire seasons in living memory — as in 2020, for example, when so much smoke blanketed the California Bay Area that it blocked out the sun and transformed the midday sky into a dull shade of orange. | But wildfire smoke harms so much more th…
(2024-08-14). NY Times Claims Vanilla Is 'Disappearing' Due to Climate Change — As Production Doubles. wattsupwiththat.com In reality, objective data show vanilla production has doubled since the year 2000 and the current market is saturated with oversupply.
(2024-08-14). Climate change takes center stage at Philadelphia Gas Commission meeting. whyy.org
(2024-08-14). COP29: Call to stop hosting Conference of Parties (COP) annual climate summits in authoritarian countries. fidh.org
(2024-08-14). UN-Organized Art Exhibition Raises Awareness on Global Environmental Challenges. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An art exhibition in Tehran highlights global environmental challenges, focuses on the interconnected issues of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste.
(2024-08-14). Rainbow flags burned, Pride marches disrupted: Canadian LGBTQ community faces 'climate of hate'. scmp.com Violent and homophobic threats on the rise in Canada, one of the first countries in the world to legalise same-sex marriage.
(2024-08-14). Germany Issues Arrest Warrant for Ukrainian Over Nord Stream Bombing. news.antiwar.com German prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for a Ukrainian man they believe was involved in the sabotage of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines, which connect Russia and Germany. The man, who was identified by the media as 44-year-old Volodymyr Zhuravlov, is a professional diver who was last seen in Poland, but Polish prosecutors …
(2024-08-14). Headlines for August 14, 2024. democracynow.org Israel Widens Evacuation Orders for Khan Younis Amid Deadly Strikes on Gaza and West Bank, U.N. Security Council Holds Emergency Meeting After Israeli Attack on Gaza School Kills 100+, Biden Administration Approves $20 Billion in Additional Weapons Sales to Israel, Sudan Peace Negotiations Open Without Participation of Sudan's Army, Second Russian Region Declares State of Emergency as Ukrainian Forces Push Deeper into Russia, Germany Seeks Arrest of Ukrainian Diving Expert for Bombing Nord Stream Pipeline, Bangladesh Opens Murder Probe into Ousted PM Sheikh Hasina, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin Sacke…
(2024-08-14). Germany seeks arrest of Ukrainian diver for Nord Stream sabotage. aljazeera.com Ukrainian diving instructor Volodymyr Z is accused of being part of a team that blew up the gas pipelines.
(2024-08-14). Estonian defence minister doubts China's claim pipeline damage was accidental. scmp.com 'I find it difficult to understand how a ship's captain could fail to notice its anchor had been dragging along the seabed,' Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur says of October incident.
(2024-08-14). KITEEZI TRAGEDY: Police says more people still trapped in the waste mass. independent.co.ug 
KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | The Ugandan police said Tuesday there are still more people trapped under the waste mass, following the landslide of the Kiteezi landfill in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, Saturday morning. Patrick Onyango, spokesperson for the Kampala Metropolitan Police, told Xinhua by telephone that police are not yet sure how many …