Pip Hinman (2024-01-17). 2024 has to be the year of real action on climate. greenleft.org.au Alarmingly — but not surprisingly — 2023 was the hottest year since 1850, but Labor is dragging its feet and depending on the private sector to handle the climate transition. Pip Hinman reports.

Naveena Sadasivam (2024-01-17). New Report Finds We're Off Track to Meet COP28 Goals Despite Renewables Boom. truthout.org At the United Nations climate conference that concluded last month in Dubai, the world's countries pledged to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030. The renewables target received less attention than other, more contentious goals pursued at the conference, such as scaling down fossil fuel production and funding reparations for the nations suffering the worst climate impacts. After all… |

teleSUR (2024-01-17). Climate Change May Claim 14.5 Million Lives by 2050: WEF. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the World Economic Forum (WEF) published a report showing that climate change threatens to cause an additional 14.5 million deaths and US$12.5 trillion in economic losses worldwide by 2050. | RELATED: | The report, jointly compiled by the WEF and the consulting firm Oliver Wyman, is based on "scenarios developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the most likely trajectory for the planet'

Ralph Nader (2024-01-16). Five Omnicides Facing Our Unprepared World. counterpunch.org The countries that straddle our tormented world are woefully unprepared to counter and prevent five Omnicides already underway or looming menacingly on the horizon. This is increasingly true with the yearly passage of neglected opportunities. The gap between our mounting knowledge and its application to these global threats is widening. 1. The Climate Crisis, better

Alexandra Jacobo (2024-01-16). Billionaires' wealth skyrockets by 114% amid global poverty surge. nationofchange.org This extraordinary accumulation of wealth comes at a time when nearly 5 billion people globally grapple with the challenges of inflation, war, and the climate crisis, slipping further into poverty.

Rhoda Wilson (2024-01-16). Bill Gates attends another climate summit for Africa to market his vaccines and seeds. expose-news.com In a speech earlier this year at the Adaptation Finance Summit for Africa, Bill Gates again took the opportunity to market his vaccines. "We all know that malnutrition is a scourge," he …

Katie Myers (2024-01-16). Inside the Nearly Decade-Long Fight Against the Mountain Valley Pipeline. truthout.org As day broke over the small mountain town of Elliston, Virginia one Monday in October, masked figures in thick coats emerged from the woods surrounding a construction site. Three of them approached three excavators and, one by one, locked themselves to the machines, bringing the day's work to a halt. As they did so, several dozen of their fellow protesters gathered around them… |

eng.belta.by (2024-01-17). People's Writer of Belarus comments on Chernobyl theme of BelTA's photo exhibition. eng.belta.by At the same time, the writer noted, while hundreds of thousands of Belarusians worked hard to reclaim contaminated lands and to return to normal life in their native land, others profiteered on that.

Dr. William Makis (2024-01-16). Florida Surgeon General Explains DNA Contamination and the "HALT" of the Covid-19 mRNA Vaccine. globalresearch.ca

EcoWaste Coalition (2024-01-17). Warning Out on 3 More Leaded Spray Paints. pressenza.com 17 January 2024, Quezon City. Following its most recent exposé on 31 lead-containing spray paints, the EcoWaste Coalition today named three more products containing dangerous levels of lead, a potent neurotoxin that has been banned in paint manufacturing. | The toxics watchdog group bought the products from online sellers and had them screened for lead using a handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer. According to the country's lead paint regulation, paints and similar surface coatings must not contain lead above the maximum limit of 90 parts per million (ppm). Three spray paints with lead content up to over 10…

Adam M. Lowenstein (2024-01-12). The Corporations Weaponizing Trust To Obstruct Climate Action. levernews.com

Chris Morrison (2024-01-12). Green Billionaires Fund Influential New Labour Net Zero Group. dailysceptic.org Labour Party political elites in the UK are flocking to support a new green campaigning group, Labour Climate and Environment Forum, to drive forward the Net Zero agenda, and once again it's funded by green billionaires.

ecns.cn (2024-01-12). China, U.S. launch climate action working group. ecns.cn China and the United States launched the Working Group on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s via video link on Friday. It was jointly presided over by Xie Zhenhua, China's Special Envoy for Climate Change, and John Kerry, the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate.

geo.tv (2024-01-12). Jemima Goldsmith's brother Zach Goldsmith banned from driving in UK. geo.tv Zach Goldsmith was Minister for State for Asia, Energy, Climate, and Environment until he resigned in June last year as a protest due to the government's position on climate change…

ICRC (2024-01-12). ICRC and Amani Africa Launch a Policy Brief on Safeguarding the Humanitarian Space in Africa: Analysis of Current State of Affairs and Policy Recommendations. icrc.org Publication | Across Africa, a humanitarian crisis unfolds. Spiraling conflicts, a changing climate, and restrictive government policies cast a long shadow on millions in need.

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-12). This Emerging Green Technology Could Decarbonize Buildings and Provide Good Union Jobs. inthesetimes.com

Rhoda Wilson (2024-01-12). Canadian government lobbies WHO to include climate change in the definition of a pandemic emergency. expose-news.com According to the Canadian government, the World Health Organisation's "new instrument" to control populations in the event of an infectious disease should be expanded so it is an "all-hazards approach." As part …

Robert Hunziker (2024-01-12). The State of Capitalism's Climate System. counterpunch.org Three years ago, 15,000 scientists declared a climate emergency by signing onto a State of the Climate Report. That signing led to annual updates, for example, the most recent version: The 2023 State of the Climate Report: Entering Uncharted Territory, Bioscience, vol. 73, issue 12, December 2023, Oxford Academic (aka: "The Report"). The initial paragraph

The Independent (2024-01-12). IEA: 50% more renewable capacity was added in 2023 throughout the whole world. independent.co.ug Paris, France | THE INDEPENDENT | The world's capacity to generate renewable electricity is expanding faster than at any time in the last three decades, giving it a real chance of achieving the goal of tripling global capacity by 2030 that governments set at the COP28 climate change conference last month, the IEA says in a new …

Amy Goodman (2024-01-11). Israel's Military Assault on Gaza Is Fueling Climate Crisis. truthout.org Israel's military assault on Gaza is not just a humanitarian disaster but also generating massive amounts of planet-heating emissions and exacerbating the climate crisis. The carbon emissions from Israel's bombs, tanks, fighter jets and other military activity in the first two months of the war were higher than the annual carbon footprints of 20 of the world's most climate-vulnerable nations… |

Ben Gardner (2024-01-11). Growing number admit doing nothing to help climate change, data shows. thecanary.co Recent data shows growing inaction towards acting on climate change by people in England and Wales over the last three years. | Climate crisis: less people making lifestyle changes: | In three Office for National Statistics (ONS) surveys, the number of people who said they have made no lifestyle changes to help tackle climate change has increased from 19% in October 2021, to 23% in July 2022, to 28% in November 2023. | The surveys also asked respondents why they had not made any changes to their lifestyle, with the belief that their changes will have no effect becoming the most common reason, increasing f…

Democracy Now! (2024-01-11). Democracy Now! 2024-01-11 Thursday. democracynow.org Headlines for January 11, 2024; "Nowhere Is Safe in Gaza": South Africa Lays Out Genocide Case vs. Israel at World Court in The Hague; Palestinian Genocide Scholar & South African Lawyer on "Extreme Urgency" of World Court Case; Gaza War Fuels Climate Crisis: "Massive" Carbon Emissions from Israeli Bombing | Headlines for January 11, 2024; "Nowhere Is Safe in Gaza": South Africa Lays Out Genocide Case vs. Israel at World Court in The Hague; Palestinian Genocide Scholar & South African Lawyer on "Extreme Urgency" of World Court Case; Gaza War Fuels Climate…

Eric Worrall (2024-01-11). Tucker Carlson / Dr Willie Soon Climate Change Interview. wattsupwiththat.com Dr. Willie Soon covers possible abiotic sources for hydrocarbons, the role of the sun in climate change, the importance of independence, and his one time friend Dr. Michael Mann.

Adam Fishbein (2024-01-12). The IMF Must End Its Hypocrisy on Climate. cepr.net Inter Press Service See article on original site The world faces the existential threat of a climate change crisis, and it is becoming increasingly clear that the latest UN climate summit, COP28 — hosted as it was by the CEO of one of the world's largest oil companies, and filled with a record number of …

Rhoda Wilson (2024-01-12). Canadian government lobbies WHO to include climate change in the definition of a pandemic emergency. expose-news.com According to the Canadian government, the World Health Organisation's "new instrument" to control populations in the event of an infectious disease outbreak should be expanded so it is an "all-hazards approach." As …

Alexandra Jacobo (2024-01-11). Congressional Democrats rally against Biden-approved Willow Project in Alaska. nationofchange.org As the legal challenges continue, the fate of the Willow Project remains a pivotal issue at the intersection of climate policy, Indigenous rights, and U.S. energy strategy.

Rhoda Wilson (2024-01-11). Irish climate expert Professor Ray Bates dies but his voice lives on. expose-news.com Last weekend, on 6 January 2024, Professor Ray Bates died peacefully in the tender care of Blackrock Hospice in Dublin, Ireland, aged 83. For many years, he spoke against unscientific climate alarmism. …

Roselena Ramirez (2024-01-11). Accelerated Glacier Melting in Alaska Signals Alarming Climate Change. america.cgtn.com Environmental scientists say the good news about Climate Change is that most people now agree and believe it's happening. The bad news is that the climate is changing faster than initially feared thirty years ago. In Alaska, melting the Mendenhall Glacier has long been an important indicator of climate change. And today, the glacier is melting faster than ever. Mike Kirsch reports from Juneau, Alaska.

Roselena Ramirez (2024-01-11). Peruvian Andes Drought Causes Severe Damage to Essential Crop Harvests. america.cgtn.com The harvests of crucial crops like potatoes and corn in Peru have taken a severe hit due to a drought in the Peruvian Andes. Scientists have linked this situation to the El Niño weather and climate change. According to Dan Collyns, Junin, a mountainous region in Peru, is one of the worst affected areas.

Roselena Ramirez (2024-01-11). Vanishing Wetlands: The Impact of Climate Change on Southern Louisiana's Ecosystem. america.cgtn.com Southern Louisiana is known to have one of the most vulnerable ecosystems in North America. Due to climate change, the coastal wetlands vanish into the Gulf of Mexico. John Zarrella has reported on why and how this is happening in Louisiana.

Staff (2024-01-11). Gaza War Fuels Climate Crisis: "Massive" Carbon Emissions from Israeli Bombing. democracynow.org Israel's military assault on Gaza is not just a humanitarian disaster but also generating massive amounts of planet-heating emissions and exacerbating the climate crisis. The carbon emissions from Israel's bombs, tanks, fighter jets and other military activity in the first two months of the war were higher than the annual carbon footprints of 20 of the world's most climate-vulnerable nations, according to researchers in the United States and United Kingdom. That is "a really conservative estimate," says Guardian reporter Nina Lakhani, who reported on the new study. We also speak with…

Democracy Now! (2024-01-11). Democracy Now! 2024-01-11 Thursday. democracynow.org Headlines for January 11, 2024; "Nowhere Is Safe in Gaza": South Africa Lays Out Genocide Case vs. Israel at World Court in The Hague; Palestinian Genocide Scholar & South African Lawyer on "Extreme Urgency" of World Court Case; Gaza War Fuels Climate Crisis: "Massive" Carbon Emissions from Israeli Bombing | Headlines for January 11, 2024; "Nowhere Is Safe in Gaza": South Africa Lays Out Genocide Case vs. Israel at World Court in The Hague; Palestinian Genocide Scholar & South African Lawyer on "Extreme Urgency" of World Court Case; Gaza War Fuels Climate…

John Berger (2024-01-12). How one North Dakota farmer saved his farm and livelihood using carbon-friendly farming methods. counterpunch.org What if there were a way to safely pull billions of tons of carbon out of the atmosphere to substantially reduce or even eliminate global warming? What if this approach costs relatively little and could be used around the world? What if it also put billions of dollars in cash into the hands of countless

ecns.cn (2024-01-11). Warming threatening penguins in Antarctica. ecns.cn Global warming may be having an impact on the populations of two penguin species in Antarctica, a Chinese scientist on the southernmost continent said.

Joshua Frank (2024-01-12). Israel's Relentless War on Gaza's Environment. counterpunch.org On a picturesque beach in central Gaza, a mile north of the now-flattened Al-Shati refugee camp, long black pipes snake through hills of white sand before disappearing underground. An image released by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shows dozens of soldiers laying pipelines and what appear to be mobile pumping stations that are to take water from

newarab (2024-01-12). EU to debate sending naval mission to Red Sea. newarab.com EU countries will discuss next week a plan to set up a The proposal — in the pipeline in Brussels for several weeks — was mooted before US and British forces struck rebel-held Yemen early on…

The Independent (2024-01-12). Defence Ministry seeks Shs2.5 billion for EACOP security. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government is seeking Shs2.5 billion to deploy the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) to secure the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). This was revealed by the Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, Hon. Vincent Ssempijja who appeared before the Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs on Thursday, 11 January …

Andy Kroll (2024-01-11). The Killing of Gaza's Environment. tomdispatch.com On a picturesque beach in central Gaza, a mile north of the now-flattened Al-Shati refugee camp, long black pipes snake through hills of white sand before disappearing underground. An image released by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shows dozens of soldiers laying pipelines and what appear to be mobile pumping stations that are to take water from the Mediterranean Sea and hose it into underground tunnels. The plan, according to various reports, is to flood the vast network of underground shafts and tunnels Hamas has reportedly built and used to carry out its operations. "I won't talk about specifics, but they in…

Dave DeCamp (2024-01-11). Poland Resists Cooperation With Nord Stream Sabotage Investigation. news.antiwar.com Poland has resisted efforts to investigate the 2022 bombings of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that connect Russia and Germany, raising suspicion that the Polish government could have had knowledge of the attack, The Wall Street Journal reported. The leading theory among Western officials is that Ukraine was behind the blast and that it …

Joshua Frank (2024-01-12). Making Gaza Unliveable. counterpunch.org On a picturesque beach in central Gaza, a mile north of the now-flattened Al-Shati refugee camp, long black pipes snake through hills of white sand before disappearing underground. An image released by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shows dozens of soldiers laying pipelines and what appear to be mobile pumping stations that are to take water from

albawaba (2024-01-12). Bayern Munich vs Hoffenheim predicted lineups – Bundesliga 2023-24. albawaba.com Bundesliga action returns after the end of the winter break when Bayern Munich welcome Hoffenheim to the Allianz Arena on Friday evening.Match date: Friday, 12 January | Kick-off time: 19: 30 (GMT) | Venue: Allianz ArenaBayern Munich vs Hoffenheim probable lineups: Bayern possible XlManager: Thomas TuchelManuel Neuer; Konrad Laimer, Matthijs De Ligt, Dayot Upamecano, Alphonso Davies; Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka; Kingsley Coman, Jamal Musiala, Leroy Sane; Harry Kane.Hoffenheim possible XlManager: Pellegrino MatarazzoOliver Baumann; Ozan Kabak, John Anthony Brooks, Kevin Vogt; Anton Stach; Pavel Kaderabek,…

ecns.cn (2024-01-10). Study finds Gigantopithecus blacki extinct 295,000 to 215,000 years ago after failure to adapt to environmental changes. ecns.cn Chinese, Australian and U.S. researchers have revealed more about the extinction of the Gigantopithecus blacki great ape in their latest joint study, which was published in Nature on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2024-01-11). Study finds Gigantopithecus blacki extinct 295,000 to 215,000 years ago after failure to adapt to environmental changes. ecns.cn Chinese, Australian and U.S. researchers have revealed more about the extinction of the Gigantopithecus blacki great ape in their latest joint study, which was published in Nature on Thursday.

Eve Ottenberg (2024-01-12). Nuclear Power: The Thousand Year-Plus Albatross Around Humanity's Neck. counterpunch.org

Eve Ottenberg (2024-01-12). Nuclear Power: The Thousand Year-Plus Albatross Around Humanity's Neck. counterpunch.org

EcoWaste Coalition (2024-01-11). EcoWaste Coalition Bares New List of 31 Lead-Containing Spray Paints. pressenza.com 11 January 2024, Quezon City. With the start of the New Year, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition again reminded consumers to steer clear of aerosol paints containing lead, a hazardous chemical banned in the manufacture of paints and similar surface coatings to protect human health and the environment. | The reminder was prompted by the group's discovery of 31 more spray paint products representing 12 brands, which have been verified to contain lead above the legal limit of 90 parts per million (ppm). | Before 2023 ended, the group submitted 31 bright-colored paint products to SGS, a global testing compa…

Gabisile (2024-01-12). 2 000 new waste management job opportunities in Mbombela. sanews.gov.za 2 000 new waste management job opportunities in Mbombela | The Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Makhotso Sotyu, has launched the Cleaning and Greening Programme for the City of Mbombela with 2 000 new job opportunities in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga. | Delivering the keynote address on Thursday, the Deputy Minister explained how the programme tackles poverty and unemployment while ensuring that the environment is clean and protected. | According to the department, illegal dumping and littering are some of the most common problems in South Africa that affect all municipalities, irrespective…

Roselena Ramirez (2024-01-11). The Plastic Pollution Paradox in Panama: A Small Country with a Big Waste Problem. america.cgtn.com Despite being one of the smallest countries in the Americas, Panama is one of the largest producers of plastic waste. The capital city produces over 34,000 tons of waste every month, but only about 5% is recycled. Amanda Guerra's report highlights that much plastic waste is in rivers and drains.