Climate Justice Street Mural Arts Project (2024-05-09). Saturday 5/11: VIGIL for Shireen Abu Akleh & All Journalists Killed in Palestine. indybay.org Ferry Building (Harry Bridges Plaza), San Francisco…

National Day of Forest-Climate Action (2024-05-09). Tuesday 5/28: National Day of Forest-Climate Action. indybay.org Multiple Locations…

latintimes (2024-05-09). 2023 'Year Of Record Climatic Hazards' In Latin America: UN. latintimes.com Latin America and the Caribbean had their warmest year on record in 2023 as a "double-whammy" of El Nino and climate change caused major weather calamities, the World Meteorological Organization said Wednesday.

EcoWaste Coalition (2024-05-09). EcoWaste Coalition: Over 20 Stores Sell Mercury Cosmetics in Pasay City. pressenza.com 9 May 2024, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition denounced the rampant sale in Pasay City of imported skin-whitening products laden with mercury as if such act is within the bounds of law. | The group revealed the unlawful act after identifying over 20 retail stores that sell one or more brands of cosmetics adulterated with mercury, a highly toxic chemical not allowed as an ingredient in cosmetics such as skin whiteners. | Mercury and its compounds are included in Annex II of the ASEAN Cosmetic Directive, which enumerates the substances that must not form part of the composition of cosmetic…

teleSUR (2024-05-09). April Breaks Global Heat Record: Copernicus Agency. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said that year 2024 has seen the warmest April ever recorded globally. This April also marked the 11th month in a row that was the hottest on record. | RELATED: | The average global surface air temperature hit 15.03 degrees Celsius last month, 0.67 degrees Celsius above the 1991 to 2020 April average, and 0.14 degrees Celsius higher than the previous r…

Khushboo Razdan (2024-05-09). New US and China climate envoys, seeking show of progress, meet for first time in Washington. scmp.com Bilateral working group sessions meant to build on agreements reached last year and restore top-level engagement as pledged at Xi-Biden summit.

Francis Annagu (2024-05-09). Fishing industry facing pressure from climate crisis. independentaustralia.net

Arjun Singh (2024-05-09). What A Fracking CEO's Text Messages Tell Us About Inflation. levernews.com

Fernanda Canofre (2024-05-09). Rains, destruction and deaths in the south of Brazil demand a new term to define a climate catastrophe. globalvoices.org

publicbooks (2024-05-09). Fallout as a Process: Ryo Morimoto on Fukushima. publicbooks.org "That's what my book is really trying to get at: What are the things that we have missed as a result of confronting our own fear of the invisible?"

Sydney Allen (2024-05-09). Heatwave highlights climate vulnerabilities in Southeast Asia. globalvoices.org

Raúl Rodríguez (2024-05-09). Real Madrid remonta a lo grande y disputará título de Champions. radiohc.cu La Habana, 9 may (PL).- El Real Madrid apeló a la estirpe de los grandes para remontar ante el Bayern Múnich y derrotarlo por 2-1 en la vuelta de las semifinales de la Liga de Campeones del fútbol europeo.

CADTM International (2024-05-09). The CADTM Denounces the Lack of Action on Climate Change and the Neoliberal Approach of the Bretton Woods Institutions. cadtm.org

Staff (2024-05-07). Headlines for May 7, 2024. democracynow.org Israel Begins Ground Invasion of Rafah After Hamas Agrees to Ceasefire, Israel Used U.S. Weapons in Lebanon Attack That Killed 7 Health Workers, Students Continue Gaza Solidarity Protests, Defying Arrests, Suspensions, Harvard and MIT Students Defy Deadlines for Ending Protests, Receive Faculty Support, SUNY Purchase Agrees to Student Demands; Columbia Cancels Commencement Ceremony, Gaza Solidarity Encampments Form in Copenhagen, Barcelona; French High Schoolers Join Movement, Belgian Police Arrest 132 Climate Activists During Act of Peaceful Civil Disobedience, Bomb Attacks on IDP Camps In Democratic Republic of…

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2024-05-07). Enough Is Enough: Farmers Demand A Voice In Our Food System. popularresistance.org As Congress begins the process of putting the next farm bill together, a coalition of farmers with Farm Action Fund has organized a tour to demand a food system that centers the needs of smaller farmers and reins in Big Ag. Clearing the FOG speaks with Christian Lovell, a cattle farmer from Illinois and the Senior Director of Programs for Farm Action Fund, about the challenges for small and medium farms in our monopolized food system, the connections between agriculture and the environment, climate crisis and local economies, and what people can do to build a better system.

Luis Linares Petrov (2024-05-07). US-China to hold talks on climate change. plenglish.com Washington, May 7 (Prensa Latina) China's special envoy for climate change, Liu Zhenmin, will participate in a bilateral meeting in the United States to follow up on the climate agreements between Washington and Beijing.

Climate Justice Media (2024-05-07). "KAYAKTIVISTS" Paddle Against Chevron. indybay.org Kayaks confront oil tankers…

John Malkin (2024-05-07). "Arcadia" – Interview with Director Chloe Xtina on Plans to Film "Arcadia" in Santa Cruz. indybay.org Chloe Xtina is a Sundance Ignite x Adobe fellow and she'll be shooting her third short film in Santa Cruz in mid-May. "Arcadia" is the story of a young woman's "sexual awakening infused with the precarity of climate collapse."

drevol (2024-05-07). Message on World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day 2024. icrc.org Amid armed conflicts and violence, disasters, climate-related crises, epidemics, food insecurity and mass displacements in some of the world's most vulnerable situations, our commitment to helping others remains strong. In these challenging times, the Red Cross and Red Crescent emblems we wear are powerful symbols promising protection to people in need. Their universal recognition is crucial to help protect volunteers and staff worldwide as they carry out their life-saving work. Upholding neutral and impartial humanitarian action is paramount and allows our teams to access the most remote, at-risk communitie…

EcoWaste Coalition (2024-05-07). EcoWaste Coalition: 7 More Paints from China and Thailand Failed Laboratory Tests for Lead Content. pressenza.com 7 May 2024, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition today announced that seven more imported paint products failed laboratory tests for lead content and should therefore be withdrawn from the market at once. | Based on the analyses carried out by SGS, a global testing company, seven products submitted by the EcoWaste Coalition last April exceeded the 90 parts per million (ppm) limit for lead in paint as specified under the DENR-issued Chemical Control Order (CCO) for lead and its compounds. Laboratory tests confirm lead in excess of 90 parts per million (ppm) on these seven imported paints | Acc…

ecns.cn (2024-05-07). Chinese, U.S. climate officials to meet. ecns.cn Liu Zhenmin will hold talks with John Podesta, senior adviser to United States president for international climate policy, in the U.S. from Tuesday to May 16.

ecns.cn (2024-05-07). TEPCO discharges more Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water despite criticisms. ecns.cn Despite protests and criticisms, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced on May 7 that it has completed the fifth round of discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean.

Jason Hickel (2024-05-07). Jason Hickel: Climate, energy and natural resources. links.org.au Jason Hickel — Ecological breakdown is being driven by the capitalist economic system, and — like capitalism itself — is strongly characterized by colonial dynamics.

CADTM International (2024-05-07). The CADTM Denounces the Lack of Action on Climate Change and the Neoliberal Approach of the Bretton Woods Institutions. cadtm.org