Editor (2024-06-23). Climate Activists Blockade Citigroup's Doors with Model Pipeline and Protest Bank's Ties to Israel. scheerpost.com

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch. (2024-06-23). Hawaii To Decarbonize Transportation In Youth Climate Change Settlement. popularresistance.org On Thursday, Hawaii agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by 13 young people alleging the state had violated their constitutional rights with infrastructure that adds to greenhouse (GHG) emissions, exacerbating climate change. | In the settlement, the state agreed to decarbonize its transportation system by 2045. | At a news conference, Governor of Hawaii Josh Green, a Democrat, called the settlement "groundbreaking," reported Reuters. | "We're addressing the impacts of climate change today, and needless to say, this is a priority because we know now that climate change is here," Green said, as Reuters reported. "It…

Keerti Gopal, Scheer Post. (2024-06-23). Climate Activists Blockade Citigroup's Doors With Model Pipeline. popularresistance.org New York—Tensions were high outside of Citigroup's global headquarters on Friday morning as climate activists blockaded the doors for an hour and hundreds of employees waited in the plaza to get to work. | The demonstration marked the end of the second week of the "Summer of Heat on Wall Street," a sustained, direct-action campaign targeting financial institutions, with a particular emphasis on Citi for its robust financing of fossil fuel projects, despite stated commitments to a clean energy transition. According to the Banking on Climate Chaos report from the Rainforest Action Network, an advocacy group,…

EcoWatch (2024-06-23). Four Out of Five People Want Increased Climate Action, UN Poll Says. pressenza.com According to a new global survey of 75,000 people — By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes | The poll, conducted by the

Staff (2024-06-23). Rich Nation Hypocrisy Accelerating Global Heating. defenddemocracy.press By Jomo Kwame Sundaram KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 24 2024 (IPS) — Rich nations' climate hypocrisy is accelerating global heating, pushing the planet closer to irreversible catastrophe, with its worst consequences borne by the poorest, both countries and peoples. Climate injusticeWhile official and other discourses acknowledge or even invoke the need for collective responsibility, the disparity …

Tripurdaman Singh (2024-06-23). FO ∞ Talks: Make Sense of India's Big, Young Democracy. fairobserver.com Indians believe strongly in the robustness of their democracy, but the recent political climate has been tense and volatile. Both India's political system and its constitution make it somewhat unique among democracies. Amidst accusations of authoritarian tendencies and democratic backsliding, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attempts to carry out his policy agendas to improve India's place…

The Canary. (2024-06-17). Lloyds Of London Gets An Early Father's Day Present. popularresistance.org 'Super Dad', supported by Mothers Rise Up — a group of concerned mums who campaign for action on climate breakdown — delivered a giant Father's Day card and poem to Lloyd's of London on Thursday 13 June as a gift to CEO John Neal in time for Father's Day this weekend. It was over the insurance giant's complicity in the climate crisis due to its huge fossil fuels underwriting. | Accompanied by a group of brightly dressed mini superhero children in capes, and mums, Super Dad presented the card and gift to Lloyd's of London: | The card asks John Neal if he will be a climate hero and a super dad… or a c…

ecns.cn (2024-06-17). Heat waves have intensified in recent decades. ecns.cn China is experiencing more frequent and intense heat waves due to global warming, which are affecting broad regions across the country, according to a senior meteorologist.

ecns.cn (2024-06-17). Unity a big winner in climate change fight. ecns.cn Despite strained national relations, U.S. and Chinese cities are forging strong partnerships in the fight against climate change, highlighting inspiring instances of joint work at the subnational level.

Staff (2024-06-17). FEMA Urged to Fund Disaster Response for Extreme Heat, Wildfire Smoke. commondreams.org A multistate coalition of environmental, labor and health groups urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency today to unlock crucial disaster relief funding for extreme heat and wildfire smoke, both of which are not recognized by FEMA as major disasters. "It's urgent that FEMA treats intensifying heat waves and wildfire smoke as the major climate disasters …

Dr. Rudolph Kalveks (2024-06-17). The 'Climate Emergency' Is a Myth, Says Nobel Prize Winner John Clauser. Here's Why He's Right. globalresearch.ca

Hannah Davenport (2024-06-17). 'The sums don't add up': IFS rubbishes the maths behind Reform UK's 'problematic' pledges. leftfootforward.org Pledges made in Reform UK's election 'contract' today have been ripped to shreds, whether that's over the unspecified welfare savings, vastly inflated figures or Liz Truss style tax cuts. | Nigel Farage announced the party's general election vision for Britain, which includes tax cuts costing nearly £90bn per year and spending increases of £50bn per year. | Among the Reform promises are; a vow to leave the European Convention on Human Rights, scrapping the UK's environmental goals, freezing 'non-essential' immigration, cut back 'office waste' in the NHS to spend more on frontline services and prom…

Emily Sanders (2024-06-17). Big Oil's Plan To Criminalize Pipeline Protests. levernews.com

_____ (2024-06-17). Fake Climate Solutions Spread Across Latin America. transcend.org 14 Jun 2024 – Government and private initiatives and programmes to address the climate crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean are in fact a vast array of fake solutions, according to a new regional map made by environmental organisations.

Sophia Schmidt (2024-06-17). Philly home repair program seen as climate resilience tool gets its first city funding. whyy.org

Guest Blogger (2024-06-17). Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #602. wattsupwiththat.com "And it is of paramount importance, in order to make progress, that we recognize this ignorance and this doubt. Because we have the doubt, we then propose looking in new directions for new ideas. The rate of the development of science is not the rate at which you make observations alone but, much more important, the rate at which you create new things to test." — Richard Feynman, The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist (1998)…

Eric Worrall (2024-06-17). Extraordinary, Unexpected, Unnoticeable — Climate Scientists Panic about 1.5C Breach. wattsupwiththat.com Some places are warmer than usual, some places are colder than usual. Did anyone else notice the end of the world?

Zoà´ ReadMaria Pulcinella (2024-06-17). The Philly area's first heat wave of the summer is here. Here's what to know. whyy.org This story is part of the From the Poconos to the Jersey Shore to the mouth of the Delaware Bay, what do you want to know about climate change? What would you like us to cover?
| The Philadelphia area is expected to reach record high temperatures this week. WHYY News explains what you need to know to stay safe.