(2025-01-28). Maryland's Democratic governor proposes austerity budget for next fiscal year. wsws.org Wes Moore, the governor of Maryland, recently released his budget plan for the next fiscal year, which includes $2 billion in cuts for climate spending and other vital social programs.
(2025-01-28). We're in a worldwide lithium battery fire epidemic. expose-news.com Climate Science Coalition of America Executive Director Steve Goreham has warned against governments worldwide investing in lithium-ion batteries. "This is a worldwide epidemic," Goreham told Sky News Australia. "It's a lithium fire …
(2025-01-28). We're in a worldwide lithium battery fire epidemic. expose-news.com Climate Science Coalition of America Executive Director Steve Goreham has warned against governments worldwide investing in lithium-ion batteries. "This is a worldwide epidemic," Goreham told Sky News Australia. "It's a lithium fire …
(2025-01-28). Moving from climate doomerism to optimism through humor. grist.org 
The video's name itself might bust you up: "Face Plant: Sexy Soil Talk." Dirt isn't often considered hot. And with the face of actor Nick Offerman of Parks and Recreation buried up to his neck in soil, viewers knew this was bound to be funny. Offerman helped NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) create the comedic short last fall to draw attention to cover cropping, regenerative agriculture, and climate change. | Offerman and NRDC collaborated with Morgan Sackett, who also directed The Good Place and Parks and Recreation, on the video. Both Sackett and Offerman grew up in small towns and know the struggles…
(2025-01-28). 25 charities call on Labour to free Gaie Delap just as she's given 20 more days in prison. thecanary.co Climate protester Gaie Delap has been told that she must serve a further 20 days in prison for being "unlawfully at large" — just as 25 leading charities call on the Labour government to release her. Gaie Delap: a travesty and injustice Gaie's additional 20 days is accounted for by the days that followed Serco/EMS's …
(2025-01-28). Turning the Tide on Plastic: Philippines Joins Regional Push for Reuse Revolution. pressenza.com Philippine Reuse Consortium Launched Amid Global Push to Combat Plastic Pollution : | The launch culminates the three-day workshop and stakeholder consultations on mainstreaming reuse and refill solutions in the country. The event which was organized by Greenpeace Philippines and the Mother Earth Foundation, with the support of Plasticdiet Indonesia, GAIA Asia Pacific, and the Break Free From Plastic movement, highlights scalable local initiatives, including zero-waste sari-sari stores (small-scale convenience stores) carinderias (neighborhood eateries), and local reuse-and-refill stores such as Back-to-B…
(2025-01-28). Urgent shelter needed as Palestinians return to 'wasteland' in north Gaza. thecradle.co
(2025-01-28). Carbon Capture A Waste Of Money, Says Octopus Boss. wattsupwiththat.com But Jackson did not seem to realise the irony when he commented that it was competition rather than subsidies that should be driving the UK's energy transition. | Does he not know that subsidies for renewable energy have cost close to £100 billion already, and will continue to rise?>
(2025-01-28). Bill Gates slams Elon Musk's embrace of far-right politicians abroad as 'insane shit'. leftfootforward.org Co-founder of Microsoft and philanthropist Bill Gates has slammed Elon Musk for his embrace of far-right politicians and interference in the politics of other countries. | Musk, who Trump has appointed to co-lead the department of government efficiency and cut waste, is a keen supporter of the MAGA movement. Since his takeover of X, formerly Twitter, he has been criticised for allowing extremist content and misinformation go unchallenged. | Indeed, the tech billionaire has himself posted misinformation on his X platform and in recent weeks has repeatedly attacked the Labour Party, posting a series of false cla…
(2025-01-27). When a Forecast Flops: Post-Hoc Rationalization in Climate Science. wattsupwiththat.com For climate science to have any credibility, it needs to grapple honestly with its uncertainties—not reframe every miss as proof of an unknowable, ever-shifting reality. Until then, one can't help but see this as another chapter in the growing credibility crisis of climate forecasting.
(2025-01-27). Abolish Climate Disasters. counterpunch.org 
"Under racial capitalism, land is treated as nothing more than a natural resource to be extracted, and violence is committed against the climate and the waters," said Leah Penniman, who runs Soul Fire Farm in upstate New York and is the author of the acclaimed book Farming While Black. Penniman's words have been echoing in
(2025-01-27). The green agenda is about getting rid of as many humans as possible. strategic-culture.su For those that are attempting to fight climate change, fighting population growth is one of their number one goals. They tell us that on average each additional human produces approximately 4 tons of carbon dioxide per year. So many true believers in this agenda are convinced that reducing population growth is the most important thing that they can do for the environment.
(2025-01-27). Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #628. wattsupwiththat.com "Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything mean everything or nothing at pleasure."—Thomas Jefferson (1823)…
(2025-01-27). Trump is just getting started. What are climate activists supposed to do? grist.org 
The movement to demand action on climate change took a new turn on October 14, 2022, the day that a pair of activists in London's National Gallery tossed tomato soup at the glass in front of Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" painting. | Most people didn't like the spectacle, an attempt to grab public attention by vandalizing a celebrated work of art, but
(2025-01-27). Detroit's death spiral? nationofchange.org How Trump's climate policy could kill the U.S. auto industry.
(2025-01-27). Israel Isn't Leaving Syria: Settlement Plans Signal a Permanent Land Grab. scheerpost.com By Jessica Buxbaum / MintPressNews Israel wasted no time following the abrupt collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria. Within hours of Assad's fall on December 8, 2024, Israeli forces seized the buffer zone separating the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from the rest of Syria. They raised Israel's flag atop Mount Hermon. More than a month later, Israeli troops …