(2023-07-02). Thursday 7/6: #Climate Emergency: The People Have Solutions Teach-in w/ 350.org. indybay.org Online event…
(2023-07-02). Rishi Sunak Boasts: Oil-Funded Think Tank 'Helped Us Draft' Crackdown. popularresistance.org Rishi Sunak has confirmed that a fossil fuel-funded think tank helped to draft his government's laws targeting climate protests. | Speaking at Policy Exchange's summer party on Wednesday (28 June), the prime minister boasted that the think tank's work "helped us draft" the government's crackdown on protests, according to Politico. | OpenDemocracy reported last year that Policy Exchange's US wing, American Friends of Policy Exchange, which provides funds to the UK branch, received $30,000 (roughly £23,700) from oil and gas giant ExxonMobil in 2017. | Two years later, Policy Exchange published a report entitl…
(2023-07-02). Can there be peace in Yemen without addressing the climate crisis? peoplesdispatch.org There has been progress in the region towards ending the nine year old Saudi-led war in Yemen. However, a fact sheet jointly prepared by SIPRI, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs notes that to achieve a meaningful peace, Yemen will also need to deal with the catastrophic impact of climate change along with the repercussions of the war and conflict. The report notes that though "the causal relationship between climate change and conflict is not linear or predetermined," there are "multiple pathways through which climate change interacts with p…
(2023-07-02). Minneapolis rally against Cop City and new 3rd Precinct station for National Week of Action to Defend the Atlanta Forest. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On June 28, the Climate Justice Committee gathered with around 20 community members outside the former Minneapolis Police Department 3rd Precinct building to stand in solidarity with Atlanta Forest Defenders, who called for a national week of action to stop Cop City as intense political repression continues on the frontlines of that fight. The protest also called for a local demand: no new 3rd Precinct building in Minneapolis. | People stood at the intersection of Lake Street and Minnehaha Avenue holding signs that read "Stop Cop City," "Defend the Atlanta Forest," and "No new 3rd Precinct." Re…
(2023-07-02). Oil and Gas Lobbying Threatens California's Game-Changing Climate Bills. scheerpost.com 
(2023-07-01). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Youth Climate Activists Turn Up The Heat. levernews.com This week, we're starting with our boat-rockers: Climate Defiance, a new youth-led org that's bringing disruptive, direct action to our nation's most influential leaders and fossil fuel enablers. Read on for a look inside their movement and why it has a real shot at facilitating change. Plus, a chemical giant pays up, and the Supreme Court refrains from stripping state courts of crucial rights.Chuck Out Of Luck: On Tuesday, youth-led direct action organization Climate Defiance shut down a 2024 swing state fundraiser at the Harvard Club in New York City, headlined by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer…
(2023-07-01). The World Takes Action Together on Climate in Mid-September. dissidentvoice.org The need for unified mass demonstrations in the streets calling for urgent action on the climate emergency, with a central demand that the race and class issues involved be a top priority, is off-the-charts needed now. Fortunately, a worldwide mobilization doing just this is coming together for actions September 15-17 in New York City and …
(2023-07-01). The Other Americans: The Costs of Climate Change in Central America. progressive.org Central America could lose as much as $314 billion dollars per year by 2100 due to the effects of climate change, according to a recently published study.
(2023-07-02). Settlements With Chemical Giants Mark The Dawn Of PFAS Accountability. popularresistance.org It's been a busy June in the US District Court in Charleston, South Carolina! | Military veterans and civilians with a likelihood of occupational exposure to per-and poly fluoroalkyl substances, (PFAS) ought to understand what's been going on. | On June 2, 2023, DuPont de Nemours, Chemours, and Corteva, three major producers of PFAS, announced that they had created a $1.2 billion fund for water utilities with PFAS contamination. The settlement only covers the agencies that provide drinking water in the U.S. They'll use the money to replace pipes and install filtration systems to assure that people aren't drinking…
(2023-07-01). World Report] Widespread high mercury levels found in fish eaten in Brazil. thelancet.com Both rural and urban populations in Brazil's Amazon region are at risk from contamination linked to mining activities. Lise Alves reports from Sao Paulo.
(2023-07-02). Comicomment: Ocean is not Japan's sewer nor test ground. ecns.cn Japanese regulators began the final inspection Wednesday before the nuclear-contaminated water is released from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean.
(2023-07-01). Mick Lynch, Sharon Graham and the capitulating left. thecommunists.org The following article is reproduced from the Class Conciousness Project with thanks. ***** Another week and another exasperating capitulation by the so-called leaders of the so-called 'left'. It seems like a neverending conveyer belt of promise that always falls into the waste bin that is the Labour party. The RMT's Mick Lynch was bellowing his …