Schuyler Mitchell (2024-08-14). Activists Are Bringing the Heat to the Banks Funding Climate Crisis. truthout.org As the world broils under month after month of record-shattering temperatures, thousands of activists are engaging in a new campaign of civil disobedience to make fossil fuel's biggest funders feel the heat. Backed by a coalition of more than 80 climate and racial justice groups, the "Summer of Heat" is convening every day on Wall Street all summer to take direct action against the financial… |

Georg Diez (2024-08-14). Europe's left: the time for tactics is over. indybay.org Across Europe, we are experiencing a crisis of democracy; a systemic crisis that cannot be solved with the old structures and offers, in terms of personnel and programmatic. This is an opportunity for the left to put forward candidates like Li Andersson in Finland or Dadgostar in Sweden: both formulate a clear new policy that prioritizes social justice combined with climate justice.

tvbrics (2024-08-14). Ethiopia launches programme to combat climate change. tvbrics.com The initiative covers more than 32 million hectares, of which 28 million hectares are located in highland regions…

APR editor (2024-08-14). From Papua to Gaza, military occupation leads to 'ecocide' — climate catastrophe. asiapacificreport.nz Environmental destruction is not an unintended side effect, but a primary objective in colonial wars of occupation. By David Whyte and Samira Homerang Saunders Many in the international community are finally coming to accept that the earth's ecosystem can no longer bear the weight of military occupation. Most have reached this inevitable conclusion, clearly articulated in the…

Naveena Sadasivam (2024-08-14). The American West's megafires are silencing birds. grist.org Wildfire smoke, which contains harmful particulate matter and toxic gases, is widely understood to be an acute threat to human health. As wildfires become more frequent and intense with worsening climate change, this knowledge has only become more widespread. This is particularly true for North Americans who have recently lived through some of the most devastating wildfire seasons in living memory — as in 2020, for example, when so much smoke blanketed the California Bay Area that it blocked out the sun and transformed the midday sky into a dull shade of orange. | But wildfire smoke harms so much more th…

Guest Blogger (2024-08-14). NY Times Claims Vanilla Is 'Disappearing' Due to Climate Change — As Production Doubles. wattsupwiththat.com In reality, objective data show vanilla production has doubled since the year 2000 and the current market is saturated with oversupply.

Susan Phillips (2024-08-14). Climate change takes center stage at Philadelphia Gas Commission meeting. whyy.org

Hugo GABBERO (2024-08-14). COP29: Call to stop hosting Conference of Parties (COP) annual climate summits in authoritarian countries. fidh.org

tn.ai (2024-08-14). UN-Organized Art Exhibition Raises Awareness on Global Environmental Challenges. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An art exhibition in Tehran highlights global environmental challenges, focuses on the interconnected issues of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste.

Agence France-Presse (2024-08-14). Rainbow flags burned, Pride marches disrupted: Canadian LGBTQ community faces 'climate of hate'. scmp.com Violent and homophobic threats on the rise in Canada, one of the first countries in the world to legalise same-sex marriage.

Dave DeCamp (2024-08-14). Germany Issues Arrest Warrant for Ukrainian Over Nord Stream Bombing. news.antiwar.com German prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for a Ukrainian man they believe was involved in the sabotage of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines, which connect Russia and Germany. The man, who was identified by the media as 44-year-old Volodymyr Zhuravlov, is a professional diver who was last seen in Poland, but Polish prosecutors …

Staff (2024-08-14). Headlines for August 14, 2024. democracynow.org Israel Widens Evacuation Orders for Khan Younis Amid Deadly Strikes on Gaza and West Bank, U.N. Security Council Holds Emergency Meeting After Israeli Attack on Gaza School Kills 100+, Biden Administration Approves $20 Billion in Additional Weapons Sales to Israel, Sudan Peace Negotiations Open Without Participation of Sudan's Army, Second Russian Region Declares State of Emergency as Ukrainian Forces Push Deeper into Russia, Germany Seeks Arrest of Ukrainian Diving Expert for Bombing Nord Stream Pipeline, Bangladesh Opens Murder Probe into Ousted PM Sheikh Hasina, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin Sacke…

aljazeera (2024-08-14). Germany seeks arrest of Ukrainian diver for Nord Stream sabotage. aljazeera.com Ukrainian diving instructor Volodymyr Z is accused of being part of a team that blew up the gas pipelines.

Finbarr Bermingham (2024-08-14). Estonian defence minister doubts China's claim pipeline damage was accidental. scmp.com 'I find it difficult to understand how a ship's captain could fail to notice its anchor had been dragging along the seabed,' Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur says of October incident.

The Independent (2024-08-14). KITEEZI TRAGEDY: Police says more people still trapped in the waste mass. independent.co.ug KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | The Ugandan police said Tuesday there are still more people trapped under the waste mass, following the landslide of the Kiteezi landfill in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, Saturday morning. Patrick Onyango, spokesperson for the Kampala Metropolitan Police, told Xinhua by telephone that police are not yet sure how many …

Jenny Ufer, Resilience. (2024-08-11). Towards A Degrowth Border Perspective. popularresistance.org What do we do with our borders? The right-wing shift in the European political climate in recent years has meant a higher degree of securitisation. At the same time, some are calling for border controls to be reduced or even abolished. Perhaps the answer lies in a change of perspective; a new outlook free from the shackles of capitalism and inspired by degrowth. | Recent national and European elections have marked a shift to the right in European politics. While the far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally, RN) failed to win a majority in France's parliamentary election, it will still be the most represen…

Alan Waring (2024-08-11). Is the Search for Justice Futile in Today's Tyrannical Climate? fairobserver.com We live in an era of increasing exposure to harmful threats and risks to individuals, groups, societies, nations and humankind. As the 2024 World Economic Forum Global Risks Report narrates, many of these hazards, whether natural or manmade, are made worse by the failure of public and private authorities to act decisively and appropriately. Many…

Charles Rotter (2024-08-11). The Bill Walton Show | CO2 The Miracle Molecules with Dr Will Happer and Greg Wrightstone. wattsupwiththat.com This video and many others is available for viewing in our ClimateTV section. | tinyurl.com/yph25ups…

Eric Worrall (2024-08-11). Study: "Insidious" Repetition of Climate Skeptic Claims Creates Doubt. wattsupwiththat.com "A single repetition is enough to nudge recipients towards acceptance of the repeated claim, even when their attitudes are aligned with climate science"

Annette M David, Collin Tukuitonga, George Alleyne, T Alafia Samuels, Jennifer Sargent, Martyna Hogendorf, Bente Mikkelsen (2024-08-10). Correspondence] Small island developing states: standing together on NCDs and mental health. thelancet.com The 2024 Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Declaration1 lays out development priorities for SIDS nations for the next decade. The document calls for strengthening SIDS health systems through integrating non-communicable disease (NCD) and mental health services into universal health coverage and primary health-care frameworks, as well as enhancing health literacy, creating climate resilience, and building and retaining a skilled health workforce.

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead (2024-08-10). Mediterranean heatwave would not have occurred without human-induced climate change, say climate scientists. leftfootforward.org This summer's heatwave in southern Europe follows 13 consecutive months of extreme global heat, with each month setting a new record for the hottest ever recorded.

Eric Worrall (2024-08-10). WEF: Climate Change Causes Pakistani Men to Beat up Their Wives. wattsupwiththat.com Apparently the problem is not that some Pakistani men are cowardly wife beaters, the problem is climate change.

Guest Blogger (2024-08-10). Anemia Would Rise in Climate Obsessed's Meatless Dystopia. wattsupwiththat.com Iron deficiency — and the anemia it causes — remains a persistent global health issue that can only be exacerbated by a war on meat waged by climate alarmists, whose hostility to animal protein is a manifestation of an anti-human ideology.

noemail (2024-08-10). Kerala Seeks Central Aid for Climate Crisis Recovery. devdiscourse.com Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday requested financial assistance from the Central government to aid in the rehabilitation of people affected by the recent massive landslides in Wayanad. He also called for support to tackle the mounting challenges of climate change.

Guest Blogger (2024-08-10). Climate Change Weekly #515: üî• EV Dangers Daily Becoming More Evident. wattsupwiththat.com his is yet another case of climate virtue signaling crashing into reality. South Korean swimming stars decided to ditch the Olympic Village and check into the nice, air-conditioned hotels that the organizers enjoy.

EcoWaste Coalition (2024-08-10). EcoWaste Coalition Marks 5th Year of BPA Ban in Baby Feeding Bottles. pressenza.com Pushes for a Wider Ban on BPA in Food Contact Materials: | 10 August 2024, Quezon City. To mark the fifth anniversary of a progressive policy banning bisphenol A (BPA), a known endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC), in baby feeding bottles and sippy cups, the EcoWaste Coalition again lauded the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its regulatory action while it sought a broader ban on BPA in all food contact materials (FCMs). | Promulgated on August 9, 2019, the FDA through Circular No. 2019-004 banned the manufacture, importation and distribution of infant feeding bottles and sippy cups containing BPA,…

The Independent (2024-08-10). Kiteezi landfill collapse: 8, including 2 children, killed. independent.co.ug KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | At least eight people, including two children, were killed following a landslide at a garbage dump in Uganda's central district of Wakiso on Saturday. The Kampala Capital City Authority, the manager of the city waste, said the Saturday morning landslide came after torrential rains. "The Kampala Capital City Authority Landfill …

The Independent (2024-08-10). Scores feared dead, property destroyed in Kiteezi landfill collapse. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scores of people are feares dead after garbage from a section of the Kampala Capital City Authority Landfill in Kiteezi buried houses, people and livestock this morning. City authorities say that the landfill collapsed after a structural failure in waste mass. While several bodies have already been retrieved from the …