Independent Media Institute (2024-01-05). The Nuclear Energy Dilemma: Climate Savior or Existential Threat? pressenza.com Nuclear power has promise and peril, posing many challenging questions for environmentalists. By Leslie Alan Horvitz With the planet teetering on the brink of climate disaster and the goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 rapidly slipping away, the need for alternatives to…

ecns.cn (2024-01-04). Xi's efforts in protecting Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. ecns.cn The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as the "Roof of the world," has a profound influence on the global climate. President Xi Jinping has shown deep concern for the ecological and environment protection of the plateau. Over the years, he has often inspected Gansu, Qinghai provinces and the Tibet Autonomous Region, outlining a clear vision to develop the plateau into an international ecological civilization.

Tom Engelhardt (2024-01-05). The Ultimate Twosome, Nukes and Climate Change in 2024. counterpunch.org I begin my first piece of 2024 this way: "Honestly, what strange creatures we are. Nothing stops us when it comes to destruction, does it? (And I'm not even thinking about the utter, ongoing devastation of Gaza.) "I mean, give us credit as the new year begins. Perhaps the most remarkable thing about humanity isn't

Paul Street (2024-01-05). Biden's Next Big Imperialist Climate Fail. counterpunch.org Who is the New York Times trying to kid with its recent news story titled "A Natural Gas Project is Biden's Next Big Climate Test"? The project in question, called "CP2," is a proposed $10 billion natural liquified gas export terminal that Venture Global wants to build on the Louisiana Gulf Coast. It cannot go forward until

Robert Hunziker (2024-01-05). Antarctica Under Siege and XR Takes a Radical Turn. counterpunch.org Antarctica has finally succumbed to rapid climate change. This past year (2023) brought changes to the icy continent that left climate scientists feeling a "punch in the gut." (Source: Red Alert in Antarctica: The Year Rapid Dramatic Change Hit Climate Scientists Like a "Punch in the Guts," The Guardian, December 30, 3023) Antarctic sea ice

350.org (2024-01-05). Wednesday 1/10: Divest from Militarism, Invest in Life! Talk on War & Climate Change w/ 350.org. indybay.org Webinar via Zoom: 350org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_scIN8ds5QS2W4kZJrwqZ6g#/registration…

Editor (2024-01-04). In 2023, Organized Labor Became Core to the Climate Movement. scheerpost.com

Jake Bolster, New Lines Magazine. (2024-01-04). The Quest To Make Big Oil Pay For Climate Change. popularresistance.org Three years before the Marshall Fire, Boulder and San Miguel counties had filed a lawsuit seeking damages from the oil companies Exxon and Suncor by claiming much the same thing. Changes in the climate — driven, at least in part, by the burning of Exxon and Suncor's fossil fuels — have harmed their citizens and damaged their infrastructure, economies and natural environment, entitling them to compensation from the oil companies for those damages, the two counties claim. | Together, Boulder and San Miguel are part of a small but growing number of cities, states and counties seeking to hold fossil fuel…

David Hansard (2024-01-04). BBC Claims Climate Change is Behind Increased Lightning Deaths in Bangladesh — But It's Utter Nonsense. dailysceptic.org The BBC's latest piece of climate change misinformation is to claim that global warming is behind a rise in lightning deaths in Bangladesh. But it's utter nonsense, says David Hansard.

350.org (2024-01-04). Wednesday 1/10: Divest from Militarism, Invest in Life! Talk on War & Climate Change w/ 350.org. indybay.org Webinar via Zoom: 350org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_scIN8ds5QS2W4kZJrwqZ6g#/registration…

noemail (2024-01-04). MCD to launch modified module of Sahbhagita Scheme to provide incentive to RWAs. devdiscourse.com The Municipal Corporation of Delhi will launch a modified module of the Sahbhagita Scheme on January 6, allowing incentives to resident welfare associations and group housing societies that meet tax collection and waste management targets, according to an official statement on Thursday.