2023-09-02: News Headlines

Ellyn Lapointe, Sierra Club. (2023-09-02). In A New Climate Reality, Community May Be A Farmer's Greatest Resource. popularresistance.org The 10th of July had been a typical day at work for Caroline Hauser until she received an urgent email from the Intervale Center and its farms. They were calling for volunteers. The Intervale Center, a nonprofit farming cooperative in Burlington, Vermont, was bracing for intense rains and flooding forecasted to hit in the next 24 hours. It needed all hands on deck to harvest everything they could before disaster struck. Hauser messaged her manager to say she needed the day off. | Hauser has been a Burlington resident since 2015 and a regular volunteer at the Intervale Center since 2019. She and her husband are su…

Fridays for Future Palo Alto (2023-09-02). Friday 9/15: Global Climate Strike in Palo Alto. indybay.org Lytton Plaza | 200 University Ave | Palo Alto CA 94303…

Judith Deutsch (2023-09-02). Climate Change, Record Temperatures, and Human Fatalities. internationalviewpoint.org How many people are dying due to climate change? How does climate change cause death, and what are some of the omissions, deceptions, and confusions about fossil fuels, climate change, and mortality? | – |

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. (2023-09-02). The Climate Crisis Will End When Capitalism Ends. popularresistance.org The March to End Fossil Fuels will take place in New York City on September 17, days before the United Nations Climate Ambition Summit . Considering that July 2023 was the hottest month ever recorded on earth, the role of fossil fuel production in the climate crisis surely needs public attention and action. | But there is something highly problematic about marches and meetings that don't address two large elephants in the room: capitalism and militarism. The United States military is the world's biggest emitter of fossil fuels, having emitted 1.2 billion metric tons of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere since…

WSWS (2023-09-02). Two US academics protest ongoing political censorship of IYSSE at Sydney's Macquarie University. wsws.org "This generation of young people faces the threat of world war, the rise of fascism, the COVID pandemic, and the global climate crisis. It is imperative that students' capacity to address these questions not be arbitrarily limited in the name of administrative bookkeeping."

Amy Goodman (2023-09-01). Justice vs. Urgency Is a False Choice for Climate Action, Says GND Architect. truthout.org As the cost of the climate crisis continues to rise and climate justice groups demand more government action to halt the heating of the planet, we speak with policy expert Rhiana Gunn-Wright, one of the architects of the Green New Deal. She says the Inflation Reduction Act championed by President Biden, which is the largest climate bill in U.S. history, has many provisions that "structurally leave… |

Fight Back (2023-09-01). Climate Justice Committee rallies against major fossil fuel funder Wells Fargo. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On Wednesday, August 30, the Climate Justice Committee held a rally outside the corporate offices of Wells Fargo in downtown Minneapolis to call attention to the key role that big banks and their government allies play in funding fossil fuel projects and manufacturing the conditions for what is now the planet's hottest summer in recorded history. | The Wells Fargo offices are a sprawling complex of interconnected buildings, all loudly sporting its red and gold logo. Directly across the street looms the towering silhouette of another major financial institution, U.S. Bank, whose name adorns the T…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-09-01). Weather Warfare: "Beware the US Military's Experiments with Climatic Warfare" globalresearch.ca 'Climatic warfare' has been excluded from the agenda on climate change.

Staff (2023-09-01). Enbridge Is the Guilty Party, Not Me: Meet the Pipeline Protester Facing 5 Years for Peaceful Action. democracynow.org We speak with climate activist and water protector Mylene Vialard, whose trial for peacefully protesting the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline began this week in Minnesota. Vialard faces up to five years in prison for her 2021 protest, when she attached herself to a 25-foot bamboo tower erected to block a pumping station in Aitkin County. Vialard, who lives in Colorado, had come to Minnesota to take part in a wave of Indigenous-led acts of civil disobedience to stop the pipeline. Between December 2020 and September 2021, police in Minnesota made more than 1,000 arrests. Mylene Vialard is just the second water protector fa…

Staff (2023-09-01). Green New Deal Architect Rhiana Gunn-Wright Warns the Green Transition May Leave Black People Behind. democracynow.org As the cost of the climate crisis continues to rise and climate justice groups demand more government action to halt the heating of the planet, we speak with policy expert Rhiana Gunn-Wright, one of the architects of the Green New Deal. She says the Inflation Reduction Act championed by President Biden, which is the largest climate bill in U.S. history, has many provisions that "structurally leave out Black people." She urges a more inclusive green transition that centers the needs of communities of color. "There is an increasing sort of narrative about the tension between justice and urgency th…

sputnikglobe (2023-09-01). Wastewater Pipeline Dig Leads to Discovery of Rare Fossil 'Treasure Trove' in New Zealand. sputnikglobe.com Officials have indicated that the recent discovery is one of the richest and most diverse fauna of its age ever found in New Zealand, noting that hundreds of thousands of fossils date back to the Late Pliocene age.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-01). Tritium Found in Seawater Near Japan's Fukushima Amid Treated Radioactive Water Dump. sputnikglobe.com With unease about tank failures during natural disasters, Japan strives to secure the land where treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power station has been stored in tanks for an extended period.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-02). Japan to Allocate Extra $137Mln to Fishermen Amid China's Seafood Import Ban – Reports. sputnikglobe.com TOKYO (Sputnik) – The Japanese government intends to allocate an additional 20 billion yen ($136.8 million) to support fishermen and fisheries after China imposed a ban on imports of Japanese seafood over the release of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, Japanese media reported on Saturday.

David Bollier. (2023-09-02). Hannes Gerhardt: From Capital To Commons. popularresistance.org Gerhardt has a firm grasp of the extensive literature on Internet culture over the past fifty years — the critiques, histories, and technical controversies. What distinguishes his book from many others about the Internet is his political acuity in assessing the challenges. He offers chapters on "democratizing infrastructure" such as the electric grid and the Internet itself, as well as on how to support "design global, manufacture local" production. Unlike many techies, Gerhardt is also mindful of the limits of the natural world, so he devotes space to localism, urban waste, and agriculture as a renewable r…

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2023-08-29: News Headlines

End Fossil Fuels Coalition 500+ organizations (2023-08-28). Sunday 9/17: #Climate Emergency: March to End Fossil Fuels 2023 – NYC, Nationwide & Globally. indybay.org

Fridays for Future, partners (2023-08-28). Friday 9/15: #ClimateStrike: Nationwide & Global Strikes Against Climate Crisis. indybay.org Climate Strikes across California, nationwide & globally | Find a climate action near you: fridaysforfuture.org/action-map/map/ | Or here: fridaysforfutureusa.org/

Greg Kremenliev, Terri Moss (2023-08-28). I4C Showcases Innovative ICARE Program at World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. indybay.org Seven leaders from the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County (I4C) journeyed to Chicago last week to present a workshop at the 9th Parliament of the World's Religions (dating back to 1893). This year's gathering featured 7,000 participants from 90 countries and more than 200 faith traditions, revolving around the theme: "A Call to Conscience — Defending Freedom and Human Rights" with a focus on combating authoritarianism and the climate crisis.

Oil & Gas Action Network, more (2023-08-28). Sunday 9/17: Sacramento: Newsom and Biden: End Fossil Fuels! Climate Crisis Protest. indybay.org Old Sacramento | 1100 Front Street | Sacramento, CA 95814…

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-28). Cuts to Antarctic Division mean less climate research. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-28). Pilbara Climate Network says 'No' to Woodside's seismic testing. greenleft.org.au

Nick Cunningham, DeSmog. (2023-08-28). Portland City Government Privately Compromised With Oil Industry. popularresistance.org In the summer of 2022, it seemed that the days of an oil-by-rail facility in Portland, Oregon, were numbered. The previous year, the city had rejected a land use permit for a company called Zenith Energy, which receives crude oil shipped by rail from as far away as North Dakota. Zenith had appealed the decision, but had already suffered a string of defeats in the state. | Climate activists and community associations, who were concerned about the risks associated with oil-by-rail shipments, counted the city's rejection of the permit as a major victory, and were tantalizingly close to prevailing over the company.

Brandon Smith (2023-08-28). From COVID to Climate Change: Vehicles for Global Authoritarianism. globalresearch.ca

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-29). Cuts to Antarctic Division mean less climate research. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-29). Pilbara Climate Network says 'No' to Woodside's seismic testing. greenleft.org.au

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-29). Campaigners Sued an Oil Major For Climate Deception. Now the Company Is Preparing to Sue Them Back. desmog.com

Staff (2023-08-29). Youth climate activists inspire UN committee to declare child climate rights. thecanary.co Young people have been leading the way in the fight against climate breakdown — and now, a United Nations committee has recognised their unique rights in the face of the climate crisis and environmental degradation. On Monday 28 August, a key UN rights committee determined that all children are entitled to a clean and healthy …

Emily Sanders, DeSmog. (2023-08-28). Campaigners Sued An Oil Major; Now The Company Is Preparing To Sue Them. popularresistance.org In May, NGOs and citizens sued Italian oil giant Eni for its decades of lobbying and greenwashing to delay climate action. Barely two months later, Eni has laid the groundwork for a lawsuit of its own, alleging it has been harmed by a "massive campaign" of "serious defamatory declarations." | The move is indicative of a worldwide escalation of a legal tactic intended to cow critics into silence: SLAPPs — or strategic lawsuits against public participation. Enmeshing activists in lengthy legal proceedings can drain their time and resources — a win for the company even if it loses in court.

John Clarke, Canadian Dimension. (2023-08-28). The Changing Climate Of Class Struggle. popularresistance.org Two very different developments in the last year, each affecting the lives of workers in the United States, bring home the degree to which the impacts of climate change are redefining the nature of the class struggle. The implications that flow from this development are well worth considering. | Last August, an article in the New York Times took up the question of how intensifying heat waves were leading to deteriorating working conditions and increased health and safety risks for UPS drivers and other workers. It pointed out that since 2015 hundreds of UPS and US Postal Service, FedEx, and other delivery company…

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-28). Protest: Federal Reserve Ignoring Systemic Climate Financial Risks. popularresistance.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-28). Europe's climate movement is fractured and stuck — here is a way forward. wagingnonviolence.org

Matthew Rozsa (2023-08-28). Rising Sea Levels Will Displace Nearly a Billion People in Coming Decades. truthout.org When climatologist Dr. Twila Moon described a future of climate change-caused horrors as "baked in," she may not have intended to create a darkly apt pun for global warming. Certainly the future she laid out for sea level rise, a term for an increase in the level of the world's oceans, is a very grim one. As humans burn fossil fuels and emit so many greenhouse gases that they unnaturally overheat… |

Mark Gruenberg (2023-08-28). Sanders proposes U.S. and China cut military spending, shift funds to global warming fight. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., is proposing the United States and the People's Republic of China mutually agree to cut military spending, shifting the money to combatting global warming. Sanders made his proposal in an Op-ed in The Guardian on Aug. 21. But when he proposed a 10% cut—at least $90 billion—on July 27 during Senate …

Editor (2023-08-28). Alienation under capitalism and the conspiracy pipeline. mronline.org When class analysis is absent from discussions about systemic problems, issues like income inequality, access to resources, and power imbalances are often oversimplified or ignored.

ecns.cn (2023-08-28). Japan's move sparks furor. ecns.cn Japanese protesters are continuing to urge the government to halt the release of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean, which began on Thursday.

Jane Cutter (2023-08-28). Worldwide protests demand Japan stop dumping radioactive waste water from Fukushima power plant disaster. liberationnews.org While the Japanese government claims it is safe to release the radioactive water into the ocean, people around the world are alarmed.

Rowena Acraman (2023-08-28). Fiji: Solidarity march in Suva opposes Fukushima waste water release into Pacific. greenleft.org.au A large crowd of protesters gathered in Suva, Fiji on August 25 to march and voice their collective opposition to Japan's nuclear waste water disposal strategy, reports Rowena Acraman.

ecns.cn (2023-08-28). Water release spooks Chinese anglers, farmers. ecns.cn Japan's decision to release more than 1.3 million metric tons of radioactive wastewater into the sea has spooked Chinese consumers of seafood, threatening the livelihood of China's own fishing communities and seafood farmers.

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-28). Residents say 'no' to proposed waste-to-energy incinerator. greenleft.org.au

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