Nathan Hudson-Peacock, Lynne Jones, Gareth Morgan, Chris Newman, Honey Smith (2023-10-07). Correspondence] We need a public health campaign on climate change. thelancet.com In April, 2023, hundreds of health professionals from 26 different groups travelled to London, UK, to lobby the Department for Health and Social Care. We were watching as Dame Parveen Kumar and then Fiona Godlee took the stand to explain to the crowds why we were there: to call for a climate public health campaign.1…

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-06). Pope Francis Releases "Laudate Deum" Ahead of Global Economy and Climate Meetings. indybay.org Pope Francis urged international cooperation to tackle environmental crises, in a document released today. Laudate Deum — which in Latin means "Praise God" — is a follow-up to his 2015 Laudato Si, the most comprehensive Encyclical on climate and the environment.

Howard Lisnoff (2023-10-06). Counting the Cars and the Wars. counterpunch.org The rain from storms driven and worsened by global climate destruction left floods near the area on which I will travel today. It will be exactly 50 years since my wife Jan and I made similar trips on the New Jersey Turnpike while I waited for my discharge to be processed at Fort Dix, New

Mill Valley Seniors for Peace (2023-10-06). Friday 11/3: Mill Valley: Power Up for Climate Solutions Sidewalk Rally. indybay.org Intersection of Camino Alto and Miller Ave | Mill Valley, CA…

Mill Valley Seniors for Peace (2023-10-06). Friday 11/3: Mill Valley: Power Up for Climate Solutions Rally. indybay.org Intersection of Camino Alto and Miller Ave | Mill Valley, CA 94941…

Robert Hunziker (2023-10-06). Antarctica's Dicey Summer. dissidentvoice.org The past couple of years in Antarctica have been a rough and tumble affair of erratic climate change with record-high temperatures and totally unexpected ice shelf collapse. The continent is starting to reflect the impact of a warming planet that's just too hot for icy comfort. So, what surprises will this year's summer season bring? …

Robert Hunziker (2023-10-06). Antarctica's Dicey Summer. counterpunch.org The past couple of years in Antarctica have been a rough and tumble affair of erratic climate change with record-high temperatures and totally unexpected ice shelf collapse. The continent is starting to reflect the impact of a warming planet that's just too hot for icy comfort. So, what surprises will this year's summer season bring?

Speak Out Socialists (2023-10-06). Saturday 10/21: Capitalism and the Climate Crisis: Everything to Lose and a World to Win. indybay.org 2727 Event Space, 2727 California Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 | CAN'T JOIN IN-PERSON? JOIN THE EVENT VIA ZOOM | TINYURL.COM/OCTOBER-TH-2023…

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-05). Pope Francis Releases "Laudate Deum" Ahead of Global Economy and Climate Meetings. indybay.org Pope Francis urged international cooperation to tackle environmental crises, in a document released today. Laudate Deum — which in Latin means "Praise God" — is a follow-up to his 2015 Laudato Si, the most comprehensive Encyclical on climate and the environment.

Clare Carlile, DeSmog. (2023-10-05). Revealed: Meetings Blitz Between Big Ag And Anti-Green Lawmakers. popularresistance.org Agriculture lobby groups have been in constant contact with a small group of influential European politicians, holding an average of over two meetings a week while the bloc negotiated flagship reforms to protect nature and climate, DeSmog can reveal. | Between January 2020 and July 2023, over 400 meetings took place between industry and key members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who have been at the forefront of efforts to stall reforms since the Farm to Fork strategy launched in 2020. | DeSmog documented meetings held by six MEPs from the centre-right European People's Party (EPP), the largest group in parlia…

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch. (2023-10-05). Global Heat Record For September 'Shattered' By Wide Margin. popularresistance.org Earth's average temperature has "shattered" the previous record for September by more than 0.9 degrees Fahrenheit, the biggest monthly margin ever recorded. | According to separate analyses by climate scientists from Japan and Europe, last month temperatures all over the world were more like July, reported The Washington Post. | "It's astounding to see the previous record broken by so much," said Kristina Dahl, principal climate scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, as WIRED reported. "And astounding to see that the global temperature this September is on par with what we normally see in July — th…

Mill Valley Seniors for Peace (2023-10-05). Saturday 11/4: Mill Valley: Power Up for Climate Solutions Sidewalk Rally. indybay.org Intersection of Camino Alto and Miller Ave | Mill Valley, CA…

Mill Valley Seniors for Peace (2023-10-05). Friday 11/3: Mill Valley: Power Up for Climate Solutions Rally. indybay.org Intersection of Camino Alto and Miller Ave | Mill Valley, CA 94941…

presstv.ir (2023-10-05). Thousands attend climate demonstration in Switzerland. presstv.ir Several thousand people took to the streets of the Swiss capital, Bern, to call for better climate protection and more "climate justice", less than a month before parliamentary elections.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-10-05). US House of Representatives cuts funding to UN, WHO, WEF and climate change. expose-news.com Last Thursday, the US House of Representatives passed its annual State Department and Foreign Operations spending bill, which determines the budget for the State Department and its foreign operations. The legislation allocates …

Tamara Pearson (2023-10-05). Latin America is now dominated by progressive governments, but are they losing their touch? greenleft.org.au Progressive leaders from Latin America gathered in Mexico on September 30, to discuss further regional integration, combating climate change, a regional currency and opposing sanctions. Tamara Pearson reflects on the contrasts with earlier gatherings at the height of the "Pink Tide".

ecns.cn (2023-10-06). Concerns persist over toxic water. ecns.cn The nuclear-contaminated water released from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean has raised concerns both in and out of Japan. Still, Tokyo plans a second release of water from the plant this week.

ecns.cn (2023-10-06). Japan starts second round of toxic water discharge. ecns.cn Japan started releasing nuclear-contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, in the second round of the exercise, amid widespread protests.

ecns.cn (2023-10-05). Concerns persist over toxic water. ecns.cn The nuclear-contaminated water released from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean has raised concerns both in and out of Japan. Still, Tokyo plans a second release of water from the plant this week.

teleSUR, SH (2023-10-05). Japón inicia la segunda fase del vertido de agua de Fukushima. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a Tepco, unas 7.800 toneladas de agua residual serán descargadas hacia el Océano Pacífico en los próximos 17 días.

Center for Biological Diversity (2023-10-03). Thursday 11/2: "Climate Baby Dilemma": Film Talk on Climate Crisis & Choice to Refuse or Have Children. indybay.org Register here to view the films on demand: filmfestplus.com/get-pass/?festival=FJ23X6TGHKR3 | Register here to attend the webinars by selecting the session dates you want to attend: | biologicaldiversity-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JhlM5_EbSQqtgu-oNKfhZQ#/registration…

Patricia Harrity (2023-10-03). Trudeau's Liberals Paid WEF For Report Justifying Climate Change Policies. expose-news.com According to a report in The Counter Signal, documents reveal that Trudeaus Liberals' Climate Change department paid the World Economic Forum (WEF) to produce a report that made an economic case for …

Staff (2023-10-03). Gunman Wearing MAGA Hat Shoots Indigenous Activist at New Mexico Protest over Conquistador Statue. democracynow.org In New Mexico, a 23-year-old gunman wearing a red MAGA hat opened fire last week on Jacob Johns and other Indigenous activists opposing plans to reinstall a statue honoring the 16th century conquistador Juan de Oñate, New Mexico's first colonial governor. Johns, the prominent climate activist, was airlifted from Española to an Albuquerque hospital and required emergency surgery. We speak with Malaya Peixinho, who participated in Thursday's gathering, about how the statue of the colonial leader has divided the local community. "It is a really controversial thing to talk about Oñate," says P…

Center for Biological Diversity (2023-10-02). Thursday 11/2: "Climate Baby Dilemma": Film Talk on Climate Crisis & Choice to Refuse or Have Children. indybay.org Register here to view the films on demand: filmfestplus.com/get-pass/?festival=FJ23X6TGHKR3 | Register here to attend the webinars by selecting the session dates you want to attend: | biologicaldiversity-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JhlM5_EbSQqtgu-oNKfhZQ#/registration…

Christian Betancourt, Next City. (2023-10-02). What Sunrise El Paso Learned From Its Youth-Led Climate Charter Campaign. popularresistance.org First, she stumbled across Sunrise El Paso's Instagram account. Then, stuck at home during the pandemic, she began using her free time to organize for local environmental justice initiatives with them. | Before she knew it, 25-year-old El Paso resident Ana Fuentes was leading the grassroots campaign for Sunrise El Paso — part of the national youth movement demanding urgent action on climate change — to radically overhaul the city's policymaking to put climate impact first. | "This was a time when we were feeling very isolated, but for me, it was a time when I found my community," says Fuentes.

Dana Drugmand, DeSmog. (2023-10-02). Climate Litigation Is Increasing As Government Action Falters. popularresistance.org Despite its name, ambition was largely lacking at mid-September's Climate Ambition Summit at the United Nations in New York. Secretary General António Guterres asked nations to arrive at the session with concrete commitments for phasing out fossil fuels, observing in his opening remarks that "humanity has opened the gates of hell." But the event was overshadowed by the major polluters who didn't attend. | Those absent included China, the United Kingdom, and the United States, which continue to expand oil and gas production. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak chose the very day of the summit to announce that his govern…

infobrics (2023-10-02). BRICS Countries Work Towards Action Plan for Disaster Management of Climate-Related Crises. infobrics.org

Julian Rose (2023-10-02). The Delusional Climate Countdown — A Holistic Appraisal of Real Climate Change. globalresearch.ca

Kerry Smith (2023-10-02). Thousands protest around the world against Japan's nuclear waste dumping. greenleft.org.au Ahead of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Summit on September 18—19, thousands of people in 16 cities across 8 countries gathered to call on the UN and governments to stop Japan's discharge of nuclear waste into the Pacific Ocean, reports Kerry Smith.

Linda Pentz Gunter, Beyond Nuclear International. (2023-10-02). The Solar World We Might Have Had. popularresistance.org We needn't have had Fukushima at all, now 12 years old and still emitting radiation, still not "cleaned up", still responsible for forbidden zones where no one can live, play, work, grow crops. We needn't have had Chornobyl either, or Three Mile Island, or Church Rock. We needn't have almost lost Detroit. | We could have avoided climate change as well. Not just by responding promptly to the early recognition of the damage fossil fuels were doing. But also by heeding one sensible plan that, if it had been acted upon, would have removed the nuclear power elephant from the energy solutions room and possibly also sav…

Unitarian Universalists of SF (2023-10-02). Sunday 10/29: UUSF Sunday Forum: Climate Crisis & Militarism – Military Veterans & Allies Respond! indybay.org 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 (corner of Geary Blvd). | or via Zoom: | oin Zoom Meeting: zoom.us/j/92382679109?pwd=UnpJUk1waEJZTGFxMFVQVW1HSmxIUT09 | Meeting ID: 923 8267 9109 Passcode: 143104…

Joel Stein (2023-10-03). LEFT WONDERING: Is Oil Extraction Tilting The Earth? levernews.com Welcome to a new edition of Left Wondering with Joel Stein, our advice column for paid subscribers of The Lever on how to lead an ethical life in an increasingly unethical world.Have a question about how to make a personal decision related to climate change, corporatization, politics, wealth inequality, globalization, or other matters that you'd like Joel to answer? Send it to .Dear Left Wondering,There was a report recently that pulling trillions of gallons of groundwater from the ground over the last many decades has caused the earth t…

Zbigniew Charnas (2023-10-03). A Simple Algorithm Shows All Global Warming Temperatures. indybay.org It turned out in the summer of 2023 that the forecasts of the UN IPCC scientific panel could already be consigned to the bad archive of history. A linear extrapolation of the trend from 2000 to 2023 would result in a value reaching 3 *C of warming of the Earth's surface at the end of the 21st century. The maximum level indicated was 4.5 *C. In 2023, we can talk about the development of an increase in this temperature to at least 10 *C plus, and maybe up to 17 *C plus (CH4 clathrates). It turned out that the average rate of global temperature increase from the 20th century — 0.8 *C / 100 years — was co…

Zbigniew Charnas (2023-10-02). A Simple Algorithm Shows All Global Warming Temperatures. indybay.org It turned out in the summer of 2023 that the forecasts of the UN IPCC scientific panel could already be consigned to the bad archive of history. A linear extrapolation of the trend from 2000 to 2023 would result in a value reaching 3 *C of warming of the Earth's surface at the end of the 21st century. The maximum level indicated was 4.5 *C. In 2023, we can talk about the development of an increase in this temperature to at least 10 *C plus, and maybe up to 17 *C plus (CH4 clathrates). It turned out that the average rate of global temperature increase from the 20th century — 0.8 *C / 100 years — was co…

MEE staff (2023-10-02). Turkey-Iraq oil pipeline to resume in a week, says minister. middleeasteye.net Turkey-Iraq oil pipeline to resume in a week, says minister | Turkish officials previously cited damage from February's earthquakes as a reason for suspending operations | Mon, 10/02/2023 – 09: 38 | Turkey's Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar talks during a meeting in Ankara on 14 September 2023 (Reuters) |

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-10-03). Alarming COVID Jab Contamination Shocks Scientists. globalresearch.ca

Center for Biological Diversity (2023-10-03). Thursday 10/19: "Children of the Vine": Film Talk on Monsanto's Toxic Roundup Harming Human Health w/ CBD. indybay.org Register here to view the films on demand: filmfestplus.com/get-pass/?festival=FJ23X6TGHKR3 | Register here to attend the webinars by selecting the session dates you want to attend: | biologicaldiversity-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JhlM5_EbSQqtgu-oNKfhZQ#/registration…

Center for Biological Diversity (2023-10-02). Thursday 10/19: "Children of the Vine": Film Talk on Monsanto's Toxic Roundup Harming Human Health w/ CBD. indybay.org Register here to view the films on demand: filmfestplus.com/get-pass/?festival=FJ23X6TGHKR3 | Register here to attend the webinars by selecting the session dates you want to attend: | biologicaldiversity-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JhlM5_EbSQqtgu-oNKfhZQ#/registration…