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2024-05-13 17:50:40

"Letzte Generation":
Carla Hinrichs erneut vor Gericht - ZDFheute 13.05.2024
"Mein Verhalten war von Vernunft geprägt und sollte nicht bestraft werden."
Carla Hinrichs, Mitgründerin der "Letzten Generation"
https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/deutschland/letzte-generation-carla-hinrichs-klima-demo-blockaden-gericht-100.html

2024-04-22 17:05:37

22.04.2024
Klimaschädliche Subventionen:
Der Staat auf der Bremse
Klimaschädliche Subventionen hebeln den CO2-Preis aus
Das Ariadne-Team untersuchte auch die Verteilungswirkung der vier Subventionen. Dabei zeigte sich, dass „hauptsächlich wohlhabende Haushalte davon profitieren“, wie Ökonom Stefan Bach vom Deutschen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) in Berlin feststellt.
https://www.fr.de/politik/klimaschaedliche-subventionen-der-staat-auf-der-bremse-93027112.html

2024-04-21 15:24:41

21.04.2024
Sender lädt Meloni-Kritiker aus
Italiens Staatsfernsehen stoppt vor dem „Tag der Befreiung“ einen kritischen Vortrag. Der Schuss geht nach hinten los – inzwischen kennt das ganze Land den Text.
https://www.fr.de/hintergrund/sender-laedt-meloni-kritiker-aus-93024458.html

2024-04-13 16:45:13

Angriffe gegen Obdachlose: Und, schauen Sie hin?
Innerhalb weniger Tage kam es in Dortmund zu drei Tötungsversuchen an Obdachlosen. Was die Gleichgültigkeit der Gesellschaft damit zu tun hat. - taz.de 11. 4. 2024
https://taz.de/Angriffe-gegen-Obdachlose/!6000243/

2024-04-13 16:41:01

Israeli Firms Are Working Overtime to Sell Stolen Palestinian Land to US Jews
The real estate events peddling land in Israeli settlements in the West Bank appear to flout US and international law.
April 13, 2024 | Truthout
https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-firms-are-working-overtime-to-sell-stolen-palestinian-land-to-us-jews/

2024-04-04 15:19:33

Factcheck:
Why the recent ‘acceleration’ in global warming is what scientists expect
4 April 2024 - Carbon Brief
https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-why-the-recent-acceleration-in-global-warming-is-what-scientists-expect/

2024-03-29 18:32:02

"Letzte Generation" darf zur Europawahl antreten
https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/deutschland/innenpolitik/id_100375026/-letzte-generation-darf-zur-europawahl-antreten.html

2024-03-24 18:58:12

Protest gegen Gloria Fürstin von Thurn und Taxis:
Demonstration vor Schloss Emmeram
24. März 2024 - Bayern - SZ.de
Die Kundgebung vor dem Schloss stand daher unter dem Motto "Gloria Einhalt gebieten - Rechte Seilschaften zerschlagen!". Die Initiative gegen Rechts wirft von Thurn und Taxis Kontakte zu "diversen extrem rechten" Akteuren vor und forderte: "Ihr Wort darf kein Gewicht mehr haben." Die Redner kritisierten auch "schwierige Aussagen" der Adeligen zu Themen wie Homosexualität und Schwangerschaftsabbruch.
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/gloria-von-thurn-und-taxis-regensburg-kundgebung-demonstration-rechtsextremismus-schloss-emmeram-1.6485380

2024-03-21 18:16:39

Vaude verlässt X mit sofortiger Wirkung Werbestopp auf allen sozialen Medien
Pressemitteilung 21. März 2024
Vaude verlässt die Social Media Plattform X, ehemals Twitter, mit sofortiger Wirkung. Hintergrund sind laut Unternehmen die zunehmende Falschinformation, diskriminierende und rechtspopulistische Inhalte sowie der immer aggressivere Stil auf X. Dazu kündigt die Marke einen Werbestopp auf allen sozialen Netzwerken an. Die Infos in der Pressemitteilung. - MTB-News.de
https://www.mtb-news.de/news/vaude-verlaesst-x/

2024-03-18 16:26:00

Israel government continues to block aid response despite ICJ genocide court ruling, says Oxfam | Oxfam International
“Israeli authorities are not only failing to facilitate the international aid effort but are actively hindering it. We believe that Israel is failing to take all measures within its power to prevent genocide,” Abi Khalil said.
Oxfam’s report “Inflicting Unprecedented Suffering and Destruction” identifies seven crucial ways that Israel is actively preventing the delivery of international aid into Gaza and punishing all Palestinians living in Gaza by deliberately depriving them of life and safety.
https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/israel-government-continues-block-aid-response-despite-icj-genocide-court-ruling

2024-03-16 17:43:51

Climate activists across Europe block access to North Sea oil infrastructure | Environmental activism | The Guardian
The protest comes in the same week a report found none of the big fossil fuel producing countries in the region had plans to stop drilling soon enough to meet the 1.5C (2.7F) global heating target set by the Paris climate accords.
“Under the campaign North Sea Fossil Free acts of civil disobedience are happening all around the North Sea,” Extinction Rebellion said.
“The governments of these six countries are permitting new fossil extraction infrastructure, harming not only the North Sea ecosystem, but also committing the whole world to dangerous levels of warming.
“Activists have come together today in a series of actions – unfolding across the day – to demand all North Sea oil countries align their drilling plans with the Paris agreement now.”
This week a report by the campaign group Oil Change International found the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Denmark had failed to align their oil and gas policies with their climate promises under the Paris agreement.
The report found that policies in Norway and the UK were furthest from the Paris climate agreement because the countries were “aggressively” exploring and licensing new oil and gas fields.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/16/climate-activists-across-europe-block-access-to-north-sea-oil-infrastructure

2024-03-11 16:32:49

Musk faces more protests over Tesla ‘capitalist sham’ factory in Germany
Most people don't want it
The Canary 11 March 2024
https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-news/2024/03/11/tesla-germany-protests-musk/

2024-03-05 18:42:53

Despite Repression, Activists Continue to Shut Down Mountain Valley Pipeline
A vigorous protest movement has fought the project at every step of the pipeline’s path, and they aren’t giving up now. | Truthout March 5, 2024
https://truthout.org/articles/despite-repression-activists-continue-to-shut-down-mountain-valley-pipeline/

2024-03-05 16:07:41

4 March 2024
A UK power station that claims to be ‘renewable’ is actually burning some of the world’s most endangered trees
Peak greenwashing
Drax UK power station still burning rare and at-risk Canadian wood
https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-news/2024/03/04/drax-uk-canadian-wood/?__s=88aes19whznkayu7j4j2

2024-02-27 17:42:21

Feb 27, 2024
Elon Musk Flees To Billionaires’ New Court
Burned by legal decisions, Elon Musk is relocating his rocket company to Texas — where he’ll enjoy a new, separate justice system controlled by his ally, Gov. Greg Abbott.
https://www.levernews.com/elon-musk-flees-to-billionaires-new-court/?utm_source=newsletter-email&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=newsletter-article

2024-02-25 18:13:28

Pollution Crisis in Mexico Shows Limits of Plastic Bag Bans in Global Capitalism
Mexican states like Puebla have banned plastic bags, but waste is overflowing due to exempt transnational companies. | Truthout
https://truthout.org/articles/pollution-crisis-in-mexico-shows-limits-of-plastic-bag-bans-in-global-capitalism/

2024-02-22 15:12:50

German bus and train drivers are striking with Fridays for Future. What do they have in common? | Euronews
Transport is responsible for about a quarter of the EU's total greenhouse gas emissions, according to the European Environment Agency.
Public transport workers and climate activists are two groups that have often been pitted against each other.
But next week will see the two coming together in Germany for a nationwide strike.
It marks the beginning of a partnership between the youth-led global climate movement Fridays for Future and Ver.di, one of the largest trade unions in Europe who represent 1.9 million service workers.
https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/02/22/german-bus-and-train-drivers-are-striking-with-fridays-for-future-what-do-they-have-in-com

2024-02-15 15:49:58

Zürich darf laut Gericht Parkplätze zugunsten von Radweg aufheben
https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/z%C3%BCrich/196235400-zuerich-darf-laut-gericht-parkplaetze-zugunsten-von-radweg-aufheben

2024-02-15 13:37:53

The Billionaire Bully Who Wants to Turn Texas Into a Christian Theocracy
The state’s most powerful figure, Tim Dunn, isn’t an elected official. But behind the scenes, the West Texas oilman is lavishly financing what he regards as a holy war against public education, renewable energy, and non-Christians. – Texas Monthly
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/billionaire-tim-dunn-runs-texas/

2024-02-10 16:11:57

Frankreich: Zementhersteller Lafarge unter Verdacht der Terrorfinanzierung
Der Zementhersteller Lafarge hat Gelder in Millionenhöhe an die Terrormiliz Islamischen Staat und weitere islamistische Gruppen bezahlt, um in Syrien trotz des Bürgerkriegs ein Werk weiter betreiben zu können. Nun droht Lafarge eine Verfahren wegen des Verdachts auf Terrorfinanzierung in Frankreich.
https://www.rnd.de/politik/frankreich-zementhersteller-lafarge-unter-verdacht-der-terrorfinanzierung-ALL364MRL5PPPEPU63GV3RA4DM.html

2024-02-09 16:04:30

Diplomacy
China lashes out at ‘chaos and disorder’ behind Fukushima radioactive waste water leak
Chinese embassy spokesman said incident ‘further highlights’ the need for international supervision of release operation
About 5,500 litres – a mix of contaminated and filtered water – leaked when a valve was left open during cleaning | South China Morning Post
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3251395/china-lashes-chaos-and-disorder-behind-fukushima-radioactive-waste-water-leak

2023-12-23 16:15:14

Abschiebezahlen steigen schon jetzt: Wann stehen wir endlich gegen diese unmenschliche Politik auf? » Perspektive
Bereits in den ersten zehn Monaten dieses Jahres wurden mehr Menschen abgeschoben als 2022. Es wird höchste Zeit, die eigene Stimme zu erheben. – Ein Kommentar von Julius Strupp
Stattdessen arbeiten Ampel-Regierung, CDU und AfD gemeinsam daran, die Bevölkerung rassistisch zu verhetzen und Menschen gegen einander auszuspielen, die alle nicht von diesem System profitieren. Die wahren Ursachen für Flucht sowie die wahren gesellschaftlichen Probleme in diesem Land werden dabei geschickt verschleiert. Dabei wäre es schon längst an der Zeit, ihnen einen Strich durch die Rechnung zu machen und unsere Stimme zu erheben – gegen eine unmenschliche Politik und für eine Zukunft ohne Krieg, Zerstörung und Ausbeutung.
https://perspektive-online.net/2023/12/abschiebezahlen-steigen-schon-jetzt-wann-stehen-wir-endlich-gegen-diese-unmenschliche-politik-auf/

2023-12-19 22:09:28

Activists block several airports in Belgium – grounding private jets, despite police crackdown
The protests are part of a mass civil disobedience action announced by Code Rouge targeting the aviation industry. Their demands, include a ban on private jets and short haul flights, the end of subsidies for the aviation sector and its greenwashing, the decrease of air freight and an end to all airport expansion in Belgium – measures that need to be paired with a just transition for workers and wide investment in public and affordable grounded transport
https://www.thecanary.co/global/2023/12/19/belgium-airports-blocked-climate-activists/

2023-10-06 15:23:19

Greens accuse Labour of being a ‘bystander to Conservative chaos’
Co-leaders say Keir Starmer’s party is too timid in joint speech at start of potentially pivotal conference
Labour under Keir Starmer has become so timid it is a “bystander to the Conservatives’ chaos”, the co-leaders of the Greens have said in a joint speech that kicked off a potentially pivotal annual conference for the party.
Speaking to members in Brighton, Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay accused the government of “playing cynical political games” with the climate emergency – and Labour of quietly acquiescing.
“No matter what new climate crime or damaging policy the government comes up with, Labour somehow manages to disappoint us just as much,” Ramsay said. “Time after time, they come out swinging at the Conservatives, and then when asked: ‘Does that mean you’ll reverse these decisions if you make it into government?’ – radio silence. They are bystanders to the Conservatives’ chaos.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/06/green-party-conference-accuse-labour-bystander-conservative-chaos

2023-10-05 10:11:16

Wie eine Staatsbank gerade Tausende Studierende ruiniert
Die günstigen KfW-Kredite sollen Menschen mit wenig Geld bei der Studienfinanzierung helfen – doch die Bank schraubt ihre Zinsen immer höher.
https://www.vice.com/de/article/ak34jj/kfw-studienkredit-wie-eine-staatsbank-gerade-tausende-studierende-ruiniert

2023-09-25 13:46:56

Klimaprotest: Figl-Statue erhielt Augenbinde
Mit Augenbinde und Ohrstöpseln ausgestattet blickte am Montag das Denkmal des ÖVP-Urgesteins Leopold Figl am Wiener Minoritenplatz Richtung Bundeskanzleramt. Für die Adjustierung zeichneten die „Scientists for Future“ verantwortlich.
Diese übten angesichts des Stillstandes in der Klimapolitik harsche Kritik an der ÖVP. Vier Jahre nach der Anerkennung des „Klimanotstandes“ durch den Nationalrat taumle die Regierung um Kanzler Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) „blind in die Klimakatastrophe“, hieß es.
https://wien.orf.at/stories/3225631/

2023-09-12 14:50:10

EU-Parlament billigt strengere Klimaziele
Sektorspezifische Zielvorgaben für Verkehr, Industrie, Gebäude sowie Fernwärme und -kälte sind in der Regelung enthalten. Sie ist Teil des EU-Klimapakets „Fit for 55“. Ziel ist eine klimaneutrale EU bis 2050, um die Folgen der Erderhitzung einzudämmen.
Die neue Regelung sieht im Verkehrsbereich für die Mitgliedsstaaten zwei mögliche Zielvorgaben vor: Entweder soll die Treibhausgasintensität durch den Einsatz erneuerbarer Energieträger bis 2030 um 14,5 Prozent sinken oder der Endenergieverbrauch bis 2030 einen Anteil erneuerbarer Energiequellen von mindestens 29 Prozent erreichen.
Die Industrie muss ihren Einsatz erneuerbarer Energie jährlich um 1,6 Prozent erhöhen. Der von der Industrie verwendete Wasserstoff muss bis 2030 zu 42 und bis 2035 zu 60 Prozent aus erneuerbaren Kraftstoffen nicht biogenen Ursprungs kommen.
https://orf.at/stories/3330912/

2023-09-07 14:36:30

Climat
Pyrénées : le glacier de la Maladeta aura disparu dans 15 ans
Le glacier de la Maladeta, quatrième plus grand glacier des Pyrénées en surface, pourrait totalement disparaître d’ici la fin des années 2030. C’est ce qu’annonce une étude publiée le 3 septembre dans la revue Land degradation & development.
Ce glacier, situé en Espagne dans le massif du même nom, a été observé et mesuré avec précision par les chercheurs pendant dix ans, de 2010 à 2020. Sur cette période, il a reculé de plus de 50 mètres et s’est aminci de plus de 7 mètres.
https://reporterre.net/Le-glacier-de-la-Maladeta-condamne-a-disparaitre-d-ici-15-ans

2023-09-06 13:50:12

G20 coal emissions continue to rise despite climate pledges
New research has shown that G20 per capita coal emissions are continuing to rise. These coal-based emissions are increasing despite climate pledges and transition efforts from some members of the group of major economies.
The group’s leaders will meet in New Delhi this weekend for its main annual summit. Collectively, the countries in the forum account for 80% of global power sector emissions.
During talks in July, the G20 failed to agree that global emissions should peak by 2025. Moreover, it fell short of jointly committing to massively ramp up renewable energy use.
No climate role models
According to the research published on 5 September by Ember, between 2015 and 2022, per capita G20 coal emissions rose by 9%. Ember is an energy thinktank that pushes for renewable power.
https://www.thecanary.co/global/2023/09/06/g20-coal-emissions-continue-to-rise-despite-climate-pledges/

2023-08-26 20:55:29

The X-ecutions Begin
In July 2023, a Saudi Arabian Twitter user who operated an anonymous account with only 9 followers was sentenced to death.
https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/the-x-ecutions-begin/

2023-08-26 14:07:16

More than 150 car models too big for regular UK parking spaces
Fears over safety as analysis by Which? shows ‘autobesity’ epidemic means cars getting wider and longer
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/26/more-than-150-car-models-too-big-for-regular-uk-parking-spaces

2023-08-25 13:19:19

Das klimafreundliche #49EuroTicket steht vor dem Aus: Verkehrsminister @wissing will es nicht weiter finanzieren. Rette das Ticket – unterzeichne jetzt den Appell https://aktion.campact.de/s/verkehr-49-euro-ticket-2/tw

2023-08-18 18:15:45

Committee to Protect Journalists calls for investigation after newspaper raid
The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling for an investigation into the raid at the Marion County Record, the Kansas newspaper at the center of a sharply criticized police investigation. CPJ’s U.S. program coordinator Katherine Jacobsen said the search and seizure of items that unfolded at the newspaper’s office on Aug. 11 was a violation of state and federal laws that protect journalists. CPJ is an international nonprofit that promotes press freedom and works to defend journalists against repression across the globe.
https://www.rawstory.com/committee-to-protect-journalists-calls-for-investigation-after-newspaper-raid/

2023-08-17 19:23:10

Study finds US super-rich 1% generate more CO2 emissions than poorest 50%
A new study has once again proven that billionaires are causing the climate crisis. It offers us more proof, if we needed it, that the super-rich are generating a shocking proportion of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).
On 17 August, PLOS Climate published new research which quantified the carbon footprints of US households. The paper tracked the GHG emissions of households according to their income. Specifically, the authors assessed this across the 29-year period between 1990 and 2019.
Significantly, the study found that the US super-rich 1% have been responsible for more GHG emissions than the poorest 50% of American households.
https://www.thecanary.co/us/2023/08/17/study-finds-us-super-rich-1-generate-more-co2-emissions-than-poorest-50/
https://www.thecanary.co/us/2023/08/17/study-finds-us-super-rich-1-generate-more-co2-emissions-than-poorest-50/

2023-08-16 13:57:06

Rechtsextremer Täter in Berlin gefasst: Nazi-Rentner geständig
Nach drei Brandanschlägen auf NS-Gedenkorte und einen lesbischen Verein hat die Polizei einen Mann festgenommen. Er ist geständig.
Wie Polizei und Staatsanwaltschaft in einer gemeinsamen Erklärung am Mittwoch mitteilten, handelt es sich bei dem mutmaßlichen Täter um einen 63-jährigen Mann, der am Dienstagabend an seiner Wohnanschrift im Ortsteil Baumschulenweg in Treptow festgenommen wurde. Laut den Ermittlungsbehörden räumte er „die Taten umfänglich ein“.
Vollstreckt wurde damit ein Haftbefehl, der nach der letzten Tat am Montagmorgen an den Räumlichkeiten des Vereins „Rad und Tat: Offene Initiative Lesbischer Frauen“ an der Schillerpromenade in Neukölln ausgestellt wurde. Dabei hatte der Täter die Fensterscheiben zerstört und danach versucht einen Brand zu legen. Wie der Sprecher der Staatsanwaltschaft Sebastian Büchner der taz sagte, handelte es sich bei der Tat um eine „versuchte schwere Brandstiftung“, bei der auch Menschen gefährdet wurden.
https://taz.de/Rechtsextremer-Taeter-in-Berlin-gefasst/!5954283/

2023-08-14 15:01:19

Schulbeginn:
Verbände fordern, auf Elterntaxis zu verzichten
Eltern sollen davon absehen, ihre Kinder mit dem Auto zu bringen, fordert etwa das Kinderhilfswerk. Dazu veröffentlichte es Tipps für einen sicheren Schulweg.
Wenn Eltern ihre Kinder mit dem Auto zur Schule brächten, sorge das regelmäßig für ein morgendliches Verkehrschaos vor Schulen, warnten das Deutsche Kinderhilfswerk, der Verkehrsclub Deutschland sowie der Verband Bildung und Erziehung in einer gemeinsamen Mitteilung. Zudem würden durch die Staus andere Kinder gefährdet.
Der Schulweg zu Fuß, mit Rad oder Roller bietet den Verbänden zufolge zudem einen körperlichen Ausgleich für die Kinder. Sie seien morgens wacher und konzentrierter und könnten so dem Unterricht besser folgen. Zudem würden Entwicklung und Eigenständigkeit gefördert.
https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2023-08/schulbeginn-schulweg-elterntaxis-verzicht

2023-08-14 14:56:43

Pressemitteilungen
Türkei
Auf Einreise verzichten
14.08.2023
Der Deutsche Journalisten-Verband rät Medienschaffenden von beruflichen wie privaten Reisen in die Türkei ab.
Deutschlands Journalistengewerkschaft reagiert damit auf die vorübergehende Festnahme der Bundestagsabgeordneten Gökay Akbulut bei ihrer Einreise in die Türkei Anfang August. Der Linken-Politikerin wurden vier Jahre alte Social-Media-Postings als „Terrorpropaganda“ vorgehalten. Ihre Freilassung soll durch massiven Druck der Bundesregierung erwirkt worden sein. „Der Fall zeigt ein weiteres Mal, dass die Erdogan-Autokratie ihre Kritiker als militante Staatsfeinde betrachtet und verfolgt, wenn sie die Möglichkeit dazu hat“, kritisiert DJV-Bundesvorsitzender Frank Überall. „Das ist bei der Einreise in das Land der Fall.“ Wenn selbst die parlamentarische Immunität einer Abgeordneten nicht vor der Festnahme schützt, sei die Gefahr für Journalistinnen und Journalisten umso größer.
https://www.djv.de/startseite/profil/der-djv/pressebereich-download/pressemitteilungen/detail/news-auf-einreise-verzichten

2023-08-10 15:18:21

The Taliban’s war on women in Afghanistan must be formally recognized as gender apartheid
The second anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is fast approaching. Since then, Afghan women have been denied the most basic human rights in what can only be described as gender apartheid.
Only by labelling it as such and making clear the situation in Afghanistan is a crime against humanity can the international community legally fight the systematic discrimination against the country’s women and girls.
Erasing women from the public sphere is central to Taliban ideology. Women’s rights institutions in Afghanistan, notably the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, have been dismantled while the dreaded Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice has been resurrected.
The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission has been dissolved and the country’s 2004 constitution repealed, while legislation guaranteeing gender equality has been invalidated.
https://theconversation.com/the-talibans-war-on-women-in-afghanistan-must-be-formally-recognized-as-gender-apartheid-210688?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%2010%202023%20-%202704727326&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%2010%202023%20-%202704727326+CID_ad03a731607211bdbbf7e540c567be3e&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=The%20Talibans%20war%20on%20women%20in%20Afghanistan%20must%20be%20formally%20recognized%20as%20gender%20apartheid

2023-08-07 17:50:56

Activists drill holes in tyres of more than 60 SUVs at Exeter car dealership
Tyre Extinguishers claim responsibility for attack to highlight ‘presence of grossly inappropriate private vehicles’ on roads
In an email circulated on Monday morning, the Tyre Extinguishers said the attack was in response to an incident in which a Land Rover crashed through a school fence into an end-of-year tea party at the Study Prep school in Wimbledon, south-west London, killing eight-year-olds Selena Lau and Nuria Sajjad, and injuring 16 others.
“This act of retaliation is intended as a peaceful and non-violent demonstration to draw attention to the presence of grossly inappropriate private vehicles in our towns and cities,” the Tyre Extinguishers said in a statement.
“Tyre Extinguishers firmly believes that their action is a necessary escalation to try and stop these vehicles from wrecking further lives and continuing to push the worsening climate crisis off the cliff edge.”
In light of the escalation of tactics, the statement added: “We are not responsible for individual actions, but simply publicise them.”
Answering the Guardian’s questions by email, an activist responsible for the action said studies had shown SUVs were eight times more likely to kill a child in a crash. “The deaths of the two young girls, in the safety of their school grounds, needed an escalation in action,” the activist, going by the pseudonym Climate Protector, said.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/07/activists-drill-holes-in-tyres-of-more-than-60-suvs-at-exeter-car-dealership

2023-08-07 17:28:39

‘Zombie fires’ in the Arctic:
Canada’s Extreme Wildfire Season Offers a Glimpse of New Risks in a Warmer, Drier Future
As global temperatures rise, fires are also spreading farther north and into the Arctic.
https://outrider.org/climate-change/articles/zombie-fires-arctic-canadas-extreme-wildfire-season-offers-glimpse-new?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_campaign=db139aac55-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_08_07_12_36&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b758bb0b52-76af7fa017-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

2023-08-04 13:50:16

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has pulled out of an appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival over its links to the fossil fuel industry.
She had been due to attend an event at the annual festival on 13 August.
But she said she would now not do so because the festival receives sponsorship from the Baillie Gifford investment firm.
She claimed Baillie Gifford "invests heavily in the fossil fuel industry".
Ms Thunberg accused the industry of "greenwashing" by sponsoring cultural events, and said she did not want to be associated with it.
She added: "Greenwashing efforts by the fossil fuel industry, including sponsorship of cultural events, allow them to keep the social license to continue operating.
"I cannot and do not want to be associated with events that accept this kind of sponsorship."
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-66407059?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

2023-08-03 18:07:00

Climate change is death by a thousand cuts
Much of the concern about climate change is around the idea of “the big impact,” a single, colossal disaster that dramatically impacts everyone on the planet, much like the scenario depicted in the movie The Day After Tomorrow.
While such an event could happen, it’s not the most likely way we will be impacted by our changing climate. A more plausible scenario involves ‘death by a thousand cuts,’ with numerous smaller impacts occurring simultaneously or in close succession. Each impact on its own might be manageable, but collectively they could sum up to a significant problem.
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/climate-change-is-death-by-a-thousand

2023-08-03 14:27:32

Environmental activists arrested after covering UK PM Rishi Sunak's home in black
Activists from Greenpeace were arrested Thursday after scaling UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's constituency home in northern England and covering it with black fabric to protest his fossil fuel policy.
Sunak this week approved hundreds of new oil and gas licenses in the North Sea off Britain's east coast, angering environmentalists.
Separately, dozens of mothers joined forces outside parliament to demonstrate against the government's policy.
"We all know that climate science screams that we cannot have more fossil fuels... I am really furious on behalf of my kids," said protest organizer Lorna Powell, 37.
"Instead of being a climate leader and acting in the right way, he's decided that he is going to use it as a political game to try and stoke a culture war," she added.
https://www.rawstory.com/environmental-activists-arrested-after-covering-uk-pm-s-home-in-black/

2023-08-01 15:26:51

Bulgarien:
Tausende protestieren gegen Gewalt an Frauen
Die Demonstrierenden fordern eine Reform des Justizsystems und besseren Schutz für Frauen. Anlass für die Proteste ist ein brutaler Angriff auf eine 18-jährige Frau.
https://www.zeit.de/video/2023-08/6332229112112/bulgarien-tausende-protestieren-gegen-gewalt-an-frauen

2023-07-29 15:37:23

Fans of Cluster Bombs Dominate WaPo’s Opinion Section
https://fair.org/home/fans-of-cluster-bombs-dominate-wapos-opinion-section/

2023-07-24 17:48:44

Offshore oil plans in Brazil threaten South America’s largest coral reef
The Parcel de Manuel Luís coral reef, off the coast of northeastern Brazil, is a vital habitat for several species, including 53 at risk of extinction.
Despite vetoes from Brazil’s environmental regulator, the local government is seeking to give the go-ahead to oil drilling projects in this part of the Pará-Maranhão Basin.
Oil drilling in the region also poses a threat to the longest continuous stretch of mangrove in the world, which runs from the Maranhão coastline to the northern state of Amapá, in the Amazon.
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/offshore-oil-plans-in-brazil-threaten-south-americas-largest-coral-reef/

2023-07-12 15:34:57

“Sanctions have lethal effect”: Intellectuals call for end to US blockade on Cuba and Venezuela
More than 50 intellectuals from around the world have called on US Senator Bob Menendez to stop supporting sanctions against Cuba and Venezuela. In a letter published last Wednesday, economists, political scientists and historians from 10 countries highlighted the existence of several studies that show the humanitarian damage caused by US sanctions. They insisted that Menendez would be lying by saying that the measures do not affect the Cuban and Venezuelan populations.
“We respectfully ask that you stop spreading the false narrative that there is no association between economic sanctions and the economic and humanitarian crises in countries targeted by the sanctions,” the document says.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/07/10/sanctions-have-lethal-effect-intellectuals-call-for-end-to-us-blockade-on-cuba-and-venezuela/

2023-07-10 17:25:05

Uganda:
Oil Pipeline Project Impoverishes Thousands
Land, Livelihoods Lost for Fossil Fuel Project Disastrous for Climate
The 47-page report, “‘Our Trust is Broken’: Loss of Land and Livelihoods for Oil Development in Uganda,” documents the land acquisition process for one of the largest fossil fuel infrastructure projects under construction anywhere in the world. The development in the oilfield, which will ultimately displace over 100,000 people, is well underway. Although 90 percent of people who will lose land to the project have received compensation from TotalEnergies EP Uganda, the project has suffered from multiyear delays in paying compensation and inadequate compensation.
“EACOP has been a disaster for the tens of thousands who have lost the land that provided food for their families and an income to send their children to school, and who received too little compensation from TotalEnergies,” said Felix Horne, senior environment researcher at Human Rights Watch. “EACOP is also a disaster for the planet and the project should not be completed.”
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/07/10/uganda-oil-pipeline-project-impoverishes-thousands

2023-07-08 17:02:22

NYT Worries Brazil Goes Too Far to Fight Far Right
To an average news consumer who hasn’t paid much attention to the last eight years of Brazilian history and is unfamiliar with Brazilian law, the Times’ claims that courts may be overstepping their boundaries may look legitimate. When compared to the way the Times portrayed the Lava Jato (or “Car Wash”) anti-corruption investigation, and its political persecution of (then former) President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and other members of the leftist Workers Party, however, it looks like as though the Times is using its traditional double standard of going soft on right-wing extremists while portraying leftist Latin American governments as authoritarian.
https://fair.org/home/nyt-worries-brazil-goes-too-far-to-fight-far-right/

2023-07-08 13:48:38

Scientists warned about climate change in 1965. Nothing was done.
PODCAST:
A report to the US president sounded an alarm — humankind was ‘conducting a vast geophysical experiment’ by burning fossil fuels and filling the atmosphere with an ‘invisible pollutant.’ But a slick campaign by Big Oil led to confusion, politicization and dire consequences for the planet. (Season 3, Episode 1)
By Adam Levy
05.30.2023
https://knowablemagazine.org/article/food-environment/2023/scientists-warned-climate-change-1965-podcast

2023-07-06 13:52:43

British Columbia wildfires:
More than 1 million hectares have burned
British Columbia officials say the wildfire situation is likely to get worse before it gets better as the number of hectares scorched continues to climb.
https://youtu.be/KpiBRNGSrXY

2023-06-30 19:30:52

Texas Pipeline Operators Released or Flared Tons of Gas to Avert Explosions During Heatwave
One company, Targa Resources, vented more than 500,000 pounds of toxins into the air during 17 reported events over a week-long period of extreme heat.
“Emissions are always way worse when it’s hot,” said Sharon Wilson, an optical gas thermographer who monitors oilfield emissions in Texas with Oilfield Witness. “The oil and gas industry cannot survive the extreme weather they create.”
Most of the heat-related emissions were reported as “volatile organic compounds,” the complex chemicals, vapors at room temperature, that make up petroleum gas. It’s mostly methane, but also includes cancer-causing chemicals like benzene, xylene and ethylbenzene.
“These events add up to a lot of toxic gases,” Wilson said. “They are just using our air for a dump.”
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30062023/texas-pipeline-flare-release-gasheat/

2023-06-26 14:39:46

Shell pipeline spill fouls farms, river in Nigeria’s Niger Delta
The spill has upended livelihoods in the oil-rich Niger Delta, which has endured decades of pollution.
A new oil spill at a Shell facility in Nigeria has contaminated farmland and a river, upending livelihoods in fishing and farming communities in the Niger Delta, which has long endured environmental pollution caused by the oil industry.
The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, or NOSDRA, told The Associated Press that the spill came from the Trans-Niger Pipeline operated by Shell that crosses through communities in the Eleme area of Ogoniland, a region where the London-based energy giant has faced decades-long local pushback for its oil exploration.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/26/shell-pipeline-spill-fouls-farms-river-in-nigerias-niger-delta

2023-06-24 17:44:43

«End fossil finance!» - Klimaaktivistin Greta Thunberg protestiert in Basel
Die schwedische Klimaaktivistin Greta Thunberg hat in Basel an der Kundgebung «Peoples Parade» teilgenommen.
Die bewilligte Demonstration mit rund 400 Teilnehmenden richtet sich gegen die Finanzierung von fossilen Brennstoffen.
Gemeinsam mit einer rund 30-köpfigen internationalen Delegation von «Friday’s for Future» traf die 20-Jährige mit dem Tram bei der Kaserne ein.
Thunberg hielt eine kleine rote Fahne mit der Aufschrift «End fossil finance!» in der Hand. Gespräche in der grossen Menge und Interviews lehnte die Klimaaktivistin ab.
https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/end-fossil-finance-klimaaktivistin-greta-thunberg-protestiert-in-basel

2023-06-20 05:44:07

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weather/severe/donnie-creek-wildfire-in-northeast-b-c-now-the-largest-recorded-in-provinces-history

2023-06-16 18:29:50

Roundup Weedkiller Manufacturers to Pay $6.9 Million in False Advertising Settlement
Agrochemical giants Bayer CropScience and Monsanto violated a 1996 agreement to stop making false and misleading claims about the safety of its popular weedkillers, New York’s attorney general found.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15062023/roundup-weedkiller-settlement-neww-york-ag/

2023-06-15 17:37:59

Some politicians claim that protecting nature will put food production at risk. Complete nonsense - and they know it. All they want is to uphold the nature-destructive methods of big agribusiness, at the expense of farmers and nature. #NoNatureNoFood https://act.greens-efa.eu/no-nature-no-food

2023-06-14 19:34:20

Italian regions allowed to lower speed limits to reduce pollution
Italy will allow its regions to lower speed limits on highways and motorways passing through or near urban areas struggling with high air pollution, according to a government decree that took effect on Wednesday.
A new law that is part of the decree says speed limits may be reduced temporarily or permanently "in case there is a need to limit emissions from vehicular traffic in relation to levels of pollutants in the air".
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/italian-regions-allowed-lower-speed-limits-reduce-pollution-2023-06-14/?taid=648a15501ccae000018f1968&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter

2023-06-02 17:58:11

Arizona Announces Phoenix Area Can’t Grow Further on Groundwater
Gov. Katie Hobbs announced Thursday that the state would allow no future development in the Phoenix area that relies on groundwater, forcing developers and cities to turn to other costly sources.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01062023/arizona-phoenix-development-water/

2023-05-18 14:42:04

Kenyan Campaigner ‘Locked Out’ Of African Oil And Gas Event In London
Salome Nduta said she suspected organisers had excluded her to shield fossil fuel executives from scrutiny.
A Kenyan human rights campaigner has voiced her anger at being removed from the list of delegates to an African oil and gas conference in London on the grounds that the event was “sold out” – even as organizers continued to advertise tickets.
Salome Nduta, Africa coordinator for campaign group OilWatch Africa, said she believed she had been deliberately excluded from this week’s Africa Energies Summit, whose sponsors include Royal Dutch Shell, TotalEnergies, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Eni.
“I feel so angry,” Nduta told DeSmog. “They didn’t want me to be there.”
Frontier Energy Network, which organises the May 16-18 conference, declined to comment.
https://www.desmog.com/2023/05/17/kenyan-campaigner-locked-out-of-african-oil-and-gas-event-in-london/

2023-05-13 15:07:00

Meteorologists targeted in climate misinfo surge
Once trusted faces on the news, meteorologists now brave threats, insults and slander online from conspiracy theorists and climate change deniers who accuse them of faking or even fixing the weather.
Users on Twitter and other social media falsely accused Spain's weather agency of engineering a drought, Australia's of doctoring its thermometers and France's of exaggerating global warming through misplaced weather stations.
"The coronavirus is no longer a trend. Conspiracy theorists and deniers who used to talk about that are now spreading disinformation about climate change," Alexandre Lopez-Borrull, lecturer in Information and Communication Sciences at the Open University of Catalonia, told AFP.
https://www.rawstory.com/meteorologists-targeted-in-climate-misinfo-surge/

2023-04-23 17:47:19

Earth Day demonstrators demand Joe Biden 'end the era of fossil fuels!'
The Earth Day message delivered to President Joe Biden outside the White House on Saturday was clear: do everything in your power to bring the age of fossil fuels to an end while rapidly escalating the renewable energy transition that holds the key to a more sustainable future.
It was delivered by hundres who turned out to march in downtown Washington, D.C. and rallied outside the president's official residence despite rain and cold weather in the nation's capitol.
"Humanity is at a crossroads," organizers said ahead of the day's event. "Now is when we decide how we want to go on as a civilization. Will we create a livable, just, equitable future for everyone? Or will we let present and future generations live with chaos and destruction? The planet's life supporting systems are disintegrating, and our environment needs to be restored."
https://www.alternet.org/end-the-era-fossil-fuels/