Climate Change

Washington state county is first in US to ban new fossil fuel infrastructure

30/07/21
Author: 
Oliver Milman
Link: 
The Guardian
The Tesoro oil refinery in Washington state. Photograph: Kevin Schafer/Getty Images

July 28, 2021

Whatcom county’s council passed measure that bans new refineries, coal-fired power plants and other related infrastructure

A county in Washington state has become the first such jurisdiction in the US to ban new fossil fuel infrastructure, following a lengthy battle over the impact of oil refineries on the local community.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Canada
Climate Change
Coal
Ecology/Environment
Energy
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
Social
Tar Sands
USA
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Video shows salmon injured by unlivable water temperatures after heatwave

29/07/21
Author: 
Hallie Golden
Link: 
The Guardian
Red lesions and white fungus on the salmons’ bodies are the result of high water temperatures and stress. Photograph: Conrad Gowell/Courtesy of Columbia Riverkeeper

July 27, 2021

A conservation group recorded the video after a heatwave in the Pacific north-west on a day when water temperatures breached 70F

Salmon in the Columbia River were exposed to unlivable water temperatures that caused them to break out in angry red lesions and white fungus in the wake of the Pacific north-west’s record-shattering heatwave, according to a conservation group that has documented the disturbing sight.

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British Columbia
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Social
USA
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The California salmon wipeout is even worse than you think

29/07/21
Author: 
The Times Editorial Board
Link: 
yahoo news
A juvenile spring chinook salmon.
 
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Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Fisheries
Social
USA
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Critical measures of global heating reaching tipping point, study finds

29/07/21
Author: 
Katharine Gammon
Link: 
The Guardian
Vast areas of the Amazon rainforest are being burned and cleared for grazing cattle — a double blow to global warming, as cattle produce methane and cleared forests release carbon into the atmosphere. Photograph: Florian Kopp/imageBROKER/REX/Shutterstock

July 28, 2021

Carbon emissions, ocean acidification, Amazon clearing all hurtling toward new records

A new study tracking the planet’s vital signs has found that many of the key indicators of the global climate crisis are getting worse and either approaching, or exceeding, key tipping points as the earth heats up.

Overall, the study found some 16 out of 31 tracked planetary vital signs, including greenhouse gas concentrations, ocean heat content and ice mass, set worrying new records.

 

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Category: 
Capitalism
Climate Change
Climate Science
Social
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Artificial Intelligence Wants You (and Your Job)

29/07/21
Author: 
John Feffer
Link: 
Tom Dispatch
Songlands book cover

Note: This is not a light article about a fantasy future. I don’t know how accurate it is in the details, but it is deadly serious. Gene McGuckin

July 22, 2021

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Capitalism
Climate Change
Labour - Unions
Social
War/military
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Writer Seth Klein on the climate emergency

27/07/21
Author: 
On the Coast - CBC Radio
Link: 
On the Coast - CBC Radio
Seth Klein
Seth Klein is the author of A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency. He is also the team lead and director of strategy with the David Suzuki Institute's Climate Emergency Unit.
Aired: July 26, 2021
 
Listen here.
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British Columbia
Climate Change
Social
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To avoid climate catastrophe, Canada must account for its hidden emissions

27/07/21
Author: 
Fraser Thomson
Link: 
National Observer
We must reduce greenhouse gas emissions both here in Canada and around the world. Photo by Pikrepo

July 27th 2021

The past month has been a wake-up call for many Canadians as large parts of the country sweltered under an intense “heat dome” that is believed to have contributed to at least 719 sudden deaths in British Columbia.

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Canada
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Environmental Groups
Global
Social
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B.C. wildfires now burning ten times more than in 1990s

27/07/21
Author: 
Barry Saxifrage
Link: 
National Observer
The most extreme wildfires in B.C. are now creating their own weather. Photo by NASA Earth Observatory

July 27th 2021

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British Columbia
Climate Change
Forestry
Social
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Sprinkling of Politicians Launch GND Global Campaign

24/07/21
Author: 
Andrea Germanos
Link: 
Common Dreams
A young climate activist joins hundreds of fellow marchers as they walk to the White House to demand that U.S. President Joe Biden work to make the Green New Deal into law on June 28, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

July 19, 2021

"We don't have to wait for international agreements on the climate and nature crises," the new alliance states. "Change can happen now."

A group of global politicians on Monday launched the Global Alliance for a Green New Deal to advance "the creation of a greener, fairer world where all people and the planet can flourish."

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Climate Change
Global
Green New Deal/LEAP
Labour - Unions
Protest - Revolt
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Wow! Watch this now!

24/07/21
Author: 
Spencer Sharp & Prince Ea
Link: 
Vimeo

Just wow. 

 

https://vimeo.com/208145716?fbclid=IwAR3D4RPpwVmqulQS2Y7lwdDdbd3Jd4aGciq1faPt2js3EUv7gdzk_kDmCgs

#Film4Climate 1st Prize Short Film Winner - “Three Seconds”

Author: Spencer Sharp & Prince Ea
Country: USA
Category: Short Film

An epic presentation of where humanity stands today and how we must all work together to make it to the fourth second.

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Climate Change
Global
Protest - Revolt
Social
USA
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