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French lawmakers are to definitively adopt a range of new measures to help struggling households cope with rising energy and food prices, as well as an updated budget that will pay for France to renationalise the electricity company EDF.

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Energy

Labour - Unions

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China drought causes Yangtze to dry up, sparking shortage of hydropower

22/08/22

Author:

Helen Davidson

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The Guardian

China: world’s third largest river dries up in drought – video - with original

Aug. 22, 2022

Nationwide alert issued with south-west especially badly hit, as major companies forced to suspend work

A record-breaking drought has caused some rivers in China – including parts of the Yangtze – to dry up, affecting hydropower, halting shipping, and forcing major companies to suspend operations.

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Climate Change

Global

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This Is No Time for Climate Complacency

22/08/22

Author:

Stan Cox

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Common Dreams

Participants seen holding a banner at the protest in New York City on September 24, 2021. Youth in New York City and across the globe led strikes as part of climate week, demanding urgent action on the climate crisis and calling on us all to #UprootTheSystem which has allowed imperialism, colonialism, racism and other systemic injustices to harm people around the world and dangerously warm the planet. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Aug. 15, 2022

The Inflation Reduction Act is being hailed by the mainstream climate movement, Congress members, and the media as the most important climate bill in U.S. history. That's a pretty low bar, and it says more about our government's long record of failure on climate than it does about whether this law can prevent dangerous temperature increases in coming decades.

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Baldrey vs. Appadurai—he’s baffled by her aggressively progressive NDP leadership campaign

21/08/22

Author:

Martyn Brown

Link:

The Straight

Anjali Appadurai is not only seeking the B.C. NDP leadership, she's trying to steer her party back on a more progressive course.

Editor: You can join the BC NDP and vote for her as leader, Check this out - https://dogwoodbc.ca/news/bcndp-leadership-anjali-appadurai/

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MPs raise concerns over pipeline construction obstructing salmon run

15/08/22

Author:

Natasha Bulowski

Link:

National Observer

A dead salmon is photographed in the Coquihalla River near a Trans Mountain worksite. Photo by Kate Tairyan

Aug. 12, 2022

Four B.C. MPs are urging the federal government to halt the construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline and expansion project at least until salmon have finished spawning. The call comes after environmental group Protect the Planet documented salmon dying near a Trans Mountain worksite in Hope, B.C., last week.

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Sanctions Fuel Fire at Cuba’s Matanzas Oil Storage

14/08/22

Author:

Vijay Prashad and Manolo de los Santos

Link:

LA Progressive

Cuba is receiving assistance from Venezuela and Mexico to extinguish the blaze, which began on August 5. Image: Peoples Dispatch

Aug. 11, 2022

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Exiting the Global Megamachine

14/08/22

Author:

Patrick Mazza

Link:

Counterpunch

Fish processing plant, Hammond, Oregon. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair.

Some strategic points are definitely overlooked in this article (including the need for democratic planning and the absolute requirement for international solidarity). But his emphasis on cooperatively prepping for capitalism’s systemic breakdown, already in progress, is often ignored by the rest of us. 
                -  Gene McGuckin

Aug. 11, 2022

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Climate Change

Social

War/military

What Does the Inflation Reduction Act Really Mean for Climate Survival?

12/08/22

Author:

The Climate Beat

Link:

The Climate Beat

In many regards, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is a story of contradictions. Narrowly passed over unanimous Republican opposition in the Senate last week, the bill is expected to pass the House of Representatives soon. The IRA bill devotes $369 billion to accelerate the transition to green energy, making it by far the biggest climate change legislation in US history. But the price of West Virginia senator Joe Manchin’s support was the inclusion of measures intended to boost fossil fuel production.

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