Another heat wave: our new summertime normal. How does it feel to live through one? What can we do to make them less dangerous?
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The struggle to protect the Sacred Place Where Life Begins — Indigenous groups lead fight against Arctic oil drilling | Waging Nonviolence
A nationwide grassroots movement led by the Gwich’in people may soon reach its long-sought goal: permanent protection of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Read More »US fossil fuel giants set for a coronavirus bailout bonanza | The Guardian
Exclusive: oil, coal and fracking companies in line to benefit from $750bn bond scheme
Read More »Sweden Shuts Down Its Last Coal Plant Two Years Early | EcoWatch
Swedish utility Stockholm Exergi announced the closure April 16, a day before Austria also closed its last remaining coal plant, PV Magazine reported.
Read More »Indian Point nuke plant shutting down | Gazettenet
The 1,020-megawatt Unit 2 reactor at the Indian Point Energy Center closes for good Thursday, April 30, 2020, and 1,040-megawatt Unit 3 will close in April 2021
Read More »Airlines and oil giants are on the brink. No government should offer them a lifeline | George Monbiot, via The Guardian
This crisis is a chance to rebuild our economy for the good of humanity. Let’s bail out the living world, not its destroyers.
Read More »‘Nature’ joins media outlets in a week of intensive reporting called ‘Covering Climate Now’ | Nature
For the second year running, we aim to focus attention on the need for urgent climate action. So in the Briefing this week, you’ll see more than the usual number of climate-change stories, although not exclusively. This year, the focus is on climate solutions.
Read More »War is NOT Green: on the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, Divest from the War Machine
Instead of spending $740 billion on the Pentagon budget every year, we should invest in a Green New Deal and cultivate our local peace economies #WarIsNotGreen
Read More »Silence of the Climate Watchdogs | Covering Climate Now
Fixated on the coronavirus, many newsrooms are missing brazen assaults on a livable climate.
Read More »Coronavirus Halts Street Protests, but Climate Activists Have a Plan | The New York Times
Dominique Palmer, 20, a Fridays for Future organizer in Britain, acknowledged the challenges of protesting online.
Read More »Wells Fargo joins megabank peers in announcing it’s ending Arctic oil investment | ADN
The bank's disclosure comes as the Trump administration takes steps to lease tracts in the refuge’s coastal plain, setting the stage for drilling after Congress approved it in 2017.
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