Philippines Typhoon Survivors File Landmark Lawsuit Against Oil Giant Shell
The lawsuit centers on Philippine laws stating that citizens have the right to a healthy environment.| Articles – Truthout
Jamaica has been declared a disaster zone, after Hurricane Melissa ripped through the Caribbean island overnight. But according to Mayor Jason Perry’s most senior colleague at Croydon Town Hall, the climate emergency “is not a priority”. Today, the supercharged Hurricane … Continue reading →| Inside Croydon
Last week, the cabinet member for finance, Conservative councillor Jason Cummings, pictured left, stood up in the Town Hall Chamber and explained that the council had failed to spend £3.9m of carbon offset grants in nine years because… well… they … Continue reading →| Inside Croydon
A spate of record-setting blazes has compelled some countries to spend much more on fighting forest fires as the problem only gets worse The post Massive wildfires are forcing governments worldwide to budget more for disaster appeared first on Corporate Knights.| Corporate Knights
In a new campaign led by the Council for Clean Capitalism, leading national organizations are asking Ottawa for wildfire spending that matches the scale of the problem The post Canadian groups call for dramatic increase to wildfire defence funding appeared first on Corporate Knights.| Corporate Knights
The lawsuit centers on Philippine laws stating that citizens have the right to a healthy environment.| Articles – Truthout
By Grace Blakeley and Yanis Varoufakis / DiEM 25 In this discussion recorded in Athens, Grace Blakeley and Yanis Varoufakis expose how our so-called democracies have been captured by elites. From Gaza to the climate crisis to the collapse of liberal politics, they explore why even “progressive” leaders are absorbed by the system they enter, […]|
By Vijay Jayaraj Politicians, celebrities and billionaires who lecture about carbon footprints operate by a separate set of rules. Living in ostentatious opulence, they exude spectacular hypocrisy that is rarely challenged by media outlets amplifying their climate warnings. Even scientists fly thousands of miles to United Nations climate conferences, adding to emissions of greenhouse gases they claim are destroying the … Read more| CO2 Coalition
The climate crisis has seen, in response to it, a worsening of many people’s mental health. Climate anxiety (distress related to climate change and its effects) and eco-grief (mourning the damage and loss seen in the natural world) are on the rise, and mental health professionals are noticing that more clients are experiencing these forms…| Sam Woolfe
When record-breaking floods hit central Greece in 2023, entire villages were uprooted. Some of those left houseless remain in the refugee camp where they were relocated — a stark glimpse of Europe’s new reality, where climate disasters are displacing citizens alongside migrants.| Solomon
Edinburgh becomes the first European capital to join the Plant Based Treaty initiative in response to the climate emergency.| vegconomist - the vegan business magazine
Some of the brightest minds are combining climate science with machine learning to address impacts of the climate crisis The post ‘I’ve found my community’: the woman bringing AI and climate science together appeared first on Positive News.| Positive News
The pace of freshwater depletion is staggering. An area twice the size of California is drying up annually.| Articles – Truthout
“These investments are complicit in genocide,” said Jonas Mura, chief of the Gavião Real Indigenous Territory in Brazil.| Articles – Truthout
The fund would also be used to transfer wealth to 'developing countries,' as well those the UN deems especially 'vulnerable' to the| The Spectator World
“Storms are going to get worse, and it’s not going to be livable,” said a tribal leader from the village of Akiak.| Articles – Truthout
6 posts published by Kaleena Dwyer and Sara Durr during July 2025| United States Conference of Mayors
The court recognized climate change as a “children’s health emergency” but said the young plaintiffs lacked standing.| Articles – Truthout
Carbon dioxide emissions are “turbo-charging” the climate crisis, one official noted.| Articles – Truthout
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and artists unite to call for urgent action to protect at-risk communities with the release of the song “Oya,” ahead of the crucial COP30 climate talks in Brazil. Oya is an artistic initiative blending music and contemporary African dance to draw attention to the health consequences of climate change [...] Read More... from Climate emergency: MSF and West African artists sound the alarm on the health impacts of the climate crisis ...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF …
Sun Day and Make Billionaires Pay- September 21, 2025 – Rania Masri, NCEJN Director of Organizing & Policy I was asked to speak on climate change, immigration, and fascism. Three […]| NCEJN
Bea Baxley, NCEJN 2025 Intern| NCEJN - North Carolina Environmental Justice Network
"How horseshoe crabs and ecological grief connect with the wonders of the human heart."| Longreads
I still go, even though it’s often easier to join like-minded people beyond church walls.| Sojourners
OPINION | Canada should take its cues for climate policy from its global trading partners, not Donald Trump| Corporate Knights
Robert Redford, legendary actor and lifelong environmentalist, has died at 89. From Butch Cassidy to climate activism, his legacy bridges film and environmental justice.| A greener life, a greener world
Scientists say more-frequent hotter temperatures in west African region are part of reason for reduced harvests and price rises| the Guardian
The prosecutions were part of a yearslong effort to crush opposition to the construction of a police training center.| Truthout
Right now, groups of Icelanders are taking to the streets late at night, armed with cardboard boxes and torches, in search of the telltale white bellies of baby Atlantic puffins. Once caught, these birds will spend the next few hours with their captors, before being tossed off clifftops after…| New Atlas
Fossil fuels have helped Norway become one of the richest countries in the world, but political divisions over the future of energy policy and inequality are growing. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City [...]| Brave New Europe
A wind project off Rhode Island is more than 80 percent completed. Trump just stopped it in its tracks.| The American Prospect
Cláudia Agostinho, her siblings and cousins will have case heard at European court of human rights| the Guardian
Below you will find a number of resources that have been compiled over a couple of months for our NCEJN newsletter – please consider subscribing to learn more about the state of […]| NCEJN
A groundbreaking study has traced the 66-million-year evolutionary history of primates and overturned conventional thought that our ancestors originally inhabited warm tropical forests. Using advanced statistical and climate-modeling techniques, researchers have discovered that the earliest members…| New Atlas
‘If people could see this with their bare eyes, none of this would be happening.’| The American Prospect
Desperate for ‘free money,’ most of the communities that approve these facilities are outmatched by developers. But these water-guzzling, power-hungry projects have major downsides.| The American Prospect
I was on my daily walk this morning, early to avoid the heat of the day and the roar of lawnmowers and the rumble and cacophony of the trash truck. Per usual, I was adorned with my noise canceling headphones with an audiobook keeping me gentle company. Frances Weller’s words in his esteemed work The Wild Edge of Sorrow were dancing through my ears and mind, holding me tenderly in the earth grief I have felt near constantly these last years.| Stimpunks Foundation
In this exclusive interview, PR leader Colin Mahoney slams the UN for awarding COP30’s PR contract to Edelman, citing the firm’s ties to fossil fuel clients.| A greener life, a greener world
In a landmark finding, the UN’s top court stated that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a human right.| EcoWatch
The reports also reduce criticism of human rights records of Trump administration allies like Israel and El Salvador.| Truthout
Despite the climate crisis driving more bouts of devastating heat, too much of the world remains poorly prepared. Nuzhat Nueary introduces new Oxfam/FCDO research that looks at the links between extreme heat and water scarcity and highlights glaring gaps in humanitarian response.| Views & Voices
Bridget Shirvell discusses how to communicate about heat waves with children, fostering understanding, safety, and resilience in climate crises.| A greener life, a greener world
Solidarity after the floods in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil| Disability Debrief
by Lyndsey Gilpin in Grist...No matter where you live, extreme weather can hit your area and change your life. Whether it’s a hurricane, winter storm, flash ...| omega.ngo
Interview by Nate Hagen....How has an absence of ritual and the avoidance of grief in our culture distorted our relationship to loss – and therefore our abi ...| omega.ngo
by School of International Futures...75 years is a long enough period of time for the world to change in ways that are unanticipated. For this reason, scena ...| omega.ngo
The first day of talks at the 2025 Psychedelic Science conference in Denver, Colorado featured presentations about psychedelic churches, religious use, and how psychedelics can help address questions around the climate crisis.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
A new study links €8 trillion in climate damage to five oil companies. This could open the door for lawsuits and corporate accountability.| TheBetter.news
What's happened in the world since humans harnessed the power of fossil fuels looks a lot like an explosion.| Collapse Musings
The eighth edition of Fondation Jan Michalski's Bibliotopia literary festival asks 'Is revolutionary power a force for good?'| Publishing Perspectives
A review of 'Value(s): Building a Better World for All'| thedabbler.patatas.ca
Too much of the climate change discussion is taken up with doom and gloom. We need to start telling more inspiring stories of our green energy future. The post The road to decarbonised energy is paved with… stories? appeared first on NEXT Conference.| frontpage Archives - NEXT Conference
This drought is the worst in four decades and is contributing to an alarming number of fires this year raging across multiple regions throughout the Amazon and posing a threat to Indigenous and local communities and some of the world’s most vital ecosystems.| Rainforest Foundation US
by Ben Spencer in The Sunday Times...While we can still limit warming by cutting emissions, we now face having to adapt to more extreme weather| omega.ngo
by Susanne Moser, et al...As the climate crisis intensifies, so does the need for philanthropic investments that are strategic, innovative, and sustained ov ...| omega.ngo
Amidst an already-existing polycrisis, the world’s an even more fragile and scary place right now, largely thanks to the seizure of power in the US by wannabe fascists, and their willing enablers. We can see exactly who would have stood next to the bully in the playground.1 Is obeying in advance a kind of prefigurative dystopian experiential future? Sadly we’re all going to find out without having opted into the experiment, starting with people already marginalised by society, from trans ...| architectures by Dan Lockton
from NATO Climate Change Center for Change and Security Centre of Excellence...Participants in this workshop were encouraged to re-imagine climate security ...| omega.ngo
2023 saw record high temperatures and record low sea ice extent. It's clear that climate change is accelerating.| Collapse Musings
by Susanne Moser, et al. in Climatic Change...In this paper we have tried to delineate – from a workshop and a literature review – fundamental differences i ...| omega.ngo
Over the last decade, people living in the U.S. have become more aware that the climate crisis is harming their health, a new survey finds.| EcoWatch
It is day two of the Trump Administration. Yesterday saw a flurry of Executive Actions targeting immigration, climate change, energy, and social and justice issues. Trump also issued an executive o…| Southern Fried Science
The Inflation Reduction Act represents a significant achievement for Biden’s climate agenda, but its long-term viability against Republican opposition remains uncertain. Biden’s communi…| A greener life, a greener world
Donald Trump, as the 47th US President, prioritizes reversing Biden’s climate agenda, exiting the Paris Agreement, increasing fossil fuel production, and deregulating energy policies, despite…| A greener life, a greener world
The 2024 climate report highlights extreme weather fueled by climate change, resulting in over 3,700 deaths, millions displaced, and significant biodiversity loss due to intensified storms, floods,…| A greener life, a greener world
by Robert Kuttner in The American Prospect... Increasing damage from fires, hurricanes, and floods will destabilize a lightly regulated industry—and spill o ...| omega.ngo
by Cristina Eisenberg et al...Our ecocultural state-of-knowledge report brings together Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and Western Science (WS) to support climat ...| omega.ngo
by Chris Anthony, et al, in Stanford Social Innovation Review..The climate-driven wildfire crisis calls for a comprehensive, cross-sector approach to fundin ...| omega.ngo
Fires ravage the São Marcos Indigenous Territory in Brazil, February 2024.| Rainforest Foundation US
Los Angeles is currently grappling with severe wildfires. This situation, while not unprecedented, has reached a new level of intensity, especially for January. Typically, wildfires in the region peak in summer, but this "out-of-season" event is a result of a perfect storm of conditions. How did this happen? 1. Extended| The Ecosia Blog
China’s first Biennial Transparency Report on Climate Change reveals rising greenhouse gas emissions, confirming that carbon emissions haven’t peaked yet. Goals set aim for carbon neutr…| A greener life, a greener world
by Jonathan Rowson in The Joyous Struggle...In the real world, there is scope to change the opponent (whether that is fossil fuel companies, politicians, or ...| omega.ngo
After strict restrictions imposed on protests during COP29, grassroots organizations left the world’s biggest climate conference disheartened and betrayed.| UNICORN RIOT
Prime minister Keir Starmer will unveil his so-called "plan for change”. What could be in it – and what should be?| Big Issue
Three events in London the Peace and Justice Project is supporting offer opportunities to come together, learn, and take action| Canary
Climate finance via multilateral development banks (MDBs) is funding fossil fuels and highly polluting projects, it's been revealed at COP29| Canary
Israel receives around 30% of its oil from an Azerbaijan pipeline, which is majority owned by BP. COP29 is not just about climate.| Canary
Climate crisis activists from Fossil Free London 'died in' at the UK parliament over the upcoming legal challenge against Rosebank| Canary
Countries at COP29 must find real solutions for climate action and climate finance and reject false solutions such as biomass energy| Canary
Brazil biofuels push is central to its strategy to "drive the decarbonisation agenda" - but is it all that it actually seems?| Canary
On November 5th, key elections occur, notably in Texas, where Ted Cruz faces Colin Allred. Despite Allred’s mixed stance on fossil fuels, a win could signify a Democratic shift in Texas.| A greener life, a greener world
by Climate Scientists....Many further impacts are likely to be felt globally, including a shift in tropical rainfall belts, reduced oceanic carbon dioxide u ...| omega.ngo
by Laurie Laybourn, et al. in Earth Systems Dynamics...How will the effects of climate change, nature loss, and other environmental change impact our abilit ...| omega.ngo
by Howard Frumkin in the British Medical Journal...Cli-fi may be important for our patients as they come to grips with the looming climate crisis—a hyper-ob ...| omega.ngo
It is common to associate psychedelics with environmentalism. In the popular imagination, psychedelic users might be viewed as tree-hugging hippies and Gaia worshippers. But beyond these stereotypes, there is also research to support the links between psychedelic use and connection to nature, which has led some to argue that psychedelics could help us solve the…| Sam Woolfe
As you may have heard already, we are currently in the midst of an annual celebration that has historically been called National Hispanic Heritage Month. Before we get into celebrating the two Latinx eco heroes you’ve come here to learn about, I want to address the name of this month first, as there is some […] The post 2 Eco Heroes To Know For Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month appeared first on Eco Friendly Mama.| Eco Friendly Mama
by John Morales in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists...And then came the rain. Preliminary storm-total rainfall measured on the ground included nearly 3 ...| omega.ngo
गुंतागुंत (Marathi: Guntā guṇṭī; entanglement) It’s been a while… The jumbled forces that move our world and interconnected systems are beginning to unravel our tangled lives. The summer of 2023 has brought heatwaves, wildfires, floods and landslides. After the hottest June on record, July turned out to be the hottest month in at least 120,000 […] The post Guntā guṇṭ – July news digest from the Rainmatter Foundation appeared first on Rainmatter Foundation ...| Rainmatter Foundation Blog
Denmark, a low-lying country, faces climate impacts as sea levels rise. Danes are less interested in living near water due to climate concerns. Groundwater levels are higher, causing worry among ho…| A greener life, a greener world
Fashion designer Katherine Hamnett, who is known for her punchy slogan t-shirts, has teamed up with Oxfam for Second Hand September.| Big Issue
Analysis shared exclusively with the Big Issue shows that there are millions of older people who who be at risk in a UK heatwave.| Big Issue
The legal defence may be gone, but Labour and the fossil fuel companies could still try to push ahead with Rosebank| Canary
Elon Musk’s shifting stance on climate change, from urgent action to downplaying the risk, raises concerns. Despite his previous understanding, his recent views seem politically motivated.| A greener life, a greener world
You'll be hearing a lot more about ammonia as a clean fuel option as the race to zero carbon by 2050 progresses. In particular, it looks like a strong option for long-haul shipping and trucking. So what is it, how is it made, and how does it shape up as a green fuel?| New Atlas
Protesters take protest to Drax's biomass power station's front door after spate of arrests, and target Drax's PR machine in one weekend.| Canary
Not to be messed around, the UK's advertising regulator has just banned an advert by Virgin Atlantic that it claims was misleading| Canary
A day after cops arrested 22 climate protesters planning a peaceful camp at Drax power station, report shows company is biggest UK polluter.| Canary
Overnight on 7 August, cops arrested 22 activists mobilising for a climate camp at Drax Power Station in Yorkshire| Canary
Five Just Stop Oil supporters have been remanded to prison, after appearing at Manchester Magistrates Court on Tuesday 6 July| Canary
Joe Biden’s presidency brought stability after Trump’s chaos, but his declining health may lead to a Trump victory and harm the US.| A greener life, a greener world
The UK is falling short of its net-zero targets, needing urgent action across industries, as the government faces key recommendations.| A greener life, a greener world
Sublime Cement says it's ready to start scaling on the "world's cleanest cement," which meets industry performance standards relying on room-temperature electrolyzers in place of fossil-fueled furnaces, using a variety of zero-carbon input materials.| New Atlas
