Human Rights Watch criticizes Germany over prosecution of environmental defenders: "Indictment of 'Last Generation' sets dangerous precedent" (www.hrw.org)
Human Rights Watch criticizes Germany over prosecution of environmental defenders: “Indictment of ‘Last Generation’ sets dangerous precedent”...
TV meteorologist slams what he says is DeSantis' new Florida law that removes mention of ‘climate change’ | Incoming Hurricane season says hello to Electric Boogaloo 2 (edition.cnn.com)
As vast parts of Florida sweltered in oppressive heat over the weekend, South Florida TV meteorologist Steve MacLaughlin criticized the state’s new legislation that deleted most references to climate change from state law, and urged his viewers to vote....
‘I’m screwed’: young adults forced by EU housing crisis to live with parents (www.theguardian.com)
From Ireland to Croatia, young people say well-paid jobs not enough in a system stacked against their generation...
‘Magical thinking’: hopes for sustainable jet fuel not realistic, report finds | Greenhouse gas emissions (www.theguardian.com)
In today’s edition of no shit sherlock. So, solutions ? Stop flying… No? okay then, societal collapse it is then.
Persistent Brazil floods raise specter of climate migration (www.reuters.com)
Devastating and ongoing flooding in southern Brazil is forcing some of the half million displaced residents to consider uprooting their lives from inundated towns to rebuild on higher ground....
European made batteries could be 60% less carbon intensive than Chinese, researchers urging Europe to support investments (www.transportenvironment.org)
Onshoring the EV supply chain to Europe would cut the emissions of producing a battery by 37% compared to a China-controlled supply chain, according to new analysis by Transport & Environment (T&E). This carbon saving rises to over 60% when renewable electricity is used. Producing Europe’s demand for battery cells and...
In an area in eastern Serbia, a steel mill acquired by Chinese company HBIS became synonymous with environmental degradation and health hazards for the local community (www.onegreenplanet.org)
In the villages surrounding the eastern Serbian city of Smederevo, trouble has brewed over the last eight years. Once a symbol of economic promise, the steel mill acquired by Chinese company HBIS has become synonymous with environmental degradation and health hazards for the local community....
UN expert attacks ‘exploitative’ world economy in fight to save planet (www.theguardian.com)
Outgoing special rapporteur David Boyd says ‘there’s something wrong with our brains that we can’t understand how grave this is’
1 in 5 young people around the world are NEETs. What does that mean? (globalaffairs.org)
More than a fifth of people worldwide between the ages of 15 and 24 years old – 21.7% – were considered NEETs in 2023, according to the International Labour Organization....
Why societies grow more fragile and vulnerable to collapse as time passes (www.bbc.com)
An analysis of hundreds of pre-modern states over 3,000 years (from 2000BC to AD1800) suggests that civilisations tend to have a ‘shelf-life’
Fast fashion is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Its global workforce is paying the price. (fullerproject.org)
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Meet the Gen Zers struggling to stay in work or school — and the parents who are at a loss for how to help (www.businessinsider.com)
A rising number of young Americans are disconnected from work, school, and a sense of purpose....
Major cities in Mexico running out of water as extreme heat continues (www.nbcnews.com)
Sudan on brink of collapse and starvation as country marks one year of civil war (edition.cnn.com)
'Children won’t be able to survive’: inter-American court to hear from climate victims (www.theguardian.com)
Victims of climate change will be telling their stories this week to a panel of judges in Barbados during the first part of a historic hearing on climate change by the inter-American court of human rights....
"An egregious violation of academic freedom": At its flagship university in the U.S. State of Louisiana, oil companies can influence research and coursework for a price (thelensnola.org)
For $5 million dollars, Louisiana’s flagship university will let an oil company help choose which faculty research projects move forward. Or, for $100,000, a corporation can participate in a research study, with “robust” reviewing powers and access to resulting intellectual property....
China: state media reports flooding seen “once in a century” is expected in southern China, putting 127 million people at risk (www.dw.com)
Large parts of Guangdong province have been soaked by torrential rain since Thursday, swelling major rivers and waterways in the Pearl River Delta....
Dubai submerged in floods as UAE gets over a year’s worth of rain in hours (www.aljazeera.com)
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World’s largest thermal energy storage to be built in Vantaa, Finland (www.vantaanenergia.fi)
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Extreme Sahel heatwave that hit highly vulnerable population at the end of Ramadan would not have occurred without climate change, study finds (www.worldweatherattribution.org)
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Amazon is capable of reducing plastic waste in the US. So why isn’t It? - It has done so elsewhere—when forced, a new report shows. (www.motherjones.com)
Experts like Dana Miller, director of strategic initiatives at the nonprofit Oceana, would like Amazon to reduce plastics “because of a moral responsibility … to reduce their impact on the environment.” But the company has been slow to respond to moral appeals from customers and shareholders, including three shareholder...
World Bank’s funding of ‘hog hotel’ factory farms under fire over climate effect (www.theguardian.com)
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Roads of destruction: vast numbers of illegal ‘ghost roads’ used to crack open pristine rainforest (theconversation.com)
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The race to decarbonise the world’s economy risks repeating the mistakes of the colonial era by building industries on forced and child labour, rights advocate warns (www.smh.com.au)
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