Dozens of activists were arrested in New York City as part of a nonviolent campaign called the Summer of Heat. It targets Citigroup’s role in fueling climate breakdown. Blocking entrances to the corporation’s headquarters, protesters demanded an end to the bank’s financing of fossil fuel expansion. Despite police arrests, they persisted, emph...
Skardu, Pakistan – AFP In the mountainous valleys of Pakistan, 18-hour daily power cuts have meant local teacher Aniqa Bano uses her fridge as a cupboard for storing books and kitchen utensils. Load shedding is typical across much of fuel-short Pakistan, but few areas consistently suffer the same prolonged outages as Skardu city. A surge...
GENEVA (AA/AFP) – Humanity now faces an 80 percent chance that Earth’s temperatures will at least temporarily exceed the key 1.5-degree Celsius mark during the next five years, the UN predicted Wednesday. The global mean near-surface temperature for each year between 2024 and 2028 is predicted to be between 1.1 C and 1.9 C higher [...
ANKARA (AA) – The opening ceremony of the UN Bonn Climate Change Conference had to be suspended for a while as two Free Palestine movement demonstrators took the stage to protest continuing Israeli attacks on Gaza. Climate talks in Bonn, Germany, were disrupted as the activists raised a Palestinian flag and a banner with the […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The administration of US President Joe Biden is taking action to expand access to capital for small- and medium-sized climate businesses, the White House said Thursday. The administration has released a new Climate Capital Guidebook, which gathers current federal funding opportunities that include grants, loans, loan guar...
Kolkata, India — AFP A powerful cyclone that smashed into low-lying Bangladesh and India killed at least 65 people, including in torrential rain storms in its wake, state government officials and media have reported. Cyclone Remal, which made landfall on Sunday evening with fierce gales and crashing waves, moved slowly inland causing flo...
As summer approaches, millions of Americans are being warned of the looming threat of extreme heat, particularly in northern states known for milder summers. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts a 60% to 70% chance of hotter-than-normal weather in parts of New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Texas, and Colorado. Recent he...
Patuakhali, Bangladesh – AFP An intense cyclone smashed into the low-lying coast of Bangladesh on Sunday, with nearly a million people fleeing inland for concrete storm shelters away from howling gales and crashing waves. “The severe Cyclone Remal has started crossing the Bangladesh coast,” Bangladesh Meteorological Departmen...
Patuakhali, Bangladesh – AFP At least 800,000 Bangladeshis fled their coastal villages Sunday for concrete storm shelters further inland as the low-lying nation prepared for crashing waves when a cyclone makes landfall, top government disaster officials said. Cyclone Remal is set to hit the southern coast and parts of neighbouring India ...
Former President Donald Trump’s purported $1 billion election year offer to major oil executives, if accepted, could generate a significant windfall. According to Friends of the Earth Action, Trump’s offer involves campaign funding from oil companies repaid with deregulation and tax relief upon his election. This will result in a $110 billion ...
