While COVID-19 continues to spread across the globe, our climate emergency continues to worsen. Breaking news this week from climate scientists is that we have just completed the hottest 12-month period in recorded history.
Amazon
Deeply destructive & catastrophic Hurricane Dorian reflects our “climate emergency”
How much trouble do we need to be in, before we admit we are in trouble?
“This victory is for my ancestors. It’s for our forest and future generations.”
The Waorani people of Ecuador have won a historic victory in court protecting half a million acres of their territory in the Amazon from oil drilling.
Within Hours of Taking Office, “Trump of the Tropics” Starts Assault on the Amazon
Bolsonaro’s decree could eventually pave the way for the dismantling of the indigenous reserve system, which would allow mining and oil interests to move into the Amazon unchallenged.
Bolsonaro: A despot who “spells disaster, not only for Brazil but for the planet”
“All of the promises made to political groups and the people will be kept,” said a victorious Jair Bolsonaro, the new President of Brazil after his election victory earlier this week.
Ending Amazon Crude Is “Key to Fossil-Free Movement”
Yesterday a coalition of some 50 environmental, indigenous and human rights groups sent an unprecedented letter to Californian policymakers and US-based corporations involved in the processing, use or financing of Amazon crude to “stem the influx of crude oil into the United States” from the region.
From Ophelia to the Amazon: the Unthinkable Becomes Thinkable
Nearly every week now we have a new, previously unthinkable climate event
Big Oil Faces Legal Challenge Over Amazon Reef Drilling
We have known for years that the days of finding easy oil outside the Middle East are over. It means that the oil industry has to go into fragile ecological areas like the Arctic or exploit dirty unconventionals like the tar sands or shale gas.
Chevron Faces “Rock the Boat” Resolution on Climate Change
Later today, senior executives at Chevron will face a barrage of questions concerning climate change, including one whose intention is to “rock the boat.”
New Amazon Oil Threat
On the same day that Peru declares a State of Emergency over oil pollution in the Amazon, the Ecuadorians offer 3 million hectares of pristine forest to the Chinese to explore for oil.