Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/06/omni-climate-memo-mondays-184-june-24.html
LEGAL VICTORIES FOR PROTEST AND ACCOUNTABILITY “Hawaii Settles Climate Change Case Brought by Youth Activists.” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (June 22, 2024). Read more… Hawaii settles climate change case brought by youth activists [And what are AR’s governor, our county and city officials doing MEANINGFULLY to reduce cc? ]
“Shell In Court Over Its ‘Dire’ Exacerbation Of The Climate Crisis.” The Canary. PopularResistance.org (4-3-24). Shell squared off against seven environmental groups in a Dutch appeals court on Tuesday 2 April, with climate activists accusing the multinational oil giant of failing to implement a landmark 2021 judgement – worsening the climate crisis. Judges at the Hague District Court ruled three years ago that Shell must reduce its carbon emissions by 45% by 2030. They said it was contributing to the “dire” effects of climate change. That ruling was a historic victory for climate change campaigners. It was the first time a company had been made to align its policy with the 2015 Paris climate change accords. -more-
ADAPTATIONS
“Stewarding the Land in California’s Central Valley.” AFSC Weekend Reading (4-6-24). More than one-quarter of all food grown in the U.S. comes from California’s Central Valley. It’s also a region where, for decades, immigrants and refugees of diverse backgrounds have been building a small farming movement. Earlier this year, AFSC brought together these farmers to discuss what it means to be stewards of the land [as climate change increases weather extremes]. Read more from AFSC’s Myrna Martinez Nateras.
“Phoenix Passes Ordinance Giving Workers Protection From Extreme Heat.” Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch. PopularResistance.org (4-3-24). A historic new law in Phoenix, Arizona, will provide thousands of outdoor workers in the hottest city in the country with protections from extreme heat. -more- [This must become a national municipal practice. But we must not allow the necessary millions of local adaptations to distract us from the continued need of mitigation\prevention: the fossil fuel companies continue producing ff and promoting it via advertising, lobbying, and many other instruments of corporate HARMS. –D]
UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE ACTIVITIES
END OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #184, JUNE 24, 2024.