The world’s richest governments are under mounting pressure to help poor countries fight climate change. At the Group of Seven summit in the U.K., they’ll get a fresh chance to do something about it.
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Voting rights have been a racial justice issue in the United States for a very long time. Now voting rights are also a climate issue. In fact, the whole world is probably facing irreversible climate catastrophe if we don’t protect voting rights in.
Demonstrators called for more protection on one of Wandsworth’s busiest cycling routes on Sunday (April 25). Over 50 cyclists rode along the Cycle Superhighway 7 (CS7) from Colliers Wood to Balham and back, to highlight the importance of wands on the major cycle route into London. The group fears that these wands – flexible plastic bollards which indicate where a cycle lane is to other road users – could be removed. An Extinction Rebellion (XR) spokesperson said: “Having the bollards along the route to protect cyclists from motor vehicles has been a great improvement for safety.
Cyclists arriving in Balham [credit: Paul Gapper] “The riders were greeted in Balham by a ‘Green Man Swarm’. No traffic was stopped, protesters moved into the road with banners when the green man pedestrian light stopped the traffic and then moved back on to the pavement when the green man went off.”
Refugees and climate change focus of virtual talk
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Published: 4/29/2021 3:55:16 PM
There are numerous reasons, according to the Pioneer Valley Interfaith Refugee Action Group, that so many refugees from Central America are arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. Aside from violence, poverty and hunger in their native countries, climate change is also taking a heavy toll.
On Sunday, May 2, the refugee action group, along with a co-sponsoring group, Climate Action Now, will host “Escapa por tu Vida” (Escape for your life), an online presentation on the environmental problems driving many people from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras in particular to the southern U.S. border.