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Common Dreams: Campaigners Demand End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies as Global Heat Records Shatter

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This week on CounterSpin: The Earth recorded its hottest day ever July 3, with an average global temperature of 17.01°C. The record was broken the next day, with 17.18°C. Common Dreams' Jake Johnson (7/5/23 ([link removed]) ) collected international responses, including a British scientist calling it a "death sentence for people and ecosystems"; and reported (7/5/23 ([link removed]) ) IMF estimates that world governments dished out nearly $6 trillion in fossil fuel subsidies in 2020, and those giveaways are expected to grow. At Truthout (7/3/23 ([link removed]) ), Victoria Law wrote about extreme heat's impact on the incarcerated, including people in their 30s dropping dead in prisons with inadequate cooling systems. One source described his cell: “No air gets in and no air escapes.”

Public Citizen (6/16/23 ([link removed]) ) points to House Appropriations Republicans, larding spending bills with "poison pill" riders that fuel the crisis and block alternatives. And a database from the new climate group F Minus ([link removed]) reveals how many state lobbyists hired by environmental groups also lobby for fossil fuel companies, entrenching those influence peddlers in state capitols with a veneer of respectability, even as public opinion of fossil fuels plummets ([link removed]) .

Orange skies burning over many parts of the US may not be the rockets' red glare, but they're signs of war nonetheless. The battle is less well understood as a fight between humans and climate change, as one between those who want to forcefully mitigate disastrous impacts and those who want them to continue, for the simple reason that it's making them rich. There is no way to fight climate disruption without fighting climate disrupters—this week on the show.

Emily Sanders ([link removed]) watched appalled as CNN's Andrew Ross Sorkin ([link removed]) (6/26/23 ([link removed]) ) "interviewed" Chevron's Mike Wirth recently, leading her to write "How (Not) to Interview an Oil CEO" for ExxonKnews (6/29/23 ([link removed]) ). She's editorial lead at the Center for Climate Integrity; we'll ask her about that.

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And: When media illustrate pushback against the fossil fuel industry, it generally looks like activists with signs; but there are myriad points of resistance, at different levels of community, offering multiple ways forward—but all of them in the same direction. In 2021, HuffPost ([link removed]) reporter Alexander Kaufman ([link removed]) discussed attempts of local representatives to have a say in building codes, and industry's reaction. Democracy Collaborative ([link removed]) 's Johanna Bozuwa ([link removed]) joined us during 2019's California wildfires and power outages, to explain the potential role of public utilities in the climate crisis.

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