[1]Fossil Free Digest


Dear John,

Hi. I'm Nicole, the editor of Fossil Free News. There's so much happening
in the movement for a fossil free world everyday that it can be hard to
keep up. So I thought I would give you another way. That's why I'm sending
you this global movement newsletter. It's got stories that give us hope
and inspire us from the climate movement around the world, and it's
delivered every 2 weeks. Enjoy the issue below!

Dear John,

I’m excited. Because over the past two weeks, I’ve seen a surge in the
number of #ClimateStrike stories rolling in. Plans for September are
really starting to take form. And there’s a relaunched
globalclimatestrike.net site where people can now register their own
Climate Strike events for September 20 and 27.

[ [link removed] ] See the Organising Guide

 

[ [link removed] ]Pledge to join #ClimateStrike

But that’s not all I’m excited for. In Brazil, activists are still
celebrating a monumental win that has injected new momentum in the
country’s ongoing fight against fracking. Already since last week we’ve
learnt that another statewide ban has been passed in Santa Catarina.

Now is the moment to step up your own involvement in the climate movement.
As Greta says in her latest video: “if not you, then who? If not now, then
when?”. We’ve got brand new resources to help you organise your community
to join the September climate strikes.

Onwards,
Nicole 

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In Case You Missed It

Fracking ban: In an historic victory, the Brazilian states of Paraná and
Santa Catarina have both passed a law to permanently ban fracking - within
2 weeks of each other. It means Latin America’s largest shale reserves
will go untapped, and 12.5 million people in Paraná state are safe from
the direct impacts of fracking. "We will continue city by city, state by
state, until fracking is banned across Brazil," said one activist. [ [link removed] ]Find
out more

People gather water at a dried lake in Chennai in June. Photo: Reuters -
P. Ravikumar

This is an emergency: Large parts of the world are sweltering with
heatwaves this week, and much of India is still suffering from devastating
drought. Meanwhile in Nepal and Bangladesh, floods have claimed hundreds
of lives and affected millions more. Farmers who have lost their crops due
to extreme heat are marching, and over half a million people have already
signed on to a youth-led petition urging their government to declare a
climate emergency. [ [link removed] ]Read more

 
Protests in San Juan on Monday shut down a main highway. Photo: Carlos
Giusti, AP
Island-wide strike: More than 500,000 people vowed to go on strike across
Puerto Rico. They were calling on the governor to resign because of
corruption, sexism, homophobia and awful mismanagement and neglect in the
wake of Hurricane Maria which claimed thousands of lives. The protests
were sparked by leaked messages showing the governor’s callous attitudes
towards Puerto Ricans. On Wednesday evening, he announced his resignation.
[ [link removed] ]Read more

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Deathly dairy: One of New Zealand’s biggest polluters, dairy giant
Fonterra, has committed to stop building new coal boilers, which they use
to dehydrate milk for export. [ [link removed] ]Read more about the win (and be sure to
catch their hilarious parody video, too!)

Outside CBC offices in Ottawa, activists display “climate emergency” on
sandbags used to protect against flooding. Photo: Nhattan Nguyen

Tell the truth: People gathered in cities around Canada last Thursday, to
demand Canada’s public broadcaster hold a televised debate on the climate
crisis and a Green New Deal ahead of national elections. Just weeks ago,
[ [link removed] ]wildfires raged across Alberta. [ [link removed] ]Read more

Divestment: Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen a wide range of fossil
fuel divestment wins continue to roll in:

* The UK’s National Trust will divest its £1 billion of assets from oil,
coal and gas. [ [link removed] ]More
* The London Pensions Fund Authority will divest from Exxon
* Chubb becomes the first insurer in the United States to divest from
coal [ [link removed] ]More
* Royal College of Emergency Medicine and Royal Society of Arts will
fully divest [ [link removed] ]More
* Largest city in Wales divests its pension fund [ [link removed] ]More
* German cities Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, and Brandenburg commit to
partially divest pension funds (they still have holdings in gas)

If you’re curious about divestment, you can sign up to follow the
Financing the Future Summit on September 10-11 in Cape Town, South Africa
[ [link removed] ]here.

One to Watch 

Here’s a new video featuring a characteristically frank plea for action
from adults this September from Greta Thunberg and others from around the
world.

“If you not you should do it, then who? If not now, then when?” Greta has
a point. Please [ [link removed] ]watch and share today, to help us invite millions more
people to join the Global Climate Strike this September.

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Use Your Power

As one climate striker from the Philippines says in the video above: “It’s
time to take charge of the future that belongs to us, not to the fossil
fuel companies.”

Young people have been leading the latest wave of global action on the
climate crisis - now it’s time for people of all ages to stand with them
and join them on #ClimateStrike.

After you share the video, head over to the Resources section of
globalclimatestrike.net find out how to spread the word and make this
September the turning point the world needs.

[ [link removed] ]Spread the Word

That's it for now. We'll be back in two weeks with more climate movement
news from around the world. 

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