The Week in Stories Around the Globe

COP27 protesters call for climate reparations, human rights

โ€œWe cannot accept any decision here without loss and damage reparations,โ€ she told the crowd, adding that keeping to the 1.5C global warming limit in the Paris Agreement โ€œis not negotiableโ€.

#COP27 #ClimateCrisis #activism #Egypt

Supreme Court struggles with a case dealing with the rights of Native American Tribes

The law was enacted more than 40 years ago after a congressional investigation found that public and private agencies had removed a third of all Native children from their homes and placed most of them in institutions or homes with no ties to American Indian tribes.

#SCOTUS #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #NativeAmericans

โ€œCarbon Billionairesโ€: Oxfam Calls for Taxing Rich Who Profit from Emissions Fueling Climate Crisis

A new Oxfam analysis finds the investments of the worldโ€™s richest people are emitting 3 million tons a year โ€” more than a million times the average personโ€™s output. The report, titled โ€œCarbon Billionaires,โ€ suggests a wealth tax could help fund urgent climate action in developing countries.

#ClimateEmergency #TaxTheRich #billionaires #EatTheRich


Workers block Colombia coal miner Cerrejon’s rail access to export facility

Colombian coal miner Cerrejon, owned by Anglo-Swiss commodities giant Glencore, said on Saturday that a group of former workers has been blocking a rail line to a key export facility on the Caribbean Coast.

#Columbia #WorkersRights #UnionStrong #Solidarity

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