KEEPING CLIMATE CONCERN
A bumblebee searching for pollen
buzzed angrily 'Z-z-z-zodem’:
on every side
there’s nicotinide.
For us bees, a life and death problem.’
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On Climate Change, let us be brisk:
There’s a crisis right now on Earth’s disk!
No time for distraction,
We have to take action,
Or soon we’ll join “Species At Risk”!
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How dare the devilish Shell
sue Greenpeace, when Shell create hell
in oil-bearing places
kicking over the traces
of land laws where ethnic folk dwell.
Shell intend to sue Greenpeace for £1.7m damages they claim were perpretated by Greenpeace supporters boarding a ship transporting a platform to Shetland. (Source BBC Climate News 9th Novr 23).
· In a court decision reached late last year, Indigenous communities from the Wild Coast of South Africa’s Eastern Cape have attained a landmark legal victory against energy and petroleum giant Shell. To win their case, lawyers representing the Umgungundlovu, Dwesa-Cwebe, and Port Saint Johns Indigenous communities, among others, argued that because Shell failed to consult meaningfully with local communities, the company’s efforts to explore shale gas off the country’s eastern coast ignored a crucial aspect of local custom. The victory has been hailed as a major breakthrough in the effort to stem the tide of climate change. But it is also a potent example of how Wild Coast communities are using the courts to fight for the right to determine what happens in their territory and strengthening their hand in a country heavily marred by colonialism.
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