Archive for July 14th, 2025

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14/07/2025

Climate Crisis Tripled Death Toll of Europe’s Latest Heatwave: Greenpeace Calls for Polluters to Pay

Human Wrongs Watch

By Greenpeace International*

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Amsterdam – Responding to a rapid study by scientists at Imperial College London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine that found that the number of heat-related deaths across 12 European cities tripled due to the climate crisis in the 10 day period between 23 June and 2 July, as well as to preliminary data published by the Copernicus Climate Change Service that June 2025 was the hottest ever June for Western Europe and the third-warmest June globally.[1][2]

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14/07/2025

Rich Polluter Profits Tax Could Raise Up to $400 Billion and Help Phase Out Fossil Fuels

Human Wrongs Watch

By Ashfaq Khalfan, Climate Justice Director, Oxfam America*

Mega rich oil, gas and coal companies, described as the ‘Godfathers of climate chaos’, are driving humanity to the edge of destruction and earning billions in doing so. For decades, they’ve spread lies and disinformation about the climate crisis and lobbied to create fossil-fuel driven economies.
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They’ve received billions in government subsidies and as energy prices soared, instead of investing in renewable energy, enriched their shareholders to the tune of $403 billion in 2024 alone.     

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