(2018-09-26). Climate Change Is Suffocating the World's Richest Fishing Grounds. truthdig.com Scientists say climate change is causing oxygen loss in the cold waters of eastern Canada, imperiling the Greenland halibut and the Atlantic cod.
(2018-09-26). Shaming the People Bankrolling Climate Change Denial. truthdig.com A feisty group called Cowboys for Liberty is naming prominent polluters, politicos and propagandists in its "Climate Denier Hall of Shame."
(2018-09-26). Restore the Delta, Dr. Jeffrey Michael respond to Delta Tunnels benefit/cost analysis. indybay.org In his initial response, Dr. Jeffrey Michael, the Executive Director of the Center for Business and Policy Research at the University of the Pacific, pointed out out four major flaws in the analysis, including the assumption of a "massive new subsidy" for agricultural users cost share from urban water user and the dependence of the positive benefit-cost on a "dubious new benefit": the value of sea-level rise protection benefits. | Photo: The iconic Rio Vista Bridge crossing the Sacramento River on the Delta. Photo by Dan Bacher.
(2018-09-25). An Untold Number of Indigenous Children Disappeared at U.S. Boarding Schools. Tribal Nations Are Raising the Stakes in Search of Answers. theintercept.com 
Tribal nations have turned to the U.N. in an effort to obtain a full accounting of those who went missing at schools like the Carlisle Indian School.
(2018-09-25). China Blasts US Trade Protectionism. US Policies could lead to "Confrontation" globalresearch.ca According to Russian academic Alexander Lukin, hardline US policies toward Russia and China could "lead to confrontation." | It already has politically and economically. The threat of possible military confrontation remains. Lukin believes the US is "very clearly a declining …
(2018-09-25). 9,000+ scientists defend Endangered Species Act in letter to Trump administration. peoplesworld.org 
Thousands of scientists have signed two letters opposing changes to the Endangered Species Act proposed by the Trump administration that critics say would weaken protections in favor of developers, Reuters reported Monday. The proposed changes were announced by the Interior and Commerce D…
(2018-09-25). Grizzlies Saved: Court Stops Trophy Hunt of Yellowstone's Iconic Bears. globalresearch.ca Federal safeguards for greater Yellowstone ecosystem grizzly bears were reinstated today after a judge ruled that the Trump administration's decision to strip Endangered Species Act protections from the population was illegal. | The decision spares the grizzlies from a planned trophy …
(2018-09-25). "The Emergency Isn't Over": the Homeless Commemorate a Year Since the Mexico City Earthquake. counterpunch.org "As long as one single neighbor is still displaced from their home, the crisis that started with the earthquake continues," says Gabriel Macías of the Tlalpan United group of neighbors whose apartment complex collapsed in the Sept. 19 quake. Around him crowd dozens of journalists, neighbors and members of the "Topos", the moles, Mexico City's More
(2018-09-25). Fracking Chemicals Dumped in Allegheny River a Decade Ago Entered Food Chain. truthout.org Chemicals from fracking wastewater dumped into Pennsylvania's Allegheny River before 2011 are still accumulating in the bodies of freshwater mussels downstream, according to a new study. | Researchers at Pennsylvania State University found elevated concentrations of Strontium in the shells of freshwater mussels downstream from a former fracking wastewater disposal site in Warren, Pennsylvania, about 143 miles northeast (and upstream) of Pittsburgh. | While the potential health impacts on humans from this contamination are unclear, high levels of exposure to non-radioactive Strontium can disrupt bone growth in children. | "Mussels record the changes in water quality that they see over their lifetimes in the layers of their hard shells," Nathaniel Warner, a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Pennsylvania State University who co-authored the study, told EHN. "We can go back about 10 years and see the…
(2018-09-24). This week in history: September 24-30. wsws.org 25 years ago: Earthquake kills 10,000 in western IndiaA powerful earthquake struck the western Indian state of Maharashtra on September 30, 1993, killing nearly 10,000 people and injuring at least 30,000 more. The epicenter was in the district of Latur, nearly 500 kilometers east of Mumbai, and only 10 km below the surface, unusually shallow. This made the shock waves from the quake, which measured at 8.2 on the Richter scale, much more damaging.
(2018-09-21). All of a Sudden, Adding "Green" to a Policy Idea Makes It More Popular. theintercept.com As the residents of the southeast recover from Hurricane Florence, wall-to-wall network coverage of the catastrophic storm has told stories of human tragedy and resilience, heroes rescuing their neighbors, and even the quality of the federal disaster response. Climate change — which almost certainly made Florence a nastier storm than it would have been otherwise — has barely been mentioned. An analysis from Public Citizen found that climate change came up in just 4.3 percent of broadcast news segments about Florence. | The dynamic isn't new. Climate change — as political commentator Chris Hayes recently pointed out — is a "ratings killer," which is kind of a bummer considering one major, potential consequence of not doing something about climate charge is the end of human civilization. It's long been considered a political nonstarter that's just too complicated, too expensive, and too divisive…
(2018-09-21). Randy Forsberg and the Quest for Peace on Earth. progressive.org On the International Day of Peace, remembering a pioneer in nuclear disarmament and the evolution of humanity away from war.
(2018-09-21). Green Capitalism Rears Its Head at Global Climate Action Summit. counterpunch.org 
Have no fear. The end is not near or here. Victory is ours, earthlings. Or so the website for the Global Climate Action Summit declared, though not in those exact words at the end of a week-long series of panels, talks, interviews and informal conversations that brought together, under the same roof, dozens of official More
(2018-09-21). Is Paris 2015 Already Underwater? counterpunch.org 
The Paris Agreement of 2015 remarkably brought together all of the nations of the world, except for the United States after Trump cancelled, in a concerted effort to combat the dire consequences of global warming, which on a worst-worst-worst case basis could lead to human extinction; although, not many climate scientists discuss that possibility. But, More
(2018-09-21). Trump's Methane Deregulation: Another Blow to Slowing Down Climate Change. therealnews.com 
The Trump administration announced new methane rules, which roll back rules President Obama had put into place to reduce pollution, capture methane for sale, and slow down climate change. Aaron Mintzes of Earthworks explains the implications
(2018-09-20). Climate Change Made Florence a Monster—but Media Failed to Tell That Story. fair.org 
The Miami Herald never mentioned global warming in 21 stories on Hurricane Florence, Public Citizen found—despite being based in one of the US cities most vulnerable to climate change. | That Hurricane Florence broke rainfall records for tropical storms in both North and South Carolina shouldn't be surprising, as global climate change has increased extreme precipitation in all areas of the continental United States. One analysis released before the massive storm hit, by researchers at Stony Brook, Berkeley National Lab and the National Center for Atmospheric Research, projected that warming would cause Florence to bring twice as much rain compared to a similar storm with normal temperatures. | But news audiences were rarely informed about the contribution of human-caused climate disruption to the devastating storm, according to a study of hurricane coverage by Public Citizen. Less than…
(2018-09-20). 'Deep creep' discovery near California's deadliest faults could explain mystery earthquakes. rt.com 
The discovery of unusual behavior deep beneath the surface near California's deadliest faults has shed new light on seismic activity in the area and could explain nearby enigmatic earthquakes. |
(2018-09-18). Morning Edition's Think Tank Sources Lean to the Right. fair.org 
Ideology of think tanks sources on Morning Edition (2—7/18) | When it comes to seeking "expert" opinions on events for its reports, NPR often looks to a trusted roster of think-tank sources. In a study of NPR's Morning Edition from February to July 2018, FAIR found that sources from left-of-center think tanks were underrepresented, with right-leaning think tank sources appearing almost twice as often. | Out of 129 episodes aired Monday through Friday over the course of six months, researchers and fellows representing think tanks were quoted 144 times. Centrist think tanks were most commonly heard on Morning Edition, with 63 interview (44 percent of citations). Fifty-one (35 percent) of the show's interviews were with conservative or center-right groups, while 28 (19 percent) involved progressive or center-left groups. | Representatives from two think tanks—the pro-seafood Lobster Institute and the Rich Earth Institute, which…
(2018-09-14). A Debate on Geoengineering: Should We Deliberately "Hack" Planet Earth to Combat Climate Change? democracynow.org 
As California Governor Jerry Brown's Global Climate Action Summit is underway in San Francisco, we look at one of the more controversial solutions to climate change: geoengineering. Sometimes called "climate manipulation," geoengineering involves the deliberate altering of the Earth to decrease the impact of greenhouse gas emissions. Such proposals are already being explored by government agencies, scientists and businesses around the world. Supporters of geoengineering endorse radical ways to manipulate the planet, from spraying aerosols with sulfur particles into the stratosphere, to scrubbing carbon dioxide fr…
(2018-08-22). Large Earthquake Off Northern Venezuelan Coast. venezuelanalysis.com According to the Venezuelan Foundation of Seismological Research, the quake registered at 6.9 on the Richter Scale and left parts of Trinidad and Tobago without electricity.