Daily Archives: April 10, 2020

2020-04-10: News Headlines

en.mehrnews (2020-04-10). UNIDO to launch biomedical waste project in Iran: Gharibabadi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) — According to Iran's permanent representative to Vienna-based International Organizations Kazem Gharibabadi, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is planning to launch a hospital waste project in Iran.

sputniknews (2020-04-10). Ancient Volcano Eruptions that Killed Almost 90 Percent of Species Offer Warning on Global Warming. sputniknews.com Life on Earth has faced several catastrophic mass extinction events in the last 500 million years that killed off 75 – 90 per cent of all species on Earth, with the events triggering these cataclysms possibly able to send a message to mankind today.

Basav Sen (2020-04-09). Cruel Immigration Policies Make the Pandemic Worse. commondreams.org If conditions are this cruel now, imagine what it will be like as climate change accelerates. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/shutterstock_1229072188-722×482.jpg

teleSUR (2020-04-09). UN Seeks $130 Million To Prevent Hunger Catastrophe in Zimbabwe. telesurenglish.net The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said Wednesday it needed US$130 million to fund emergency operations in Zimbabwe until August and prevent a catastrophe in the southern African nation, as climate- and recession-induced food shortages deepened. | RELATED: | The WFP added 7.7 million Zimbabweans, half the population, need food aid after a devastating drought and cyclone last year. A lack of predictable…

Ana María Archila, George Goehl, Maurice Mitchell (2020-04-08). Coronavirus Is a Dress Rehearsal for Climate Change. thenation.com Ana María Archila, George Goehl, Maurice Mitchell Coronavirus Is a Dress Rehearsal for Climate Change…

Mark Hertsgaard (2020-04-08). Silence of the Climate Watchdogs. thenation.com Silence of the Climate Watchdogs…

H. Patricia Hynes (2020-04-04). Civil Disobedience in the Time of Climate Crisis. zcomm.org What we—citizens, corporations, courts and government—do about the climate crisis will determine life on earth within the next few decades…

Jeremy Brecher (2020-04-04). First U.S. Union-Authorized Climate Strike? zcomm.org If Local 26 is forced to strike again, one thing is clear: It will do so not only as the representative of its own members, but as the champion of everyone who knows they are threatened by climate change…

Delan Devakumar, Geordan Shannon, Sunil S Bhopal, Ibrahim Abubakar (2020-04-01). [Correspondence] Racism and discrimination in COVID-19 responses. thelancet.com Outbreaks create fear, and fear is a key ingredient for racism and xenophobia to thrive. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has uncovered social and political fractures within communities, with racialised and discriminatory responses to fear, disproportionately affecting marginalised groups.

CounterSpin (2020-02-21). Paul Paz y Miño, Saqib Bhatti & Beverly Bell on Environmental Justice & Cross-National Solidarity. fair.org There will only be an increasing number of frontline struggles between extractive, climate-disrupting industry and those willing to stand up to it. Corporate media's inadequate attention, and unwillingness to truly call out the moneyed interests causing present and future harms, make them more often part of the problem than the solution.

Jon Rainwater (2019-11-07). Take Action — Some actual, SANE legislation. peaceaction.org Trump has plans to spend nearly $2 TRILLION over the next 30 years on unneeded and unnecessary nuclear weapons and delivery systems. This makes no sense. This is insane. That's nearly $100 million wasted every day for thirty years on weapons we are supposed to be getting rid of. To put that amount in perspective, …

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UNIDO to launch biomedical waste project in Iran: Gharibabadi
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-10
TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA)

Ancient Volcano Eruptions that Killed Almost 90 Percent of Species Offer Warning on Global Warming
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-10
Life on Earth has faced several catastrophic mass extinction events in the last 500 million years that killed off 75 – 90 per cent of all species on Earth, with the events triggering these cataclysms possibly able to send a message to mankind today.
sputniknews.com/science/202004101078908025-ancient-volcano-eruptions-that-killed-almost-90-percent-of-species-offer-warning-on-global-warming/

Cruel Immigration Policies Make the Pandemic Worse
Basav Sen | commondreams.org | 2020-04-09
If conditions are this cruel now, imagine what it will be like as climate change accelerates. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/shutterstock_1229072188-722×482.jpg
commondreams.org/views/2020/04/09/cruel-immigration-policies-make-pandemic-worse?cd-origin=rss

UN Seeks $130 Million To Prevent Hunger Catastrophe in Zimbabwe
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-09
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said Wednesday it needed US$130 million to fund emergency operations in Zimbabwe until August and prevent a catastrophe in the southern African nation, as climate- and recession-induced food shortages deepened. | RELATED: | Uganda: Unqualified Woman Ran Health Center, 105 Children Died | The WFP added 7.7 million Zimbabweans, half the population, need food aid after a devastating drought and cyclone last year. A lack of predictable…
telesurenglish.net/news/UN-Seeks-130-Million-To-Prevent-Hunger-Catastrophe-in-Zimbabwe-20200409-0020.html

Coronavirus Is a Dress Rehearsal for Climate Change
Ana María Archila, George Goehl, Maurice Mitchell | thenation.com | 2020-04-08
Ana María Archila, George Goehl, Maurice Mitchell Coronavirus Is a Dress Rehearsal for Climate Change…
thenation.com/article/politics/coronavirus-climate-change-rehearsal-for-climate-change/

Silence of the Climate Watchdogs
Mark Hertsgaard | thenation.com | 2020-04-08
Silence of the Climate Watchdogs…
thenation.com/article/environment/climate-coronavirus-media-watchdogs/

First U.S. Union-Authorized Climate Strike?
Jeremy Brecher | zcomm.org | 2020-04-04
If Local 26 is forced to strike again, one thing is clear: It will do so not only as the representative of its own members, but as the champion of everyone who knows they are threatened by climate change…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/first-u-s-union-authorized-climate-strike/

Civil Disobedience in the Time of Climate Crisis
H. Patricia Hynes | zcomm.org | 2020-04-04
What we–citizens, corporations, courts and government–do about the climate crisis will determine life on earth within the next few decades…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/civil-disobedience-in-the-time-of-climate-crisis/

[Correspondence] Racism and discrimination in COVID-19 responses
Delan Devakumar, Geordan Shannon, Sunil S Bhopal, Ibrahim Abubakar | thelancet.com | 2020-04-01
Outbreaks create fear, and fear is a key ingredient for racism and xenophobia to thrive. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has uncovered social and political fractures within communities, with racialised and discriminatory responses to fear, disproportionately affecting marginalised groups.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30792-3/fulltext?rss=yes