(2021-04-10). Antarctica's ice shelves are trembling as Earth heats, threatening Sea Level Rise unless we Act Now. juancole.com 
By Ella Gilbert | — Images of colossal chunks of ice plunging into the sea accompany almost every news story about climate change. It can often make the problem seem remote, as if the effects of rising global temperatures are playing out elsewhere. But the break-up of the world's vast reservoirs of frozen water — …
(2021-04-10). Pipeline spills over 1,600 gallons of oil near Los Angeles communities. nationofchange.org More than 1,600 gallons of oil have spilled in the Inglewood Oil Field — the largest urban oil field in the country, where more than a million people live within five miles of its boundaries, the Sierra Club wrote in a statement on Wednesday. The spill was caused by a human error when a valve …
(2021-04-10). China calls for Japan's cautious decisions on Fukushima wastewater. ecns.cn China on Friday urged Japan to be cautious on its plan to deal with radioactive water from Fukushima nuclear power plant, calling for the Japanese government to make decisions based on full consultation with neighboring countries.
(2021-04-10). Japan to dilute radioactive Fukushima wastewater next week. ecns.cn Japan's government is set to announce, as early as Tuesday, a plan to dilute radioactive Fukushima wastewater and release it into the ocean, according to Japan's state broadcaster NHK.
(2021-04-10). CO2 Mitigation On Earth And Magnesium Civilization On Mars. eurasiareview.com 
Excessive CO2 emissions are a major cause of climate change, and hence reducing the CO2 levels in the Earth's atmosphere is key to limit adverse environmental effects. Rather than just capture and store CO2, it would be desirable to use it as carbon feedstock for fuel production to achieve the target of "net-zero-emissions energy systems". The capture and conversion of CO2 (from fuel gas or directly from the air) to methane and methanol simply using water as a hydrogen source under ambient conditions would provide an optimal solution to reduce excessive CO2 levels and would be highly sustainable. | Researchers…
(2021-04-10). Kerry Says Restoring Democracy In Myanmar Will Ease Bangladesh's Rohingya Burden. eurasiareview.com 
By Jesmin Papri | Democracy must be restored in Myanmar to ease the Rohingya refugee burden on Bangladesh, U.S. special envoy John Kerry said Friday during a lightning visit to the South Asian nation to drum up support for a Washington-hosted climate summit. | The American diplomat heaped praise on Bangladesh for its "extraordinary" generosity in sheltering the refugees from Myanmar, and even mentioned Dhaka's controversial decision to relocate thousands to a flood-prone island. | He called the current situation in Myanmar "one of the great moral challenges of the planet today," in referring to a coup and dead…
(2021-04-10). Brazil At High Risk Of Dengue Outbreaks After Droughts Because Of Temporary Water Storage. eurasiareview.com 
Dengue risk is exacerbated in highly populated areas of Brazil after extreme drought because of improvised water containers housing mosquitoes, suggests a new study in Lancet Planetary Health. | The research was led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine's (LSHTM) Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health and Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases. Using advanced statistical modelling techniques, the team predicted the timing and intensity of dengue risk in Brazil from extreme weather patterns. | The risk of dengue was high in urban areas three to five months after extreme…
(2021-04-10). Abrupt Ice Age Climate Changes Behaved Like Cascading Dominoes. eurasiareview.com 
Throughout the last ice age, the climate changed repeatedly and rapidly during so-called Dansgaard-Oeschger events, where Greenland temperatures rose between 5 and 16 degrees Celsius in decades. When certain parts of the climate system changed, other parts of the climate system followed like a series of dominos toppling in succession. This is the conclusion from an analysis of ice-core data by a group of researchers that included postdoc Emilie Capron and associate professor Sune Olander Rasmussen from the Section for the Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen,…
(2021-04-10). Aramco Agrees $12.4 Billion Pipeline Deal With EIG. eurasiareview.com 
Aramco has agreed a $12.4 billion leaseback deal with a consortium led by EIG Global Energy Partners in one of the biggest energy infrastructure transactions. | It represents a continuation of Aramco's strategy to unlock the potential of its asset base and maximize value for its shareholders, it said in a statement. | A newly-formed unit called Aramco Oil Pipelines Company will lease usage rights in Aramco's stabilized crude oil pipelines network for a 25-year period. | In return, Aramco Oil Pipelines Company will receive a tariff payable by Aramco for the stabilized crude oil that flows through the network, b…
(2021-04-10). After emergency visit to Ukraine, Polish foreign minister calls Nord Stream 2 pipeline "present danger to peace in Europe" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com After emergency visit to Ukraine, Polish foreign minister calls Nord Stream 2 pipeline "present danger to peace in Europe"Rick Rozoff In the whirlwind of diplomatic activity in Europe and the U.S. related to the upsurge in fighting in the Donbass region of Ukraine, the coming and going of government and military officials in the Ukrainian …
(2021-04-09). Climate Hacking Experiments Already Taking Place. counterpunch.org 
As an old reporter I've learned to be cautious about definitive statements, preceded by descriptors such as "all" or "first." So when I reported last week that a Harvard experiment to test geoengineering research technologies would be the first conducted in the atmosphere, it was based on efforts to verify that that through multiple sources. But I
(2021-04-09). Pouring Money into the Pentagon Can't Prevent Another Pandemic. ips-dc.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | April 9, 2021 | Press Contact: Olivia Alperstein, (202) 704-9011 | "Pouring Money into the Pentagon Can't Prevent Another Pandemic, | Stop Climate Change, or Build a Fair Economy": | National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies | Responds to Biden's Skinny Budget: | Washington, D.C. — On April 9, President Joe Biden unveiled the FY 2022 "skinny budget." While not a full breakdown, the "skinny budget" offers a critical glimpse at topline spending and speaks volumes about the administration's priorities. | The National Priorities Project at the Institute…
(2021-04-09). Lee Camp: How Corporate America Supports Racism, Hatred & Exploitation (in New & Fun Ways!). mintpressnews.com Corporations like General Mills and ExxonMobil aren't going to save us from white supremacist violence or climate annihilation with their piddly tweets.
(2021-04-09). Atmospheric methane levels surge in 2020 to highest level in millions of years. nationofchange.org "If countries make plans now to put society on a path of sustained and dramatic cuts to emissions from today, we can avoid ever-rising emissions and the dangerously accelerating impacts of climate change."
(2021-04-09). The Environmental Impacts of "Green" Technology. counterpunch.org Solar panels, wind turbines, and electric cars have long been touted as solutions to the climate crisis. The "green" image attached to these technologies masks a dark reality; they are adding to the problem of environmental destruction, failing to reduce CO2 emissions, and accelerating the mass extinction of life on the planet. In my upcoming
(2021-04-09). No, We Can't 'Go Back' to Asia. progressive.org No matter the political climate, U.S.-born Chinese people are often not recognized as "real" Americans.
(2021-04-09). Colombia Rules Out Ban on Mining In High Andean Wetlands. telesurenglish.net Colombia's Senate rejected a bill that sought to include a constitutional prohibition on mining exploitation and exploration in high Andean wetlands or "paramos." | RELATED: | The main arguments focused on the exclusion of paramos' surrounding areas where mega-mining companies could continue extractive activities. | At least 36 wasteland ecosystems generate 85 percent of Colombia's potable water and the main water tributaries.
(2021-04-09). US-NATO Provocation in Ukraine to Stop Russian Pipeline. globalresearch.ca
(2021-04-09). Bernie Sanders Invites Oil Executives to Testify at Hearing on Climate Crisis. truthout.org 
Senate Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has called on top oil and gas executives to testify at a hearing on "The Cost of Inaction on Climate Change" before the budget committee next Thursday. | The senator invited BP America President David C. Lawler, Chevron CEO Michael Wirth and ExxonMobil CEO Darren W. Woods
(2021-04-09). Greta Thunberg Says She'll Skip UN Climate Conference Over Covid-19 Vaccine Inequity. commondreams.org "Of course I would love to attend the Glasgow #COP26," she tweeted Friday. "But not unless everyone can take part on the same terms." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/chill-donald-thunberg_0_0.jpg …
(2021-04-09). Biden Administration/Army Corps Allows Illegal Dakota Access Pipeline to Continue to Flow Despite Impacted Indigenous Opposition. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-04-09). Despite Pledges on Tribal Relations and Climate, Biden Declines to Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline. commondreams.org "If Biden wants to be a climate leader on the world stage, he needs to start at home." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12320576171.jpg …
(2021-04-09). Despite Promises to Listen to Tribes and Fight Climate Change, Biden Administration Allows Oil to Continue Flowing Through Dakota Access Pipeline. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-04-09). 350.org on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Failing to Shut Down the Dakota Access Pipeline. commondreams.org ______________________________…