(2021-04-04). Revolution or Fascism: The Choice We Must Make Amid US Collapse. orinocotribune.com American collapse presents us with two diverging paths, ones which respectively mean massive genocide and the liberation of the U.S. masses from capitalist and colonialist subjugation. These paths are the transformation of the U.S. into a full-on Nazi regime, and the abolition of the U.S. government so that this continent can be made into a post-colonial socialist civilization. | Each day, both of these outcomes are made ever more likely by the deteriorating conditions that the country is sliding into. As international capital finds itself weakened by our current global depression, as the climate crisis threatens…
(2021-04-04). Developed A Safe And Cheap Technology Of Disinfection Of Packed Eggs. eurasiareview.com Russian researchers have developed an inexpensive, safe, and reliable packed eggs surface disinfection technology. This technology helps to kill bacteria, including salmonella, on eggshells. Also, it allows growing broiler chickens with strong immunity to viral diseases. Packed eggs are disinfected with 50 nanoseconds (one billionth of a second) electron beam. Disinfection takes place in plastic containers. The description of the technology was published in Food and Bioproducts Processing. | "Disinfection of the packed eggs protects eggs from subsequent contamination during storage", said Sergey Sokovnin, a pr…
(2021-04-04). What Is Climate Feminism? popularresistance.org Last fall, two powerful hurricanes, Eta and Iota, slammed into Central America within two weeks of each other, causing massive flooding and landslides and affecting millions of people, primarily in Honduras and Nicaragua. Thousands were uprooted from their homes, and women, many with children in tow, suffered the greatest. The events followed a disturbing but familiar trend: The United Nations estimates that 80 percent of people displaced by climate change are women. And it's not just storms that affect them; researchers in India have found that droughts, too, hit women the hardest, rendering them more vulnerable…
(2021-04-04). A Green New Deal Is Actually More Affordable in the Long Term Than Fossil Fuels. truthout.org With global warming representing humanity's greatest existential crisis, reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050, as recommended by the 2018 report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), should be one of the U.S.'s most urgent priorities. We need a Green New Deal now. | In examining the urgency of this necessity, we must recognize the current state of climate response in this country and around the world. Five years ago, the Paris Agreement…
(2021-04-04). Sunday 4/11: Climate Justice & Planetary Health: Stopping the Next Pandemic. indybay.org Online teach-in…
(2021-04-04). Thursday 4/8: Climate Action Crash Course. indybay.org Online, via zoom…
(2021-04-04). Killing the Black Snake: Native Youths Incredible Stand Against Pipelines in Washington. indybay.org Native youths ran to the White House, locked down on tripods outside, and delivered more than 400,000 petitions to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers demanding the shut down of Dakota Access Pipeline, and Enbridge Line 3. They marched through the streets of Washington DC with a 200-foot black snake representing the pipelines, and "killed" the snake outside the White House.
(2021-04-04). "Build Back Fossil Free!" zcomm.org Indigenous Youth Rally to Demand Biden Stop Pipelines…
(2021-04-04). Study Sounds Latest Warning of Rainforest Turning Into Savanna as Climate Warms. commondreams.org "What is happening at the Amazon-Cerrado boundary may be a precursor for feverish tropical forests across the world. Unlike humans, these forests won't have air conditioners or sunscreens to protect them." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/cerrado.jpg …
(2021-04-04). Six Ways Chevron Imperils Climate, Human Rights, and Racial Justice. commondreams.org "These six examples illustrate a stunning array of corporate abuse, deception, and misconduct by one of the world's largest and most powerful corporations." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/chevron.jpg …
(2021-04-03). Adjusting Interactions Help Some California's Wild Bee Populations Survive. eurasiareview.com Across California's Central Valley, under stress from large-scale agriculture and climate change, native bee species that are flexible in their pollination behavior when around other wild bee populations appear best suited for survival in shrinking habitats. | That's the primary finding of a study published online in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. | A research team led by University of Oregon biologist Lauren C. Ponisio identified 1,150 network interactions involving 157 wild bee species and 152 plant species at 63 sites spread across three counties. The findings emerged from observations of adult bee…
(2021-04-03). Goldman Sachs has made big promises on climate policy — but where does the money go?>. salon.com Giant investment bank has loudly trumpeted its climate commitments. Its actual record tells a different story…
(2021-04-03). 'It's Not a Border Crisis. It's an Imperialism Crisis… a Climate Crisis… a Trade Crisis.'. zcomm.org Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to social media Tuesday night with a detailed reminder of the root causes of Central Americans and other migrants seeking asylum at the United States' southern border…
(2021-04-03). 'We Will Not Stop': First Nations Land Defenders Take Direct Action Against Trans Mountain Pipeline. commondreams.org "Today we stand on unceded, unsurrendered, illegally occupied Secwepemc land to show that we will not stop until the pipeline is terminated and the land is returned to the rightful title holders." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/indigenous_0.jpg …