(2021-05-08). Global Protests Target Banks Funding Line 3 Pipeline. popularresistance.org San Francisco – Today across 8 countries, 4 continents, and 50 U.S. cities, hundreds of climate and Indigenous rights activists are protesting 20 banks that have backed loans for Enbridge, the company constructing the Line 3 tar sands pipeline through Anishinaabe territory in Minnesota. The protests feature elaborate and artful displays such as a body mural in Seattle spelling "Defund Line 3," a fake oil spill in New York, a large floating banner display in Chicago, a fake oil spill and giant dance party in D.C., and a street mural in San Francisco. Activists also effectively shut down branches of the 20 target b…
(2021-05-08). Hundreds of Bottles of 'Chernobyl Booze' Seized in Ukraine, Media Says. sputniknews.com The company that manufactures the spirit is run by scientists working in the Chernobyl exclusion zone who seek to determine whether safe-for-consumption products can be made from things grown in the area.
(2021-05-08). Bill Gates Names Three Most Important Inventions of All Time. sputniknews.com Among other things, Bill Gates, who has just written a book about fighting climate change, said there is an urgent need to act on the matter.
(2021-05-08). 'Natural Disasters' Increase Triggers For Violence Against Women And Girls. eurasiareview.com 'Natural disasters,' sparked by climate change and other natural hazards, increase the triggers for violence against women and girls by boosting the means, opportunity, and underlying drivers, finds a review of the available evidence, published in the online journal BMJ Global Health. | As these disasters are increasing in frequency, severity, and duration worldwide, this consequence must now be formally recognised in public health, violence prevention, and disaster management strategies, urge the researchers. | Over the past two decades, 7348 disasters precipitated by natural hazards were recorded. This is ne…
(2021-05-08). China Pressed To Improve Climate Pledges — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Michael Lelyveld | Two weeks after President Xi Jinping took part in the U.S.-sponsored climate summit of world leaders, it is hard to tell whether China has made a commitment to tougher carbon reduction deadlines or not. | In a carefully worded statement on April 22, Xi left it unclear whether China will go beyond pledges that he made last September to reach a peak in carbon emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. | Particular attention was paid to China's largest source of carbon emissions — the country's consumption of high- polluting coal. | While China is rapidly increasing it…
(2021-05-08). Wednesday 5/19: Stronger, Higher, Faster: Big Wave Surfing and Climate Change. indybay.org Virtual/Online Event…
(2021-05-08). How Viruses And Bacteria Can Reach Drinking Water Wells. eurasiareview.com Induced bank filtration is a key and well-established approach to provide drinking water supply to populated areas located along rivers or lakes and with limited access to groundwater resources. It is employed in several countries worldwide, with notable examples in Europe, the United States, and parts of Africa. Contamination of surface waters poses a serious threat to attaining drinking water standards. | In this context, human pathogenic microorganisms such as some viruses and bacteria, originating from the discharge of wastewater treatment plants, form a major contaminant group. A detailed study at an indu…
(2021-05-08). Ransomware Attack Reportedly Shuts US Pipeline Giant. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A ransomware attack caused the temporary shutdown of one of the United States' largest pipeline operators, media reported Saturday.
(2021-05-08). Top US pipeline operator shuts fuel line after cyber attack. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 08 (MNA) — Top US fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline has shut its entire network after a cyber attack, the company said in a statement on Friday.
(2021-05-08). Protests at Pipeline Funding Banks. indybay.org Citibank, Chase and Wells Fargo called out for funding oil pipelines…
(2021-05-07). Palestinian Mothers are the Glue that Bonds Palestinian Society. counterpunch.org My father, Jamil Halaby, passed away in Jerusalem, Palestine, in 1947. Fifty years later and until her death on March 16, 1997, Katrina Halaby, my late mother, was never able to visit her husband's grave to say the kaddish or lay flowers. And because of the turbulent 1948 political climate in Palestine, no tombstone was
(2021-05-07). Climate and Indigenous Protesters Across 4 Continents Pressure Banks to #DefundLine3. commondreams.org "Those who financially back Enbridge are directly implicated in its crimes. To put it bluntly, blood is on their hands." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/dc_extinction_rebellion-2021-05-07-gabe_cowan1.5.jpg …
(2021-05-07). Climate Justice Is About More Than Just Fossil Fuels. thenation.com Climate Justice Is About More Than Just Fossil Fuels…
(2021-05-07). Worth 1000 Words: How World Saw Australia's Black Summer. eurasiareview.com Australia's 'black summer' of bushfires was depicted on the front pages of the world's media with images of wildlife and habitat destruction, caused by climate change, while in Australia the toll on ordinary people remained the visual front-page focus. | QUT visual communication researcher Dr TJ Thomson compared the front-page bushfire imagery of the Sydney Morning Herald over three months from November 10, 2019 to January 31 2020 with 119 front pages from international media from the start of January, when the world sat up and took notice, to January 31. | "The international sample of front pages included the…
(2021-05-07). Water Scarcity In Middle East: Beyond An Environmental Risk — Analysis. eurasiareview.com n the Middle East, which continuously suffers from chronic disorder, water supply systems are increasingly becoming both political lever and objectives of strategic action as states perceive access to water as an issue of national security. | By Vali Golmohamadi* | The Middle East region is currently facing simultaneous security, climate change and water scarcity crises. Water scarcity is a pressing environmental issue in the Middle East and is increasingly becoming an additional source of conflict in the already unstable region. The region's annual internal water resources amount to only 6 percent of its aver…
(2021-05-07). More States Enter The Race To Criminalize Protest. popularresistance.org It was April 1, and Jestin Dupree had driven more than 400 miles from the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in northeastern Montana to the state's capital, Helena, to testify against legislation that could be used to jail environmental protesters. For years, his tribe had been protesting the Keystone XL pipeline, which was to cross the Missouri River, their main source of water. Their efforts seemed to be vindicated when the project was cancelled by President Joe Biden during his first day in office. | Montana's new legislation, however, would allow environmental protesters to be jailed for up to 18 months if they obs…
(2021-05-07). Global Protests Target Banks Funding Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline. commondreams.org ______________________________…
