Daily Archives: June 16, 2021

2021-06-16: News Headlines

Staff (2021-06-16). Trump-Appointed Judge Blocks Biden From Pausing New Oil Drilling Leases. truthout.org A Trump-appointed federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary pause on new leases for oil and gas drilling on public lands and waters, a decision the Interior Department "The judge's order turns a blind eye to runaway climate pollution that's devastating ou…

_____ (2021-06-16). In The Southeast, Climate Change Finds A Landscape Already Ravaged By Inequality. popularresistance.org The southeastern United States sees more billion-dollar disasters than any other region in the country. The region also sees more different kinds of natural disasters than other parts of the country. In 2020, six billion-dollar hurricanes hit the Gulf Coast, tornado events caused 76 fatalities and torrential rainfall, up 30% since the 1950s, caused severe flooding.

Louis Proyect (2021-06-16). Was American Indian Overhunting Responsible for the Near-Extinction of the Buffalo? counterpunch.org In the 1990s, there were repeated attempts to debunk the idea of an ecological Indian. Scholars and activists with seemingly little in common all sought to portray the Indian as wasteful of natural resources, if not even worse than the European settlers who have left the USA resembling a toxic dump as the 21st century

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-06-16). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Cerebrospinal fluid leaks are commonly misdiagnosed. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cerebrospinal fluid is the clear fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. It cushions the brain and spinal cord from injury, delivers nutrients and acts as a waste removal system for the brain. A cerebrospinal fluid leak occurs when fluid escapes through a small tear or hole in the outermost layer of tissue that …

Food & Water Watch, partners (2021-06-16). Thursday 6/17: Facing the Climate Crisis: Clean Energy Proposals & Real Climate Solutions. indybay.org Online webinar event…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-15). Indigenous-led climate justice activists vow to continue resisting Enbridge pipeline in US. peoplesdispatch.org Around 250 protesters who are opposing a controversial pipeline project in the State of Minnesota in the United States have been arrested over the past few days.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-06-15). 'Anti-encroachment' demolitions target Karachi's working class and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the ongoing 'anti-encroachment' drive affecting poor and working class communities in the city of Karachi in Pakistan, the joint communique presented by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and its anti-China and anti-Russia stance, the violent attack on a protest against the police killing of Winston Smith Jr. in the city of Minneapolis and the ongoing struggle by Indigenous communities and climate activists against the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline in the US.

John Wojcik (2021-06-15). Message to Biden and Putin: Don't waste historic opportunity. peoplesworld.org A simplistic and dangerous narrative has emerged in the press in our country around the coming Geneva meeting of U.S President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The narrative is that Biden must use the meeting to "lay down the law" to the dangerous autocrat Putin who was allegedly able to control former President …

Jon Queally (2021-06-15). On climate and COVID-19, G7 judged a 'colossal failure'. greenleft.org.au Anti-poverty groups, climate campaigners, and public health experts reacted with outrage after the G7 effectively abdicated responsibility in the face of savage economic inequality, a rapidly-heating planet, and the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, writes Jon Queally.

Aldo Caliari (2021-06-15). Jubilee USA Statement on G7 Summit and Communiqué. indybay.org The G7 Summit concludes in the United Kingdom and leaders release a communiqué on COVID-19 response, vaccines, trade, debt relief, tax reform and climate change.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-06-15). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Cerebrospinal fluid leaks are commonly misdiagnosed. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cerebrospinal fluid is the clear fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. It cushions the brain and spinal cord from injury, delivers nutrients and acts as a waste removal system for the brain. A cerebrospinal fluid leak occurs when fluid escapes through a small tear or hole in the outermost layer of tissue that …

Food & Water Watch, partners (2021-06-15). Thursday 6/17: Facing the Climate Crisis: Clean Energy Proposals & Real Climate Solutions. indybay.org Online webinar event…

Dan Bacher (2021-06-15). As massive Klamath fish kill continues, Karuk Tribe declares state of climate emergency. indybay.org "Our monitoring traps are full of dead juvenile salmon," said Toz Soto, Fisheries Program Manager for the Karuk Tribe. "The few fish still alive are infected with disease. It's a catastrophic blow to the fishery and Karuk culture."

Center for Biological Diversity (2021-06-15). Thursday 6/17: Saving Life on Earth: Fighting Extinction of Flora & Fauna from Human Development w/ CBD. indybay.org Online teach-in…

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