Daily Archives: December 23, 2021

2021-12-23: News Headlines

Julia Rock (2021-12-23). Pipeline Giant Seeks Jackpot Before Climate Cataclysm. dailyposter.com

_____ (2021-12-23). Wet'suwet'en Retake Checkpoint A Month After Police Crackdown. popularresistance.org On Saturday, December 19, activists leading the Wet'suwet'en resistance against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline project declared that they evicted workers of the project from the drill site. This development comes exactly a month after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) violently dismantled a blockade led by the Gidimt'en clan near Camp Coyote and arrested dozens of protesters and even bystanders. | The declaration of reclaiming Camp Coyote was made over a statement released by the Gidimt'en Checkpoint, on Sunday, December 20. "This courageous action took place one month after a wave of militarized raids…

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2021-12-23). Nord Stream 2 is a double-edged geopolitical tool. mronline.org The undersea Nord Stream 2 pipeline has been built at a cost of $11 billion. But the Kremlin kept its thought to itself. We now know why.

Nicholas Stender (2021-12-23). Biden's appeasement strategy in social program talks nears total failure. liberationnews.org The Biden administration wasted valuable time conducting secret, backroom negotiations with Manchin when conditions called for organizing a movement to force the passage of the bill.

Anish R M (2021-12-22). Wet'suwet'en activists retake checkpoint a month after police crackdown. peoplesdispatch.org Anti-pipeline Indigenous activists, resisting the contentious Coastal GasLink pipeline in Wet'suwet'en have retaken a checkpoint in Coyote Camp, a month after violent crackdown by federal police forces…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-12-22). Canada: Wet'suwet'en Activists Retake Checkpoint a Month After Police Crackdown. libya360.wordpress.com Anish R M Wet'suwet'en activists after reclaiming Camp Coyote. Photo: Gidimt'en Checkpoint/Twitter Anti-pipeline Indigenous activists, resisting the contentious Coastal GasLink pipeline in Wet'suwet'en have retaken a checkpoint in Coyote Camp, a month after violent crackdown by federal police forces On Saturday, December 19, activists leading the Wet'suwet'en resistance against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline project…

Peter Certo (2021-12-22). In OtherWords: December 22, 2021. otherwords.org If you're the kind of person who reads our op-eds each week, chances are you're feeling a little beat up at the end of the year — from the constant rush of political news, the pandemic that just won't quit, or, as Sam Pizzigati writes in his column about Amazon this week, that ominous intersection of climate disasters, extreme inequality, and workplace injustice. | But for the rest of our package this week, I wanted to take a look at good things that happened this year — and the good we might see in the year to come. | This week in OtherWords, I look both at home and abroad for inspiring stories of pr…

Cronkite News Arizona PBS (2021-12-22). 90% of California's Precious Joshua Trees are in Danger from the Climate Emergency. juancole.com By Jude Binkley | — ( Cronkite News) — JOSHUA TREE, Calif. — More than a decade ago, Brendan Cummings was living in this desert town and working to gain federal protections for Arctic polar bears, which can't survive without the sea ice that's disappearing because of climate change. A world away from the icy …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-12-22). 'Healing Is a Constant Thing': In Conversation with Clayton Thomas-Màºller. libya360.wordpress.com Matteo Cimellaro Climate activist, writer, and filmmaker Clayton Thomas-Màºller. Still image from the film, Life in the City of Dirty Water (2019), directed by Clayton Thomas-Màºller and Spencer Mann. Activist, writer, and filmmaker discusses his new memoir and lifelong journey of healing Indigenous climate activist, writer, and filmmaker Clayton Thomas-Màºller was raised in Winnipeg, a…

Appalachians Against Pipelines (2021-12-22). MVP Pipeline Resistors Issue Statement After Fighting Felony Charges. itsgoingdown.org Appalachians Against Pipelines presents two statements from Tom and Molly on their recent fight against felony charges and the ongoing struggle against the Mountain Valley Pipeline. In April, Tom and Molly were arrested after Tom stopped pipe from being delivered to a Mountain Valley Pipeline work site by locking himself to a pipe truck for…

Appalachians Against Pipelines (2021-12-22). Tom and Molly Statements: Stop MVP. itsgoingdown.org Appalachians Against Pipelines presents two statements from Tom and Molly on their recent fight against felony charges and the ongoing struggle against the Mountain Valley Pipeline. In April, Tom and Molly were arrested after Tom stopped pipe from being delivered to a Mountain Valley Pipeline work site by locking himself to a pipe truck for…

APTN (2021-12-22). More Blockades Set up by Wet'suwet'en Activists. dissidentvoice.org In so-called British Columbia, Wet'suwet'en activists have set up more blockades in the Coastal GasLink pipeline dispute. Last month more than 30 people were arrested by RCMP who were enforcing an injunction that allows the company to operate in the area.

sputniknews (2021-12-22). Russia Says 'Provocative Activity' by US, NATO in Black Sea Aims to Hamper Nord Stream 2. sputniknews.com Russia has repeatedly warned against politicising the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, which was completed in September and is currently undergoing certification by European and German regulators.

Tracy Keeling (2021-12-22). A wild album is close to putting the extinction crisis at the top of Christmas charts. thecanary.co An album featuring the songs of Australia's disappearing birds has The album's creator,…

George Monbiot (2021-12-22). How border walls are triggering ecological disaster. zcomm.org Border walls are accelerating the extinction crisis and making ecosystems inviable…

Dave Sweeney (2021-12-22). Growing opposition to radioactive waste dump in South Australia. indybay.org Federal plans for a radioactive waste facility near Kimba on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula face growing opposition with Barngarla Traditional Owners launching a Federal Court challenge to Minister Keith Pitt's decision to site the facility on their lands.

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