2022-01-12: News Headlines

Tara Lohan (2022-01-12). Why words matter in the fight against climate change. nationofchange.org Climate communications expert, Genevieve Guenther, speaks on how climate change reporting has evolved, and her recommendations for how to encourage climate action.

Cindy Anders (2022-01-12). Violence and Resistance at the Frontlines of Climate Justice. zcomm.org Reflecting on an encounter with police brutality at Enbridge Line 3 encampment…

Ian Angus (2022-01-12). Ecosocialist Bookshelf, January. greenleft.org.au Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents seven new books for red-greens and green-reds to start the new year.

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WSWS (2022-01-12). Amplify Energy indicted for causing massive oil spill off the coast of Southern California last October. wsws.org The investigation revealed that the company ignored eight different leak detection alarms over a 13-hour period, shutting off and then restarting the pipeline after each alarm notified them of a potential spill, which caused about 25,000 gallons of crude oil to spill into the ocean.

WSWS (2022-01-12). Amplify Energy indicted for causing massive oil spill off the coast of Southern California last October. wsws.org The investigation revealed that the company ignored eight different leak detection alarms over a 13-hour period, shutting off and then restarting the pipeline after each alarm notified them of a potential spill, which caused about 25,000 gallons of crude oil to spill into the ocean.

teleSUR (2022-01-12). Venezuela: Gasoline Pipeline Exploded Due to Illegal Drilling. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday night, Anzoategui Governor Jose Marcano informed that a gasoline pipe exploded in Naricua town in the Simon Bolivar municipality, leaving three people injured. | RELATED: | This accident, which was caused by a perforation of the pipeline by people who wanted to extract fuel illegally, occurred at approximately 6: 30 in the afternoon in the sector known as Puente Grande, where firefighters and rescuers we…

Staff (2022-01-11). Headlines for January 11, 2022. democracynow.org U.S. Coronavirus Cases and Hospitalizations Soar to Record Highs, Warming Oceans Set New Temperature Records in 2021 as Climate Crisis Worsened, U.N. Appeals for Nearly $5 Billion in Afghanistan Aid as 1 Million Children Face Severe Malnutrition, Amid Talks with U.S., Russia Says Ukraine Must Never Be Allowed to Join NATO, North Korea Tests Hypersonic Missile for Second Time in a Week, Lithuania Pays $113,000 to Guantánamo "Forever Prisoner" Tortured at CIA Black Site, Former DEA Informant Arrested over Alleged Role in Plot That Assassinated Haiti's President, El Salvador Reopens Probe into 1989 Massacre of Jesui…

_____ (2022-01-11). When Revolutionary Moments Arise Again — What Will We Do? popularresistance.org The world is in a prolonged period of global unrest. Since the financial crisis of 2008, every region of the planet has experienced levels of mass protest unprecedented in recent history, from the Arab Spring in the Middle East and Black Lives Matter in the U.S., to the farmers' protests in India and the recent upheaval in Kazakhstan. | Yet decades of social movement struggle haven't produced a break from capitalist domination, and in most places they have failed to even accomplish the more modest aims of reform. Meanwhile, the global climate crisis has added another layer of urgency to the task of social transfo…

_____ (2022-01-11). Activists To Delaware Legislators: Sign Green New Year's Resolutions. popularresistance.org Dover, DE – A coalition of progressives and environmental groups are challenging lawmakers to sign on to a set of green New Year's resolutions to kick off the 2022 session. Says participant Phillip Bannowsky, "this is a way to separate the committed from the compromised." | The activists claim in their text that confronting the climate crisis "has been impeded by the short-sighted interests of powerful economic players." Specifically, they call for a Green Amendment to the Delaware Constitution and support current legislation in the pipeline, including HB 259, requiring an emergency alert system to inform citizen…

Reynard Loki (2022-01-11). As Cryptocurrency Becomes Mainstream, Its Carbon Footprint Can't Be Ignored | Take Action Tuesday @EarthFoodLife. independentmediainstitute.org As Bitcoin prices rise, so will the incentive to mine it, creating a feedback loop that spells trouble for the climate. By Robin Scher, Independent Media Institute 10 min read For advocates of cryptocurrency, the promise of an economic future that is managed by a blockchain (a decentralized database that is shared among the nodes …

WSWS (2022-01-11). Winter of death: Two deadly housing fires in less than a week expose the reality of American capitalism. wsws.org New York City and Philadelphia saw their deadliest housing fires in decades amid a climate of official indifference to death as the COVID-19 pandemic has been allowed to rage out of control.

Mustafa Ali-Smith (2022-01-11). Police-Led Youth Programs Don't Actually Combat the School-to-Prison Pipeline. truthout.org Diversion programs are presented as exit ramps to incarceration, offering alternatives to life behind bars and providing resources to individuals who would have otherwise been arrested and sentenced to prison. | When an individual commits a crime, they are arrested as an entry point into the criminal legal system and transitioned through a traditional court trial and sentencing. Through diversion, individuals avoid this process altogether or partially by instead receiving treatment or rehabil…

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