(2022-03-10). Embargo on Russian oil gives gift to energy corporations, deals blow to hopes for peace. liberationnews.org 
This move from the U.S. government fuels the flames of global tensions to the benefit of giant energy and military corporations, making the prospect of lasting peace in Ukraine even more remote.
(2022-03-10). Friday 3/25: Sacramento: Global Climate Strike – Rally for Climate Crisis & Indigenous Justice. indybay.org West Steps of California State Capitol, 1315 10th St, Sacramento, CA 95814. | This is a peaceful rally for climate justice and racial justice.
(2022-03-10). Chernobyl nuclear plant disconnected from power grid as Russian, Ukrainian FMs to meet in Turkey. ecns.cn The Ukrainian state-run energy company Ukrenergo said Wednesday that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine has been disconnected from the power grid."ÄÄ…
(2022-03-10). Newly discovered species at higher risk of extinction: Australian study. ecns.cn Species that have been discovered recently face a higher risk of extinction than those identified long ago, Australian researchers have found.
(2022-03-09). Nation-States Are Destroying The World. popularresistance.org It is becoming increasingly obvious that we need to think about the problems of the climate crisis and borders together. Environmental breakdown displaces millions of people every year, while states respond by militarizing their borders, causing further suffering and death. | It is no accident that climate breakdown and state borders are linked. Historically, the nation-state was born out of a logic that also saw nature — and colonized peoples — as things to be conquered and dominated. Now, from the war-torn border regions of South Asia to the Amazon rainforest, people are questioning whether sustaina…
(2022-03-09). Climate Mitigation Isn't Just a Matter of Ethics; It's Life and Death. truthout.org 
The climate crisis worsens with each passing year — and even the current levels of warming are disastrous, affecting ecosystems as well as social and environmental conditions of health. People in the world's poorest countries remain most vulnerable to the crisis. The world's governments are slow to react to the greatest challenge facing humanity today, even though potential solutions are not in short supply, with the transition to a green economy offering the most effective pathway to tackling th…
(2022-03-09). Solar projects transform abandoned coal mines in Virginia. peoplesworld.org 
Six abandoned coal mines in southwest Virginia are being transformed into solar energy installations as part of an effort by the Nature Conservancy, The Washington Post reports. TNC hopes the project can be a model for similar sites nationwide. The conservation group views the Appalachian Mountains as one of the most critical regions on the …
(2022-03-09). 2022 begins with the environment crying for help. mronline.org 
Heat waves, floods and prolonged droughts show how climate change is already present; Check the interview with Marcio Astrini, Executive Secretary of the Climate Observatory.
(2022-03-09). Ralph Nader: Biden's SOTU Speech Neglects to Make a Crucial Request to the Citizenry. scheerpost.com By Ralph Nader | The President's State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress is the media event of the year for the occupant of the Oval Office. Joe Biden spoke for an hour, covered lots of predictable policy ground, and also praised, promised, and reassured "the people." | But, as President Biden has done many times in public speeches and addresses, he failed to engage the people as his allies to confront his policy opponents in Congress. | All his priorities — social safety net protections, rebuilding community infrastructure or public works, more aggressive action against climate c…
(2022-03-09). How BlackRock, Vanguard, and UBS Are Screwing the World. zcomm.org Such firms control a huge portion of the world's wealth. Instead of using that power to solve climate change, they're blocking progress and profiting off inequality…
(2022-03-09). Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs Demand Royal Bank Stop Financing Pipeline. popularresistance.org "Today, we told RBC leadership directly that the bank's financing of the Coastal GasLink pipeline threatens our medicine, our water, our ancestral lands, our culture and our homes. Our sacred headwaters, the Wedzin Kwa river, is the lifeline for our people, and it's profoundly at risk. Financing Coastal GasLink is the exact opposite of reconciliation. The fracked gas pipeline violates our hereditary title, and has led to years of RCMP violence and harassment of peaceful Indigenous land defenders and the forced removal of Wet'suwet'en peoples from their territory." | "The bank's leadership seemed open to hearing o…
(2022-03-09). Investors Are Reevaluating Mountain Valley Pipeline. Let's Cancel It for Good. truthout.org 
The unjust, unneeded and destructive Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), a fracked-gas pipeline from West Virginia down into Virginia, should be canceled. Project completion is already in jeopardy. | During a recent hearing about the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC's) policy statements about fracked gas certificates, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, the chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, defended the MVP. Manchin claimed the pipeline is 95 percent complet…