(2022-10-12). Poland Entered Pipeline War: Leak Detected On Druzhba Pipeline. southfront.org 
| On the morning of October 12, Polish operator reported on a leak on the Druzhba (Brotherhood) pipeline which supplies Russian oil to Germany. The rupture was discovered some 70 kilometers from the Polich town of Plock in central region of the country. | Polish operator PERN detected the leak by automated systems on one of the two strings of the pipeline late on October 11. The damaged string was switched off immediately and the second one continues to operate. | So far, the cause of the incident rema…
(2022-10-12). Putin Offers to Ship Gas Through Undamaged Line in Nord Stream 2. news.antiwar.com Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday Putin said that one line of the Nord Stream 2 remained pressurized despite the attacks on both Nord Stream pipelines that occurred last month and caused gas to leak into the Baltic Sea. Both lines of Nord Stream 1 were damaged, while only one Nord Stream 2 line leaked gas after the explosions. | Germany was quick to…
(2022-10-12). Nuclear Power Isn't Clean — It Creates Hellish Wastelands of Radioactive Sewage. truthout.org Joshua Frank's brilliant Atomic Days, from Haymarket Books, takes us deep into the horrific clogged bowels of the failed technology that is nuclear power. | Frank's excursion into the radioactive wasteland of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, in eastern Washington State's Columbia River Valley, is the ultimate real-world nightmare. | Unfortunately, it serves as a wailing siren for what faces us with the atomic wastes from our commercial reactors, now joined at the toxic hip to the global weapons industry. | "Like a ceaseless conveyer belt," Frank writes, "Hanford generated plutonium for nearly four long decades, r…
(2022-10-12). Youth join global strike for climate justice. iacenter.org By Kathy Durkin September 26, 2022 Climate strikers in Bengaluru, India, one of 450 global locations, were among hundreds of thousands demanding "climate reparations and justice" Sept. 23. Young people in Asia, Africa and Europe joined a coordinated Global Climate Strike that called for wealthy countries to pay reparations to poorer countries that have been the hardest hit by the disasters caused by global warming. Climate strikers in Bengaluru, India, Sept. 23. Demonstrators emphasized the more frequent, ferocious and deadly heat waves; floods; wildfires; and droughts wreaking havoc worldwide, causing devastatio…
(2022-10-12). Wall Street Lobbyists Admit Big Banks Don't Plan to Honor Their Climate Pledges. truthout.org A trade association that lobbies on behalf of the largest banks in the United States told regulators that their members' pledges to reduce investments in carbon-emitting industries are "aspirational," implying that they shouldn't be taken seriously by authorities. | The Bank Policy Institute made the remarks in
(2022-10-11). US Media's Intellectual No-Fly-Zone On US Culpability In Nord Stream Attack. popularresistance.org Multiple explosions last week off the coast of Poland damaged both the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines, shutting down one and preventing the other from going online. The pipelines, intended to carry natural gas from Russia to Germany, are critical infrastructure for Europe's energy markets. | The explosions triggered a lopsided "whodunnit" in US media, with commentators almost universally fingering Russia as the culprit, despite the lack of a plausible motive. Official US opposition to the pipeline has been well-established over the years, giving Washington ample motive to destroy the pipelines, but mos…
(2022-10-11). Ukraine's Revenge on the West. orinocotribune.com 
By M. K. Bhadrakumar Oct 5, 2022 | Russian Duma's ratification of the annexation of four regions of Ukraine (Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, as well as the Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions) and the adoption of the relevant laws thereof creates a new dynamic and will take time to create a new balance of forces on the ground. | Meanwhile, the external environment is also phenomenally transforming. The deepening energy crisis in Europe following the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines becomes a serious contradiction. | Thus, a complex situation presents itself against the backdrop of a massive Russ…
(2022-10-11). Turkish retired admirals evaluate the risk of sabotage on the TurkStream pipeline. unitedworldint.com By Kutalmis Gurbuz * As a result of the explosions, the Nord Stream 1&2 pipelines that stretch all the way from Russia to Germany got out of service permanently. Both Russia and the European governments announced that sabotages had occurred on the pipelines. The pipelines, construction cost more than 10 billion Euros each, were damaged …
(2022-10-11). Evolving Big Brains Only To Go Extinct From Stupidity: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com
(2022-10-11). The Real Climate Action Won't Be at COP27, But in a Thousand Rebellious Communities Worldwide. commondreams.org In the peril-filled decade ahead, local, collective struggles by people of all ages will be essential to advancing multiracial, pluralistic democracy, and climate justice.
(2022-10-10). Blinken Says Nord Stream Sabotage Is a 'Tremendous Opportunity'. transcend.org 2 Oct 2022 – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday [30 Sep] that the attacks on the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that connect Russia to Germany offer a "tremendous opportunity" to end Europe's dependency on Russian energy.
(2022-10-10). Go and Tell the Hungry That Their Food Is Being Thrown in the Garbage. transcend.org 28 Sep 2022 – These are facts, not guesses: about 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted and lost… every single year, the equivalent of one ton per each of the one billion hungry people, many of them are those who produced the food.