2022-10-24: News Headlines

Patrick Lawrence (2022-10-24). Europe's self destruction. mronline.org Despite the economically disastrous impact the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage will have on Europe, Western media still holds its tongue about it.

Kerry Smith (2022-10-24). Extinction Rebellion SA protests oil and gas conference. greenleft.org.au Extinction Rebellion organised a colourful and noisy three-day protest against the Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference at the Adelaide Convention Centre. Kerry Smith reports.

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-10-24). Thursday 10/27: Saving Life on Earth: Stopping Fossil Fuels, the Climate Emergency & Extinction Crisis. indybay.org Online event…

_____ (2022-10-23). Eleven Wrong Ideas On The Climate. popularresistance.org In the various speeches on the climate, we find a large number of commonplaces, repeated a thousand times in all tones, which constitute wrong ideas, which lead, voluntarily or not, to ignoring the real issues, or to belief in pseudo-solutions. I am not referring here to negationist speeches, but to those that claim to be "green" or "sustainable". These are assertions of a very diverse nature: some are real manipulations, fake news, lies, mystifications; others are half-truths, or a quarter of the truth. Many of them are full of good will and good intentions — the road to hell, as we know, is paved with the…

_____ (2022-10-23). Four Of Five World Cities Faced 'Significant Climate Hazards' In 2022. popularresistance.org It's no secret that climate hazards are rising, with headlines of floods, hurricanes, and wildfires taking over the news. Now, a report from CDP, a nonprofit climate disclosure group, found that 4 out of 5 cities have experienced "significant climate hazards" this year. One-quarter of cities surveyed also expect to see more frequent "high-risk" climate hazards by 2025. | Researchers surveyed 998 cities for its Protecting People and the Planet analysis, finding that 80% of responding cities reporting they faced significant climate hazards — including extreme heat (46%), heavy rainfall (36%), drought (35%) an…

Florence CGTN (2022-10-23). New Journey: China and the World. america.cgtn.com CGTN America presents a special program "New Journey: China and the World" to discuss with several China experts about China's economy, modernization, battling climate change, sustainability, Chinese global initiatives, and China's role in an ever-changing world as the country moves forward with the next …

Andy Rowell (2022-10-23). Ahead of COP27, Big Oil Climate Denial More Potent Than Ever. commondreams.org A Big Oil boss predicted that fossil fuels are "going to run the world tomorrow and five years from now, 10 years from now, 20 years from now."

En.mehrnews (2022-10-23). Iran, Turkey reach new agreements over gas exports: official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) — Dispatching Manager of National Iranian Gas Compan (NIGC) reported of holding expert-level meeting with the representatives of Turkish BOTA≈û Petroleum Pipeline Corporation and also fresh agreements between the two states.

Hendrik Sybrandy (2022-10-23). U.S. researchers develop hurricane-resilient wind turbines. america.cgtn.com It's been a little over three weeks (Sept. 28) since Hurricane Ian struck the U.S. state of Florida, causing death and widespread destruction. It's the kind of intense weather event experts say is becoming more common with climate change, and the type of weather …

JANET (2022-10-22). Typhoon rips through Western Alaska exposing high cost of climate change. iacenter.org By Paddy Colligan October 6, 2022 A New York Times weekly news quiz Sept. 9 asked which of these climate disasters happened this summer: floods in Pakistan; drought in China; heat wave on the U.S. West Coast; wildfires in Europe; or all of the above. To these are added September's disasters: historic hurricanes in the Caribbean and the southeast U.S. and Typhoon Merbok in Alaska. And the season has just begun. The destructive remnants of Typhoon Merbok are a recent example of an unexpectedly catastrophic weather phenomenon. Typhoon aftermath Merbok formed in cold waters off Japan; it regained power and moisture a…

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