Staff (2022-01-31). Headlines for January 31, 2022. democracynow.org U.N. Security Council Meets over Russia-Ukraine Tensions as Ukraine Calls Out Western "Panic", U.N.: 2,000 Children Died Since 2020 After Being Forced into Combat in Yemen, Taliban Killed Dozens of Former Gov't and Allied Forces Workers Since Takeover, Sudanese Security Forces Kill Another Demonstrator as Protests Continue 3 Months After Coup, North Korea Tests Most Powerful Ballistic Missile Since 2017, Pipeline Bursts on Indigenous Land in Ecuadorian Amazon; Thailand Rushes to Contain Coastal Oil Spill, Spotify Adds Advisory to Podcasts About COVID; Joni Mitchell Removes Music from App, Ahmaud Arbery's Family,…

Rehad Desai (2022-01-31). Joining the dots: Pandemics and political economy. greenleft.org.au Climate Justice puts the people most affected by the crisis at the centre of the solution. Health Justice must do the same, argues Rehad Desai.

Winn Ellinger (2022-01-30). Karankawa nation protests dangerous pipeline expansion into sacred land. liberationnews.org Chiara, a Karankawa organizer, gave an impassioned speech defending the environment of her people's homeland and called out Bank of America for financing fossil fuel extraction.

_____ (2022-01-30). A Journey From Incineration Toward Zero Waste. popularresistance.org As you enter Chester, Pennsylvania, and drive by 10 Highland Ave, chances are you just took a breath of mercury, soot, and lead. You might have also seen a big smokestack as you drove by, and if you did, you would have seen the country's largest trash incinerator run by a company called Covanta. This incinerator sits in a mostly Black neighborhood in which one-third of the residents live under the poverty line. The location of this incinerator, however, is far from a coincidence. | Forty-five percent of all incinerators in the country are in neighborhoods where people of color are a majority or a higher percentag…

Winn Ellinger (2022-01-30). Karankawa nation protests dangerous pipeline expansion into sacred land. liberationnews.org Chiara, a Karankawa organizer, gave an impassioned speech defending the environment of her people's homeland and called out Bank of America for financing fossil fuel extraction.

sputniknews (2022-01-29). Wasted! Top 4 Losses of Key US Military Assets in South China Sea Over Two Decades of Posturing. sputniknews.com The US military mission in the South China Sea is mainly geared towards countering China's territorial claims in the disputed waters. China too has ramped up its maritime strength in the South China Sea, despite an overt commitment by both parties to avoid militarisation of the western Pacific Ocean.

Julia Rock (2022-01-29). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Federal Court Blocks Biden's "Huge Climate Bomb" dailyposter.com

_____ (2022-01-29). How Europeans Get Their Electricity. strategic-culture.org "Worldwide efforts to address climate change is leading to the rapid electrification of numerous end-users from transport to industry, driving a massive increase in power demand as well as the need to generate as much of it as possible from renewable sources. The result is a dramatic transformation of power systems globally." — iea.org.

Alex Bainbridge (2022-01-29). Only climate repair can save the reef. greenleft.org.au Kuku Yallanji woman Pat O'Shane has criticised the federal government's Great Barrier Reef funding election promise while proposing a series of climate-related policies that would help save it. Alex Bainbridge reports.

Cecilia Paz (2022-01-29). Near New Orleans, weak regulations cause oil pipeline to leak 300k gallons. liberationnews.org On Jan. 12, federal documents revealed an oil spill of more than 300,000 gallons, which was discovered just east of New Orleans on December 27, 2021.

Naomi Craine (2022-01-29). Black farmers in Illinois fight for improved conditions. themilitant.com HOPKINS PARK, Ill. — "Black farmers in rural Pembroke Township protest Nicor plan to build gas pipeline through their community," read a headline in the Dec. 7 Chicago Tribune. It reported on a rally in downtown Chicago opposing the installation of natural gas service lines here, 65 miles south of the city. | But most Black farmers favor the chance to get natural gas, which can make their working and living conditions better. "The farmers aren't against the gas line. We've been fighting for it for 30 years," Pam Basu told the Militant. Her family owns the organic Basu Natural Farms. "We don't have natural g…

_____ (2022-01-29). So Much For Transparency: Navy Unwilling To Release Report On Red Hill. popularresistance.org The slow roll has begun. With transparency thrown out the window, the Navy's announced on January 26 that it would release only the summary of the report on how jet fuel got into the water supply. "When the review is complete, we expect the Navy to provide a summary of the conclusions in a public release," the chief of information for the Navy declared. The Navy has released full reports of previous leaks from the Red Hill tanks. | The full report was given to the Commander of the US Navy's Pacific Command, 12 days ago on January 14 and the completed report was only acknowledged on January 24. The Sierra Club's a…