Daily Archives: January 18, 2022

2022-01-18: News Headlines

_____ (2022-01-18). Oahu Water Protectors Demand Navy Stop Poisoning Their Community. popularresistance.org A World War II Era underground storage tank containing over 100 million gallons of jet fuel at the Red Hill Fuel Facility has been leaking into the aquifer that provides water to the people of Oahu. Until recently, the Navy denied there were leaks or that the water was unsafe despite multiple complaints of health problems and an oil sheen found in the tap water. Now, the Oahu Water Protectors have gained the Navy's attention and that of local and state elected officials. Wayne Tanaka of the Sierra Club of Hawaii speaks with Clearing the FOG about the fuel facility, what is at stake and how they are organizing to…

Staff (2022-01-18). Modi calls world to arms against crypto. rt.com Indian leader compares threat of cryptocurrencies to inflation and climate change | India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said all nations should unite in tackling the threats posed by cryptocurrencies, speaking virtually at the 2022 World Economic Forum's annual conference in Davos, Switzerland. | "Cryptocurrency is an example of the kind of challenges we are facing as a global family with a changing global order. To fight this, every nation, every global agency needs to have collective and synchronized action," Modi said in his address. | Modi compared crypto to major economic challenges like supply-chain dis…

Staff (2022-01-18). Modi calls world to arms against crypto. rt.com Indian leader compares threat of cryptocurrencies to inflation and climate change | India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said all nations should unite in tackling the threats posed by cryptocurrencies, speaking virtually at the 2022 World Economic Forum's annual conference in Davos, Switzerland. | "Cryptocurrency is an example of the kind of challenges we are facing as a global family with a changing global order. To fight this, every nation, every global agency needs to have collective and synchronized action," Modi said in his address. | Modi compared crypto to major economic challenges like supply-chain dis…

Canadian Tire Fire (2022-01-17). Canadian Tire Fire #26: News From a Housing and Shelter System in Crisis and the Fight To Defend Old Growth. itsgoingdown.org This week, after an update on the Wet'suwet'en struggle, we cover a new group fighting for old growth protection on the west coast, and news from a housing and shelter system in crisis across so-called Canada. Wet'suwet'en Struggle Continues Wet'suewet'en Hereditary Chief Madeek sees where CGL is planning to lay its pipeline & drill under…

Staff (2022-01-17). Robert Lewandowski gana premio The Best al mejor futbolista del 2021. cubadebate.cu Robert Lewandowski reedita su dominio mundial y gana el Premio The Best FIFA 2021 al mejor jugador del año pasado, como ya hizo en la edición de 2020. Lo que el delantero polaco del Bayern de Múnich no pudo lograr por un puñado de votos en el Balón de Oro, derrotar a Leo Messi, se convierte en realidad en este galardón histórico.

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