Daily Archives: January 26, 2022

2022-01-26: News Headlines

Hendrik Sybrandy (2022-01-26). Climate change impacts U.S. wildfires. america.cgtn.com Investigators in Colorado are looking into the possibility that spontaneous combustion inside an abandoned underground coal mine may have triggered the most destructive fire in the state's history.

WSWS (2022-01-26). Late-January wildfire erupts near Big Sur, California. wsws.org Due to the impact of climate change, the wildfire "season" in California has been extended throughout the entire year.

imperial.ac.uk (2022-01-26). Q&A: How might fishing be impacting the carbon cycle?>. imperial.ac.uk Evidence is starting to build that fishing affects the way the ocean takes up carbon from the atmosphere, affecting climate change.

WSWS (2022-01-26). Late-January wildfire erupts near Big Sur, California. wsws.org Due to the impact of climate change, the wildfire "season" in California has been extended throughout the entire year.

Lister (2022-01-26). Billionaires Invested In Animal Agony, Climate Extreme Causation & Human Disease. indybay.org More and more are getting out of cattle ranching as vegan product | sales skyrocket and animal flesh becomes more and more expensive. | Some are still invested in the animal suffering, human disease, | deforestation and climate extremes caused by raising animals for…

sputniknews (2022-01-26). Austria Says Nord Stream 2 Not Europe's Only Lever to Sanction Russia, Urges Cooperation. sputniknews.com VIENNA (Sputnik) – The yet-to-be-launched Russian-led Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is not the only lever Europe could pull to punish Russia in the event of aggression against Ukraine, but common security on the European continent requires cooperation with Moscow, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said on Wednesday.

Staff (2022-01-26). President Maduro: Federal Council's Priority Should be Public Services — Meets with Opposition Governors. orinocotribune.com On Monday, January 24, from the plenary of the Federal Council of Government, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, emphasized that the Council's priority should be the country's public services and economy. | The head of state estimated that of the investment allocated to governors and mayors, the resources should be distributed as follows: 35% to water, 25% to electricity, 20% on roads, 10% on gas, and 10% on solid waste. | "The priorities of this Federal Council of Government are already established," stated Maduro from Miraflores Palace. "The first is the economy, with great import. However, it must als…

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-01-26). Museveni: Uganda would be far if Amin had not wasted our time. plusnews.ug The former President of Uganda, Idi Amin slowed the rate at which the country was progressing in terms of economic and political growth, and had it not been him, Uganda would be far. This is according to President Yoweri Museveni. He says although Uganda's economy has grown 29 times since 1986 to the extent that …

Mark Gruenberg (2022-01-25). Biden concedes Build Back Better breakup; unions campaign to save key pieces. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Democratic President Joe Biden concedes he'll have to break up his transformative Build Back Better legislation of social program improvements, climate change overhaul, and higher taxes on the rich to get popular pieces passed. "It's clear to me that we are going to have to probably break it up," Biden said at his Jan. 19 …

Yvette Cabrera (2022-01-25). In the aftermath of climate disasters, vulnerable U.S. students struggle to recover. peoplesworld.org With climate change increasing the severity of natural disasters across the U.S., the consequences for communities in the paths of hurricanes and wildfires are far-reaching — and the effects on essential services like education are only beginning to be understood. The most vulnerable Americans bear the brunt of this disruption: According to a new federal …

David Sirota (2022-01-25). VIDEO: "We Know What A Government Can Do When It Takes An Emergency Seriously" dailyposter.com

Lister (2022-01-25). Billionaires Invested In Animal Agony, Climate Extreme Causation & Human Disease. indybay.org More and more are getting out of cattle ranching as vegan product | sales skyrocket and animal flesh becomes more and more expensive. | Some are still invested in the animal suffering, human disease, | deforestation and climate extremes caused by raising animals for…

Naish Gawen (2022-01-25). Climate activists target Santos' NT expansion plans. greenleft.org.au Protesters, including Traditional Owners, have begun a campaign to stop Santos expanding its operations in the Northern Territory. Naish Gawen reports.

Staff (2022-01-25). Germany has 'betrayed' Ukraine — Kiev mayor. rt.com Boxer turned city official Vitali Klitschko claims Berlin has stabbed Ukraine in the back on several counts | Berlin has repeatedly sold out Ukraine by refusing to lay on deliveries of guns, ammunition, and military equipment in the face of purported aggression from neighboring Russia, Kiev's mayor Vitali Klitschko has claimed, as tensions flare in Eastern Europe. | Writing for German tabloid Bild on Sunday, the former heavyweight boxing champion said, "There is great frustration in Ukraine over the fact that the federal government continues to stick" to its support of Russia's underwater gas pipeline. | Klits…

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