Monthly Archives: March 2022

2022-03-15: News Headlines

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-14). Nature as a Mode of Accumulation: Capitalism and the Financialization of the Earth. transcend.org 1 Mar 2022 – From Sep-Nov 2021, overlapping with the UN Climate Change Conference, three major developments in global finance marked a turning point in the financial expropriation of the earth and a shift in the economic paradigm to unlimited accumulation of total capital, which is now seen as including "natural capital."

_____ (2022-03-14). Why The World Needs Eco-Socialism. popularresistance.org Climate change affects everyone, but it does not affect everyone the same way. It hammers a capitalist world rampant with inequality and exploitation. This is the case because capitalism neither exploits nor develops evenly. Some nation-states are centers for accumulating wealth and development. Some nation-states are peripheries, and are underdeveloped. | Development and underdevelopment are two sides of the same process: accumulation on a world scale. Climate change, in turn, is a human-made process, a product and accelerator of uneven accumulation. Because it is human-made, some states (as well as some within…

_____ (2022-03-14). A Climate Wake-Up Call For The Chemical Industry. popularresistance.org In 2017, the Trump administration sided with industry lobbyists and rescinded safety rules governing thousands of chemical plants across America. Five years later — after multiple chemical plant explosions in the Houston area — government investigators are telling lawmakers that a lack of federal regulation is heightening the risk of chemical disasters during climate change-related extreme weather events at thousands of facilities nationwide. | President Joe Biden's administration is considering issuing a new rule regulating such facilities — but not until next summer. Chemical companies and ind…

Sunflower Alliance (2022-03-14). Sunday 3/13: Climate and Militarism. indybay.org Zoom — For link, RSVP to action@sunflower-alliance.org

Johanna Kichton (2022-03-14). 120+ Progressive Groups Urge Schumer to Finish the Job and Pass Biden's Agenda on Climate, Care, and Economic Justice. peoplesaction.org In New Letter, Groups Call on Schumer to Whip Caucus and Bring Package to a Vote in April Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action, the Working Families Party, Indivisible, and the Center for Popular Democracy Action today sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Schumer urging him to resume negotiations, hold hearings, and …

ecns.cn (2022-03-14). Hippotherium weihoense represents earliest three-toed horse in Eurasia: Chinese researchers. ecns.cn Morphologic comparison indicates previously reported Hipparion weihoense and Hipparion chiai should be referred to as the same species, Hippotherium weihoense, an extinct horse genus.

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2022-03-14: News Headlines

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-14). Nature as a Mode of Accumulation: Capitalism and the Financialization of the Earth. transcend.org 1 Mar 2022 – From Sep-Nov 2021, overlapping with the UN Climate Change Conference, three major developments in global finance marked a turning point in the financial expropriation of the earth and a shift in the economic paradigm to unlimited accumulation of total capital, which is now seen as including "natural capital."

Sunflower Alliance (2022-03-14). Sunday 3/13: Climate and Militarism. indybay.org Zoom — For link, RSVP to action@sunflower-alliance.org

ecns.cn (2022-03-14). Hippotherium weihoense represents earliest three-toed horse in Eurasia: Chinese researchers. ecns.cn Morphologic comparison indicates previously reported Hipparion weihoense and Hipparion chiai should be referred to as the same species, Hippotherium weihoense, an extinct horse genus.

Joris Leverink (2022-03-13). How to blow up the capitalist realism of fossil capital. roarmag.org There is this didactic little Although it is possible to read this as a parable of youthful inexperience and ignorance, an alternative reading presents itself: one that illuminates the difficulty of seeing the implicit assumptions that structure our everyday…

Alasdair Baverstock (2022-03-13). Mexicans develop natural solutions to stop flooding. america.cgtn.com As the effects of climate change are felt around the world, local authorities are seeking strategies to protect their communities. In Mexico, where hurricanes are a constant threat, there's a new emphasis on natural solutions.

Alasdair Baverstock (2022-03-13). Climate crisis impacts lime supplies in Mexico. america.cgtn.com As global warming changes the climate around the world, farmers are seeing the effects first-hand. It's especially true in Mexico, where producers of one of the country's most important fruits are facing challenges.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-13). Russia Threatens Its Enemies with a Tsunami of Sanctions. libya360.wordpress.com Elijah J. Magnier Gas still continues to flow into Europe through the Yamal-Europe pipeline, Blu stream 1 and 2, Nord-Stream 1 and Turkstream despite the undeclared war between the U.S. and its European allies on Russia in the territories of Ukraine. However, the West has found an adversary that has many cards to play and…

Ramona Wadi (2022-03-13). Palestinian Refugee Families expelled from Israel can't Come Home, but 100K Ukrainians Admitted. juancole.com By Ramona Wadi | — ( Middle East Monitor )- Once again, Israel feels entitled to play the humanitarian card, with only Palestinians pointing out its selectivity when it comes to opening its doors to refugees. In February, The Jerusalem Post reported that 10,000 Jewish Ukrainian refugees would be entering Israel. The move was confirmed …

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