Daily Archives: April 1, 2022

2022-04-01: News Headlines

Liberation Staff (2022-03-31). Climate activists who blocked coal train stand trial in New Hampshire. liberationnews.org Merrimack Station — the coal plant at the center of this crisis — is located in Bow, New Hampshire, and is the last remaining coal plant in New England. It has faced repeated calls for closure for its contributions to environmental damage and climate change.

Andy Kroll (2022-03-31). How Not to Cope with Vladimir Putin by Drilling and Pumping. tomdispatch.com While the Ukrainian people bear the lethal brunt of Russia's invasion, shockwaves from that war threaten to worsen other crises across the planet. The emergency that loomed largest before Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine began — the heating of Earth's climate — is now looming larger still. The reason is simple enough: a war-induced rush to boost oil and gas production has significantly undercut efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. U.N. Secretary General António Guterres made that clear in an angry March 21st address blasting world leaders scrambling for yet more oil and gas. "Countries coul…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-03-31). Chicago story shows Poor People's Campaign participants the power of solidarity. peoplesworld.org MADISON, Wis.—Oscar Sanchez brought an example of the power of solidarity to the Poor People's Campaign at a meeting in Madison, Wis. Sanchez, a resident of Chicago's Far Southeast Side 10th Ward, a now-predominantly low-income African-American and Latino area and a longtime dumping ground for toxic wastes from around the city, discussed a potential win …

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