Daily Archives: April 26, 2022

2022-04-26: News Headlines

Lynda Carson (2022-04-26). Downtown Oakland's average rent for a 1 bedroom apartment is $3,168. indybay.org As Climate Change Sets Our World On Fire, The Rents Just Keep Getting Higher!

Zach Farber (2022-04-26). Decades-long struggle to remove nuclear waste from San Onofre beach continues. liberationnews.org San Onofre, California hosts 3.6 million pounds of nuclear waste just 108 feet from the Pacific Ocean.

_____ (2022-04-25). To Save The Planet, We Must End Instruments Of Corporate Power. popularresistance.org On April 10, Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan was ousted in what is believed to be a US-backed soft coup. One of the likely reasons for the coup is that Khan was taking action to end excessive corporate power bestowed by bilateral trade agreements. Clearing the FOG speaks with Manuel Perez Rocha of the Institute for Policy Studies about Khan and how trade agreements function to force countries into allowing corporations to exploit their workers and devastate their environment. Perez Rocha explains why ending corporate abuse is essential to addressing the climate crisis and how trade could be structured to uph…

_____ (2022-04-25). Wynn Alan Bruce: Climate Activist Dies After Setting Himself On Fire. popularresistance.org A climate activist has died 24 hours after setting himself on fire on the steps of the Supreme Court on Earth Day. | Colorado photojournalist Wynn Alan Bruce, 50, suffered critical injuries in the incident at 6.30pm Friday on a plaza in front of the court. He was airlifted to hospital, where he died Saturday. | Capitol Police, Supreme Court police, and DC police all responded to the incident. | "A medical helicopter just landed near the Capitol for a medical emergency. This is not a public safety issue," Capitol Police tweeted. | Mr Bruce ran a portrait photo studio in Boulder, and his social media account was fi…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-04-25). The Corporate Push for Synthetic Foods: False Solutions That Endanger Our Health and Damage the Planet. transcend.org Mar 2022 – How can we heal our relationship with food in the age of artificial food? Its advocates are reiterating the old and failed rhetoric that industrial agriculture is essential to feed the world. Real, nutrient-rich food is gradually disappearing, while the dominant industrial agricultural model is causing an increase in chronic diseases and exacerbating climate change.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-04-25). The US Military Is Driving Environmental Collapse across the Planet. transcend.org 24 Apr 2022 – The U.S. military emits more carbon than 140 countries combined, fueling climate change and environmental degradation. Below we examine five ways in which the Pentagon is destroying the environment.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-04-25). Climate activists to Biden: Stop stalling, attack climate change. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Unionists and climate activists are sending a blunt message to Democratic President Joe Biden and the Democratic-run Congress: Stop stalling and attack climate change, now. One typical and succinct hand-crafted sign at the march in front of the White House: The warning "There is no Planet B," with the "o" replaced by a globe. And, …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-25). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Ask the Mayo Mom / Climate change and global childhood health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org From allergies and asthma to infectious diseases and even malnutrition, the indirect effects of climate change are taking a toll on our most valuable resource, kids! On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Ask the Mayo Mom host Dr. Angela Mattke, a Mayo Clinic pediatrician, is joined by Dr. Molly Herr, a pediatric anesthesiologist at Mayo Clinic Children's Center to discuss climate change and its effects on children's health. In addition to her clinical care for children, Dr. Herr…

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-04-25). Biden Launches Process for Protecting Mature, Old-Growth Forests on Federal Lands. indybay.org SEATTLE, April 22, 2022 — President Joe Biden will issue an executive order today that directs federal agencies to conduct an inventory of mature and old-growth forests on America's federal lands so that policies can be adopted to protect them. The administration framed the move as a key strategy to store carbon and address climate change.

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