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2022-05-07: News Headlines

Christoph Pflueger, Nicolas Riedl & K Chavent (2022-05-07). The price explosion of wheat. indybay.org Many people in this country develop the willingness to explicitly freeze for an ideal. Whether for freedom of whatever kind or for the climate. Every jitter, every pore of goose bumps serves the absolutely good and morally right. Already now one could marvel at signs on "peace demos", on which was written: "Better freeze, than gas from Putin!"

____ (2022-05-07). Massive carbon emissions reduce biodiversity 300 mln years ago: study. ecns.cn How might global warming put our planet in jeopardy in the near future? A research group examined the situation 300 million years ago and revealed a scenario with a significant drop in biodiversity.

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Vijay Prashad (2022-05-06). With clenched fists, they spend money on weapons as the Planet burns: The Eighteenth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org Two important reports were released last month, neither getting the kind of attention they deserve. On 4 April, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Working Group III report was published, evoking a strong reaction from the United Nations' Secretary General António Guterres.

_____ (2022-05-06). With Clenched Fists, They Spend Money On Weapons As The Planet Burns. popularresistance.org Two important reports were released last month, neither getting the kind of attention they deserve. On 4 April, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Working Group III report was published, evoking a strong reaction from the United Nations' Secretary General António Guterres. The report, he said, 'is a litany of broken climate promises. It is a file of shame, cataloguing the empty pledges that put us firmly on track towards an unlivable world'. At COP26, the developed countries pledged to spend a modest $100 billion for the Adaptation Fund to assist developing countries adapt to climate change. Meanwhil…

____ (2022-05-06). Tricontinental energy war: world's longest offshore gas pipeline from Nigeria to supply Europe. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com AzertagMay 6, 2022 Morocco and Nigeria intend to build the world's longest natural gas pipeline Morocco and Nigeria intend to build the world's longest offshore gas pipeline with a length of 5,660 kilometers. Nigerian President Mohammed Buhari said the cooperation agreement between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and Morocco's National Hydrocarbons and Minerals Authority was …

_____ (2022-05-06). Scientists: Why We Glued Ourselves To A Government Department. popularresistance.org One recent Wednesday, while most scientists around the world were carrying out their research, we stepped away from our day jobs to engage in a more direct form of communication. | Along with more than 20 others from Scientists for Extinction Rebellion and assisted in our efforts by Doctors for Extinction Rebellion, we pasted scientific papers to the UK government's Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). A group of us glued ourselves to the building, and nine scientists were arrested. | This kind of action may seem extreme for a scientist, but these are no ordinary times. As most members o…

Craig Murray (2022-05-06). Donziger: A tale for our times. mronline.org Texaco operations in Ecuador from 1962 to 1994 dumped 70 billion litres of "wastewater", heavily contaminated with oil and other chemicals, into the Amazon rainforest, plus over 650,000 barrels of crude oil. They polluted over 800,000 hectares.

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