(2022-07-19). Diosdado Cabello: Washington Sends Mercenaries to Attack Venezuela's Pipelines. orinocotribune.com On Monday, July 18, the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, denounced the US government for sending mercenaries to Venezuela "to attack oil facilities." | During a press conference given by the ruling party, Cabello spoke about the attack perpetrated this Sunday on a pipeline in eastern Venezuela. | "The attacks against the electrical system and against the oil system come from the United States through mercenaries," said Cabello. "All attacks on the electrical system are transversal. In the end, they affect the water as well, but they look for places to do da…
(2022-07-19). The Climate Emergency grounds the Royal Air Force in UK, more Effectively than any Terrorist. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment)  ; We will probably overshoot the UN goal of limiting extra global heating from the climate emergency to 2.7 degrees F. (1.5C), but Mother Nature is telling us that even just our current 1.8 to 2.16 (1C  ; 1.2C) degrees F. increase since 18 is already enough to do major damage …
(2022-07-18). Climate: Scientists Stunned to Find Atlantic Plankton 90% Gone; Marine Life, our Oxygen Imperiled. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment)  ; Mark Howarth, writing in the stalwart weekly from Dundee, Scotland, The Sunday Post, has a blockbuster scoop. The Global Oceanic Environmental Survey, led by Edinburgh University marine biologist Howard Dryden at the university Roslin Innovation Centre had estimated that the plankton in the oceans had been halved in the past …
(2022-07-18). Ukrainian Military Hit Hydropower Plant In Novaya Kakhovka In Kherson Region. southfront.org 
On July 18, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled again the town of Kakhovka in the Kherson region which is under control of the Russian military. As a result of the attack, the gas pipeline in the area of the local hydropower plant was damaged. | According to local reports, infrastructure facilities of the plant were not affected by the strike. The energy supply of the area was not interrupted. | The town of Raiskoe in the Kherson region was also hit by Ukrainian forces. | As a result o…
(2022-07-18). US$2 Trillion for War versus US$100 Billion to Save the Planet. transcend.org 11 Jul 2022 – The West is more fixated on spending social wealth on the military than addressing the climate catastrophe.
(2022-07-18). Iván Duque's Desperate Farewell: Venezuela Condemns New Attack on Pipeline Network. orinocotribune.com Caracas, July 17, 2022 ( Through his twitter account, El Aissami posted photographs of the attack where flames and smoke can be seen in sections of pipeline installed on the Venezuelan plains. In recent days, Venezuelan authorities have also reported discrete operations capturing illegal extraction…
(2022-07-18). Iván Duque's Desperate Farewell: Venezuela Denounces New Attack on Pipeline Network. orinocotribune.com Caracas, July 17, 2022 ( Through his twitter account, El Aissami posted photographs of the attack where flames and smoke can be seen in sections of pipeline installed on the Venezuelan plains. In recent days, Venezuelan authorities have also reported discrete operations capturing illegal extract…
(2022-07-18). Ignoring How Militarism Fuels Climate Change Will Be the Death of Us. transcend.org 14 Jul 2022 – It's time to acknowledge how the failure to connect the dots between U.S. imperialism and the growing climate crisis threatens all life on this planet in more ways than one.
(2022-07-17). The Corporatization of Just About Everything — Including the Climate Crisis and Outer Space. scheerpost.com 
Corporate interests are vigorously employing massive and costly PR and propaganda campaigns to muddy the water. (Photo: Getty/ By Tom Valovic / Back in the day, a Yale law professor named Charles Reich wrote a