Daily Archives: July 20, 2022

2022-07-20: News Headlines

Staff (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…

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2022-07-19). PSL Editorial — Deadly heat wave sweeping Europe highlights criminal inaction on climate crisis. liberationnews.org The unfolding disaster in Europe has rightfully drawn global attention to the woefully inadequate action taken by the governments of the wealthy capitalist countries to address the climate change crisis.

Sandipan Talukdar (2022-07-19). 30% of Species threatened or extinct globally since 1 0. peoplesdispatch.org A study from Minnesota University has shown that global biodiversity loss may be greater than thought previously. This will also adversely affect the functioning of ecosystems…

WSWS (2022-07-19). Europe's "apocalypse of heat" highlights capitalism's climate crisis. wsws.org Thousands are dying, vast swaths of land are burning, and harvests are being destroyed as global warming makes heat waves and droughts ever more frequent and severe.

Juan Cole (2022-07-19). The Climate Emergency grounds the Royal Air Force in UK, more Effectively than any Terrorist. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) &#1 ; 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 ; 1.2C) degrees F. increase since 18 is already enough to do major damage …

____ (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). 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.

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