(2022-07-29). All That I Ask Is That You Fight for Peace Today. dissidentvoice.org 
Fuyuko Matsui (Japan), Becoming Friends with All the Children of the World, 2004. The fragility of Europe's energy supply has once again been on display in recent months. Gas shipments through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which runs from Russia to Germany, were reduced to 40% of capacity in June, a cut that Moscow said …
(2022-07-29). All that I ask is that you fight for peace today: The Thirtieth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org 
Gas shipments through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which runs from Russia to Germany, were reduced to 40% of capacity in June, a cut that Moscow said was due to delays in the servicing of a turbine by the German firm Siemens.
(2022-07-29). Vivek Shandas on Climate Disruption & Heat Waves, Jamie Kalven on Laquan McDonald Coverup. fair.org 
NBC Nightly News ( This week on CounterSpin: In what is being reported as an "abrupt" or "surprise" development, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, whose shtick relies heavily on legislative roadblocking, has agreed to sign on to a package that includes some $369 billion for "climate and energy proposals." | The New York Times The package…
(2022-07-29). St. Paul protest marks Kalamazoo oil spill, opposes Line 3. fightbacknews.org Saint Paul, MN – On Saturday, July 23, roughly 30 climate activists gathered outside the Saint Paul Farmers' Market to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Kalamazoo oil spill and demand a stop to Line 3, a new tar sands pipeline. The action was organized by the Climate Justice Committee (CJC). | The Kalamazoo oil spill occurred on July 26, 2010 and was one of the largest in U.S. history. Spills and accidents happen regularly from oil pipelines. Between 2010 and 2020 alone, the U.S. and Canada had a combined 3398 pipeline spills. | B Becker from the Climate Justice Committee opened the protest, stating, "Enbri…
(2022-07-29). Invisible threat: Gas companies' massive methane leaks accelerating climate change. peoplesworld.org 
LENORAH, Texas (AP) — To the naked eye, the Mako Compressor Station outside the dusty West Texas crossroads of Lenorah appears unremarkable, similar to tens of thousands of oil and gas operations scattered throughout the oil-rich Permian Basin. What's not visible through the chain-link fence is the plume of invisible gas, primarily methane, billowing from …
(2022-07-29). Thursday 7/28: CARB Scoping Plan Meeting and Climate Justice Rally! indybay.org 900 Fallon St, Oakland, CA 94607-4808, United States…
(2022-07-29). Healthcare costs could drop due to Schumer-Manchin compromise. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—A budget deal brokered between Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and key dissident Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia would let Medicare negotiate lower drug prices with Big Pharma, impose a minimum 15% corporate tax on billion-dollar firms, and allot $369 billion for energy security and to battle climate change. As a result, Democratic …
(2022-07-29). OPA CA appreciates Newsom's leadership directing CARB to ensure state meets climate goals. indybay.org Elected Officials to Protect America (EOPA) California Chapter, an organization with over 440 Californian elected officials, thanks Governor Gavin Newsom for his letter to California Air Resources Board (CARB) telling them to do more for the climate crisis. His bold direction in the letter instructing CARB to ensure their plan will meet the state's climate goals gives EOPA CA hope that the Governor is serious about solving the climate crisis.
(2022-07-29). Climate Crisis Linked to Deadly Kentucky Floods. commondreams.org "Climate collapse is here, now… For all of us it means increasing instability and devastation if we fail to act."
(2022-07-28). Protests Swell as Heat Wave and Wildfires Rage Across Europe. libya360.wordpress.com Muhammed Shabeer Fire-ravaged countryside in Kefalonia, Greece. (Photo: via 902.gr) While the climate crisis wreaks havoc in the form of heatwaves, forest fires, floods and other extreme events, neoliberal governments continue to put profits before the people and climate. Widespread wildfires and scorching heat waves have put the lives and livelihoods of many people across…
(2022-07-28). People's Action on Climate Provisions in Inflation Reduction Act: Thank an Organizer. peoplesaction.org Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action released the following statement by Gary Zuckett, director of People's Action member organization West Virginia Citizen Action Group, after Senator Manchin and Senator Schumer announced the Inflation Reduction Act: "West Virginia organizers and our allies around the country helped win this victory. For years we fought against …
(2022-07-28). Radioactive waste at Florida State University may be killing us. fightbacknews.org Why has Florida State University (FSU) shipped in secrecy 24.32 tons of dangerous radioactive waste from a "low-level" nuclear waste disposal site in Tallahassee, Florida? Why was the waste was sent 2100 miles across the country to Clive, Utah? | Clive, Utah is home to a "near-surface" commercial facility that accepts radioactive waste from sites all over the country. | As for low-level radioactive waste, there is no clear definition as to what this is. There is no upper limit or lower limit of the radioactivity associated with this term. | The Tallahassee site had accepted low-level radioactive waste for buria…
(2022-07-28). Delayed umbilical cord clamping benefits babies; cord blood donation could help others. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org LA CROSSE, Wis. ‚Äï While blood from a newborn's umbilical cord was once considered a waste product, it's now known that it contains stem cells. These cells can be used for cord blood transplants, including for specific genetic and hematologic conditions, and some cancers — potentially saving lives. "Cord blood is the blood that remains in the umbilical cord after birth. It contains red blood cells that can carry oxygen, nutrients and stem cells. Stem…
(2022-07-28). The Dual Population Problem: People and Things. commondreams.org Rapid climate destabilization is an existential threat, but it's a derivative of overshoot, of too many people consuming too much stuff in the aggregate.
(2022-07-28). Surprise Dem Senate Bill makes US Global Climate Leader, Sees 40% Carbon Reduction by 2030. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment)  ; In a huge surprise on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and the Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Joe Manchin, announced an agreement on a package of legislation that includes an unprecedented $369 billion to encourage green energy and cut carbon dioxide emissions, on a …
(2022-07-27). The Supreme Court Is Gutting the Regulatory State. popularresistance.org At the end of June, the conservative-dominated U.S. Supreme Court issued an explosive series of politically and ideologically motivated decisions designed to fundamentally reshape society. Over the course of just a few days, the Court struck down federal abortion rights, trampled on indigenous people's rights, further eroded the separation between church and state, aided the proliferation of gun violence, and kneecapped the federal government's ability to address climate change. | While shocking, these rulings are not surprising. In fact, they are part of a decades-long, highly successful war by the political Rig…
(2022-07-27). Young Workers Are Bridging The Climate And Labor Movements. popularresistance.org New momentum is buzzing through the North American labor movement, driven by the same age group which, across party affiliations and the urban-rural divide, has expressed majority-to-outsize support for advancing a climate policy overhaul with economic justice at its core. | After ticking up slightly in 2020, the overall union membership rate in the United States fell back to where it's been hovering the past few years, in 2021. But in spite of the stagnancy of other age groups, union membership among workers between 25 and 34 years old was on the rise, climbing from 8.8 percent in 2019 to a still-modest 9.4 perc…
(2022-07-27). Fire and ice, yet politicians still sleep. workers.org 
No imagining is needed to picture what global warming/climate change might look and feel like. Millions of people in the Northern Hemisphere are currently living it. This is an extraordinary summer. Wildfires and record temperatures in Europe, grass fires in London and widespread and deadly wildfires in Portugal, Spain, France, . . . |