Monthly Archives: July 2022

2022-07-27: News Headlines

Michael T. Klare (2022-07-27). The Enduring Tyranny of Oil: War, Inflation, and Soaring World Temperatures. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) &#1 ; It may seem hard to believe, but only 15 years ago many of us were talking confidently about "peak oil" — the moment of maximum global oil output after which, with world reserves dwindling, its use would begin an irreversible decline. Then along came hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and the very …

Global Research News (2022-07-27). Selected Articles: The Prime Movers Behind the Global Warming Scare: Margaret Thatcher and the Rise of the Climate Ruse. globalresearch.ca By Contrary to perception, largely sustained by opponents of the Climate Change campaign, this campaign was …

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-07-27). Thursday 7/28: CARB Scoping Plan Meeting and Climate Justice Rally! indybay.org 900 Fallon St, Oakland, CA 94607-4808, United States…

Ramon du Houx (2022-07-27). Offshore wind creates opportunities but Manchin stops climate plans – we need more leases. indybay.org As offshore wind creates economic opportunities from coast to coast Sen. Manchin stops climate plans. Elected Officials to Protect America want accelerated and more leases made available.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-27). 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…

Scott Gilbert (2022-07-26). Environmental Warfare and US Foreign Policy: The Ultimate Weapon of Mass Destruction. globalresearch.ca This article of relevance to the debate on "Climate Change" was first published by GR in January 2004 | *** | Environmental warfare may sound new to some, but it has been researched extensively in military circles for years. The first public …

Chris Hedges (2022-07-26). The Global Ruling Class Is Frog-Marching Us Towards Extinction. commondreams.org We were warned for decades about the death march we are on because of global warming. And yet, the global ruling class continues to frog-march us towards extinction.

William Walter Kay (2022-07-26). The Prime Movers behind the Global Warming Scare: Margaret Thatcher and the Rise of the Climate Ruse. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2022-07-26). Chris Hedges: The Dawn of the Apocalypse. scheerpost.com Our Climate Future &#1 ; by Mr. Fish | By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | The past week has seen record-breaking

Andy Kroll (2022-07-26). The Enduring Tyranny of Oil. tomdispatch.com It may seem hard to believe, but only 15 years ago many of us were talking confidently about "peak oil" — the moment of maximum global oil output after which, with world reserves dwindling, its use would begin an irreversible decline. Then along came hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and the very notion of peak oil largely vanished. Instead, some analysts began speaking of "peak oil demand" — a moment, not so far away, when electric vehicle (EV) ownership would be so widespread that the need for petroleum would largely disappear, even if there was still plenty of it to frack or drill. However, in 202…

_____ (2022-07-26). Ecological Economics: An Introduction. popularresistance.org Does it make economic sense to cut down a rainforest? What influence should trade have on social policy? How much is the future worth? Is all value equivalent? These are all questions common to ecological economics, a cross-disciplinary science that is attempting to reclaim the field of economics from flawed models and unscientific assumptions. An important act within itself, but one made integral as mainstream economics is driving the planet's sixth mass extinction (Wagler). | Economics is often defined as 'the allocation of scarce resources to satisfy infinite desires', but this seemingly impossible aim itself…

Editor (2022-07-26). European states commit to climate inaction as heat wave begins to recede. mronline.org The heat wave devastating southern and western Europe gradually began to recede yesterday, as violent storms brought cooler weather across parts of France and Britain. The heat wave continued in southern Europe, with temperatures close to 40 ∞C across much of southern Spain and Italy, and wildfires are still burning across the region.

Owen Fairclough (2022-07-26). 'Gloomy and more uncertain' GDP forecast. america.cgtn.com The global economic climate became even bleaker this Tuesday after another dramatic revision in growth forecasts. The International Monetary Fund released another set of further downgraded predictions just months after a similar pessimistic assessment. And the numbers were released during a critical week for …

____ (2022-07-25). Behind the Drought and Food Deficits in Africa. transcend.org 19 Jul 2022 – The world is facing a combination of imperialist interventions, climate change and the burgeoning economic crisis of world capitalism.

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2022-07-26: News Headlines

Ramon du Houx (2022-07-26). Offshore wind creates opportunities but Manchin stops climate plans – we need more leases. indybay.org As offshore wind creates economic opportunities from coast to coast Sen. Manchin stops climate plans. Elected Officials to Protect America want accelerated and more leases made available.

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-07-26). Thursday 7/28: CARB Scoping Plan Meeting and Climate Justice Rally! indybay.org 900 Fallon St, Oakland, CA 94607-4808, United States…

_____ (2022-07-25). Biden's Staff Sounds Climate Alarm. popularresistance.org President Joe Biden's surrender on climate policy amid the intensifying crisis has prompted his own agency experts to sound a rare public alarm about their boss's retreat, according to a letter being circulated throughout the administration and Capitol Hill. | The letter to Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) — provided to The Lever by a House Democratic staffer — is initialed by 165 staffers at federal health and environmental agencies and at 75 congressional offices. They are demanding the president use more aggressive tactics to pass his long-promised climate agenda through the…

Editor (2022-07-25). Chris Hedges: The Dawn of the Apocalypse. scheerpost.com Our Climate Future &#1 ; by Mr. Fish | By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | The past week has seen record-breaking

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-25). 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…

Brett Wilkins (2022-07-25). Congressional Staffers Arrested for Climate Sit-In at Schumer's Office. commondreams.org "Guess Chuck really didn't want to talk about climate today," one of the staffers quipped as police handcuffed the demonstrators.

WSWS (2022-07-25). German government hosts "climate dialogue" with the Butcher of Cairo, exposing its human rights propaganda. wsws.org If one event could expose the German government's human rights propaganda and climate policy platitudes, it was the Petersberg Climate Dialogue, where the star guest was none other than Egyptian dictator Abdelfattah al-Sisi.

WSWS (2022-07-25). Pacific Islands Forum proclaims false "unity" on climate crisis. wsws.org Despite the existential threats posed by climate change, the region faces inadequate action by the major powers.

Julia Conley (2022-07-25). Extreme Heat Could Wipe Out Decades of Gain in Fight Against Child Malnutrition: Study. commondreams.org "What we are doing to reduce global poverty is being eroded by our lack of action on climate."

____ (2022-07-25). Behind the Drought and Food Deficits in Africa. transcend.org 19 Jul 2022 – The world is facing a combination of imperialist interventions, climate change and the burgeoning economic crisis of world capitalism.

Ian Birchall (2022-07-24). A breakthrough for the French left? canadiandimension.com La France Insoumise leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon at the inaugural convention for NUPES. Photo by Hugo Rota. | In a world heading toward more wars, economic crisis, climate catastrophe and the resurgence of the far-right, any success for the left is good news. So the results of the second round of elections for the French National Assembly will have been welcomed not only in France but far beyond its frontiers. | The setback for the newly-elected president Macron is well-deserved. His first five years in power have led to growing inequality, with the poorest sections of society suffering the most; his taxation…

_____ (2022-07-24). Africans Decry Europe's Energy Hypocrisy. popularresistance.org Europe, one of the largest consumers of Russian gas, is scrambling to find African alternatives as Russia threatens to permanently turn off the taps. | Russia's gas supply to Germany via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline was halted for routine maintenance last week, and there are concerns that Russia may not restart it. Moscow has already cut natural gas supplies to Poland, Finland, and Bulgaria, which refused Russia's demand to pay in rubles. The Bavarian Industry Association forecasts that Germany could lose almost 13 percent of its economic performance in the latter half of this year if Russian gas stops flowing. | F…

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