Daily Archives: August 28, 2022

2022-08-28: News Headlines

Ramon du Houx (2022-08-28). CA advocates call on lawmakers to 'beat the heat' with action to address climate change. indybay.org Environmental advocates called on California to take strong action to beat the heat by addressing climate change. Community members, advocates, and EOPA CA-an organization with 440 CA elected officials – want to ensure California is a national climate leader. Attendees showed support for Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposal for climate action calling for state lawmakers to accelerate green-house gas reduction, the state's advance toward 100 percent clean energy, institute public health setbacks for oil and gas wells amongst other emission-reducing initiatives.

Tomasz Konicz (2022-08-28). The necessary breach and Rackets and Rockets. indybay.org The climate movement should not be afraid of being accused of radicalism. Given the civilization-threatening dimensions of the climate crisis, it is a matter of sheer collective will to survive to solve this monstrous problem. It is obvious that global capitalism, in its boundless compulsion to grow, is incapable of reducing resource consumption and emissions.

Clean Energy Wire (2022-08-28). Climate Emergency Hits German Farms as Harvests Remain Meager. juancole.com By Edgar Meza | &#1 ; ( Clean Energy Wire ) &#1 ; The ongoing drought in Germany is expected to have dire effects on this year's harvest, which is already estimated to be below the average of previous years, said the German Farmers' Association (DBV). "The prolonged drought in many regions of the country shows once …

_____ (2022-08-27). The Terrifying Research Nuclear Powers Don't Want You To See. popularresistance.org Humanity is, according to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, "just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation." The warning , made at the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, arrives at a time of alarmingly heightened tensions around the world. Just a few days after Guterres made that statement, Nature Food published a harrowing scientific paper that drove home the UN Secretary General's message: "Global food insecurity and famine from the reduced crop, marine fishery and livestock production due to climate d…

Editor (2022-08-27). If You Thought This Summer's Heat Waves Were Bad, Here's Some Disturbing News. scheerpost.com Due to the climate crisis, it'll get harder and harder to cool down in summer. [ By As global temperatures rise, people in the tropics, including places like India and Africa's Sahel region, will likely face dangerously hot conditions almost daily by the end of the century — even as the world reduces its greenhouse gas emissions,…

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