_____ (2022-09-24). Historic Context Of The Referenda In Ukraine. popularresistance.org Russian proxy officials in four regions — Donetsk and Luhansk in the east, and Kherson and Zaporizka in the south — earlier this week announced plans to hold referendums over four days beginning on Friday. Russia controls nearly all of two of the four regions, Luhansk and Kherson, but only a fraction of the other two, Zaporizka and Donetsk. | Ukrainian officials have dismissed the voting as grotesque theater — staging polls in cities laid to waste by Russian forces and abandoned by most residents. | Ukrainian partisans, sometimes working with special operations forces, have blown up warehouses h…

_____ (2022-09-24). Why Manchin's Side Deal Or 'Permitting Reform' Must Be Blocked. popularresistance.org It seems the mainstream narrative is that the IRA (Inflation Reduction Act) is a big step toward addressing the climate crisis while the side deal is a step backwards, but we may not be able to stop it. I disagree; from my perspective, the giveaways to the fossil fuel and nuclear industries in the IRA make it most likely a net negative for the environment. | Renewable energy has been outcompeting fossil fuels in most places; they are much cheaper than nuclear power everywhere. Won't giving subsidies to all three help the previously losing industries most? In any case, subsidies for buying outsize electric vehicle…

_____ (2022-09-24). COP27 To Be Held In Egypt Amid Global Challenges. popularresistance.org African nations are preparing for the United Nations Climate Conference (COP27) scheduled to take place in the Egyptian resort area of Sharm-el-Sheikh from November 6-20. | This gathering is taking place during a period of rising uncertainty due to burgeoning food deficits along with the crisis of accumulation and distribution related to agricultural products in general. | Energy costs have skyrocketed due to several important factors including the Pentagon-NATO war in Ukraine; the failure of the United States government to curtail inflation through price controls utilizing higher taxation rates against corporati…

_____ (2022-09-24). Government Advisor Repeats 'Russia Funded Anti-Fracking Protests' Myth. popularresistance.org A trade advisor to the UK government has repeated a baseless claim that protests against fracking were funded by the Kremlin. | Economist Catherine McBride, a member of the government's Trade and Agriculture Commission advising on trade deals, said on GB News this week that Russia has given "billions of pounds" to green groups to "go and protest against fracking". | As DeSmog has reported previously, this claim has been promoted by opponents of climate action following Russia's invasion of Ukraine despite there being no evidence to support it. | Her remarks come after 24 MPs signed a letter last week organised by…

Andrew Korybko (2022-09-24). Kiev's Foiled Attack Against a Russia-Turkey Pipeline. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-09-24). The Climate Movement Was Built For A World Before Climate Change. popularresistance.org We are past the point where "stopping" climate change is really possible. With global temperature rise already above 1 degree Celsius and the window on keeping warming below 1.5 degrees rapidly closing, the consequences of decades of political inaction and corporate malfeasance are already making themselves known. Every month it seems like another part of the world is being hammered by one catastrophic climate impact or another, from flooding in Puerto Rico and Pakistan to the extreme heat that melted asphalt in Europe this past summer to the wildfires raging across western North America. | In the face of this ne…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-09-24). "Manipulating the Weather is Part of the Military Arsenal, It should be Part of the Climate Discussion": Prof. Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca

Ira Helfand, Marjaneh Moini (2022-09-24). A Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Will Save Lives. commondreams.org "The climate crisis is a public health crisis… And poor people, and in particular poor people of color, are getting hit the hardest."

Ramon du Houx (2022-09-24). Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance urged to deliver on real climate leadership during Climate Week. indybay.org During Climate Week NYC, after a high level event organized by the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York, civil society organizations launch a position paper urging the coalition and its members to deliver on commitments to promote a global phase out of oil and gas production, and turn aspirations into bold and ambitious climate action in line with equity, justice, and science. While CA had major laws passed this session, worldwide BOGA should do more to make the change we need to save the planet.

Infobrics (2022-09-23). 100 Years of Russian Gas for India. infobrics.org As countries around the world compete for LNG shipments, the setting is favourable for India to work on a gas pipeline project from Russia…

TeleSUR (2022-09-23). Environment Ministry Warns PetroPerú About Oil Spill. telesurenglish.net The measures issued by the Peruvian Ministry of the Environment (Minam) include the "installation of mechanical barriers, the recovery of the hydrocarbon, the cleaning of the affected area and the management of solid waste derived from the emergencies." | RELATED: | These measures come from the Environmental Evaluation and Oversight Agency (OEFA), attached to Minam in order to ensure the protection of the affected a…

Julia Rock (2022-09-23). How A Pipeline Bill Gets Greenwashed. levernews.com

Rishika Pardikar (2022-09-23). Piercing The Corporate Climate Veil. levernews.com

TeleSUR (2022-09-23). Jamaica Calls for Climate Action to Save Small Island States. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness stressed the need for climate action to ensure the survival of small island developing states (SIDS). | RELATED: | "Climate Change is an immediate existential threat for small island developing states like Jamaica," Holness said at the UN General Assembly, noting that a single climate event could wipe out 100 percent of the economy of a small island developing state…

Ashley Sadler (2022-09-23). World Economic Forum Cites Compliance with COVID Mandates to Promote 'Climate Change' Lockdowns. globalresearch.ca

Mark Niu (2022-09-23). Tech workers switch jobs to help fight climate change. america.cgtn.com Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many workers, especially those in tech, re-positioned their careers. A growing number are choosing to focus their efforts on one of the most pressing issues of our time — climate change.

Brett Wilkins (2022-09-23). 'Big Climate Win': California to Ban Sale of Gas Heaters and Furnaces by 2030. commondreams.org "This is the first state to do it," noted one advocate. "Who's next?"

Brett Wilkins (2022-09-23). Rallies Across Africa Demand Global Action, Climate Justice Ahead of UN Summit. commondreams.org "The urgency of the climate crisis cannot be understated, particularly here in Africa, which is the region most vulnerable to climate impacts," said one campaigner.

Martin Armstrong (2022-09-23). Bayer Head Admits COVID-19 Vaccine Is Gene Therapy. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-09-23). UN Climate Change Conference must make progress: UN chief. ecns.cn UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Egypt (COP27) must make broad progress.

Infobrics (2022-09-23). 100 Years of Russian Gas for India. infobrics.org As countries around the world compete for LNG shipments, the setting is favourable for India to work on a gas pipeline project from Russia…

Martin Armstrong (2022-09-23). Bayer Head Admits COVID-19 Vaccine Is Gene Therapy. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-09-23). UN Climate Change Conference must make progress: UN chief. ecns.cn UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Egypt (COP27) must make broad progress.

Ramon du Houx (2022-09-23). Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance urged to deliver on real climate leadership during Climate Week. indybay.org During Climate Week NYC, after a high level event organized by the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York, civil society organizations launch a position paper urging the coalition and its members to deliver on commitments to promote a global phase out of oil and gas production, and turn aspirations into bold and ambitious climate action in line with equity, justice, and science. While CA had major laws passed this session, worldwide BOGA should do more to make the change we need to save the planet.

Staff (2022-09-22). Pope Francis: Humanity is globalized, but poverty, injustice and inequality remain. en.cubadebate.cu The great recession of 2007, public debt, covid, the Ukraine war, global threats. And meanwhile: "cruel" conflicts throughout the world, the explosion of migrations, climate change, endemic poverty because, during these years, "while some men and women improved their daily lives, another part suffered unscrupulous elections, becoming the main victims of a kind of counter-development". It is a stark analysis, as stark as the reality that the world has been forced to face in the last fifteen years, that of Pope Francis in his speech to Deloitte Global.

Stan Cox (2022-09-22). War Spending Like This as the Climate Emergency Grows Is a Global Nightmare. commondreams.org The military-industrial complex and Earth-killing capitalism only seem to grow ever mightier.

Mia DiFelice (2022-09-22). The Sneaky Ways Big Oil Misleads the Public With Money and Power. commondreams.org Big Oil lied to us for decades about climate change. And they've hid behind scientists, academics, and even "grassroots" groups to do it.

Julia Conley (2022-09-22). Climate Leaders Arrested Outside Senate During Protest Against Manchin's Dirty Deal. commondreams.org "Sens. Manchin and Schumer's Dirty Deal is sending a clear message that Big Oil is willing to sacrifice entire communities, especially Black and Brown communities, in the pursuit of profits."

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-09-22). Professor Maggie Dallman gives evidence to House of Lords Committee. imperial.ac.uk Earlier this month, Professor Dallman appeared in front of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee to discuss the UK STEM skills pipeline.

Julia Conley (2022-09-22). Massive Surge in US Wildfire Smoke Chokes Air Quality Progress for Tens of Millions. commondreams.org "For children growing up in the American West, it isn't a question of what you want to do outdoors; it's a question of whether you can even go outside," wrote one climate journalist.

____ (2022-09-22). Chinese president's special representative attends UN high-level meeting on climate change. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping's special representative Wang Yi, also Chinese state councilor and foreign minister, on Wednesday attended a high-level meeting on climate change at the United Nations (UN) headquarters here and delivered a speech.

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2022-09-21). CovertAction Bulletin: Whistleblower Exposes Apple's Toxic Waste Cover-up, Secret Police Intimidation & Government Ties. covertactionmagazine.com Apple, Inc. spends billions on projecting a clean, fun and progressive image, even claiming on its website that "the products you love also love the planet." But the reality is very different. Whistleblower Ashley Gjà∏vik worked at Apple's Sunnyvale, CA office….

_____ (2022-09-21). Detroiters Say 'Hell No!' to DTE's Proposed Electricity Rate Hike. popularresistance.org Recurring power outages have become a fact of life in Detroit and Southeast Michigan. The most recent mass outage left hundreds of thousands in Metro Detroit without power following a brief windstorm on August 29th. Four days on, tens of thousands were still unable to run their medical devices and prevent their food from spoiling. With outages becoming more severe and more frequent as the climate crisis worsens, profit-driven utilities want to take more out of the pockets of working people struggling to afford their unreliable energy service. | Even before the most recent outages, the frustration in Detroit and s…