Monthly Archives: October 2022

2022-10-24: News Headlines

Patrick Lawrence (2022-10-24). Europe's self destruction. mronline.org Despite the economically disastrous impact the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage will have on Europe, Western media still holds its tongue about it.

Kerry Smith (2022-10-24). Extinction Rebellion SA protests oil and gas conference. greenleft.org.au Extinction Rebellion organised a colourful and noisy three-day protest against the Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference at the Adelaide Convention Centre. Kerry Smith reports.

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-10-24). Thursday 10/27: Saving Life on Earth: Stopping Fossil Fuels, the Climate Emergency & Extinction Crisis. indybay.org Online event…

_____ (2022-10-23). Eleven Wrong Ideas On The Climate. popularresistance.org In the various speeches on the climate, we find a large number of commonplaces, repeated a thousand times in all tones, which constitute wrong ideas, which lead, voluntarily or not, to ignoring the real issues, or to belief in pseudo-solutions. I am not referring here to negationist speeches, but to those that claim to be "green" or "sustainable". These are assertions of a very diverse nature: some are real manipulations, fake news, lies, mystifications; others are half-truths, or a quarter of the truth. Many of them are full of good will and good intentions — the road to hell, as we know, is paved with the…

_____ (2022-10-23). Four Of Five World Cities Faced 'Significant Climate Hazards' In 2022. popularresistance.org It's no secret that climate hazards are rising, with headlines of floods, hurricanes, and wildfires taking over the news. Now, a report from CDP, a nonprofit climate disclosure group, found that 4 out of 5 cities have experienced "significant climate hazards" this year. One-quarter of cities surveyed also expect to see more frequent "high-risk" climate hazards by 2025. | Researchers surveyed 998 cities for its Protecting People and the Planet analysis, finding that 80% of responding cities reporting they faced significant climate hazards — including extreme heat (46%), heavy rainfall (36%), drought (35%) an…

Florence CGTN (2022-10-23). New Journey: China and the World. america.cgtn.com CGTN America presents a special program "New Journey: China and the World" to discuss with several China experts about China's economy, modernization, battling climate change, sustainability, Chinese global initiatives, and China's role in an ever-changing world as the country moves forward with the next …

Andy Rowell (2022-10-23). Ahead of COP27, Big Oil Climate Denial More Potent Than Ever. commondreams.org A Big Oil boss predicted that fossil fuels are "going to run the world tomorrow and five years from now, 10 years from now, 20 years from now."

En.mehrnews (2022-10-23). Iran, Turkey reach new agreements over gas exports: official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) — Dispatching Manager of National Iranian Gas Compan (NIGC) reported of holding expert-level meeting with the representatives of Turkish BOTA≈û Petroleum Pipeline Corporation and also fresh agreements between the two states.

Hendrik Sybrandy (2022-10-23). U.S. researchers develop hurricane-resilient wind turbines. america.cgtn.com It's been a little over three weeks (Sept. 28) since Hurricane Ian struck the U.S. state of Florida, causing death and widespread destruction. It's the kind of intense weather event experts say is becoming more common with climate change, and the type of weather …

JANET (2022-10-22). Typhoon rips through Western Alaska exposing high cost of climate change. iacenter.org By Paddy Colligan October 6, 2022 A New York Times weekly news quiz Sept. 9 asked which of these climate disasters happened this summer: floods in Pakistan; drought in China; heat wave on the U.S. West Coast; wildfires in Europe; or all of the above. To these are added September's disasters: historic hurricanes in the Caribbean and the southeast U.S. and Typhoon Merbok in Alaska. And the season has just begun. The destructive remnants of Typhoon Merbok are a recent example of an unexpectedly catastrophic weather phenomenon. Typhoon aftermath Merbok formed in cold waters off Japan; it regained power and moisture a…

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2022-10-23: News Headlines

_____ (2022-10-22). Court Finds Extinction Rebellion Scientists Not Guilty For Action At BEIS. popularresistance.org Five Scientists for Extinction Rebellion on trial for criminal damage have been acquitted by a magistrates' court in London. Dr Stuart Capstick, an environmental social scientist, Dr Abi Perrin, a biologist, Emma Smart, an ecologist, Dr Aaron Thierry, an earth-system scientist and Dr Caroline Vincent, a retired scientist and consultant, were facing a charge of criminal damage to the value of £2,000. | They were part of a group of nine scientists who pasted scientific papers, used chalk spray and glued themselves to the windows of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in an act o…

JANET (2022-10-22). Major escalation against Russia in Crimea/ Kiev, the EU and NATO take world to the edge. iacenter.org October 21, 2022 By Fadi Kassem, Georges Gastaud and Aymeric Monville This statement, by three leaders in the PRCF (Pole for Communist Renaissance, France), was published Oct. 9. Translation: International Acton Center Attack on the bridge from mainland Russia to Crimea: An explosive charge placed in a vehicle or under the apron explodes at the passage of a fuel train, destroying three spans 64-meters-long on the lanes with traffic flowing north. The railway bridge, which also houses pipelines, was not seriously affected, despite the fire burning several tank cars. Whatever its modus operandi, the terrorist attac…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-22). Russia's Homage to Nord Stream Pipelines. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMARWho stands to gain? First pictures of Nord Stream pipeline show 50 metre hole after "powerful explosions" confirming sabotage. David Brinkley, the legendary American newscaster with a career that spanned an amazing fifty-four years from World War II once said that a successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with…

JANET (2022-10-22). Typhoon rips through Western Alaska exposing high cost of climate change. iacenter.org By Paddy Colligan October 6, 2022 A New York Times weekly news quiz Sept. 9 asked which of these climate disasters happened this summer: floods in Pakistan; drought in China; heat wave on the U.S. West Coast; wildfires in Europe; or all of the above. To these are added September's disasters: historic hurricanes in the Caribbean and the southeast U.S. and Typhoon Merbok in Alaska. And the season has just begun. The destructive remnants of Typhoon Merbok are a recent example of an unexpectedly catastrophic weather phenomenon. Typhoon aftermath Merbok formed in cold waters off Japan; it regained power and moisture a…

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