Monthly Archives: November 2022

2022-11-28: News Headlines

_____ (2022-11-28). Egypt: outcome of UN Climate Change Conference. journal-neo.org The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, from November 6, just ended. However, it did not meet the official deadline (due to end on November 18) and was extended until November 20 due to Western obstruction. It was only then, after desperate debate and discussion, that a general document …

____ (2022-11-28). Did the World Make Progress on Climate Change? Here's What Was Decided at CP27. transcend.org 20 Nov 2022 – Contentious climate negotiations ended in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, as negotiators from around the world finalized a modest deal to help control global warming and pay for the costs of a hotter Earth.

____ (2022-11-28). China-Central Asia gas pipeline transports over 40 bln cubic meters this year. ecns.cn The China-Central Asia Gas Pipeline has delivered over 40 billion cubic meters of natural gas to China this year, according to PipeChina West Pipeline Company.

____ (2022-11-28). China-Central Asia pipeline delivers over 40 bln cubic meters of natural gas. ecns.cn The China-Central Asia Gas Pipeline has transported over 40 billion cubic meters of natural gas to China in 2022, according to the Horgos initial compressor station of PipeChina West Pipeline Company on Monday.

Ramon du Houx (2022-11-28). LA City Councilmember Koretz's Last Call For Aggressive Climate Action. indybay.org Koretz introduced three pieces of aggressive climate legislation: one aimed to ban the sale of new gas cars in stages, beginning in 2028 with the most expensive vehicles to fully implement by 2030; one to create a significant greenhouse gas emissions fee for private jets landing at Los Angeles airports; and one aimed to use the truth of the dangers posed to LAX and Silicon Beach by the SoCalGas Playa Vista Natural Gas Storage facility to shut it down…

_____ (2022-11-27). Rebellion Against The Legalized Robbery. popularresistance.org The following commentary was written by Marxist economist, politician and former Finance Minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis. He follows the first part of the debate "Ecological Catastrophe, Collapse, Democracy and Socialism" between the renowned American intellectual Noam Chomsky, the Chilean exponent of the new ideology of Collapsist Marxism Miguel Fuentes and climate scientist Guy McPherson. One of the main characteristics of Varoufakis' comment (who describes himself as a "Libertarian Marxist") is offering a balanced review of some of the main ideas expressed earlier in this debate. The latter from the perspe…

Andy Kroll (2022-11-27). What If the U.S. and China Really Cooperated on Climate Change? tomdispatch.com As President Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping arrived on the resort island of Bali, Indonesia, for their November 14th "summit," relations between their two countries were on a hair-raising downward spiral, with tensions over Taiwan nearing the boiling point. Diplomats hoped, at best, for a modest reduction in tensions, which, to the relief of many, did occur. No policy breakthroughs were expected, however, and none were achieved. In one vital area, though, there was at least a glimmer of hope: the planet's two largest greenhouse-gas emitters agreed to resume their languishing negotiations on joint ef…

Ana Perdigón (2022-11-27). Venezuela and Belize Sign Agreement to Revitalize Petrocaribe. orinocotribune.com On Friday, November 25, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and the prime minister of Belize, John Briceño, signed a joint cooperation agreement during a meeting held in the Sol del Perú Hall in Miraflores Palace to strengthen binational ties and to revitalize the Petrocaribe program. | President Maduro announced that Venezuela and Belize would be reinforcing their cooperation in the energy industry. He then added that the two leaders discussed the relaunching of Petrocaribe and analyzed the effects of the climate crisis in the region. | "We have reached a positive agreement for our countries and our peop…

Anjoulie Woodhead (2022-11-26). UN Climate Conference Agrees on Fund to Address Climate Change Impacts in Developing Count. indybay.org COP27 Agreement Asserts Climate Change Results in High Debts and Development Failures…

Vijay Prashad (2022-11-26). In Malay, orangutans means 'people of the forest', but those forests are disappearing: The Forty-Seventh Newsletter (2022). mronline.org The dust has settled at the resorts in Sharm el-Shaikh, Egypt, as delegates of countries and corporations leave the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The only advance made in the final agreement was for the creation of a 'loss and damage fund' for 'vulnerable countries'.

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2022-11-27: News Headlines

Anjoulie Woodhead (2022-11-26). UN Climate Conference Agrees on Fund to Address Climate Change Impacts in Developing Count. indybay.org COP27 Agreement Asserts Climate Change Results in High Debts and Development Failures…

Vijay Prashad (2022-11-26). In Malay, orangutans means 'people of the forest', but those forests are disappearing: The Forty-Seventh Newsletter (2022). mronline.org The dust has settled at the resorts in Sharm el-Shaikh, Egypt, as delegates of countries and corporations leave the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The only advance made in the final agreement was for the creation of a 'loss and damage fund' for 'vulnerable countries'.

_____ (2022-11-25). Save The Planet — Nicaragua And The Climate Crisis. popularresistance.org Under the slogan Uniting the world to tackle climate change, the forthcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), which will be held in Glasgow (UK) from 1 to 12 November 2021, will bring together representatives of some 200 governments with the aim of accelerating climate action to fulfill the Paris Agreement. The Presidency of the conference is already working with civil society and business to prepare the annual event and inspire climate action ahead of the event. | What is COP: | The Conference of the Parties or COP is the supreme body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change…

Brett Wilkins (2022-11-25). Raging Wars, Soaring Hunger Put Women and Girls in Crosshairs, Warns UN. commondreams.org "A toxic mix of crises—conflicts, climate, skyrocketing costs, and the ripple effects of the Ukraine war—are inflicting a devastating toll on the forcibly displaced. This is being felt across the world, but women and girls are particularly suffering."

Nick Buxton (2022-11-25). Carbon Bombing the Climate Must End. commondreams.org We cannot tackle climate change, and save our collective future, while increasing military spending.

Julia Conley (2022-11-25). Greta Thunberg Joins 630+ Young People in Landmark Climate Lawsuit Against Sweden. commondreams.org "The Swedish state fails to meet the constitutional requirement to promote sustainable development leading to a good environment for present and future generations," said the plaintiffs.

_____ (2022-11-25). Court Rules Against Waratah Coal Mine In Landmark Ruling. popularresistance.org The Queensland Land Court has ruled human rights would be unjustifiably limited by a proposal to dig the state's largest coal mine in the Galilee Basin in Central Queensland. | First Nations-led activist group Youth Verdict challenged an application by mining company Waratah Coal, owned by billionaire Clive Palmer. | The group of young Queensland activists challenged the mine on the basis it would impact the human rights of First Nations peoples by contributing to climate change. | The coal mine would remove about 40 million tonnes of coal a year for export to South-East Asia, with a forecast life span of 30 year…

_____ (2022-11-25). In Malay, Orangutans Means 'People Of The Forest'. popularresistance.org The dust has settled at the resorts in Sharm el-Shaikh, Egypt, as delegates of countries and corporations leave the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The only advance made in the final agreement was for the creation of a 'loss and damage fund' for 'vulnerable countries'. However, despite being hailed as a breakthrough, the deal is little more than the financing of the Santiago Network for Loss and Damage agreed upon at the COP25 in 2019. It also remains to be seen whether this new financing will in fact be realised. Under previous agreements, such a…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-25). Nigeria: The Last War Before the End of the World. libya360.wordpress.com Guadi Calvo The last war before the end of the world has been raging in Kaduna, a state in northwestern Nigeria, for at least ten years, between the Muslim majority ethnic group and essentially herdsmen known as Fulani, who fight against Christian farmers, renewing an ancestral conflict that the climate crisis and the war in…

Julia Conley (2022-11-25). Greta Thunberg Joins 630+ Young People in Climate Lawsuit Against Sweden. truthout.org Climate leader Greta Thunberg was among 636 young adults and children who submitted a class-action lawsuit against the Swedish government at a district court in Stockholm on Friday, arguing that the country's right-wing leaders are failing to obey the Swedish constitution as they continue allowing planet-heating fossil fuel extraction. | About 2,000 people

John R. Platt (2022-11-25). Let's rename the day after Thanksgiving 'extinction Friday'. nationofchange.org The annual Black Friday ode to commercialism and overconsumption sits at the core of our ongoing destruction of Earth's ecosystems.

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