(2023-01-26). The Heat: Climate Change  ; Ozone Layer. america.cgtn.com 
Earth's protective layer is healing. What's behind the change and what does it mean for the environment? There's good news to report about the environment. The Earth's ozone is set to fully recover within the next four decades. A new United Nations report indicates efforts …
(2023-01-25). CELAC's Buenos Aires Declaration Promotes LATAM Integration. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, 33 countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) signed the "Buenos Aires Declaration," through which they pledged to deepen integration, climate action, democratic institutions, and multilateralism. | The 111-point agreement highlights the importance of consolidating Latin America as a zone of peace, advancing food security, and deepening cooperation in health. | At the close of the event, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Prime Minister, Ralph Gonsalves, highlighted the efforts that Argentina and Mexico made to consolidate CELAC in 2022. | "We will work for peace, socia…
(2023-01-25). Designing A US Transit System With Smaller, Fewer Cars Could Cut Lithium Demand And Mining Harms Of EV. popularresistance.org One of the less sustainable aspects of the drive to transition from gas to electric vehicles (EVs) is that building them requires metals and minerals that must be mined from the Earth, an activity that raises both ecological and environmental justice concerns. | In fact, a new report from the Climate and Community Project and the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), found that, if current trends for EV demand hold through 2050, the U.S. alone will require three times the amount of lithium that is now available on the market globally. However, replacing every gas-powered car with an EV isn't the only way to…
(2023-01-25). Democrats 'Funneled' Utility Money To Climate Candidate Challenger. popularresistance.org Louisiana – Louisiana Democratic Party leaders are accused of funneling thousands of dollars from utility companies to the campaign of a fossil fuel—friendly candidate who ran for reelection on the state's utility regulatory committee. | Campaign finance records filed this week show that the Party received more than $90,000 in donations from utility companies, energy producers, and their executives during the elections for two Louisiana Public Service Commissioners. The same utility companies — Entergy, Cleco, and CenterPoint Energy — also donated directly to incumbent Lambert Boissiere III, who…
(2023-01-25). Doomsday Clock set at 90 seconds to midnight. canadiandimension.com 
Photo by Jamie Christiani/Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | WASHINGTON, DC — The Doomsday Clock was set at 90 seconds to midnight, due largely but not exclusively to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the increased risk of nuclear escalation. The new Clock time was also influenced by continuing threats posed by the climate crisis and the breakdown of global norms and institutions needed to mitigate risks associated with advancing technologies and biological threats such as COVID-19. | Rachel Bronson, PhD, president and CEO, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, said: | We are living in a time of unprece…
(2023-01-25). Climate activists found guilty and charged for trying to stop Scarborough gas. greenleft.org.au Three climate activists have been found guilty and charged for resisting Woodside's Scarborough gas hub in the Burrup. Nova 'Jade' Sobieralski reports.
(2023-01-25). Doomsday Clock Moves Closer to Midnight: Peace Activist Frida Berrigan Demands Nuclear Disarmament. democracynow.org 
On Tuesday, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists reset the Doomsday Clock for 2023 to 90 seconds to midnight, warning the world is closer to global annihilation than ever before, in part due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Since 1947, the Bulletin has maintained a Doomsday Clock to illustrate how close humanity is to the end of the world due to existential threats including nuclear war and the climate emergency. We speak with Frida Berrigan, longtime peace activist and nuclear weapons abolitionist, whose new cover story for In These Times is "How to Avoid Nuclear Stand-Offs That Threaten the Entire…
(2023-01-25). Biden administration restores the "Roadless Rule," protecting our largest National Forest. commondreams.org In response to the Biden administration's announcement to reinstate "Roadless Rule" protections, Amy Moas, Ph.D., Greenpeace USA Senior Climate Campaigner, said: "Today, the U.S. Forest Service rescued the nation's largest national forest, Alaska's Tongass, from new and catastrophic surges of clearcut logging. The reinstatement of this popular 2001 conservation measure that conserves old growth is …
(2023-01-25). U.S. Forest Service restores critical protections to Tongass National Forest. commondreams.org In a win for Southeast Alaska communities, wildlife, and the climate, the U.S. Forest Service reinstated Roadless Rule protections across the Tongass rainforest in Southeast Alaska. Tribal leaders, recreational small-business owners, commercial fishing operators, and conservationists cheered the agency's restoration of this critical safeguard. The move restores federal protection — from industrial logging and damaging …
(2023-01-25). Be a Hero, Joe. Declare a Climate Emergency Now! dissidentvoice.org An important article just published in Inside Climate News revealed good news from a new federal government report, Short Term Energy Outlook. That study stated that: "Renewable energy is poised to reach a milestone as a new government report projects that wind, solar and other renewable sources will exceed one-fourth of the country's electricity generation …
(2023-01-25). Oil Industry Seeks Supreme Court Review of California Offshore Fracking Ban. commondreams.org The American Petroleum Institute and two oil companies filed a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court today, seeking a review of a lower court decision that halted offshore fracking in federal waters off California. A previous request by the Biden administration to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for an "en banc" review …
(2023-01-25). NEC Updates: Initial Discovery, Bellwethers, & Defense Strategy With Sara Papantonio. trofire.com Mass Tort News LegalCast: Levin Papantonio Rafferty Associate attorney Sara Papantonio serves as point for the firm's involvement in mass tort litigation for Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) contamination in baby formula. Sara graduated from Stetson University College of Law in 2020 and served as a member of the Stetson Trial team, ranked #1 nationally. Sara earned …
(2023-01-25). New US Research Finds "Worrying" Evidence Linking Monsanto Weedkiller to Cancer. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-25). Selected Articles: New US Research Finds "Worrying" Evidence Linking Monsanto Weedkiller to Cancer. globalresearch.ca 
By New research by top US government scientists has found that people exposed to the widely used weed killing chemical glyphosate have biomarkers …