2023-01-27: News Headlines

Kenny Stancil (2023-01-27). United States: 'Spectacular failure of climate leadership', as Biden outpaces Trump on oil and gas permits. greenleft.org.au Just days after US President Joe Biden called global warming 'an existential threat to human existence', the US proceeded with the nation's largest-ever auction of oil and gas permits, reports Kenny Stancil.

Media Lens (2023-01-27). Collapsing Britain and the Climate Crisis. dissidentvoice.org People in power get nervous when the population's trust in national institutions plummets. It has often been a precursor of significant social unrest, even revolutions. This is an underlying reason why UK prime minister Rishi Sunak proclaimed, in the face of mounting pressure over the tax affairs of Nadhim Zahawi, chairman of the Conservative Party …

Staff (2023-01-27). Headlines for January 27, 2023. democracynow.org Five Fired Memphis Police Officers Arrested for Murder of Tyre Nichols, Georgia Gov. Declares State of Emergency, Calls Up National Guard Amid "Cop City" Protests, Haitian Police Blockade Port-au-Prince Streets After Gangs Kill 14 Officers, Israel Bombs Gaza Strip One Day After Israeli Forces Kill 9 in West Bank Raid, Democratic Lawmakers Slam Biden for Mass Expulsion of Migrants at U.S. Border, NYT: Bill Barr Pushed Trump-Russia Investigator to Use False Russian Intelligence Claims, Chevron to Buy Back $75 Billion in Own Stock After Posting Record Profits in 2022, Dutch Police Arrest Climate Activist…

Tomdispatch (2023-01-27). For all the Hooplah, Nuclear Fusion won't Save us from Climate Change, and it is Dangerous. juancole.com By Joshua Frank | &#1 ; ( Tomdispatch.com ) &#1 ; I awoke on December 13th to news about what could be the most significant scientific breakthrough since the Food and Drug Administration authorized the first Covid vaccine for emergency use two years ago. This time, however, the achievement had nothing to do with that ongoing public …

Center for Biological Diversity (2023-01-27). Oil Industry Seeks Supreme Court Review of California Offshore Fracking Ban. indybay.org 9th Circuit Refused Previous Request, Upheld Lower Court Decision…

americanthinker (2023-01-26). WEF is Chicken Licken: 'The climate is changing! The climate is changing!'. americanthinker.com EU food supply infected with crickets and mealworms "in accordance with ruling class ideology" — but what about streaming services and pornography?>

Andy Kroll (2023-01-26). Nuclear Fusion Won't Save the Climate. tomdispatch.com I awoke on December 13th to news about what could be the most significant scientific breakthrough since the Food and Drug Administration authorized the first Covid vaccine for emergency use two years ago. This time, however, the achievement had nothing to do with that ongoing public health crisis. Instead, as the New York Times and CNN alerted me that morning, at stake was a new technology that could potentially solve the worst dilemma humanity faces: climate change and the desperate overheating of our planet. Net-energy-gain fusion, a long-sought-after panacea for all that's wrong with traditional nuclear-fissio…

Brett Wilkins (2023-01-26). Biden restores vital protections for Alaska's Tongass National Forest gutted by Trump. nationofchange.org "As our nation's largest national forest and the largest intact temperate rainforest in the world, the Tongass National Forest is key to conserving biodiversity and addressing the climate crisis."

Editor (2023-01-26). Short video on the U.S. military and climate disaster. mronline.org Ireland has to stop collaborating with the U.S. military/industrial complex by allowing U.S. troops and in Shannon Airport (3 million and rising so far).

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-26). Colombian President Petro's Davos Proposal and What it Reveals. libya360.wordpress.com Eder Peña The Colombian president went to present his concern about the global environmental crisis to those who are generating it On January 17, Colombian President Gustavo Petro participated in the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, which brought together heads of state and world leaders, and presented Colombia's proposals to address the climate…

Jake Johnson (2023-01-26). 4 + Climate Groups to UN: 'No COP Overseen by a Fossil Fuel Executive' Can Be Legitimate. commondreams.org

Kenny Stancil (2023-01-26). New Research Details Promise of Converting From 'War Economy to a Green Economy'. commondreams.org

A pair of reports published Thursday show that many workers employed in the U.S. military-industrial complex support shifting manufacturing resources from military to civilian use—a conversion seen as vital to the fight against the climate emergency.Moving "from a war economy to a green economy" can help avert the worst consequences of the climate crisis, noted the Costs of War project at Brown University's Watson Institute, publisher of the new research."Ever-higher military spending is contributing to climate catastrophe, and U.S. lawmakers need a better understanding of alternative economic choi…

Sean Callebs (2023-01-26). The Heat: Climate Change &#1 ; 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 …

Staff (2023-01-26). Reaching 1.5 ∞C of Global Heating by 2024 Isn't Even the Whole Story. commondreams.org With the warmer El Niño climate pattern about to replace the colder La Niña in the Pacific Ocean at the end of the year, we are about to get a real glimpse into our collective future. While our governments have been pretending to focus on a distant 20 target to limit warming to 2.7 ∞F (1.5 ∞C), …

Staff (2023-01-26). Científica cubana es premiada por biofarmacéutica Bayer. cubadebate.cu La empresa químico-farmacéutica alemana Bayer concedió el premio en ciencias médicas a la científica cubana Yanira Méndez por el desarrollo de nuevos métodos para elaborar vacunas antibacterianas y modificar anticuerpos para obtener agentes anticancerígenos. Méndez también aportó sus conocimientos a las vacunas contra la covid-19.

Staff (2023-01-26). EPA Allowing Vast Oil Refinery Waste to Pollute US Waterways. commondreams.org The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is failing to uphold its legal obligation to regulate the nearly half-billion gallons of toxic wastewater that petroleum refineries dump into the nation's waterways on a daily basis, according to an exhaustive study published Thursday. The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), a watchdog founded by former EPA enforcement attorneys, analyzed publicly …

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