(2023-06-10). Youth Are Suing Montana for Failing to Protect Their Future From Climate Chaos. truthout.org In a case that could have far-reaching implications for the struggle against the climate crisis, the trial in a lawsuit brought by a group of youth plaintiffs will begin in Montana on June 12. Besides being the first such case about climate change to go to trial, Held v. Montana involves the specific impacts the climate crisis has on young people. This trial is a bellwether for other cases… |
(2023-06-10). Sunday 6/11: Getting Active About Climate Change: Daly Wettermark, Activist-Scholar-R&D Professional. indybay.org UUSF 1187 Franklin St. San Francisco | or Zoom zoom.us/j/97599856849?pwd=QVhsdlpUM2pqbW9QQ2FjTmoxRzR3QT09…
(2023-06-10). NZEI pushes through sellout of New Zealand primary teachers. wsws.org The Labour government's pay cut was pushed through by the union, which told 30,000 primary teachers they had to accept it due to the "current economic climate."
(2023-06-09). New Analysis: Human-Caused Warming Set to Surpass Paris Agreement Limit by 2037. truthout.org Human-caused global warming is set to surpass 2.7° Fahrenheit (1.5° Celsius) by the year 2037, overshooting an international goal beyond which severe climate disruptions may become the norm, according to a new analysis from 50 climate scientists. "This is unprecedented in anything we have seen historically," said Piers Forster, a professor at the University of Leeds and an author on the paper. |
(2023-06-09). 'Scenes from a Climate Era' a play for the times. greenleft.org.au Learo Earle reviews Belvoir St Theatre's new production, which is a smorgasbord of short plays that reflects us to an audience of us.
(2023-06-09). Seattle/Amazon workers walk out. workers.org 
Seattle Amazon Employees for Climate Justice staged a walkout and rally of over 1,000 tech workers at Amazon's company headquarters in Seattle on May 31. In what the organizers called, "the largest tech worker action since the COVID-19 pandemic," another 1,000 workers joined the protest from across the U.S., Ireland, . . . |
(2023-06-09). World Oceans Day: Guterres Calls for More Action. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, advocated for heightened measures to safeguard the world's oceans. | Related: | In commemoration of the annual World Ocean Day, the UN chief said in a video message, "The ocean is the foundation of life. It supplies the air we breathe and food we eat. It regulates our climate and weather. The ocean is our planet's greatest reservoir of biodiversity…
(2023-06-09). Extinction Rebellion Targets DC Council During Week Of Action. popularresistance.org Washington, DC — This morning, as part of People vs Fossil Fuels national week of action, rebels from Extinction Rebellion DC chained themselves to the doors of the Wilson Building to demand the DC Council take a stand against Washington Gas' deadly Project Pipes. The $4.5 billion massive pipeline replacement project would force DC to rely on dangerous planet-warming fossil fuels for decades to come, making the city's current climate goals impossible to reach. | The action occurred while the sky filled with hazardous smoke from wildfires in Canada. The burning of fossil fuels like methane make wildfires suc…
(2023-06-10). They are lying to you; fossil fuel emissions do not cause global warming. expose-news.com
(2023-06-10). Paiute Journalist Myron Dewey's Family Choked with Grief, as Driver Given Minimal Sentence. indybay.org Choking with grief, the family members of Paiute journalist Myron Dewey described their sorrow and loss, as a Nevada judge handed down a minimal sentence for the driver of the truck who hit Myron head-on and killed him. Prosecutors reduced the charges for the driver, John Walsh of Reno, Nevada. Myron was internationally known as a water protector, journalist and drone activist, who provided news coverage of the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota and was battling a bombing range and lithium mine when he was killed.
(2023-06-09). Malcolm Nance Was Wrong About The Nord Stream Pipeline And Nazis: Why Black America Shouldn't Trust Him On Ukraine. moguldom.com Former MSNBC defense analyst Malcolm Nance frequently offers his analysis of world events. But there have been times when his take doesn't hit. For example, some consider him to be wrong about the Nordstrom Pipeline and Nazis. So why should Black America trust him on his thoughts about the Ukraine war? On September 26, a …
(2023-06-09). Oil and pipeline companies are backing a 'water quality restoration' project in North America's biggest swamp. nationofchange.org "The idea that this is an experimental project is absurd because we've done this numerous times."
(2023-06-10). Perspectives] Upending the model of AI adoption. thelancet.com In 2016, Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer of deep learning artificial intelligence (AI), predicted radiologists' extinction within 5 years. 7 years later, radiologists have yet to be replaced, and radiology AI—use of AI for image interpretation—is not widely implemented in many high-income countries. Yet adoption has been rapid for certain use cases in some low-income and middle-income settings.
(2023-06-09). Japan Begins Secretly Releasing Irradiated Water From Fukushima Disaster Into the Ocean. globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-09). HK to ban seafood from high-risk regions near Fukushima if Japan dumps nuclear-contaminated water into ocean. ecns.cn Hong Kong will ban seafood from high-risk regions near Fukushima at once if Japan starts to dump nuclear-contaminated water from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, said Hong Kong's environment chief on Thursday.
(2023-06-10). Friday 6/23: Pride Button Making, E-waste Jewelry, and Open House! indybay.org 272 Capp St | San Francisco CA, 94110…
(2023-06-10). Ox Sam Camp Being Raided, Arrests Underway of Defenders of Paiute Massacre Site. indybay.org The first arrests are underway and Ox Sam Camp is being raided after land defenders halted an excavator this morning at Thacker Pass in northern Nevada. This morning, a group of Native American water protectors and allies used their bodies to non-violently block the construction of the controversial Thacker Pass lithium mine in Nevada, turning back bulldozers and heavy equipment. The dramatic scene unfolded this morning as workers attempting to dig trenches near Sentinel Rock were turned back by land defenders who ran and put their bodies between heavy equipment and the land. Now they are being arrested and the c…
(2023-06-10). Perspectives] Upending the model of AI adoption. thelancet.com In 2016, Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer of deep learning artificial intelligence (AI), predicted radiologists' extinction within 5 years. 7 years later, radiologists have yet to be replaced, and radiology AI—use of AI for image interpretation—is not widely implemented in many high-income countries. Yet adoption has been rapid for certain use cases in some low-income and middle-income settings.
(2023-06-09). Japan Begins Secretly Releasing Irradiated Water From Fukushima Disaster Into the Ocean. globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-09). HK to ban seafood from high-risk regions near Fukushima if Japan dumps nuclear-contaminated water into ocean. ecns.cn Hong Kong will ban seafood from high-risk regions near Fukushima at once if Japan starts to dump nuclear-contaminated water from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, said Hong Kong's environment chief on Thursday.
(2023-06-10). Friday 6/23: Pride Button Making, E-waste Jewelry, and Open House! indybay.org 272 Capp St | San Francisco CA, 94110…
(2023-06-10). Ox Sam Camp Being Raided, Arrests Underway of Defenders of Paiute Massacre Site. indybay.org The first arrests are underway and Ox Sam Camp is being raided after land defenders halted an excavator this morning at Thacker Pass in northern Nevada. This morning, a group of Native American water protectors and allies used their bodies to non-violently block the construction of the controversial Thacker Pass lithium mine in Nevada, turning back bulldozers and heavy equipment. The dramatic scene unfolded this morning as workers attempting to dig trenches near Sentinel Rock were turned back by land defenders who ran and put their bodies between heavy equipment and the land. Now they are being arrested and the c…