(2023-08-12). Perspectives] Vanessa Kerry: driving action on climate change and health. thelancet.com "We are facing a profoundly urgent time…Climate change is the single greatest threat to humanity. And the way we experience that primarily and most intimately is through health. I think that we don't do enough to acknowledge that as a global community or to recognise or remedy that", says Vanessa Kerry, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the non-governmental organisation (NGO) Seed Global Health and the inaugural WHO Director-General Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health. Kerry, who is also Director of the Global Public Policy and Social Change programme at Harvard Medical School and Director of th…
(2023-08-11). Ukraine "Cannot Decide Its Destiny" Because It Depends On US Political Climate. southfront.org 
Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | The Ukrainian Army's high dependence on Western military support to continue its fight against Russian troops has placed Kiev in a position where it cannot decide its path for itself, said an analyst on CNN. The outlet also indicated that after more than 17 months of active combat, the Ukrainian conflict had entered a decisive stage since Kiev now depends on the decisions taken in Washington more than…
(2023-08-11). Humanity cannot survive a nuclear war. indybay.org In the face of the threat of nuclear war, I echo the appeals of the UN Secretary General, Pope Francis, and world leaders like President Lula: De-escalation, diplomatic intervention, and an end to this brutal war. The longer the fighting continues, the more lives are lost, the more our fragile climate is destroyed, and the greater the threat of total annihilation becomes for all of us.
(2023-08-11). "It's Apocalyptic": Wildfires Engulf Maui, Killing At Least 36. indybay.org Wildfires have become more common in Hawai'i in the last century as humans have introduced nonnative grasses and shrubs that have then become "more flammable as climate change brings warmer, drier conditions."
(2023-08-11). "We're Living the Climate Emergency," Says Native Hawaiian Kaniela Ing. truthout.org We speak with Kaniela Ing, national director of the Green New Deal Network and seventh-generation Kanaka Maoli, Native Hawaiian, about the impact of this week's devastating wildfires and their relationship to climate change. The catastrophic fires have destroyed nearly all buildings in the historic section of Lahaina, which once served as the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom. What is now being… |
(2023-08-11). We're Not Ready for Rising Temperatures in a Rapidly Aging Nation. progressive.org Extreme heat and other climate impacts are already disproportionately impacting older adults, but resilience efforts are still far behind.
(2023-08-11). This Scientist Used to Spread Climate Change Alarmism. Now She's Trying to Debunk It. globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-11). The Netherlands: Activists Arrested On Runway Of Volkel Air Base. popularresistance.org In the Netherlands, on the morning of August 8, ten peace and climate activists (six from the U.S., three from the Netherlands and a German doctor) entered Volkel Air Base, where about 15 U.S. nuclear bombs are stockpiled. They knelt on the runway, prayed for peace and glued down copies of Article 1 and 2 of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons on the runway. | They were taken into custody and later released with a small fine, which no one paid. This nonviolent resistance action took place as part of an international peace camp at Volkel Air Base. The radical branches of the climate movement and…
(2023-08-11). "Unprecedented": Fire Expert Says Climate & Native Vegetation Changes Fueled Explosive Maui Wildfires. democracynow.org 
We speak to a fire scientist about how the climate emergency fueled this week's historic wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui. "This is something that is absolutely unprecedented," says Clay Trauernicht, a professor in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawaii at MƒÅnoa, where he focuses on wildland fire management in Hawaii and the Pacific. He explains how colonial landscape changes to the islands — prioritizing monocrop agriculture and land use for tourism — paired with the worsening atmospheric effects of climate change h…
(2023-08-11). "We're Living the Climate Emergency": Native Hawaiian Kaniela Ing on Fires, Colonialism & Banyan Tree. democracynow.org 
We speak with Kaniela Ing, national director of the Green New Deal Network and seventh-generation Kanaka Maoli, Native Hawaiian, about the impact of this week's devastating wildfires and their relationship to climate change. The catastrophic fires have destroyed nearly all buildings in the historic section of Lahaina, which once served as the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom. What is now being described as the worst natural disaster in Hawaii's history was created by conditions such as dry vegetation, hurricane-level winds and developers redirecting water and building over wetlands, which are directly…
(2023-08-11). Ice melting to be more common and severe. plenglish.com With drastic action now needed to limit global warming to the Paris Agreement target of 1.5 ∞C, the scientists warn that recent extremes in Antarctica may be the tip of the iceberg. | The study reviews evidence of extreme events in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, including weather, sea ice, ocean temperatures, glacier and ice shelf systems, and biodiversity on land and sea. | It concludes that Antarctica's fragile environments "may well be subject to considerable stress and damage in future years and decades" — and calls for urgent policy action to protect it. | "Antarctic change has global implica…
(2023-08-11). New Study Finds Fracking Is Linked To Seismic Tremors. popularresistance.org Hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as "fracking," is a process where shale and other types of impermeable rock are blasted open with water, "fracking fluid" and sand in order to access and extract oil and natural gas. | According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, fracking fluid contains chemical additives, the identities of which have often been shielded from disclosure on the basis that they are "confidential business information" or trade secrets. However, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency identified 1,084 different reported chemicals used in fracking from 2005 to 2013.
(2023-08-11). Fracking linked to seismic tremors in new study. nationofchange.org New research confirms that fracking leads to small, slow earthquakes or tremors, the origin of which had previously been unknown.
(2023-08-11). We Must Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline. progressive.org Rather than confront the root causes of youth instability, the system is skewed toward punishing young people of color and their families.
(2023-08-11). Argentina: Police Brutality Leads to Death of Facundo Molares. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the police of the city of Buenos Aires harshly attacked militants from the leftist organizations Vote to Fight and Popular Rebellion, which called to protest against the primary elections in the city's Obeslisk. | RELATED: | Among the protesters was Facundo Molares, a 47-year-old photojournalist who was part of the now extinct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). | During the protest against "the electoral…
(2023-08-11). (Bure/France) Demonstration: Without nuclear power our earth will live. indybay.org For 2 September 2023, we are calling for a big peasant- and anti-nuclear demonstration that will start in the village of Bure in the Meuse department. | Against the revival of the nuclear disaster wanted by Macron and in defence of our soils, we want to join forces to protect the land threatened by the Cigéo nuclear waste repository project in Lorraine.