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2023-02-19: News Headlines

Katya Beltran, Friends Of The ATC . (2023-02-19). How Nicaragua Tackles Climate Change and Hunger. popularresistance.org A group of ten students and two faculty members from the University of Maryland met with the Marlen Sanchez, Director of the Latin American Institute of Agroecology (IALA Ixim Ulew), and Erika Takeo, Coordinator of the Friends of ATC in a conference room at the Francisco Morazán School in Managua. | Sanchez spoke about climate change and its impact on Nicaragua. There have been more droughts, floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes damaging Nicaragua making it 1 of the 10 countries of the world most affected by climate change. Many countries try to mitigate the consequences but do not attack the base of the problem.

Stephanie Masterman, Last Real Indians. (2023-02-19). How Tribes of the North Are Taking Climate Matters into Their Own Hands. popularresistance.org It can be difficult to understand the true impacts of climate change when you are not directly facing its harsh effects. We see that communities in different regions and terrains around the world are experiencing different rates of global warming with different consequences. We also know that the Arctic, in particular, is experiencing climate change more rapidly and more severely than other parts of the world. In order to understand the diverse impact climate change has on different communities, it is also important to understand what community-based solutions are in place for adaptation and mitigation of climate…

Waging Nonviolence (2023-02-19). Northwest Climate Activists, including Native Americans, Target new Oil Pipeline to stop Fossil Fuels. juancole.com Climate groups and Indigenous nations are working to add the GTN Xpress pipeline expansion to a long list of defeated fossil fuel transportation projects in the Northwest. By Nick Engelfried | — Climate protesters gathered at the State Capitol in Portland, Oregon in 2019 to protest the later canceled Jordan Cove LNG export terminal. (Facebook/Rogue …

Benjamin Wehrmann (2023-02-18). German States 'unprecedentedly United' for Wind Power, Seeking 80% Green Electricity by 2030. juancole.com ( Clean Energy Wire ) — The German states have signalled their readiness to expand onshore wind power in the country "in almost unknown unity", economy and climate minister Robert Habeck said. His comments came after he met with representatives of the 16 'Là§nder' to discuss further buildout of renewables. The Green Party minister said …

Editor (2023-02-18). Researchers warn of climate 'doom loop' as impacts forestall Green Energy transition. mronline.org "It's too late to avoid the climate storm altogether," said a study co-author. "Our ability to steer out of the storm is frustrated by having to manage the impacts of the storm on the ship."

Editor (2023-02-18). Due to Wars and Climate Destruction, US Ranks Worse Than Peers on 'Impunity' Index. scheerpost.com

Katya Beltran, Friends Of The ATC . (2023-02-19). How Nicaragua Tackles Climate Change and Hunger. popularresistance.org A group of ten students and two faculty members from the University of Maryland met with the Marlen Sanchez, Director of the Latin American Institute of Agroecology (IALA Ixim Ulew), and Erika Takeo, Coordinator of the Friends of ATC in a conference room at the Francisco Morazán School in Managua. | Sanchez spoke about climate change and its impact on Nicaragua. There have been more droughts, floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes damaging Nicaragua making it 1 of the 10 countries of the world most affected by climate change. Many countries try to mitigate the consequences but do not attack the base of the problem.

Stephanie Masterman, Last Real Indians. (2023-02-19). How Tribes of the North Are Taking Climate Matters into Their Own Hands. popularresistance.org It can be difficult to understand the true impacts of climate change when you are not directly facing its harsh effects. We see that communities in different regions and terrains around the world are experiencing different rates of global warming with different consequences. We also know that the Arctic, in particular, is experiencing climate change more rapidly and more severely than other parts of the world. In order to understand the diverse impact climate change has on different communities, it is also important to understand what community-based solutions are in place for adaptation and mitigation of climate…

Waging Nonviolence (2023-02-19). Northwest Climate Activists, including Native Americans, Target new Oil Pipeline to stop Fossil Fuels. juancole.com Climate groups and Indigenous nations are working to add the GTN Xpress pipeline expansion to a long list of defeated fossil fuel transportation projects in the Northwest. By Nick Engelfried | — Climate protesters gathered at the State Capitol in Portland, Oregon in 2019 to protest the later canceled Jordan Cove LNG export terminal. (Facebook/Rogue …

Benjamin Wehrmann (2023-02-18). German States 'unprecedentedly United' for Wind Power, Seeking 80% Green Electricity by 2030. juancole.com ( Clean Energy Wire ) — The German states have signalled their readiness to expand onshore wind power in the country "in almost unknown unity", economy and climate minister Robert Habeck said. His comments came after he met with representatives of the 16 'Là§nder' to discuss further buildout of renewables. The Green Party minister said …

Editor (2023-02-18). Researchers warn of climate 'doom loop' as impacts forestall Green Energy transition. mronline.org "It's too late to avoid the climate storm altogether," said a study co-author. "Our ability to steer out of the storm is frustrated by having to manage the impacts of the storm on the ship."

Editor (2023-02-18). Due to Wars and Climate Destruction, US Ranks Worse Than Peers on 'Impunity' Index. scheerpost.com

Juan Cole (2023-02-18). Do we Have Until 2050 to become Carbon Neutral? What if 27 Climate Feedback Loops are Working together to Shorten our Deadline? juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Feedback loops are central notions in science. There are two kinds, negative and positive. Negative feedback loops, despite their name, are actually good if you are looking for stability. So for instance say you are too hot, so you sweat. The sweat evaporates, cooling you off. In fact, it could …

americanthinker (2023-02-18). Frozen, and Not from Global Warming. americanthinker.com It's been cold for so long, and it's only early winter. And this is in Florida!

Editor (2023-02-18). Nord Stream terror attack: The plot thickens. mronline.org Seymour Hersh's bombshell report on how the United States government blew up the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in the Baltic Sea last September continues to generate rippling geopolitical waves all across the spectrum.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2023-02-18). Norway's atonement for Nord Stream sabotage. mronline.org Famous American journalist Seymour Hersh exposes the sabotage of Nord Stream gas pipelines by the US and Norway in Sept 2022…

Newsclick (2023-02-18). Mapping Faultlines: The planning, execution, and aftermath of Nord Stream sabotage. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode of Mapping Faultlines, NewsClick's Prabir Purkayastha explains the details of the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines as revealed by journalist Seymour Hersh. He also talks about how benefited from this sabotahe…

scorinoco (2023-02-18). Ohio Senator Posts Video From Train Derailment Site, Shows Environmental Contamination. orinocotribune.com

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