(2023-02-08). A Degrowth Housing Vision for Maine. popularresistance.org "Imagining a transformative housing path towards degrowth from the perspective of my house and my neighborhood in central Maine means making some assumptions about the general trajectory of humanity, and New England in particular, over the next few years and decades. Using a similar narrative style to Kim Stanley Robinson's novel The Ministry for the Future, or Ted Trainer's writings, I will do my best to write about what I know and what is plausible based on our current political climate and ecological reality. I will be somewhat optimistic in my vision so that I can highlight some changes that I would like to s…
(2023-02-08). Biden Presented a Bold Agenda. Can He Back It Up? otherwords.org President Joe Biden took full advantage of his State of the Union address to celebrate his administration's victories for hard-working U.S. families and set the tone for progress and possibility for the next two years. | While the country is still suffering from high but easing inflation and the effects of a brutal pandemic, Biden has still presided over historic investments in children and families, climate, health care, and infrastructure. | He's created
(2023-02-08). We Can 'Fix' The Climate Without Destroying Our World. americanthinker.com There are simple land stewardship remedies that will not only balance our environment but can also stop unhealthy flood and drought cycles.
(2023-02-08). BP scales back climate targets as profits more than double. nationofchange.org BP now plans to increase its oil and gas production over the next seven years.
(2023-02-08). A Degrowth Housing Vision for Maine. popularresistance.org "Imagining a transformative housing path towards degrowth from the perspective of my house and my neighborhood in central Maine means making some assumptions about the general trajectory of humanity, and New England in particular, over the next few years and decades. Using a similar narrative style to Kim Stanley Robinson's novel The Ministry for the Future, or Ted Trainer's writings, I will do my best to write about what I know and what is plausible based on our current political climate and ecological reality. I will be somewhat optimistic in my vision so that I can highlight some changes that I would like to s…
(2023-02-08). Biden Presented a Bold Agenda. Can He Back It Up? otherwords.org President Joe Biden took full advantage of his State of the Union address to celebrate his administration's victories for hard-working U.S. families and set the tone for progress and possibility for the next two years. | While the country is still suffering from high but easing inflation and the effects of a brutal pandemic, Biden has still presided over historic investments in children and families, climate, health care, and infrastructure. | He's created
(2023-02-08). We Can 'Fix' The Climate Without Destroying Our World. americanthinker.com There are simple land stewardship remedies that will not only balance our environment but can also stop unhealthy flood and drought cycles.
(2023-02-08). BP scales back climate targets as profits more than double. nationofchange.org BP now plans to increase its oil and gas production over the next seven years.
(2023-02-08). China-U.S. cooperation on climate change. america.cgtn.com The U.S. and China are the world's two biggest economies. Many experts say It's essential that the two countries work together to address climate issues. Check out some progress that China and the U.S. have made in the cooperation on climate and the environment …
(2023-02-08). Biden's SOTU Climate Rhetoric Isn't Enough: He Must End Drilling, Activists Say. truthout.org President Joe Biden said during his State of the Union address Tuesday that the climate crisis is an "existential threat" and political leaders have an obligation to confront it. Seconds later, the president briefly deviated from his prepared remarks to add, "We're still going to need oil and gas for a while" — prompting applause from Republican lawmakers. To climate advocates… |
(2023-02-08). Biden Calls for a Pathway for DREAMers and Further Border Militarization in SOTU. truthout.org President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address Tuesday, touting his administration's achievements and laying out his plans for the next two years under a divided Congress, including on immigration, the economy, the climate crisis and more. We speak with Democratic Congressmember Delia Ramirez, who delivered a response to Tuesday's speech on behalf of the Working Families Party… |
(2023-02-08). Struggling for climate action, solidarity and ecosocialism in Malaysia. greenleft.org.au Malaysian socialist Soh Sook Hwa, addressing the recent Socialist Alliance national conference, talked about the need for action and solidarity to confront the climate crisis. Susan Price reports.
(2023-02-08). Whitney Webb | What is the World Economic Forum? thealtworld.com The World Economic Forum (WEF) plays a significant role in guiding international developments in the interests of the business community. They invite the most powerful people in the world to an annual conference in Davos, Switzerland, to discuss their dreams of the future. These are dreams where the powerful stay powerful, and the underclasses continue to toil and suffer. | Even when they invite a dissenting voice such as climate activist Greta Thunberg, or historian Rutger Bregman, their criticisms are heavily publicized without changing the core of WEF's mission — to solidify corporate control over the go…
(2023-02-09). US Navy attacked Nord Stream pipeline, says Pulitzer-winning journalist Seymour Hersh. wsws.org According to a report from Hersh published on Wednesday, the destruction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline between Russia and Germany was carried out by the US Navy, in a mission planned before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
(2023-02-08). Growing Body of Research Suggests Offshore Oil's Methane Pollution Is Underestimated. popularresistance.org Over the course of several flights in 2021, they spotted frequent gas plumes from platforms, storage tanks, and pipelines offshore, leading the team to believe that the 151 platforms near the Louisiana coast had a much higher methane leak rate than what's been measured for onshore oil and gas production. | "I think the bottom line message in this study is there's a lot of emissions in the shallow waters that are currently unmeasured," said Riley Duren, the CEO of Carbon Mapper and coauthor of the nonprofit's 2022 study of offshore methane emissions.
(2023-02-08). Hersh: 'How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline'. popularresistance.org The story that Hersh tells seems incomplete and not researched as deeply as possible. I bet that his sources know more than that. | But it still fits with the tale I had constructed from open data a day after the pipeline was destroyed: | While the Baltops 22 maneuver already took place in June and July of this year the U.S. Sixth Fleet left the Baltic Sea only a few days ago (in German, my translation): | Big Fleet Group From U.S. Navy Passes [German island passage] Fehmanbelt | On Wednesday morning the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, escorted by the Landing Ships USS Arlington and USS Gunston Hall, was e…
(2023-02-08). Research Suggests Offshore Oil's Methane Pollution Is Underestimated. popularresistance.org Flying 10,000 feet above the Gulf of Mexico, in a plane outfitted with infrared imaging equipment, researchers could see methane gas bubbling under water, likely from an undetected pipeline leak. | Over the course of several flights in 2021, they spotted frequent gas plumes from platforms, storage tanks, and pipelines offshore, leading the team to believe that the 151 platforms near the Louisiana coast had a much higher methane leak rate than what's been measured for onshore oil and gas production. | "I think the bottom line message in this study is there's a lot of emissions in the shallow waters that are curren…
(2023-02-08). Seymour Hersh: How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline. scheerpost.com 
(2023-02-08). Seymour Hersh Unveils the 'Mystery' of the Nord Stream Pipeline. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Seymour Hersh, one of the world's leading investigative journalists, published an article revealing one of the most recent "mysteries" of the geopolitical games that the United States sponsors abroad. | RELATED: | Hersh presents valuable information for understanding the characteristics of Washington's covert operations. His article is reproduced below: | How America Took Out The North Stream Pipe…
(2023-02-08). US blew up Nord Stream pipelines connecting Russia to Germany, journalist Seymour Hersh reports. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh reported the US government destroyed the Nord Stream pipelines that delivered Russian gas to Germany. The Biden administration approved the CIA operation, which used explosives and Navy divers, with help from NATO member Norway.
(2023-02-08). Russia Looking for Answers After Report Says Biden Blew Up Nord Stream. news.antiwar.com Russia is looking for answers from Washington after a report from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh said the US blew up the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that connect Russia and Germany. "The White House must now comment on all these facts," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram in response to the …
(2023-02-08). How America Took Out the Nord Stream Pipeline. libya360.wordpress.com Seymour Hersh "Biden's decision to sabotage the pipelines came after more than nine months of highly secret back and forth debate inside Washington's national security community . . ." The New York Times called it a "mystery," but the United States executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret—until now NORD STREAM The U.S….
(2023-02-09). Australia: Sydney garbage collectors strike over pay and conditions. wsws.org Waste contractor Cleanaway is seeking to cut already low wages and slash overtime rates for inner Sydney rubbish collection workers.
(2023-02-08). Portland: City workers walk off the job. workers.org 
As we go to press, the city employees won a new contract. Read more at workers.org More than 600 Portland city employees, working without a contract since June, walked off of their jobs Feb. 2, because the city refused to pay them wages they need to survive Portland's rising cost-of-living . . . |