(2023-05-16). Brazil: How Small Family Farms Are Adapting to Climate Change. libya360.wordpress.com Zoe Sullivan (Image by Camila Cordeiro) Alexandre Pires is at the forefront of expanding opportunities for low-income rural populations and family farms in Brazil. Just a few days before the first round of Brazil's most recent elections, Alexandre Pires was dancing with fellow progressives. Hundreds of people, many wearing red shirts, a nod to Brazil's Workers' Party, had…
(2023-05-16). Climate Breakdown, Extinction, and "the Most Stupid Boast" dissidentvoice.org 
In a recent Guardian advert pleading for readers to hand over money to the paper, leading columnist Marina Hyde declared: 'My absolute favourite thing about the Guardian is not being told what to write.' Hyde — or Marina Elizabeth Catherine Dudley-Williams, as she prefers not to be known — was, in fact, making 'the most …
(2023-05-16). New Study Quantifies Fossil Fuel Companies' Impact on Western Wildfires. truthout.org The American West has always had forest fires — just not like this. Blazes are spreading further and burning longer, incinerating towns and exposing millions of people to noxious smoke. While a century of fire suppression and other land management choices contribute to the severity, climate change is a key factor fueling these fires, roughly doubling the acreage burned over the last 40 years. |
(2023-05-16). Cabinet Ministers Join Climate Science Deniers At National Conference. popularresistance.org The National Conservatism (NatCon) conference kicks off today in Westminster, London, featuring a roster of high-profile speakers drawn from the upper reaches of the government and the conservative right. | A DeSmog analysis has found climate denial and a hostility to net zero to be a common feature among many of the individuals speaking at the three-day summit. | The gathering comes as Rishi Sunak's government — which is already off track to meet the UK's climate commitments — pursues new fossil fuel extraction, and prominent figures in the right-wing media continue to cast doubt over net zero policy…
(2023-05-16). Why scientists are using the word scary over the climate crisis. theguardian.com Former BBC environment analyst Roger Harrabin has spent his career talking to scientists – now they're scared of what they're seeing.
(2023-05-16). Students occupy schools and universities across Europe in climate protest. theguardian.com Twenty-two institutions have been shut down as part of proposed month-long campaign.
(2023-05-16). The Oil and Gas Industry of Alberta Versus the Climate Change Preoccupations of the Liberal-NDP Alliance. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-16). Biden Admin Says Mountain Valley Pipeline Can Run Through National Forest. truthout.org The U.S. Forest Service on Monday gave a green light for the 300-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline to run through the Jefferson National Forest, a decision that sparked outcry from conservationists who say the Biden administration is ignoring the fracked gas project's potentially devastating impacts on the environment and wildlife. The Forest Service's new Record of Decision (ROD) approves… |
(2023-05-16). 1st Human Trial of Oral Drug Against Radioactive Contamination. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said that the U.S. has initiated an inaugural clinical trial involving an experimental oral medication designed to remove radioactive contaminants in the body. | Related: | The trail aims to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and processing profile of the experimental drug HOPO 14-1 through a dose escalation regimen in healthy adult participants. | The clinical trial is being conducted at a site in Plymouth, Michigan. Th…