Staff (2023-05-18). Headlines for May 18, 2023. democracynow.org U.N. Warns Global Heating Is Poised to Set Records and May Exceed 1.5 ∞C Within Five Years, Eight Killed as Torrential Rains Bring Massive Flooding to Northern Italy, Burma's Government-in-Exile Says Death Toll from Cyclone Mocha Has Topped 400, Climate Activists at Africa Energies Summit in London Demand End to Fossil Fuel Projects, U.N. Appeals for $3 Billion in Emergency Aid to Sudan as Humanitarian Disaster Spirals, Accusations of Voting Issues in Turkey as Erdoƒüan's Rival Appeals to Nationalists Ahead of Runoff, Florida Signs Draconian Anti-Trans Laws, as Texas GOP Advances Bill…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-05-18). The Great Reset is not about achieving their dystopia it's about creating massive chaos which would put them in charge. expose-news.com The Great Reset is a multi-prong attack. "It was decades of trends that led to this. And our whole climate debate now is no longer in the democratic realm — at least …

Alex Bainbridge (2023-05-18). Budget fails on serious measures for climate transition. greenleft.org.au It was notable that Treasurer Jim Chalmers didn't mouth the words "climate action" while spruiking the budget. Alex Bainbridge argues that's because it didn't contain a plan for the climate transition we need.

Editor (2023-05-18). Climate breakdown, extinction and 'the most stupid boast'. mronline.org Hyde—or Marina Elizabeth Catherine Dudley-Williams, as she prefers not to be known—was, in fact, making 'the most stupid boast' that could be made by a journalist, to quote George Seldes (1890-1995), the U.S. press critic.

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch. (2023-05-18). El Niño, Greenhouse Gas Emissions To Push Global Temperatures Into 'Uncharted Territory' Soon. popularresistance.org We're fast approaching the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels that we've been warned about. | According to the latest Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update, produced by the United Kingdom's Met Office and issued by the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization (WMO), there is a 66 percent likelihood that between 2023 and 2027 the yearly average global temperature will be more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for at least one year, a press release from WMO said. | "[I]t's the first time in history that it's more likely than not that we will exceed 1.5C," said…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-05-17). Insane is now the New Normal. expose-news.com Missiles to Ukraine, Victorian diseases, animal testing returns, "hateful content" laws and climate change alarmists are excited about fossil fuel burning hydrogen. Can it get any worse? Well, yes. But in the …

Klaus Drà§ger (2023-05-17). A Geopolitical European Union? socialistproject.ca On taking office as President of the EU Commission in 2019, Ursula von der Leyen said she wanted to create a 'geopolitical Commission': "We have enormous tasks ahead of us: Brexit, climate change, 5G expansion, the rise of protectionism, and the reform of the European asylum system — to name just a few. To manage these upheavals, Europe must stand united and assert itself more globally." Her goal, she said, is to achieve 'strategic sovereignty' for the EU on a par with the US, China, and Russia. Since the Ukraine war in February 2022, the EU grandees have outdone themselves with buzzwords on the topic of…

Marc Lacroix (2023-05-17). RCMP smears Chinese Canadian community with empty allegations about 'secret police stations'. peoplesworld.org MONTREAL—The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)—Canada's equivalent of the FBI—made a shocking declaration in the Quebec media on March 9 when it announced that an investigation was underway into two "secret Chinese police stations" in the Montreal area. According to spokesperson Sgt. Charles Poirier, the presumed police stations were responsible for a "climate of terror" …

Matthew Daly (2023-05-18). EPA rule would force clean-up of toxic coal ash dumped in landfills, ponds near power plants. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is strengthening a rule aimed at controlling and cleaning up toxic waste from coal-fired power plants. A proposal announced Wednesday would for the first time require safe management of so-called coal ash dumped in hundreds of older landfills, "legacy" ponds, and other inactive sites that currently are unregulated …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (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…

Media Lens (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 …

Kate Yoder (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. |

Joey Grostern, Adam Barnett, DeSmog. (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…

theguardian (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.

theguardian (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.

Prof. Anthony J. Hall (2023-05-16). The Oil and Gas Industry of Alberta Versus the Climate Change Preoccupations of the Liberal-NDP Alliance. globalresearch.ca

Jake Johnson (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… |

teleSUR (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…