Monthly Archives: June 2023

2023-06-12: News Headlines

ecsorinoco (2023-06-12). First Nations At The Frontline Of Canada's Fires. orinocotribune.com By Brandi Morin — Jun 10, 2023 | As smoke and smog choke the Northeast, Alberta's Indigenous nations face down apocalyptic wildfires. | And the provincial government's "let-it-burn" climate policy. | As he watched the last plane lumber down the runway, Chief Allan Adam was finally able to breathe freely again. | He had just posted a live video from the Fort Chipewyan airport on the evening of May 31, documenting the last flight out with evacuees fleeing impending disaster. A wildfire was advancing approximately seven kilometres from his remote community, which is accessible only by boat or plane. | But the…

Editor (2023-06-12). Chris Hedges: Requiem for Our Species. scheerpost.com The effects of the climate crisis intrude with increasing regularity into our lives and yet we do not act. We are as paralyzed as past civilizations were when facing catastrophic destruction.

UUSF Forum (2023-06-12). Sunday 6/11: Getting Active About Climate Change: Daly Wettermark, Activist-Scholar-R&D Professional. indybay.org UUSF 1187 Franklin St. San Francisco | or Zoom zoom.us/j/97599856849?pwd=QVhsdlpUM2pqbW9QQ2FjTmoxRzR3QT09

_____ (2023-06-12). Doing Harm: How the World's Largest Psychological Association Lost Its Way in the War on Terror. transcend.org Roy Eidelson's searing and important book tells a sordid chapter in the APA's history, offering a cautionary tale about how professional organizations can stray to the 'dark side' in a climate of fear and conformity.


_____ (2023-06-12). Over 800 Million Trees Felled to Feed Appetite for Beef from Brazil. transcend.org 2 Jun 2023 – More than 800 million trees have been cut down in the Amazon rainforest in just six years to feed the world's appetite for Brazilian beef, despite the climate crisis. A data-driven investigation by TBIJ, the Guardian, Repórter Brasil and Forbidden Stories shows systematic and vast forest loss linked to cattle farming.

Abrahm Lustgarten (2023-06-11). Climate Crisis Could Push a Third of Humanity From Most Livable Environment. truthout.org Climate change is remapping where humans can exist on the planet. As optimum conditions shift away from the equator and toward the poles, more than 600 million people have already been stranded outside of a crucial environmental niche that scientists say best supports life. By late this century, according to a study published last month in the journal Nature Sustainability, 3 to 6 billion people… |

Miles Morrisseau (2023-06-11). First Nations Are on the Front Lines of Canada's Climate-Fueled Wildfires. truthout.org Canada is burning and First Nations and Indigenous communities in the north are on the front line. It has made the air unbreathable across vast portions of North America. The unprecedented environmental disaster has turned skies in the biggest cities on the U.S. east coast eerily blood orange and is causing unhealthy air to affect millions of people. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Joe… |

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-11). UK local governments are declaring a "climate emergency" and forming committees to implement dystopian plans. expose-news.com Last Tuesday, two members of the public attended the Leeds City Council Climate Emergency Advisory Committee open forum. The open forum allows members of the public five minutes to speak about matters …


Douglas Rogers, Waging Nonviolence. (2023-06-11). What's Next For Extinction Rebellion After A Disappointing Success? popularresistance.org It's been just over a month since 60,000 people gathered in London for Extinction Rebellion U.K.'s Big One. Despite being potentially the biggest climate demonstration in U.K. history, you might well have missed it. The press coverage was virtually non-existent and the event produced no noticeable change: The British government remains hell-bent on ecocide, its legislation increasingly draconian, its litany of scandals unrelenting. | Despite this silence — or, indeed, because of it — April 2023 could go down in history as a crucial moment for the U.K. climate movement. And one month on, XR U.K.'s big…

ecns.cn (2023-06-11). Asian dust fluxes help cool down the earth in geological history: latest joint research. ecns.cn A joint research study provides new evidence of the positive link between Asian dust fluxes and climate change during a geological period, according to the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP)…

_____ (2023-06-12). Guess Who Is the Worst Enemy of the Oceans (and Everywhere Else)? transcend.org 7 Jun 2023 – Oceans produce 50% of the Planet's oxygen while absorbing 30% of carbon dioxide produced by humans, buffering the impacts of global warming. The bad news is that, with 90% of big fish populations depleted and 50% of coral reefs destroyed, human beings are taking more than can be replenished by the oceans.

Anonymous103 (2023-06-11). Kiev Targeted Second Russian Ship 'Priazovie' With Unmanned Boats In Black Sea. southfront.org 'Priazovie' illustrative image | Last night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) attempted to attack another Russian warship in the Black Sea. The "Priazovie" ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet was targeted with six unmanned boats when it was patrolling the area of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the southeastern part of the Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. | According to the Russian Ministry, the attack took place at about 1.30 am Moscow time. The AFU made an unsuccessful attempt…

Douglas Rogers, Waging Nonviolence. (2023-06-11). What's Next For Extinction Rebellion After A Disappointing Success? popularresistance.org It's been just over a month since 60,000 people gathered in London for Extinction Rebellion U.K.'s Big One. Despite being potentially the biggest climate demonstration in U.K. history, you might well have missed it. The press coverage was virtually non-existent and the event produced no noticeable change: The British government remains hell-bent on ecocide, its legislation increasingly draconian, its litany of scandals unrelenting. | Despite this silence — or, indeed, because of it — April 2023 could go down in history as a crucial moment for the U.K. climate movement. And one month on, XR U.K.'s big…

ecns.cn (2023-06-11). Asian dust fluxes help cool down the earth in geological history: latest joint research. ecns.cn A joint research study provides new evidence of the positive link between Asian dust fluxes and climate change during a geological period, according to the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP)…

_____ (2023-06-12). Guess Who Is the Worst Enemy of the Oceans (and Everywhere Else)? transcend.org 7 Jun 2023 – Oceans produce 50% of the Planet's oxygen while absorbing 30% of carbon dioxide produced by humans, buffering the impacts of global warming. The bad news is that, with 90% of big fish populations depleted and 50% of coral reefs destroyed, human beings are taking more than can be replenished by the oceans.

Anonymous103 (2023-06-11). Kiev Targeted Second Russian Ship 'Priazovie' With Unmanned Boats In Black Sea. southfront.org 'Priazovie' illustrative image | Last night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) attempted to attack another Russian warship in the Black Sea. The "Priazovie" ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet was targeted with six unmanned boats when it was patrolling the area of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the southeastern part of the Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. | According to the Russian Ministry, the attack took place at about 1.30 am Moscow time. The AFU made an unsuccessful attempt…

Anonymous349 (2023-06-11). In Video: Russian Ship Destroys Hostile Unmanned Boats In Black Sea. southfront.org The "Priazovie" ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet was targeted with six unmanned boats when it was patrolling the area of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the southeastern part of the Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. | The attack was carried out by six high-speed unmanned boats. All of them were destroyed by fire from the standard armament of the Russian ship 300 kilometers south-east of Sevastopol. There are no casualties. The ship was no…

Jordan Schachtel (2023-06-11). Mission Impossible: Ukrainian Navy Allegedly Responsible for Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage. globalresearch.ca

Noisebridge (2023-06-12). Friday 6/23: Pride Button Making, E-waste Jewelry, and Open House! indybay.org 272 Capp St | San Francisco CA, 94110…

Ox Sam Camp (2023-06-12). Ox Sam Camp Being Raided, Arrests Underway of Defenders of Paiute Massacre Site. indybay.org The first arrests are underway and Ox Sam Camp is being raided after land defenders halted an excavator this morning at Thacker Pass in northern Nevada. This morning, a group of Native American water protectors and allies used their bodies to non-violently block the construction of the controversial Thacker Pass lithium mine in Nevada, turning back bulldozers and heavy equipment. The dramatic scene unfolded this morning as workers attempting to dig trenches near Sentinel Rock were turned back by land defenders who ran and put their bodies between heavy equipment and the land. Now they are being arrested and the c…

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2023-06-10: News Headlines

Marjorie Cohn (2023-06-10). Youth Are Suing Montana for Failing to Protect Their Future From Climate Chaos. truthout.org In a case that could have far-reaching implications for the struggle against the climate crisis, the trial in a lawsuit brought by a group of youth plaintiffs will begin in Montana on June 12. Besides being the first such case about climate change to go to trial, Held v. Montana involves the specific impacts the climate crisis has on young people. This trial is a bellwether for other cases… |

UUSF Forum (2023-06-10). Sunday 6/11: Getting Active About Climate Change: Daly Wettermark, Activist-Scholar-R&D Professional. indybay.org UUSF 1187 Franklin St. San Francisco | or Zoom zoom.us/j/97599856849?pwd=QVhsdlpUM2pqbW9QQ2FjTmoxRzR3QT09

WSWS (2023-06-10). NZEI pushes through sellout of New Zealand primary teachers. wsws.org The Labour government's pay cut was pushed through by the union, which told 30,000 primary teachers they had to accept it due to the "current economic climate."

Grace van Deelen (2023-06-09). New Analysis: Human-Caused Warming Set to Surpass Paris Agreement Limit by 2037. truthout.org Human-caused global warming is set to surpass 2.7° Fahrenheit (1.5° Celsius) by the year 2037, overshooting an international goal beyond which severe climate disruptions may become the norm, according to a new analysis from 50 climate scientists. "This is unprecedented in anything we have seen historically," said Piers Forster, a professor at the University of Leeds and an author on the paper. |

Learo Earle (2023-06-09). 'Scenes from a Climate Era' a play for the times. greenleft.org.au Learo Earle reviews Belvoir St Theatre's new production, which is a smorgasbord of short plays that reflects us to an audience of us.

Jim McMahan (2023-06-09). Seattle/Amazon workers walk out. workers.org Seattle Amazon Employees for Climate Justice staged a walkout and rally of over 1,000 tech workers at Amazon's company headquarters in Seattle on May 31. In what the organizers called, "the largest tech worker action since the COVID-19 pandemic," another 1,000 workers joined the protest from across the U.S., Ireland, . . . |


teleSUR (2023-06-09). World Oceans Day: Guterres Calls for More Action. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, advocated for heightened measures to safeguard the world's oceans. | Related: | In commemoration of the annual World Ocean Day, the UN chief said in a video message, "The ocean is the foundation of life. It supplies the air we breathe and food we eat. It regulates our climate and weather. The ocean is our planet's greatest reservoir of biodiversity…

Extinction Rebellion DC. (2023-06-09). Extinction Rebellion Targets DC Council During Week Of Action. popularresistance.org Washington, DC — This morning, as part of People vs Fossil Fuels national week of action, rebels from Extinction Rebellion DC chained themselves to the doors of the Wilson Building to demand the DC Council take a stand against Washington Gas' deadly Project Pipes. The $4.5 billion massive pipeline replacement project would force DC to rely on dangerous planet-warming fossil fuels for decades to come, making the city's current climate goals impossible to reach. | The action occurred while the sky filled with hazardous smoke from wildfires in Canada. The burning of fossil fuels like methane make wildfires suc…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-10). They are lying to you; fossil fuel emissions do not cause global warming. expose-news.com

Brenda Norrell (2023-06-10). Paiute Journalist Myron Dewey's Family Choked with Grief, as Driver Given Minimal Sentence. indybay.org Choking with grief, the family members of Paiute journalist Myron Dewey described their sorrow and loss, as a Nevada judge handed down a minimal sentence for the driver of the truck who hit Myron head-on and killed him. Prosecutors reduced the charges for the driver, John Walsh of Reno, Nevada. Myron was internationally known as a water protector, journalist and drone activist, who provided news coverage of the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota and was battling a bombing range and lithium mine when he was killed.

Ann Brown (2023-06-09). Malcolm Nance Was Wrong About The Nord Stream Pipeline And Nazis: Why Black America Shouldn't Trust Him On Ukraine. moguldom.com Former MSNBC defense analyst Malcolm Nance frequently offers his analysis of world events. But there have been times when his take doesn't hit. For example, some consider him to be wrong about the Nordstrom Pipeline and Nazis. So why should Black America trust him on his thoughts about the Ukraine war? On September 26, a …

Drew Hawkins (2023-06-09). Oil and pipeline companies are backing a 'water quality restoration' project in North America's biggest swamp. nationofchange.org "The idea that this is an experimental project is absurd because we've done this numerous times."


Saurabh Jha, Eric J Topol (2023-06-10). Perspectives] Upending the model of AI adoption. thelancet.com In 2016, Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer of deep learning artificial intelligence (AI), predicted radiologists' extinction within 5 years. 7 years later, radiologists have yet to be replaced, and radiology AI—use of AI for image interpretation—is not widely implemented in many high-income countries. Yet adoption has been rapid for certain use cases in some low-income and middle-income settings.

Zero Hedge (2023-06-09). Japan Begins Secretly Releasing Irradiated Water From Fukushima Disaster Into the Ocean. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-06-09). HK to ban seafood from high-risk regions near Fukushima if Japan dumps nuclear-contaminated water into ocean. ecns.cn Hong Kong will ban seafood from high-risk regions near Fukushima at once if Japan starts to dump nuclear-contaminated water from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, said Hong Kong's environment chief on Thursday.

Noisebridge (2023-06-10). Friday 6/23: Pride Button Making, E-waste Jewelry, and Open House! indybay.org 272 Capp St | San Francisco CA, 94110…

Ox Sam Camp (2023-06-10). Ox Sam Camp Being Raided, Arrests Underway of Defenders of Paiute Massacre Site. indybay.org The first arrests are underway and Ox Sam Camp is being raided after land defenders halted an excavator this morning at Thacker Pass in northern Nevada. This morning, a group of Native American water protectors and allies used their bodies to non-violently block the construction of the controversial Thacker Pass lithium mine in Nevada, turning back bulldozers and heavy equipment. The dramatic scene unfolded this morning as workers attempting to dig trenches near Sentinel Rock were turned back by land defenders who ran and put their bodies between heavy equipment and the land. Now they are being arrested and the c…

Saurabh Jha, Eric J Topol (2023-06-10). Perspectives] Upending the model of AI adoption. thelancet.com In 2016, Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer of deep learning artificial intelligence (AI), predicted radiologists' extinction within 5 years. 7 years later, radiologists have yet to be replaced, and radiology AI—use of AI for image interpretation—is not widely implemented in many high-income countries. Yet adoption has been rapid for certain use cases in some low-income and middle-income settings.

Zero Hedge (2023-06-09). Japan Begins Secretly Releasing Irradiated Water From Fukushima Disaster Into the Ocean. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-06-09). HK to ban seafood from high-risk regions near Fukushima if Japan dumps nuclear-contaminated water into ocean. ecns.cn Hong Kong will ban seafood from high-risk regions near Fukushima at once if Japan starts to dump nuclear-contaminated water from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, said Hong Kong's environment chief on Thursday.

Noisebridge (2023-06-10). Friday 6/23: Pride Button Making, E-waste Jewelry, and Open House! indybay.org 272 Capp St | San Francisco CA, 94110…

Ox Sam Camp (2023-06-10). Ox Sam Camp Being Raided, Arrests Underway of Defenders of Paiute Massacre Site. indybay.org The first arrests are underway and Ox Sam Camp is being raided after land defenders halted an excavator this morning at Thacker Pass in northern Nevada. This morning, a group of Native American water protectors and allies used their bodies to non-violently block the construction of the controversial Thacker Pass lithium mine in Nevada, turning back bulldozers and heavy equipment. The dramatic scene unfolded this morning as workers attempting to dig trenches near Sentinel Rock were turned back by land defenders who ran and put their bodies between heavy equipment and the land. Now they are being arrested and the c…

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