Monthly Archives: June 2023

2023-06-09: News Headlines

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…

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, . . . |

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…

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.

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. |

UUSF Forum (2023-06-09). 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


John Ripton (2023-06-08). Global Capitalism: Anti-Democratic Politics and Existential Crisis. dissidentvoice.org Though it is not often examined in these terms, the popular disaffection of Americans with government in general and the rise of anti-democratic politics around the world are seemingly predictable reactions to the contemporary global crises in the international capitalist economy. Persistent poverty, pandemics, military conflict, economic displacement, climate catastrophes, migration, widespread corruption and social …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-08). Patrick Moore: Carbon dioxide is the building block of all life on Earth. expose-news.com "There is no definitive scientific proof, through real-world observation, that carbon dioxide is responsible for any of the slight warming of the global climate … But there is certainty beyond doubt that …

Sharon Zhang (2023-06-08). Fox News Guest Tells Viewers Cancer-Causing Wildfire Smoke Is Safe to Breathe. truthout.org As unprecedented, climate change-fueled wildfires in Canada are resulting in record-breaking pollution in cities and towns across the U.S., marking not only a climate event but also a major public health event, a coal-funded lawyer went on Fox News on Wednesday night to spread a particularly dangerous lie: that breathing wildfire smoke doesn't have any negative health effects. Appearing on "The… |

Olivia Rosane (2023-06-08). Biden Urged to Declare Climate Emergency as Air Pollution Chokes Eastern US. truthout.org Environmental groups are demanding that world leaders take urgent action as smoke from Canadian wildfires fueled by the climate crisis continued to smother eastern regions of the United States on Wednesday, pushing the Air Quality Index (AQI) in both nation's capitals to "unhealthy," with at least 16 states issuing air quality alerts affecting millions of people. New York City had the worst air… |

Derek Seidman (2023-06-08). Fights for Climate, Labor and Indigenous Rights Converge at Auto Supply Chains. truthout.org A global boom in the production of electric vehicles (EVs) propelled by battery power instead of internal combustion engines is imminent. Worldwide, around 14 percent of all new cars sold in 2022 were electric, up from less than 5 percent in 2020. In the U.S., electric car sales increased from 0.2 percent in 2011 to 4.6 percent in 2021, and then jumped to 8 percent in 2022. |

Andrew Perez (2023-06-08). Why Climate Activists Shut Down Journalists' Event With Joe Manchin. levernews.com


Hazel Healy, DeSmog. (2023-06-08). DeSmog Launches Industrial Aquaculture Project. popularresistance.org At first glance, fish might seem like a climate-friendly alternative to meat for a world that needs to shift away from carbon-intensive cattle. At least the seafood farming (or 'aquaculture') industry would have you see it that way. | Right now the market for farmed fish like salmon is booming. In fact it's the fastest-growing food sector in the world. This is thanks in no small part to excellent marketing that brands this fish as the 'chicken of the sea': low-carbon, easy to cook and sustainable. | But there's a hitch with this 'sustainable protein' spin. Like other intensive farming sectors, aquaculture has bee…

imperial.ac.uk (2023-06-08). Without fully implementing net-zero pledges, the world will miss climate goals. imperial.ac.uk Without more legally binding and well-planned net-zero policies, the world is highly likely to miss key climate targets.

Robert Hunziker (2023-06-08). France's Global Warming Predicament. dissidentvoice.org When one of the world's most developed culturally elite countries, France, tosses in the towel on the IPCC 2 ∞C barrier, it sends a loud and clear message that the global warming fight is losing the battle. Seriously, France expects 4 ∞C. The country is bracing for 4 ∞C according to Environment Minister Christophe Béchu: "We can't escape …

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 …

Brenda Norrell (2023-06-09). 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.

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."

Hazel Healy, DeSmog. (2023-06-08). DeSmog Launches Industrial Aquaculture Project. popularresistance.org At first glance, fish might seem like a climate-friendly alternative to meat for a world that needs to shift away from carbon-intensive cattle. At least the seafood farming (or 'aquaculture') industry would have you see it that way. | Right now the market for farmed fish like salmon is booming. In fact it's the fastest-growing food sector in the world. This is thanks in no small part to excellent marketing that brands this fish as the 'chicken of the sea': low-carbon, easy to cook and sustainable. | But there's a hitch with this 'sustainable protein' spin. Like other intensive farming sectors, aquaculture has bee…

imperial.ac.uk (2023-06-08). Without fully implementing net-zero pledges, the world will miss climate goals. imperial.ac.uk Without more legally binding and well-planned net-zero policies, the world is highly likely to miss key climate targets.

Robert Hunziker (2023-06-08). France's Global Warming Predicament. dissidentvoice.org When one of the world's most developed culturally elite countries, France, tosses in the towel on the IPCC 2 ∞C barrier, it sends a loud and clear message that the global warming fight is losing the battle. Seriously, France expects 4 ∞C. The country is bracing for 4 ∞C according to Environment Minister Christophe Béchu: "We can't escape …

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 …

Brenda Norrell (2023-06-09). 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.

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."

Jordan Schachtel (2023-06-08). Breaking: Mission Impossible: Ukrainian Navy Nord Stream Pipeline Edition. globalresearch.ca

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.

Ox Sam Camp (2023-06-09). 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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2023-06-08: News Headlines

UUSF Forum (2023-06-08). 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 (2023-06-08). Australia-US critical minerals deal: The "third pillar" of the military alliance. wsws.org While dressed up as a climate crisis measure, the agreement is above all to ensure US access to key minerals vital for a broad range of applications, including military, as it intensifies its war drive against Beijing.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-08). Patrick Moore: Carbon dioxide is the building block of all life on Earth. expose-news.com "There is no definitive scientific proof, through real-world observation, that carbon dioxide is responsible for any of the slight warming of the global climate … But there is certainty beyond doubt that …


Dillion Daniels (2023-06-07). Carbon capture pipelines: Climate solution or catastrophe waiting to happen? peoplesworld.org DES MOINES, Iowa—"My friend, she's laying on the ground, and she's shaking. She's kinda' drooling out the mouth, I don't know if she's having a seizure or what. We need somebody quick!" A 911 caller stranded on the highway in Satartia, Miss., pleaded for help. She and her friend had started walking after their car …

Anya Kamenetz (2023-06-07). The Right Wing's Latest Target in Its War on Education? Teaching Climate Change. truthout.org Carolyn McGrath thought she was ready for her testimony in front of the New Jersey Department of Education. An art teacher, she had dressed in a jaunty polka-dot blouse and chunky green necklace, and had a written statement prepared in favor of teaching climate change in every school subject. She hadn't expected any controversy. But by the time it was her turn to walk to the podium last month… |

C.J. Polychroniou (2023-06-07). Chomsky and Pollin: Just Transition Can Stop Earth From Becoming Uninhabitable. truthout.org Climate change is "making our planet uninhabitable," said UN Secretary-General António Guterres in late March. Indeed, the threats of the impending climate crisis have become very tangible, and the world's top scientists are warning that the Earth is likely to pass a dangerous temperature threshold very soon unless we act now. Nonetheless, the gap between what is happening to the planet and what… |


Ediz Tiyansan (2023-06-07). China and California form climate partnership. america.cgtn.com California has an ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2045. In a push for a swift transition to clean energy, California's governor has turned to China as the state's main partner. CGTN's Ediz Tiyansan brings the story.

Sharon Zhang (2023-06-07). "The Climate Crisis Is Here": Wildfire Smoke Blankets Eastern Half of US. truthout.org In the latest sign that the climate crisis is here and already endangering people across the world, much of the eastern half of the U.S. woke up on Wednesday morning to find their homes blanketed in smoke as wildfires in Canada create apocalyptic scenes in major cities like New York. Wildfire smoke swept across the Northeast, Midwest and South — even stretching as far west as New Mexico — on… |

Staff (2023-06-07). Headlines for June 7, 2023. democracynow.org Air Quality Alerts Issued as Thick Smoke Blankets Large Swaths of U.S. and Canada, Heat Waves Stifle Puerto Rico, South Asia; Bangladesh Closes Schools Amid Ongoing Power Cuts, Arctic Summers Could Be Ice-Free by Next Decade, Activists Shut Down Manchin Talk at D.C. Event over Climate Destruction, Mountain Valley Pipeline, Ukraine Dam Collapse Wreaks Havoc Along Dnipro River as Thousands Forced to Evacuate, Mexico's AMLO Claims Major Win After His Party Clinches Mexico's Governorship, Fresh Protests Take Over French Streets in Hopes of Reviving Campaign Against Retirement Reform, Blinken Tightens Ties…

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-06-07). China and California form climate partnership. america.cgtn.com California has an ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2045. In a push for a swift transition to clean energy, California's governor has turned to China as the state's main partner. CGTN's Ediz Tiyansan brings the story.

Sharon Zhang (2023-06-07). "The Climate Crisis Is Here": Wildfire Smoke Blankets Eastern Half of US. truthout.org In the latest sign that the climate crisis is here and already endangering people across the world, much of the eastern half of the U.S. woke up on Wednesday morning to find their homes blanketed in smoke as wildfires in Canada create apocalyptic scenes in major cities like New York. Wildfire smoke swept across the Northeast, Midwest and South — even stretching as far west as New Mexico — on… |

Staff (2023-06-07). Headlines for June 7, 2023. democracynow.org Air Quality Alerts Issued as Thick Smoke Blankets Large Swaths of U.S. and Canada, Heat Waves Stifle Puerto Rico, South Asia; Bangladesh Closes Schools Amid Ongoing Power Cuts, Arctic Summers Could Be Ice-Free by Next Decade, Activists Shut Down Manchin Talk at D.C. Event over Climate Destruction, Mountain Valley Pipeline, Ukraine Dam Collapse Wreaks Havoc Along Dnipro River as Thousands Forced to Evacuate, Mexico's AMLO Claims Major Win After His Party Clinches Mexico's Governorship, Fresh Protests Take Over French Streets in Hopes of Reviving Campaign Against Retirement Reform, Blinken Tightens Ties…

teleSUR (2023-06-07). Climate Change Could Cause Disease to 77 Pct of Corals by 2100. telesurenglish.net Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) has estimated that 76.8 percent of corals across the world would catch disease by 2100 amid global warming. | RELATED: | In a study published in the Ecology Letters journal on Wednesday, the researchers created a data set encompassing 108 papers on global coral disease for a further meta-analysis. | They found that both rising average summer sea surface temperatures…

SCCPVFF (2023-06-07). Saturday 6/10: Sacramento: It's a Climate Emergency, Act Like It! Protest at Capitol. indybay.org California State Capitol – West Steps | 315 10th Street | Sacramento, CA 95814…

Brenda Norrell (2023-06-08). 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.

Patrick Lawrence, Scheer Post. (2023-06-08). First There Were Neo-Nazis, Then There Were No Nazis, Then There Were. popularresistance.org I tell you, serving as a New York Times correspondent these days cannot be easy. You have to convey utter nonsense to your readers while maintaining a straight face and a serious demeanor. You have to suggest the Russians may have exploded a drone over the Kremlin, that they may have blown up their own gas pipeline, that their president is an out-of-touch psychotic, that their soldiers in Ukraine are drunkards using faulty equipment, that they attack with "human hordes" (Orientalism, anyone?) and on and on—all the while affecting the gravitas once associated with the traditional "Timesman." You try it somet…

Anonymous834 (2023-06-07). CIA Was Aware Of Ukrainian Plan To Attack Nord Stream Pipelines — Washington Post. southfront.org Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher. | The United States had information on a detailed Ukrainian plan to attack the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines three months before it was bombed, the Washington Post reported on June 6, citing the leaked information published on Discord. The newspaper reported that the CIA learned via a European spy agency last June that a six-person Ukrainian special operations forces team intended to…

mforinoco (2023-06-07). Independent Nord Stream Expedition Discovers Clue Missed by Official Investigators. orinocotribune.com By Jeffrey Brodsky — Jun 5, 2023 | The Grayzone participated in what appears to be the first independent expedition investigating the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines. Near one of the blast sites, we discovered a diving boot used by US Navy divers. How did Swedish investigators miss this? | Video above by Agnes Andersson. | On the evening of May 24, 2023, I stood aboard a small ship called the Baltic Explorer. With sun still high overhead in the Baltic Sea, our

Staff (2023-06-07). Journalist grills Washington Spokesman John Kirby. youtube.com "Does it seem believable to you that Russia would destroy a dam for ethnic Russian villages and cut off the water supply to Crimea? It seems about as logical as blowing up its own pipeline, right?" A journalist grills Washington Spokesman John Kirby. Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews

Ox Sam Camp (2023-06-08). 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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