Monthly Archives: July 2023

2023-07-21: News Headlines

Dinesh C Sharma (2023-07-22). World Report] Climate disasters challenge health infrastructures in India. thelancet.com Plans are being drawn up to make the Indian health system resilient to floods, storms, and heatwaves. But implementation will be challenging. Dinesh C Sharma reports.

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Over 300 Penguins Appear Dead on the Uruguayan Coast. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the SOS Fauna Marina NGO confirmed that over 300 Magellanic penguins appeared dead on the Uruguayan coast in the last week. This occurred during their annual migration from Argentine Patagonia to Brazil, where the penguins seek food and warmer waters for the winter. | RELATED: | "Food scarcity as a consequence of the overfishing of the South Atlantic and the effects of climate change on ocean currents could be the causes of the catastr…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Petro Proposes a National Agreement to Propel Colombia Forward. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro proposed a "national agreement" in Congress to achieve social reforms and move "towards progress." | RELATED: | "It is time for a national agreement that involves the Congress of the Republic," he said while inaugurating the new legislative session (2023-2024) on the occasion of Independence Day. | During his speech, Petro focused on the global climate crisis, and later addressed the country's ne…

Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley (2023-07-21). Thursday 7/27: Climate Refugees: Facts and Findings, and Strategies for Loss and Damage. indybay.org Webinar…

Prof. Anthony J. Hall (2023-07-21). Canada Out of NATO. US-NATO Want to "Militarize Climate" globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). UAE unveils climate action plan for COP28. ecns.cn The United Arab Emirates has launched a summit plan focused on fast-tracking energy transition, climate finance, livelihoods and inclusivity as it prepares to host this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP28, in Dubai in November..

Civil Disobedience for the Climate (2023-07-21). Protesters Separated from Locking Cuffs at Wells Fargo Protest. indybay.org 30 second mp.4 video by Peg Hunter of fire fighters cutting away the lockboxes from protesters' arms.

Nick Cunningham (2023-07-21). Proposed pipeline expansion could upend three states' climate plans. nationofchange.org "These XPress projects are putting millions of cubic feet of gas into the United States at a time when Texas is baking and Oregon is burning."

Alessandra Bergamin (2023-07-21). How suing the US government can empower the climate movement. nationofchange.org

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-21). Climate engineering is already having severe negative impacts on our weather, food supplies, biodiversity and health. expose-news.com US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently interviewed Dane Wigington, founder of Geoengineering Watch, about climate engineering and its hidden role in climate change. According to Wigington, geoengineering projects of various …

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-21). Ecosocialism needed in the age of climate emergency. greenleft.org.au

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-21). 'Underground Climate Change' Is Shifting Chicago's Foundations, Study Finds. ecowatch.com

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-21). What should we do with the perpetrators of the climate crisis? wagingnonviolence.org

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). China, U.S. have candid, constructive dialogue on global climate governance. ecns.cn China and the U.S. have had candid, in-depth and constructive dialogue on promoting global climate governance, communication and cooperation during the talks between China's special envoy for climate change Xie Zhenhua and visiting U.S. climate envoy John Kerry.

Julia Watts Belser (2023-07-20). Climate Crisis Makes Us Recognize Our Limits; Disability Culture Can Show Us How. truthout.org The smoke caught most people by surprise. Communities in California and along the West Coast have been contending with intense fire seasons for years. But for many of us living in New York City, Washington D.C. and along the East Coast, the toxic haze from wildfires raging across Canada was a visceral reminder that climate change isn't simply hovering on some future horizon. It's here now… |

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-20). White City Innovation District hosts ClimateTech Summit. imperial.ac.uk Policymakers, academics, corporate players and innovative scaleups explore the potential of the UK's climate technology sector at the Jawdrop Summit.

Owen Fairclough (2023-07-20). Biden administration still striving for high targets to combat climate crisis. america.cgtn.com Biden wants to completely overhaul infrastructure and manufacturing so that the U.S. — like China — can eventually power itself with no harmful emissions.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-20). John Kerry crumbles when confronted with FACTS on Co2: "This is not a serious conversation" expose-news.com In 2019, climate alarmist John Kerry testified during a House Oversight hearing on the national security risks of climate change. Rep. Thomas Massie questioned him about the amount of carbon dioxide in …

Chris Ramsaroop, The Real News Network. (2023-07-20). Canada Is Pushing Climate Refugees Into Migrant Worker Programs. popularresistance.org In 2017, wildfires in B.C. captured headlines around the world. Canadians from coast to coast donated generously to those whose homes and businesses were impacted. But there were some agricultural workers whose precarity rendered them nearly invisible, even as they continued to labour in the heat and the smoke. Andrea,* a former blueberry worker who was employed under the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program during the disaster, vividly remembers what it was like to work during the fires. | "There was a mix of colours, red, grey, brown. It was covering the sky. You couldn't see the sky and it was hard to breathe.

Clare Carlile, Desmog. (2023-07-20). BBC Under Fire For Doing Pesticide Giant's Public Relations. popularresistance.org The BBC has been accused of "selling the public's trust" by producing "totally biased" documentaries on the future of sustainable food sponsored by Corteva, one of the world's largest pesticide firms, potentially in breach of the broadcaster's editorial guidelines. | The "Follow the Food" documentaries, which featured a total of 28 episodes over three series, showcase "solutions" to climate breakdown, biodiversity loss, and food security in the farming sector. | Sustainable farming advocates have criticised the content for favouring industrial agriculture, which is heavily dependent on chemical pesticides and fer…

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-07-20). Is Climate Engineering Real? globalresearch.ca

Justin McCurry (2023-07-22). World Report] Fukushima water discharge approved. thelancet.com Wastewater will be released into the Pacific Ocean, 12 years after a nuclear meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Justin McCurry reports from Tokyo.

teleSUR (2023-07-21). South Korean Hold Rally Against Japan's Wastewater Discharge. telesurenglish.net On Friday, South Korean fishermen held a maritime protest rally against Japan's planned discharge of wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean. | RELATED: | A group of local fishermen gathered on the seashore of the southwestern coastal county of Jangheung, carrying a rally called "flower bier" about 200 meters along the coast to protest against the contaminated water release plan. | "The flo…

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-21). Dumping doubts: Releasing Fukushima's waste water. greenleft.org.au

ecns.cn (2023-07-21). Japan will fail in its 'whitewash' attempts. ecns.cn China dismissed on Thursday Japan's "global public relations campaign" to justify its plan to dump radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea, and said Japan will fail to "whitewash" its plan no matter how much it tries.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-21). Traditional Owners defeat proposed Kimba radioactive waste dump. greenleft.org.au

Mike Walter (2023-07-20). The Heat: Women's World Cup. america.cgtn.com The Women's World Cup kicks off in New Zealand and Australia. We will discuss the teams, the players and the controversies. The host countries of the Women's World Cup didn't waste their home advantage. In crowded stadiums, New Zealand stunned Norway while Australia defeated Ireland. …

Ashley Curtin (2023-07-20). LAX bans sale of single-use plastic water bottles. nationofchange.org This is the first step in making its airports zero waste by 2045 following the Sustainability Action Plan passed by Los Angeles World Airports in 2021.

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2023-07-20: News Headlines

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-20). John Kerry crumbles when confronted with FACTS on Co2: "This is not a serious conversation" expose-news.com In 2019, climate alarmist John Kerry testified during a House Oversight hearing on the national security risks of climate change. Rep. Thomas Massie questioned him about the amount of carbon dioxide in …

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-07-20). Is Climate Engineering Real? globalresearch.ca

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-20). Ecosocialism needed in the age of climate emergency. greenleft.org.au

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-20). White City Innovation District hosts ClimateTech Summit. imperial.ac.uk Policymakers, academics, corporate players and innovative scaleups explore the potential of the UK's climate technology sector at the Jawdrop Summit.

CCL San Mateo Chapter, Youth Group (2023-07-20). Saturday 8/5: Climate Emergency: March & Rally for Climate Justice in San Mateo. indybay.org Central Park | 50 East 5th Avenue | San Mateo, CA 94401…

Civil Disobedience for the Climate (2023-07-20). Protesters Separated from Locking Cuffs at Wells Fargo Protest. indybay.org 30 second mp.4 video by Peg Hunter of fire fighters cutting away the lockboxes from protesters' arms.

Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley (2023-07-20). Thursday 7/27: Climate Refugees: Facts and Findings, and Strategies for Loss and Damage. indybay.org Webinar…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-19). What do climate engineering and Morgellons have in common? Chemtrails. expose-news.com Despite chemtrails being dismissed as "conspiracy theories" they are being openly, and more and more frequently, discussed in the "mainstream" as fact. Recently the European Commission has called for talks about the …

Media Lens (2023-07-19). "A Death Sentence for People and Ecosystems": The Climate Emergency, Governments and the Public Enemy. dissidentvoice.org On a trip to Japan in 2014, approaching the third anniversary of the Fukishima nuclear disaster, Noam Chomsky told an audience that: 'Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy.' What he meant was that states do not wish their own populations to know and understand the details of government policies, for fear of …

Gary D. Barnett (2023-07-19). The Asinine Insanity of the 'Climate Change'/C02 Hoax: Kill the Cows to Save the Earth! globalresearch.ca

Susan Price (2023-07-19). New film highlights the climate cost of native forest logging. greenleft.org.au A new documentary, Tasmania's Forest Carbon, presents a powerful argument to end native forest logging in Tasmania, reports Susan Price.

Ian Angus (2023-07-19). Ecosocialist Bookshelf, July 2023. greenleft.org.au Wildfires, deadly heat, climate strategy, sensing the world, anti-science, mining resistance. Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents six important new books for reds and greens.

Anju Anna John, Stefano Balbi, Common Dreams. (2023-07-19). We Need A Rights-Based Approach To Climate Displacement. popularresistance.org In 2015, the United Nations Member States agreed to 17 Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, that are rooted in three universal values including a human rights-based approach, ensuring that no one is left behind, and working to eliminate gender inequalities. At the center of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 SDGs is the principle of leave no one behind, or LNOB. | Although not legally enforceable, LNOB symbolizes a global commitment to reach out to the most marginalized and vulnerable, as we work towards a development that does not adversely affect our planet. It requires that we look for s…

George Lakey, Waging Nonviolence. (2023-07-19). What Should We Do With The Perpetrators Of The Climate Crisis? popularresistance.org Chuck Collins' new book "Altar to an Erupting Sun" may be fiction, but it poses a very topical, real-world challenge for readers: What's the right way to act when facing an existential challenge like climate change? | Right off the bat, in the first chapter, we learn that the novel's central character, Rae, is a climate activist who has been diagnosed with inoperable cancer. Having done her research to know the "carbon barons" responsible for so much destruction, she decides to "take one with her" by wearing a suicide vest. It works as intended, taking the life of a fossil fuel company CEO.

Olivia Riggio, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-07-19). As Skies Turn Orange, Media Hesitate To Mention What's Changing Climate. popularresistance.org Skies on the US's East Coast turned an apocalyptic orange in early June, as wildfire smoke from Canada blew south. On Wednesday, June 7, New York City's air quality ranked the worst in the world, with an Air Quality Index rating of more than 400 out of 500—deemed "hazardous" for any individual. | Scientists expect forest fires to increase with the advance of climate disruption—mainly driven by fossil fuel consumption. Hotter, dryer weather, an increase in the type of brush that fuels these fires, and more frequent lightning strikes all contribute to this outcome (NOAA, 8/8/22; UN, 2/23/22; PNAS, 11/1/…

Chris Ramsaroop (2023-07-19). Pushing climate refugees into migrant worker programs. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in In 2017, wildfires in B.C. captured headlines around the world. Canadians from coast to coast donated generously to those whose homes and businesses were impacted. But there were some agricultural workers whose precarity rendered them nearly invisible, even as they continued to labour in the heat and the s…

Julia Rock (2023-07-19). New GOP Bill Would Curb Biden's Power To Fight Climate Change. levernews.com

Olivia Riggio (2023-07-19). As skies turn orange, media still hesitate to mention what's changing climate. nationofchange.org FAIR found 115 news segments that mentioned the forest fires and their effect on air quality—of those 115 segments, only 44 mentioned climate change's role.

WSWS (2023-07-19). South Korean flood deaths expose government indifference to climate change. wsws.org The tragic death toll has caused widespread anger and highlighted the failure of governments to protect people from the extreme weather events fuelled by global warming.

Media Lens (2023-07-19). 'A Death Sentence For People And Ecosystems': The Climate Emergency, Governments And The Public Enemy. dissidentvoice.org On a trip to Japan in 2014, approaching the third anniversary of the Fukishima nuclear disaster, Noam Chomsky told an audience that: 'Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy.' What he meant was that states do not wish their own populations to know and understand the details of government policies, for fear of …

Prof. Claudia von Werlhof (2023-07-19). Climate Disruption: It's Not Due to CO2. globalresearch.ca More than 120 world leaders last November 2022 attended the COP27 summit in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, amidst a stylized propaganda campaign: | "Our Planet is "Sending a Distress Signal". | The focus on CO2 emissions and "Global Warming" …

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-20). Dumping doubts: Releasing Fukushima's waste water. greenleft.org.au

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