Daily Archives: September 8, 2023

2023-09-08: News Headlines

Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright, Black Agenda Report. (2023-09-08). Biden And Democrat's Climate Agenda Increases Environmental Racism More Than It Reduces Emissions. popularresistance.org Earlier this month the Biden Administration, along with high ranking democrats including Senate Majority Leader, Charles Schumer, and former House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, as well as a slew of acolytes representing centrist environmental organizations, celebrated the one-year signing of the so-called Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) at the White House. | It was a curious time to celebrate an ostensible climate bill during a summer of cataclysmic events fueled by runaway climate change including deadly and crippling heatwaves, wildfires that blanketed major cities with toxic smoke, and the annihilation of Lahaina, Maui…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-09-07). 18th G20 summit set to begin in New Delhi as faultlines among members widen. peoplesdispatch.org The West's disregard of concerns from the Global South on reforms of international financial institutions and climate change, as well as attempts to use the forum for geopolitical gains, has made consensus elusive…

Editor (2023-09-08). UN announces 'climate breakdown' after record summer heat. mronline.org Scientists blame ever warming human-caused climate change from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas.

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-08). Criminalising activism: Woodside, protests and climate change. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-08). WA gov't, police go after climate protesters. greenleft.org.au

Rhoda Wilson (2023-09-08). They Don't Want Us to Travel Anywhere. expose-news.com There are various methods authorities are using to implement restrictions on travel and our right to freedom of movement — all being done to "save the world" from a manufactured climate crisis. …

Staff (2023-09-08). Headlines for September 8, 2023. democracynow.org Oxfam Says G20 Leaders Are Falling Drastically Short on Climate Action , Hong Kong Flooded as 6 Inches of Rain Falls in One Hour, 380 Remain Missing in Hawaii a Month After Wildfires Scorched Lahaina, Amid Record Heat in D.C., Protesters at White House Demand Biden Declare Climate Emergency , Climate Protesters Disrupt U.S. Open Tennis Tournament Amid Searing Heat, Spectator Ejected from US Open After Shouting Nazi Slogan at German Player, NATO Head Says Ukrainian Counteroffensive Making "Gradual" Progress , New Book Says Elon Musk Intervened to Thwart Attack by Ukraine on Russian-Occupied Crimea, Nor…

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-09-07). Africa Climate Summit Issues Nairobi Declaration. globalresearch.ca

C.J. Polychroniou (2023-09-07). Neocolonial Debt Traps Are Forcing Poorer Countries to Rely on Fossil Fuels. truthout.org In the current age of climate emergency, many countries in debt are being forced by Global North elites and institutions to continue to rely on fossil fuels in order to repay loans taken from rich countries. This neocolonial debt trap creates a vicious cycle because — as a new analysis from the organization Debt Justice shows — revenues from fossil fuels are not enough to repay debts and instead… |

Chris Walker (2023-09-07). Poll: 1 in 2 Americans Have Experienced Extreme Weather Events in the Past Month. truthout.org New polling indicates that Americans are not only aware that the climate crisis is happening (in spite of some presidential candidates falsely describing it as "a hoax"), but that nearly half have recently experienced the effects of the crisis. A USA Today/Ipsos poll conducted in July and published this week found that 49 percent of Americans had experienced an extreme weather event within the… |

Colin Todhunter (2023-09-07). Meet the New Normal, Same as the Old Normal: You Are Still the Enemy Within. dissidentvoice.org Today, we are witnessing the nudging (manipulation) of the population to accept a 'new normal' based on a climate emergency narrative, restrictions on movement and travel, programmable digital money, 'pandemic preparedness' courtesy of the World Health Organization's tyrannical pandemic treaty, unaccountable AI and synthetic 'food'. Whether it involves a 'food transition', an 'energy transition', 15-minute …

Jessica Corbett (2023-09-07). US Continues to Finance Fossil Fuel Projects Abroad Despite COP26 Pledge. truthout.org Amid a worsening climate emergency and preparations for a pair of United Nations summits to tackle it, an analysis released Wednesday called out multiple countries including the United States for continuing to dump a collective $4.4 billion into fossil fuel projects abroad after pledging to stop such public financing by the end of last year. Oil Change International (OCI) found that the United… |

Prof. Anthony J. Hall (2023-09-07). Oil and Gas and Climate Change Fakery. globalresearch.ca

sputnikglobe (2023-09-07). 'Climate Breakdown Has Begun': Summer 2023 Deemed Hottest on Record. sputnikglobe.com The data puts numbers to a sweltering summer that has been experienced by billions of people across the Northern Hemisphere, including parts of the United States, Europe and Japan.

Julia Conley (2023-09-08). Child refugees hit record in Latin America, Caribbean as climate crisis, poverty grip region. nationofchange.org "The unprecedented scale of the child migration crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean urgently requires a stronger humanitarian response as well as the expansion of safe and regular migration pathways for children and families," said one international advocate.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-09-08). Guatemalan producers predict losses due to El Niño phenomenon. plenglish.com Guatemala, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) Some 96 percent of producers affiliated with the Chamber of Agriculture of Guatemala have predicted losses in crops and harvests due to the impact of the El Niño climate phenomenon.

Katherine Hearst (2023-09-08). Emiratis pledge $450m in carbon credit deal at 'toxic' Africa Climate Summit. middleeasteye.net

krish-rad_ind (2023-09-08). How Joe Biden and The Democratic Party's Climate Agenda Increases Environmental Racism More Than It Reduces Emissions . blackagendareport.com

Melissa Garriga, Tim Biondo (2023-09-08). The Pentagon is the Elephant In the Climate Activist Room. counterpunch.org With nearly 10,000 people expected to take to the streets of New York City on September 17 for the March to End Fossil Fuels, the climate justice movement seems more organized than ever. But, there's a big elephant in the room, and it has the Pentagon written all over it. The U.S. military is the

Newswire Editor (2023-09-08). Mixed reactions from climate activists as Africa Climate Summit ends. commondreams.org The first Africa Climate Summit drew to a close on Wednesday, marked by the release of the African Leaders Nairobi Declaration on Climate Change and Call to Action. Notably the declaration promises to commit to green industrialization and the deployment of additional renewable energy capacity, and calls for international support in boosting Africa's renewable energy capacity to 300 GW by 2030. While welcoming the promises for greater renewable energy deployment, activists in addition called for commitment towards the tripling of global renewable energy capacity, to 11,000 Gigawatt by 2030, the level required…

Newswire Editor (2023-09-08). Urgent Call to Phase Out Fossil Fuels Ahead of G20 Summit. commondreams.org Ahead of the G20 meeting in New Delhi, India, Allie Rosenbluth, Oil Change International US Program Manager, said: "As decision makers gather at the G20 summit, the world is at a critical crossroads. World leaders are facing mounting pressure from UN Secretary-General António Guterres and people across the planet to phase out fossil fuels. Against the backdrop of record-breaking temperatures and severe flooding in New Delhi, the urgency for action has never been clearer. "President Biden claims to be a climate leader, but under his leadership the US has harmed communities across the globe by greenlighting foss…

SAM (2023-09-08). As The G20 Summit Opens, India Targets Climate Activists. progressivehub.net EMILY ATKIN AND ARIELLE SAMUELSON | HEATED…

WSWS (2023-09-08). Floods cause death and destruction across Europe. wsws.org While climate change and global warming are drastically changing weather patterns, capitalist governments have refused to take any serious action to mitigate the devastating impact of these widely predicted catastrophes or to provide adequate relief.

Newswire Editor (2023-09-07). Nationwide Insurance Crisis Sparks Senate Hearing, Focusing on Climate Change Financial Impacts. commondreams.org The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will take a deep dive into

Newswire Editor (2023-09-07). Senate Finally Confirms Fifth FCC Commissioner. commondreams.org On Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Federal Communications Commission nominee Anna Gomez, who will fill a long-vacant fifth-commissioner seat at the agency. The vote finally creates a Democratic FCC majority at the agency — for the first time since the beginning of the Biden administration. The unprecedented 32-month delay had deadlocked the FCC, and was the result of concerted efforts by the phone, cable and broadcast lobbies to hamstring the agency that oversees their businesses. Gomez's confirmation restores the agency's full complement of commissioners and provides a tie-breaking vote on is…

WSWS (2023-09-08). Floods cause death and destruction across Europe. wsws.org While climate change and global warming are drastically changing weather patterns, capitalist governments have refused to take any serious action to mitigate the devastating impact of these widely predicted catastrophes or to provide adequate relief.

Binoy Kampmark (2023-09-07). Criminalising Activism: Woodside, Protest and Climate Change. counterpunch.org On August 1, protesters against the Burrup Hub expansion in Western Australia, a project of one of Australia's most ruthless fossil fuel companies, took to the Perth home of its CEO, Meg O'Neill. The CEO of Woodside was not impressed. In fact, she seemed rather distressed. "It doesn't matter if you're a member of the

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-07). Criminalising activism: Woodside, protests and climate change. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-07). WA gov't, police go after climate protesters. greenleft.org.au

Michelle Cook (2023-09-07). Bvlbancha Radio is Live on Traditional Houma Land. indybay.org Radio Bvlbancha! Seven years after Standing Rock we are back in the community on the ground, setting up and sustaining community lead radio! Community begins with communication. Being prepared for climate chaos is essential for the survival of our peoples and Earth. I'm so thankful to be here on the traditional lands of the Houma Nation in beautiful New Orleans! Back to the grass-roots where it matters and where it starts. Human rights include communication systems!

Thomas Meyer (2023-09-07). Climate catastrophe and 'freedom of consumption'. indybay.org It is not five to twelve, but five past twelve, as philosopher Slavoj Žižek writes. The fact that climate change is a fact (the details may well be debated) and poses a serious threat to humanity is something that the last fool should have realized by now.1 It is also clear that the emission of CO2 and other greenhouse gases must be radically and rapidly reduced.

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-07). Criminalising activism: Woodside, protests and climate change. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-07). WA gov't, police go after climate protesters. greenleft.org.au

Michelle Cook (2023-09-07). Bvlbancha Radio is Live on Traditional Houma Land. indybay.org Radio Bvlbancha! Seven years after Standing Rock we are back in the community on the ground, setting up and sustaining community lead radio! Community begins with communication. Being prepared for climate chaos is essential for the survival of our peoples and Earth. I'm so thankful to be here on the traditional lands of the Houma Nation in beautiful New Orleans! Back to the grass-roots where it matters and where it starts. Human rights include communication systems!

Thomas Meyer (2023-09-07). Climate catastrophe and 'freedom of consumption'. indybay.org It is not five to twelve, but five past twelve, as philosopher Slavoj Žižek writes. The fact that climate change is a fact (the details may well be debated) and poses a serious threat to humanity is something that the last fool should have realized by now.1 It is also clear that the emission of CO2 and other greenhouse gases must be radically and rapidly reduced.

Howard Fendrich, Mary Katherine Wildeman, Brian Mahoney (2023-09-07). Thanks to global warming, Grand Slam tennis is hotter than ever. peoplesworld.org NEW YORK (AP)—Andy Murray prepared for the steamy conditions often found at the U.S. Open by simulating the "brutal heat and humidity" in New York this time of year with the help of, well, an actual steam room at his home. The 36-year-old British tennis star set the humidity in there at 70% and spent hours riding a stationary bike …

Appalachians Against Pipelines (2023-09-07). "Old and Young Unite: No MVP": Pipeline Fighters Further Delay Work At Bradshaw Creek Crossing. itsgoingdown.org Report from Appalachians Against Pipelines on recent action against the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Early this morning, two pipeline fighters locked themselves to equipment on a Mountain Valley Pipeline worksite in eastern Montgomery County, VA. They were extracted and arrested by 11: 30 AM, with bail set at $2,000 and $3,000. Nearby, a rally of over…

Ragip Soylu (2023-09-08). Turkey seeks $950m damages against Iraq over KRG oil dispute. middleeasteye.net Turkey seeks $950m damages against Iraq over KRG oil dispute | Turkish interest calculations suggest Baghdad has to pay $950m to Ankara in ICC award that initially ruled $1.4bn in favour of Iraq | Fri, 09/08/2023 – 12: 15 | A worker checks the valve gears of pipes linked to oil tanks at Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, which is run by state-owned Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (Reuters/File…

TASS (2023-09-07). Russia requests UNSC meeting on Nord Stream explosions for September 26. tass.com "We requested an open meeting of the UN Security Council for September 26 – the anniversary of explosions at Nord Stream pipeline. We will continue bringing the Westerns to the light," Russia's first deputy permanent representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky said…

TASS (2023-09-08). TurkStream, Blue Stream pipelines targeted in attempted attacks, Lavrov reveals. tass.com The top Russian diplomat also lamented that "nobody is conducting a normal probe" into the sabotage on Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines, with national agencies reportedly handling this investigation…

Appalachians Against Pipelines (2023-09-07). "Old and Young Unite: No MVP": Pipeline Fighters Further Delay Work At Bradshaw Creek Crossing. itsgoingdown.org Report from Appalachians Against Pipelines on recent action against the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Early this morning, two pipeline fighters locked themselves to equipment on a Mountain Valley Pipeline worksite in eastern Montgomery County, VA. They were extracted and arrested by 11: 30 AM, with bail set at $2,000 and $3,000. Nearby, a rally of over…

Ashley Curtin (2023-09-07). China bans seafood imports from Japan after release of Fukushima wastewater into Pacific Ocean. nationofchange.org The Chinese customs bureau said the immediate ban was put in place to prevent "the risk of radioactive contamination of food safety caused by Japan's Fukushima nuclear contaminated water discharge."

channelnewsasia (2023-09-08). First phase of Fukushima water release to end on Sep 11. channelnewsasia.com

sputnikglobe (2023-09-08). Some 150 Japanese Residents File Lawsuit to Halt Fukushima Water Release – Reports. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – About 150 residents of several Japanese prefectures, including Fukushima and Miyagi, filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit on Friday to stop the release of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant (NPP), Japanese media reported.

Isaac Nellist, Chloe DS (2023-09-08). Green Left News Podcast Ep 19: Supermarket price gouging, Labor's dud housing deal & Fiji marches against nuclear waste. greenleft.org.au Green Left journalist's Isaac Nellist and Chloe DS go through the latest news from across the continent and around the world.

Robert Hunziker (2023-09-08). Japan's Insane Immoral, Illegal Radioactive Dumping. counterpunch.org Japan cannot possibly outlive the atrocity of dumping radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. In fact, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) is an example of how nuclear meltdowns negatively impact the entire world, as its toxic wastewater travels across the world in ocean currents. The dumping of stored toxic wastewater from the meltdown in 2011

sputnikglobe (2023-09-08). NATO's Uranium Rounds are 'Perfect Storm' of Toxic Pollution in 'Breadbasket' Ukraine. sputnikglobe.com Faced with the failure of Ukraine's summer counteroffensive, the US has taken the dubious step of giving the Kiev regime depleted uranium munitions. Kevin Kamps, a radioactive waste watchdog at Beyond Nuclear, warned of the multiple risks of the radioactive material.

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