JANET (2023-09-24). 10 myths, counter-narratives and contradictions vs. the West neocolonialist war in Niger. iacenter.org By Julia Wright September 21, 2023 With all the imperial onslaughts against the Global South, their wars are increasingly fought at the level of disinformation and manufactured narratives to create a climate of smoke and mirrors — the better to cloak the real strategies. Amilcar Cabral, assassinated exactly 50 years ago. The West African independent state of Niger experienced a coup d'etat on July 26, 2023 (the anniversary of the [attack on the] Moncada Barracks in Cuba), bringing to power a group of military officers who, although trained by the United States, not only deposed U.S. and French-supported str…

JANET (2023-09-24). Role of U.S./NATO war in Libyan flood. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto September 19, 2023 A close look at the catastrophic flood that hit the port city of Derna in northeastern Libya Sept. 9 shows that it was no natural disaster. Nor was its scale due only to the climate crisis. Those Western leaders who ordered the 2011 U.S./NATO war that destroyed the then-existing Libyan government are responsible for the vast number of victims. At budget demonstration in New York City, March 21, 2011, activist hits NATO war against Libya. (Photo: John Catalinotto) News media of all types have reported on the destruction of Derna, on the 11,300 deaths reported by Sept. 17 and…

Rachel Sherrington, Hazel Healy, DeSmog. (2023-09-24). A Guide To Six Greenwashing Terms Big Ag Is Bringing To COP28. popularresistance.org As some of the biggest companies — in particular meat and dairy firms — grow more concerned about their climate-villain images, they are turning to greenwashing techniques: well-known tactics deployed by oil and gas industries to shift the debate away from meaningful action. Often valid concepts in and of themselves, the problem lies in how they are touted as enviro-friendly actions while companies fail to cut their contribution to global heating. | The agriculture industry has a lot to be worried about. Meat emits around a third of global emissions of methane, and action to cut this greenhouse gas ha…

Climate Action Network international. (2023-09-23). Civil Society Reactions To United Nations Climate Ambition Summit. popularresistance.org Several leaders made compelling statements at the UN Climate Ambition Summit today in New York. Leaders from Chile, Colombia and the Governor of California called out fossil fuels as the main cause of the climate crisis but some of the worst polluters- and among the richest countries — were conspicuous by their absence. They did not make the cut to speak at the Summit which was set by the Secretary General last year reserving the mic for those who had ambitious new commitments and were on track with their climate targets. The USA, the UK, Australia, Norway and Japan were absent as were many other G20 countr…

Editor (2023-09-23). Climate Is the Fight of Our Lifetime. Our Federal Budget Should Reflect That. scheerpost.com

Elaine Reyes (2023-09-23). The Heat: United Nations Sustainable Development. america.cgtn.com From efforts to eradicate world hunger to building affordable housing, we'll discuss why sustainable development matters. | As part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, member countries are working to complete 17 goals. They include creating sustainable cities, combating climate change, and eliminating hunger and poverty. | Later in the show, my colleague Mike Walter will bring us his conversation with the president of the UN's International Fund for Agriculture Development. | But first, my interview with

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-23). Beyond Climate Colonialism and Food Imperialism to Earth Democracy and Food Freedom. libya360.wordpress.com Dr Vandana Shiva 1. Mother Earth is a sacred, self organized living being. She creates and sustains life. Through her biosphere and her complex ecological processes, she regulates her water systems, her nutrition cycles, and her climate system. Over 4 billion years, using the energy of the sun, the power of photosynthesis by microbes and the green…

Lucy Dean Stockton (2023-09-23). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Building A Greener Tomorrow Today. levernews.com Good things are happening! Young people score job training to fight the climate crisis, California says you should be allowed to fix your iPhone, Pennsylvania pushes back on health insurance AI, and the FTC is suing over Amazon's monopolistic practices. | A New Climate Deal: | On Wednesday, Biden

Robert Hunziker (2023-09-23). Climate Emergency Update, September 2023. dissidentvoice.org Earth's climate system is in a state of emergency. Emergencies are defined by four specific elements; i.e., (1) seriousness (2) unexpected (3) dangerous, and (4) requiring immediate action. Based upon a new YouTube broadcast by the inveterate commentator Dr. Peter Carter, all those elements are in-play in a very big way. Dr. Carter, expert reviewer …

The Lancet (2023-09-23). Editorial] Protecting the integrity of WHO's regional offices. thelancet.com Global health is in crisis. Widening inequalities, a growing burden of non-communicable diseases, and the danger of future pandemics are compounded by a climate crisis and multiple geopolitical conflicts. AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, together with preventable deaths among women and children, remain urgent concerns. Food insecurity is growing. Meanwhile, consistent financing for health is under constant threat. Effective leadership from WHO, the only legitimate multilateral agency dedicated to protecting and advancing health, is crucial.

Patricia Harrity (2023-09-24). "There is No Climate Emergency," says Nobel Prize winner Dr. John F. Clauser. expose-news.com John F. Clauser, winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantum mechanics, has decided to sign the World Climate Declaration of Clintel with its central message "There …

Editor (2023-09-24). System Change: An Ecosocialist Discussion on Environmental Crisis. socialistproject.ca The worst wildfire season in Canadian history, worsening environmental degradation, and the hottest week ever recorded. Amid the consequences of human impact on our planet becoming increasingly dire, large corporations — including the fossil fuel industry — continue to hold enormous sway over environmental policy and enjoy record levels of profit. Despite numerous international climate agreements and corporate pledges, market based solutions have failed at every stage to offer a credible way out of our current crisis. | It's in this moment that many in the environmental and climate justice moveme…

Alleen Brown (2023-09-23). Minnesota Judge Dismisses Line 3 Charges Against Indigenous Water Protectors. truthout.org In a remarkable ruling last Thursday, a Minnesota judge summarily dismissed misdemeanor charges against three Anishinaabe water protectors who had protested at a pipeline construction site in an effort to stop the Enbridge Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline. "To criminalize their behavior would be the crime," she concluded. Judge Leslie Metzen relied on a rarely used Minnesota statute that allows a… |

Rhoda Wilson (2023-09-23). Integration of genetic material contained in mRNA injections may be happening in 20% of cells post-vaccination. expose-news.com Earlier this month Dr. Phillip Buckhaults testified to the South Carolina Senate about DNA contamination in Pfizer's covid injection. The genetic material in mRNA "vaccines" have been "end capped" in the hopes …

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-24). Protesters call on Labor to protest Fukushima nuclear waste dumping. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-23). Protesters call on Labor to protest Fukushima nuclear waste dumping. greenleft.org.au

Ali Abunimah (2023-09-21). "Every allegation of anti-Semitism was found to be false" electronicintifada.net A climate of fear is stifling free speech, academic research and student activism about Palestine at UK universities, report finds.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-21). Seymour Hersh: Ukraine Has Lost in its War with Russia. libya360.wordpress.com BAND OF BROTHERS: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba, US Climate Envoy John Kerry, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken listen as President Joe Biden addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Tuesday. / Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via…

Mnar Adley (2023-09-21). The Real Reasons the Derna Dam in Libya Broke. mintpressnews.com More than 11,000 people have been confirmed dead in the devastating floods in the Libyan city of Derna. Yet mainstream media outlets would have you believe the destruction that has drawn worldwide headlines is due to climate change.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-09-21). Climate Related News: Wildfires, urban fires, climate change and economic depression have something in common but it is not CO2. expose-news.com Corporate media frequently spread conspiracy theories but this is never acknowledged. Corporate media also spreads propaganda according to the wishes of their paymasters. Propaganda which includes all things related to a "human-caused …

Staff (2023-09-21). World Must Decarbonize Before "Point of No Return" on Climate Crisis: Colombian President Gustavo Petro. democracynow.org In Part 2 of our interview with Colombian President Gustavo Petro, he says climate change is a "vital matter" the world must address collectively. But unlike world trade, which is governed by a set of common rules, there is no organizing rubric for decarbonizing the world economy in time to prevent catastrophe. "There's no courts for this. There's no justice. So everybody can just slip by," Petro says. He says the amount of money rich countries have provided to hasten the clean energy transition falls far short of commitments made in the 2015 Paris Agreement and is a drop in th…

Staff (2023-09-21). Headlines for September 21, 2023. democracynow.org U.N. Chief Warns Climate Ambition Summit, "Humanity Has Opened the Gates of Hell", Biden Announces Climate Corps as Activists Demand He Declare Climate Emergency, Study Finds Climate Change Made Libya Flood Catastrophe 50 Times More Likely, U.N. Warns Fighting Between Sudan's Rival Military Factions Is Sickening and Killing Children, CNN: Ukraine Likely Behind Drone Strikes on Wagner-Backed Paramilitary in Sudan, Nagorno-Karabakh Residents Seek Security Guarantees as Peace Talks Get Underway, Patients Billed Up to $190 for COVID-19 Shots That Insurance Plans Are Required to Cover, Senate Confirm…

Staff (2023-09-21). Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Ukraine, Palestine & Why Latin America Rejects Western Hypocrisy. democracynow.org Colombian President Gustavo Petro joins Democracy Now! for an exclusive broadcast interview after his address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where he spoke of the need to end wars and stop the climate crisis. Petro is the first leftist to ever govern Colombia. He was elected in 2022 after campaigning to fight inequality and poverty, increase taxes on the wealthy, expand social programs, restore peace and end Colombia's dependence on fossil fuels. He is a former M-19 guerrilla who went on to become the mayor of Bogotá and a senator before rising to the presidency. In Part 1 of the interv…

Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams. (2023-09-20). Climate Defenders Arrested While Blocking Entry To NY Federal Reserve. popularresistance.org A day after tens of thousands of climate activists marched through Manhattan's Upper East Side demanding an end to oil, gas, and coal production, thousands more demonstrators hit the streets of Lower Manhattan Monday, where more than 100 people were arrested while surrounding the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to protest fossil fuel financing. | Protesters chanted slogans like "No oil, no gas, fossil fuels can kiss my ass" and "We need clean air, not another billionaire" as they marched from Zuccotti Park—ground zero of the 2011 Occupy Wall Street movement—to pre-selected sites in the Financial Dist…

Juan M. Garcia (2023-09-20). Cuba confirms its willingness to fight climate change at the UN. plenglish.com United Nations, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) Despite the obstacles imposed by the United States' blockade, Cuba confirmed its willingness to contribute to the global efforts against climate change, President Miguel Díaz-Canel stated on Wednesday.

Julio Adamor (2023-09-20). Lula takes a stand before Joe Biden by condemning the embargo on Cuba. peoplesdispatch.org Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's speech and that of US President Joe Biden at the opening ceremony of the 78th United Nations General Assembly shared many similarities: they talked about hunger in the world, social inequality, extreme environmental events such as climate change and the need to democratize the UN and global governance as a whole. But one topic was approached in quite different terms by the two presidents: the Caribbean countries, particularly the embargo on Cuba. | "Brazil will continue to reject measures taken without support from the UN Charter, such as the economic and financial…

Lindsay Koshgarian, Alliyah Lusuegro (2023-09-20). Climate Is the Fight of Our Lifetime. Our Federal Budget Should Reflect That. fpif.org More than half of discretionary spending goes to the military. Only a tiny fraction addresses the most urgent threat to our security.

Lindsay Koshgarian, Alliyah Lusuegro (2023-09-20). Climate Is the Fight of Our Lifetime. Our Federal Budget Should Reflect That. otherwords.org As the hottest summer in human history approached its end, tens of thousands of climate marchers rallied in New York to call for bold climate solutions. Meanwhile, lawmakers in Washington lurched toward another fight over the federal budget. | More than ever, the U.S. needs to get serious about climate. And to do that, we need to re-prioritize what's in that budget. | As it stands,

Rhoda Wilson (2023-09-20). The waning Sun instantly flushes climate alarmists' claims of never-ending rising temperatures down the pan. expose-news.com In recent years, the Sun has been at its weakest state in more than a century. Low solar activity impacts Earth's weather/climate through several different mechanisms, the most immediately noticeable one being …

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-09-20). China reaffirms commitment to sustainable and low-carbon development. plenglish.com According to a Xinhua report, Vice President Han Zheng repeated these remarks to US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. | Han stressed that the Chinese Government grants great importance to promoting environmental protection and has achieved the 2020 climate target ahead of schedule. | Kerry visited China in July, marking the resumption of formal communications on climate change after a hiatus in 2022. | At the time, talks between Kerry and his Chinese counterpart, Xie Zhenhua, focuse…

Ashley Curtin (2023-09-21). Biden administration launches the American Climate Corps. nationofchange.org According to the White House, in its first year, the American Climate Corps will put more than 20,000 young people on career pathways in the fields of clean energy, conservation and climate resilience.

Evaggelos Vallianatos (2023-09-21). Climate Catastrophe: A Worldwide Exploding Bomb. counterpunch.org Prologue Climate change / global warming is so new to history and civilization that the very people / companies that brought it into being are continuing to deny its existence. It's like a nuclear bomb. War gave it birth, the madness of the moment, the fear that the Germans would develop it. This spurred the

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-09-21). Venezuelan President recalls International Day of Peace. plenglish.com That is the path of the Bolivarian Republic and "we will always insist on building a world without hatred and violence, where human solidarity and social justice prevail," the head of State wrote on his X account, formerly Twitter. | The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared September 21, 1981, as the International Day of Peace, with the goal of commemorating the ideals of peace of every people and every nation. | The date makes special emphasis on social and economic development on issues such as poverty, hunger, health care, education, climate change, gender equality, water, sanitation, electricity,…

Amy Goodman (2023-09-20). Judge Tosses Charges Against 3 Indigenous Water Protectors for Pipeline Action. truthout.org A Minnesota judge has dismissed criminal charges against three Indigenous water protectors who were arrested for protesting oil extraction on treaty-ceded Anishinaabe land. Winona LaDuke, Tania Aubid and Dawn Goodwin were arrested in January 2021 after police saw video shared on social media of the three women singing, dancing and praying near construction crews for Canadian energy company… |

Appalachians Against Pipelines, Popular Resistance. (2023-09-20). Pipeline Fighter Denied Bail After Blocking MVP Construction For 3 Days. popularresistance.org Roanoke County, VA — Early Saturday morning, a pipeline fighter using the name "Bramble" locked herself to a buried lockbox at a Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) worksite in Roanoke County. She prevented pipeline workers from clearing vegetation on the top of Poor Mountain for three days; on Monday, she was extracted from her blockade and arrested. As of Tuesday afternoon, she is still being held without bail. | "I'm fighting for a world where we can all be free," Bramble stated. On day 2 of her blockade, she wrote, "Workers came by my spot today and took away my supplies, hoping that I would leave. In the en…

Staff (2023-09-20). "I'm Not a Criminal… Enbridge Is": Charges Tossed Against Winona LaDuke & Others for Pipeline Action. democracynow.org A Minnesota judge has dismissed criminal charges against three Indigenous water protectors who were arrested for protesting oil extraction on treaty-ceded Anishinaabe land. Winona LaDuke, Tania Aubid and Dawn Goodwin were arrested in January 2021 after police saw video shared on social media of the three women singing, dancing and praying near construction crews for Canadian energy company Enbridge's Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline. In a landmark opinion, Judge Leslie Metzen affirmed the protesters' free speech rights, writing that "to criminalize their behavior would be the crime." We go to…

Editor (2023-09-21). Study finds human-driven mass extinction is eliminating entire branches of the tree of life. mronline.org The passenger pigeon. The Tasmanian tiger. The Baiji, or Yangtze river dolphin. These rank among the best-known recent victims of what many scientists have declared the sixth mass extinction, as human actions are wiping out vertebrate animal species hundreds of times faster than they would otherwise disappear.

Editor (2023-09-20). 'Very Bad News': Human Activities Increased Extinction Rate of Species Groups by 35 Times. scheerpost.com

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-21). Protesters call on Labor to protest Fukushima nuclear waste dumping. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-20). Protesters call on Labor to protest Fukushima nuclear waste dumping. greenleft.org.au

Jake Johnson (2023-09-20). 'Damning' probe finds 80% of top carbon Offset schemes are 'likely junk or worthless'. nationofchange.org "We cannot afford to waste any more time on false solutions."

Peter Boyle (2023-09-20). 'Japan is sending its radioactive waste on a trip around the world'. greenleft.org.au Katti Jisuk Seo, a young Korean-German woman, told a Sydney protest against Japan's dumping of radioactive contaminated wastewater that the danger posed to marine life and the food chain is unacceptable, reports Peter Boyle.

Brenda Norrell (2023-09-21). Navajo Shot in the Eye at Standing Rock 'Now is Time to Hold Cops Responsible'. indybay.org Marcus Mitchell, Navajo water protector who was shot in the eye at Standing Rock, said now is the time to hold the cops responsible, after giving a deposition in the federal case filed against law enforcement for excessive force.

Brenda Norrell (2023-09-20). Navajo Shot in the Eye at Standing Rock 'Now is Time to Hold Cops Responsible'. indybay.org Marcus Mitchell, Navajo water protector who was shot in the eye at Standing Rock, said now is the time to hold the cops responsible, after giving a deposition in the federal case filed against law enforcement for excessive force.