Monthly Archives: October 2023

2023-10-29: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). China continues to strengthen actions to address climate change: MEE. ecns.cn China will prioritize addressing climate change in national governance, strengthen actions to address climate change, and promote comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development.

Alasdair Baverstock (2023-10-28). Mexico's Pacific Coast cleans up after Hurricane Otis. america.cgtn.com As the Mexican resort city of Acapulco picks up the pieces following Hurricane Otis, scientists are looking at how the devastating Category 5 storm developed so quickly. | As CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock reports, there are concerns it sets a worrying precedent for the future amid a changing global climate.

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch. (2023-10-28). Treat Climate And Biodiversity Crises As One Global Health Emergency. popularresistance.org A new editorial published in more than 200 health journals challenges health professionals and world leaders to look at global biodiversity loss and climate change as "one indivisible crisis" that must be confronted as a whole. | The authors of the editorial call separating the two emergencies a "dangerous mistake," and encourage the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a global health emergency, a press release from The BMJ said. | "The climate crisis and loss of biodiversity both damage human health, and they are interlinked. That's why we must consider them together and declare a global health emergency.

ecns.cn (2023-10-28). China continues to strengthen actions to address climate change: MEE. ecns.cn China will prioritize addressing climate change in national governance, strengthen actions to address climate change, and promote comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development.

Mark Keenan (2023-10-28). 1500 Scientists Say "Climate Change Not Due to CO2" — The Real Environment Movement Was Hijacked. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). AIIB investing to accelerate clean energy. ecns.cn The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has announced that the multilateral development bank and the COP28 Presidency are collaborating to mobilize the much-needed climate investment capital and accelerate clean energy investments to address critical resource gaps in Asia and beyond.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). California governor visits Shanghai, signing MOU on environmental cooperation. ecns.cn East China's Shanghai city and the U.S. state of California signed on Sunday a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on climate and the environment during California Governor Gavin Newsom's visit to China.

Lucy Dean Stockton (2023-10-28). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Reimagining Public Housing. levernews.com Good things are happening! California takes the first steps towards universal housing, the IRS pursues major corporations, America gets a new energy grid and rejects a controversial pipeline, and killings drop nationwide.Housing Gets Social: Earlier this month, California

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). Green concepts extend from Asian Para Games to local life in Hangzhou. ecns.cn Leveraging the momentum presented by the Asian Games and Asian Para Games, Hangzhou has integrated green and zero-waste concepts into urban development.

ecns.cn (2023-10-29). 1,400 tons of solid wastes seized in first nine months this year by Shanghai Customs. ecns.cn Twenty metric tons of solid waste illegally imported from overseas has been intercepted by Yangshan Customs in Shanghai. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-10-28). Green concepts extend from Asian Para Games to local life in Hangzhou. ecns.cn Leveraging the momentum presented by the Asian Games and Asian Para Games, Hangzhou has integrated green and zero-waste concepts into urban development.

ecns.cn (2023-10-28). 1,400 tons of solid wastes seized in first nine months this year by Shanghai Customs. ecns.cn Twenty metric tons of solid waste illegally imported from overseas has been intercepted by Yangshan Customs in Shanghai. "ÄÄ…

Mel Leonor Barclay (2023-10-28). Virginia Voters Care About Abortion. Will That Be Enough for Democrats to Win? truthout.org This story was originally published by The 19th PRINCE GEORGE, Virginia — Door-knocking in this rural neighborhood 30 miles south of Richmond, state House candidate Kim Pope Adams encounters a voter who wastes no time getting to the point. "I'm not voting for you. I can't — you're a little too liberal for me actually," the voter, U.J. Severin, 61, said, listing out concerns about public safety and… |

WSWS (2023-10-28). Biobot Analytics files protest against CDC issuing wastewater surveillance contract to Verily. wsws.org The contract dispute highlights the financialization of public health, whereby critical information disease outbreak, the opioid crisis, and the population's general health indices can be accumulated and monopolized by giant conglomerates like Alphabet.

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2023-10-13: News Headlines

John Zarocostas (2023-10-14). World Report] Major challenges ahead for new UN migration chief. thelancet.com Amy Pope, new Director-General of the International Organization for Migration, will prioritise the humanisation of migrants and tackling the impact of climate change. John Zarocostas reports.

Anjoulie Woodhead (2023-10-12). Jubilee USA Statement on IMF Global Financial Stability Report. indybay.org The IMF releases the Global Financial Stability Report and raises global concerns over continued inflation, the banking system and climate investments.

Juan Cole (2023-10-12). Is California's Climate Lawsuit against Big Oil a Gamechanger? counterpunch.org The depths of depravity into which unvarnished capitalism can plunge mortal souls is incalculable. It should come as no surprise then that oil company executives and the officials of petrostates like Saudi Arabia have so assiduously lied to us about the catastrophic effects of climate change. After all, the executives of tobacco firms have been perfectly content

Susan Price (2023-10-12). Climate activist resentenced after NSW Police admit to providing false evidence. greenleft.org.au Climate activist Jay Larbalestier was resentenced after police were found to have provided false information in his arrest at a climate protest in April last year. Susan Price reports.

Susan Price (2023-10-12). Climate activist resentenced after NSW police fess up to providing false evidence. greenleft.org.au Climate activist Jay Larbalestier was resentenced on October 4, after police were found to have provided false information in his arrest at a climate protest in April last year, reports Susan Price.

Robert Hunziker (2023-10-13). Fukushima Up Close, 13 Years Later. counterpunch.org The world is turning to nuclear power as a solution to global warming, but it is postulated herein that it is a huge mistake that endangers society. One nuclear meltdown causes as much damage over the long-term as a major war. Moreover, according to Dr. Paul Dorfman, chair of the Nuclear Consulting Group, former secretary

Brenda Norrell (2023-10-13). White Mesa Ute March Against Radioactive Dump on Homeland in Utah. indybay.org WHITE MESA, Utah — Ute Mountain Ute Yolanda Badback welcomed all to the spiritual walk and rally to halt the uranium mill now poisoning the land, water and air in southeastern Utah, in the Four Corners region. | The White Mesa Mill, operated by Energy Fuels, is now bringing in radioactive waste from other countries, after already storing nuclear waste that was too dangerous to remain at the Nevada Test Site.

SAM (2023-10-12). Share the Wealth vs. Waste the Wealth. inequality.org

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