2024-03-10: News Headlines

Chris Hedges, The Real News Network. (2024-03-10). 'Fire Weather': Big Oil's Climate Conflagration. popularresistance.org Few places illustrate the destructive cycle of fossil fuel-driven climate change as well as Alberta, Canada. Home to the tar sands boom, the province's remote north has also become a site of some of the worst climate disasters in recorded history—like the 2016 Fort McMurray Fire, which swallowed up 1.5 million acres and burned for three months. John Vaillant, author of Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World, joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss the Fort McMurray Fire, the tar sands industry responsible for the conditions that produced it, and the tinderbox world Big Oil has made in its all-consu…

Editor (2024-03-10). "Fire Weather": Big Oil's Climate Conflagration. scheerpost.com

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-10). What does it take to make climate change a key election issue? greenleft.org.au

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2024-03-10). Study assesses effect of climate change at early ages in Cuba. plenglish.com Ciego de Avila, Cuba, Mar 10 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is currently developing a study to determine the effect of climate change on children and adolescents in communities on Cuba's southern coast.

Appalachians Against Pipelines, Popular Resistance. (2024-03-10). Protester Inside Mountain Valley Pipeline Blocks Work For Two Days. popularresistance.org Giles County, VA – Early Thursday morning, a pipeline fighter using the name Ricky Bobby climbed inside the Mountain Valley Pipeline (which is 42 inches in diameter) atop Peters Mountain to prevent ongoing construction in the area. MVP security and law enforcement responded to the scene but did not enter the pipe; Ricky left after 2 days and was arrested and charged with 4 misdemeanors. A banner placed at the entrance of the pipe read, "FUCK YOU, MVP." People rallied in support of Ricky's action on the first day at the Jefferson National Forest gate on Pocahontas Rd.

albawaba (2024-03-10). Scientists face controversy by trying to revive extinct animal. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – A both shocking and controversial move by an American company has started a debate as their plans to genetically revive mammoths came to light, as per The Washington Post. Colossal Biosciences, a biotechnology firm from Dallas, revealed their development of Asian elephant stem cells that may pave the way to create the extinct behemoth or at least closely resembling mammoth-elephant hybrid on Earth yet again.ShutterstockAdvocates of species revival view this as a means to fix some of the human involvement in the ongoing animal extinction crisis. They believe advancements in genetic technology could also…

Dave Sweeney (2024-03-10). Memo to Dutton: Fukushima's lessons must be learned, not forgotten. independentaustralia.net

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-03-10). What's the difference between kidney cysts and polycystic kidney disease? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org March is National Kidney Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about the difference between two kidney disorders — kidney cysts and polycystic kidney disease. Your kidneys are situated in the back of your abdomen under your lower ribs, one on each side of your spine. One of the important jobs of the kidneys is to clean the blood. As blood moves through the body, it picks up extra fluid, chemicals and waste….

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