(2024-03-23). Student-Led Climate Action Is Flourishing In Florida. popularresistance.org The University of Florida made history last month when its student senate became the first at a public university to pass a climate resolution in support of Green New Deal policies. The "Green New Deal for UF" is a statement of support for bold, progressive climate action put forward by students at a time when the far-right holds a near monopoly on power in the state. | "This is big news for the climate movement at universities — not just in Florida, but everywhere," said Cameron Driggers, a UF freshman. "It's a first of its kind resolution that pushes back against the narrative that some states are lost ca…
(2024-03-23). Commentary: Amid all the climate gloom, let's not ignore the good news. channelnewsasia.com Powerful economic and technological factors are driving the shift to clean energy, says the IEA's Fatih Birol for the Financial Times.
(2024-03-23). Record hot temperatures, unusual monsoon surges: 5 takeaways from Singapore's 2023 climate report. channelnewsasia.com
(2024-03-23). EcoWaste Coalition: True Radiance Comes from Within, Not from Skin Lightening Products with Mercury. pressenza.com 
Watchdog Group Backs UN Campaign to End Mercury Use in Cosmetics: | 23 March 2024, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition, which has been tracking mercury in skin-lightening cosmetics in the Philippines since 2011, reiterated its support for the global effort to put an end to the persistent production, trade, and consumption of racist beauty products with mercury content that claim to whiten the skin and deal with other skin woes. | "We are one with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention on Mercury in emphasizing the urgency for e…
(2024-03-23). CO2 Bursting into the Atmosphere. pressenza.com CO2 is bursting into the atmosphere like never before, up and away, like it has wings. According to climate scientists, we're fast approaching white-knuckle time. This reinforces the outlook for 2024 as expressed by WMO: "Every major global climate record was broken last year and 2024 could be worse." (Celeste Saulo, secretary-general, World Meteorological Organization) | Making matters more nerve-wracking yet, Carbon dioxide, CO2, in the atmosphere is setting new all-time records, soaring above expectations and well above previous readings at Mauna Lua Observatory, Hawaii: | March 18, 2024, CO2 measured 426.02 p…
(2024-03-23). Understanding kidney cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org March is National Kidney Month, which makes this a good time to learn about kidney cancer. Kidney cancer is cancer that begins in the kidneys, which are two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of your fist. They're behind your abdominal organs, with one kidney on each side of your spine. The kidneys remove waste from your blood and regulate a healthy balance between water, sodium and minerals in your bloodstream. Approximately 81,600 new cases…
(2024-03-23). Comment] Offline: It's about more than a climate emergency. thelancet.com Flying to Singapore to take part in a meeting of the Lancet Commission on Sustainable Healthcare is not without tragic irony. A defence that more can be achieved from 3 days of face-to-face encounters than a few hours of stilted Zoom calls might be weakly self-exculpatory. Proof will come with the final product, which, judging by the leadership of Co-Chairs Jodi Sherman and Andrea MacNeill, is likely to be highly compelling. A second reason for visiting this tropical science superpower was the launch of a new Centre for Sustainable Medicine within the National University of Singapore.
(2024-03-23). Blanket of Surveillance Over Standing Rock Water Protectors Revealed in Federal Court Case. indybay.org Censored News takes an in-depth look at the depositions of FBI agents, BIA law enforcement, and U.S. Marshals in the current federal lawsuit, North Dakota v. U.S. The depositions reveal that the FBI had cameras on site, the BIA had a mobile command center at Standing Rock's Prairie Knights casino, and narcotics officers were hanging out at the casino to gather intelligence about the camps.
(2024-03-23). Environmental Activists Call to "UnFrack FERC" indybay.org The issues of global warming, LNG, climate change, environmental justice, fracking, natural gas, Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC (MVP) and eminent domain all coalesced yesterday at a press conference outside the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) headquarters prior to the commission's monthly meeting.
(2024-03-23). Thursday 5/23: Lost Sierra Forest – Climate Action Camp. indybay.org In Plumas National Forest outside town of Paradise (email lostsierra_forest [at] proton.me for info) from May 23-29…
palestinechronicle.com (2024-03-23). Amid Israeli Genocide – Gaza's Faith Unbroken (PHOTOS & VIDEO) 
Faith is a central component in the lives of Palestinians. Gaza, now undergoing an Israeli genocide, is in greater need of its faith than ever before.
inthesetimes.com (2024-03-23). Defunding UNRWA Was Never About HamasThe refugee agency is a reminder that Palestinian refugees exist and have inalienable political rights—a truth the Israeli government finds deeply inconvenient.
sfgate.com (2024-03-23). The UN Security Council is set to vote on a resolution demanding a Ramadan cease-fire 
The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a NEW resolution demanding a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The resolution, put forward by the 10 elected council members, is backed by Russia and China, who vetoed a U.S.-sponsored resolution Friday. The council is expected to vote on the resolution Monday morning.
truthout.org (2024-03-23). US Has Redefined "Human Shields" to Enable Israel's Slaughter of Gaza Civilians 
President Biden and members of Congress have cynically reinterpreted "human shields" to flout international law.
palestinechronicle.com (2024-03-23). 'She Never Returned Home' – Palestinians Children Remember Their Mothers, Killed in Israeli Airstrikes 
In fact, for many children, there will be no mothers to celebrate anymore as well over 9,000 Palestinian women have been killed since the beginning of the war. Moreover, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement on X on Thursday that the Israeli war on Gaza has been killing an average of 37 mothers daily since October 7.