(2024-07-08). The Obsolescence Of War. popularresistance.org The proponents of war say that violence is necessary for "defense." But is that true? Humanity has learned how to wipe itself out in a matter of minutes with just a fraction of its nuclear weapons capability. Our atrocious culture of violence shows thousands of children killed in cold blood like a relentless horror film playing out on social media. We have invented killer-drones to undertake massacres without personally witnessing the horrors inflicted. In the face of our threatened extinction as a species, we must do better. That starts with seeing war for what it is. | War is grotesque. It represents the worst…
(2024-07-08). In Westminster at Last: The Threat of Nigel Farage. dissidentvoice.org "This is the inflection point," warned Nigel Farage last month as he assumed the reins of power at the incarnated Reform UK party, standard bearer of the often inchoate group known as the hard right of British politics. "The only wasted vote is a Conservative one. We are the challengers to Labour. We are on …
(2024-07-08). June 2024 hotter than 2023 after heat in Saudi Arabia, India. newarab.com 
Last month was the hottest June on record across the globe, the EU's climate monitor said on Monday, capping half a year of wild and destructive weather from floods to Every month since June 2023 has eclipsed its own temperature record in a 13-month streak of unprecedented "This is more than a statistical oddity and it highlights a large…
(2024-07-08). Extinction Rebellion Announce 'Mass Occupation' In Response To Election. popularresistance.org Extinction Rebellion UK has responded to the general election result by inviting people to join Upgrade Democracy. It will be a three-day mass occupation of a high-profile location from Friday 30 August to Sunday 1 September. As the result of the UK general election was declared, Extinction Rebellion's response is clear: | it's the system that needs to change, not the government. Analysis by Vote Climate showed all of the main political parties' plans would take us over 1.5C between 2030 and 2035. Moreover, Keir Starmer's new government is at best not going far enough — and art worst, actively complicit in…
(2024-07-08). Cooking oil contamination prompts Sinograin tanker truck investigation. ecns.cn China Grain Reserves Corporation (Sinograin) on Saturday said it has instructed its subsidiary oil companies to conduct a comprehensive system-wide inspection starting Friday.
(2024-07-08). Climate and environmental crisis: Sorcerer's apprentices at the World Bank and the IMF. cadtm.org
(2024-07-08). Capitalism can't overcome the laws of physics. indybay.org That humanity can dominate nature "is an illusion." The laws of thermodynamics remain in place. "Consequently, a growth-centered capitalist economy finds itself trapped in futile attempts to completely decouple itself from nature — aiming for a 100% circular, service-oriented and zero-waste existence.
(2024-07-08). Record heatwave threatens 130 million Americans as climate crisis escalates. nationofchange.org "Both the record-breaking temperatures and the duration of heat present a clear and present danger, particularly for children, elders, people with disabilities, and people who work outside."
(2024-07-08). Millions in Delaware opioid relief dollars at risk of 'fraud, waste, abuse'. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? This story was supported by a statehouse coverage grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. | Delaware prosecutors are investigating how nonprofit Code Purple Kent County spent $290,000 from the state's opioid settlement windfall, spurring Attorney General Kathy Jennings to call for an immediate halt to grants from the multimillion dollar fund aimed at reducing overdose deaths from prescription painkillers, heroin and fentanyl. | Jennings is co-chair with Lt. Gov.
(2024-07-08). Philadelphians are missing out on flood insurance discounts. The city could cash in next year. whyy.org This story is part of the From the Poconos to the Jersey Shore to the mouth of the Delaware Bay, what do you want to know about climate change? What would you like us to cover?
| Jamie Glenn loves many things about her neighborhood in Southwest Philly: the open space, the family-oriented atmosphere, and most of all, the neighbors who support one another, especially during hard times. One thing she does not like about her neighborhood…
(2024-07-08). Barbara Kingsolver on climate change: 'Words are what I have to offer'. grist.org Barbara Kingsolver has been weaving her concern about the environment into her books ever since she started writing novels in 1988. Her 2012 novel Flight Behavior explored how climate change might affect the monarch butterfly, and the 2007 nonfiction work Animal, Vegetable, Miracle recounted her family's experiment eating only food grown near their home in Virginia. | She recently applied this skill to a new, much shorter genre: pledge-writing. The coordinators of the American Climate Corps — President Joe Biden's signature green jobs program — invited Kingsolver to pen the promise new members woul…