Amy Goodman (2024-01-11). Israel's Military Assault on Gaza Is Fueling Climate Crisis. truthout.org ![]()
Israel's military assault on Gaza is not just a humanitarian disaster but also generating massive amounts of planet-heating emissions and exacerbating the climate crisis. The carbon emissions from Israel's bombs, tanks, fighter jets and other military activity in the first two months of the war were higher than the annual carbon footprints of 20 of the world's most climate-vulnerable nations… |
Ben Gardner (2024-01-11). Growing number admit doing nothing to help climate change, data shows. thecanary.co ![]()
Recent data shows growing inaction towards acting on climate change by people in England and Wales over the last three years. | Climate crisis: less people making lifestyle changes: | In three Office for National Statistics (ONS) surveys, the number of people who said they have made no lifestyle changes to help tackle climate change has increased from 19% in October 2021, to 23% in July 2022, to 28% in November 2023. | The surveys also asked respondents why they had not made any changes to their lifestyle, with the belief that their changes will have no effect becoming the most common reason, increasing f…
Rhoda Wilson (2024-01-11). Irish climate expert Professor Ray Bates dies but his voice lives on. expose-news.com ![]()
Last weekend, on 6 January 2024, Professor Ray Bates died peacefully in the tender care of Blackrock Hospice in Dublin, Ireland, aged 83. For many years, he spoke against unscientific climate alarmism. …
Staff (2024-01-11). Gaza War Fuels Climate Crisis: "Massive" Carbon Emissions from Israeli Bombing. democracynow.org 
Israel's military assault on Gaza is not just a humanitarian disaster but also generating massive amounts of planet-heating emissions and exacerbating the climate crisis. The carbon emissions from Israel's bombs, tanks, fighter jets and other military activity in the first two months of the war were higher than the annual carbon footprints of 20 of the world's most climate-vulnerable nations, according to researchers in the United States and United Kingdom. That is "a really conservative estimate," says Guardian reporter Nina Lakhani, who reported on the new study. We also speak with…
Alexandra Jacobo (2024-01-10). 2023: A year of unprecedented heat, Copernicus Climate Change Service reports. nationofchange.org ![]()
C3S revealed startling global temperature highs, marking a concerning milestone in the ongoing narrative of climate change.
Benjamin Sonnenberg (2024-01-10). The Chickadee in the Snowbank: A 'Canary in the Coal Mine' for Climate Change in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. counterpunch.org 
Mountain chickadees struggle with snow extremes. Benjamin Sonnenberg. Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb above 8,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada of eastern California, tugging a sled loaded with batteries, bolts, wire and 40 pounds of sunflower seeds critical to our mountain chickadee research. As we reach the
Democracy Now! (2024-01-11). Democracy Now! 2024-01-11 Thursday. democracynow.org ![]()
Headlines for January 11, 2024; "Nowhere Is Safe in Gaza": South Africa Lays Out Genocide Case vs. Israel at World Court in The Hague; Palestinian Genocide Scholar & South African Lawyer on "Extreme Urgency" of World Court Case; Gaza War Fuels Climate Crisis: "Massive" Carbon Emissions from Israeli Bombing | Headlines for January 11, 2024; "Nowhere Is Safe in Gaza": South Africa Lays Out Genocide Case vs. Israel at World Court in The Hague; Palestinian Genocide Scholar & South African Lawyer on "Extreme Urgency" of World Court Case; Gaza War Fuels Climate…
ecns.cn (2024-01-11). Warming threatening penguins in Antarctica. ecns.cn ![]()
Global warming may be having an impact on the populations of two penguin species in Antarctica, a Chinese scientist on the southernmost continent said.
Andy Kroll (2024-01-11). The Killing of Gaza's Environment. tomdispatch.com ![]()
On a picturesque beach in central Gaza, a mile north of the now-flattened Al-Shati refugee camp, long black pipes snake through hills of white sand before disappearing underground. An image released by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shows dozens of soldiers laying pipelines and what appear to be mobile pumping stations that are to take water from the Mediterranean Sea and hose it into underground tunnels. The plan, according to various reports, is to flood the vast network of underground shafts and tunnels Hamas has reportedly built and used to carry out its operations. "I won't talk about specifics, but they in…
Dave DeCamp (2024-01-11). Poland Resists Cooperation With Nord Stream Sabotage Investigation. news.antiwar.com ![]()
Poland has resisted efforts to investigate the 2022 bombings of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that connect Russia and Germany, raising suspicion that the Polish government could have had knowledge of the attack, The Wall Street Journal reported. The leading theory among Western officials is that Ukraine was behind the blast and that it …
latintimes (2024-01-10). 9 Bodies Found Near Pipeline In Mexico; Authorities Suspect Fuel Theft. latintimes.com ![]()
The bodies were found in two separate vehicles near a pipeline north of Mexico City. The license plates on both vehicles belonged to the neighboring state of Hidalgo, which is notorious for fuel thefts.
noemail (2024-01-11). Soccer-Dier joins Bayern Munich after a decade at Tottenham. devdiscourse.com ![]()
Tottenham Hotspur defender Eric Dier has joined Bayern Munich on loan to the end of the season, both clubs said on Thursday. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed by either club but British media reported that Bayern paid Spurs 3.5 million euros ($3.84 million) for the 29-year-old England international.
ecns.cn (2024-01-10). Study finds Gigantopithecus blacki extinct 295,000 to 215,000 years ago after failure to adapt to environmental changes. ecns.cn ![]()
Chinese, Australian and U.S. researchers have revealed more about the extinction of the Gigantopithecus blacki great ape in their latest joint study, which was published in Nature on Thursday.
ecns.cn (2024-01-11). Study finds Gigantopithecus blacki extinct 295,000 to 215,000 years ago after failure to adapt to environmental changes. ecns.cn ![]()
Chinese, Australian and U.S. researchers have revealed more about the extinction of the Gigantopithecus blacki great ape in their latest joint study, which was published in Nature on Thursday.
EcoWaste Coalition (2024-01-11). EcoWaste Coalition Bares New List of 31 Lead-Containing Spray Paints. pressenza.com 
11 January 2024, Quezon City. With the start of the New Year, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition again reminded consumers to steer clear of aerosol paints containing lead, a hazardous chemical banned in the manufacture of paints and similar surface coatings to protect human health and the environment. | The reminder was prompted by the group's discovery of 31 more spray paint products representing 12 brands, which have been verified to contain lead above the legal limit of 90 parts per million (ppm). | Before 2023 ended, the group submitted 31 bright-colored paint products to SGS, a global testing compa…