Monthly Archives: March 2024

2024-03-26: News Headlines

marketing (2024-03-26). Why Did Modern Humans Replace The Neanderthals? The Key Might Lie In Our Social Structures #Modern #Humans #Replace #Neanderthals? #Might #Social #Structures #USA #Russia #US #President #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) Why did humans take over the world while our closest relatives, the Neanderthals , became extinct? It's possible we were just smarter, but there's surprisingly little …

Robert Hunziker (2024-03-26). Climate Agreements Suck. dissidentvoice.org Climate agreements suck. There are no real enforcement provisions. Many signatories cheat. Some don't rep0rt at all. Moreover, reported data is highly suspect. It's a worldwide scandal recently exposed by YaleEnvironment360. Evidence of cheating is found in the atmosphere: Global CO2 is on a rampage, skyrocketing upwards like never before, double-to-triple rates of only one …

Regeneración (2024-03-26). Wednesday 4/3: Climate of Hope: Building Climate Resilient Communities. indybay.org Ecology Action, 877 Cedar St. Suite 240, Santa Cruz…

channelnewsasia (2024-03-26). Farmers in Europe, India demand for greater government support with sector facing rising costs, climate pressures. channelnewsasia.com Adding to the complexities are considerations such as the broader goal of a regional bloc in Europe, and an upcoming election in India.

channelnewsasia (2024-03-26). Ravi Menon to be Singapore's first Ambassador for Climate Action. channelnewsasia.com The former MAS chief will represent Singapore at international climate action platforms.

marketing (2024-03-26). We Built An AI Tool To Help Set Priorities For Conservation In Madagascar: What We Found #Built #Tool #Help #Priorities #Conservation #Madagascar: #What #Found #Food #Flowers #Storm #Climate #Change #Earthquake. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) Artificial Intelligence (AI) models that process large and diverse datasets and make predictions from them can have many uses in nature conservation, such as remote …

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-26). Climate activists Violet Coco, Brad Homewood are heroes, not criminals. greenleft.org.au

Pavel López Lazo (2024-03-26). Droughts in Europe could be avoided with faster emissions cuts. plenglish.com London, Mar 26 (Prensa Latina) Rapid climate action could mean devastating dry periods in the Mediterranean become less frequent by the end of the century, a new study shows.

The Independent (2024-03-26). EACOP launches Thermal Insulation Plant in Tabora, Tanzania. independent.co.ug East African crude oil pipeline celebrates a milestone: inauguration of thermal insulation plant, signing of corridor lease agreement and project land handover at Sojo village, Nzega district, Tabora region Tabora, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP) took a giant step forward today with the inauguration of a Thermal Insulation …

marketing (2024-03-26). What Is A 'Worm Moon' And Does It Still Mark The Start Of Spring? #What #'Worm #Moon' #Does #Still #Mark #Start #Spring? #Food #Flowers #Storm #Climate #Change #Earthquake. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) The worm moon has risen. The final full moon of winter in the northern hemisphere appeared on March 25 and owes its name to Native Americans who noted winter's end by …

ecns.cn (2024-03-25). Market liberalization big pull for investors. ecns.cn China's continuous efforts to tap into the country's domestic demand, open its doors even wider and foster an enabling business climate will provide greater trade and investment opportunities for enterprises around the globe.

newarab (2024-03-26). Iraqi oil ministry, IOCs in Kurdistan clash over oil seizure. newarab.com The Since 23 March 2023, oil exports from the Kurdistan region through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline have ceased following a ruling in favou…

middleeasteye.net (2024-03-26). War on Gaza: 'Reasonable grounds' to believe Israel committing genocide, says UN expert UN human rights expert Francesca Albanese submitted a report to the UN Security Council on Monday, stating that Israel has committed several acts of genocide in its war on Gaza and that it should be placed under an arms embargo.

socialistworker.co.uk (2024-03-26). Israel storms the last four hospitals still open in GazaIsrael launched a deliberate assault on Gaza's remaining hospitals last week, murdering patients, workers and people sheltering in medical compounds. Zionist forces hit the areas around four hospitals—Al-Shifa and Al-Nasr in Gaza City, and Al-Amal and Nasser in Khan Younis.

truthout.org (2024-03-26). Ocasio-Cortez Condemns US Complicity in Gaza "Genocide" and "Forced Famine" Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) said that Israel's siege of Gaza amounts to a "genocide" in a speech on the House floor on Friday as she condemned Israel's "forced famine" and U.S. complicity in the massacre.

truthout.org (2024-03-26). US Shift in Rhetoric Isolates Israel, But Can It Prevent the Invasion of Rafah? US Shift in Rhetoric Isolates Israel, But Can It Prevent the Invasion of Rafah?

palestinechronicle.com (2024-03-26). UN General Assembly Overwhelmingly Votes to Demand Gaza CeasefireThe text passed with 153 votes in favor, while 23 countries abstained from the vote. Israel voted against the resolution, along with eight other countries and the United States, which vetoed a similar resolution at the United Nations Security Council

aljazeera.com (2024-03-26). Israel's toxic legacy: Bombing southern Lebanon with white phosphorus Scientists, historians point to a pattern in Israel's white phosphorous use that destroyed swathes of southern Lebanon.

positiveuniverse.com (2024-03-25). Please note: At about 10 minutes into the official UN video recording today, the Ambassador from the Russian Federation explains how the wording of the Security Council Ceasefire Resolution was changed just before the meeting started to weaken the language for a 'PERMANENT' ceasefire to something more contrived (a two week pause).

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2024-03-23: News Headlines

Nick Engelfried, Waging Nonviolence. (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…

channelnewsasia (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.

channelnewsasia (2024-03-23). Record hot temperatures, unusual monsoon surges: 5 takeaways from Singapore's 2023 climate report. channelnewsasia.com

EcoWaste Coalition (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…

Robert Hunziker (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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (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…

Richard Horton (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.

Brenda Norrell (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.

Phil Pasquini (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.

Lost Sierra Forest Defense (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.

Israel-Gaza War Update: Latest Figures and Statistics

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