EcoWatch (2024-03-01). 125 Millions Americans Could Breathe Unhealthy Air Regularly by Mid-Century, Report Finds. pressenza.com A new report from the nonprofit First Street Foundation finds that many Americans are exposed to unhealthy levels of pollution regularly and predicts the number of people exposed to unhealthy air could rise further by the middle of the century. | The report, "Atrocious Air," highlights how climate change is impacting air quality currently, and how it could continue to worsen in the future. According to the risk assessment, about 83 million people in the U.S. are currently exposed to air quality deemed unhealthy by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Air Quality Index (AQI). | The AQI ranges from 0 to…
Andrew Green (2024-03-02). Obituary] Saleemul Huq. thelancet.com Scientist and expert on climate change and sustainable development. Born in Karachi, Pakistan, on Oct 2, 1952, he died of a heart attack on Oct 28, 2023, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, aged 71 years.
Anjoulie Woodhead (2024-03-01). Brazil Chairs G20 and Vows to Address Poverty, Hunger and Climate Change as Finance Minist. indybay.org The Brazilian Presidency of the G20 hosts finance ministers for their first G20 meeting this year.
phoebe (2024-03-01). Wednesday 3/6: Warheads to Windmills: Preventing Climate Catastrophe & Nuclear War! Tea & talk w/ Timmon. indybay.org BFUU Hall, Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists | 1924 Cedar St., a block east of MLK Jr Wy at Bonita Ave. | midway between north Berkeley & downtown Berkeley BART stations.
Robert Hunziker (2024-03-01). Accelerating Ocean Heat Breaks All-Time Records. dissidentvoice.org North Atlantic Ocean temperature is on a red-hot streak. New research finds ocean temperatures… "have now smashed previous heat records for at least seven years in a row." (Lijing Cheng, et al, "New Record Ocean Temperatures and Related Climate Indicators in 2023", Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, January 2024.) Certainly, it's nothing to mess around with …
Robert Hunziker (2024-03-01). Accelerating Ocean Heat Breaks All-Time Records. counterpunch.org 
North Atlantic Ocean temperature is on a red-hot streak. New research finds ocean temperatures… "have now smashed previous heat records for at least seven years in a row." (Source: Lijing Cheng, et al, New Record Ocean Temperatures and Related Climate Indicators in 2023, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, January 2024) Certainly, it's nothing to mess around
Staff (2024-03-01). Headlines for March 1, 2024. democracynow.org Israeli Attacks Continue Unabated After Gaza Food Aid Massacre, 4 More Children Starve to Death, Defense Sec. Austin Refuses to Draw Line in Sand for Israel After Food Aid Massacre in Gaza, Washington's Largest Union Backs Democratic Vote for "Uncommitted" Ahead of Primary, Lebanese PM Says Gaza Ceasefire Would End Conflict on Its Border with Israel, New Jersey Community Members Warn Against Synagogue's Plan to Host Israeli Real Estate Event, Texas Judge Halts Draconian Immigration Law as Biden and Trump Make Dueling Trips to Border, Human Rights Panel Holds First U.S. Hearing on Climate C…
Staff (2024-03-01). Headlines for March 1, 2024. democracynow.org Israeli Attacks Continue Unabated After Gaza Food Aid Massacre, 4 More Children Starve to Death, Defense Dec. Austin Refuses to Draw Line in Sand for Israel After Food Aid Massacre in Gaza, Washington's Largest Union Backs Democratic Vote for "Uncommitted" Ahead of Primary, Lebanese PM Says Gaza Ceasefire Would End Conflict on Its Border with Israel, New Jersey Community Members Warn Against Synagogue's Plan to Host Israeli Real Estate Event, Texas Judge Halts Draconian Immigration Law as Biden and Trump Make Dueling Trips to Border, Human Rights Panel Holds First U.S. Hearing on Climate C…
teleSUR (2024-03-01). Turkish Diplomacy Forum to Discuss Crises in Ukraine and Gaza. telesurenglish.net From Friday, Türkiye hosts a three-day forum on global diplomacy with the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Gaza crisis and climate change among the topics on the agenda. | RELATED: | The Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF), now in its third edition, will bring together over 20 heads of state and government, as well as 90 ministers and other prominent figures, to discuss how to address the challenges facing the world…
Staff (2024-03-01). Ex-UP Governor Aziz Qureshi dies at 83. muslimmirror.com Bhopal : Former Uttar Pradesh Governor and senior Congress leader Aziz Qureshi passed away at a hospital here on Friday after a prolonged illness, a family member said. Qureshi was 83, his nephew Sufian Ali, who looked after him, said. "He was not keeping well for some time and breathed his last at a private …
Staff (2024-03-01). Ex-UP Governor Aziz Qureshi dies at 83. muslimmirror.com Bhopal : Former Uttar Pradesh Governor and senior Congress leader Aziz Qureshi passed away at a hospital here on Friday after a prolonged illness, a family member said. Qureshi was 83, his nephew Sufian Ali, who looked after him, said. "He was not keeping well for some time and breathed his last at a private …
John Laforge (2024-03-01). After Fukushima Meltdowns: 13 Years of Accidents, Quakes, Insults. counterpunch.org 
The catastrophic earthquake, tsunami, and three reactor meltdowns that struck northeast Japan at Fukushima in March 2011 began a pollution disaster that keeps growing and surprising. From recent contamination of edible plants, and frequent earthquakes threatening new reactor fails, from accidents endangering workers, and non-enforcement of regulations, to lawsuits against Japan's pollution of the Pacific,
EcoWaste Coalition (2024-03-01). Philippine Company Earns Lead Safe Paint Æ Certification. pressenza.com 
Government, Industry, and Civil Society Leaders Give a Thumbs Up to Newly Certified Lead-Safe Paints: | 1 March 2024, Quezon City, Philippines. Architectural, marine, automotive, traffic, textile, and industrial paints produced by a 100% Filipino-owned paint company were declared Lead Safe Paint Æ (LSP Æ) following a third-party certification that verifies paints contain less than 90 parts per million (ppm) total lead, the most stringent regulatory limit for lead content in paints the world over. | "Following a thorough verification process, SCS is pleased to announce that Triton, Rosco, Prim…
Alex Binder, Unicorn Riot. (2024-03-01). Indigenous Human Rights Hearing In DC Scrutinizes Uranium Industry. popularresistance.org Washington, D.C. — Members of the Navajo Nation, Ute Nation and Oglala Lakota Nation will testify on Wednesday during a thematic hearing on the impacts of uranium exploitation on the human rights of Indigenous peoples in the United States. The hearing is being held by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and will "allow Native communities who have lived for generations with the waste from historic uranium mining and milling to hold U.S. government officials to account in a public forum," according to a press release.