2022-10-17: News Headlines

Staff (2022-10-17). Radioactive waste found at American school playground. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) — Radioactive contamination was discovered at an American elementary school located near a site where uranium for America's first nuclear bombs was processed.

Rqorinoco (2022-10-17). The BBC-to-NATO Pipeline: How the British State Broadcaster Serves the Powerful. orinocotribune.com By Alan Macleod — Oct 6, 2022 | The death of Queen Elizabeth II, where the BBC dropped programming to run endless, wall-to-wall coverage, has underlined the fact to many Britons that the network is far from impartial, but the voice of the state. | The BBC website draped itself in black, printing

United National Antiwar Coalition (2022-10-17). Saturday 10/15: Say No To US Wars in Ukraine and Around The World: Money For Housing, Healthcare & Climate. indybay.org Oakland Federal Building | 1301 Clay St. | Oakland…

Jan Ritch-Frel (2022-10-17). Human prehistory—why new discoveries about human origins open up revolutionary possibilities. nationofchange.org It is one thing to analyze a given set of stone tools made by long-extinct hominin cousins and quite another to ask what their transposed significance to contemporary society might be.

Olivia Rosane (2022-10-17). The climate crisis could make your grocery bill even higher. nationofchange.org "I don't think farming in California has ever been more complex and more challenging."

____ (2022-10-17). Geo-engineering Oversight Agency for Thermal Stabilization — GOATS. transcend.org 16 Oct 2022 – Geoengineering proposals for mitigating climate change continue to proliferate without being tested. It is time to select and assess the most promising ideas according to efficacy, cost, all aspects of risk and, importantly, their rate of mitigation.

David Hart KC (2022-10-17). Climate change human rights violations found against Australia in Torres Strait Islanders case. ukhumanrightsblog.com On 22 September 2022, the UN Human Rights Committee found that the Australian Government had violated the human rights of various Torres Strait islanders through climate change inaction. The rights in issue arose under the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights of 1966, and in particular the right to life (Article 6), the right …

Ramon du Houx (2022-10-17). Elected officials back Newsom's special session request for windfall tax on oil companies. indybay.org Hundreds of CA elected officials thank Newsom for his leadership proposing a windfall tax on oil companies to stem price gouging and the climate crisis.

Brenda Norrell (2022-10-17). White Mesa Ute Protest and Spiritual Walk to Oppose White Mesa Uranium Mill. indybay.org White Mesa Ute in southeastern Utah will protest the White Mesa uranium mill during their spiritual walk on Oct. 22, 2022, to protect the White Mesa Ute. Struggling to protect their sacred places and homeland, White Mesa Ute oppose the mill endangering the community and oppose it becoming an international dumping ground for radioactive waste.

Strike! (2022-10-17). SEIU Strike to Impact City Services in Santa Cruz. indybay.org City of Santa Cruz workers represented by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 521 are scheduled to begin an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Strike starting Monday, October 17, at city hall. The ULP Strike will continue Tuesday, October 18 through Friday, October 21 at various locations, including city hall, wastewater treatment plant, water treatment plant, and corporation yard. Union leaders will hold a press conference at Santa Cruz City Hall on Monday, October 17 at 9 AM, and the public is invited to join the picket line there from 7 AM to 5 PM. An information flyer distributed by union members has…

_____ (2022-10-16). Big Agriculture Casts Itself As Climate Champion Ahead of COP27. popularresistance.org A US-led sustainable farming initiative, which aims to raise billions of dollars to tackle climate change, has been criticized for favouring big business and promoting uncertain techno-fixes ahead of U.N. climate talks in Egypt in November. | Launched at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow last year by the U.S. and United Arab Emirates governments, the AIM for Climate (Aim4C) coalition pledged to accelerate innovation in agriculture and food systems to support climate action. | Alongside 40 states, partners include major agribusinesses, such as Brazilian meat giant JBS, and agricultural trade groups such as C…

Staff (2022-10-16). Protesters in Paris hold rally over increasing living costs. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) — Thousands of protesters marched in Paris against skyrocketing living costs and climate inaction of the government, media reported on Sunday.

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