(2023-10-09). Saturday 11/4: #ClimateCrisis: No Costco Mega Gas Station in Novato March & Rally. indybay.org Rowland Blvd – Park and Ride parking lot | Novato, CA 94945 | RSVP for exact address details, please…
(2023-10-09). No Charges For Georgia Troopers Who Killed Manuel 'Tortuguita' Terán. popularresistance.org Stone Mountain, GA — A Georgia prosecutor announced Friday, Oct. 6, that six Georgia State Patrol SWAT troopers — Brylend Myers, Jerry Parrish, Jonathan Salcedo, Mark Lamb, Ronaldo Kegel, and Royce Zah — will not face criminal charges in the January 18, 2023 shooting death of Manuel 'Tortuguita' Esteban Paez Terán, a nonbinary indigenous Venezuelan climate protester. Terán's family and fellow activists believe they were murdered that day in the South River Forest near Atlanta, and much of the publicly available evidence from the incident casts doubt on the official narrative. | Stone Mountain Ju…
(2023-10-09). How the Fossil Fuel Industry Came to Love Climate Change. libya360.wordpress.com Gloria Guillo Has Carbon Taxation Become an Expedient Way to Redistribute Wealth, Cover Up Environmental Crimes, Promote Hazardous Energy Policies, and Control the Working Class and Developing Nations? Does the Threat of Climate Change Misdirect the Anti-War Movement? During the early 2000s, only a few left-wing magazines with limited circulation warned about the threat of…
(2023-10-09). Any Antidote To Climate Anxiety Involves Organizing. popularresistance.org I first realized the ameliorative power of organizing when, as a teenager, awareness of the threat of nuclear war gave me overwhelming anxiety. In the 1980s people in the Reagan administration where talking about "fighting and winning" a nuclear war with the Soviet Union. A massive direct action movement rose up in opposition to this in Europe, where the U.S. hoped to station a new generation of "first strike" nuclear weapons, and it eventually rose in the U.S. as well. I threw myself into this movement, marching with 70,000 people in downtown Chicago and over a million in New York City; attending and organizing…
(2023-10-09). Saturday 10/21: Capitalism and the Climate Crisis: Everything to Lose and a World to Win. indybay.org 2727 Event Space, 2727 California Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 | CAN'T JOIN IN-PERSON? JOIN THE EVENT VIA ZOOM | TINYURL.COM/OCTOBER-TH-2023…
(2023-10-09). At the Palestine-Mexico Border: Confronting the Climate Fortress in Southern Arizona. counterpunch.org In late August, I along with a group of people trudged up the gravel road on a hill near Peña Blanca Lake, just outside Nogales, about 10 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. There, members of the Arizona Palestine Solidarity Alliance (APSA) unfurled a banner that resembled the Palestinian flag. It declared, "From the Borderlands
(2023-10-08). Saturday 11/4: #ClimateCrisis: No Costco Mega Gas Station in Novato March & Rally. indybay.org Rowland Blvd – Park and Ride parking lot | Novato, CA 94945 | RSVP for exact address details, please…
(2023-10-08). Nuclear Power Plant is Ground Zero in SOS — THE SAN ONOFRE SYNDROME. counterpunch.org In the ensuing interview Jim Heddle references a "nuclear revival," a phenomenon which has also recently been occurring in different mediums. Christopher Nolan's all-star epic Oppenheimer dramatizes the creation of the atomic bomb and the fallout from it. Steve James' A Compassionate Spy chronicles espionage conducted by the Manhattan Project's youngest physicist at Los Alamos. Oliver Stone's documentary Nuclear Now argues in favor of nuclear energy as a supposed solution to the climate emergency. Janice Haaken's new film Atomic Bamboozle: The False Promise of a Nuclear Renaissance looks at the downside of thi…
(2023-10-08). 'The Disposables' puts a sci-fi spin on life on a temporary visa. greenleft.org.au Isaac Nellist reviews a new ABC production about the struggle of refugees living on temporary visas, climate change and the importance of community.
(2023-10-08). Climate crisis has displaced 43 million children in six years. plenglish.com United Nations, Oct 8 (Prensa Latina) The climate crisis has forcibly displaced 43.1 million children in 44 countries over the last six years, according to estimates by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
(2023-10-08). Friday 11/3: Mill Valley: Power Up for Climate Solutions Sidewalk Rally. indybay.org Intersection of Camino Alto and Miller Ave | Mill Valley, CA…
(2023-10-08). Friday 11/3: Mill Valley: Power Up for Climate Solutions Rally. indybay.org Intersection of Camino Alto and Miller Ave | Mill Valley, CA 94941…
(2023-10-08). Saturday 10/21: Capitalism and the Climate Crisis: Everything to Lose and a World to Win. indybay.org 2727 Event Space, 2727 California Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 | CAN'T JOIN IN-PERSON? JOIN THE EVENT VIA ZOOM | TINYURL.COM/OCTOBER-TH-2023…
(2008-10-23). Indian flood toll up to 77 as waters recede. tribune.com.pk At least 77 people are confirmed dead in the floods that hit India's northeast, authorities said Sunday, with destroyed roads and bridges leaving thousands more still cut off despite waters receding. | Violent torrents struck Sikkim state on Wednesday after a high-altitude glacial lake suddenly burst. | Scientists warn that similar disasters will become an increasing danger across the Himalayas as global temperatures rise and ice melts, spurred by climate change. | "A total of 29 bodies have been retrieved from different parts of Sikkim," state relief commissioner Anilraj Rai told AFP by phone. | Read more: In…
(2023-10-09). Sunak's Rhetoric On Climate Action May Embolden Britain's Far Right. truepublica.org.uk By Garrett L. Grainger (London School of Economics): In his speech at the Conservative Party Conference, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stated that he and other Conservatives "love our natural world and want to be good stewards of it". However, he added, his government also had a "duty to treat household budgets with respect", which has …
(2023-10-09). The Climate Costs of the US Military Machine. transcend.org Fall 2023 – It is entirely possible for next generation to grow up in an economy that's about nurturing life, not waging death.
(2023-10-09). Floods, landslides kill three in northern Vietnam. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-10-09). COP28 president-designate praises China's lead role in green transition. ecns.cn Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, president-designate of the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate conference, praised China for its leadership role in facilitating the world's green transition and promoting renewable energy.
(2023-10-09). Candidate Javier Milei's proposals criticized in Argentina. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) Denying gender gap, climate change, and genocide is to go against the world and the progress of science, Argentine presidential spokeswoman Gabriela Cerruti said on Monday, while referring to statements made by candidate Javier Milei. During the debates held before the October 22 general elections, Milei, leader of La Libertad Avanza (Liberty Advances-LLA), claimed that "an estimated 30,000 people disappeared" during the 1976-1983 civil-military dictatorship in this country and "there was a war in the 70's in which the State forces committed excesses."
(2023-10-09). Forgotten Mountains. Why Kilimanjaro, Tibet, Himalaya, Greenland Are So Warm? indybay.org Counting from the altitude temperature gradient, the warming of Kilimanjaro's summit — where the snows have just disappeared and the glacier melted — we get warming over a century by about 5 *C. That is, it is four times higher than on average on the Earth's surface at the same time. Global warming on the Earth's sea and land surface of about 1.5 *C for the period 1900 — 2023 is not adequate indicator to the all 3D warming process. The Earth is not flat. The adequate for global warming-vapouring process is the surface virtually hanged three-four kilometers over the sea level line and placed in h…
(2023-10-08). Forgotten Mountains. Why Kilimanjaro, Tibet, Himalaya, Greenland Are So Warm? indybay.org Counting from the altitude temperature gradient, the warming of Kilimanjaro's summit — where the snows have just disappeared and the glacier melted — we get warming over a century by about 5 *C. That is, it is four times higher than on average on the Earth's surface at the same time. Global warming on the Earth's sea and land surface of about 1.5 *C for the period 1900 — 2023 is not adequate indicator to the all 3D warming process. The Earth is not flat. The adequate for global warming-vapouring process is the surface virtually hanged three-four kilometers over the sea level line and placed in h…
(2023-10-09). MVP Construction Halted In National Forest Due To Pipeline Resistance. popularresistance.org Peters Mountain, VA — On Saturday morning 10/7, pipeline fighter Mickey locked themself to a sleeping dragon blockade on the Virginia side of Peters Mountain, in the Jefferson National Forest. A banner at the site read, "Defend the Forest Everywhere!" Mickey prevented tree clearing on the mountain for the full day. Around 8 PM on Saturday, Mickey was extracted and arrested. They were charged with 3 misdemeanors and bail was set at $2,500. | Mickey stated, "The same thing is happening everywhere right now. Greedy corporations and politicians dirty the water and air for profit, then tell the people it's for their…
(2023-10-09). Defend the Forest Everywhere: MVP Construction Halted In National Forest Due To Pipeline Resistance. itsgoingdown.org Report on ongoing resistance to the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) from Appalachians Against Pipelines. On Saturday morning 10/7, pipeline fighter Mickey locked themself to a sleeping dragon blockade on the Virginia side of Peters Mountain, in the Jefferson National Forest. A banner at the site read, "Defend the Forest Everywhere!" Mickey prevented tree clearing on…
(2023-10-09). Resumption of Operation of Balticconnector Gas Pipeline to Take Months. sputnikglobe.com HELSINKI (Sputnik) – Work to restore the operation of the Balticconnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia will take months, Janne Gronlund, the Senior Vice President of Finnish gas transmission system operator Gasgrid Finland, said on Sunday.
(2023-10-09). Coman double leads Bayern to 3-0 win over Freiburg. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-10-09). Ethiopia: Cholera Outbreak Death Toll Rises to 300, WHO. telesurenglish.net The number of cholera deaths increased from 172 on July 12 to 300 as of Oct. 3 with a case fatality rate of 1.24 percent. | Fecal contamination of drinking water is the main source of cholera, with most cholera patients using unsafe drinking water, according to the WHO. Oct. 9, 2023.
(2023-10-09). Agencies that promote nuclear power are quietly managing its disaster narrative. mronline.org Let's start with the total amount of radiation that the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant STILL contains today. The spent fuel at the site contains 85 times more cesium-137 than Chornobyl and 50,000 to 100,000 times more than the Hiroshima bomb.
(2023-10-09). Consumer Health: Dehydration — it's more than being thirsty. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Water is essential to good health. Every cell, tissue and organ in your body needs water to work properly. Water is essential for maintaining your body temperature; lubricating and cushioning your joints; and getting rid of waste through urination, perspiration and bowel movements. Dehydration occurs when you use or lose more fluid than you take in, and your body doesn't have enough water and other fluids to carry out its normal functions. If you don't…