(2022-02-28). Russia takes control of key Ukrainian nuclear plant. rt.com 
Staff are still working, while continuing to monitor the radiation levels | Russian forces have taken over the area around the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant, the Ministry of Defense announced on Monday. Last week, Moscow took control of the Chernobyl facility. | "Russian Forces have taken control over the cities of Berdyansk, Energodar. Russian troops have complete control and are protecting the territory around the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant," spokesperson Major General Igor Konashenkov said. "The station staff keeps working to maintain the facility and control the nuclear environment in normal mod…
(2022-02-28). Headlines for February 28, 2022. democracynow.org Ukraine Demands Ceasefire as Casualties Mount, Ukrainian and Russian Delegations Meet in Belarus, Belarus Could Join Russian Invasion as Putin Puts Nuclear Forces on High Alert in Latest Escalation, 500,000+ Ukrainians Become Refugees as Families Torn Apart by War, International Community Send Military Assistance, Up Sanctions on Russia
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(2022-02-28). Bill McKibben on Dire IPCC Climate Report & How Oil and Gas Are Fueling Putin's Ukraine Invasion. democracynow.org 
We speak with climate author, journalist and movement leader Bill McKibben upon the release of the highly anticipated U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2022 report, which finds the impacts of the climate crisis are already worse than predicted, driving poverty, hunger, disease and species extinction. McKibben also speaks about how global dependency on oil and gas empowers autocrats like President Vladimir Putin and is helping fuel the Russian war in Ukraine. Renewable energy could help defeat fascism and deter some of "the worst people on Earth" if deployed at scale, he says.
(2022-02-28). Finns, Swedes Hoard Iodine Tablets Amid Russia's Ukraine Op Despite Authorities Saying No Need to. sputniknews.com Russia's special operation in Ukraine has sparked fears of a leak at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, currently under Russian control, but according to the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, there is no need to stock up on iodine tablets, as none of its reactors is active.
(2022-02-27). VIDEO shows Russian and Ukrainian troops guarding Chernobyl plant together. rt.com 
Moscow has released a video claiming to show soldiers from both countries guarding the defunct facility | Russian paratroopers are keeping watch over the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant along with the Ukrainian National Guard, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday as it published a video supposedly showing soldiers from both forces guarding the premises. | The Russian forces "reached an agreement" with the nuclear power plant guard battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard, the ministry's press service said in a statement. Both nations' soldiers are currently providing security at the power plant's units…
(2022-02-27). Woman's Quest To Safeguard Funds To Clean Up Oil And Gas Industry's Mess. popularresistance.org After the Biden administration's bipartisan infrastructure law was passed, the administration hailed the bill's $4.7 billion package to cap orphaned oil and gas wells as a move to tackle "super-polluting methane emissions," saying it will combat the climate crisis and create jobs. But it is possible that, without tight rules, these public funds could be spent in ways that contradict those goals — and go to the very entities that enabled these environmental messes in the first place. | Though the administration claims it will establish safeguards, currently there are no rules to compel state oil and gas regu…
(2022-02-27). San Francisco's Bayview community fights racist pollution. liberationnews.org 
On Feb. 12 in San Francisco, the Bayview Hunters Point community rallied and marched along Third St., demanding the complete cleanup of nuclear and toxic contamination at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard and adjacent areas. The shipyard is classified as a superfund site, deemed a hazardous contamination location by the EPA.