2022-09-08: News Headlines

A Guest Author (2022-09-08). The people of Jackson, Mississippi, are in critical need. workers.org Jackson, Mississippi This statement from Cooperation Jackson on the current water crisis in the state capital of Jackson, Mississippi, and on the organization's goals, was posted Aug. 30 at cooperationjackson.org. Due to climate change and decades of neglect of our city's infrastructure, critical portions of Jackson have flooded and . . . |

Amy Goodman (2022-09-08). Fighting Near Ukrainian Nuclear Site Must End to Prevent Chernobyl-Like Disaster. truthout.org The International Atomic Energy Agency is calling for a safety and security protection zone to be immediately set up around the facility in order to avoid a nuclear disaster at Europe's largest nuclear power plant. This week it released a long-awaited report urging Russia and Ukraine to create a demilitarized zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, after visiting it last week. "Their warnings are pretty clear: Unless the fighting stops, unless the shelling around and on the plant site stops, … then the plant is really skating on thin ice," says Edwin Lyman, director of nuclear power safety at the Unio…

C.J. Polychroniou (2022-09-08). Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin: Humanity's Fate Isn't Sealed — If We Act Now. truthout.org We live in extraordinarily dangerous times. Climate breakdown is upon us, yet nation-states and their leaders continue to pursue policies based on "national security" and the pursuit of geopolitical objectives. The transition to a clean and sustainable global energy landscape is hampered both by powerful interests linked to the fossil fuel economy and lack of international cooperation. In fact, the war in Ukraine, which runs on fossil fuels, is not only delaying climate action but has increased reliance on the very energy sources that drive global warming and poison the planet. Indeed, the war has been a godsend…

Cynthia Papermaster (2022-09-08). Thursday 9/15: Stop the War in Ukraine! Ceasefire Now! $$ for Climate & Healthcare, Not More Weapons! indybay.org 12 Noon: Senator Padilla, 333 Bush St. | 1pm: Senator Feinstein, One Post St.

Georg Auernheimer, Friedrich Homann (2022-09-08). Economic war instead of climate policy & Russia as enemy. indybay.org Sustainability and capitalism do not go together. Because capitalism needs growth and drives environmental destruction. The consequences: Species extinction, drought stress for trees, water scarcity. A consistent climate policy would have to get down to the nitty-gritty, but at present it is overshadowed by the economic war.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-08). Russia and Europe: War of Sanctions and Energy Resources. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara L. According to press agencies, Russia will not fully resume its gas supplies to Europe until the West lifts sanctions against Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated. He also referred to the specific case of maintenance work on the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline noting "we cannot say whether repair work will…

Andy Kroll, Justin Elliott, Andrew Perez (2022-09-08). How a billionaire's 'attack philanthropy' secretly funded climate denialism and right-wing causes. nationofchange.org Barre Seid has funded climate denialism as well as a national network of state-level think tanks that promote business deregulation and fight Medicaid expansion.

____ (2022-09-07). Heatwaves to worsen air quality, additional 'climate penalty': WMO. ecns.cn Severe, long-lasting heatwaves and more frequent wildfires could lead to even worse air quality, an additional "climate penalty" for hundreds of millions of people, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Wednesday.

Frank Bergman (2022-09-08). Dutch Farmers Topple Agriculture Minister Leading Radical Climate Agenda. globalresearch.ca

Julia Rock (2022-09-08). Most Dems Mum On Blocking Manchin's Pipeline Deal. levernews.com

Ryan Kidwiler (2022-09-08). Manchin sells out working class Appalachians for Mountain Valley Pipeline. liberationnews.org First proposed in 2014, the MVP is an unfinished natural gas pipeline traveling through West Virginia and Virginia.

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-09-08). Sunday 9/11: Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism — National Book Tour. indybay.org Peace & Justice Center | 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa…

Revolution Books (2022-09-08). Sunday 9/11: Biden's Imperialist Climate Bill: The Devil Lies in the Big Picture. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley…

Jake Johnson (2022-09-08). New Report Debunks Manchin's Claim That Mountain Valley Pipeline Helps Climate. truthout.org

Swiss Policy Research (2022-09-07). Is Russia Limiting Gas Flows to Europe? Five Gas Pipelines out of Service. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-09-06). Two gibbon species declared extinct in the wild in China due to excessive 'human activities'. ecns.cn An assessment report on the endangered status of primates in China was released on Tuesday, indicating that the white-handed gibbon and northern white-cheeked gibbon have not been seen in the wild in the past few decades, meeting the criteria for being declared extinct in the wild.

_____ (2022-09-07). The Community Solution To The Climate Crisis. popularresistance.org Climate chaos is here right now. It's not something off in the future like fast food restaurants selling bug patties, emotionally fulfilling sex with robots, or a lab-created dinosaur accidentally getting loose in a shopping mall. New floods, wildfires, and droughts hit communities around the world everyday but the most obvious solutions to this crisis are rarely even discussed. | So what can be done? | To begin with, the Biden administration could actually fund action on climate change. Congress recently passed $840 BILLION for the war machine. They sent $52 Billion to semiconductor chip manufacturers and Presid…

Laith Fadel (2022-09-07). Jackson water crisis reveals aging infrastructure issue in US. america.cgtn.com Aging infrastructure is challenging communities across the United States and the problems are made worse by climate change. The Biden administration and Congress have committed a trillion dollars toward U.S. infrastructure investment, but will it be enough? CGTN's Jim Spellman reports. For more, check out …

Liberation Staff (2022-09-07). PSL Editorial — Climate crisis brings scorching heats to California. liberationnews.org Extreme weather events like this heat wave serve as a bitter reminder of capitalist politicians' failure to address the climate crisis, and the urgent need for a socialist system to manage the consequences of their failure.

Dr. Patrick Moore (2022-09-07). Former Greenpeace Founder Patrick Moore Says Climate Change Based on False Narratives. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-09-07). GAUC launches 'Climate x' Campaign 2022. ecns.cn The Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC) launched the "Climate x" Campaign 2022 globally on Sept. 5.

Max Moran (2022-09-07). This Is What a Whole-of-Government Climate Response Would Look Like. commondreams.org The climate crisis is affecting every single aspect of society, so every single part of the government should be doing everything it can to alleviate the pain.

_____ (2022-09-06). 'Gas Is Green… Washing': Greenpeace Disrupts Industry Conference in Milan. popularresistance.org Attendees at the opening ceremony of Gastech, the world's largest meeting of gas companies, in Milan on Monday were greeted by what Greenpeace campaigners called "climate hell"—a display of "toxic" fumes and the sounds of sirens that the organization said represented "the fate we face if we continue to burn fossil fuels." | Greenpeace Italy led the direct action including more than 50 campaigners from across Europe, confronting officials there to promote gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and hydrogen as "greener" alternatives to oil and coal. | Gastech and other efforts to push natural gas as a more sustain…

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