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2023-06-08: News Headlines

UUSF Forum (2023-06-08). Sunday 6/11: Getting Active About Climate Change: Daly Wettermark, Activist-Scholar-R&D Professional. indybay.org UUSF 1187 Franklin St. San Francisco | or Zoom zoom.us/j/97599856849?pwd=QVhsdlpUM2pqbW9QQ2FjTmoxRzR3QT09

WSWS (2023-06-08). Australia-US critical minerals deal: The "third pillar" of the military alliance. wsws.org While dressed up as a climate crisis measure, the agreement is above all to ensure US access to key minerals vital for a broad range of applications, including military, as it intensifies its war drive against Beijing.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-08). Patrick Moore: Carbon dioxide is the building block of all life on Earth. expose-news.com "There is no definitive scientific proof, through real-world observation, that carbon dioxide is responsible for any of the slight warming of the global climate … But there is certainty beyond doubt that …


Dillion Daniels (2023-06-07). Carbon capture pipelines: Climate solution or catastrophe waiting to happen? peoplesworld.org DES MOINES, Iowa—"My friend, she's laying on the ground, and she's shaking. She's kinda' drooling out the mouth, I don't know if she's having a seizure or what. We need somebody quick!" A 911 caller stranded on the highway in Satartia, Miss., pleaded for help. She and her friend had started walking after their car …

Anya Kamenetz (2023-06-07). The Right Wing's Latest Target in Its War on Education? Teaching Climate Change. truthout.org Carolyn McGrath thought she was ready for her testimony in front of the New Jersey Department of Education. An art teacher, she had dressed in a jaunty polka-dot blouse and chunky green necklace, and had a written statement prepared in favor of teaching climate change in every school subject. She hadn't expected any controversy. But by the time it was her turn to walk to the podium last month… |

C.J. Polychroniou (2023-06-07). Chomsky and Pollin: Just Transition Can Stop Earth From Becoming Uninhabitable. truthout.org Climate change is "making our planet uninhabitable," said UN Secretary-General António Guterres in late March. Indeed, the threats of the impending climate crisis have become very tangible, and the world's top scientists are warning that the Earth is likely to pass a dangerous temperature threshold very soon unless we act now. Nonetheless, the gap between what is happening to the planet and what… |


Ediz Tiyansan (2023-06-07). China and California form climate partnership. america.cgtn.com California has an ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2045. In a push for a swift transition to clean energy, California's governor has turned to China as the state's main partner. CGTN's Ediz Tiyansan brings the story.

Sharon Zhang (2023-06-07). "The Climate Crisis Is Here": Wildfire Smoke Blankets Eastern Half of US. truthout.org In the latest sign that the climate crisis is here and already endangering people across the world, much of the eastern half of the U.S. woke up on Wednesday morning to find their homes blanketed in smoke as wildfires in Canada create apocalyptic scenes in major cities like New York. Wildfire smoke swept across the Northeast, Midwest and South — even stretching as far west as New Mexico — on… |

Staff (2023-06-07). Headlines for June 7, 2023. democracynow.org Air Quality Alerts Issued as Thick Smoke Blankets Large Swaths of U.S. and Canada, Heat Waves Stifle Puerto Rico, South Asia; Bangladesh Closes Schools Amid Ongoing Power Cuts, Arctic Summers Could Be Ice-Free by Next Decade, Activists Shut Down Manchin Talk at D.C. Event over Climate Destruction, Mountain Valley Pipeline, Ukraine Dam Collapse Wreaks Havoc Along Dnipro River as Thousands Forced to Evacuate, Mexico's AMLO Claims Major Win After His Party Clinches Mexico's Governorship, Fresh Protests Take Over French Streets in Hopes of Reviving Campaign Against Retirement Reform, Blinken Tightens Ties…

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-06-07). China and California form climate partnership. america.cgtn.com California has an ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2045. In a push for a swift transition to clean energy, California's governor has turned to China as the state's main partner. CGTN's Ediz Tiyansan brings the story.

Sharon Zhang (2023-06-07). "The Climate Crisis Is Here": Wildfire Smoke Blankets Eastern Half of US. truthout.org In the latest sign that the climate crisis is here and already endangering people across the world, much of the eastern half of the U.S. woke up on Wednesday morning to find their homes blanketed in smoke as wildfires in Canada create apocalyptic scenes in major cities like New York. Wildfire smoke swept across the Northeast, Midwest and South — even stretching as far west as New Mexico — on… |

Staff (2023-06-07). Headlines for June 7, 2023. democracynow.org Air Quality Alerts Issued as Thick Smoke Blankets Large Swaths of U.S. and Canada, Heat Waves Stifle Puerto Rico, South Asia; Bangladesh Closes Schools Amid Ongoing Power Cuts, Arctic Summers Could Be Ice-Free by Next Decade, Activists Shut Down Manchin Talk at D.C. Event over Climate Destruction, Mountain Valley Pipeline, Ukraine Dam Collapse Wreaks Havoc Along Dnipro River as Thousands Forced to Evacuate, Mexico's AMLO Claims Major Win After His Party Clinches Mexico's Governorship, Fresh Protests Take Over French Streets in Hopes of Reviving Campaign Against Retirement Reform, Blinken Tightens Ties…

teleSUR (2023-06-07). Climate Change Could Cause Disease to 77 Pct of Corals by 2100. telesurenglish.net Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) has estimated that 76.8 percent of corals across the world would catch disease by 2100 amid global warming. | RELATED: | In a study published in the Ecology Letters journal on Wednesday, the researchers created a data set encompassing 108 papers on global coral disease for a further meta-analysis. | They found that both rising average summer sea surface temperatures…

SCCPVFF (2023-06-07). Saturday 6/10: Sacramento: It's a Climate Emergency, Act Like It! Protest at Capitol. indybay.org California State Capitol – West Steps | 315 10th Street | Sacramento, CA 95814…

Brenda Norrell (2023-06-08). Paiute Journalist Myron Dewey's Family Choked with Grief, as Driver Given Minimal Sentence. indybay.org Choking with grief, the family members of Paiute journalist Myron Dewey described their sorrow and loss, as a Nevada judge handed down a minimal sentence for the driver of the truck who hit Myron head-on and killed him. Prosecutors reduced the charges for the driver, John Walsh of Reno, Nevada. Myron was internationally known as a water protector, journalist and drone activist, who provided news coverage of the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota and was battling a bombing range and lithium mine when he was killed.

Patrick Lawrence, Scheer Post. (2023-06-08). First There Were Neo-Nazis, Then There Were No Nazis, Then There Were. popularresistance.org I tell you, serving as a New York Times correspondent these days cannot be easy. You have to convey utter nonsense to your readers while maintaining a straight face and a serious demeanor. You have to suggest the Russians may have exploded a drone over the Kremlin, that they may have blown up their own gas pipeline, that their president is an out-of-touch psychotic, that their soldiers in Ukraine are drunkards using faulty equipment, that they attack with "human hordes" (Orientalism, anyone?) and on and on—all the while affecting the gravitas once associated with the traditional "Timesman." You try it somet…

Anonymous834 (2023-06-07). CIA Was Aware Of Ukrainian Plan To Attack Nord Stream Pipelines — Washington Post. southfront.org Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher. | The United States had information on a detailed Ukrainian plan to attack the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines three months before it was bombed, the Washington Post reported on June 6, citing the leaked information published on Discord. The newspaper reported that the CIA learned via a European spy agency last June that a six-person Ukrainian special operations forces team intended to…

mforinoco (2023-06-07). Independent Nord Stream Expedition Discovers Clue Missed by Official Investigators. orinocotribune.com By Jeffrey Brodsky — Jun 5, 2023 | The Grayzone participated in what appears to be the first independent expedition investigating the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines. Near one of the blast sites, we discovered a diving boot used by US Navy divers. How did Swedish investigators miss this? | Video above by Agnes Andersson. | On the evening of May 24, 2023, I stood aboard a small ship called the Baltic Explorer. With sun still high overhead in the Baltic Sea, our

Staff (2023-06-07). Journalist grills Washington Spokesman John Kirby. youtube.com "Does it seem believable to you that Russia would destroy a dam for ethnic Russian villages and cut off the water supply to Crimea? It seems about as logical as blowing up its own pipeline, right?" A journalist grills Washington Spokesman John Kirby. Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews

Ox Sam Camp (2023-06-08). Ox Sam Camp Being Raided, Arrests Underway of Defenders of Paiute Massacre Site. indybay.org The first arrests are underway and Ox Sam Camp is being raided after land defenders halted an excavator this morning at Thacker Pass in northern Nevada. This morning, a group of Native American water protectors and allies used their bodies to non-violently block the construction of the controversial Thacker Pass lithium mine in Nevada, turning back bulldozers and heavy equipment. The dramatic scene unfolded this morning as workers attempting to dig trenches near Sentinel Rock were turned back by land defenders who ran and put their bodies between heavy equipment and the land. Now they are being arrested and the c…

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2023-06-07: News Headlines

Dillion Daniels (2023-06-07). Carbon capture pipelines: Climate solution or catastrophe waiting to happen? peoplesworld.org DES MOINES, Iowa—"My friend, she's laying on the ground, and she's shaking. She's kinda' drooling out the mouth, I don't know if she's having a seizure or what. We need somebody quick!" A 911 caller stranded on the highway in Satartia, Miss., pleaded for help. She and her friend had started walking after their car …

teleSUR (2023-06-07). Climate Change Could Cause Disease to 77 Pct of Corals by 2100. telesurenglish.net Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) has estimated that 76.8 percent of corals across the world would catch disease by 2100 amid global warming. | RELATED: | In a study published in the Ecology Letters journal on Wednesday, the researchers created a data set encompassing 108 papers on global coral disease for a further meta-analysis. | They found that both rising average summer sea surface temperatures…

Staff (2023-06-07). Headlines for June 7, 2023. democracynow.org Air Quality Alerts Issued as Thick Smoke Blankets Large Swaths of U.S. and Canada, Heat Waves Stifle Puerto Rico, South Asia; Bangladesh Closes Schools Amid Ongoing Power Cuts, Arctic Summers Could Be Ice-Free by Next Decade, Activists Shut Down Manchin Talk at D.C. Event over Climate Destruction, Mountain Valley Pipeline, Ukraine Dam Collapse Wreaks Havoc Along Dnipro River as Thousands Forced to Evacuate, Mexico's AMLO Claims Major Win After His Party Clinches Mexico's Governorship, Fresh Protests Take Over French Streets in Hopes of Reviving Campaign Against Retirement Reform, Blinken Tightens Ties…

SCCPVFF (2023-06-07). Saturday 6/10: Sacramento: It's a Climate Emergency, Act Like It! Protest at Capitol. indybay.org California State Capitol – West Steps | 315 10th Street | Sacramento, CA 95814…

calebcrowder (2023-06-06). Create a Congressional Climate Tribunal to Investigate Corporate Deniers. ips-dc.org As disruption from the human-caused climate crisis worsens, there will be a great debate over who is responsible for failing to respond in a timely way. | The fossil fuel industry will promote the notion that we are all responsible for climate change, and that they are simply meeting a consumer need. But this ignores the industry's role in manipulating public opinion, its regulatory capture of government agencies, and the advanced knowledge it had of the harms caused by extracting and burning carbon and methane. | Congress should form a tribunal with subpoena powers to investigate the role of big oil, gas, and co…

jamanetwork (2023-06-06). Workplace Harassment, Cyber Incivility, and Climate in Academic Medicine. jamanetwork.com This study evaluates academic medical culture, faculty mental health, and their relationship among faculty members who received National Institutes of Health career development awards from 2006-2009.


Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-06). Nigeria's new President Bola Tinubu begins his term with fuel subsidies controversy. peoplesdispatch.org Nigerian journalist Chido Onumah analyzes the first days of the country's new President Bola Tinubu, his announcement on ending subsidies, and the political climate in the country after the controversial elections…

Jim McIlroy (2023-06-06). World Environment Day protests demand urgent action on climate, scrap anti-protest laws. greenleft.org.au Climate activists and unionists rallied in various cities for World Environment Day, calling for an end to new coal and gas projects for anti-protest laws to be scrapped. Jim McIlroy, Sue Bull & Niko Leka report.

Paige Bennett, EcoWatch. (2023-06-06). Arizona Restricts Home Construction Amid Lack Of Groundwater. popularresistance.org Pressures on water supply around Arizona, along with an ongoing megadrought made worse by climate change, have been addressed by recent limits placed on the construction of new homes around Phoenix. The restrictions are meant to limit projects that would rely on groundwater, as the groundwater supply is already needed by existing properties. | Most of Arizona's water, around 41%, comes from groundwater, according to the Arizona Department of Water Resources. Another 36% comes from the Colorado River, although the state, along with California and Nevada, recently agreed to reduce their water intake from the river…

Mike Ludwig (2023-06-06). Supreme Court Won't Hear Industry Challenge to California Offshore Fracking Ban. truthout.org On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the fossil fuel industry's challenge to a 2018 court-ordered moratorium on offshore fracking in federal Pacific Ocean waters off the coast of California, a rare victory for environmental groups and coastal conservationists who say producing oil and gas from under the seafloor poses a serious threat to ocean ecosystems and the climate. |

WSWS (2023-06-06). Canada's wildfire season off to record start, with fires burning in the East, West and Far North. wsws.org Capitalist-induced climate change is dramatically increasing the intensity and extent of wildfires across the country, impacting remote rural communities as well as major urban centers and pushing Canada's firefighting resources past their limits.

amazonemployees4climatejustice.medium (2023-06-06). Amazon is failing its own Climate Pledge. amazonemployees4climatejustice.medium.com Jeff Bezos announced The Climate Pledge, pledging that Amazon will be net-carbon-zero by 2040.


Ahmed Adel (2023-06-07). CIA Was Aware of Ukrainian Plan to Attack Nord Stream Pipelines — Washington Post. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-06-07). Journalist grills Washington Spokesman John Kirby. youtube.com "Does it seem believable to you that Russia would destroy a dam for ethnic Russian villages and cut off the water supply to Crimea? It seems about as logical as blowing up its own pipeline, right?" A journalist grills Washington Spokesman John Kirby. Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews

Brenda Norrell (2023-06-07). Paiute Journalist Myron Dewey's Family Choked with Grief, as Driver Given Minimal Sentence. indybay.org Choking with grief, the family members of Paiute journalist Myron Dewey described their sorrow and loss, as a Nevada judge handed down a minimal sentence for the driver of the truck who hit Myron head-on and killed him. Prosecutors reduced the charges for the driver, John Walsh of Reno, Nevada. Myron was internationally known as a water protector, journalist and drone activist, who provided news coverage of the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota and was battling a bombing range and lithium mine when he was killed.

Editor (2023-06-06). 'Compromise and consensus' ‚àí but for whom? workers.org President Joe Biden averted a default on the federal debt June 3 when he signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act. Biden hailed the bipartisan "compromise and consensus" that resulted in the bill being approved by the House and Senate earlier in the week. He even said the Republican negotiators, who wanted . . . |

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-06). WaPo: US Knew Ukraine Planned to Attack Nord Stream Pipelines. news.antiwar.com The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the US received intelligence in June 2022 about a Ukrainian plot to bomb the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline that connects Russia to Germany. The report omitted the fact that investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has sources who said President Biden ordered the bombing of the Nord Stream pipelines. The …

Anonymous349 (2023-06-06). Ammonia Pipeline Damaged Near Kupyansk In Kharkov Region. southfront.org

Ahmed Adel (2023-06-07). CIA Was Aware of Ukrainian Plan to Attack Nord Stream Pipelines — Washington Post. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-06-07). Journalist grills Washington Spokesman John Kirby. youtube.com "Does it seem believable to you that Russia would destroy a dam for ethnic Russian villages and cut off the water supply to Crimea? It seems about as logical as blowing up its own pipeline, right?" A journalist grills Washington Spokesman John Kirby. Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews

Brenda Norrell (2023-06-07). Paiute Journalist Myron Dewey's Family Choked with Grief, as Driver Given Minimal Sentence. indybay.org Choking with grief, the family members of Paiute journalist Myron Dewey described their sorrow and loss, as a Nevada judge handed down a minimal sentence for the driver of the truck who hit Myron head-on and killed him. Prosecutors reduced the charges for the driver, John Walsh of Reno, Nevada. Myron was internationally known as a water protector, journalist and drone activist, who provided news coverage of the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota and was battling a bombing range and lithium mine when he was killed.

Editor (2023-06-06). 'Compromise and consensus' ‚àí but for whom? workers.org President Joe Biden averted a default on the federal debt June 3 when he signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act. Biden hailed the bipartisan "compromise and consensus" that resulted in the bill being approved by the House and Senate earlier in the week. He even said the Republican negotiators, who wanted . . . |

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-06). WaPo: US Knew Ukraine Planned to Attack Nord Stream Pipelines. news.antiwar.com The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the US received intelligence in June 2022 about a Ukrainian plot to bomb the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline that connects Russia to Germany. The report omitted the fact that investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has sources who said President Biden ordered the bombing of the Nord Stream pipelines. The …

Anonymous349 (2023-06-06). Ammonia Pipeline Damaged Near Kupyansk In Kharkov Region. southfront.org

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-06). Puerto Rico sues 20 U.S. companies for PFAS contamination. plenglish.com San Juan, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) The Puerto Rican government, on behalf of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER), has filed a lawsuit against at least 20 companies for contamination of the island ¥s natural resources with toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which threaten the environment and people.

Ann Brown (2023-06-06). Black America Praises Dr. Darity's Answer To Question On Black Crime: 'Depends On What Type Of Crime You're Talking About'. moguldom.com Reparations advocate Dr. William Darity recently spoke at the University of Massachusetts Amherst event, where he was asked a question on Black crime. Darity, the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, and Economics at Duke University, wasted no time in cutting down the question that seems to suggest the …

Jake Johnson (2023-06-06). Pocan Urges McCarthy to Take Action as House Speaker Chides Pentagon Waste. truthout.org The Democratic co-chair of the Defense Spending Reduction Caucus challenged House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to act on his words after the Republican leader conceded Monday that there is wasteful spending at the Pentagon, which has never passed an independent audit. "We need to get the efficiencies in the Pentagon," McCarthy told CNN, criticizing GOP senators for seeking out ways to expand the… |

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