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2022-09-11: News Headlines

Ralph Nader (2022-09-11). To Win in November, Democrats Must Listen to Citizen Groups. commondreams.org Civic leaders know how to win debates, how to urge cracking down on corporate crooks, and how to expose waste, fraud, and other abuses that rile people up who often feel powerless.

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

____ (2022-09-11). UN chief calls for massive int'l support for Pakistan to handle climate catastrophe. ecns.cn United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday appealed to the international community for massive support for Pakistan to respond to the ongoing climate catastrophe devastating the lives of millions.

_____ (2022-09-10). University of Washington Moves to Divest from Fossil Fuels. popularresistance.org After more than two years of pressure from student climate activists at the University of Washington, the University's Board of Regents passed a resolution to divest the school's endowment, worth more than $6B, from the fossil fuel industry. | The resolution, released last Friday, would move investments of around $124 million currently funding fossil fuel projects into "climate solutions." This move would add UW to a long list of public and private universities which have committed to removing investments in fossil fuel projects. "Moves like this are necessary to restore our faith in institutions during a crisis…

Ricardo Gomez (2022-09-10). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Trump Era Fossil Fuel Leases Are A No-Go. levernews.com Good things are happening! One Circuit Court invalidated Trump era land sales to oil companies, while another affirmed the Biden administration's pause on leasing for oil and gas projects. Vancouver, meanwhile, is planning to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for their disastrous contributions to the climate crisis. Also, the Federal Reserve announced its first steps to require banks to disclose their readiness for renewable energy transformation, and Hawaii shut down its last coal-powered plant.All this and much more in this week's edition of You Love To See It, available below. | Read the full story…

Dan Collyns (2022-09-10). Native groups meet to defend Amazon from climate change. america.cgtn.com Indigenous leaders from nine Amazon countries gathered in Lima this week. | They made proposals to combat climate change by saving the world's largest tropical rainforest from the brink of destruction.

Sharmila Devi (2022-09-10). [World Report] Pakistan floods: impact on food security and health systems. thelancet.com Rainfall caused by climate change has put more than 6 ∑4 million people in need of humanitarian help and exacerbated ongoing challenges in food security and health-care systems. Sharmila Devi reports.

Jenna Farineau (2022-09-09). Corn ethanol is NOT (and never has been) a climate solution. actionaidusa.org Yesterday, September 8th, Leah Douglas published an in-depth research article on ethanol in Reuters. It's a careful, deeply researched piece that reminds us of what good journalism can be and an important and timely reminder that corn ethanol is NOT a climate solution. A couple of key findings from the article: Corn ethanol production emits…

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2022-09-10: News Headlines

Harsha Walia (2022-09-10). We Need a World Without Borders on Our Increasingly Warming Planet. zcomm.org Mass migration is the outcome of the actual crises of capitalism, conquest and climate change…

Brett Wilkins (2022-09-10). 'We Must Wake Up!' Study Says Climate Tipping Points Loom—But Some Are Avoidable. zcomm.org The researchers' findings offer a "compelling reason to limit additional warming as much as possible"

____ (2022-09-10). UN chief calls for massive int'l support for Pakistan to handle climate catastrophe. ecns.cn United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday appealed to the international community for massive support for Pakistan to respond to the ongoing climate catastrophe devastating the lives of millions.

Revolution Books (2022-09-10). Sunday 9/11: Biden's Imperialist Climate Bill: The Devil Lies in the Big Picture. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley…

____ (2022-09-09). Blinken pledges billions more for Ukraine military. ecns.cn The U.S. financial pipeline to Europe continued to flow on Thursday, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveling to Kyiv and pledging $2.8 billion more in military aid to Ukraine and its neighbors.

TeleSUR (2022-09-09). UNSG Visits Pakistan, Calls for International Support. telesurenglish.net As part of his two-day visit to the country, which began on Friday, Guterres addressed a joint press conference with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in the capital, Islamabad. | RELATED: | "Pakistan needs massive international support. It is not just a message of solidarity but an international obligation and responsibility. Pakistan is at the front line of the impact of climate change," Guterres said. | He said this is "a matt…

TeleSUR (2022-09-09). Colombia May Declare an Emergency Prior to Winter Season. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, President Gustavo Petro announced that his administration is evaluating the possibility of declaring an "economic emergency" in Colombia due to the upcoming winter season, which could trigger a climate crisis due to the possible increase in rainy activity. | RELATED: | During a visit to the Atlantico department, he asked institutions involved in risk management to establish preventive measures, mainly in the most vulne…

TeleSUR (2022-09-09). Greenland Ice Loss May Raise Global Sea Level by 27 Cm. telesurenglish.net The melting of Greenland's ice sheet under current temperatures will eventually raise the global sea level by at least 27 centimeters, according to a study conducted by Finnish, Danish and U.S. researchers and published in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change. | RELATED: | The researchers, led by Alun Hubbard from the physical geography research unit at the University of Oulu in Finland, demonstrate that Greenland's…

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

WSWS (2022-09-09). Pakistan faces massive humanitarian crisis as unprecedented flooding continues. wsws.org Flooding—demonstrably tied to climate change— continues to ravage Pakistan, with the official death toll rising by more than 2 since last week.

____ (2022-09-09). 'Extinct' Yangtze sturgeon spotted in Hubei. ecns.cn The discovery of a Yangtze sturgeon in Hubei province has ignited hope that the species, which was believed to be extinct in the wild, will be able to restore its population in nature.

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.

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

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