Reynard Loki(2022-04-04). Kids Are Really Worried About the Climate Crisis.independentmediainstitute.org Middle school student activists write their elected representatives to urge climate action. By Reynard Loki, Independent Media Institute 17 min read In 2019, Earth | Food | Life writing fellow Lucy Goodchild van Hilten, a science writer and mother of a young child, wrote a piece titled, "How to Talk to Kids About Climate Change." …
____(2022-04-04). The Urgent Need for Climate Action.transcend.orgOne reason that the Glasgow Climate conference failed so miserably to produce urgently needed climate action was that humans tend to react to what is close to them. Money to pay the rent is urgent, while a climate catastrophe seems to be a distant threat. A second reason is cultural inertia.
____(2022-04-04). Canadian imperialism using US-NATO war drive against Russia to expand military operations in the Arctic.wsws.orgThe Western powers' success in goading Putin to launch a reactionary war in Ukraine has intensified economic and geopolitical rivalries around the globe, including in the far north. The major powers view the Arctic, with its vast natural resources and trade routes opening up due to climate change, as a key battleground.
Paul Palmer PhD(2022-04-04). Zero Waste Theory is the answer to waste problems.indybay.orgZero Waste Theory can solve many problems of waste, thought to be intractable. It depends on redesigning all items for reuse, instead of for discard as today. Two photos from Costa Rica and France show examples.
Editor2(2022-04-03). Russia-Ukraine Conflict Highlights Racist Double Standard in the West.orinocotribune.comBy Wu Chaolan — Mar 21, 2022 | The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has garnered widespread attention across the globe. The wall-to-wall coverage and outpouring of reactions to the Russia-Ukraine conflict from the West has raised eyebrows at its double standard toward other humanitarian crises, which has unsheathed flagrant racist and biased attitudes toward the value of non-white lives that also matter. | CBS News senior correspondent in Kyiv Charlie D'Agata, for instance, has faced a widespread backlash due to his discriminatory comments on the Ukraine crisis: "This isn't a place, with all due respect, like…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-04-03). Nazis in Ukraine: Seeing Through the Fog of the Information War.libya360.wordpress.comGabriel Rockhill Participants of an annual event in honor of Stepan Bandera march through Kyiv, Ukraine on Jan. 1, 2021. (Genya Savilou/AFP) On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin undertook what he referred to as a "special military operation … to de-militarise and de-Nazify Ukraine." Western bourgeois media immediately decried these stated goals, regularly repeating that the allegations of…
ecns.cn(2022-04-03). (W.E. Talk) How does China-Germany cooperation serve as a bridge to global climate governance?>.ecns.cnHow can we better promote the win-win cooperation of China with Germany and the EU to jointly lead the global low-carbon development? How is the realization of climate goals be balanced with energy and economic security? How does hydrogen energy play an important role in China-Germany climate cooperation? How do we understand the China-Germany and China-EU competition-cooperation relationships in the new energy vehicles and other industries? The "China-Germany Dialogue on Climate" held recently by China News Network and BWA brings experts to share their views on the above topics.
Editor(2022-04-03). How Not to Cope with Vladimir Putin by Drilling and Pumping.scheerpost.com By By Stan Cox / While the Ukrainian people bear the lethal brunt of Russia's invasion, shockwaves from that war threaten to worsen other crises across the planet. The emergency that loomed largest before Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine began — the heating of Earth's climate — is now loomi…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-04-03). Consumer Health: Are there 'Alzheimer's disease genes?'.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgAlzheimer's disease is a progressive disorder that causes brain cells to waste away and die. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, which is a term used to describe a group of symptoms that affect memory, thinking and social abilities severely enough to interfere with daily function. As many as 5.8 million people in the U.S. were living with Alzheimer's disease in 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And the…
ecns.cn(2022-04-03). (W.E. Talk) How does China-Germany cooperation serve as a bridge to global climate governance?>.ecns.cnHow can we better promote the win-win cooperation of China with Germany and the EU to jointly lead the global low-carbon development? How is the realization of climate goals be balanced with energy and economic security? How does hydrogen energy play an important role in China-Germany climate cooperation? How do we understand the China-Germany and China-EU competition-cooperation relationships in the new energy vehicles and other industries? The "China-Germany Dialogue on Climate" held recently by China News Network and BWA brings experts to share their views on the above topics.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-04-03). Consumer Health: Are there 'Alzheimer's disease genes?'.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgAlzheimer's disease is a progressive disorder that causes brain cells to waste away and die. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, which is a term used to describe a group of symptoms that affect memory, thinking and social abilities severely enough to interfere with daily function. As many as 5.8 million people in the U.S. were living with Alzheimer's disease in 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And the…
Dave DeCamp(2022-04-02). US to Work With Allies to Send Soviet-Made Tanks to Ukraine.news.antiwar.comA US official told The New York Times on Friday that the Biden administration will work with allies in Europe The move marks an escalation in Western military aid to Ukraine. Until now, the US and its NATO allies have provided Ukraine with thousands of shoulder-fired anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles but have held off on sending more advanced weapons over concerns of provoking Russia. | The US official wouldn't specify how many tanks will be sent or what countries the…
Dave DeCamp(2022-04-02). US to Work With Allies to Send Soviet-Made Tanks to Ukraine.news.antiwar.comA US official told The New York Times on Friday that the Biden administration will work with allies in Europe The move marks an escalation in Western military aid to Ukraine. Until now, the US and its NATO allies have provided Ukraine with thousands of shoulder-fired anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles but have held off on sending more advanced weapons over concerns of provoking Russia. | The US official wouldn't specify how many tanks will be sent or what countries the…
The Lancet(2022-04-02). [Editorial] Planetary health for the ages.thelancet.comThis year's World Health Day, on April 7, has the theme "our planet, our health". It draws attention to the inextricable link between human health and environmental change, and to the limits of an ecology that cannot sustain unfettered consumption and blatant disregard for natural resources. WHO estimates that more than 13 million deaths annually are now due to avoidable environmental causes, including those related to climate change, which they call the greatest health threat to humanity.
The Lancet(2022-04-02). [Editorial] Planetary health for the ages.thelancet.comThis year's World Health Day, on April 7, has the theme "our planet, our health". It draws attention to the inextricable link between human health and environmental change, and to the limits of an ecology that cannot sustain unfettered consumption and blatant disregard for natural resources. WHO estimates that more than 13 million deaths annually are now due to avoidable environmental causes, including those related to climate change, which they call the greatest health threat to humanity.
Anonymous103(2022-04-02). Kremlin Determined To Secure Russian Economy: No Rubles, No Gas.southfront.org Leon Mill spray paints a sign outside his Phillips 66 station in Perkasie, Pa., on June 1, 1973, to let his customers know he's out of gas. An oil crisis was the culprit, squeezing U.S. businesses and consumers who were forced to line up at gas stations for hours. | On March 31, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on payments for gas with ´unfriendly countries ª in rubles. According to the document, since April 1, Russian pipeline gas s…
_____(2022-04-02). Extinction Rebellion And Just Stop Oil Block Oil Facilities Across The UK.popularresistance.orgBREAKING: In the early hours of the morning, Extinction Rebellion UK and groups in the Just Stop Oil Coalition have blocked 10 major oil facilities across the UK. We will continue to block the sites until the UK Government agrees to end all new fossil fuel investments immediately.[1] | Extinction Rebellion is blocking the Esso West Terminal near Heathrow Airport, and the Hamble and Hythe Terminals in Southampton. People are locked on at the entrances using large pink oil barrels filled with concrete, with the words 'END FOSSIL FUELS NOW' on them. Two people are up bamboo structures at the Esso Terminal and the So…
Anonymous103(2022-04-02). Tunisia, President Saied Turns Into Dictator. Parliament Dissolved.southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Piero Messina | Tunisia is one step away from the abyss. Plenipotentiary President Kais Saied dissolved parliament. The legislative assembly was suspended on July 25 last year. In fact, on that date, with the removal of the premier, Hicham Mechichi, and the suspension of Parliament led by the president's main political rival, the leader of Ennahda, Rached Ghannouchi, the last phase of the Tunisian crisis began. | Step by step, Saied built an autocratic regime, repla…
Anonymous103(2022-04-02). Tunisia, President Saied Turns Into Dictator. Parliament Dissolved.southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Piero Messina | Tunisia is one step away from the abyss. Plenipotentiary President Kais Saied dissolved parliament. The legislative assembly was suspended on July 25 last year. In fact, on that date, with the removal of the premier, Hicham Mechichi, and the suspension of Parliament led by the president's main political rival, the leader of Ennahda, Rached Ghannouchi, the last phase of the Tunisian crisis began. | Step by step, Saied built an autocratic regime, repla…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-04-02). Expert Alert: Mayo Clinic Healthcare cardiologist explains link between diabetes, heart disease.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgLONDON — The number of people worldwide with diabetes is rising and with diabetes comes a higher risk for heart disease. Gosia Wamil, M.D., Ph.D., a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, explains the connection between these two serious, chronic diseases. People with Type 2 diabetes are up to four times more likely than the general population to die from cardiovascular causes, leading physicians to recognize the need to reduce heart disease risk in…
Anonymous669(2022-04-02). Three Turkish-backed Syrian Militants Killed In New Round Of Infighting In Northern Aleppo (Videos).southfront.org Illustrative image. | On April 1, heavy clashes broke out between militants of the Ahrar al-Sham Movement and others from the al-Shamiya Front in the Turkish-occupied town of al-Awlan in the northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo. | The clashes broke out when the unit controlling al-Awlan under the banner of al-Shamiya Front, defected returning to its original faction, Ahrar al-Sham. The defection was the result of a disagreement between the unit's commander and the leadership of al-Shamiya. | The al-Shamiya Front responded…
David Orchard(2022-04-02). Globalism's First Victim. NATO's War on Yugoslavia: David Orchard.globalresearch.caDavid Orchard led the anti-war campaign across Canada relentlessly mobilizing support against NATO's war on Yugoslavia. | March 24, 2018 commemorates the 19th anniversary of NATO's war on Yugoslavia. | This article was originally published by Toronto's National Post on June 23, …
David Orchard(2022-04-02). Globalism's First Victim. NATO's War on Yugoslavia: David Orchard.globalresearch.caDavid Orchard led the anti-war campaign across Canada relentlessly mobilizing support against NATO's war on Yugoslavia. | March 24, 2018 commemorates the 19th anniversary of NATO's war on Yugoslavia. | This article was originally published by Toronto's National Post on June 23, …
Anonymous669(2022-04-02). Russian Iskander Missile Strike Killed 100 Ukrainian & Foreign Fighters In Kharkiv (Video).southfront.org An Iskander-K cruise missile. Illustrative image. | The Russian military attacked Kharkiv's defense headquarters on March 31, killing more than 100 nationalists and Western mercenaries, Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, announced on April 2."As a result of a high-precision strike with the Iskander operational-tactical complex on the defense headquarters in the city of Kharkiv on March 31, the elimination of more than 100 nationalists and mercenaries from Western countries was conf…
Anonymous669(2022-04-02). Large Explosion Rocks US Base In Northeastern Syria Key Oil Filed.southfront.org U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment provide security support during mission on Sept. 9, 2018, at an undisclosed location in Syria. (Cpl. Gabino Perez/Marine Corps) | On April 2 morning, a large explosion rocked the US-led coalition main base in al-Omar oil fields in the southeastern countryside of Syria's Deir Ezzor. | Sada al-Sharqieh, a local news blog, shared a photo showing dark smoke rising from the base, which is known as the Green Village, after the explosion.ÿ&…
Anonymous669(2022-04-02). Three Turkish-backed Syrian Militants Killed In New Round Of Infighting In Northern Aleppo (Videos).southfront.org Illustrative image. | On April 1, heavy clashes broke out between militants of the Ahrar al-Sham Movement and others from the al-Shamiya Front in the Turkish-occupied town of al-Awlan in the northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo. | The clashes broke out when the unit controlling al-Awlan under the banner of al-Shamiya Front, defected returning to its original faction, Ahrar al-Sham. The defection was the result of a disagreement between the unit's commander and the leadership of al-Shamiya. | The al-Shamiya Front responded…
TASS(2022-04-02). US blacklists 120 organizations from Russia, Belarus.tass.comA document uploaded to the US Federal Register says those organizations were determined to be "acting contrary to the national security interests or foreign policy of the United States"
Anonymous669(2022-04-02). Russian Iskander Missile Strike Killed 100 Ukrainian & Foreign Fighters In Kharkiv (Video).southfront.org An Iskander-K cruise missile. Illustrative image. | The Russian military attacked Kharkiv's defense headquarters on March 31, killing more than 100 nationalists and Western mercenaries, Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, announced on April 2."As a result of a high-precision strike with the Iskander operational-tactical complex on the defense headquarters in the city of Kharkiv on March 31, the elimination of more than 100 nationalists and mercenaries from Western countries was conf…
Vivian Sahner(2022-04-02). Under cover of war, Kyiv attacks political rights, unions.themilitant.comEleven Ukrainian political parties were suspended and barred from campaigning by President Volodymyr Zelensky's government March 20 on trumped-up charges of having "links with Russia." The majority are small left parties, like the social democratic Social Movement, but the ban also includes the Opposition Platform for Life, which placed second in recent elections and currently holds 44 seats in the 450-person Ukrainian parliament. | Like the permanent ban on the Communist Party of Ukraine imposed in 2015, these suspensions are part of a broader campaign by the capitalist rulers against the labor and political rig…
Anonymous669(2022-04-02). Large Explosion Rocks US Base In Northeastern Syria Key Oil Filed.southfront.org U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment provide security support during mission on Sept. 9, 2018, at an undisclosed location in Syria. (Cpl. Gabino Perez/Marine Corps) | On April 2 morning, a large explosion rocked the US-led coalition main base in al-Omar oil fields in the southeastern countryside of Syria's Deir Ezzor. | Sada al-Sharqieh, a local news blog, shared a photo showing dark smoke rising from the base, which is known as the Green Village, after the explosion.ÿ&…
Vivian Sahner(2022-04-02). Under cover of war, Kyiv attacks political rights, unions.themilitant.comEleven Ukrainian political parties were suspended and barred from campaigning by President Volodymyr Zelensky's government March 20 on trumped-up charges of having "links with Russia." The majority are small left parties, like the social democratic Social Movement, but the ban also includes the Opposition Platform for Life, which placed second in recent elections and currently holds 44 seats in the 450-person Ukrainian parliament. | Like the permanent ban on the Communist Party of Ukraine imposed in 2015, these suspensions are part of a broader campaign by the capitalist rulers against the labor and political rig…
Middle school student activists write their elected representatives to urge climate action. By Reynard Loki, Independent Media Institute 17 min read In 2019, Earth | Food | Life writing fellow Lucy Goodchild van Hilten, a science writer and mother of a young child, wrote a piece titled, "How to Talk to Kids About Climate Change." … 
By By Stan Cox / While the Ukrainian people bear the lethal brunt of Russia's invasion, shockwaves from that war threaten to worsen other crises across the planet. The emergency that loomed largest before Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine began — the heating of Earth's climate — is now loomi…
