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2024-01-24: News Headlines

Candice Bernd (2024-01-24). Biden's Base Revolts: Climate Activists Ramp Up Pressure Ahead of Super Tuesday. truthout.org "Trump, are you for ordinary people or are you for oil millionaires? Why are you letting my generation's future burn? Why aren't you fighting for people like me? You are taking millions and millions from the fossil fuel industry," 17-year-old Sunrise Movement activist Adah Crandall shouted at former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Laconia, New Hampshire, Monday night. |

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-24). Climate activists call on SA gov't to dump Santos from cycling race. greenleft.org.au

Sharon Zhang (2024-01-23). Naomi Klein: If Biden Wants to Stop Trump, He Should Step Down. truthout.org One of the most effective routes that President Joe Biden could take to prevent Donald Trump from taking office again is for Biden to step down, according to Naomi Klein, author and Professor of Climate Justice at the University of British Columbia. As Gaza has been decimated by Israel's U.S.-funded genocidal campaign in the past months, droves of progressive voters have vowed not to vote for… |

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-23). Climate activists call on SA gov't to dump Santos from cycling race. greenleft.org.au

Jeff Shantz (2024-01-24). Canada: Hearing reveals police racism and abuse of Indigenous land defenders. greenleft.org.au An abuse of process hearing started last week against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), and their infamous Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG), for violence inflicted on Indigenous land defenders opposing construction of the Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline across unceded Wet'suwet'en territory, reports Jeff Shantz.

Eve Andrews, Grist. (2024-01-24). Is East Palestine Safe One Year After The Ohio Train Derailment? popularresistance.org If there hadn't been construction planned for the bridge that crosses over Leslie Run, one of the creeks that runs through the middle of East Palestine, Ohio, Rick Tsai and Randy DeHaven might not have noticed the worst contamination they'd seen in the creek in weeks. | A backhoe had hoisted a chunk of earth from the bank of the creek, leaving a pool about eight feet across and deep enough to come up to the knees of Tsai's rubber fishing waders. What it also left, in Tsai's words, was an opportunity for a sort of "geological sample" — evidence that oil and chemicals still lingered in the soil and in the cre…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-23). The Houthis Are Not a Group That Can Be Bombed into Extinction. libya360.wordpress.com Amal Saad Houthi supporters protesting against US airstrikes near Sana'a, Yemen, 14 January 2024. Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters The 'axis of resistance' is more than a band of Iranian-backed militias. It's an ideological alliance. The war launched by the "axis of resistance" against Israel and the US marks the first time in history that a coalition…

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2024-01-23: News Headlines

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-23). Climate activists call on SA gov't to dump Santos from cycling race. greenleft.org.au

Julia Conley (2024-01-22). Exxon Sues to Stop Investors From Voting on Climate Resolution at Annual Meeting. truthout.org As the only major U.S. oil company that still hasn't set emissions-reduction targets for all of their operations and products, an activist shareholder group said Monday that ExxonMobil has likely seen "the writing on the wall" and is making a last-ditch effort to avoid new pollution requirements, leading it to file a lawsuit to stop investors from voting on a climate resolution at its next annual… |

Rédaction France (2024-01-22). Conference in Paris on the pilot plan for universal basic income in Catalonia: What impact will its implementation have on mental health? pressenza.com Mental health is the foundation of individual wellbeing and the basis of a well-functioning society. This state evolves according to both personal and external factors, the socio-economic context and even climate change. The quality of urban (and rural) life therefore depends on the mental health of the people who live there. | By Angelika Gross, French Movement for a Basic Income MFRB | Isn't it time to analyse the interaction of these individual and external factors in order to better understand the aspects that favour or deteriorate the mental health of people in a given urban or rural context? | In her lectur…

Peter Koenig (2024-01-22). Limits to Growth, Climate Change, Digitization of Everything and Worldwide Censorship — All Leading to WEF and the Behemoth Cult Commanding It. globalresearch.ca

Sharon Zhang (2024-01-23). Naomi Klein: If Biden Wants to Stop Trump, He Should Step Down. truthout.org One of the most effective routes that President Joe Biden could take to prevent Donald Trump from taking office again is for Biden to step down, according to Naomi Klein, author and Professor of Climate Justice at the University of British Columbia. As Gaza has been decimated by Israel's U.S.-funded genocidal campaign in the past months, droves of progressive voters have vowed not to vote for… |

Rédaction France (2024-01-22). Conference in Paris on the pilot plan for universal basic income in Catalonia: What impact will its implementation have on mental health? pressenza.com Mental health is the foundation of individual wellbeing and the basis of a well-functioning society. This state evolves according to both personal and external factors, the socio-economic context and even climate change. The quality of urban (and rural) life therefore depends on the mental health of the people who live there. | By Angelika Gross, French Movement for a Basic Income MFRB | Isn't it time to analyse the interaction of these individual and external factors in order to better understand the aspects that favour or deteriorate the mental health of people in a given urban or rural context? | In her lectur…

European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection, Humanitarian Aid Operations (2024-01-22). World | Temperature Anomalies in 2023 – DG ECHO Daily Map | 19/01/2024. reliefweb.int Country: World | Source: European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations | Please refer to the attached Map. | According to Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF, 2023 is the warmest year on record. | The global surface air temperature in 2023 was 0.60 ∞C above the yearly average temperature for the 1991-2020 average reference period.

Guest Blogger (2024-01-22). Global Historical Hurricane & Cyclone Statistics Establish that 2023 Experienced a Very "Normal Year." wattsupwiththat.com Climate alarmist claims that hype the year 2023 hurricane and cyclone season as being an "extreme weather outcome" are absurd and incompetent as is NOAA's "Selected Significant Climate Events" hurricane diagram portrayal.

Guest Blogger (2024-01-22). A Test of Skill for Climate Models. wattsupwiththat.com Do climate models offer a firm basis for attempting to re-engineer the entire global economy?>

Guest Blogger (2024-01-22). Select Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #584. wattsupwiththat.com "Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice." — Will Durant…

India Nye Wenner (2024-01-22). How to Inspire Climate Action With Negative and Positive Activism. fairobserver.com Climate change, disease and starvation plague the world. Activists must take on the responsibility of educating others about them and driving action. In other words, activists must both use fear to instill a sense of urgency while also using hope to inspire action. They must strike a careful balance between negative and positive advocacy. Simply…

Staff (2024-01-22). Climate defenders gather at parliament to resist Tories' 'deadly' new oil and gas bill. thecanary.co On Monday 22 January, campaign groups Fossil Free London, Just Stop Oil, Extinction Rebellion, Scientists for Extinction Rebellion, and their supporters staged a demonstration to resist the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill, which is having its second reading at the House of Commons: The Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill: a disaster Members of the groups came together …

The Canary (2024-01-22). Climate defenders gather at parliament to resist Tories' 'deadly' new oil and gas bill. thecanary.co On Monday 22 January, campaign groups Fossil Free London, Just Stop Oil, Extinction Rebellion, Scientists for Extinction Rebellion, and their supporters staged a demonstration to resist the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill, which is having its second reading at the House of Commons: The Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill: a disaster Members of the groups came together […] | By

WHYY (2024-01-22). The Unraveling of America's Suburbs, Embracing Hair Loss, Road Salt and Climate. whyy.org

EcoWaste Coalition (2024-01-22). EcoWaste Coalition Calls Out Quezon City Stores Selling Toxic Cosmetics with Mercury. pressenza.com 21 January 2024, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition criticized some beauty product stores in Quezon City for their flagrant violation of the ban on skin-lightening products containing mercury, a health-damaging chemical. | Despite the citywide ban adopted in 2018 through Ordinance No. 2767 ahead of the 2020 phase-out deadline for mercury-added cosmetics under the Minamata Convention on Mercury, some stores in Quezon City still sell imported skin whitening creams adulterated with mercury, the group said. | As part of its vigilant campaign to protect women and other vulnerable populations fro…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-23). UTI: This common infection can be serious. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A urinary tract infection (UTI) is common, but it can be serious. "Simple urinary tract infections can be managed by your primary care provider, but when they become complex leading to other issues or problems, you should seek the care of a specialist," says Dr. Mitchell Humphreys, a urologist at Mayo Clinic. What is a UTI? The urinary system helps the body eliminate waste, excess water and salt. It encompasses the kidneys, ureters, bladder and…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-22). UTI: This common infection can be serious. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A urinary tract infection (UTI) is common, but it can be serious. "Simple urinary tract infections can be managed by your primary care provider, but when they become complex leading to other issues or problems, you should seek the care of a specialist," says Dr. Mitchell Humphreys, a urologist at Mayo Clinic. What is a UTI? The urinary system helps the body eliminate waste, excess water and salt. It encompasses the kidneys, ureters, bladder and…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-22). UTI: This common infection can be serious. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A urinary tract infection (UTI) is common, but it can be serious. "Simple urinary tract infections can be managed by your primary care provider, but when they become complex leading to other issues or problems, you should seek the care of a specialist," says Dr. Mitchell Humphreys, a urologist at Mayo Clinic. What is a UTI? The urinary system helps the body eliminate waste, excess water and salt. It encompasses the kidneys, ureters, bladder and…

NEOB (2024-01-22). Ekurhuleni launches clean up campaign. sanews.gov.za Ekurhuleni launches clean up campaign | The City of Ekurhuleni has launched a clean up campaign aimed at addressing illegal dumping and maintaining green spaces in the municipality — particularly in the township. | The Clean Your Kasi, Manje Namhlanje campaign, was launched in Thembisa. | Addressing the campaign launch, MMC for Environmental Resource and Waste Management, Leshaka Manamela, said: "It cannot be right that we claim to love cleanliness and the environment yet we do not take care of it. Let us all join forces and look after the environment so it can also look after us. We need the environment fo…

Sophia Schmidt (2024-01-22). Advocates urge Parker administration to let small waste haulers dump at city-run sites. whyy.org Have a question about Philly's neighborhoods or the systems that shape them? PlanPhilly reporters want to hear from you! People fighting illegal dumping in Philadelphia want the new mayor and City Council to change the rules at city-run Last week, an advocacy group called

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