2023-08-15: News Headlines

Josh Hart (2023-08-15). Showdown Looming Over Extreme Logging Climate Crimes in Sierra Nevada. indybay.org The US Forest Service is proposing to spend $650 million (including $30 million of herbicides) to authorize extreme logging in the Plumas National Forest in the name of "wildfire community protection." The USFS proposes to remove protections for spotted owl and red-legged frogs among others. Help is urgently needed from forest defenders!

Peter Koenig (2023-08-15). The Criminal Insanity of Climate Change: Direct Energy Weapons (DEW) Create Forest and Bush Fires, Destroying Entire Cities and Igniting Boats in the Sea. globalresearch.ca

Free West Media (2023-08-15). Climate Maps Manipulated to Mislead the Public. globalresearch.ca

Basav Sen (2023-08-15). Biden's Dangerous Climate Hypocrisy. progressive.org Even as Biden announces some relief for the symptoms of extreme heat, his administration continues to green light the fossil fuel projects that are driving it.

ecns.cn (2023-08-15). Air conditioner exports heating up. ecns.cn Chinese makers of air conditioners have witnessed explosive growth of exports to Europe, Southeast Asia and North America so far this year as record-setting heat waves have scorched the northern hemisphere since June against the backdrop of climate change.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-15). Gustavo Petro: The New Zone for the World's Largest Cocaine Production is the Colombian-Ecuadorian Border. libya360.wordpress.com Gustavo Petro From the marijuana of welfare capitalism and its rebellious youth, we have moved on to cocaine, the drug of competitiveness and neoliberalism; and now we are entering the drug of death, fentanyl: the drug of the capitalism of the climate crisis and war. The structure of the cocaine market has changed. The areas…


Staff (2023-08-15). Headlines for August 15, 2023. democracynow.org Georgia Grand Jury Indicts Trump & 18 Others for Trying to Overturn 2020 Election, Maui Fires: Death Toll Rises to 99; 1,300 People Remain Unaccounted For, Montana Judge Rules in Favor of Youth Plaintiffs in Landmark Climate Case, NASA: Last Month Was Hottest July Ever Recorded "By a Long Shot", More Than 50 Die in Northern India Due to Heavy Rain & Landslides, Another Political Leader Assassinated in Ecuador Days Before National Elections, Ethiopian Airstrike Kills 26 in Amhara Days After State of Emergency Declared, Explosion at Gas Station in Russian Republic of Dagestan Kills at Least 35, Israel K…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-08-15). Indian President pays tribute to independence martyrs. plenglish.com Murmu visited the National War Memorial in New Delhi to lay a wreath and pay her respects to the fallen combatants at a ceremony attended by senior military leaders, including Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. | On Monday, in an address on the occasion, the President called for efforts at the local, national and global levels to address the devastating effects of climate change. | She highlighted the challenges in this regard and urged scientists and politicians around the world to pay urgent attention to the problem. | The head of State added that parts of India have faced extraordinary floods, while there are re…

Peter Koenig (2023-08-15). The Criminal Insanity of Climate Change: Direct Energy Weapons (DEW) Create Forest and Brush Fires, Destroying Entire Cities and Ignite Boats in the Sea. globalresearch.ca

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-08-15). The Deadly Intersection of Labour Exploitation and Climate Change. socialistproject.ca As temperatures soar in the United States this summer, some among us are lucky enough to be able to remain in air-conditioned interior spaces, ordering food, groceries, clothing, and other products to be delivered to us. The rest, toiling in the extreme heat to pull products off hot warehouse shelves and drop them off curbside in scorching delivery trucks, are risking health and even life. July 2023 marked the planet's In San Bernardino, California, where retail giant Amazon has a…

Staff (2023-08-15). Montana youth climate litigation win raises hopes for other US climate accountability cases. thecanary.co On Monday 14 August, a group of young people won a landmark US climate accountability lawsuit. The Held v. State of Montana case was brought by 16 plaintiffs ranging in age from 5 to 22. In a US first, the sixteen young Montanans have held their state government to account for violating their constitutional rights …

Jake Johnson (2023-08-14). Argentina's Presidential Primary Winner Has Vowed to "Chainsaw" Public Spending. truthout.org Javier Milei, an admirer of former U.S. President Donald Trump who believes climate change is a "socialist lie" and wants to impose extreme austerity on Argentina's economy, won the Latin American nation's presidential primary on Sunday with just over 30% of the vote. The surprise result makes Milei — a self-described "anarcho-capitalist" — the slight frontrunner for the October general election… |





Staff (2023-08-14). "This Is the Climate Crisis": Michael Mann on Maui Wildfires & Why Disasters Are Becoming Deadlier. democracynow.org We speak with leading climate scientist Michael Mann about the devastating Maui wildfires and how the climate crisis makes such disasters more frequent and more intense. "This is the climate crisis. It's here and now," says Mann, director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media at the University of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, pressure is mounting for President Biden to declare an official climate emergency.

_____ (2023-08-14). Ecologically-sound Development: A Vital Need for Concerted Action. transcend.org 11 Aug 2023 – With the consequences of climate change in the background, ecologically-sound development must be the center of a concerted action.

Kate Horgan (2023-08-15). Resilience Amidst Controversy: Unveiling the Struggles of the Mountain Valley Pipeline and Unearthing Adult Supremacy. projectcensored.org The Mountain Valley Pipeline, a zombie fracked gas project that found new life in the dark corners of the debt ceiling relief bill continues to struggle through the rough terrain…

Phil Pasquini (2023-08-15). Fukushima Radioactive Water Release is Set to Begin. indybay.org Activists demonstrated at the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco to protest their opposition for the upcoming release of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean by TEPCO.

LVP (2023-08-15). No Dumping Of Radioactive Water Into Pacific Ocean At Fukushima Say Speakers At JPN Consul. indybay.org

_____ (2023-08-14). Hawaii: Catastrophic Wildfires Lay Waste to Historic Maui Town of Lahaina. transcend.org 11 Aug 2023 – Flyover footage of the once-vibrant tourist town of Lahaina shows street after street reduced to grey and black rubble.

Staff (2023-08-14). "This Is the Climate Crisis": Michael Mann on Maui Wildfires & Why Disasters Are Becoming Deadlier. democracynow.org We speak with leading climate scientist Michael Mann about the devastating Maui wildfires and how the climate crisis makes such disasters more frequent and more intense. "This is the climate crisis. It's here and now," says Mann, director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media at the University of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, pressure is mounting for President Biden to declare an official climate emergency.

_____ (2023-08-14). Ecologically-sound Development: A Vital Need for Concerted Action. transcend.org 11 Aug 2023 – With the consequences of climate change in the background, ecologically-sound development must be the center of a concerted action.

Kate Horgan (2023-08-15). Resilience Amidst Controversy: Unveiling the Struggles of the Mountain Valley Pipeline and Unearthing Adult Supremacy. projectcensored.org The Mountain Valley Pipeline, a zombie fracked gas project that found new life in the dark corners of the debt ceiling relief bill continues to struggle through the rough terrain…

Phil Pasquini (2023-08-15). Fukushima Radioactive Water Release is Set to Begin. indybay.org Activists demonstrated at the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco to protest their opposition for the upcoming release of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean by TEPCO.

LVP (2023-08-15). No Dumping Of Radioactive Water Into Pacific Ocean At Fukushima Say Speakers At JPN Consul. indybay.org

_____ (2023-08-14). Hawaii: Catastrophic Wildfires Lay Waste to Historic Maui Town of Lahaina. transcend.org 11 Aug 2023 – Flyover footage of the once-vibrant tourist town of Lahaina shows street after street reduced to grey and black rubble.

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2023-08-14: News Headlines

WSWS (2023-08-14). Hundreds likely dead in Maui wildfire due to criminal negligence of the capitalist ruling class. wsws.org The reports on Sunday that the death toll from the wildfires in Maui could reach into the hundreds are a devastating exposure of the recklessness and negligence of the capitalist ruling establishment in the face of global climate change.

Hannah Sharland, The Canary. (2023-08-14). Aberdeen Community To Lose Last Green Space In Energy Transition Land-Grab. popularresistance.org On Wednesday 9 August, campaigners from Climate Camp Scotland, This is Rigged, and Scot.E3 demonstrated outside the headquarters of Ironside Farrar in Edinburgh. Campaigners held the peaceful demonstration in solidarity with residents of Torry, Aberdeen. Torry is to be the site of a large-scale industrial development that threatens a precious local park and wetland. | The project developer has commissioned Ironside Farrar to produce a master plan for the site. The coalition of climate groups and energy workers were protesting the advancing implementation of Scotland's so-called Energy Transition Zone (ETZ).

Jeremy Corbyn (2023-08-14). Humanity cannot survive a nuclear war. indybay.org In the face of the threat of nuclear war, I echo the appeals of the UN Secretary General, Pope Francis, and world leaders like President Lula: De-escalation, diplomatic intervention, and an end to this brutal war. The longer the fighting continues, the more lives are lost, the more our fragile climate is destroyed, and the greater the threat of total annihilation becomes for all of us.

Josh Hart (2023-08-14). Showdown Looming Over Extreme Logging Climate Crimes in Sierra Nevada. indybay.org The US Forest Service is proposing to spend $650 million (including $30 million of herbicides) to authorize extreme logging in the Plumas National Forest in the name of "wildfire community protection." The USFS proposes to remove protections for spotted owl and red-legged frogs among others. Help is urgently needed from forest defenders!

Julia Conley (2023-08-14). "It's Apocalyptic": Wildfires Engulf Maui, Killing At Least 36. indybay.org Wildfires have become more common in Hawai'i in the last century as humans have introduced nonnative grasses and shrubs that have then become "more flammable as climate change brings warmer, drier conditions."


Staff (2023-08-14). "This Is the Climate Crisis": Michael Mann on Maui Wildfires & Why Disasters Are Becoming Deadlier. democracynow.org We speak with leading climate scientist Michael Mann about the devastating Maui wildfires and how the climate crisis makes such disasters more frequent and more intense. "This is the climate crisis. It's here and now," says Mann, director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media at the University of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, pressure is mounting for President Biden to declare an official climate emergency.

Dana Drugmand (2023-08-14). Energy dept. announces $1.2 billion to advance controversial climate technologyÔøº. nationofchange.org 'Direct air capture' of carbon pollution is still experimental, but a fossil fuel company is embracing it as a way to keep drilling.

_____ (2023-08-14). Ecologically-sound Development: A Vital Need for Concerted Action. transcend.org 11 Aug 2023 – With the consequences of climate change in the background, ecologically-sound development must be the center of a concerted action.

Jim Spellman (2023-08-13). Researchers say global climate change contributed to the Hawaii wildfire. america.cgtn.com Global climate change didn't cause the wildfire in Hawaii but did contribute to creating the conditions that helped the fire spread so quickly, with such deadly results. Find out more.

ecns.cn (2023-08-14). Protesters in S Korea rally against Fukushima release plan. ecns.cn Hundreds of South Koreans gathered in Seoul on Saturday to oppose an initiative by Japan to release treated nuclear wastewater from the tsunami-devastated Fukushima plant into the ocean.


teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-14). Miles de surcoreanos rechazan liberación de agua de Fukushima. telesurtv.net Tras años de debate, Tokio pretende vaciar en el Pacífico el agua almacenada tras la catástrofe nuclear de 2011.

teleSUR (2023-08-13). South Koreans Protest Against Fukushima Nuclear Water Release. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, thousands of South Koreans marched in Seoul to protest Japan's plans to dump radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. | RELATED: | Protesters are concerned about the risks to food security and marine ecosystems that the release of nuclear wastewater could cause as early as late August. | Previously, on Friday, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) found leaks in a hose u…

NN (2023-08-14). (Bure/France) Demonstration: Without nuclear power our earth will live. indybay.org For 2 September 2023, we are calling for a big peasant- and anti-nuclear demonstration that will start in the village of Bure in the Meuse department. | Against the revival of the nuclear disaster wanted by Macron and in defence of our soils, we want to join forces to protect the land threatened by the Cigéo nuclear waste repository project in Lorraine.

_____ (2023-08-14). Hawaii: Catastrophic Wildfires Lay Waste to Historic Maui Town of Lahaina. transcend.org 11 Aug 2023 – Flyover footage of the once-vibrant tourist town of Lahaina shows street after street reduced to grey and black rubble.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-14). Miles de surcoreanos rechazan liberación de agua de Fukushima. telesurtv.net Tras años de debate, Tokio pretende vaciar en el Pacífico el agua almacenada tras la catástrofe nuclear de 2011.

teleSUR (2023-08-13). South Koreans Protest Against Fukushima Nuclear Water Release. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, thousands of South Koreans marched in Seoul to protest Japan's plans to dump radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. | RELATED: | Protesters are concerned about the risks to food security and marine ecosystems that the release of nuclear wastewater could cause as early as late August. | Previously, on Friday, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) found leaks in a hose u…

NN (2023-08-14). (Bure/France) Demonstration: Without nuclear power our earth will live. indybay.org For 2 September 2023, we are calling for a big peasant- and anti-nuclear demonstration that will start in the village of Bure in the Meuse department. | Against the revival of the nuclear disaster wanted by Macron and in defence of our soils, we want to join forces to protect the land threatened by the Cigéo nuclear waste repository project in Lorraine.

_____ (2023-08-14). Hawaii: Catastrophic Wildfires Lay Waste to Historic Maui Town of Lahaina. transcend.org 11 Aug 2023 – Flyover footage of the once-vibrant tourist town of Lahaina shows street after street reduced to grey and black rubble.

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