2023-03-30: News Headlines

Juan Cole (2023-03-30). Game-Changer: Tiny Islands of Vanuatu Convince UN to seek Int'l Court Ruling on Harms of Climate Emergency. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Vanuatu, a set of South Pacific islands, is not what you would call a prominent international player. The small country of a little over 300,000 people has nevertheless made history, according to UN News. It presented a resolution to the UN General Assembly asking the UN's International Court of Justice …

Labor Video Project (2023-03-30). Pajaro Farmworkers, Class, Climate & Justice With Pamela Sexton & Elon Ortez. indybay.org Thousands of farmworkers and their families are fighting for survival after a flood and dangerous health and safety conditions.

Nathan Taylor (2023-03-30). Mayor of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Fires Up Environmentalist Wrath. indybay.org While the mountains in general, and Mont Blanc in particular, are now being forced to rethink their future and their economic activities in a context of accelerated climate change, some municipalities seem to be taking these considerations rather lightly.




PASCCS (2023-03-30). Friday 4/21: Palo Alto: Earth Day March & Rally for Climate Justice and Family Fair. indybay.org King Plaza at Palo Alto City Hall | 250 Hamilton Ave. | Palo Alto, CA 94301…

Weekly Trust (2023-03-30). California will respond to the Pan African Congress call for better seed movement. indybay.org Our California Pan African World Food and Ag Pavilion will offer proposed opportunities towards solutions that offer greater access to global seed research and development. 'We need to hear from farmers how we can continuously and sustainably bridge the gap between seed companies and the farming community, now more pronounced mainly by the negative impact of climate change. On our side, we will endeavor to work with the farmers to help increase the resilience and profitability of African farming in the face of climate change and other challenges,'

Daniel Ross (2023-03-29). How Indigenous land management practices are a blueprint for climate-resilient agriculture. nationofchange.org As a rapidly warming world strains at the shortcomings in industrial farming, key lessons can be taken from Indigenous practices.

PASCCS (2023-03-30). Friday 4/21: Palo Alto: Earth Day March & Rally for Climate Justice and Family Fair. indybay.org King Plaza at Palo Alto City Hall | 250 Hamilton Ave. | Palo Alto, CA 94301…

Weekly Trust (2023-03-30). California will respond to the Pan African Congress call for better seed movement. indybay.org Our California Pan African World Food and Ag Pavilion will offer proposed opportunities towards solutions that offer greater access to global seed research and development. 'We need to hear from farmers how we can continuously and sustainably bridge the gap between seed companies and the farming community, now more pronounced mainly by the negative impact of climate change. On our side, we will endeavor to work with the farmers to help increase the resilience and profitability of African farming in the face of climate change and other challenges,'

Daniel Ross (2023-03-29). How Indigenous land management practices are a blueprint for climate-resilient agriculture. nationofchange.org As a rapidly warming world strains at the shortcomings in industrial farming, key lessons can be taken from Indigenous practices.

Paige Bennett, Ecowatch. (2023-03-29). Rewilding Could Help Limit Warming Beyond 1.5 ∞C. popularresistance.org It's no secret that preserving and restoring wilderness areas is good for ecosystems, but a new study has pinpointed another major benefit to rewilding. | According to the study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, rewilding, or preserving and restoring wildlife and wilderness areas, could improve natural carbon sinks in ecosystems, therefore boosting natural methods of carbon capture and helping the world limit global warming to 1.5 ∞C above pre-industrial levels. | Scientists studied nine wildlife species for the study: marine fish, whales, sharks, gray wolves, wildebeest, sea otters, musk oxen…

Sharon Zhang (2023-03-29). AOC Says GOP Energy Bill May as Well Have Been Written Entirely by Big Oil. truthout.org House Republicans are preparing to pass a sweeping energy bill that Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York), have condemned as nothing more than a Big Oil wish list that would pilfer the public's pockets to pad corporate profits. H.R. 1, dubbed the Lower Energy Costs Act, is a combination of several Republican energy and climate proposals that would roll back provisions of… |

Sixty Plus (2023-03-29). Are You in Your "Third Act"? These Older Folks Demonstrated to Save the Climate. indybay.org Despite some of the stormiest weather San Francisco has seen in a long time, these brave elders showed up and cut up to stop climate change.

Arjun Walia (2023-03-29). Where Did the Claim that "97% of Scientists" Believe Climate Change Is a Man-Made, Urgent Problem Come From? Is It True? globalresearch.ca

Nafeez Ahmed, Resilience. (2023-03-29). America's Fossil Fuel Economy Is Heading For Collapse. popularresistance.org US oil production is about to peak, but the world is unprepared for the tremendous economic and political consequences. The only path through is energy and economic transformation. | The global economy is currently teetering on the edge of a banking crisis. The IPCC has just released its final major report warning that global carbon emissions need to peak and decline immediately if we are to avoid plunging into dangerous global warming by breaching the 1.5C 'safe limit'. And in recent weeks and months, industry leaders have announced that the US shale oil and gas revolution is over. | Yet few if anyone is talking…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-29). Western Powers Pressured UNSC Members to Boycott Russia-Proposed Resolution on Nord Stream. libya360.wordpress.com Lucas Leiroz Western countries apparently would have compelled nations not to support the resolution proposed by the Russian delegation at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) with the objective of investigating the attacks against the Nord Stream gas pipelines. In fact, pressure and threat have already become the main mechanisms by which NATO countries try…

teleSUR (2023-03-29). US River Ohio at Risk of Contamination by 1,400 Methanol Tons. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, three barges, one of which transported about 1,400 tons of methanol, were pinned against a dam on the Ohio River in Louisville city, United States. | RELATED: | These three barges broke free along with seven others from their tugboat at about 2: 00 a.m., after they hit a structure at the entrance to the Portland Canal, near the river's McAlpine Locks and Dam. | Only one barge remained attached to the tugboat…

ecns.cn (2023-03-30). Meatball made with mammoth DNA unveiled in Amsterdam. ecns.cn A meatball made from flesh cultivated using the DNA of an extinct woolly mammoth is presented at Nemo, a science museum in the Netherlands, March 28, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-03-29). Scientists discover prehistoric carnivorous giant panda. ecns.cn A team of Chinese paleontologists along with their U.S. counterparts have discovered an extinct predatory family of giant pandas that were characterized by long limbs and excellent running abilities.

EARTHDAY‚Äç (2023-03-30). Thursday 3/30: #End Plastic Pollution: Creating a Waste Free World. indybay.org Online via livestream…

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2023-03-29: News Headlines

PASCCS (2023-03-29). Friday 4/21: Palo Alto: Earth Day March & Rally for Climate Justice and Family Fair. indybay.org King Plaza at Palo Alto City Hall | 250 Hamilton Ave. | Palo Alto, CA 94301…

Sixty Plus (2023-03-29). Are You in Your "Third Act"? These Older Folks Demonstrated to Save the Climate. indybay.org Despite some of the stormiest weather San Francisco has seen in a long time, these brave elders showed up and cut up to stop climate change.

Weekly Trust (2023-03-29). California will respond to the Pan African Congress call for better seed movement. indybay.org Our California Pan African World Food and Ag Pavilion will offer proposed opportunities towards solutions that offer greater access to global seed research and development. 'We need to hear from farmers how we can continuously and sustainably bridge the gap between seed companies and the farming community, now more pronounced mainly by the negative impact of climate change. On our side, we will endeavor to work with the farmers to help increase the resilience and profitability of African farming in the face of climate change and other challenges,'

ecns.cn (2023-03-28). China sets its own path to inspire others. ecns.cn With border conflicts, climate change and rising prices threatening the food security of millions of people displaced from their homes in Burkina Faso, emergency humanitarian assistance funded by China poured into the country earlier this month.




Jim McIlroy (2023-03-28). Bank summit told not to fund coal, gas. greenleft.org.au Climate activists rallied outside the Sydney Hilton Hotel to tell a Bank Summit to leave coal and gas in the ground. Jim McIlroy reports.

Olivia Rosane, Ecowatch. (2023-03-28). Negotiators Influenced Final Text Of IPCC 'Summary For Policymakers'. popularresistance.org When the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the "Summary for Policymakers" of the Synthesis of its Sixth Assessment Report on Monday, the text was not purely the work of scientists. Instead, delegates from 195 nations spent a week reviewing the document line-by-line and arguing over edits before finally approving it Sunday night. | The ins and outs of the process were revealed this week by the International Institute for Sustainable Development Earth Negotiations Bulletin, the only media outlet allowed to observe the proceedings. The account demonstrates how major emitters and fossil fuel p…

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-28). UN Security Council Won't Probe Nord Stream Bombing. news.antiwar.com The UN Security Council voted Monday against a Russian effort to get an independent investigation into the bombings of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that connect Russia to Germany. The only members of the Council that voted in favor of the resolution were Russia, China, and Brazil. The remaining 12 members abstained from the …

ecns.cn (2023-03-28). Nord Stream blast motion fails at UN. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy to the United Nations on Monday expressed regret that a draft resolution to establish a commission to investigate the explosion of the Nord Stream pipelines failed, and he urged an objective, impartial investigation into the blast.

Jim McIlroy (2023-03-28). Bank summit told not to fund coal, gas. greenleft.org.au Climate activists rallied outside the Sydney Hilton Hotel to tell a Bank Summit to leave coal and gas in the ground. Jim McIlroy reports.

Olivia Rosane, Ecowatch. (2023-03-28). Negotiators Influenced Final Text Of IPCC 'Summary For Policymakers'. popularresistance.org When the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the "Summary for Policymakers" of the Synthesis of its Sixth Assessment Report on Monday, the text was not purely the work of scientists. Instead, delegates from 195 nations spent a week reviewing the document line-by-line and arguing over edits before finally approving it Sunday night. | The ins and outs of the process were revealed this week by the International Institute for Sustainable Development Earth Negotiations Bulletin, the only media outlet allowed to observe the proceedings. The account demonstrates how major emitters and fossil fuel p…

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-28). UN Security Council Won't Probe Nord Stream Bombing. news.antiwar.com The UN Security Council voted Monday against a Russian effort to get an independent investigation into the bombings of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that connect Russia to Germany. The only members of the Council that voted in favor of the resolution were Russia, China, and Brazil. The remaining 12 members abstained from the …

ecns.cn (2023-03-28). Nord Stream blast motion fails at UN. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy to the United Nations on Monday expressed regret that a draft resolution to establish a commission to investigate the explosion of the Nord Stream pipelines failed, and he urged an objective, impartial investigation into the blast.

jamanetwork (2023-03-28). Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract and Hospital Mortality in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply The SuDDICU trial was designed to determine whether the administration of SDD as a preventive infection control strategy improved patient-centered outcomes, specifically hospital mortality, in intensive care unit patients receiving mechanical ventilation.

jamanetwork (2023-03-28). Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract and Hospital Mortality in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent trial of critically ill patients in Australia found that SDD had no statistically significant effect on mortality. We question whether SDD was actually delivered in this study.

ecns.cn (2023-03-29). Scientists discover prehistoric carnivorous giant panda. ecns.cn A team of Chinese paleontologists along with their U.S. counterparts have discovered an extinct predatory family of giant pandas that were characterized by long limbs and excellent running abilities.

ecns.cn (2023-03-28). Previously extinct fish species hatched in wild for first time in 23 years. ecns.cn The Yangtze sturgeon, which was previously declared extinct in the wild, has laid eggs that hatched in the wild without human intervention for the first time in 23 years, a crucial step toward the recovery of its wild population.

EARTHDAY‚Äç (2023-03-29). Thursday 3/30: #End Plastic Pollution: Creating a Waste Free World. indybay.org Online via livestream…

Ryan Cristián (2023-03-28). The Clean Harbors Waste Disposal Ohio Scandal, Azov Hong Kong Protesters & Ideological Subversion. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (3/28/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Frances Madeson (2023-03-28). LDEQ draft permit rattles neighbors of hazardous waste disposal site. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in COLFAX — Sliska Larry read the proposed operating permit for the expanded Clean Harbors hazardous waste disposal site, less than 2 miles from her home, with her 9-year-old grandson at her side. She instinctively pulled him closer, as if to shield him, as she absorbed its details. | "It's a wolf in sheep's clot…

Xiaolu Sun (2023-03-28). U.S. House hearing on Ohio toxic train derailment cleanup. america.cgtn.com The Ohio toxic train cleanup hearing was held on Tuesday. The EPA said it has overseen the removal of millions of gallons of liquid waste and thousands of tons of soil, but much contaminated material remains. See the latest.

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