Guatemala cracks down on anti-mine protests GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The Guatemalan government declared a state of emergency and banned public gatherings Thursday in four townships east of the capital following several days of violent clashes between police and anti-mining protesters. The confrontations, which included mine security guards, have left one policeman dead, six residents... Continue Reading →
Majority Say Pipeline More Important Than Climate Change
[Typical. The majority of North Americans think that maintaining their comfort is more important than saving the planet. This poll reflects the mindset of individualist, capitalist culture that puts one person's comfort above humanity's. -- NP] Majority Say Pipeline More Important Than Climate Change By Susan Graybeal | Yahoo! Contributor Network A new poll released... Continue Reading →
Scientists find Antarctic ice is melting faster
[The whole planet pays for First World consumption. Capitalism is killing us all. -- NP] Scientists find Antarctic ice is melting faster CANBERRA (Reuters) - The summer ice melt in parts of Antarctica is at its highest level in 1,000 years, Australian and British researchers reported on Monday, adding new evidence of the impact of... Continue Reading →
Peru declares Amazon oil contamination emergency
[It is necessary to end the petrol economy and the culture of consumption that drives it. -- NP] Peru declares Amazon oil contamination emergency By CARLA SALAZAR and FRANK BAJAK (AP) LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's government declared an environmental state of emergency on Monday in a remote Amazon jungle region it says has been... Continue Reading →
The Woman Protecting America That Nobody Knows
[First Worldist feminism advances or seeks to advance the position of First World women (Whites, Blacks, Gay, Straight, Transgendered, etc.) at the expense of Third World peoples. Below is a good example. Once a "boy's club," offices like the CIA's National Clandestine Service, can be hailed as oh-so-progressive because it is now headed by a... Continue Reading →
Global warming may have fueled Somali drought
[Capitalism is irrational from the standpoint of balancing ecological and human needs. Instead, communities are not planned in harmony with the natural world nor are poor communities protected from such disasters. This irrationality is part of what Karl Marx called the anarchy of the capitalist mode of production. The reason that poor people lose their... Continue Reading →
Recent heat spike unlike anything in 11,000 years
Recent heat spike unlike anything in 11,000 years By SETH BORENSTEIN (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study looking at 11,000 years of climate temperatures shows the world in the middle of a dramatic U-turn, lurching from near-record cooling to a heat spike. Research released Thursday in the journal Science uses fossils of tiny marine... Continue Reading →
People of Bangladesh Burn for Capitalist, First World Fashion
People of Bangladesh Burn for Capitalist, First World Fashion (llco.org) On November 25, 2012, a fire in a Bangladesh garment factory 40 miles north of the capital Dhaka killed at least 112 people. Many others were taken to hospitals to deal with burns and other injuries. The body count continues to rise. The fire is... Continue Reading →
UN climate scientist: Sandy no coincidence
[No country is safe from environmental changes created by global capitalism. However, Third World countries are even more vulnerable. --NEW POWER] UN climate scientist: Sandy no coincidence By KARL RITTER (AP) DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Though it's tricky to link a single weather event to climate change, Hurricane Sandy was "probably not a coincidence" but... Continue Reading →
UN warns of looming worldwide food crisis in 2013
[Capitalism is not capable of solving environmental problems in the long term. Capitalism is about increasing profits. It is not about serving the people. To capitalism, people, and their environments, do not matter. Capitalism is designed to meet the needs of market, not the needs of people. The anarchy of production under capitalism is irrational... Continue Reading →
Fish to shrink as global warming leaves them gasping for oxygen
Fish to shrink as global warming leaves them gasping for oxygen By Alister Doyle (Reuters) OSLO (Reuters) - Fish are likely to get smaller on average by 2050 because global warming will cut the amount of oxygen in the oceans in a shift that may also mean dwindling catches, according to a study on Sunday.... Continue Reading →
Western countries could drown all of Bangladesh says Minister
Western countries could drown all of Bangladesh says Minister (new-power.org) In a recent statement, Environment and Forests Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud stated that all of Bangladesh could drown underwater if global warming continues. At the seminar at National Press Club, he stated: “There is, on average, two-kilometer thick ice layer in the Antarctica. If the... Continue Reading →
