Voices, The Peoples News
March 3, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous / Global
‘It’s ludicrous’: Coastal GasLink pushes its pipeline under a Wet’suwet’en river while salmon are spawning: It was back in October when northwest B.C. reporter Matt Simmons broke a story: Coastal GasLink was drilling its pipeline under a river on Wet’suwet’en territory, and it was doing it at the riskiest time for spawning salmon. Just how risky? And were regulators monitoring what was happening on the ground?
Getting any answers proved to be no easy feat.
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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls ‘Cocaine hippos’ spark conservation row: A population of invasive hippos is dividing the community in Colombia and alarming conservationists.
Four hippos illegally imported by drug-cartel leader Pablo Escobar has grown into a population of 150 individuals. A growing population of invasive hippos threaten the country’s natural ecosystems and biodiversity. “If we don’t do anything, 20 years from now the problem will have no solution.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00606-z__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1GYKZfYL$
‘Plasticosis’: Researchers Discover New Digestive Disease Sickening
Seabirds: “This study is the first time that stomach tissue has been investigated in this way and shows that plastic consumption can cause serious damage to these birds’ digestive system,” the paper’s lead author said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/03/plasticosis-new-disease-caused-by-plastics-discovered-in-seabirds__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1NetXtwL$
# Archaeology
Archaeologists stunned by 2,900-year-old steel tools in Portugal: Steel tools were employed in Europe centuries before they became widespread during the Roman Republic era. “Just like quartzite, this is an extremely hard rock that cannot be worked with bronze or stone tools, but only with tempered steel,” says Araque Gonzalez.
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# Chemicals
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ about to get their first US limits: The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on “forever chemicals” in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable. But experts say removing them will cost billions, a burden that will fall hardest on small communities with few resources.
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‘Health impact of chemicals doubled in last 5 years’? Media misreporting flawed studies mislead the public https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/03/03/viewpoint-health-impact-of-chemicals-doubled-in-last-5-years-media-misreporting-flawed-studies-mislead-the-public/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1DSk-xKP$
Animals Dying Across Ohio State Parks After East Palestine Train
Derailment: Environmental Protection Agency, and some local officials have ensured air monitoring and water sample tests show everything is under control. But is it?
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Workers Cleaning Up Toxic Ohio Train Derailment Are Getting Sick, Rail Union Leader Warns: 40 workers were ordered by the railway to clean up the wreckage. Long said workers weren’t given proper personal protection equipment to clean up the toxic wreckage. He said many workers weren’t supplied respirators, protective clothing, or eye protection. As a result of the chemical exposure, many rail workers “reported that they continue to experience migraines and nausea, days after the derailment, and they all suspect that they were willingly exposed to these chemicals at the direction of [Norfolk Southern].”
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# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
COVID-19’s enormous death toll: Worldwide life expectancy has experienced a steep decline: Rrecorded Covid-19 deaths worldwide are at
6.86 million. This is likely an underestimate, given the underreporting of fatalities in countries, such as China. More importantly, based on excess mortality calculations there’s mounting evidence that the
Covid-19 pandemic has taken a massive toll on global life expectancy.
Not since the famine in China in 1959, have we seen such a sharp decline in life expectancy worldwide.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuacohen/2023/03/02/covid-19s-enormous-death-toll-worldwide-life-expectancy-has-experienced-a-steep-decline/?sh=1170f8e74df7__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1AZlOko5$
Long COVID now looks like a neurological disease, helping doctors to focus treatments: The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system. Patients with long COVID—sometimes called COVID long-haulers—experience an assortment of symptoms that may persist for weeks, months or even years after their
SARS-CoV-2 infection. While symptoms vary widely, months after COVID-19, some patients can’t shake the feeling that their brain is lost in a maze, and they can’t find their way back. This is a common complaint from COVID long-haulers, which has been described as “brain fog.”
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Pharma ‘myth’ debunked as study shows US public poured $32 billion into mRNA vaccines: “Without public investment, there would be no mRNA vaccines.” “Pharmaceutical companies have sold a false narrative to the public; that it was their investment which gave us mRNA vaccines and that they deserve the $75 billion profit.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/pharma-myth-public-funding-vaccines?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1D1LIlaq$
Russian COVID Vaccine Creator Strangled to Death With Belt in His
Apartment: Andrey Botikov, one of 18 scientists who developed the Sputnik V vaccine at the Gamaleya National Research Center, was identified as the man who had been discovered strangled in his Rogova Street home on March 2, Regnum reported, citing official sources.
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# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Senators Quietly Arguing Again About Social Security. That’s A Good Thing. This year’s debate started when several influential Republicans urged big Social Security changes as part of broader government reform.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.forbes.com/sites/howardgleckman/2022/10/26/politicians-arguing-again-about-social-security-thats-good/?sh=540671294bee__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1NX870fD$
House Leadership Delays Social Security Expansion While Crafting Tax Breaks for Rich Retirees: Nancy Pelosi’s office is blocking Social Security expansion, while Congress prepares to pass a windfall for rich retirees, insurance companies, and large asset managers like Vanguard and Fidelity.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/power/house-leadership-delays-social-security-expansion-while-crafting-tax-breaks-for-rich-retirees/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1MMsxFJr$
Congressional Authority Over Trade Deals: To appease industrialized allies, the White House could undermine the delicate coalition backing domestic green manufacturing. The White House is brokering trade deals with Europe that could loosen sourcing rules in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), President Biden’s plan for green domestic manufacturing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cfr.org/report/who-decides-congress-and-debate-over-trade-policy-1934-and-1974__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1GwwDh6t$
200+ Top US Economists to Congress: Raise Debt Ceiling or Face
‘Frightening’ Crisis: Failure to raise the borrowing limit, the economists warned, could spark “a swift and severe economic downturn”
and “unnecessary layoffs across the economy.”
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# Education / Schools
School safety: An eighth grader overheard what she thought was a threat to her school’s safety but when she reported it, she was punished for making a false accusation. The 13-year-old girl was in gym class when she heard a boy tell another classmate, “Don’t come to school tomorrow.”
By the end of the school day, the eighth-grader couldn’t stop turning those words over in her head. After all, her childhood has been punctuated by shootings: Newtown when she was a toddler. Parkland when she was in elementary school. Uvalde, last year, when 19 children and two teachers were gunned down https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2023/03/02/how-a-texas-girl-scared-of-school-shootings-was-punished/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1GekyXgd$
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical Lawmakers Urge Biden Administration to Permanently Ban Rail Shipments of Liquefied Natural Gas: Warning of the risk of an explosion and catastrophe along a densely populated route, congressional representatives from Pennsylvania ask a federal agency to finalize a rollback of a Trump-era rule.
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Feds ‘Cave to PG&E,’ Allowing California Nuclear Plant to Keep Operating Without Safety Review: “This is an ominous warning sign for how independent the NRC will be in evaluating the earthquake risk and the overall operational integrity of the Diablo Canyon reactors,” said one critic.
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# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
In central Alberta, public school teachers gather for session on ‘bright future for oil and gas’: An annual teachers’ conference featured a speaker from a member of the Pathways Alliance, a group of oilsands firms advocating for continued use of fossil fuels alongside carbon capture.
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# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Deforestation Inc; How ‘green’ firms prevent climate action:
Deforestation Inc. reveals how green certifiers are used to validate forest products linked to human rights abuses, illegal logging and unsustainable deforestation. At least 160 companies in Indonesia, one of the world’s biggest tropical wood exporters, have disregarded environmental regulations over the past decade. 54 FSC-certified companies in Brazil have been fined millions of dollars.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dw.com/en/deforestation-inc-how-green-firms-prevent-climate-action/a-64851705?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1OFvPnF-$
Retailers With Highest Maritime Shipping Emissions Named in New Report:
Brands like Walmart, Target and Home Depot are the focus of a new report on shipping emissions. The report found that just 18 major retailers are linked to 3.5 million metric tons of emissions solely from ship imports into the U.S. in 2021. Major US retailers face call to abandon polluting ships Environmental groups call on retailers to help accelerate switch to zero-carbon fuels https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1144174/Major-US-retailers-face-call-to-abandon-polluting-ships__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1BkPjvUh$
More than 90 scientists from around the world have written an open letter recommending that research be done on the potential of increasing solar radiation modification (SRM), the reflection of sunlight away from Earth’s atmosphere, sometimes referred to as “solar geoengineering,” in order to slow planetary warming and lessen climate impacts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/geoengineering-scientists-climate-change.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1NxOJse1$
# General News
‘We Were Right,’ Says AOC as Amazon Suspends HQ2 Construction in
Virginia: The Democrat said those who opposed the company’s project in Queens protected New Yorkers “from a scam deal to drain public dollars from schools and infrastructure in exchange for empty promises” of jobs.
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Shadow Group Linked to Russian Plane Blast Is Coming to D.C:
Anti-Kremlin officials who have become a massive thorn in the side of Vladimir Putin and his top ally are set for an official visit to America, The Daily Beast has learned.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/belarus-opposition-group-is-visiting-washington-dc-after-russian-plane-explosion__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1KWo9oXA$
# Gov / Politics / Global
Russia is caught in a trap with Israel and Iran. In an Israel-Iran conflict over Tehran’s nuclear program, Moscow may be the loser. If Israel and Iran enter into conflict over Tehran’s nuclear program, one of the main losers may be Moscow.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/89150__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1CVttRi6$
It’s going to be a long, hard year for Armenia. The prime minister is taking risks to fix overdependence on Russia, but much of what happens depends on Azerbaijan. The Ukraine War Is Reshaping the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict With Russia unable to act as key mediator, the countries are looking elsewhere for help.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/04/25/ukraine-war-is-reshaping-armenia-azerbaijan-conflict-pub-86994__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1K45liYv$
Huge Russian Victory Feared as Soldier Delivers Grim Message: Ukraine — The wrath of the Russian army is on full display in Bakhmut as the majority of surviving civilians have fled the ongoing carnage while Ukrainian soldiers fight to save the city. Now, as Vladimir Putin’s forces draw closer, those leaving fear what is at stake for their comrades.
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# Gov / Politics / US
Some politicians seem comfortable with the idea of a new cold war. A twenty-first century version almost certainly would not turn out well for anyone. Republican leaders draw on Reagan-era nostalgia to unite their party, but a 21st-century cold war would not end well for anyone.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2023/feb/27/new-cold-war-russia-ukraine-biden-republicans-china__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1M6GFyR6$
How the U.S. Is Preparing to Handle Foreign Policy Crises: Russia’s escalation of the war in Ukraine, increased tensions with China, and an always volatile Middle East have kept the Biden administration in constant motion.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-us-is-preparing-to-handle-foreign-policy-crises__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1KEKtMG3$
Preparing for the Next Foreign Policy Crisis. What the United States Should Do: Managing foreign policy crises has become a recurring challenge for U.S. presidents. Since the end of the Cold War, there have been one hundred twenty occasions in which a threatening development overseas triggered a period of intense, high-level deliberation about what the United States should do in response (see the list of U.S.
foreign policy crises from 1989 to 2019, pages 18–23 in this report) https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cdn.cfr.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/Preparing*20for*20the*20Next*20Foreign*20Policy*20Crisis.pdf__;JSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1M6Rw8X1$
Republican House and Senate Budgets Would Harm Children and the Nation:
The Republican-led House and Senate recently passed their respective
FY16 budget resolutions with only Republicans votes. Both would cut spending on crucial programs for poor and low-income children to unprecedented levels while increasing defense spending and giving tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans, reflecting completely upside-down priorities. At a time when our children lag further and further behind compared to peers in other high-income countries, these budgets would continue to slash funding for programs already at historically low levels.
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Democrats vote to ‘rein in’ Biden’s executive orders: Nearly 60 House Democrats voted with Republicans in the U.S. House Wednesday to put a check President Joe Biden’s executive orders. The House voted on the REIN IN Inflation Act, which would require the Biden administration to publish the “inflationary impact” of each executive order before issuing it. The bill passed 272-148 with 59 Democrats in support.
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On Biden Turning Down China’s Push for a Peace Deal in Ukraine: Why won’t the U.S. provide a serious response to the Chinese peace plan, let alone engage with Beijing at a negotiating table?
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Why Biden snubbed China’s Ukraine peace plan: President Biden and his coterie of neo-conservatives have no interest in peace if it means the U.S. concedes hegemonic power to a multi-polar world unbothered from the all-mighty dollar. A year after Russia’s barbarous invasion and bombing of Ukraine, China — Moscow’s strategic partner, has taken a rare initiative into European problem-solving by offering a 12-point position paper to end the conflict in Ukraine. Why? Beijing’s motives are complex.
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# Legal / DOJ
Trump CAN Be Sued Over Capitol Riot, Justice Department Says: Former President Donald Trump can be sued by injured Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S.
Capitol, the Justice Department said Thursday in a federal court case testing Trump’s legal vulnerability for his speech before the riot. The Justice Department told a Washington federal appeals court in a legal filing that it should allow the lawsuits to move forward, rejecting Trump’s argument that he is immune from the claims.
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Why Is Assange in Jail and Not Seymour Hersh? Seymour Hersh – arguably the most credible investigative journalist of our era – published a bombshell exposé revealing that the United States was guilty of blowing up the Nord Stream II undersea pipeline that was supposed to deliver natural gas from Russia to the Federal Republic of Germany. Hersh’s revelations were based entirely on classified information leaked to him by a member of the government with first-hand knowledge of the planning and implementation of the attack on the pipeline – a member of the government who clearly broke the law by violating his fiduciary duty not to reveal classified information to an unauthorized source.
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# LGBTQ / Gender
Transphobic Grumps Are Triggered by an Ad for… Chocolate:
Anti-transgender muppets had a meltdown on social media Thursday after The Hershey Company released a new ad featuring a transgender woman for Women’s History Month.
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Tennessee banned drag and restricted gender affirming healthcare. More states are expected to follow suit. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed a bill banning drag shows in public spaces, a measure that will likely force drag shows underground in Tennessee. Other states across the country are proposing similar legislation. In the same sitting, Lee signed a ban on gender-affirming health care for youth in the state.
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Religious activists are trying to weaken new protections for LGBTQ
workers: Three federal judges in Louisiana could soon decide if some businesses can refuse to hire gay or transgender employees following recent oral arguments in a case that seeks to challenge the landmark Supreme Court ruling, Bostock v. Clayton County. The 2020 ruling determined that LGBTQ employees are protected from workplace discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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# Medical / Health
Too many babies are still dying from serious intestinal disease, as improvements slow and disparities persist: A study published in JAMA Network Open has found that in the U.S. between 1999 and 2020, Black infants disproportionately died from necrotizing enterocolitis compared to White infants, despite overall improvements in the rates of death from the disease.
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# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
How IBM’s Supercomputer Found a Hidden New Parkinson’s Drug: To understand how the AI found this drug, you need to first understand something called mitochondrial dysfunction. This occurs when the powerhouse of a cell (i.e. the mitochondria) doesn’t work properly. It’s further exacerbated when the cells can’t dispose of the defective mitochondria in a process called mitophagy.
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# Science
Dive beneath the surface of the North Pacific Ocean through these Hakai Institute videos that capture the wonderful lives of the tiny, the miniature, the microworld. Meet all kinds of plankton, living epic lives just out of sight.
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