CounterCurrents: More Bad News On The Climate Change Front, Mendacious War Criminal Obama’s Final Speech To The UN General Assembly

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We've bad news on the climate change front. Three reports released recently point to grave danger to our planet and lives on earth. Speaking at a University of Oxford conference this week, led by leading U.K. climate researcher Richard Betts, scientists said global greenhouse gas emissions are not likely to slow down quickly enough to avoid passing the 1.5°C target.

A new study published in the journal Science found that the Earth is soaking up carbon at a far slower rate than previously estimated—which could mean a massive setback for environmental efforts.

Washington based think tank and advocacy group Oil Change International in association with 14 other climate change groups have come out with  report which finds that in order to reach the Paris goals- ‘for the 2°C or 1.5°C limits,  68% or 85% of fossil fuel reserves respectively must remain in the ground.’ 

A subzero winter is coming to Standing Rock but the protesters are resolute in their perseverence. 

Bill McKibben points out that the resistance at Standing Rock should be at two fronts, "Against Big Oil And Big Banks." He writes "virtually every name in the financial pantheon has extended credit in some form to the Dakota pipeline project, according to a remarkable dossier assembled by the organization Food and Water Watch. It shows a credit line of $10.25 billion (that’s a b) for the companies directly involved in building the project—from 38 banks—a list of names that, the group adds, “might give you flashbacks to the 2007 financial crisis.”"

There are lots of ways you can show your solidarity and support. Why not an economic boycott of these banks as Bill McKibben suggests?

Dr Gideon Polya gives a thorough expose of Nobel Peace Prize winning war criminal, President Obama's final address to the UN General Assembly. 

Kashmir remains shut  for the 78th consecutive day. Yesterday, a 22-year old youth identified as Waseem Lone of Baramulla district died during firing by forces.
While police said Waseem died when youths resorted to stone pelting at army vehicles passing through the area, locals have alleged he was shot without any provocation while working in the paddy fields. Death toll now is 88. 

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Earth Could Reach Critical Climate Threshold In Decade, Scientists Warn
by Nadia Prupis 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/24/earth-could-reach-critical-climate-threshold-in-decade-scientists-warn/

The planet could pass the critical 1.5°C global temperature threshold in a decade—and is already two-thirds of the way to hit that warming limit, climate scientists warned on Thursday. Also a new study published in the journal Sciencefound that the Earth is soaking up carbon at a far slower rate than previously estimated—which could mean a massive setback for environmental efforts.




Paris Goals Likely To Fail If Fossil Fuel Production Is Not Controlled
by Dr Vivek Kumar Srivastava 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/24/paris-goals-likely-to-fail-if-fossil-fuel-production-is-not-controlled/

Washington based think tank and advocacy group Oil Change International in association with 14 other climate change groups have come out with a very relevant report which assesses the fossil fuel production and its likely impact on the climate change. The report finds that in order to reach the Paris goals- ‘for the 2°C or 1.5°C limits, respectively 68% or 85% of fossil fuel reserves must remain in the ground.’ 





A Subzero Winter Is Coming To Standing Rock—Here’s Their Plan
by Michael J Dax 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/24/a-subzero-winter-is-coming-to-standing-rock-heres-their-plan/

Many at the Standing Rock protest site have confidence that their strong sense of purpose and the knowledge that they are on the right side of history will help them persevere through the cold months ahead. But despite every preparation being made, they will be tested: Winter is coming.





Why Standing Rock Needs To Be A Two-Front War—Against Big Oil And Big Banks
by Bill McKibben 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/24/why-standing-rock-needs-to-be-a-two-front-war-against-big-oil-and-big-banks/

In fact, virtually every name in the financial pantheon has extended credit in some form to the Dakota pipeline project, according to a remarkable dossier assembled by the organization Food and Water Watch. It shows a credit line of $10.25 billion (that’s a b) for the companies directly involved in building the project—from 38 banks—a list of names that, the group adds, “might give you flashbacks to the 2007 financial crisis.”





How You Can Support Standing Rock
by Thane Maxwell 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/24/how-you-can-support-standing-rock/

I invite you to remember that this is just a moment in a struggle that has been going on for centuries—and will continue for many more. We are allies, but it’s our battle too. There are as many ways to engage as there are people who drink water. Whatever you have to offer, we need it. Wherever you’re at, take one step deeper. Find your voice. Find your own front lines.





As We Sow So Shall We Reap
by Dr Arshad M Khan 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/24/as-we-sow-so-shall-we-reap/

The United States has been at war for 15 years — wars intensified by a Nobel Peace Laureate. The cost is now estimated by reliable sources in the trillions and worldwide casualties in the millions. Post-traumatic stress disorder has reached epidemic proportions: an average of 22 US veterans are committing suicide … each day.





Building On The UN Summit To Address Large Movements Of Refugees And Migrants
by Rene Wadlow

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/24/building-on-the-un-summit-to-address-large-movements-of-refugees-and-migrants/

Citizens of the world have been actively concerned with the issues of migrants, refugees, the « stateless » and those displaced by armed conflcts within their own country. Thus we welcome the spirit of the UN General Assembly  Summit Declaration with its emphasis on cooperative action, a humane sense of sharing the responsibilities for refugees and migrants and on seeking root causes of migration and refugee flows. There are three issues mentioned in the Summit Declaration which merit follow up action among the UN Secretariat 





Mendacious War Criminal Obama’s Final Speech To The UN General Assembly
by Dr Gideon Polya 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/24/mendacious-war-criminal-obamas-final-speech-to-the-un-general-assembly/

America’s mendacious, serial invader,  war criminal, climate criminal and human rights-violating  President Barack Obama made his last speech to the UN General Assembly on 20 September 2016, a speech characterized by massive lying by omission that is far , far worse than lying by commission because the latter can at least be  refuted and subject to public debate





34 Years After The Sabra-Shatila Massacre
by Franklin Lamb 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/24/34-years-after-the-sabra-shatila-massacre/

The intense summer heat was gone and the evening was breezy and cool that fateful Thursday evening, September 15, 1982, according to survivors of the Sabra-Shatila Massacre who, 34 years later, still remember and recount many details of the slaughter that was soon to follow.