Day: September 1, 2022

Ukraine News Links 31 August – 1 September 2022

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Thursday, 1 September 2022 • 20:00 — The New Dark Age

There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back. If it gets updated, I usually insert the time on the line above. A lot of cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular and some links may not work, depending on your location but at least you have some idea of the scale of censorship now operating in the ‘democratic’ West.

If True…
https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/09/if-true.html

U.S.-BACKED UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO PROSECUTE JOURNALISTS FOR SPREADING TRUE INFO
https://desultoryheroics.com/2022/09/01/u-s-backed-ukrainian-officials-are-trying-to-prosecute-journalists-for-spreading-true-info/

US prepared Ukraine for counteroffensive – CNN
https://www.rt.com/news/561973-us-helped-ukraine-counteroffensive/

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Capitalism Created the Climate Catastrophe; Socialism Can Avert Disaster. The Thirty-Fifth Newsletter (2022)

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Thursday, 1 September 2022 — The Tricontinental

George Bahgoury Egypt Untitled 2015George Bahgoury (Egypt), Untitled, 2015.

Dear friends,

Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.

In November 2022, most member states of the United Nations (UN) will gather in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El Sheikh for the annual UN Climate Change Conference. This is the 27th conference of the parties to assess the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, commonly referred to as COP 27. The international environmental treaty was established in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, with the first conference held in Berlin in 1995; the agreements were extended in the Kyoto Protocol of 2005 and supplemented by the Paris Agreement of 2015. No more needs to be said of the climate catastrophe, which threatens mass species extinction. The move away from carbon-based fuel has been stalled by three main impediments:
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Germany made ‘fantastic admission’ – Lavrov

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Thursday, 1 September 2022 — RT (the source may or may not be accessible due to Western censorship)

The Russian FM’s comment came after his German counterpart said Berlin would back Kiev no matter what its own people think

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has described as “fantastic” a recent comment by his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, about Berlin’s commitment to backing Kiev. The German official said on Wednesday that her country’s government would stand by Ukraine regardless of what German voters think about it.

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100 years of Russian gas for India

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Thursday, 1 September 2022 — Indian Punchline

M. K. BHADRAKUMAR

Yamal LNG Project in Siberia, Russia (File photo)

India is taking baby steps toward green energy. Two of India’s biggest business houses are spearheading it — Adani and Ambani groups. India has made several ambitious commitments at the Glasgow climate summit and two key pledges were that India’s non-fossil energy capacity will reach 500 GW by 2030 and the country will transition to net zero emissions by 2070. Sceptics doubt whether such timelines are realistic.

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Ukraine Tries To Prevent IAEA Inspection Of The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

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Thursday, 1 September 2022 — Moon of Alabama

Updated below (11:30 UTC)

Over night the Ukrainian military, from positions in Vyshetarasovka, Nikopol and Marganets, again shelled the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on the south side of the Kakhovka Dnieper reservoir.

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This was followed by an early morning attempt by Ukrainian forces to land a sabotage group near the village north east of the ZNPP. Some seven boats, two self-motorized barges and some 60 soldiers were involved in the suicidal mission.

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