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      Peace in Ukraine Will Only Happen at a Negotiating Table, Not on the Battlefield

      A Response to John Feffer’s “Peace Activists Should Be Clamoring for Peace on Ukrainian Terms.”

      Laura Castro
      Aug 24, 2023

      John Feffer’s recent article “Peace Activists Should Be Clamoring for Peace on Ukrainian Terms” rests its argument on the delusional premise that the way to end a war you aren’t winning is to demand that the other side surrender. At least, I think the author wants to end the war—maybe not. Maybe some version of “forever war” is the desired goal. It will certainly be the result.

      Take Jeddah. The article expresses satisfaction that Russia wasn’t invited to this “peace” conference, intended to bring the Global South more in line with Western goals. What’s worrisome, in terms of a reality check, is that this is either spin or a genuine failure to hear what some major Global South voices were saying.

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      Polluters Rely on 60-Year Old Playbook to Fight EPA Power Plant Plan

      Close inspection of the historic arguments used by the fossil fuel industry and its partners reveals the same delay-based messaging each time they have faced the prospect of regulation.

      Rebecca John
      Aug 03, 2023

      The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, is considering proposals aimed at reducing climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal and gas-fueled power plants. Power plants are the second-largest source of greenhouse gases in the United States, and the pollution standards, which are open for public comment until August 8, will mark a new milestone in climate action. But the United States’ biggest polluters and their political allies are pushing back—just as they have resisted every other landmark shift in the 60-year history of federal air pollution control.

      “This administration is determined to advance its radical climate agenda and has made it clear they are hellbent on doing everything in their power to regulate coal and gas-fueled power plants out of existence, no matter the cost to energy security and reliability,” declared Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) in a May 10 statement.

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      Why We Shouldn’t Stop Worrying About Nuclear War

      Daniel Ellsberg stressed that the chances of a catastrophic mishap increase dramatically in periods of heightened tension between the nuclear superpowers, USA and Russia. Times like now.

      Times like now.

      Linda Mcquaig
      Jul 05, 2023

      As a columnist, I always like writing about a hot topic, something we’re all talking about.

      So I’m tempted to write about Olivia Chow’s victory, the Ontario Place spa, the death of billionaires searching for the Titanic—almost anything but nuclear war, about which there’s hardly any buzz these days.

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