Now will you support the Green New Deal!? Actual Reuters headline: In rural India, climate migrants ‘have hysterectomies to survive’
Thomson Reuters Foundation: As climate change impacts hit farming, women driven into gruelling sugarcane work have the procedure to work harder, report says
Frequent droughts push poor rural families to migrate
Many work as labourers on Maharashtra sugar plantations
Hysterectomy rates found far higher among migrant workers
Drought is driving poor Indian women into exploitative sugarcane work in the central state of Maharashtra, with many of the migrant labourers opting to undergo unnecessary hysterectomies to work even harder, research showed on Thursday. Years of failed monsoons, extreme heat and droughts have led residents of Beed, a district in the top sugar-producing state to leave and become day labourers on sugar plantations, said the report by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), a London-based think-tank… Ritu Bharadwaj, a principal researcher with the IIED and lead author of the paper: “Hysterectomies are a symptom of economic distress in the region that is exacerbated by the climate crisis.” … As climate change impacts hit farming, women driven into gruelling sugarcane work have the procedure to work harder, the report says.
Biden boasts he’s saving the planet! ‘I’m taking the most significant action on climate ever in the history of the world.”
https://newsletter.climatenexus.org/20240308-sotu-caad-ai-car-harm Via Climate Nexus: Biden Mentions Climate, Clean Energy In SOTU: Though not the focus of his third official State of the Union address, President Biden touted his efforts to “save the planet from the climate crisis,” promote clean energy, and highlighted contrasts between himself and Republicans in a confrontational, overtly political speech. Bidem emphasized the creation […]
‘Alternative Facts’: Ted Nordhaus explains how extreme events came to represent climate change contrary to an overwhelming scientific consensus
https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/alternative-facts BY ROGER PIELKE JR. Excerpt: …[A]n excellent new essay by Ted Nordhaus of The Breakthrough Institute2 published today by The New Atlantis, titled — Did Exxon Make it Rain Today?. Nordhaus does a nice job explaining that disasters occur at the confluence of an extreme event and an exposed and vulnerable society, but most attention these days […]
Meteorologist Anthony Watts: Heads Up Media – Texas Wildfires Have Nothing to Do with Climate Change
Heads Up Media – Texas Wildfires Have Nothing to Do with Climate Change By Anthony Watts A few days ago, a wildfire started in north Texas and grew quickly, driven by strong southwesterly winds. Named the Smokehouse Creek Fire, it has burned more than 1.1 million acres and is now the largest wildfire in Texas history. […]
The Guardian Should Know That One Mild Winter Is Not Climate Change, Nor Is It Alarming
The Guardian Should Know That One Mild Winter Is Not Climate Change, Nor Is It Alarming By Linnea Lueken A recent article in The Guardian, “Vanishing ice and snow: record warm winter wreaks havoc across US Midwest,” describes the very mild winter much of the American Midwest has experienced this year, claiming that it is due to […]
UN Report titled ‘The Unjust Climate’ finds misogyny makes climate change worse for women-led households
Meteorologist Dr. Ryan Maue declares Al Gore ‘is a fraud’ for blaming heavy Sierra snow on ‘climate chaos’
Al Gore blames climate change for heavy Sierra snow along I-80 in California. Al Gore also wants everyone to take action now to prevent further climate chaos. Al Gore is a fraud. pic.twitter.com/ODyaM40RHb — Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) March 2, 2024 12 feet of snow, 190 mph wind gust as 'life threatening' blizzard pounds California – […]
Exxon CEO Darren Woods blames public for failure to fix ‘climate change’
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4494543-exxon-ceo-blames-public-for-failure-to-fix-climate-change/ The world isn’t on track to meet its climate goals — and it’s the public’s fault, a leading oil company CEO told journalists. Exxon Mobil Corp. CEO Darren Woods told editors from Fortune that the world has “waited too long” to begin investing in a broader suite of technologies to slow planetary heating. … […]
STUDY: ‘Floods have become less deadly: an analysis of global flood fatalities 1975–2022’ – ‘The average number of fatalities per event has declined over time’
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-024-06444-0 Floods have become less deadly: an analysis of global flood fatalities 1975–2022 Published: 27 February 2024 – Natural Hazards Abstract Floods are amongst the most frequent disasters in terms of human and economic impacts. This study provides new insights into the frequency of loss of life at the global scale, mortality fractions of the population […]
‘Climate Breakdown’: John Kerry Tries Out A New Climate Catchphrase To Ratchet Up The Fear
https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/02/opinion-john-kerry-tries-out-a-new-climate-catchphrase-to-ratchet-up-the-fear-david-blackmon/ BY DAVID BLACKMON In an interview with The Guardian this week, ex-White House climate envoy John Kerry tried out new language to describe the globalist view of what is happening with the world’s climate. Now, according to Mr. Kerry, we are in the midst of a “climate breakdown.” To review, here is the progression […]
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