January 28, 2025 – OMNI Center

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #215, JANUARY 27, 2025

January 28, 2025 in Climate Memo Mondays

Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/01/omni-climate-memo-mondays-215-january.html MAQ Review of On Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women’s Rights in the Era of Climate Change by Jade E. Sasser, New York: NYU Press, 2018, 189 pp. Jade Sasser medanthroquarterly.org A critique of population control narratives reproduced by international development actors in the 21st centurySince the turn of the millennium, American media, scientists, and environmental activists have insisted that the global population crisis is “back”―and that the only way to avoid catastrophic climate change is to ensure women’s universal access to contraception. Did the population problem ever disappear? What is bringing it back―and […]

BUFFALO RIVER EMERGENCY PLEASE ACT NOW!

January 28, 2025 in Buffalo River

Another Call To Action For The Buffalo River! Stay tune here. Bill filed to derail state’s efforts to protect Buffalo River from hog farming We know you have received several messages from BRWA recently asking for your help in securing a permanent moratorium prohibiting any future swine CAFO permits in the Buffalo National River watershed. Now the legislature is considering a bill which would prohibit moratoriums statewide, including specifically the Buffalo River watershed. Senate Bill 84 is an obvious attempt at an end-run around current rule makings which would establish a permanent moratorium in the BNR watershed. Vote will likely […]