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JUNE 20, 2020

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THIS MAY NOT BE RELATED TO THE CURRENT BORDER ISSUE BETWEEN INDIA AND CHINA AT ALL, BUT CHINA IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO WAS IN THE NEWS FOR RAISING AMERICAN SUSPICIONS. THEY WERE AND PROBABLY STILL ARE BUILDING ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS IN THE NEARBY OCEAN ON TOP OF ATOLLS TO BE USED, POSSIBLY, TO CREATE A CLAIM TO DOMINANCE OF THE AREA AND MAYBE ALSO TO PROVIDE GREATER OUTREACH FOR SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY. CHINA HAS CHALLENGED AMERICAN SHIPS A FEW TIMES IN THESE LAST FEW YEARS FOR BEING IN THEIR TERRITORIAL WATER. IF THEY CREATE AN ISLAND, BUILD SOMETHING ON IT AND THEN CLAIM OWNERSHIP THEY CAN INCREASE THEIR TERRITORIAL WATERS. I CONSIDER THAT AGGRESSIVE, AND IF THEY ARE DOING SIMILAR THINGS IN INDIA’S LADAKH TERRITORY IT IS A DISTURBING PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR. IT SHOWS AN EXPANSIONIST TURN OF MIND, AND COULD LEAD TO A SERIOUS WAR THAT IN TURN COULD BECOME A NUCLEAR ONE. WE REALLY DON’T NEED THAT ADDITIONAL PROBLEM.

THERE WAS A RECENT AGREEMENT ON JUNE 6, THE ARTICLE SAYS, BETWEEN CHINA AND INDIA OVER THAT PATCH OF BORDERLAND. I’D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT IF I WERE GOING TO DIG INTO THIS FOR GREATER UNDERSTANDING.

WIKIPEDIA SAYS THAT THE DISPUTES OVER THE LADAKH GOES BACK TO THE 1600S AD. THAT’S A LONG TIME TO HOLD A GRUDGE. ON THE OTHER HAND THERE SEEMS ALSO TO HAVE BEEN A GOOD DEAL OF CULTURAL MIXING FROM TIBET AND INDIA MORE GENERALLY AS MENTIONED IN THE WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE ON THE TERM “LADAKH”, VIA THE ISLAMIC AND BUDHIST RELIGIONS, AND IN PART OF THE LADAKH BOTH INDIAN AND CHINESE LANGUAGES ARE FOUND. THAT COULD BE PART OF WHERE THE CURRENT ILL WILL COMES FROM. THERE MAY BE ONGOING CONFLICT WITH THE INDIA CONTROLLED TERRITORY.

FOR MORE ON THAT, GO TO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladakh. IT SAYS, “ACADEMICS FIND STRONG INFLUENCES OF ZHANGZHUNG LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN "UPPER LADAKH" (FROM THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE INDUS VALLEY TO THE SOUTHEAST).[27] THE PENULTIMATE KING OF ZHANGZHUNG [A PART OF TIBET] IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN FROM LADAKH.[28]”  

FINALLY, SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II THE AREA HAS BEEN IN DISPUTE, AS IT IS PART OF KASHMIR. PAKISTAN, INDIA AND CHINA ARE ALL INVOLVED IN A COMPETITION OVER THE AREA, BUT FOR WHAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN “A BRAWL” BETWEEN INDIAN SOLDIERS AND CHINESE TO BREAK OUT, THAT ACTUALLY KILLED A SIZABLE NUMBER, THAT IS PRETTY INTENSE.

FROM THE WAY THIS STORY AND YESTERDAY’S GO, ON DISPUTED CLAIMS OF OWNERSHIP AND THE EXACT LINES OF THE BORDER, IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH THE BORDER IS NOT PRESENTLY CLEARLY MARKED AS WELL AS IT COULD BE IN SOME PARTS. IF IT IS GENUINELY A MATTER OF CONFUSION, THEN THE UN SHOULD PERHAPS STEP IN AND BRING AN ARMY OF SURVEYORS, WITH AGREEMENT FROM ALL PARTIES OF COURSE, TO CLARIFY THE BORDER, THEN IF A DMZ IS NEEDED, MAKE ONE. OF COURSE, REAL PEACE WOULD BE BETTER.     

China lays claim to Galwan Valley, blames India for border clash
China accuses Indian soldiers of instigating the fight in the disputed Ladakh region that left 20 Indian soldiers dead.
20 Jun 2020 11:05 GMT

PHOTOGRAPH -- Tensions flare on a fairly regular basis between China and India over their 3,500-kilometre (2,200-mile) frontier, which has never been properly demarcated [File: Anadolu Agency]

China says the Galwan Valley where Chinese and Indian troops were engaged in a deadly clash falls entirely within its territory, as Beijing blamed New Delhi for the June 15 military clash at the border that left 20 Indian soldiers dead.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said in a statement on Friday that the Galwan Valley, which is part of the disputed Ladakh region, is located on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) - the de facto border between the two Asian rivals.

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Zhao accused India of violating the agreement the two countries had reached on June 6 regarding the LAC, calling it a "deliberate provocation" on New Delhi's part.

He said that "the rights and wrongs ... are very clear and the responsibility rests entirely with the Indian side".

In a series of tweets, Zhao said that Indians had since April unilaterally built roads, bridges and other facilities in the region.

The statement contradicts Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar who had earlier said that the fighting erupted after "the Chinese side sought to erect a structure in Galwan valley on our side of the LAC".


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PM has surrendered Indian territory to Chinese aggression.

If the land was Chinese:
1. Why were our soldiers killed?
2. Where were they killed?

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Indian and Chinese troops have been engaged in an eyeball-to-eyeball standoff at several points on their 3,500km (2,200-mile) border, most of which remains undemarcated, since early May.

On June 15, 20 Indian soldiers were killed in physical fights with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley close to the disputed Aksai Chin plateau claimed by India.

Soldiers brawled with clubs, rocks and their fists in the thin air at 4,270 metres (14,000 feet) above sea level, but no shots were fired, Indian officials have said. The soldiers carry firearms but are not allowed to use them under a previous agreement in the border dispute.

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It was the deadliest clash between the nuclear-armed neighbours in decades, although China has not said whether it suffered any casualties.

According to Zhao, the fight was instigated by Indian front-line soldiers, who "violently attacked" Chinese troops who were in the area for negotiation.

"The adventurous acts of the Indian army have seriously undermined the stability of the border areas, threatened the lives of Chinese personnel, violated the agreements reached between the two countries on the border issue and breached the basic norms governing international relations," China's embassy in India said in a statement on Saturday.

Also on Friday, Zhao said China was not holding any Indian soldiers in the Himalayan border standoff between the two countries, but has not directly addressed media reports that China released 10 of them late on Thursday.

"My information is that at present there are no Indian personnel detained on the Chinese side," Zhao said, according to an English version of his daily briefing posted on the ministry's website.

Indian officials have denied that any soldiers were in Chinese custody.

PHOTOGRAPH -- A satellite image taken over Galwan Valley in Ladakh, India, parts of which are contested with China, June 16, 2020, in this handout obtained from Planet Labs Inc. Picture taken June 16, 2020. Mandato
PHOTOGRAPH -- A satellite image shows Galwan Valley in the disputed Ladakh region [Planet Labs Inc/Reuters]

Commenting on China’s claim to the Galwan Valley, India's foreign ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava said on Saturday "attempts by the Chinese side to now advance exaggerated and untenable" claims over the LAC are "not acceptable".

"They are not in accordance with China's own position in the past," he said in a statement, adding that Indian troops did not cross the LAC and had been patrolling the area "for a long time".

Srivastava accused China of hindering India's "normal, traditional patrolling pattern" in the area, which resulted in a "face-off".

Army officers and diplomats have held a series of meetings to try to end the impasse, with no breakthrough.

In a conversation with his Indian counterpart earlier this week, Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on India to carry out a thorough investigation into the incident and to "severely punish" those who should be held accountable. Yi also called for a cessation of all provocative actions.

For its part, India initially said the incident was triggered after Chinese soldiers crossed the boundary at three different points, erecting tents and guard posts and ignoring several warnings to leave - thus resulting in shouting matches, stone throwing and fist fights.

However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared to downplay the incident, denying there had been any incursion into Indian territory.

"Nobody has intruded into our border, neither is anybody there now, nor have our posts been captured," Modi said in a televised speech on Friday, after he spent the day meeting representatives of parties from across the political spectrum in a bid to build consensus to tackle the rising tensions with China.

Nirupama Menon Rao, India's former foreign secretary, wrote in a post on Twitter that Modi's statement was moulded by "asymmetry of power with China".


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Analyzing PM’s statement of yesterday:
Government has taken realistic view of constraints emanating from asymmetry of power with China . It is also reading the Chinese reaction to J&K reorganization more seriously than before and trying to calm situation along LAC/staunch Galwan

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But the main opposition Congress party's P Chidambaram has raised questions about the tensions, pointing out that if there was no border intrusion, then the 20 Indian soldiers should not have died.

Indian opposition legislators have also raised the issue of whether intelligence failures had allowed China to build up forces in the area.

"Does the government not receive, on a regular basis, satellite pictures of the borders of our country? Did our external intelligence agencies not report any unusual activity along the LAC?" Sonia Gandhi, the Congress party president, asked on Friday.

Facing heat from the opposition, the Indian government on Saturday said "attempts are being made to give a mischievous interpretation" to Friday's comments by Modi.

"As regards transgression of LAC (Line of Actual Control), it was clearly stated that the violence in Galwan on 15 June arose because Chinese side was seeking to erect structures just across the LAC and refused to desist from such actions," the government said in a statement.

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AN ATTEMPTED FIRING BY AG BILL BARR IS BEING RESISTED. A TRUMP APPOINTED US ATTORNEY, WHO JUST HAPPENS TO BE INVESTIGATING TRUMP’S PEOPLE AND THEIR BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN NEW YORK, IS THE OBJECT OF THE ACTION. HE IS REFUSING TO STEP DOWN. READ HIS STORY. NOTICE WHAT REP. JERRY NADLER SAYS ABOUT WILLIAM BARR, TOO. SEE THE FOLLOWING TWO ARTICLES, THE FIRST FROM COMMON DREAMS AND THE SECOND FROM ALJAZEERA. THIS COULD GET EXCITING.

Published on
Saturday, June 20, 2020
byCommon Dreams
'I Have Not Resigned,' Says Federal Attorney After AG Barr Tries to Oust Him
"This late Friday night dismissal reeks of potential corruption of the legal process," said Sen. Chuck Schumer.
byAndrea Germanos, staff writer

PHOTOGRAPH -- U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman speaks during a press conference October 10, 2019 in New York City. Berman announced the indictment of Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman, David Correia, and Andrey Kukushnin for various charges related to two separate schemes in which the defendants allegedly conspired to violate U.S. federal election laws. (Photo: Johannes Eisele / AFP via Getty Images)

Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York whose tenure included investigations into a number of allies of President Donald Trump, said Friday night that he has "no intention of resigning" after he said he learned of his attempted ousting in a press release from Attorney General William Barr.

The federal attorney's statement, in which he also announced his intention "to ensure that this office's important cases continue unimpeded," was a rapid fire response to Barr's Friday statement saying that Berman "is stepping down."


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The development sparked outrage from congressional Democrats.

"This late Friday night dismissal reeks of potential corruption of the legal process," tweeted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). "What is angering President Trump? A previous action by this U.S. attorney or one that is ongoing?"

As the New York Times noted, Berman "and his team have been at the forefront of corruption inquiries in Mr. Trump's inner circle."

Berman's office prosecuted Trump's former attorney and "fixer" Michael Cohen and Rudy Guiliani associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman. His office is also currently investigating Giuliani, Trump's personal lawyer.

Further, CNN reported:

Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton writes in his forthcoming book that in 2018, Trump offered to help Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a Justice Department investigation into a Turkish bank, Halkbank, with ties to Erdogan that was suspected of violating US Iran sanctions. Trump, according to Bolton, told his Turkish counterpart that the Southern District prosecutors "were not his people, but were Obama people," and the problem would be fixed when they were replaced by Trump. At the time, Berman had already been installed in New York office.”

In fact, the Associated Press reported that "Berman, a Republican who contributed to the president's election campaign, worked for the same law firm as Giuliani and was put in his job by the Trump administration."

Berman, in his statement, pointed to investigations his office is currently undertaking.

"I learned in a press release from the Attorney General tonight that I was 'stepping down' as United States Attorney. I have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning, my position, to which I was appointed by the Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. I will step down when a presidentially appointed nominee is confirmed by the Senate."

"Until then, our investigations will move forward without delay or interruption," he continued. "I cherish every day that I work with the men and women of this Office to pursue justice without fear or favor—and intend to ensure that this Office's important cases continue unimpeded."

Barr indicated in his Friday night statement that Trump plans on nominating Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Jay Clayton—a Trump nominee who's never been a prosecutor—to serve as the Manhattan office's top prosecutor. Pending Clayton's Senate confirmation, Trump has appointed Craig Carpenito, now the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, to be the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, added Barr.

Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) weighed in on the Friday night developments, saying, "America is right to expect the worst of Bill Barr, who has repeatedly interfered in criminal investigations on Trump's behalf."

"We have a hearing on this topic on Wednesday," said Nadler. "We welcome Mr. Berman's testimony and will invite him to testify."


This post has been edited to fix an incorrect identification of Berman as a federal judge.

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ANOTHER PERSON IS SHOWING COURAGE.

DOJ tries to fire US attorney who investigated Trump allies
Geoffrey Berman refuses to step down after the US Department of Justice abruptly moved to dismiss him.

PHOTOGRAPH -- Geoffrey Berman, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks at a press briefing in New York, US, on March 25, 2019 [File: Eduardo Munoz/ Reuters]

The United States Department of Justice moved abruptly on Friday to fire Geoffrey Berman, the attorney in Manhattan overseeing key prosecutions of President Donald Trump's allies and an investigation of his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

But Berman said he was refusing to leave his post and his ongoing investigations would continue.

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"I have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning my position," Berman said in a statement.

His statement came hours Attorney General Bill Barr said Berman was stepping down from his position and that Trump intends to nominate Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton to replace him.

The standoff set off an extraordinary clash between the Justice Department and one of the nation's top districts, which has tried major mob and "terrorism" cases over the years.

It is also likely to deepen tensions between the Justice Department and congressional Democrats who have pointedly accused Barr of politicising the agency and acting more like Trump's personal lawyer than the nation's chief law enforcement officer.

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Barr did not explain the move in the statement he issued late on Friday.

Hours later, Berman issued his own statement saying he had learned that he was being pushed out through media reports. He vowed to stay on the job until a Trump nominee is confirmed by the Senate. The investigations he oversees will continue, he added.

The Associated Press news agency, citing people familiar with the matter, said federal prosecutors in New York are investigating Giuliani's business dealings, including whether he failed to register as a foreign agent.

The office has also prosecuted a number of Trump associates, including Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, who served a prison sentence for lying to Congress and campaign finance crimes.

Berman has also overseen the prosecution of two Florida businessmen, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, who were associates of Giuliani and tied to the Ukraine impeachment investigation.

The men were charged in October with federal campaign finance violations, including hiding the origin of a $325,000 donation to a group supporting Trump's re-election.

A Republican who contributed to the president's election campaign, Berman worked for the same law firm as Giuliani and was put in his job by the Trump administration. But as US attorney for the Southern District of New York, he won over some sceptics after he went after Trump allies.

Berman was appointed by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions in January 2018, months after Preet Bharara was fired after refusing to resign along with dozens of other federal prosecutors appointed by President Barack Obama.

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Three months later, FBI agents raided Cohen's offices, an act the president decried as a politically motivated witch hunt.

The following April, in the absence of a formal nomination by Trump, the judges in Manhattan federal court voted to appoint Berman to the position permanently.

He has taken a direct hand in other investigations that have angered Trump.

His office subpoenaed Trump's inaugural committee for a wide range of documents as part of an investigation into various potential crimes, including possible illegal contributions from foreigners to inaugural events.

And weeks before the 2018 midterm election, Berman announced insider trading charges against an ardent Trump supporter, Republican Representative Chris Collins, who represented western New York. Collins has since resigned.

Under Berman's tenure, his office also brought charges against Michael Avenatti, the combative lawyer who gained fame by representing porn actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits involving Trump.

Avenatti was convicted in February of trying to extort Nike after prosecutors said he threatened to use his media access to hurt Nike's reputation and stock price unless the sportswear giant paid him up to $25m.

Bharara, the former attorney in Manhattan, said the timing and manner of the move to replace Berman were strange.

"Why does a president get rid of his own hand-picked US Attorney in SDNY on a Friday night, less than 5 months before the election?" Bharara wrote on Twitter.



POPE SHOWS HOW IT’S DONE, IN MORE THAN ONE WAY. HE NOT ONLY KNOWS “HOW TO HOLD A BIBLE,” BUT HE CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE STRONGLY FOR INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT OF THE EARTH.

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byCommon Dreams
New Vatican Document Urges Fossil Fuel Divestment to Serve Planet and the Common Good
"The Vatican's call for divestment is a breath of hope in times when faith is more needed than ever," said 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben. "It is a powerful statement that attempting to profit off the destruction of the planet is plainly and simply immoral and unethical."
byJon Queally, staff writer

PHOTOGRAPH -- Pope Francis leads the Corpus Domini Mass at St. Peter's Basilica on June 14, 2020 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo: Vatican Pool - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

A new 226-page document issued by the Vatican on Thursday was applauded by climate campaigners who said the new environmental guidance from the Catholic Church and Pope Francis, including a call to divest financially from the fossil fuel industry, exemplifies the positive and far-reaching role that  faith organizations can play in the global effort to lower emissions and usher in an era of spiritual as well as planetary rebirth.

With the text released so far only in Italian—and titled "On the Journey for Care of the Common Home"—the new treatise serves as a practical guide to help Catholics implement the Pope's 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’ which called on church followers to recognize climate action as a duty of the faithful and urge people throughout the world to treat Earth "like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us."

Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican's equivalent of a foreign affairs minister for foreign affairs, detailed the document at a Vatican news conference Thursday and placed the imperatives contained in the document—which sets guidelines the Church's dioceses, parishes, missions and movements around the globe—in the context of the current "historical moment " that includes environmental degradation, the coronavirus pandemic, and the many other challenges faced by a rapidly warming and gravely inequitable world.

"The COVID-19 pandemic leads us to further experience the socioeconomic, ecological and ethical crisis that we are living as the right moment to stimulate conversation and make concrete and urgent decisions," Gallagher said.

INSERT -- "Faith groups continue to lead the way and clearly indicate to the rest of the world that any future investments or stimulus funds must exclude fossil fuels and yield long-term structural emissions reductions. We must urge all sectors of society to use this opportunity to accelerate the transition needed towards low- and zero-carbon."
— Yossi Cadan, 350.org

According to the Vatican News,

the interdicasterial document examines the issue of climate change, saying it has "a profound environmental, ethical, economic, political, and social 'relevance'" which "impacts the poor above all." Therefore, we first need "a new model of development" that links the fight against climate change to the fight against poverty, "in tune with the Social Doctrine of the Church."

Recalling that "no one acts alone," the document calls for a commitment to "low carbon" sustainable development to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Proposals made in this area include the reforestation of areas such as the Amazon rainforest, along with support for the international process aimed at defining the category of "climate refugee" to ensure them "necessary legal and humanitarian protections."

While Gallagher in his remarks acknowledged that President Donald Trump has dragged the U.S. away from the previous commitments to robust climate action—including his withdrawal from the Paris Agreement—the Archbishop said there is still hope for America to rejoin the rest of the global community in the fight.

"I think that humanity will not be blown off course by any decisions by anybody," he said in a veiled reference to Trump. "But obviously we welcome anyone coming back to the table."

The document, which emerges with the Pope's blessing, urges the de-carbonization of the global economy and urges investment in "clean and renewable" energy to protect the world's oceans, "the common good of entire human family,' and ecological systems. It also promotes a more sustainable "circular economy" that reduces exploitation of people and natural resources and a reform to government subsidies of fossil fuels. In addition to a tax on carbon and other forms pollution, the document encourages Catholics to divest from oil, coal, and gas and to reinvest in life-affirming forms of energy.

In response to the call, author and 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben said it was a welcome development amidst otherwise dire landscape.

"The Vatican's call for divestment is a breath of hope in times when faith is more needed than ever," McKibben said in a statement. "It is also one of the handful of great moments in this decade-long campaign. It is a powerful statement that attempting to profit off the destruction of the planet is plainly and simply immoral and unethical."

Yossi Cadan, manager of the Global Finance Campaign at 350.org, added that while the Pope's Laudato Si —an unprecedented pronouncement when it was put forth five years—already made clear Francis' sense of urgency in the climate crisis, the new document is "a strong statement that the Vatican is supporting the call of many institutions, companies, the youth and other groups who already showed that the only way to rebuild our societies and economies is through a Just Recovery that centers people's needs and not major polluters corporate interests, which led us to the global climate crisis we face now."

America Magazine reports:

“Archbishop Gallagher said the text seeks “to relaunch the rich contents” of an encyclical still relevant today and even more so in the light of a world hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. It also aims to provide a guide to reading “Laudato Si’” and for its practical implementation. Furthermore, it seeks to encourage greater collaboration between the offices of the Roman Curia and Catholic institutions worldwide that are already engaged in the dissemination and implementation of “Laudato Si’.”

Tomás Insua, co-founder and executive director of the Global Catholic Climate Movement and a participant on the Vatican panel presenting the book, described the publication as “a road map for the post-Covid-19 world.” He said it includes “so many great stories from all corners of the globe and all sectors of the church,” including the movement he leads, that illustrate ways in which the encyclical is already being implemented across the world.”    

350.org noted that while the global fossil fuel divestment last month celebrated "the largest-ever announcement of divestment by faith institutions" in history—with 42 institutions across 14 countries pledging to cut financial ties with the fossil fuel industry—there is still a long way to go.

"Faith groups continue to lead the way and clearly indicate to the rest of the world that any future investments or stimulus funds must exclude fossil fuels and yield long-term structural emissions reductions," said Cadan. "We must urge all sectors of society to use this opportunity to accelerate the transition needed towards low- and zero-carbon."

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OUR PRESIDENT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY CALL THIS A FAKE NEWS ARTICLE. HIS PROBLEM IS THAT THESE THINGS ARE WHAT WE HAVE COME TO EXPECT OF HIM. TRUMP NEWS CONTAINS DAILY HORRIFICS, AND THIS ONE IS IN A CATEGORY WITH THE S-H COUNTRIES COMMENT WHICH HE, AT FIRST, DENIED. FAKE NEWS.

Trump: Elderly Buffalo Protester ‘Had to Get Hurt’ by Cops
‘TOO BAD’
Tracy Connor
Executive Editor
Published Jun. 19, 2020 4:23PM ET

PHOTOGRAPH – [75 YEAR OLD PROTESTOR LYING ON THE PAVEMENT WITH BLOOD SEEPING OUT OF HIS EAR,] Jamie Quinn via Reuters

The elderly Buffalo peace activist shoved to the ground by cops during anti-racism protests is still in the hospital with a skull fracture, unable to walk. And here’s what the president of the United States had to say about him: “Too bad he had to get hurt.” In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, President Trump essentially said the fact that Martin Gugino has a brain injury and can’t walk is his own fault. “These police, they meant business,” he said of the night in question. “They were walking and he puts himself right there. And you could tell they knew him. They knew him. But he’s had a long history. Too bad he had to get hurt.” After the incident, Trump tweeted that Gugino might be antifa, but has now backed off that completely unsubstantiated claim. “That I don’t know,” he said. The officers who shoved Gugino have been charged with assault.

Read it at The Wall Street Journal



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