Week ending Friday, September 3, 2021


Northernmost Isle

Members of a Danish research expedition to Greenland’s northern coastal waters say they accidently discovered what is now believed to be the northernmost island on the planet. While unsuccessfully trying to locate and land on Oodaaq Island to collect samples, they instead “landed on a strange unvegetated bunch of mud, moraine deposits and gravel surrounded by sea ice on all sides.” After checking their position, they found they were not on Oodaaq, but on land about 800 metres farther north than what was previously thought to be the island nearest to the North Pole. The team wants the newly-discovered island to be named...

Kickoff call for a fossil-free future Sept. 9 at 5 pm MT

A campaign called the Fossil Free Resistance will be in Washington, D. C. Oct. 11-15 to call for a fossil-free future.

It will kick off with a call Sept. 9 at 5 pm at https://bit.ly/38WWYq1, which provides a description of the effort and will help those wishing to attend to find a ride to the event.

Organizers want President Biden to become the climate president he promised to be before attending the global climate talks. They believe he has taken important first steps, but failed to stop fossil fuel projects that continue to power the climate emergency, violate the rights of Indigenous people, and threaten wildlife and...

As a community-based educational and advocacy campaign, No Minor Sale aims to connect with community members and organizations across New Mexico. And since beginning in Fall 2017, the No Minor Sale campaign is thrilled to have had the opportunity to partner with 47 community organizations and tobacco retail stores from 20 New Mexico localities who have shared the campaign’s mission of ending the illegal sale of tobacco products to minors.

In 2019, No Minor Sale began advocating for tobacco retail licensing, a policy proven to reduce illegal tobacco product sales to minors. This campaign policy focus existed until Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law the Tobacco Products Act...

Doctors at Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services are asking members of the community to talk to them about any concerns they have in regard to vaccine risks.

They are especially troubled about seeing patients with the COVID-19 DELTA variant, many of whom are young and very ill. The hospital staff urges families, and especially those with children ages 12 and up, to get their shots as soon as possible. They are available without an appointment at the RMCHCS College Clinic at 2111 College Dr. Mon-Fri from 8 am-4 pm. For more information call (505) 863-1820.