2020-08-01: News Headlines

_____ (2020-08-01). Trump's Golden Era Of Energy Is Turning To Lead. popularresistance.org It was just over a year ago that President Trump announced, "The golden era of American energy is now underway," saying that his policies focused on exploiting oil, gas, and coal were "unleashing energy dominance." | What a difference a year makes. On July 10, the Financial Times ran an article with a headline that asked, "Is the party finally over for U.S. oil and gas?" And there is no doubt that it has been quite a party for the last decade. At least, for the fracking executives who have enriched themselves while losing hundreds of billions of dollars investors gave them to produce oil and gas.

Michael Moore (2020-07-31). Video: "Planet of the Humans": Michael Moore's Documentary. globalresearch.ca Michael Moore presents Planet of the Humans, a documentary that dares to say what no one else will — that we are losing the battle to stop climate change on planet earth because we are following leaders who have taken …

Jon Allsop (2020-07-31). The epistemic tragedy of coronavirus misinformation. zcomm.org Without wishing to sound defeatist, it strikes me that our present information climate is yet another tragedy in this year of tragedies…

commondreams (2020-07-31). House Spending Bill Goes Big on Climate, Clean Energy and Transportation. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Future Coaliton (2020-07-31). Wednesday 8/12: Vote for the Earth: Climate Emergency, Racial Justice and Your Voting Power. indybay.org Online via livestream: futurelive.us/

Oliver Milman (2020-07-30). How we could lose the global climate fight if Trump is re-elected. peoplesworld.org

Ashley Curtin (2020-07-30). 2019 marked a massive uptick in environmental activism as it did environmental activists' deaths. nationofchange.org "Land and environmental defenders play a vital role in protecting these climate-critical forests and ecosystems."

Staff (2020-07-30). In Wake of Recent Victories, Standing Rock Activists Carry On With Renewed Hope. truthout.org "The hardest part about locking down, is deciding to do it," Mark K. Tilsen told Truthout. | It's been almost four years since Tilsen (Oglala Lakota) and Daniel T'seleie (K'asho Got'ine Dene) attached themselves to excavators with handcuffs inside PVC piping in a device called a "Sleeping Dragon" to stop construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) at Standing Rock. When cut loose and arrested, Tilsen was cuffed behind his back with zip ties and then lifted up by the cuffs by five cops…

yenisafak (2020-07-30). US: NASA launches Perseverance rover on way to Mars. yenisafak.com NASA launched Thursday its Perseverance rover in to space, beginning its roughly seven month journey to Mars.The rover, which NASA bills as its "most sophisticated" ever, is slated to touch down on the red planet's 28 mile (45 kilometer)-wide Jezero Crater in February when it will begin a mission set to last for one Mars year, the equivalent of 687 Earth days.The $2.4 billion machine will be tasked with searching for signs of ancient microbial life, further defining Mars' geology and climate, and collecting rock and sediment samples that may be sent back to Earth, according to NASA.The rover will also carry a sep…

Melvin Goodman (2020-07-29). Trump's War on the Environment and Its Inhabitants. counterpunch.org Trump's climate denial has made the United States an environmental "pariah state" in a global community committed to addressing the problem of climate change. Trump's withdrawal from the Paris accord made the United States the only nation in the world to reject the climate accord. The two original outliers—Syria and Nicaragua—have joined, and Nicaragua stayed out initially because the agreement didn't go far enough. Trump has undermined the rich legacy of the Obama administration in the environmental field, which included getting the world's other major polluters—particularly China and India[mda…

Jason Mark (2020-07-29). It's Time to Bring the Carbon Barons to Justice—and Take Their Money. thenation.com It's Time to Bring the Carbon Barons to Justice—and Take Their Money…

Jeff Cohen (2020-07-29). Democratic Leaders Have Blocked Real Healthcare Reform for Decades. Time to Give 'Em Hell. zcomm.org Single payer doesn't just cut costs by eliminating the waste caused by a multiplicity of for-profit insurers — but also because the purchasing power of a federal plan can rein in pharmaceutical and other exploding costs.

sputniknews (2020-07-29). 'It Does Damage': Assembly of World's Largest Fusion Reactor Begins Despite 'Huge Problems' – Expert. sputniknews.com Assembly of the world's largest nuclear fusion reactor started at the Cadarache facility in southern France, despite the fact that the the reactor is not radioactive waste-free and costs huge sums of money that could instead be used to address urgent needs in the world, Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste watchdog with Beyond Nuclear, told Sputnik.

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2020-07-29). Global Witness Reveals 2019 Was 'Deadliest Year on Record' for Eco-Defenders, With 212 Murdered Worldwide. commondreams.org "Those that defend our land and environment are on the front lines of #ClimateAction. But we are failing them badly." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/global-witness.jpg