(2020-09-08). Australia continues its toxic waste trade. greenleft.org.au
(2020-09-08). The big, dirty money behind the California wildfires. nationofchange.org It turns out that climate destruction isn't just a terrible long-term investment, in many cases—as our state burns north, south, east, and west—it's a terrible short-term investment too.
(2020-09-08). UN Chief: Humanity Is "Doomed" If Nations Don't Cooperate on Climate Soon. truthout.org World powers must pull together and retool their economies for a green future or humanity is "doomed," UN chief Antonio Guterres has warned, telling AFP that failure to control the coronavirus pandemic illustrates the danger of disunity. | Before the virus struck, 2020 was billed as a pivotal year for the plan to dodge the bullet of catastrophic global warming, with high profile summits planned to catch a wave of public alarm over the future of the planet. | The coronavirus crisis may have shunted c…
(2020-09-08). 'This Is What a Climate Crisis Looks Like': Fires Have Now Burned Record 2 Million Acres in California This Year. commondreams.org A spokesperson for CAL FIRE called the news "unnerving," noting that "September and October are historically our worst months for fires." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12284021991.jpg …
(2020-09-08). World Bank Must Permanently End Ideologically Driven Doing Business Rankings. commondreams.org Demonstrators march outside the World Bank and IMF Headquarters during the organizations, Annual Meetings in Washington, DC, October 18, 2019. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/worldbank_climatefirst.jpg …
(2020-09-08). Climate Justice Group Launches Effort Urging Candidates To Return Contributions From MN Chamber of Commerce. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-09-07). 'Green' billionaires behind professional activist network that led suppression of 'Planet of the Humans' documentary. thegrayzone.com The Michael Moore-produced 'Planet of the Humans' faced a coordinated suppression campaign led by professional climate activists backed by the same 'green' billionaires, Wall Street investors, industry insiders and family foundations skewered in the film. By Max Blumenthal "We must take control of our environmental movement and our future from billionaires and their permanent war …
(2020-09-07). Trump administration overpays, underdelivers on USDA food box program for the hungry. wsws.org Millions of dollars that could be utilized to feed struggling workers have been wasted all while millions of American families go hungry and millions of pounds of food have gone to waste in the fields.
(2020-09-07). 50,000-Foot Smoke Plumes and Record-Shattering Heatwave as Climate Emergency Grips California. zcomm.org Timelapse footage from space showing Saturday's explosion of California wildfires led one meteorologist to declare: "It cannot be overstated how terrifying this satellite image is."
(2020-09-07). We will not be intimidated. zcomm.org If the old 'First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win' is true, we appear to be transitioning from the ridicule stage into the fight.
(2020-09-06). Police arrest more than 600 as protesters make clear climate change isn't going away. thecanary.co More than 600 people have been arrested during five days of climate change protests in central London, police have said.Back on the agenda: Environmental campaign group Extinction Rebellion (XR) reignited its efforts to highlight the dangers of climate change this month after they were largely placed on hold by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
(2020-09-06). Ministers looking into clampdown on XR and beefed-up police powers after press blockade protest. thecanary.co Ministers are mulling new protections for "tenets of democracy" such as courts and the press after an environmental protest prevented UK newspapers from reaching the stands. | Some newsagents' shelves were left empty on the morning of Saturday 5 September after Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters targeted Newsprinters printing works at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Knowsley, near Liverpool, blocking the day's papers from leaving the depots. | Dear Newsagents, we are sorry for disruption caused to your business this morning. Dear Mr. Murdoch, we are absolutely not sorry for continuing to disrupt your agenda this…
(2020-09-06). Stories From The Rebellion. zcomm.org The right wing media is a barrier to the truth, failing to reflect the scale and urgency of the crisis and hold governments to account…
(2020-09-06). Can U.S. Democracy Be Fixed? indybay.org To distract and divert, scapegoating becomes a core tactic of these moves away from democratic cohesion. In a world of inequalities and global warming, there has arisen a frightening receptivity to blaming the stranger or the other for the unfairness being experienced in the forms of inequality, economic displacement, and erosions of national identity.
(2020-09-06). While XR disrupts the 'free press', the Tories are attacking independent media. thecanary.co As Extinction Rebellion (XR) shut down the print versions of major UK newspapers, an actual attack on the free press was taking place. It's one which shows that the Tory government's creeping authoritarianism is still alive and kicking — and growing more concerning by the day. | XR: shutting down the corporate press: | The Canary
(2020-09-06). California's Giant Smoke Plumes and Record Heatwaves Signal Climate Emergency. truthout.org Smoke plumes rising tens of thousands of feet into the air over California could be seen from outer-space overnight and into Sunday as massive wildfires that touched off this weekend amid a statewide heatwave triggered dramatic rescue efforts for hundreds of people trapped in a U.S. national forest and fresh warnings of a "climate emergency" unfolding in real time. | The fast-moving "Creek Fire" in the Sierra National Forest — which has burned at least 36,000 acres and reported as 0% co…
(2020-09-06). Trump Admin's Small Business Bailout Has Been Plagued by Waste, Fraud and Abuse. truthout.org This article was produced by In several cases that have received heavy press attention, small business owners who said they needed money from the government to stay afloat during the economic downturn ha…
(2020-09-05). The Heat: Global food security. america.cgtn.com President Xi tells the Chinese people to clean their plates in an effort to reduce food waste. Plus, we take a look at how India and countries in Africa are dealing with threats to food security.
(2020-09-05). Activists protest against press's 'failure to report on the climate & ecological emergency'. thecanary.co More than 100 Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters used vehicles and bamboo lock-ons to block roads outside the Newsprinters printing works at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Knowsley, near Liverpool on Friday 4 September.By Saturday morning, police said some 30 people had been arrested.Failings: Under a banner reading "Free the truth", XR tweeted that it was using the disruption to expose the newspapers' "failure to report on the climate & ecological emergency, and their consistent manipulation of truth to suit their own agendas". The group said: Coverage in many of the newspapers printed here is polluting…
(2020-09-05). Springfield Says "No" To Biomass Power Plant. popularresistance.org Springfield, MA – More than 75 people gathered on the steps of City Hall on Thursday calling for an end to a long-proposed biomass project in East Springfield, saying it is a threat to public health and an environmental hazard. | Some of those speaking used he phrase "we can't breathe" in expressing their strong opposition to the wood-to-energy plant proposed by Palmer Renewable Energy LLC at 1000 Page Blvd. | Verne McArthur, of the Springfield Climate Justice Coalition, led the activists and residents in chants against the biomass project, including, "We will, we will, block you, block you."
(2020-09-05). Non-Violent Direct Action — Method or Madness? zcomm.org Non-Violent Direct Action has worked at points throughout history but does that mean it can work for Extinction Rebellion now?>
(2020-09-05). 'We Need a Free Press But Do Not Have It': UK Climate Campaigners Defend Blockade of Murdoch's Destructive Media Empire. commondreams.org The real story, according to Extinction Rebellion UK, is that humanity is facing "an emergency of unprecedented scale and the papers we have targeted are not reflecting the scale and urgency of what is happening to our planet." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/5_crooks_control_our_news.jpg …
(2020-09-04). Fracking Company Has Made It Rain Toxic Water Upon New Mexico Without Penalty. zcomm.org New Mexico is faced with this fundamental issue: Does it fill its coffers with blood money, sacrificing the health of its people in order to reap funding from the oil and gas industry? Or does it hold accountable an entire industry that is poisoning its people and the Land of Enchantment?>
(2020-09-04). Fresh drone VIDEO shows Beirut resembling Moon's surface one month after huge blast left 1,000s dead and injured. rt.com New drone footage captured by RT's video agency Ruptly reveals the devastation at ground zero in Beirut's port in detail, one month after the massive explosion which shook the Lebanese capital. | The video shows the port, where the now-infamous warehouse full of improperly stored explosives used to sit. The whole area was essentially flattened by the blast. No building was left standing, apart from massive grain silos that managed to withstand the explosion and even shielded part of the city. | Ground zero looks like a barren wasteland marked with the shells of buildings, buried under fragments of former wa…
(2020-09-04). Environmental Justice for All. dissidentvoice.org Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, and Part X. We are all victims of a deteriorating environment and rapid climate change that spares no one from its effects. Already, tens of millions of people have been turned into climate refugees while hundreds …
(2020-09-04). A False Flag Is Biden's Only Chance to Win. strategic-culture.org The Black Revolution is in full swing in the U.S. Over the next sixty days we will be treated to the greatest political show on Earth as the Democrats and their handlers in The Davos Crowd pursue the biggest lie since Climate Change. | The events of 2020 are lining up for a climax to this story that ends with only one outcome, a contested election which fuels a coup attempt after the election results come in on November 3rd. | And because of this now obvious plan, setting up a false flag around the election is the most likely means to produce election results close enough to support this course of action. | I'm n…