2021-04-14: News Headlines

Staff (2021-04-14). Resuscitating Normalcy Will Kill Us. What We Need Is a Just Recovery. truthout.org This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. | Our pre-pandemic "normal" was a deathtrap. So what should we be building instead? And how should we talk about it? In this episode, Kelly talks with artist and organizer Jayeesha Dutta about letting normalcy die and creating something new. | TRANSCRIPT: | Note: This a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity. Copy may not be in its final form. | Kelly Hayes:…

Staff (2021-04-14). Passing Climate Bills Without Labor Standards Won't Transition the Economy. truthout.org This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. | The failed unionization attempt at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, isn't just a setback for the labor movement, it is a setback for all progressive movements, especially the climate movement. Amazon

Waging Nonviolence (2021-04-14). Young Indigenous organizers are taking the fight against oil pipelines to Biden. juancole.com ( Waging Nonviolence)- Hundreds of people rallied in front of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers headquarters in Washington, D.C. on April 1 to deliver 400,000 petition signatures calling on the Biden administration to stop a pair of major oil pipelines threatening Indigenous nations' land and water. "We as Indigenous people are done being silenced," …

Jeremy Deaton (2021-04-14). A Tale of Two Climate Migrants. thenation.com A Tale of Two Climate Migrants…

Jeremy Deaton (2021-04-14). A Tale of 2 Climate Migrants. thenation.com A Tale of 2 Climate Migrants…

Observer Research Foundation (2021-04-14). The Promise Of AI: Can It Hold For Environmental Sustainability? — Analysis. eurasiareview.com We need to be in a better position to do our homework and genuinely assess the environmental impact of digital technologies, including AI.: | By Cathleen Berger | We are in a climate crisis and we are living through a global pandemic that is severely affecting economic stability. Aware of the risk, that government incentives to boost growth post-pandemic may well undermine many of the necessary investments and reductions to mitigate the climate crisis, we increasingly hear calls for a "green recovery." Thereby, AI is often presented as a powerful solution to fuel this green transition. But is that true…

Alex James (2021-04-14). Lobbying politicians is holding back the climate movement. zcomm.org The lobbying and state-directed demands of climate NGOs are hurting the UK's climate movement. We need to organize our struggle at a distance from the state…

Climate Emergency Is Now (2021-04-14). Sunrise Movement Calls on Congresswoman to Sign the Good Jobs Pledge. indybay.org In Palo Alto, members of Silicon Valley Sunrise Movement called on Congresswoman Anna Eshoo to sign the Good Jobs for All Pledge. While she did not sign the pledge, she sent a letter assuring the group she shares their concerns.

CIIS Public Programs (2021-04-14). Wednesday 4/28: On Environmental Racism, Climate Change, and Pathways to Justice. indybay.org Online…

Olivia Rosane (2021-04-14). Japan to release Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific. nationofchange.org "The government has taken the wholly unjustified decision to deliberately contaminate the Pacific Ocean with radioactive wastes."

ecns.cn (2021-04-14). China seriously concerned about Japan's disposal of Fukushima water. ecns.cn China Tuesday expressed serious concerns about Japan's decision to discharge contaminated water from Fukushima nuclear station by releasing it into the Pacific Ocean.

GM Free Me (2021-04-14). Monsanto Fined $289 Million for Failing to Warn Users of Glyphosate-Cancer Link. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published in 2018. | A San Francisco jury …

Environmental Activist (2021-04-14). No Line 3 Project! The Work that Goes Into a Giant Wells Fargo Protest. indybay.org See photos of how activists created a giant mural on April 9 when hundreds of protesters demonstrated outside the headquarters of Wells Fargo and BlackRock. They demonstrated against the two companies' roles in financing an oil pipeline project in Minnesota.

The Conversation (2021-04-13). Technology innovation gives government leverage to drive down CO2 emissions fast — here's how. juancole.com By Jessika E. Trancik | — To avert the worst effects of climate change, global greenhouse gas emissions should fall at faster rates than they have risen for over a century. Economies must essentially turn on a dime and then move quickly toward a carbon-free future. In the U.S., the Biden-Harris administration has recommitted the …

Phyllis Bennis (2021-04-13). This isn't a Border Crisis, It's a Poverty, Violence and Climate Crisis. counterpunch.org Thousands of desperate migrants, mostly from Central America, are stuck at the U.S.-Mexico border. Most are families and unaccompanied children. Despite their legal rights to apply for asylum, U.S. officials are turning away huge numbers, claiming pandemic restrictions. But thousands of children remain, held in crowded border detention facilities while awaiting transfer to Department of

F. William Engdahl (2021-04-13). Sweden Axes Gates's Mad Global Warming Scheme. globalresearch.ca For more than a decade Bill Gates has funneled millions of …

Andrea Germanos (2021-04-13). 'Only the beginning': Citing climate and investment risks, NY State pension fund to ditch tar sands. nationofchange.org "Kudos to Tom DiNapoli for making it clear that you can't build your retirement on tar sands."

Juan Cole (2021-04-13). "Unimaginable Amounts of Water": Human-Made Global Heating in Danger of "Uncorking" Massive Antarctic Glaciers, causing Sea Level Rise. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — A new article in Geophysical Research Letters found that four times as much of the Antarctic ices shelves would melt under a scenario where we heat the earth by 7.2 degrees F. (4 degrees C.) as opposed to the current Paris Climate Treaty goals of 1.5 degrees C. or at …

Eurasia Review (2021-04-13). Snow Chaos In Europe Caused By Melting Sea-Ice In The Arctic. eurasiareview.com They are diligently stoking thousands of bonfires on the ground close to their crops, but the French winemakers are fighting a losing battle. An above-average warm spell at the end of March has been followed by days of extreme frost, destroying the vines with losses amounting to 90 percent above average. The image of the struggle may well be the most depressingly beautiful illustration of the complexities and unpredictability of global climate warming. It is also an agricultural disaster from Bordeaux to Champagne. | It is the loss of the Arctic sea-ice due to climate warming that has, somewhat paradoxically,…

Harold R. Wanless (2021-04-13). How Warming Oceans Are Accelerating the Climate Crisis. thenation.com How Warming Oceans Are Accelerating the Climate Crisis…

WSWS (2021-04-13). School students strike in New Zealand over inaction on climate change. wsws.org Thousands of school students denounced the Labour Party-led government's continued refusal to address the threat of catastrophic climate change.

Jenna McGuire, staff writer (2021-04-13). 'The Climate Emergency Is Not Coming. It Is Here': Local Officials Across US Demand Fracking Ban. commondreams.org "It's time for our leaders in Washington to tackle the climate crisis now, not later. This means halting fracking and fossil fuel projects, period." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/divest_6.jpg

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2021-04-13). Scientific American to Use 'Climate Emergency' in Magazine's Future Coverage. commondreams.org "This idea is not a journalistic fancy," writes a senior editor. "We are on solid scientific ground." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1228419561_1.png

commondreams (2021-04-13). The American Sustainable Business Council Endorses the Climate Stewardship Act. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Al Carroll (2021-04-13). Remembering Ladonna Brave Bull Allard. indybay.org LaDonna Tamakawastewin Allard, also known as LaDonna Bravebull Allard, passed on. She was preceded by her husband Miles by two years. I'm proud to say I knew her for many years as part of NAFPS, or New Age Frauds Plastic Shamans. She was best known to most for her leading role in the NoDAPL movement.

commondreams (2021-04-13). Hundreds of Elected Officials Call for Fracking Ban and Halt to New Fossil Fuel Projects. commondreams.org ______________________________…

ecns.cn (2021-04-13). People protest against the discharge of wastewater into the sea in Tokyo. ecns.cn The Japanese government is set to announce, as early as Tuesday, a plan to dilute radioactive Fukushima wastewater and release it into the ocean.

Ashley Curtin (2021-04-13). Biden refuses to shut down Dakota Access Pipeline. nationofchange.org We will do our very best to see this pipeline removed, our water protected, and our sacred lands healed."

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