What's Worse Than Climate Catastrophe? Climate Catastrophe Plus Fascism
Wen Stephenson | thenation.com | 2021-05-25
What's Worse Than Climate Catastrophe? Climate Catastrophe Plus Fascism.
thenation.com/article/environment/andreas-malm-interview/
Mark Kabay-Saleh: 'I have a dream — to save my islands'
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2021-05-25
Mark Kabay-Saleh, from the islands of Masig and Poruma in the centre of the Torres Strait, gave this speech to the climate strike in Brisbane's King George Square on May 21.
greenleft.org.au/content/mark-kabay-saleh-i-have-dream-save-my-islands
The Fight for Independent, Non-Corporate Radio Flares Up Again
repost | indybay.org | 2021-05-25
Despite losing a corporate bylaw proposal at Pacifica by 2 to 1 the same group of people have put another reactionary bylaw proposal to a vote for at Pacifica that will cost over $50,000. This is supported by many staff at KPFA who apparently don't give a damn about the waste of money and hypocrisy of their allies. This includes Cat Brooks, Aileen Alfandary, Mitch Jeserich, Brian Edwards-Tiekert, Philip Maldari, Timothy Lynch, Bonnie Simmons, | Kris Welch, Darlene Pagano & Joel Sachs…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/21/18842681.php
War And Climate Disasters Displaced A Record Of 55 Million People In 2020
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-24
Amid a raging global pandemic, a record 55 million people were displaced from their homes but still living in their countries by the end of 2020, according to the latest report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center. | While the figures have been increasing steadily for over a decade, as per the Geneva-based center's annual reports, ferocious storms, floods and conflicts displaced more people within their own country in 2020 — in spite of the global pandemic — than in any other year covered by the IDMC's reporting. Shockingly, the report found that internally displaced people outnumbered ref…
popularresistance.org/war-and-climate-disasters-displaced-a-record-of-55-million-people-in-2020/
As temperatures rise, extreme weather displaces record numbers of people
Ajit Niranjan | peoplesworld.org | 2021-05-24
Storms, floods, wildfires and droughts drove more than 30 million people from their homes last year, as rising temperatures wrought extra chaos on the climate, according to a report published Thursday by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC). Together with wars and violence, which forced 9.8 million people to flee within their borders, extreme weather brought …
peoplesworld.org/article/as-temperatures-rise-extreme-weather-displaces-record-numbers-of-people/
People's Bailout Coalition Places New York Times Ad With Nearly 200 Progressive Groups Calling on Congress to Go Bigger and Bolder to Deliver Jobs and Justice
Johanna Kichton | peoplesaction.org | 2021-05-24
As Biden Proposes Reducing His Recovery Package, campaigns Urge Congress to Invest $10 Trillion Over Next Decade on Climate, Jobs, and Justice Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 240.206.1145 WASHINGTON, D.C.–The People's Bailout today placed an ad in The New York Times along with three other networks and nearly 200 organizations calling on Congress to go bigger …
peoplesaction.org/2021/05/peoples-bailout-coalition-places-new-york-times-ad-with-nearly-200-progressive-groups-calling-on-congress-to-go-bigger-and-bolder-to-deliver-jobs-and-justice/
United Kingdom: Animal Rights Group Blockades McDonalds
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-24
Environmental activits are blockading four McDonald's distribution centres in a bid to stop deliveries to the fast food giant's restaurants across the country this weekend. | Animal Rebellion say that some 50 demonstrators have used trucks and bamboo towers to stop lorries leaving depots in Hemel Hempstead, Basingstoke, Coventry and Heywood in Greater Manchester. | They have poured fake animal blood over signage with some protesters dressed as the chain's mascot, Ronald McDonald. | Demonstrators say they are targeting the chain because of its "role in the climate emergency" and are demanding McDonald's — wh…
popularresistance.org/united-kingdom-animal-rights-group-blockades-mcdonalds/
JPMorgan Chase Just Became the World's Most Dangerous Bank
Alec Connon | commondreams.org | 2021-05-24
"Chase is the first major US bank to commit to 2030 climate targets; by setting the bar so devastatingly low they have made it easier for other Wall Street banks to engage in similar acts of greenwashing." #fossilfueldivestment | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/chase_funding_climate.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2021/05/24/jpmorgan-chase-just-became-worlds-most-dangerous-bank?cd-origin=rss
350.org on Biden Administration Doubling Funding to Address Climate Disasters
commondreams.org | 2021-05-24
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commondreams.org/newswire/2021/05/24/350org-biden-administration-doubling-funding-address-climate-disasters?cd-origin=rss
'Don't Abandon Climate, Care, Jobs, and Justice': Activists Decry Biden Concessions to GOP
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-05-24
"Biden needs to stand strong behind his campaign promises for climate change, jobs, and justice." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/whitehouse-rally-infrastructure-2600×1361.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2021/05/24/dont-abandon-climate-care-jobs-and-justice-activists-decry-biden-concessions-gop?cd-origin=rss
Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline Battle Heats Up in Michigan
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-24
When Enbridge Line 5 was built in 1953, the notion of tribal consultation was often overlooked by states and corporations. | In those days, pipeline construction was a simple matter. The company paid the state of Michigan $2,450 for an easement for a portion of its pipeline on the lake bottom…
truthout.org/articles/enbridge-line-5-pipeline-battle-heats-up-in-michigan/
The Fight for Independent, Non-Corporate Radio Flares Up Again
repost | indybay.org | 2021-05-24
Despite losing a corporate bylaw proposal at Pacifica by 2 to 1 the same group of people have put another reactionary bylaw proposal to a vote for at Pacifica that will cost over $50,000. This is supported by many staff at KPFA who apparently don't give a damn about the waste of money and hypocrisy of their allies. This includes Cat Brooks, Aileen Alfandary, Mitch Jeserich, Brian Edwards-Tiekert, Philip Maldari, Timothy Lynch, Bonnie Simmons, | Kris Welch, Darlene Pagano & Joel Sachs…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/21/18842681.php