(2021-07-21). Devastating flooding in China leaves 25 dead as nearly a year of rain falls in 3 days. peoplesworld.org 
More than two dozen people have been killed by catastrophic flash flooding in central China in recent days. At least a dozen people drowned in the subway in Zhengzhou, Henan province, and about 100,000 people have been evacuated. Social media videos showed extreme flooding that turned cars into bathtub toys — as well as the harrowing rescue of 150 …
(2021-07-21). Trump Associate Indicted for being Agent for Emirates, Covertly Shaping US Mideast Policy. juancole.com 
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Donald Trump as president dumped the Paris Climate Accord, withdrew from the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, endorsed the 2017 blockade of Qatar by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and pushed for declaring the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization. The Brotherhood had been part of the 2011 uprisings against …
(2021-07-21). Farm Workers Are Dying. Blame Our Exploitative Food System. otherwords.org Part of the reason is climate change — as temperatures soar, outdoor working conditions get deadlier. But another part of the problem is centuries old. | The fact is that Europeans brought an exploitative agricultural system to this continent. Although its form has cha…
(2021-07-21). Winona LaDuke and Water Protectors Arrested: Horse Nation to the Front Line. indybay.org Winona LaDuke, executive director of Honor the Earth, was among the women arrested today defending the Shell River from the construction of Enbridge Line 3.
(2021-07-21). Local Organizing to Stop Line 3. indybay.org Calling All Santa Cruz Climate and Indigenous Rights Activists! We're trying to rapidly organize one or more Santa Cruz demonstrations for the efforts to #StopLine3, another disastrous tarsands oil pipeline violating treaty rights of Minnesota tribes. We need your help!
(2021-07-21). Headlines for July 21, 2021. democracynow.org "Once in a 1,000 Years" Rains and Flooding Kill at Least 25 People in China, Record-Breaking Wildfires Continue to Rage in Siberia, Western U.S., Releasing Toxic Fumes, Tokyo Olympic Events Start Even as Head of Organizing Committee Puts Games in Doubt, Thailand, Iran Impose COVID Lockdowns as France Launches "Health Pass" Amid Major Spike, Delta Variant Accounts for 83% of New U.S. Cases; Millions of Surplus Vaccines Could Go to Waste, Senators Unveil Legislation to Curb Presidential War Powers, Giving Authority Back to Congress, Immigrant Justice Activists Block New Jersey ICE "Black Site", Judge Blocks Arkansa…
(2021-07-21). Capitalism breeds climate catastrophe — Report from Belgium on the floods. workers.org 
By Michel Collon Hundreds die from heat exhaustion in the U.S. Northwest and British Columbia. Unprecedented heat waves hit northern Norway and Siberia. Now, unheard of flooding in Western Europe has killed hundreds of people in Germany and Belgium. This led even the New York Times to publish a lead . . . |
(2021-07-21). Climate catastrophe: Is it avoidable? — a report from Liege, Belgium. workers.org By Michel Collon Hundreds die from heat exhaustion in the U.S. Northwest and British Columbia. Unprecedented heat waves hit northern Norway and Siberia. Now, unheard of flooding in Western Europe has killed hundreds of people in Germany and Belgium. This led even the New York Times to publish a lead . . . |
(2021-07-21). Advierten presión de EE.UU para que países declaren contra Cuba. telesurtv.net Las autoridades cubanas han denunciado que el Gobierno de EE.UU. recurre a maniobras injerencistas para recrudecer el bloqueo impuesto a la isla caribeña.
(2021-07-21). Denuncian represión a manifestantes en ciudades de Colombia. telesurtv.net En varias regiones se reportaron hechos represivos, donde el Esmad atacó con gases y bombas aturdidoras a los manifestantes.
(2021-07-21). US Attacks Sovereignty from Haiti to Cuba to China. sputniknews.com 'Core Group' just kinda decided who the Haitian government is; Dems push for decriminalizing marijuana; NSO spyware exposed; US attacks on Cuba and China connected…
(2021-07-21). UN ranks Australia last on climate in sustainability goals. greenleft.org.au The United Nations has designated Australia as having done the least out of 193 countries to combat climate change. Patrick McDonald reports.
(2021-07-21). How a Powerful US Lobby Group Helps Big Oil to Block Climate Action. thenation.com How a Powerful US Lobby Group Helps Big Oil to Block Climate Action…
(2021-07-21). Rich Nations 'Must Consign Coal Power to History,' Says the UK COP26 President. thenation.com Rich Nations 'Must Consign Coal Power to History,' Says the UK COP26 President…
(2021-07-21). Republicans Believe Lying Will Make It So—And They May Be Right. commondreams.org "Wildfires in Siberia have now burned through 3.7 million acres of land, destroying vast swaths of forest. We are in a climate emergency."
(2021-07-21). Stop Waste of Tax Dollars on 2d Prosecution of H Weinstein. indybay.org Harvey Weinstein, the 69 year old, very sick, film producer, sentenced to 23 years in prison in New York at age 67 for rape, a life sentence given his age,has now been extradited to Los Angeles where California taxpayers will have to pay millions of dollars for yet another rape trial of a sick old man. This does not solve the rape problem at all; it is theft of our tax dollars.
(2021-07-20). 'A false solution': 500+ groups urge US, Canadian leaders to reject carbon capture. canadiandimension.com 
Drax Power Station in Selby, England. The station is the largest power station in the UK. It provides about 5 percent of the country's electricity and 12 percent of the country's renewable power. Photo from Shutterstock. | More than 500 organizations on Monday pressured political leaders in the United States and Canada to reject carbon capture as "a false solution" that has become "a dangerous distraction driven by the same big polluters who created the climate emergency." | The messages about carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) were not only shared as lette…
(2021-07-20). Cuba: How the CIA Manipulates Social Media and All Media. liberationnews.org 
Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how the people of Cuba demonstrated in support of their revolution and government over the weekend, new environmental disasters brought about by climate change, efforts to prohibit the teaching of the history of racism in America, a new global spying scandal involving an Israeli company, and more.
(2021-07-20). Biden will restore Tongass National Forest protections in critical step for climate. peoplesworld.org 
(2021-07-20). From Negligence to Malevolence: How the Climate Crisis has Gone Critical. progressive.org Human-induced climate change has gotten so bad that our only hope isn't to reverse it, but to simply save what we can.
(2021-07-20). 84 Democrats Sign Letter Demanding Civilian Climate Corps in Reconciliation Bill. truthout.org 
As Democratic leaders hash out the details of the upcoming $3.5 trillion reconciliation deal, dozens of Democratic lawmakers are uniting behind a proposal to create a Civilian Climate Corps and rallying for its inclusion in the bill. | Eighty-four Democrats signed
(2021-07-20). The Taliban's Dramatic Military Victory. counterpunch.org Joe Biden deserves nothing but praise and support for his decision to honor America's commitment, negotiated between the Trump administration and the Taliban, to finally withdraw from Afghanistan. After more than 20 years of wasted lives, endless property damage and squandering of billions of U.S. tax dollars that would have been better spent on just
(2021-07-20). 'Deadline Glasgow': As Climate Summit Looms, Campaign Targets Complicity of Banks and Biden. commondreams.org
(2021-07-20). Leaving Parts of Trump's Pro-Polluter Legacy Intact, Biden Gets C- on Environmental Report Card. commondreams.org Scores of groups are "calling on all financial institutions and the U.S. government to end their support for companies engaged in climate destruction and human rights abuses."
(2021-07-20). Are We Prepared for Pandora's Box of Climate Catastrophes? commondreams.org
(2021-07-20). Robotic Killing Machines and Our Future: Chris Pratt, Aliens and Drones. counterpunch.org Chris Pratt of Parks and Recreation and Guardians of the Galaxy fame has a new film out. In The Tomorrow War, Pratt uses time travel to save Earth from hordes of ravenous aliens. The film ultimately is an allegory for climate change, so kudos to Pratt and all in Hollywood for a movie demonstrating that
(2021-07-20). Solar generated 25% of US electricity in April: What this means for renewables. nationofchange.org Continued growth in the solar sector is essential to climate change prevention.
(2021-07-20). Cuba and the US: The Difference Between Dictatorship and Tyranny. commondreams.org Biden's "limited achievements must be put in context of what both science and justice require to avoid the worst impacts of the climate and extinction crises," said the Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund.
(2021-07-20). Climate change and the Pacific Islands: 'When the land disappears, we will all disappear'. mronline.org Climate change is already leading to rising sea levels, threatening island and coastal communities and devastating food security and access to fresh water. Long-term drought and changes in weather patterns are causing hunger and destroying farming land. | July 20, 2021…
(2021-07-20). Climate Change Hits Around the World. sputniknews.com On this episode of Fault Lines, hosts Jamarl Thomas and Shane Stranahan discussed the effects of severe weather in Germany and other European countries, the divisiveness of the left, and the reality of the vaccine statistics in the United States.
(2021-07-20). How to Prevent a New Cold War with China. counterpunch.org On May 25th 2021, Representative Greogry Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced an expensive anti-China bill into the House. The Ensuring American Global Leadership and Engagement Act (H.R. 3524), also known as the EAGLE Act, would commit our tax dollars to dangerous anti-China rhetoric, as well as wasteful and environmentally damaging military