2021-07-31: News Headlines

Ellen Brown (2021-07-31). Nature's Own Fuel Could Save Us From the Greenhouse Effect and Electric Grid Failure. dissidentvoice.org Hemp fuel and other biofuels could reduce carbon emissions while saving the electric grid, but they're often overlooked for more expensive, high-tech climate solutions. On July 14, the European Union unveiled sweeping climate change and emissions targets that would, according to Gulf News, mean "the end of the internal combustion engine": The commission's draft would reduce …

Stephanie Parker (2021-07-31). Here's how the climate crisis is impacting the water cycle. nationofchange.org The current extreme fluctuation in precipitation across the globe is due in large part to climate change.

Katharine Gammon (2021-07-31). Critical Measures of Global Heating Reach Tipping Point, Study Finds. zcomm.org "Policies to alleviate the climate crisis or any of the other threatened planetary boundary transgressions should not be focused on symptom relief but on addressing their root cause: the overexploitation of the Earth,"

Center for Biological Diversity (2021-07-31). Oregon Approves Petition to Increase Marbled Murrelet Endangered Species Protection. indybay.org Coastal Seabird at Risk of Extinction From Climate Change…

Fight Back (2021-07-30). Twin Cites activists pressure Canadian oil company to stop toxic tar sands pipeline. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN — Twin Cities activists stood in solidarity with indigenous water protectors, July 29, and led a coordinated banner drop around Saint Paul and Minneapolis to pressure the Canadian oil company Enbridge to stop its Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline. | This action is in direct response to last month's aggressive actions by local law enforcement to repress one of the indigenous-led resistance camps in northern Minnesota. The repression includes the arrests of 20-plus water protectors participating in a sunrise ceremony at Red Lake treaty camp, the arrests of seven water protectors who took action at t…

_____ (2021-07-30). Bayer Confirms End Of Sale Of Glyphosate-Based Herbicides. popularresistance.org Bayer Monsanto stated Thursday that "the company and its partners will replace its glyphosate-based products in the U.S. residential Lawn & Garden market with new formulations that rely on alternative active ingredients beginning in 2023, subject to a timely review by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state counterparts….."

contributors (2021-07-30). Open Letter to Chancellor Merkel: Germany's Mega-Floods are a Wake-Up Call that We need Radical Climate Action, Now. juancole.com Prof. Dr. Eicke R. Weber 10625 Berlin An Bundeskanzlerin Dr. Angela Merkel Bundeskanzleramt Willi-Brandt-Straàüe 1 10557 Berlin July 25, 2021 Dear Chancellor Dr. Merkel, We are again in deep concern. We were very grateful that our first letter of March 2011, after the terrible Fukushima catastrophe (see attachment), may have helped to reach your quick …

teleSUR (2021-07-30). Acute Food Insecurity To Increase in Colombia, Haiti, Guatemala. telesurenglish.net The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP) warned that acute food insecurity will increase in 23 countries in the next four months. | RELATED: | In Latin America, the food situation will worsen in Colombia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, and El Salvador. Violence, conflict, climate change, and economic crisis will likely remain the main drivers of acute food i…

_____ (2021-07-30). Science Museum Just Killed Its 'Own Reputation,' Says Greta Thunberg After Docs Reveal Gag Clause With Shell. commondreams.org The great painter Diego Rivera would not appreciate what our richest are using for collateral.

news.un (2021-07-30). Conflict, COVID, climate crisis, likely to fuel acute food insecurity in 23 'hunger hotspots'. news.un.org Life-saving aid to families on the brink of famine is being cut off in several countries by fighting and blockades, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) said in a new report issued on Friday.

Chris Smith (2021-07-30). Glimmers of Hope for Wildlife in Colorado. counterpunch.org Colorado, like most western states, was once a haven for an incredible array of wildlife including native carnivores like wolves, grizzly bears, Canada lynx, and wolverines. The government-sanctioned and funded war on wildlife over the last two centuries rendered many of these species either extinct in the Centennial State or barely hanging on. But, the

Nick Licata (2021-07-30). The Air-Conditioning Nightmare: an Interview With Eric Dean Wilson. counterpunch.org In opening Eric Dean Wilson's book, "After Cooling: On Freon, Global Warming, and the Terrible Cost of Comfort," I was prepared for a lot of data on how the Freon gas created a huge hole in our ozone layer and had threatened our human survival. But Wilson goes beyond the technical explanation of how Freon

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