2021-09-07: News Headlines

Thom Hartmann (2021-09-07). Is America Doomed? Or is This Just a Huge Opportunity for the Progressive Agenda? counterpunch.org Some Americans feel like we're living through a "last days" biblical Revelation kind of scenario. There's a worldwide pandemic that is even killing our children; climate change has drowned the East Coast while the West Coast is on fire; emergency workers and firefighters are struggling with Covid; and a group of rightwing billionaires and religious

Editor (2021-09-07). The storm before the storm. workers.org There is no doubt that the climate catastrophe threatens the future of life on the planet. A massive mobilization of the working class will be needed to combat this threat. But, as Hurricane Ida and the associated flooding revealed, this is not just a threat to future generations — climate . . . |

Mitchel Cohen (2021-09-07). When Will it End? NYC Renews its Toxic Pesticide Spray Program to Kill Mosquitoes Said to be Carrying West Nile Virus. counterpunch.org The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decided last week to comply with the order of the U.S. Court of Appeals to finally ban the widely used pesticide Chlorpyrifos. And, the fight against Monsanto í's Roundup (now owned by Bayer) scores courtroom victory after victory. But New York City ís Mayor has decided to renew the city ís toxic pesticide spraying over

Matt Sedlar (2021-09-07). Hurricane Ida Showed Us that Our Infrastructure Isn't Ready for Climate Change. cepr.net there's going to be a bigger Katrina, there's going to be a bigger Sandy, there's going to be a bigger Hurricane Maria, and they're going to be right around the corner. —Commanding General Thomas Bostick, US Army Corps of Engineers, June 17, 2021 Hurricane Ida has lessons for the members of …

_____ (2021-09-07). Science Shows We Must Stop Pipelines: This Is How We Do It. popularresistance.org A new report finds that almost one-third of people living in the United States have been directly impacted by the climate crisis so far this year. This includes fires, floods and extreme heat. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that the climate crisis is undoubtedly being caused by human behavior. We must stop emitting carbon now but pipelines for oil and gas are still being built across the country. Clearing the FOG speaks with Deborah Kushner of Appalachians Against Pipelines about her work to stop the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines. Deborah and two others shut down constr…

Janine Jackson (2021-09-07). Only those taking action against climate violence are labeled 'terrorist'. mronline.org Floods, fires, ice caps melting, hurricanes—all attest to the violence of human-caused climate disruption.

Julian Wettengel (2021-09-07). Climate change among top of Germans' concerns — surveys. zcomm.org The German public increasingly puts climate action at the top of its policy priorities,and remains strongly in support of the transition to a low-carbon and nuclear-free economy…

Robert Pollin (2021-09-07). Climate Crisis and a Global Green New Deal. zcomm.org This is the first part of an exchange between Robert Pollin and Don Fitz for ZNet…

David Skripac (2021-09-07). The Pandemic, "Our Species Is Being Genetically Modified": What Happened in 2020. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2021-09-07). More Than 500 Arrested As Extinction Rebellion Protests Continue In London. popularresistance.org Police have arrested more than than 500 people during Extinction Rebellion's protests in London. The environmental group began their 'Impossible Rebellion' action on 23 August. The Metropolitan Police said since the action began, as of 6.30pm on Saturday 4 September they had arrested 508 people.

Staff (2021-09-07). A region scarred by coal production now faces fracking threats. therealnews.com In her documentary "Hard Road of Hope," independent filmmaker Eleanor Goldfield details the history and contemporary struggles of West Virginians living and dying in coal country. As part of our coverage commemorating the Battle of Blair Mountain centennial, we are screening "Hard Road of Hope" for a limited time on the TRNN YouTube channel (watch it now

Ice Age Farmer (2021-09-07). Total Insanity: Dutch Cabinet Plans to Take Farms from Farmers to "Combat Global Warming" globalresearch.ca

Dr. Lee A. Evslin (2021-09-07). Breakfast at Monsanto's Sheds Light on Health Dangers of World's Most Used Weedkiller. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2021-09-07). Jinan conference to seek global unity in fight against food waste. ecns.cn China will hold an international conference in Shandong province to bolster global cooperation in curbing food waste.

_____ (2021-09-07). Water Protectors Shut Down Major U.S.-Canadian Tar Sands Terminal. popularresistance.org This morning, Water Protectors erected multiple blockades at a major U.S.-Canadian tar sands terminal in Clearbrook, Minnesota in direct opposition to Enbridge's Line 3. From grandmothers to young people, Water Protectors of all walks of life continue to stand up for the sacred. On one end of the mile-long blockade, grandmothers led beautiful solidarity with Anishinaabe treaty territory and Mother Earth, in front of a boat painted with MMIWG2S messages.

_____ (2021-09-06). Decolonise The Green New Deal. popularresistance.org Only 100 corporations in the world are responsible for 71% of all global emissions. We know their names. And the names of their CEOs. Their offices are not guarded but in the open, untouchable by the courts. Their money is out of reach — somewhere offshore. Their mess, pain and destruction are spread all over the place. The consequences of the climate emergency are mostly suffered by countries in the Tropics and by the poorest regions in those countries. There are numerous island-nations close to the Equator and entire communities at the risk of disappearing due to rising sea-level.

_____ (2021-09-06). More Than 200 Health Journals Call For Urgent Action On Climate Crisis. popularresistance.org The editorial, which is being published before the UN general assembly and the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow this November, says: "Ahead of these pivotal meetings, we — the editors of health journals worldwide — call for urgent action to keep average global temperature increases below 1.5C, halt the destruction of nature, and protect health. "Health is already being harmed by global temperature increases and the destruction of the natural world, a state of affairs health professionals have been bringing attention to for decades.

_____ (2021-09-06). 220+ Medical Journals Unite to Demand Urgent Action on Climate Emergency. commondreams.org What's most alarming right now is that most people aren't alarmed.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-06). Celso Amorim, Former Foreign Minister: "A Climate of Civil War is Being Created in Brazil". libya360.wordpress.com Héctor Bernardo Supporters of Brazil's ultra-right-wing president, Jair Bolsonaro, have called for marches on Tuesday, September 7, against the Supreme Federal Court (STF). Faced with an almost certain electoral defeat to the former president Lula da Silva, Bolsonaro is putting pressure on the other branches of government to delegitimize the elections scheduled for 2022. Rumors…

thelancet (2021-09-06). [Commentary] Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health. thelancet.com The UN General Assembly in September 2021, will bring countries together at a critical time for marshalling collective action to tackle the global environmental crisis. They will meet again at the biodiversity summit in Kunming, China, and the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, UK. Ahead of these pivotal meetings, we—the editors of health journals worldwide—call for urgent action to keep average global temperature increases below 1.5‚ÄØ ∞C, halt the destruction of nature, and protect health.

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