(2021-10-15). How to Save the World (From a Climate Armageddon). counterpunch.org This summer we witnessed, with brutal clarity, the Beginning of the End: the end of Earth as we know it — a world of lush forests, bountiful croplands, livable cities, and survivable coastlines. In its place, we saw the early manifestations of a climate-damaged planet, with scorched forests, parched fields, scalding cities, and storm-wracked coastlines.
(2021-10-15). How capitalism shackles the fight against climate change. mronline.org 
Journalists from the U.S. and Europe have warned that the summer of 2021 should be a wakeup call on climate catastrophe. Rightfully so.
(2021-10-15). To find out if ExxonMobil really supports a carbon tax, just follow the money. peoplesdispatch.org Despite claiming to endorse a carbon tax, ExxonMobil has funneled millions of dollars to lawmakers who oppose the idea. The company's PAC also funded 16 of the climate science deniers in the Senate and 81 in the House…
(2021-10-15). Funeral Rites for COVID Zero. dissidentvoice.org It was such a noble public health dream, even if rather hazy to begin with. Run down SARS-CoV-2. Suppress it. Crush it. Or just "flatten the curve", which could have meant versions of all the above. This created a climate of numerical sensitivity: a few case infections here, a few cases there, would warrant immediate, …
(2021-10-15). Waking up to Climate Change Dinosaurs. counterpunch.org Morning listening on October 13. Australia's Radio National. Members of the Morrison government are doing their interview rounds with the host, Fran Kelly. We enter a time warp, speeding away into another dimension where planet Earth, and Australia, look different. The first interview, with Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie, is filled with the sort of rejigged
(2021-10-15). Thousands demand climate action at over 40 #ClimateStrike events. greenleft.org.au More than 10,000 students joined climate strike actions around the country, reports Alex Bainbridge.
(2021-10-15). Green Left Show #18: Will Steffen on climate policies in the lead up to Glasgow. greenleft.org.au Climate Council member Will Steffen spoke to Green Left about climate science and politics in the lead up to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
(2021-10-15). "People vs. Fossil Fuels": Over 530 Arrested in Historic Indigenous-Led Climate Protests in D.C. democracynow.org 
This week over 530 climate activists were arrested during Indigenous-led civil disobedience actions in Washington, D.C., calling on President Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency and stop approving fossil fuel projects. Indigenous leaders have issued a series of demands, including the abolition of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, whose offices they occupied on Thursday for the first time since the 1970s. The protests come just weeks before the start of the critical U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, which President Biden and senior Cabinet members are expected to attend. "We're not going anywhere," says S…
(2021-10-15). Massive Subsidies to Big Oil are Ongoing. indybay.org Welfare to fossil fuel industry costs taxpayers $20 billion a year and is a major contributor to global warming.
(2021-10-14). Luis Arce: An Anti-Imperialist Climate Agenda (Speech). orinocotribune.com Thank you very much brothers and sisters, hugs to the city of La Paz, Bolivia and to everyone that follows us via social media around the world. I want to salute: to the jilata David Choquehuanca, Vice President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, our brother Rogelio Mayta Minister of Foreign Affairs, brother Magin Herrera, Vice-Minister of Environment Biodiversity Climate Change and Forest Development. Our sister Angelica Ponce Executive director of the Plurinational Authority for Mother Earth, our brother Juan Carlos Huarachi, Executive Director of our Bolivian Central Labor Syndicate, and to all of our memb…
(2021-10-14). The Climate Bomb: Failures to Confront the Unspeakable, and The Way Ahead. globalresearch.ca Scientists now believe it is "likely that the world will blow past the 2 degree C warming threshold that expoerts and international negotiators agree is needed to avoid catastrophic consequences."
(2021-10-14). Global Warming and the Ideology of Anthropogenic (Human Caused) Climate Change. globalresearch.ca The purpose of this work is to provide an investigation into the ideology of anthropogenic (human caused) climate change. | It has been written with the confidence that further research within the public, as well as the academic realm is required. …
(2021-10-14). People Vs. Fossil Fuels: Nearly 400 People Arrested Outside White House. popularresistance.org Washington, D.C. — Demonstrators returned to the White House on Wednesday morning for the third day of the "People vs. Fossil Fuels" mobilization, keeping up the pressure on President Biden to declare a climate emergency and stop all new fossil fuel projects. | Under a giant banner that read "Biden: Our Communities Can't Wait," hundreds of people marched to the White House this morning to highlight the dangerous ongoing impacts of the climate crisis across the country and the world. As hundreds rallied in Lafayette Square Park, 90 people sat in at the White House fence, risking arrest for the third straight…
(2021-10-14). Climate Change versus the Dangers of Nuclear War. "Three Minutes to Midnight" globalresearch.ca While a World War III scenario implying the preemptive use of nuclear weapons has been on the drawing board of the Pentagon for more than ten years, military planners are now involved in the formulation of concrete attack plans directed against Russia.
(2021-10-14). Environmental Modification Techniques (ENMOD) and Climate Change. globalresearch.ca The manipulation of climate for military use…
(2021-10-14). Indigenous and climate activists organize week of action in US capital. peoplesdispatch.org More than 300 arrests were made between in the first three days of a week-long action by a coalition of indigenous groups and climate activists, demanding an end to fossil fuel projects and other polluting industries…
(2021-10-14). What is the COP15 biodiversity summit, and why is it so important? peoplesworld.org 
LONDON, Oct 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — By now you've probably heard of COP26 — the shorthand name for the next major U.N. climate summit, rescheduled for November in Glasgow after being delayed a year by the coronavirus pandemic. But another big "Convention of the Parties" (COP) starts a month earlier — one that is …
(2021-10-14). Climate change action will improve health and save lives now and in the future. imperial.ac.uk Measures to tackle climate change could significantly benefit human health in the next few years, as well as in the long term, says a new report.
(2021-10-14). Headlines for October 14, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Says Port of Los Angeles Will Operate 24/7 to Ease Logjam That's Fueling Inflation, WHO Advisory Team to Investigate Origins of COVID-19 Pandemic, Pressure Grows to Waive Patent Rights for COVID Vaccines and for U.S. to Release Moderna Recipe, Florida Health Department Fines County That Defied Ban on Vaccine Mandates, Biden Admin to Massively Expand Wind Farms Along U.S. Coastlines, IAE Says Governments Must Do Far More to Avert Climate Catastrophe, Police Arrest Another 90 Activists as Climate Protests Continue in Front of White House, Texas Approves Heavily Gerrymandered Redistricting Map in Favor of GOP,…
(2021-10-14). Climate and Militarism Event Planned for 4 November in Glasgow, Scotland. warisacrime.org 
By World BEYOND War, October 14, 2021 A broad and growing coalition of peace and environmental organizations has announced plans for an event on Thursday, 4 November, in Glasgow. WHAT: Announcement of a Petition to COP26 Demanding that Militaries Be Included in Climate Agreement; colorful banners and light projection. WHEN: 4 November 2021, 4: 00 p.m. …
(2021-10-14). Cryptocurrency: a new and dangerous climate disruptor. mronline.org 
The get-rich-quick scheme, banned in China and elsewhere, is invading U.S. communities unchecked, posing as an "equalizing, democratizing" currency. It's not.
(2021-10-14). Big oil to testify before Congress, new report confirms. nationofchange.org "What we need from the fossil fuel industry is complete cooperation with our investigation, so the American people can understand the role the industry played in fueling the climate crisis."
(2021-10-14). Maryland Naval Installation Pollutes Region by Incinerating Munitions. covertactionmagazine.com Unpermitted activity threatens Potomac River and Southern Maryland Severe contamination from military weapons testing and disposal dating to 1898 contaminate …
(2021-10-14). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declares 23 species extinct. wsws.org The rate of extinctions is accelerating, threatening the stability of the ecosystem.
(2021-10-14). Optimism of the will‚Äëa few reflections on the impossible rebellion. mronline.org 
Rob Marsden reviews the impact of the recent Extinction Rebellion mobilisation in London.
(2021-10-14). Extinction Rebellion blockades Queensland parliament. greenleft.org.au An Extinction Rebellion action highlighted the critical danger facing the Great Barrier Reef. Alex Bainbridge reports.