(2021-01-19). Martin Luther King's Vision Of An Interconnected World. popularresistance.org We are facing converging global crises — a horrific pandemic, worsening economic inequality both in the United States and globally, climate change and the continuing scourge of systemic racism around the world. What would Martin Luther King Jr. think or advise if he were alive today? What might he say in these days after the Capitol Building was attacked by a primarily white mob that was seeking to usurp the results of a free and fair election and implement an America First agenda through violent force? | To get to these answers, we need to consider one of King's most important and overlooked pieces of writ…
(2021-01-19). Biden expected to cancel Keystone XL pipeline on day one of presidency. nationofchange.org "This decision to halt the Keystone XL pipeline on day one in office sets a precedent that all permitting decisions must pass a climate test and respect Indigenous rights."
(2021-01-18). Climate Crisis: what would 7.1 ∞ F. ( 4 ∞C) of global warming feel like? juancole.com 
By Robert Wilby | — Another year, another climate record broken. Globally, 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year ever recorded. This was all the more remarkable given that cool conditions in the Pacific Ocean — known as La Niña — began to emerge in the second half of the year. The Earth's mean …
(2021-01-18). There Was Nothing Corporate-Friendly About Martin Luther King, Jr. scheerpost.com Thomas Hawk / CC BY-NC 2.0] By Liz Theoharis / Tom Dispatch 2020 will go down as the deadliest year in American history, significantly due to the devastation delivered by the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, count in nearly two trillion dollars in damage from climate events (many caused by, or heightened by, intensifying global warming), a surge of incidents of police violence inflicted on Black… |
(2021-01-18). Decoding The Hype Behind The Natural Gas Industry's Hydrogen Push. popularresistance.org It seems like nearly every day another hopeful article touts the potential of using hydrogen as a fuel to tackle climate change. What's known as "green hydrogen" — which relies on renewable power for production — is getting the bulk of that attention. | In December, ABC News ran an article with the headline "Why green hydrogen is the renewable energy source to watch in 2021." And as Bloomberg has reported, Airbus is betting big on hydrogen as a fuel for its planes. Meanwhile, South Korea's SK Global just announced an investment in U.S. hydrogen fuel cell producer Plug Power; in the past year, the comp…
(2021-01-18). Many Overheated Forests May Soon Release More Carbon Than They Absorb. popularresistance.org The last decades have been filled with dire warning signs from forests. Global warming has contributed to thinning canopies in European forests and to sudden die-offs of aspen trees in Colorado, as well as insect outbreaks that are killing trees around the world. In many places, forests are not growing back. | New research shows that Earth's overheated climate will alter forests at a global scale even more fundamentally, by flipping a critical greenhouse gas switch in the next few decades. The study suggests that, by 2040, forests will take up only half as much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as they do now, i…
(2021-01-18). A Death and a Settlement as Bayer Continues Trying to End Roundup Litigation. globalresearch.ca Seven months after Bayer AG
(2021-01-17). Denial of American Fascism Has Cost Us Dearly. commondreams.org The inconvenient truths about fascism, like learning about the climate and health crises, could lead us to actually shift our beliefs and lives. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/proud_boys_and_democracy_0.png …
(2021-01-17). 7 Million more Germans resolve to power Homes with Wind, Solar in 2021: 15% already Do. juancole.com By Kerstine Appunn | — Many Germans are starting the new year with "climate resolutions" — around 24 percent of them want to make more use of environmentally-friendly means of transport, 13 percent want to switch to a vegetarian or vegan diet and 9 percent plan to switch to green electricity in 2021, a poll …
(2021-01-16). Water Protectors Chain Themselves Inside Enbridge Line 3 Pipe. popularresistance.org Minnesota – Water protectors were arrested Thursday after halting construction at a Minnesota worksite for Enbridge's Line 3 project by locking themselves together inside a pipe segment. | "After moving to Minnesota to attend college and study environmental science, I was excited to be in a place where people valued protecting the Earth and finding a viable future. What I found, however, was a state that had formed 'ambitious' climate goals yet endorsed one of the dirtiest fossil fuels, tar sands oil," water protector Abby Hornberger said in a statement. "I realized that Indigenous ways of knowing and practicing…
(2021-01-16). How to Fight Climate Change and Fascists at the Same Time. zcomm.org Democracy reform is the first step toward a sustainable future…
(2021-01-16). Oil Industry Reconsiders Donations to Election Deniers — but Has Its Own Big Lie. zcomm.org The fossil fuel industry pioneered massive political disinformation with climate denial. It also fed the "Stop the Steal" movement…
(2021-01-16). Cardiologist Bob Ostfeld And Others Criticize Paleo Diet. indybay.org Paleo diets cause diseases to humans, suffering to animals, deforestation, low food yield per acre, energy waste, etc.
(2021-01-16). Youth climate movement demands immediate action after 'empty promises,' announces next global strike. nationofchange.org "If we don't act now, we won't even have the chance to deliver on those 2030, 2050 targets that world leaders keep on talking about."