(2021-02-09). Gamilaraay will not back down in fight against Santos. greenleft.org.au A protest called by Gamilaraay Next Generation outside the officers of the Hunter Gas Pipeline company gave notive that the First Nations' owners would not back down, reports Pip Hinman.
(2021-02-09). Biden's Civilian Climate Corps comes straight out of the New Deal. peoplesworld.org 
The article below is reprinted from The Grist. One of the most popular programs from the New Deal is making a comeback, nearly 90 years later. President Joe Biden recently signed an executive order to create a Civilian Climate Corps. The initiative, he wrote, will provide "good jobs" for young people and train them for environmentally …
(2021-02-09). Democrats Disarm Themselves Before Trump's Senate Impeachment Trial. zcomm.org If the Democrats do not go full throttle in this trial — this last clear chance to exercise the Constitution against Tyrant Trump — they will be remembered as profiles of infamy…
(2021-02-09). Emirati probe enters Mars orbit. laprensalatina.com Dubai, United Arab Emirate, Feb 9 (efe-epa).- The United Arab Emirates' Hope space probe entered orbit around Mars on Tuesday to begin a four-year mission to study the Red Planet's climate and atmosphere. "To the people of the UAE and Arab and Islamic nations, we announce the success of the UAE reaching Mars," project manager …
(2021-02-09). Fabric flowers, an art in danger of extinction in New York. laprensalatina.com New York, Feb 9 (efe-epa).- Although the fabric flower industry enjoyed an incredible boom in the early 20th century in the United States, when they were widely used in dresses and hats, now there is only one factory of this decorative element that survives in New York. Located in the heart of the Manhattan Fashion …
(2021-02-09). Cooling La Niña is on the wane, but temperatures set to rise: UN weather agency. news.un.org Temperatures in almost all parts of the world will likely rise between now and April despite the cooling influence of the latest La Niña weather phenomenon, which has passed its peak, UN climate experts said on Tuesday. "Impacts on temperatures, precipitation and storm patterns continue", the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a statement.
(2021-02-09). Climate Crisis and Water Conflict: How Saudi's water insecurity led to war in Yemen. juancole.com Stavanger, Norway (Special to Informed Comment) — In the early hours of 14 September 2019, a fleet of drones attacked the Abqaiq-Khurais oil refinery in Saudi Arabia, the largest oil stabilisation plant in the world. The attack came shortly before Saudi Aramco —the Kingdom's state-owned oil company — was floated on the market, and Riyadh …
(2021-02-09). New tunnel occupied by climate protesters opposing tree-felling in Islington. thecanary.co A new tunnel has been occupied by climate protesters opposing plans by a London council to cut down trees to make way for new housing. | Police and bailiffs are trying to evict activists from the site, which is home to six mature trees and near a busy roundabout on Highbury Corner. | Protesters at Highbury Corner Protection Camp said: "At 5am, bailiffs acting under instructions from Islington Council entered the 'little forest' of seven mature trees at Dixon Clark Court on Highbury Corner and discovered the tunnel. | "Just as at Euston, the entrance was cunningly concealed within a pallet stronghold, fortified wi…
(2021-02-09). Saturday 2/27: 2021 Citizens' Climate Lobby California Virtual Conference (Day 1). indybay.org Online/virtual conference (FREE)…
(2021-02-09). Sunday 2/28: 2021 Citizens' Climate Lobby California Virtual Conference (Day 2). indybay.org Online/virtual conference (FREE)…
(2021-02-09). Climate change has 'worsened' pollen season. nationofchange.org As annual global temperatures increase, the pollen season also grows longer and more intense.
(2021-02-08). Tuesday 2/16: Stop the Money Pipeline! #DefundLine3 Campaign Launch Rally Against Climate Destruction. indybay.org Online/virtual protest…
(2021-02-08). Appalachian Trail Conservancy Refuses to Make Public $19.5 Million Pipeline Agreement. counterpunch.org 
For six years, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) fought the Mountain Valley Pipeline's proposal to dig under the Appalachian Trail for its 303-mile natural gas pipeline. Then last year, the ATC announced that it was taking up to $19.5 million from Mountain Valley Pipeline.
(2021-02-08). Court rules Dakota Access Pipeline illegal, Dems demand Biden shut it down. peoplesworld.org 
Five Democratic lawmakers on Friday encouraged President Joe Biden to order an immediate shutdown of the Dakota Access pipeline after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit last week delivered a victory to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe by ruling that DAPL is operating illegally. The three-judge panel upheld a lower court's ruling that the …
(2021-02-08). Climate Activists Target Major Banks in Fight to Defund Toxic Line 3 Pipeline. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-02-08). New Campaign Targets Wall Street Funding to Stop Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline. commondreams.org "We are going to do everything in our power to make it loud and clear to bank executives: They must walk away from Line 3‚Äïor there will be consequences." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/defundline3.jpg …
(2021-02-08). First sitting US Congressman to die after Covid-19 diagnosis gets posthumously scorned by critics over stance on lockdowns. rt.com 
Rep. Ron Wright (R-Texas) has passed away after being hospitalized for Covid-19 (he was also battling cancer), and critics have wasted no time targeting his opposition to lockdown restrictions. | Wright, who was 67 at the time of his death, has been reported by many outlets as the first sitting congressional member to die from the virus. Representatives confirmed his death on Monday and said he and his wife had been hospitalized for two weeks. | "For the previous two weeks, Ron and [his wife] Susan had been admitted to Baylor Hospital in Dallas after contracting Covid-19," his office said in a statement. | Wri…
(2021-02-08). Democratic Party Leaders Are Rushing Through Impeachment in Lieu of a Real Trial. truthout.org 
Here we go again, in more ways than one. Prepare to have your time wasted again, but this time, it appears to be the Democrats who are prepared to hit the chicken switch. | The first impeachment of Donald Trump was an empty, rushed and preordained affair. House Democrats had just captured the majority, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi knew a large swath of her caucus would erupt into discordant rebellion if the strident calls to impeach a rogue, renegade president were not heeded… and so…
(2021-02-08). Aboutrika: The unlikely reunion of an exiled Egyptian icon and his former team. middleeasteye.net 
Aboutrika: The unlikely reunion of an exiled Egyptian icon and his former team | Al Ahly's trip to Qatar brings dissident football star into spotlight, just weeks after Doha and Cairo restore ties | Mon, 02/08/2021 – 08: 12 | Retired footballer Mohamed Aboutrika, who lives in exile in Qatar, attends Al Ahly vs Bayern Munich in the Qatari city of Al Rayyan on 8 February (AFP/File photo) | "After four y…
(2021-02-08). 2021 a 'crucial year' for climate change, UN chief tells Member States. news.un.org The world is far from achieving agreed goals to reduce global warming in line with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the UN Secretary-General warned on Monday in his ongoing bid to secure greater commitment to averting climate catastrophe.
(2021-02-08). Experts Say Burst India Glacier Shows 'Catastrophic' and Deadly Cost of Inaction on Climate Crisis. commondreams.org "These events will occur more frequently and will become overall more destructive if measures are not taken to mitigate these risks," said one researcher. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/india_1.jpg …
(2021-02-08). New Environmentalism Must Demand Systemic Change. popularresistance.org Fifty years ago, my young daughter and I were on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the first Earth Day. A group of us were then launching the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Since then, the NRDC and other U.S. environmental groups have racked up more victories and accomplishments than one can count. | But here's the deeply troubling rub: As our environmental organizations have grown stronger, more sophisticated and more global in reach, the environment has continued to slide downhill. And not just slightly downhill. | Climate change is coming at us very hard. Worldwide, we are losing biodiversi…
(2021-02-08). The Rich, the Poor, and Climate Change. dissidentvoice.org Only the most deluded denier can now question that the global climate is dramatically changing and that the chaos is man-made. Extreme weather events — wildfires, drought, intense heat, hurricanes — are becoming more frequent, the impact on ecosystems and biodiversity, populations and infrastructure devastating. Fueled by the industrialized nations and the lifestyles of the …
(2021-02-08). Overpopulation, food waste and climate change. nationofchange.org The house, our house is literally burning, and, despite millions of people screaming for change, the behavior, and ways of living that ignited the fire continue unabated.
(2021-02-08). The Rich The Poor and Climate Change. dissidentvoice.org Only the most deluded denier can now question that the global climate is dramatically changing and that the chaos is man-made. Extreme weather events — wildfires, drought, intense heat, hurricanes — are becoming more frequent, the impact on ecosystems and biodiversity, populations and infrastructure devastating. Fueled by the industrialized nations and the lifestyles of the …
(2021-02-08). The Climate Dictatorship & The Ecoauthoritarian World. oneworld.press The climate dictatorship or Great Reset is trying to hook the Western world to an imaginary world where everything is 'green', meaning no coal, no fossil fuels, and no nuclear power for energy, food control, which will leave the Western world with no industry, no jobs, and most of all, loss of property and income.
(2021-02-07). How Defeating the Planet-Killing Keystone XL Oil Pipeline built a Bolder, Savvier Climate Movement. juancole.com By Nick Engelfried | ( Waging Nonviolence) — When President Biden rescinded a crucial permit for the Keystone XL pipeline last week, it marked the culmination of one of the longest, highest-profile campaigns in the North American climate movement. The opposition to Keystone XL included large environmental organizations, grassroots climate activist networks, Nebraska farmers, Texas …
(2021-02-06). Standing Rock Lakota Youth Call For Biden To Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline. popularresistance.org Standing Rock – Today, Lakota youth from the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River tribal nations announced a plan to run over 93 miles back to the Oceti Sakowin Camp site to call on President Biden to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The youth are asking for everyone who stood with Standing Rock four years ago to participate by uploading their own #NoDAPL | The oil pipeline poses a grave threat to the safety and sanctity of the tribes' water, hunting and fishing rights, and cultural and religious practices. Federal courts have sided with the tribes on the years-long litigation and have revoked DAPL's fede…
(2021-02-06). The Rockefeller Way: The Family's Covert 'Climate Change' Plan. globalresearch.ca First published in December 2016, this article is of relevance to an understanding of the ongoing debate on Climate Change as well the Green New Deal, largely controlled by the financial establishment. The Rockefellers also play a key role in …
(2021-02-06). Citizen Scientists Are Filling Research Gaps. popularresistance.org The rapid spread of COVID-19 in 2020 disrupted field research and environmental monitoring efforts worldwide. Travel restrictions and social distancing forced scientists to cancel studies or pause their work for months. These limits measurably reduced the accuracy of weather forecasts and created data gaps on issues ranging from bird migration to civil rights in U.S. public schools. | Our work relies on this kind of information to track seasonal events in nature and understand how climate change is affecting them. We also recruit and train citizens for community science — projects that involve amateur or vo…
(2021-02-06). The Empire Must Die: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Q: What is a liberal? | A: A liberal is a violent white supremacist extremist who supports and participates in the mass slaughter of brown-skinned human beings overseas while tweeting that white supremacist extremists are bad. | ‚ùñ | Q: What is capitalism? | A: Capitalism is a wonderful economic and political system which has given us powerful technology, a wide assortment of breakfast cereals, and near term human extinction. | ‚ùñ | Q: What is China? | A: China is a large Asiatic nation which westerners use as an emotional punching bag for their capitalism-induced rage, p…
(2021-02-06). Biden's Executive Orders on Climate Change Aren't Upsetting Some Industry Giants. truthout.org 
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(2021-02-06). Biden's Efforts on Climate Is a Start—But What About Including Biodiversity? commondreams.org With approximately one million plant and animal species threatened by extinction, the loss of our natural habitats is as much of a global crisis as climate change. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/temmincks_red_colobis_mayhew.jpg …
(2021-02-06). Wednesday 2/10: Extinction: Solutions for Species on the Brink Virtual Conference (Day 2). indybay.org Online/virtual conference…
(2021-02-06). Campaigners claim 'historic win' as France found guilty of climate inaction. nationofchange.org Today the Paris administrative court concluded France has failed to do enough to meet its own commitments on the climate crisis and is legally responsible for the ensuing ecological damage.
(2021-02-06). Fracked waste spews from unused gas well in Ohio entering waterways and harming fish. nationofchange.org "We have been exposing Ohio as a radioactive dumping ground that accepts oil and gas waste from all over the region for more than ten years."