EurActiv (2021-04-18). EU To Table 'Climate Taxonomy', Leaving Gas And nuclear For Later. eurasiareview.com By Frédéric Simon | ( The EU executive is due to publish on 21 April the first section of its "sustainable finance taxonomy," a long list of economic activities plus the specific rules they must meet to be labelled as gre…

Eds. (2021-04-17). For an ecosocialist transition that breaks from capitalism: Arguments and proposals. mronline.org The 149 proposals issued by the French Citizens' Convention on Climate last June, with the goal of achieving at least a 40% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2030 compared to 1990, manifestly belong to a thoroughly reformist approach. | April 17, 2021 | Newswire…

G. Dunkel (2021-04-17). Global warming: Myanmar, Greenland and green cars. workers.org Greenland is the largest island in the world which is not a continent. Only it and Antarctica are covered by ice sheets. With 58,000 people, 89% of whom are Inuit, it remains a "semiautonomous region" under Danish rule whose main exports are fishery products and whose budget is heavily subsidized . . . |

Mike Walter (2021-04-17). The Heat: U.S.-Asia issues. america.cgtn.com Talks on climate change take center stage, as China's President Xi Jinping pledges greater cooperation with France and Germany to tackle the effects of global warming. The leaders of China, Germany and France held a virtual meeting Friday with a commitment to work together on …

Staff (2021-04-17). The Southwest Offers Blueprints for the Future of Wastewater Reuse. truthout.org This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. | No country is immune from water scarcity issues — not even the world's wealthiest country, the United States. | The southwestern states, in particular, have faced frequent and ongoing

Rick Rozoff (2021-04-17). Ukrainian President: Proposed Nord Stream 2 pipeline is war, "occupied territories" are worse than Chernobyl. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukrainian President: Proposed Nord Stream 2 pipeline is war, "occupied territories" are worse than ChernobylRick Rozoff "Only one thing to it: a strong stomach. The guts to gladhand a man you're going to stab in the back; pledge allegiance to principles you stomp on every day; righteously denounce some despot in the press and sell …

Rick Rozoff (2021-04-17). Ukrainian President: Proposed Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Is War, 'Occupied Territories' Are Worse Than Chernobyl. news.antiwar.com "Only one thing to it: a strong stomach. The guts to gladhand a man you're going to stab in the back; pledge allegiance to principles you stomp on every day; righteously denounce some despot in the press and sell him arms under the table. The talent to whip up the voters' worst passions while you …

ecns.cn (2021-04-17). Leading with action: China in the fight for carbon-neutral future. ecns.cn Climate change is not taking a break from wreaking havoc in 2020, with the joint highest global temperatures on record, rampant bushfires, the faster rates of sea level rise and the extinction of some species.

ecns.cn (2021-04-17). Xi attends China-France-Germany climate summit. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the Video Summit on Climate between China, France and Germany in Beijing on Friday.

Extinction Rebellion (2021-04-17). The Scientists Have Had Enough. zcomm.org Scientist Rebellion believes that scientists and their institutions must act like the climate crisis is an emergency – and speaking about an emergency is not enough…

Michael Schneider (2021-04-17). Mother Earth Gives an Inch, Corporations take a Mile, and Society Suffers the Consequence. indybay.org The Op-ed analyzes environmental policies in regard to the relationship between climate change and major corporations.

NOW & Black Women's Blueprint (2021-04-17). Thursday 4/22: Katrina, Maria, & Sandy: Climate Justice is a Feminist Issue. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

_____ (2021-04-17). Addressing America's Homelessness And Squalor. popularresistance.org Washington, Ward 1 – "I wanna know where the $2.5 million is — that's my reaction." Muhsin Boe Luther Umar — or as we call him, Uncle Boe — throws his hands up and shakes his head. In his role as both Resident Council President at Garfield Terrace and D.C. Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 1B03 Member, he's had more than his fair share of dealings with D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA). So I had asked him what his reaction was upon hearing about the recent audit of three DCHA contracts, which found nearly $1.4 million in wasted funds. | "You're talking $1.4, I'm talking about $2.5 million spent…

Karen Savage (2021-04-17). Private security firm accused of working illegally to protect oil and gas pipelines in five states. nationofchange.org Leighton, which is based in Texas, has also been accused of operating without a license in North Dakota, Michigan, Iowa, and Ohio.

Eurasia Review (2021-04-17). Are Oil And Gas Pipelines Safe During An Earthquake? eurasiareview.com Underground pipelines that transport oil and gas are very important engineering communications worldwide. Some of these underground communications are built and operated in earthquake-prone areas. | Seismic safety or seismic stability of underground pipelines began to be intensively studied since the 1950s. | Since then, a number of methodologies were proposed for calculating stress received by an underground pipeline during an earthquake. The purpose of these methodologies was to make an accurate prediction on the structural stress received by a pipeline during an earthquake, and thus it would allow to decide…

Staff (2021-04-16). We Are Living in a Climate Emergency. Why Doesn't Nature Have Legal Rights? truthout.org This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. | Mike Ludwig speaks with journalists Melissa Troutman and Joshua Pribanic about their new documentary, Invisible Hand, which covers the Indigenous-led Rights of Nature movement on the front lines of the climate emergency. | Music by TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity.

Kate Wheeling (2021-04-16). Climate Migration Has Come to the United States. thenation.com Climate Migration Has Come to the United States…

Thomas Klikauer — Catherine Link (2021-04-16). Communicating Global Warming. counterpunch.org Given the success of the polluting industries in feeding the public with disinformation on global warming, we need to think about how to communicate global warming better than we have done so far. For that one needs to examine how to communicate complex problems such as global warming; there should be a framework for environmental

Mike Walter (2021-04-16). The Heat: Fukushima Waste Water. america.cgtn.com Controversy in Japan as the government announces plans to release treated radioactive water into the ocean from the site of one of the world's biggest nuclear disasters.

Staff (2021-04-16). The US's Biggest County Jails Are Sites of Extreme Environmental Injustice. truthout.org This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. | For more than half a century, 441 Bauchet Street has been the address where Los Angeles' most stark social and environmental inequalities converge. It's the location of L.A.'s Men's Central Jail, the largest facility in the most populated county jail system in the country. On any given day, about 5,000 people are incarcerated there. | A block south from the jail is the 101…

ecns.cn (2021-04-16). Xi to attend China-France-Germany leaders' climate summit via video link. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the China-France-Germany leaders' climate summit via video link in Beijing on April 16, at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on Thursday.

Osprey Orielle Lake, Katherine Quaid (2021-04-16). New Report Details the Gendered and Racial Impacts of the Fossil Fuel Industry and the Complicit Financial Institutions. commondreams.org "The fossil fuel industry, and their financiers, are leading us further down the path of irreparable climate disaster, and we need to understand who is being harmed first and worst by their actions." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/women_3.jpg …

commondreams (2021-04-16). Sec. Haaland Secretarial Orders Help Restore Integrity to Interior, U.S. Leadership on Climate. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Kenny Stancil, staff writer (2021-04-16). New Google Earth Timelapse Feature Offers Devastating View of Climate Emergency. commondreams.org "We want this to be very visceral and real for people, and a ray of hope that there's actually a lot we can do." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/glacier_satellite.jpg …

ecns.cn (2021-04-16). China to monitor Japan's plan to dump nuclear wastewater, vows to protect consumers. ecns.cn The Chinese Ministry of Commerce said it will closely monitor the developments in Japan's decision to dump Fukushima wastewater into the ocean and pledged to ensure the safety of Chinese consumers.

Staff (2021-04-16). China summons Japan envoy to protest Fukushima water release. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) — The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Japanese ambassador in Beijing on Thursday to express opposition to Japan's intention to release wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Brett Wilkins, staff writer (2021-04-16). UN Experts Decry Japan's Plan to Dump Radioactive Fukushima Wastewater Into Ocean. commondreams.org "The decision is particularly disappointing as experts believe alternative solutions to the problem are available," said the three special rapporteurs. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/fukushima_9.jpg …

Scott Ritter (2021-04-16). US to Withdraw from Afghanistan after Two Decades of War Leaving Behind a Tortured Wasteland and Having Accomplished… Nothing. globalresearch.ca The US decision to leave Afghanistan without any conditions represents a …

Kate Wheeling (2021-04-16). Climate Migration Has Come to the United States. thenation.com Climate Migration Has Come to the United States…

Thomas Klikauer — Catherine Link (2021-04-16). Communicating Global Warming. counterpunch.org Given the success of the polluting industries in feeding the public with disinformation on global warming, we need to think about how to communicate global warming better than we have done so far. For that one needs to examine how to communicate complex problems such as global warming; there should be a framework for environmental

Mike Walter (2021-04-16). The Heat: Fukushima Waste Water. america.cgtn.com Controversy in Japan as the government announces plans to release treated radioactive water into the ocean from the site of one of the world's biggest nuclear disasters.

Staff (2021-04-16). The US's Biggest County Jails Are Sites of Extreme Environmental Injustice. truthout.org This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. | For more than half a century, 441 Bauchet Street has been the address where Los Angeles' most stark social and environmental inequalities converge. It's the location of L.A.'s Men's Central Jail, the largest facility in the most populated county jail system in the country. On any given day, about 5,000 people are incarcerated there. | A block south from the jail is the 101…

Staff (2021-04-16). We Are Living in a Climate Emergency. Why Doesn't Nature Have Legal Rights? truthout.org This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. | Mike Ludwig speaks with journalists Melissa Troutman and Joshua Pribanic about their new documentary, Invisible Hand, which covers the Indigenous-led Rights of Nature movement on the front lines of the climate emergency. | Music by TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity.

ecns.cn (2021-04-16). Xi to attend China-France-Germany leaders' climate summit via video link. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the China-France-Germany leaders' climate summit via video link in Beijing on April 16, at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2021-04-16). China to monitor Japan's plan to dump nuclear wastewater, vows to protect consumers. ecns.cn The Chinese Ministry of Commerce said it will closely monitor the developments in Japan's decision to dump Fukushima wastewater into the ocean and pledged to ensure the safety of Chinese consumers.

Scott Ritter (2021-04-16). US to Withdraw from Afghanistan after Two Decades of War Leaving Behind a Tortured Wasteland and Having Accomplished… Nothing. globalresearch.ca The US decision to leave Afghanistan without any conditions represents a …

Jonathan Latham (2021-04-15). Agriculture's Greatest Myth. counterpunch.org Sustainable, local, organic food grown on small farms has a tremendous amount to offer. Unlike chemical-intensive industrial-scale agriculture, it regenerates rural communities; it doesn't pollute rivers and groundwater or create dead zones; it can save coral reefs; it doesn't encroach on rainforests; it preserves soil and it can restore the climate. Why do all governments not promote it?

Eds. (2021-04-15). Grave concerns raised as Japan announces release of radioactive water into the sea. mronline.org JAPAN has come under fire after its government announced today that it would release more than a million metric tonnes of radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean. | April 15, 2021 | Newswire…

Nick Engelfried (2021-04-15). Young Indigenous organizers are taking the fight against oil pipelines to Biden. zcomm.org With the Line 3 and Dakota Access pipelines threatening Indigenous land, youth from the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes ran 2,000 miles to deliver a powerful message to the new administration…

teleSUR (2021-04-15). Amazon Deal: Biden Wants Results First, Brazil Upfront Money. telesurenglish.net During his campaign, Biden had pledged to allocate $20 billion to save the Amazon rainforest as part of his initiatives to tackle climate change. However, reports on the latest meetings this week highlight that Brazil is seeking upfront money for Amazon while the U.S. expects to see some specifics results before releasing the funding.

Makia Freeman (2021-04-15). Woke Virus: COVID Is Sustainable, Equitable, Inclusive, Racially Unbiased and Climate Aware. globalresearch.ca Did you know that SARS-CoV-2 is a woke virus? | Did you …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-04-15). March 11, 2011: Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War: The Unspoken Crisis of Worldwide Nuclear Radiation. globalresearch.ca Unimaginable" levels of radiation still prevail. In the words of Dr. Helen Caldicott, "one millionth of a gram of plutonium, if inhaled can cause cancer". If not duly addressed, the continued dumping of highly radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean constitutes a potential trigger to a process of global radioactive contamination.

commondreams (2021-04-15). Veterans Deliver Letter to Special Climate Envoy John Kerry. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Eurasia Review (2021-04-15). Agricultural Trade Across US States Can Mitigate Economic Impacts Of Climate Change. eurasiareview.com Agricultural producers deal firsthand with changing weather conditions, and extreme events such as drought or flooding can impact their productivity and profit. Climate change models project such events will occur more often in the future. But studies of the economic consequences of weather and climate on agriculture typically focus on local impacts only. | A new study from the University of Illinois looks at how changes in weather – including extreme events – may decrease crop profit in one state while increasing profits in other states. The secret ingredient: U.S. interstate trade. It is expected to mitigate…

Eurasia Review (2021-04-15). Modeling Ancient Antarctic Ice Sheets Helps Us See Future Of Global Warming. eurasiareview.com Last month saw the average concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) climb to almost 418 parts-per-million, a level not seen on Earth for millions of years. In order to get a sense of what our future may hold, scientists have been looking to the deep past. Now, new research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, which combines climate, ice sheet and vegetation model simulations with a suite of different climatic and geologic scenarios, opens the clearest window yet into the deep history of the Antarctic ice sheet and what our planetary future might hold. | The Antarctic ice sheet has attracted t…

ecns.cn (2021-04-15). U.S. climate envoy John Kerry to meet Chinese counterpart. ecns.cn United States special climate envoy John Kerry is going to talk with his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua during a visit to Shanghai from Wednesday to Saturday, according to a media release from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.

CIIS Public Programs (2021-04-15). Wednesday 4/28: On Environmental Racism, Climate Change, and Pathways to Justice. indybay.org Online…

Climate Emergency Is Now (2021-04-15). Sunrise Movement Calls on Congresswoman to Sign the Good Jobs Pledge. indybay.org In Palo Alto, members of Silicon Valley Sunrise Movement called on Congresswoman Anna Eshoo to sign the Good Jobs for All Pledge. While she did not sign the pledge, she sent a letter assuring the group she shares their concerns.

Eurasia Review (2021-04-15). Climate Change Is Making It Harder To Get A Good Cup Of Coffee. eurasiareview.com Ethiopia may produce less specialty coffee and more rather bland tasting varieties in the future. This is the result of a new study by an international team of researchers that looked at the peculiar effects climate change has on Africa's largest coffee producing nation. Their results are relevant both for the country's millions of smallholder farmers, who earn more on specialty coffee than on ordinary coffee, as well as for baristas and coffee aficionados around the world. | "Climate change has conflicting impacts on coffee production in Ethiopia. The area that is suitable for average quality coffee might act…

WSWS (2021-04-15). Major powers respond to Israel's criminal attack on Natanz with a shrug of the shoulders. wsws.org The blast was criminal and reckless. The loss of electrical power for any length of time could have had catastrophic consequences, as the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan demonstrated.

ecns.cn (2021-04-15). Greenpeace expert: Japan's decision must be overturned. ecns.cn Dumping contaminated wastewater into the sea may be the cheapest way for Japan to deal with its troubles of Fukushima nuclear plant, but the Japanese government's decision completely disregards the human rights and interests of the people in Japan and the wider Asia-Pacific region, said Shaun Burnie, a senior nuclear specialist with Greenpeace East Asia.

ecns.cn (2021-04-15). China urges Japan to reconsider decision on nuclear waste disposal: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn China strongly urges Japan to reconsider its decision on the disposal of nuclear waste, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2021-04-15). Over 78 pct of netizens oppose Japan's decision to dump radioactive water into sea: survey. ecns.cn Over 78 percent of global netizens expressed opposition to Japan's decision to discharge contaminated radioactive wastewater into sea, according to an exclusive survey posted by Xinhua on its Twitter account on Tuesday.

Mark H. Gaffney (2021-04-15). Does Biden Want to Provoke Russia into A Rash Military Action, "Leading" the World to the Brink of Nuclear War? globalresearch.ca Scarcely three months into his presidency, Joe Biden is "leading" the …

Environmental Activist (2021-04-15). No Line 3 Project! The Work that Goes Into a Giant Wells Fargo Protest. indybay.org See photos of how activists created a giant mural on April 9 when hundreds of protesters demonstrated outside the headquarters of Wells Fargo and BlackRock. They demonstrated against the two companies' roles in financing an oil pipeline project in Minnesota.