Daily Archives: June 27, 2021

2021-06-27: News Headlines

Carol Amour (2021-06-27). Indigenous Organizers Defend Menominee River. zcomm.org Indigenous water protectors confront massive mining companies, building community on the way…

Sustainability Times (2021-06-27). Is there a climate link to Miami's condo catastrophe? juancole.com By Laureen Fagan | — ( Sustainability Times) — The tragic collapse of an oceanfront condominium near Miami has captured attention across the world, and the search for some 159 people lost in the rubble remains a top priority for rescue crews. But investigators are beginning to look at what caused the catastrophe too, and …

_____ (2021-06-27). Terrifying UN Draft Climate Report Urges Total Transformation. popularresistance.org The western states have been stuck in a blast furnace of hot weather as spring transitions to summer. Record-breaking heat, drought and extreme stress to power grids have almost half the country in deep distress. The last couple of days have seen a small reprieve, but that's about to end. | "The National Weather Service is warning of a 'Record-Breaking and Dangerous Heatwave' hitting this weekend and early next week," reports Brian Kahn for Gizmodo. "Weather models are also coalescing around blistering heat. If the forecasts come to fruition, we're not just talking about a few daily records falling here and there…

Newsclick (2021-06-27). Leaked IPCC draft report warns that 'worst yet to come for today's children, grandchildren'. peoplesdispatch.org Climate change will likely reshape life in the coming decades, even in a situation where greenhouse gas emissions are controlled to some extent, the draft states…

Andrea Germanos (2021-06-26). 'We are in a climate emergency': As temps soar, over 90% of Western US gripped by drought. nationofchange.org "The West has never seen a drought like this, especially so early in the dry season."

Tina Gerhardt (2021-06-26). To Solve the Climate Crisis We Need Real Zero, Not 'Net Zero'. progressive.org The myth of "net zero" is a delay tactic used by fossil fuel industries, rather than a real solution to climate change.

William rivers Pitt (2021-06-26). Terrifying UN Draft Climate Report Urges Total Transformation of Our Way of Life. zcomm.org We need to change everything about how we exist as creatures on this planet, and we need to do it now, or the planet is going to scrub us like so much gibberish on a chalkboard…

Sophie Cousins (2021-06-26). [World Report] WHO calls for action on e-waste. thelancet.com Children involved in the informal e-waste sector risk physiological damage from toxic chemicals and fumes as well as physical injury. Sophie Cousins reports.

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