Daily Archives: June 29, 2021

2021-06-29: News Headlines

J30 Coalition of Indigenious & Eco groups (2021-06-29). Wednesday 6/30: Stop Oil Line 3! March & Rally in Washingon D.C. w/ Frontline Water Protectors. indybay.org In-person Washington D.C. or join the protest via livestream and online actions…

Tina Gerhardt (2021-06-29). Biden's Position on Line 3 Undoes his Climate Commitments. progressive.org Climate activists and Indigenous leaders continue the fight against the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline, which is a violation of Indigenous treaties, human rights, and the planet.

Staff (2021-06-29). Headlines for June 29, 2021. democracynow.org Pacific Northwest's Stifling Heat Breaks All-Time Records for Second Straight Day, Moscow Storms Break Russia's Record-Setting June Heat Wave, Dozens of Youth Climate Activists Arrested at White House Demanding Action on Climate Crisis, "An Overt Political Blockade": Minnesota Police Barricade Line 3 Pipeline Protest Camp, Ethiopia Declares Ceasefire After Separatists Claim Tigray's Capital City , Iranian-Backed Militia Strikes Back After Biden Orders Bombings in Iraq and Syria, Federal Judge Throws Out Antitrust Lawsuits Seeking to Break Up Facebook , Trump Reportedly Asked to Send Coronavirus-Infected Americans…

sputniknews (2021-06-29). Photos: US Secret Service Agents Arrest Several Climate Change Activists Amid White House Blockade. sputniknews.com Last month, the San Francisco, California, homes of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and longtime Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) became sites of protest as over 100 young activists of the Sunrise Movement ended a 266-mile 'Generation on Fire.' The youth-led movement has now taken its demands to Capitol Hill.

Jay Janson (2021-06-29). China and Russia Quiet about US Past Genocides and Ongoing Genocide in the Middle East and Africa. dissidentvoice.org The world facing desperate situations of climate change, planetary degradation and nuclear war preparation desperately needs protection from inhumane deceiving war promoting Western media, and from where shall it come if not from the bountiful and powerful two great designated adversaries of the Western powers, China, the world's most populous nation and largest economy, and …

Staff (2021-06-29). Rep. Jamaal Bowman: We Need Climate & Racial Justice Addressed in Broader Infrastructure Package. democracynow.org As western states battle record-breaking heat waves, climate activists are calling on the Biden administration and congressional Democrats to pass an infrastructure bill that includes major investments in green energy, including a fully funded Civilian Climate Corps. President Biden says he reached a bipartisan deal with senators on a slimmed-down infrastructure spending bill, but Democrats hope to pass a second, larger infrastructure package with a budget reconciliation process that would not require any Republican votes. The bipartisan deal is "completely unacceptable" on its own, says New York Democratic Congr…

Staff (2021-06-29). Northwest Heat Wave Is a Symptom of Terrifying Runaway Climate Feedback Loops. truthout.org The village of Lytton, British Columbia, just northeast of Vancouver, saw

John Clamp (2021-06-29). The World's Displaced People: an Egregious Abdication of Responsibility. counterpunch.org With more than one per cent of the world's population currently displaced by war, ethnic and warlord violence, climate change, and all the other horrors ceaselessly created by humanity in torturing itself, today's landscape of misery should cause world leaders to hang their heads in shame. The amount of displaced people in the world has

WSWS (2021-06-29). Heatwave driven by climate change bakes the Pacific Northwest of the US and Canada. wsws.org Seattle, Washington, recorded a temperature of 104 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday, breaking the previous record of 103. Portland, Oregon, surged to an unprecedented temperature of 112 degrees that same day.

Amanda Mills (2021-06-29). New Zealand to ban most single-use plastics over the next 4 years. nationofchange.org "Phasing out unnecessary and problematic plastics will help reduce waste to landfill, improve our recycling system and encourage reusable or environmentally responsible alternatives."

Sunrise Movement (2021-06-29). Tuesday 6/29: Call to Action: #GreenNewDeal Climate & Jobs Actionar w/ Sunrise Movement. indybay.org Call to action for climate and jobs via Zoom…

Center for Biological Diversity (2021-06-29). Report: California Oil Among the Most Climate-damaging on Earth. indybay.org State's Crude Now Pollutes Climate More Than Canada Tar Sands…

Unicorn Riot (2021-06-28). Hubbard County Barricades Private Property, Imprisons Water Protectors. unicornriot.ninja &nbsp…

J30 Coalition of Indigenious & Eco groups (2021-06-28). Wednesday 6/30: Stop Oil Line 3! March & Rally in Washingon D.C. w/ Frontline Water Protectors. indybay.org In-person Washington D.C. or join the protest via livestream and online actions…

Binoy Kampmark (2021-06-28). The Insurgency Against Big Oil. counterpunch.org While Australian politicians languish in a world blotched by climate change scepticism and fossil fuel love-ins, global oil and gas companies have been shaken. Three titans of oil fame — Shell, ExxonMobil and Chevron — faced a range of decisions in May that promise to dramatically shape their future operations. The point is not negligible,

Pubdatemon, 28 Jun 2021 16:02:08 -0400 (2021-06-28). Coal Miners Strike in Alabama: 'Warrior Met Coal Ain't Got No Soul!'. commondreams.org "Making sure our planet is habitable for human life *is* infrastructure," tweeted Rep. Ilhan Omar. "We need a bold package that tackles the climate crisis."

Prof. Bryan Shuman (2021-06-28). Yellowstone Is Losing Its Snow as the Climate Warms, and that Means Widespread Problems for Water and Wildlife. globalresearch.ca

Pubdatemon, 28 Jun 2021 17:39:48 -0400 (2021-06-28). Northwestern Heatwave Sparks Calls for Transformative Climate Action. commondreams.org "President Biden has been failing us," Sunrise Movement executive director Varshini Prakash said about the administration's recent comments on the infrastructure package.

Pubdatemon, 28 Jun 2021 09:42:34 -0400 (2021-06-28). We Don't Need a New Report to Know It's Time to Act Urgently on the Climate Crisis. commondreams.org We have paid dearly for that ignorance and will likely pay even more in the years ahead. So it goes.

Pubdatemon, 28 Jun 2021 19:38:30 -0400 (2021-06-28). Sunrise Activists Arrested Over 'No Climate, No Deal' Blockade of White House. commondreams.org "The last person who should have a say on our agenda is Senate MINORITY Leader Mitch McConnell," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.

Katharine Hayhoe (2021-06-28). We Don't Need a New Report to Know It's Time to Act Urgently on the Climate Crisis. commondreams.org It's as if we humans have been driving blindly into the future, navigating only by what we can see of the past in the rear-view mirror.

Pubdatemon, 28 Jun 2021 12:14:34 -0400 (2021-06-28). Iraq Says Bombings Ordered by Biden a 'Blatant and Unacceptable Violation' of Sovereignty. commondreams.org "We will sit here until you commit to the side of climate justice, commit to an American Jobs Plan written with bold ambition against the climate crisis."

Pubdatemon, 28 Jun 2021 13:02:45 -0400 (2021-06-28). 'Can You Hear Us, Joe?' Sunrise Youth Barricade White House to Denounce Climate Compromise. commondreams.org Honduran movements need our solidarity in demanding justice for Berta.

Pubdatemon, 28 Jun 2021 19:38:30 -0400 (2021-06-28). Sunrise Activists Arrested Over 'No Climate, No Deal' Blockade of White House. commondreams.org &nbsp…

Pubdatemon, 28 Jun 2021 04:52:35 -0400 (2021-06-28). Fresh Demands for Immediate US Withdrawal as Biden Administration Bombs Iraq, Syria. commondreams.org "There will not be a bipartisan infrastructure deal without a reconciliation bill that substantially improves the lives of working families and combats the existential threat of climate change."

Makiba (2021-06-28). Fighting to save our islands from climate change. greenleft.org.au Eddie Mabo did not fight for ngau lag (my land) only to lose it to climate change, argues Makiba.

Sunrise Movement (2021-06-28). Tuesday 6/29: Call to Action: #GreenNewDeal Climate & Jobs Actionar w/ Sunrise Movement. indybay.org Call to action for climate and jobs via Zoom…

Center for Biological Diversity (2021-06-28). Report: California Oil Among the Most Climate-damaging on Earth. indybay.org State's Crude Now Pollutes Climate More Than Canada Tar Sands…

Robert Hunziker (2021-06-28). Lethal Heat Hits the Planet. counterpunch.org The news does not get much worse than a recent scientific report that the planet is trapping twice as much heat as it did only 14 years ago. If this one report does not turn heads and create a sense of panic to get off fossil fuels, as soon as yesterday, then nothing will ever move the needle to fix the planet's broken climate system.

Editor (2021-06-28). 10 reasons why climate activists should not support nuclear. mronline.org The world needs safe, non-exploitive technologies. Nuclear doesn't qualify. | June 28, 2021 | Newswire…

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