Monthly Archives: June 2021

2021-06-02: News Headlines

Center for Biological Diversity (2021-06-02). Thursday 6/3: "The Condor & The Eagle": Film & Discussion on Indigenous Climate Justice w/ CBD. indybay.org Online event…

The Conversation (2021-06-02). Climate explained: why is the frozen Arctic heating up faster than other parts of the world? juancole.com By Steve Turton | — What is Arctic amplification? Do we know what is causing this phenomenon? What effects is it having, both in the region and for the world? Is Antarctica experiencing the same thing? Human civilisation and agriculture first emerged about 12,000 years ago in the early Holocene. Our ancestors benefited from a …

Len Yannielli (2021-06-02). Carbon sequestration: Climate solution or bridge to more fossil fuel profits? peoplesworld.org Connecticut gets almost half its energy from methane, also called natural gas. Some, especially in certain ruling circles, see this fossil fuel as a bridge to renewable energy. While methane makes up much less of the carbon in our atmosphere than carbon dioxide, it does so in an unfortunate, powerful way. Methane molecules trap 25x …

Extinction Rebellion San Francisco Bay Area (2021-06-02). Sunday 6/6: Climate Action Mural Unveiling & Celebration In Clarion Alley. indybay.org Clarion Alley, between Mission and Valencia Streets, and between 17th and 18th Streets in San Francisco…

Eds. (2021-06-01). Was Marx a climate warrior? mronline.org This is a talk given online at the ESRC Festival of Social Science on November 11, 2020: 'Was Marx a climate warrior?' for a panel organized by Bangor University. | June 1, 2021 | Newswire…

The Conversation (2021-06-01). Climate change will cost a teenager up to $245,000 over their lifetime, court case reveals. juancole.com By Liam Phelan and Jacquie Svenson | — The Federal Court today dismissed a bid by a group of Australian teenagers seeking to prevent federal environment minister Sussan Ley from approving a coalmine extension in New South Wales. While the teens' request for an injunction was unsuccessful, a number of important developments emerged during the …

Anonymous103 (2021-06-01). On The Hunt For Gas: Tel Aviv And Athens VS Ankara. southfront.org Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (L) shakes hands with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu | Written by Piero Messina | Tel Aviv wants to change the face of the Mediterranean leadership and does so by aiming for control of the Eastern Mediterranean. The instrument of the Israeli government is the gas quadrumvirate, the Eastmed project with its other three geostrategic pillars Egypt, Cyprus and Greece also in order to change the face of the Mediterranean leadership. Thanks to that network of pipelines, it…

Fight Back (2021-06-01). Appleton, WI: Rally to shut down Enbridge Lines 3 and 5 extends solidarity to land and water protectors. fightbacknews.org Appleton, WI – On May 29, nearly 30 people gathered at Houdini Plaza in downtown Appleton to demand that the Canadian energy company Enbridge be forced to cease production on their Line 3 and Line 5 projects. These pipelines transport tar sands – some of the dirtiest fossil fuel out there – across hundreds of miles of Canada, into northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, and through Michigan. | The vast majority of the land that the pipelines cut through is treaty land, and many of the Anishinaabe tribes have no interest in the project and in fact have repeatedly sought its complete removal. As in many other struggles,…

Komaroff AL. (2021-06-01). Sleep and the Discovery of Brain Waste Management Systems. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint explains emerging science that suggests sleep activates the meningeal lymphatic and glymphatic systems to flush fluid and waste products out of the brain and discusses associations between disrupted sleep and neurological disease that may be mediated by glymphatic dysfunction.

Jeremy Brecher (2021-06-01). Making "Build Back Better" Better: Aligning Climate, Jobs, and Justice. commondreams.org "We need to keep our eyes on the ultimate prize: combining climate, jobs, and justice." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/sunrise_jobs_0.jpg

Kerry Smith (2021-06-01). Aotearoa New Zealand: Western Sahara activists, XR picket fertiliser plant. greenleft.org.au Western Sahara Solidarity Aotearoa and Extinction Rebellion successfully blockaded the headquarters of Ballance Agri-Nutrients on May 29, reports Kerry Smith.

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2021-06-02: Social Media Postees

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Thursday 6/3: "The Condor & The Eagle": Film & Discussion on Indigenous Climate Justice w/ CBD
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Online event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/31/18842872.php

Climate explained: why is the frozen Arctic heating up faster than other parts of the world?
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-06-02
By Steve Turton | — What is Arctic amplification? Do we know what is causing this phenomenon? What effects is it having, both in the region and for the world? Is Antarctica experiencing the same thing? Human civilisation and agriculture first emerged about 12,000 years ago in the early Holocene. Our ancestors benefited from a …
juancole.com/2021/06/climate-explained-heating.html

Carbon sequestration: Climate solution or bridge to more fossil fuel profits?
Len Yannielli | peoplesworld.org | 2021-06-02
Connecticut gets almost half its energy from methane, also called natural gas. Some, especially in certain ruling circles, see this fossil fuel as a bridge to renewable energy. While methane makes up much less of the carbon in our atmosphere than carbon dioxide, it does so in an unfortunate, powerful way. Methane molecules trap 25x …
peoplesworld.org/article/carbon-sequestration-climate-solution-or-bridge-to-more-fossil-fuel-profits/

Sunday 6/6: Climate Action Mural Unveiling & Celebration In Clarion Alley
Extinction Rebellion San Francisco Bay Area | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Clarion Alley, between Mission and Valencia Streets, and between 17th and 18th Streets in San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/02/18842898.php

Making "Build Back Better" Better: Aligning Climate, Jobs, and Justice
Jeremy Brecher | zcomm.org | 2021-06-02
What policies can integrate the needs of working people, the most oppressed, and our threatened climate and environment?>…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/making-build-back-better-better-aligning-climate-jobs-and-justice/

Was Marx a climate warrior?
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-06-01
This is a talk given online at the ESRC Festival of Social Science on November 11, 2020: 'Was Marx a climate warrior?' for a panel organized by Bangor University. | June 1, 2021 | Newswire…
mronline.org/2021/06/01/was-marx-a-climate-warrior/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=was-marx-a-climate-warrior

Thursday 6/3: "The Condor & The Eagle": Film & Discussion on Indigenous Climate Justice w/ CBD
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2021-06-01
Online event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/31/18842872.php

Climate change will cost a teenager up to $245,000 over their lifetime, court case reveals
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-06-01
By Liam Phelan and Jacquie Svenson | — The Federal Court today dismissed a bid by a group of Australian teenagers seeking to prevent federal environment minister Sussan Ley from approving a coalmine extension in New South Wales. While the teens' request for an injunction was unsuccessful, a number of important developments emerged during the …
juancole.com/2021/06/climate-teenarger-lifetime.html

Appleton, WI: Rally to shut down Enbridge Lines 3 and 5 extends solidarity to land and water protectors
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-06-01
Appleton, WI – On May 29, nearly 30 people gathered at Houdini Plaza in downtown Appleton to demand that the Canadian energy company Enbridge be forced to cease production on their Line 3 and Line 5 projects. These pipelines transport tar sands – some of the dirtiest fossil fuel out there – across hundreds of miles of Canada, into northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, and through Michigan. | The vast majority of the land that the pipelines cut through is treaty land, and many of the Anishinaabe tribes have no interest in the project and in fact have repeatedly sought its complete removal. As in many other struggles,…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/6/1/appleton-wi-rally-shut-down-enbridge-lines-3-and-5-extends-solidarity-land-and-water-protec

Sleep and the Discovery of Brain Waste Management Systems
Komaroff AL. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-06-01
This Viewpoint explains emerging science that suggests sleep activates the meningeal lymphatic and glymphatic systems to flush fluid and waste products out of the brain and discusses associations between disrupted sleep and neurological disease that may be mediated by glymphatic dysfunction.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2780296

On The Hunt For Gas: Tel Aviv And Athens VS Ankara
Anonymous103 | southfront.org | 2021-06-01
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (L) shakes hands with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu | Written by Piero Messina | Tel Aviv wants to change the face of the Mediterranean leadership and does so by aiming for control of the Eastern Mediterranean. The instrument of the Israeli government is the gas quadrumvirate, the Eastmed project with its other three geostrategic pillars Egypt, Cyprus and Greece also in order to change the face of the Mediterranean leadership. Thanks to that network of pipelines, it…
southfront.org/on-the-hunt-for-gas-tel-aviv-and-athens-vs-ankara/

Aotearoa New Zealand: Western Sahara activists, XR picket fertiliser plant
Kerry Smith | greenleft.org.au | 2021-06-01
Western Sahara Solidarity Aotearoa and Extinction Rebellion successfully blockaded the headquarters of Ballance Agri-Nutrients on May 29, reports Kerry Smith.
greenleft.org.au/content/aotearoa-new-zealand-western-sahara-activists-xr-picket-fertiliser-plant

Making "Build Back Better" Better: Aligning Climate, Jobs, and Justice
Jeremy Brecher | commondreams.org | 2021-06-01
"We need to keep our eyes on the ultimate prize: combining climate, jobs, and justice." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/sunrise_jobs_0.jpg
commondreams.org/views/2021/06/01/making-build-back-better-better-aligning-climate-jobs-and-justice?cd-origin=rss

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