(2021-07-05). We Can't go Carbon Neutral without Reducing Plastics: 1 ton of plastic creates 5 tons of CO2 emissions. juancole.com By Benjamin Wehrmann | — ( Clean Energy Wire ) — Avoiding and better managing plastic waste should receive much greater attention by the German government in its bid to achieve a climate neutral economy, economic research institute DIW said in an analysis. Producing and disposing of one tonne of plastic on average causes about …
(2021-07-05). By phasing out coal-fired plants — Now! — we can save millions of lives. juancole.com ( Sustainability Times ) — Emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are driving climate change, which imperils the health of life on the planet and so harms us all. Yet the burning of fossil fuels also harms us directly by contributing to a variety of diseases, many of them life-threatening. "Long-term exposure to ambient …
(2021-07-04). Eye of Fire as Ocean burns in Gulf of Mexico foretells Earth Future if we Keep Burning Fossil Fuels. juancole.com By Julia Conley, staff writer | — ( Commondreams.org) — A fire that raged for hours in the Gulf of Mexico Friday offered the latest illustration of the climate emergency and the urgent need to end fossil fuel extraction and invest instead in burgeoning renewable energy industries. An underwater gas pipeline controlled by Mexico's state-owned …
(2021-07-04). Silence From Corporate Media as Key Assange Witness Recants. commondreams.org The workers laboring outside in this extraordinary heat are on the front lines of the climate crisis.
(2021-07-04). Degrowth Policies Cannot Avert Climate Crisis. We Need a Green New Deal. zcomm.org For the first time, 62 percent of all renewable energy sources produced energy at lower costs than the cheapest sources of fossil fuel energy…
(2021-07-04). Heat Waves Prompt Workers To Walk Out. popularresistance.org With climate change making heat waves harsher and more common, the sizzling temperatures will affect workers of all kinds ― not just roofers and farmworkers stuck outside, but warehouse pickers, restaurant workers and others laboring indoors, especially in workplaces not outfitted to deal with extreme heat.
(2021-07-04). Members of Congress Urge Secretary Haaland to Use Emergency Authority to Save Western Monarchs. indybay.org WASHINGTON, June 29, 2021 — Fourteen members of Congress, led by Reps. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) and Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.), urged Interior Secretary Deb Haaland today to take immediate action to protect the western population of monarch butterflies from extinction using her emergency authority under the Endangered Species Act.
(2021-07-04). The Heat Wave Shows Climate Change Is a Workers' Rights Issue. commondreams.org "We've shown them that we aren't the path of least resistance," said a local organizer. "We are the path of resilience."
(2021-07-04). The Heat Wave Shows Climate Change Is a Workers' Rights Issue. commondreams.org