Daily Archives: July 17, 2021

2021-07-17: News Headlines

Juan Cole (2021-07-17). With Massive Flooding in Germany, Scientists worry Climate is increasingly out of Control. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Our burning of gasoline, coal and natural gas on a massive global scale, putting tens of billions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere annually, is turning the earth into . . . well, a greenhouse. Greenhouses are closed up, keeping in heat and moisture. In a greenhouse, the …

The Conversation (2021-07-17). Why our climate emergency is forcing conservationists to be more ambitious: by moving threatened species to new pastures. juancole.com By Sarah Elizabeth Dalrymple | — ( The Conversation) — As climate change brings record droughts and floods, extended fire seasons continue to make headlines, and the role of humans in this terrible situation is now undisputed, institutional change has been slow and unsteady. In particular, conservationists have been wary of pointing to climate change …

March for Science (2021-07-17). Friday 7/16: SC1.5CE Not Silence: Virutal Climate Action Forum. indybay.org Online forum…

_____ (2021-07-17). Companies Must Disclose—and Face—Mounting Climate Risks. commondreams.org

Karl Engels (2021-07-16). 'Clean water case of the century': Environmentalists score landmark wastewater dumping victory. peoplesworld.org Clean water activists and environmental groups are celebrating a federal court victory in Hawaii that will force a Maui County wastewater treatment plant to stop a dumping practice that has endangered fragile marine environments for decades. The win has national repercussions, however, as it sets a new precedent for how pollutants that threaten waterways can …

_____ (2021-07-16). US Peace Activists In Germany Join Call For Withdrawal Of Nuclear Weapons. popularresistance.org A group of US peace activists has again joined protests at the Bàºchel Air Force Base in Germany, demanding the withdrawal of the remaining US hydrogen-bombs still deployed there. | On July 12 the anti-nuclear and anti-war campaigners, together with colleagues from The Netherlands and Germany, began an "International Week" of protests focused on ousting the last approximately 20 US Air Force nuclear gravity bombs known as B61s kept at the base.* In the depths of the cold war, there were 7,000 US nuclear weapons in Germany, so this remnant seems like hardly more than radioactive waste. | With the German group…

Nick Engelfried (2021-07-16). As Biden backslides, climate movement prepares to seize this 'now or never' moment. zcomm.org Tired of waiting for progress as the world burns, climate activists are shaping the public narrative — through mass protest and targeted actions — to favor federal legislation.

CJ Polychroniou (2021-07-16). Radical Political Action Is Our Only Hope to Stop Criminal Negligence of Climate Emergency. zcomm.org It can be done. It must be done. For there is no tomorrow if we fail to decarbonize and thus rescue the planet from a climate catastrophe…

_____ (2021-07-16). 'Danger to the World': 1,200+ Scientists Denounce Boris Johnson's Plan to End UK Covid Restrictions. commondreams.org As recent disasters have shown, the world's small island developing states are acutely vulnerable to the ravages of climate change, a problem created almost entirely by rich countries.

Jack Ohman (2021-07-16). Climate Change Nature Guide. thenation.com Climate Change Nature Guide…

Kim Stanley Robinson (2021-07-16). The Novel Solutions of Utopian Fiction. thenation.com The Novel Solutions of Utopian Fiction…

Staff (2021-07-16). Climate Profiteering: $13.5B Trust for California Fire Victims Funnels Funds to Lawyers & Consultants. democracynow.org We look at the corporate profiteering off people who lost their homes and loved ones to recent fires in California, where wildfires continue to rage amid record temperatures. A major investigation by KQED and NPR's California Newsroom found a special trust set up to distribute $13.5 billion to survivors of wildfires caused by PG&E — the state's largest utility company — instead spent lavishly on its own administration while distributing almost nothing to the 70,000 fire victims, many of whom still live in trailers. Those who profited while the fire victims waited for help included Wall Street bankers…

Staff (2021-07-16). Floods, Fires & Heat Waves: Michael Mann on "The New Climate War" & the Fight to Take Back the Planet. democracynow.org We speak with leading climate scientist Michael Mann about the catastrophic impact of the climate crisis around the world. He says he and other scientists predicted the extreme weather events now wreaking havoc. "We said that if we don't stop burning fossil fuels and elevating the levels of carbon pollution in the atmosphere and we continue to warm up the planet, we will see unprecedented heat waves and wildfires and floods and droughts and superstorms," says Mann. His new book is titled ‚Ä®"The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet."

_____ (2021-07-16). Water Protectors Against Line 3 Sue Over Police Blockade of Indigenous Camp. commondreams.org

_____ (2021-07-16). 'We Are in Deep, Deep Sh*t': Climate Experts Shocked at Severity of Floods in Germany and Belgium. commondreams.org Both the White House and the Surgeon General have targeted conservative news outlets and social media platforms for fueling resurgence of Covid-19…

_____ (2021-07-16). Ocasio-Cortez: 'House Progressives Are Standing Up' for Infrastructure Plan Prioritizing Care, Climate. commondreams.org Biden left out the only word that really counts: "Filibuster."

_____ (2021-07-16). Including Environmental and Health Costs, True Price of Food Is 3 Times What Americans Pay, Report Finds. commondreams.org "If Sen. Manchin and the rest of the Senate approve the 'reconciliation bill' then we will approve their bipartisan bill. But if they try to strip immigration reform, child care, climate action, etc., then we're at an impasse," said the New York Democrat.

_____ (2021-07-16). 'Future Belongs to Renewable Energy': Greenland Ditches All Oil Drilling. commondreams.org "This is your climate on fossil fuel."

_____ (2021-07-16). Rich Countries Created Climate Crisis Ravaging Island States. commondreams.org "Great news!" exclaimed one international legal group.

Derek Royden (2021-07-16). The trials of land and water protectors in a world on fire. nationofchange.org "Life on Earth can recover from a drastic climate shift by evolving into new species and creating new ecosystems … humans cannot."

Emma Pattee (2021-07-16). The scientists hired by big oil who predicted the climate crisis long ago. nationofchange.org Experts' discoveries lie at the heart of two dozen lawsuits that hope to hold the industry accountable for devastating damage.

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