(2021-07-23). Winona LaDuke and Water Protectors Arrested: Horse Nation to the Front Line. indybay.org Winona LaDuke, executive director of Honor the Earth, was among the women arrested today defending the Shell River from the construction of Enbridge Line 3.
(2021-07-23). Rev. Liz Theoharis of Poor People's Campaign Arrested in Protest over Voting Rights & Infrastructure. democracynow.org 
Nearly 100 women from around the United States were arrested outside the Supreme Court as they marked the 173rd anniversary of the first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls with a protest calling for voting rights and economic justice. We speak with Reverend Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign and one of those who was arrested. She says Congress needs to scrap the filibuster, pass voting rights legislation and pass a "bold infrastructure bill" that addresses economic inequality, as well as the climate. She also discusses the work of her father, historian Athan Theoharis, who recently died…
(2021-07-23). 150 Voting Rights Groups Warn Biden Against Attempting to 'Out-Organize Voter Suppression'. commondreams.org "We have been talking about climate change and it is happening," said one of the country's top environmental officials.
(2021-07-23). Local Organizing to Stop Line 3. indybay.org Calling All Santa Cruz Climate and Indigenous Rights Activists! We're trying to rapidly organize one or more Santa Cruz demonstrations for the efforts to #StopLine3, another disastrous tarsands oil pipeline violating treaty rights of Minnesota tribes. We need your help!
(2021-07-23). Just Out of Jail, Winona LaDuke Decries Militarized Crackdown on Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline Protests. democracynow.org 
Nearly 600 water protectors have been arrested during ongoing protests in Minnesota against the construction of the Enbridge Line 3 tar sands pipeline at the Shell River, which the partially completed pipeline is set to cross in five places. On Monday, authorities arrested Indigenous leader Winona LaDuke and at least six others. She was just released from jail yesterday and joins us after three nights in jail. LaDuke describes how the Canadian multinational corporation Enbridge, which is building the pipeline, has funded more than 40 police squads from around the state to crack down on protests, saying, "It is a…
(2021-07-23). In Pre-Sentencing Letter, Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Says Crisis of Conscience Motivated Leak. commondreams.org Human-induced climate change has gotten so bad that our only hope isn't to reverse it, but to simply save what we can.
(2021-07-23). The Climate Crisis Has Gone Critical. commondreams.org Legally, the U.S. is obligated to care for these children from the moment they arrive until they turn 18, according to carefully defined procedures.
(2021-07-23). Stop Waste of Tax Dollars on 2d Prosecution of H Weinstein. indybay.org Harvey Weinstein, the 69 year old, very sick, film producer, sentenced to 23 years in prison in New York at age 67 for rape, a life sentence given his age,has now been extradited to Los Angeles where California taxpayers will have to pay millions of dollars for yet another rape trial of a sick old man. This does not solve the rape problem at all; it is theft of our tax dollars.
(2021-07-22). Philly activists demand: 'Stop the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline!'. workers.org 
Members and friends of Philly Water Protectors, an environmental justice group, gathered July 16 outside a TD Bank in Philadelphia's Center City. TD Bank loaned Enbridge $10.8 billion for a pipeline project that threatens 200 bodies of water, including the Mississippi River's headwaters, and imperils Indigenous sites, waters and lands. . . . |
(2021-07-22). Coral reef scientists raise alarm as climate change decimates ocean ecosystems vital to fish and humans. juancole.com 
By Sam Purkis | ( The Conversation) — The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut-covered sandy beaches with incredible bird life rim tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, hundreds of miles from any continent. Just below the waves, coral reefs stretch for miles along an underwater mountain …
(2021-07-22). German politicians fear global warming floods may hurt them. peoplesworld.org 
(2021-07-22). Again, GOP puts party before progress, blocking infrastructure bills. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Once again—or maybe as usual—the right-wing Republicans are putting party before progress, blocking two needed infrastructure bills. One would repair and upgrade "hard" infrastructure such as bridges and subways. The other would upgrade human infrastructure such as expanding child care, extending paid family and medical leave, and battling global warming. The latest GOP roadblock was …
(2021-07-22). "All We Can Save": As Climate Disasters Wreck Our Planet, Women Leaders Are Key to Solving the Crisis. democracynow.org 
As the impacts of the climate emergency continue to be felt around the globe, white men overwhelmingly dominate the airwaves on climate coverage. We speak with co-editors of the new book "All We Can Save," an anthology of essays by 60 women at the forefront of the climate justice movement. "We are simply not seeing very much climate coverage at all in the mainstream media," says Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, a marine biologist and co-founder of the Urban Ocean Lab. Katharine Wilkinson, visiting professor at Sewanee: The University of the South in Tennessee, emphasizes women and girls around the world are "disproportio…
(2021-07-22). Sanders Touts Reconciliation Bill With Universal Pre-K and Guaranteed Sick Leave. truthout.org 
In a new op-ed, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) touted the Democrats' $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to act on the climate crisis, reform the tax code, and provide support for a struggling working class. | "The biggest win for the working class in generations is within reach," Sanders With t…
(2021-07-22). Extreme wildfires along the US West Coast generating their own weather. wsws.org Pyrocumulonimbus clouds have formed producing high winds and lightning which fuels the fires which are themselves a product of climate change that further contribute to global warming.
(2021-07-22). After space flight, "Moneybags" Bezos acknowledges workers "paid for all this" wsws.org The claims that the Amazon founder's space flight was historic, and that he is obsessed with climate change and "saving the world" need to be seen in the proper context. Nonetheless, something revealing did emerge out of the sordid excursion July 20.
(2021-07-22). Organizing in the midnight hour. zcomm.org Political theorist Rodrigo Nunes provides a new approach to the problems of power and organization to help confront climate catastrophe…
(2021-07-22). Climate Activists Celebrate Dismissal of Charges in the Midst of the Hottest Summer on Record. counterpunch.org Vancouver, Washington As the Pacific Northwest reels from record-breaking heat and braces itself for another fire season, four climate activists cases were dismissed on Wednesday in Clark County Circuit Court in Vancouver, Washington. The defendants, Kelsey Baker, Mike Hastie, Samantha Krop, and Bruce Watt, faced criminal charges after participating in an action that attempted to
(2021-07-22). The Strange Case of Attorney General Merrick Garland. commondreams.org Despite overwhelming evidence that relentless expansion is undermining nature and driving us towards a devastating climate emergency, the "fairytales of eternal growth" still reign supreme.
(2021-07-22). New report reveals top 15 retail giants that contribute most to climate crisis through fossil-fuel-powered shipping. nationofchange.org "These findings reveal new environmental and public health impacts of retail companies' manufacturing and transport choices—and they are damning."
(2021-07-22). Bezos's Space Stunt Got Almost as Much TV Time as Climate Crisis. zcomm.org Climate advocates have expressed frustration for years that broadcast news as a whole largely ignores the climate crisis…