(2021-08-31). Sixteen years after Katrina: Hurricane Ida devastates southern Louisiana. wsws.org In the decade and a half since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, there has been no improvement in the country's crumbling social infrastructure, leaving millions at the mercy of intensifying storms, heat waves and fires fueled by climate change.
(2021-08-31). "Stop This Madness": Rev. Lennox Yearwood Calls to Divest from Fossil Fuels Amid Climate Disasters. democracynow.org 
Hurricane Ida and the increasing threats from extreme weather are a wake-up call to divest from fossil fuels that make climate disasters worse and more frequent, says Reverend Lennox Yearwood Jr., the president and CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus, who is originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, and established the Gulf Coast Renewal Campaign after Hurricane Katrina. "We know who is causing these storms. We know who is causing the climate crisis. They're right there in Louisiana with us: It's the fossil fuel industry. So we've got to stop it," Yearwood says.
(2021-08-31). California denies 42 new fracking permits, but approves 1,019 oil and gas permits. indybay.org "It's encouraging to see CalGEM denying more fracking permits, particularly as California weathers a devastating drought and wildfire season induced by climate change," said Food & Water Watch's California Director Alexandra Nagy. "This is progress. But make no mistake, it is not enough."
(2021-08-31). "There Is No Climate Crisis" dailyposter.com 
(2021-08-31). UC Davis Study Finds Dams Are Ineffective for Cold-Water Conservation for Salmon and Trout. indybay.org Ann Willis, the study's lead author, says the solution to creating cold water habitat to stop the extinction of salmon and trout populations is to remove dams and restructure water management in California.
(2021-08-31). Nearly 70 People Arrested for Resisting Line 3. zcomm.org "Water protectors marched 256 miles from the headwaters of the Mississippi River to speak with this gentleman," an Indigenous organizer said of Gov. Tim Walz. "He has not come to listen to their voices and so we came here."
(2021-08-31). Water Protectors Document Escalating Police Brutality in Minnesota. indybay.org In August police escalated to torture. On August 11 water protectors shut down two different worksites. Police approached them on the site and when the water protectors refused to leave police began to use a torture tactic they refer to as "pain compliance."
(2021-08-30). Ida: The Climate Emergency and Fossil Fuels, not Afghan terrorists, just Knocked out Power to America's 4th-Largest Port. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The two big stories on Sunday, of the continued evacuation effort at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, and the landfall of Hurricane Ida on the coast of Louisiana have something in common. Both are about potential threats to the United States. America's national security elites and arms manufacturers …
(2021-08-30). Here's a Fact: The Afghan War Could Never Be Won. commondreams.org "What more do politicians need to realize that the climate crisis is here and killing us?"
(2021-08-30). After Ida's Destruction, Sunrise Movement Urges Biden to Declare Climate Emergency. commondreams.org The U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan should force a reckoning with a long history of military intervention.
(2021-08-30). The Climate Emergency, not Afghan terrorists, Knocked out Power to 4th-Largest Port. zcomm.org The big terrorist threat, ever more damaging hurricanes, wildfires, droughts, and floods, comes from our addiction to fossil fuels…
(2021-08-30). ÔªøHurricane Ida is 'Ôªøthe poster child for a climate change-driven disaster'. therealnews.com 
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(2021-08-30). Workers refuse to shoulder the burden for the bosses' climate crisis. mronline.org 
The United Nations issued a "code red for humanity" warning earlier this month with over 3,000 pages of scientific documentation saying that the climate crisis has reached a point where we can expect extreme weather including heat waves, flooding and droughts to happen with more frequency and intensity.
(2021-08-30). Climate Crises Converge as Wildfire Burns West and Hurricane Pummels South. truthout.org 
Hurricane Ida made landfall in Southern Louisiana on Sunday as one of Scientists say that…
(2021-08-30). Hurricane Ida Deemed a 'Poster Child' for Climate Disaster as Storm Slams Louisiana. commondreams.org "The American aircraft targeted us," said Samim Shahyad, whose father, brothers, and cousins were killed in the U.S. attack.
(2021-08-30). Climate Progress Is On Fire. dailyposter.com 
(2021-08-30). Exxon's Oil Drilling Gamble Off Guyana Coast Could Turn Country from a Carbon Sink to a "Carbon Bomb" democracynow.org 
Despite desperate climate warnings against new fossil fuel development, ExxonMobil is pursuing a massive new oil project in Guyana that is projected to be the corporation's largest oil production in the world. A new investigation by Antonia Juhasz, a longtime oil and energy investigative reporter, reveals the project will release 125 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, turning Guyana from a carbon sink into what she says could be a "carbon bomb" and posing major environmental risks.
(2021-08-30). Hurricane Ida Hits Oil Industry in Black & Native Communities on Louisiana Coast Amid Climate Crisis. democracynow.org 
Two-thirds of Louisiana's industrial sites lie in the path of Hurricane Ida, including oil refineries, storage tanks and other infrastructure like oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana's Gulf Coast is a major oil and gas hub, with 17 oil refineries, two liquefied natural gas export terminals, as well as a nuclear power plant and many Superfund sites. Oil spills and chemical releases due to climate change-intensified storms are a "worsening, consistent problem" in Louisiana's Gulf Coast, says Antonia Juhasz, a longtime oil and energy investigative journalist. Communities of color living on the Gulf Coast…
(2021-08-30). 1.6M Moderna Doses Withdrawn in Japan Over Contamination. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-30). We Can't Prevent Future Nuclear Wars Unless We Imagine Them Today. commondreams.org Over 50 lawmakers argue the "harmful and wasteful" giveaways "simply enhance the profits" of polluters while harming U.S. taxpayers, industry workers, racial justice, and the planet. | It is now more important than ever to anticipate what the future might hold due to the uncertainty surrounding tomorrow's strategic environment.
