Daily Archives: August 2, 2021

2021-08-02: News Headlines

Giniw Collective (2021-08-02). Water Protectors Shot with Rubber Bullets and Tear Gas now Denied Medications in Jail. indybay.org Water Protectors at Stop Line 3 were brutally arrested by Sheriffs' deputies using excessive force, tear gas, rubber bullets and pepper bullets. Water Protectors now in Pennington County jail in northern Minnesota are being denied medications and being fed moldy food, Giniw Collective said.

Stop the Money Pipeline, partners (2021-08-02). Tuesday 8/3: Deadline Glasgow: Defund Climate Chaos UN COP26! indybay.org Online event…

Staff (2021-08-02). "The Ants and the Grasshopper": Raj Patel's New Film Aims to "Decolonize" Climate & Health Solutions. democracynow.org We look at a groundbreaking new documentary on the climate crisis and the global food system, "The Ants and the Grasshopper," which follows the journey of a Malawian farmer as she tries to end hunger and gender inequality in her village, and tackle climate change in the United States. "In this film, what we're trying to do is decolonize the view of how it is that we fix the climate crisis and the health crisis by foregrounding the wisdom of peasants from around the world, whether they're in the United States or from Malawi," says co-director Raj Patel.

Brian Terrell (2021-08-02). Resisting Nuclear Weapons in a Climate Crisis. dissidentvoice.org Court in Cochem On July 21, I was walking in the forests surrounding the German Air Force Base at Bàºchel in the Eifel Mountains with three Catholic Worker friends, Susan van der Hijden of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Susan Crane of Redwood City, California, and Christiane Danowski of Dortmund, Germany. We were there at the end of …

Steve Milloy (2021-08-02). To Advance the Climate Agenda: Never Waste Bad Weather. globalresearch.ca

Jimmy Tobias (2021-08-02). The Collapse of Wild Red Wolves Is a Warning That Should Worry Us All. thenation.com The Collapse of Wild Red Wolves Is a Warning That Should Worry Us All…

_____ (2021-08-01). Indigenous Rights Are A Counterforce To The Climate Crisis. popularresistance.org During its six years in office, the Trudeau government has made countless promises around climate change and Indigenous rights that create the optics of progress. However, a recent analysis by Indigenous Climate Action of Liberal climate policies outlines how current plans included increased oil and gas production as well as clear structural exclusion of Indigenous peoples from decision-making. That is not only bad for our collective future, but it is also a violation of rights of Indigenous peoples' as outlined in the government's own reports and commissions.

_____ (2021-08-01). How A Swimming Pool Became Puerto Rico's Symbol Of Climate Change And Corruption. popularresistance.org A coastal town like Rincón, located on the westernmost tip of the main island of Puerto Rico, is undeniably vulnerable to climate change and biodiversity loss. That is why, over the course of several weeks, hundreds of people have protested at Los Almendros beach in Rincón, where a swimming pool destroyed by Hurricane Maria in 2017 is being rebuilt.

Center for Biological Diversity (2021-08-01). Oregon Approves Petition to Increase Marbled Murrelet Endangered Species Protection. indybay.org Coastal Seabird at Risk of Extinction From Climate Change…

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