Daily Archives: August 13, 2021

2021-08-13: News Headlines

_____ (2021-08-13). Water Walkers Headed For Minnesota Capitol. popularresistance.org Water walkers bound for the Minnesota State Capitol left Backus, MN this morning after spending the night at the home of an ally along the route. The walk began last Saturday at the Fire Light Water Protector camp situated on the Mississippi River. | Water protectors spent nearly three weeks camping on the roadside near the Upper Mississippi to monitor Enbridge's drilling activity under the river as they construct the Line 3 Tar Sands pipeline. Enbridge has drilled under dozens of rivers and waterways, causing several major "frac outs" that spilled toxic drilling fluid into rivers and wetlands. The Minnesota Depa…

In Defense of Liberation! (2021-08-13). The Hard Realities of Immigration (with @deportedartist). anchor.fm In this episode, me and my homie Javier, aka @DeportedArtist on Instagram, go over the experiences that often many have to endure simply to be able to have a safe home or a chance at one. Javier explains his story, and we go into detail to discuss his story, his situation now, his artwork, and things surrounding these topics. We go over the oncoming effects of climate change on immigration, the Biden administration, and their lack of willingness to take the children out of cages and legalize immigration, even though he made countless promises to take action. They never tell the truth! That's why we got to take do…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2021-08-13). Apartheid tech is no climate change solution. electronicintifada.net Israel finds opportunity to rebrand itself in wake of new IPCC report.

_____ (2021-08-13). Study: 'Blue Hydrogen' In Bipartisan Plan More Polluting Than Coal. popularresistance.org While celebrated as a climate victory by the Biden administration, the large infrastructure bill passed in the U.S. Senate this week includes billions of dollars of funding toward "blue hydrogen," which new research published Thursday finds is more polluting than coal. | The $550 billion bipartisan infrastructure package passed Tuesday includes $8 billion to develop "clean hydrogen" via the creation of four regional hubs. | The White House claims that the bill is in step with President Joe Biden's climate goals and advocates of hydrogen energy champion it as a low-emissions alternative for various uses such as fu…

350.org (2021-08-13). Wednesday 8/18: Climate Crisis: Learn About the United Nations IPCC Report w/ 350.org. indybay.org Livestream via Instragram…

Dean Baker (2021-08-13). Cheap Talk from the Fed on Global Warming? cepr.net During the first decade of this century I was one of the few economists in the country to warn of the housing bubble and the likelihood that its collapse would lead to a serious recession. It was easy to see that the housing market was in a bubble, and that when the bubble burst it …

Carey Gillam (2021-08-12). The rest of the story—Monsanto owner Bayer struggles to shed Roundup litigation woes. nationofchange.org Monsanto owner, Bayer AG, is contemplating pulling the popular herbicide from the residential market as it struggles to cement a strategy to limit ongoing litigation.

The Conversation (2021-08-12). IPCC: Ocean has risen more than in any century in at least 3,000 years, and in worst case could rise 7 feet in next 80 Years. juancole.com By Robert Kopp | — ( The Conversation) — Humans are unequivocally warming the planet, and that's triggering rapid changes in the atmosphere, oceans and polar regions, and increasing extreme weather around the world, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns in a new report. The IPCC released the first part of its much anticipated …

Editor2 (2021-08-12). With Earth on Edge, Climate Crisis Must be Treated Like Outbreak of a World War. orinocotribune.com By C.J. Polychroniou — Aug 9, 2021 | Humanity and the environment are under massive assault by global warming caused by human activities. | The new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released today, August 9, 2021—the first of four that make up the IPCC's Sixth Assessment report—reiterates in scientific language (it deals with the physical science basis of global warming) what we have already known for quite some time from scores of previous studies: humanity faces a climate emergency, global warming is human driven, major climate changes are irreversible, and time is running…

RobertAlvarez (2021-08-12). The Climate Stat We Can't Afford to Overlook: CEO Pay. ips-dc.org Ace researchers dropped two blockbuster reports on us earlier this week. The first — from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC — UN Secretary-General António Guterres is

It's Going Down (2021-08-12). This Is America #146: Six Months After Storming of the Capitol; Climate Change, Delta Variant, Schools to Re-Open. itsgoingdown.org Welcome, to This Is America, August 12th, 2021. On today's episode, we speak with journalist Raven Geary, as we look back on the 6 month anniversary of the storming of the DC capital on January 6th. Raven was on the ground that day and has completed a new 30 minutes documentary based on their reporting…

_____ (2021-08-12). Report on Koch Network Infiltration Of Public Schools. popularresistance.org "The Koch network has made no secret about the critical role that public education plays as an ideal arena for influencing U.S. policy and culture," the group says in an introduction to the report. "Through a variety of tactics—charter schools, vouchers, curriculum, textbooks, trainings, using state politicians to engage in culture war against progressive ideas, and more—the Koch network is able to ensure the spread of their ideas, including climate disinformation and free market-favoring economics philosophy."

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-08-12). Weather Warfare: Beware the US Military's Experiments with Climatic Warfare. globalresearch.ca 'Climatic warfare' has been excluded from the agenda on climate change.

_____ (2021-08-12). Consumerism, Inequality, and the Climate Crisis. commondreams.org "Whether these fossil fuel executives lead their corporations to financial success or catastrophic flops, they still receive exorbitant payouts, while workers lose jobs, investors lose money, and taxpayers may wind up footing the bill for environmental cleanup."

_____ (2021-08-12). AIPAC Accused of 'Putting Rep. Omar's Life at Risk' With New Islamophobic Ads. commondreams.org We're no longer just reading about the climate crisis; we're living it in a startling fashion.

Andrew McCormick (2021-08-12). Coverage of the "Code Red" Climate Report Was Good. Here's How to Sustain It. thenation.com Coverage of the "Code Red" Climate Report Was Good. Here's How to Sustain It.

Susan Price (2021-08-12). Climate refugees: latest IPCC report confirms worst fears. greenleft.org.au The human cost of 1.5 ∞C or even 2 ∞C warming is unimaginable, with unprecedented numbers of people forced to relocate to escape its devastating impacts, writes Susan Price.

Kerry Smith (2021-08-12). Great Barrier Reef's survival depends on us. greenleft.org.au A snap action by Extinction Rebellion Western Australia highlighted the plight of the Great Barrier Reef. Kerry Smith reports.

WSWS (2021-08-12). Record number of wildfires burn large swaths of Siberia. wsws.org The ongoing wildfires in Russia are a testament to capitalism's failure to address the crisis of global warming.

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