(2021-08-24). Tropical Storm Henri brings extensive flooding to the Northeastern US. wsws.org Henri is only the latest in a series of disastrous and record-breaking storms in the US and around the world driven by human-induced climate change.
(2021-08-24). Tech "Solutions" Pushed by Fossil Fuel Industry to Delay Real Climate Action. zcomm.org The Network for Greening the Financial System (a group of central banks and supervisors) is already considering climate scenarios with over 3 ∞C of warming, labeling it the "Hot House World."
(2021-08-24). Police Arrest More Than 50 Activists During Extinction Rebellion Protest in London – Photos. sputniknews.com The protests are scheduled ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference and Biodiversity Conference this fall and will continue until a demand to "stop all new fossil fuel investment immediately" is met.
(2021-08-24). Art Mural Action in San Francisco's Dolores Park. indybay.org Sunrise Bay Area and and CA GND Coalition paint "Seal The Deal" mural for climate, jobs, care and justice…
(2021-08-24). WATCH 50+ arrests made after Extinction Rebellion protest shuts down London street. rt.com 
Dozens of environmental activists with Extinction Rebellion were arrested after taking to the streets of London for a major protest, chaining themselves to objects — and each other — to shut down a busy junction in the city. | The environmentalist group gathered near London's Trafalgar Square on Monday, where protesters attempted to shut down a roundabout, some chaining themselves to a pink, four-meter tall structure carrying the words "Come to the table." Others were seen crawling under cars in an effort to block the road. | With a demand to immediately stop fossil fuel investment, the Impossible…
(2021-08-23). Climate Emergency v. Afghanistan. zcomm.org Why do TV Cable News, Pols ignore the greatest Terror Threat to the US in History?>
(2021-08-23). Extinction Rebellion London Protests: Happening Now. popularresistance.org A giant pink table inviting Londoners to "come to the table" and discuss climate change has been erected by Extinction Rebellion protesters near Leicester Square.
(2021-08-23). From Transforming Nature To Transforming Ourselves. popularresistance.org On 9 August the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued the starkest report ever warning of the 'code red for humanity' of the climate emergency. UN Secretary General António Guterres said: "If we combine forces now, we can avert climate catastrophe. But, as today's report makes clear, there is no time for delay and no room for excuses. I count on government leaders and all stakeholders to ensure COP26 is a success."
(2021-08-23). Time for another kind of 'climate change': Unions! peoplesworld.org 
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(2021-08-23). Worst air in the world? Salt Lake City, Utah. peoplesdispatch.org Air pollution levels in Salt Lake City, Utah reached dangerous new highs following the wildfires in the region which have increased in recent years due to climate-change fueled droughts…
(2021-08-23). Carbon Dividends Provide a Win-Win Solution for People and the Climate. commondreams.org If Democrats want to govern for a generation instead of winning one-off races by slim margins, we will need to mend the deep tears among the American electorate and reckon with the injustices that were sewn into the fabric of our flag.
(2021-08-23). Extreme weather, climate change and the case for socialism. wsws.org The scope of the recent and ongoing climate disasters exposes the bankruptcy of capitalism and its complete inability to deal in any meaningful way with the ongoing climate crisis.
(2021-08-23). Leaked report of the IPCC reveals that the growth model of capitalism is unsustainable. mronline.org 
Another leak of the UN report warns that the only known way to avert climate breakdown is to avoid any model which is based on perpetual growth.
(2021-08-23). Humanity's Survival May Depend on 2022 Defeat of Bolsonaro. libya360.wordpress.com Samuel Geddes Bolsonaro's vulgar dismissals of this reality have led to the highest levels of deforestation on record. With unprecedented firestorms raging from California to the Siberian Arctic, the release of a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change announcing to the world that 'climate change is upon us,' almost seemed redundant. Unsurprisingly, the…
(2021-08-23). Extinction Rebellion blockade Central London street to kick off Fortnight of Protests. nationofchange.org Activists have blocked Garrick Street by attaching themselves to a van parked across the road.
(2021-08-23). Extinction Rebellion activists treated as terrorists. greenleft.org.au Extinction Rebellion activists were raided by an anti-terrorist outift for chalking a protest sign against oil and gas giant Woodside Energy, which has recently been given the go-ahead for its Scarborough gas project. Chris Jenkins reports.
(2021-08-23). Fukushima: A Lasting Tragedy. globalresearch.ca In 2011 …
(2021-08-23). Global Warming's Walking Dead. counterpunch.org Once again, the recently issued Sixth Report of the IPCC on global warming paints a rather grim picture of our common global future. The report, written by 200 scientists and approved by 195 countries, came at a time when sections of Turkey, Italy, Siberia, and Greece were still burning with some areas suffering from temperatures