(2021-08-03). Lawyer's Groups Support Hawaii's Case For Ending US Occupation. popularresistance.org The Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC), alongside the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) and National Lawyers Guild (NLG), filed an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief today in support of the Hawaiian Kingdom's complaint against the United States government, President Joe Biden, and other defendants, due to the unlawful occupation of Hawai'i by the United States since January 17, 1893. The complaint and the amicus brief request Declaratory and Injunctive Relief, namely for the US to end the occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
(2021-08-03). 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.
(2021-08-03). Tuesday 8/3: Deadline Glasgow: Defund Climate Chaos UN COP26! indybay.org Online event…
(2021-08-03). Dear Evan Greenberg, Climate Leaders Don't Insure Tar Sands Pipelines. commondreams.org Valorizing, pathologizing, and demonizing vets are all ways of refusing to listen to the actual experiences of those who carry out our wars.
(2021-08-03). Report outlines 'crucial' need for Biden administration to aid climate refugees. nationofchange.org "Ready solutions are available to address root causes and displacement that are centered in human rights and humanitarian protection."
(2021-08-03). Refugees Continue to Face "Extreme Danger" in Mediterranean Sea as Aid Groups Scramble to Respond. democracynow.org 
The number of refugees trying to reach European soil continues to grow due to worsening poverty, violence and the climate crisis, and over 1,100 refugees have perished crossing the Mediterranean so far this year, according to the United Nations. We speak with Laurence Bondard of SOS Méditerranée, a humanitarian group that rescues migrants at sea, who says there is a severe shortage of search-and-rescue resources in the area to address the crisis. "The people that are actually fleeing via the sea that are on tremendously unseaworthy dinghies — most of the time without life jackets, without enough food or wat…
(2021-08-03). The pandemic, Tokyo Olympics, airplanes and climate change. greenleft.org.au The Tokyo Olympics, which may become another COVID-19 super spreader, reveals the clout that corporate capitalism has over governments and politicians, argues Hans Baer.
(2021-08-03). A Covid Surge and Record Heat Have Created a Cursed Olympic Games. thenation.com A Covid Surge and Record Heat Have Created a Cursed Olympic Games…
(2021-08-03). Climate Emergency hits Mideast as Massive Wildfires In Turkey destroy livelihoods. juancole.com By Doga Celik and Arzu Geybullayeva | — ( GlobalVoices.org) — Since July 28, a total of 125 forest fires have raged through 21 provinces of Turkey with 8 still raging as of August 2. The first fire was reported on July 28. So far, the death toll has reached 8 people, including two firefighters. …
(2021-08-03). How The Meat Industry Is Climate-Washing Its Polluting Business Model. popularresistance.org In February last year, the head of a leading global meat industry body gave a "pep talk" to his colleagues at an Australian agriculture conference. | "It's a recurring theme that somehow the livestock sector and eating meat is detrimental to the environment, that it is a serious negative in terms of the climate change discussions," Hsin Huang, Secretary General of the International Meat Secretariat (IMS), told his audience. But the sector, he insisted, could be the "heroes in this discussion" if it wanted to. | "We cannot continue business as we have done in the past," he went on. "If we are not proactive in help…
(2021-08-03). Civilization-Ending Climate Change Is Knocking On Our Door. counterpunch.org We are standing in an extinction event. Many of us started noticing it when the insects began to vanish in large numbers right after the turn of the century. I'll never forget the day the trucker called into my radio show. It was probably around 14 years ago, and he identified himself as a long-haul trucker who regularly ran a coast-to-coast route from the southeast to the Pacific Northwest dozens of times a year.
(2021-08-03). 'This looks like the Exxon infrastructure bill': Bipartisan deal omits key climate protections. nationofchange.org "An infrastructure bill that doesn't prevent a full-blown climate catastrophe by funding a swift transition to renewable energy would kill millions of Americans."
(2021-08-03). Monday 8/9: Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki: The Existential Threats of Nuclear War & Climate Crisis. indybay.org Online rally…
(2021-08-03). NYC to Become First US City to Mandate Proof of Vaccination for Certain Indoor Activities. commondreams.org Chubb,the world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurer, is part of the climate problem—not the solution.
(2021-08-03). Extreme weather signals major climate shift. greenleft.org.au Deadly floods and extreme heatwaves spell climate disaster, writes John Molyneux. While governments continue their greenwashing, we need to mobilise.
(2021-08-03). Friday 8/6: Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki: Existential Threats of Nuclear War & Climate Crisis. indybay.org Virtual rally…
(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 …
(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.
(2021-08-02). To Advance the Climate Agenda: Never Waste Bad Weather. globalresearch.ca
(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…