Monthly Archives: September 2021

2021-09-30: News Headlines

Movement Rights (2021-09-30). Tuesday 10/19: How Indigenous-led Rights of Nature is Transforming Climate Action Now. indybay.org Online event…

Staff (2021-09-30). "A Moral Crisis": Reverend William Barber on Why Congress Must Pass $3.5 Trillion Bill. democracynow.org Activists continue to call on Democratic leaders to pass the $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act, which expands the social safety net and includes measures to address the climate crisis. Progressives remain resolute in their opposition to passing a bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill unless it is paired with the larger package. The Build Back Better Act represents "economic investment in the lives of poor and low-wealth people in this country," says Reverend William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign. "The question here is not 'What will it cost if we do this?' What will it cost if we don't do…

Markela Panegyres (2021-09-30). Morrison must face the music at COP26. greenleft.org.au Climate action has never been a priority for Scott Morrison. He'd rather conspire with imperialist powers against China than face the music at COP26. Markela Panegyres reports.

Anand Naidoo (2021-09-30). The Heat: interview with presidents of Sierra Leone and UNGA. america.cgtn.com Sierra Leone calls for a renewed commitment to fight climate change. And the incoming president of the United Nations General Assembly talks to us about challenges facing the world today.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-09-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: Should you wash your raw meats and vegetables before cooking? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org When it comes to food safety in the kitchen, it's important to keep your work area clean from bacteria and the possibility of cross-contamination. It's best to use hot, soapy water to wash utensils, cutting boards and other surfaces you use, especially when handling raw meat and poultry. But what about washing raw meat and chicken before cooking? Here's Mayo Clinic clinical dietitian Anya Hill with more. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqx6Je9zEYc Journalists: Broadcast-quality…

Center For Biological Diversity (2021-09-30). Ongoing Wildlife Extinction Across America: Numerous Animals and Plants. globalresearch.ca

sputniknews (2021-09-30). Finnish Arm of Extinction Rebellion Begins 10-Day Protest by Blocking Helsinki's Main Artery. sputniknews.com Last year, a similar protest was broken up by the police in a matter of several hours, who used pepper spray to disperse the crowd.

Dr. Jack Rasmus (2021-09-29). Down the Corporate Rabbit Hole: Biden's Reconciliation Bill. $3.5 Trillion Allocated to "Human Infrastructure and Climate Change" globalresearch.ca

_____ (2021-09-29). Embodying Climate Grief, a Conversation With Climate Activists. commondreams.org

Editor (2021-09-29). China halts new coal-fired power plants abroad in boost for climate action. mronline.org Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China would stop building new coal-fired power plants abroad, marking a historic shift away from the fossil fuel before the United Nations climate summit in November.

_____ (2021-09-29). Residents Speak Out Against Prince George Petrochemical Project. popularresistance.org Opposition to a proposed petrochemical complex near Prince George, British Columbia, continues to build, with locals fearing environmental harms and environmental experts asking how such a project could proceed with the global climate on red alert. | A council meeting in B.C.'s largest northern city grew heated last week as residents expressed "fierce criticism" about the C$5.6-billion petrochemical complex that Calgary-based West Coast Olefins (WCO) hopes to build outside of town, reports CBC News. | Among attendees were members of a grassroots organization called Grasslands Not Gas Lands, which has collected 1,…

Patrick Mazza (2021-09-29). If we don't get climate justice, shut it down. zcomm.org Time to get in the way of business as usual…

Abby Zimet (2021-09-29). Poetic Justice: Are and Henceforward Shall Be Free. commondreams.org "In the face of the escalating climate and environmental crises, senseless violence, and blatant human rights abuses, they successfully engage for a better future through solidarity and organization."

Anthony DiMaggio, Rachael Bucci, Niko Jones (2021-09-29). The Climate Strike That Wasn't: What's Behind Declining Protest in 2021? counterpunch.org You may have noticed that the "climate strike" actions on September 24 across the U.S. were incredibly thin compared to previous years. As progressive activists, we were disappointed after attending the local event in our area (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) to find perhaps four dozen participants this year for an event, which one of us participated in two years ago in the same location that previously brought out hundreds of demonstrators. The trend appears the same throughout the nation, with reporting from two years ago estimating the national turnout may have been in the hundreds of thousands in what was billed as…

Coral Wynter (2021-09-29). Torres Strait Islanders say: 'Our Islands, Our Home'. greenleft.org.au Eight Torres Strait Islander Elders are taking the federal government to the United Nations Human Rights Committee over its inaction on climate change. Reports Coral Wynter.

Staff (2021-09-29). "Hold the Line!": Can Progressives Force Passage of $3.5T Package to Expand the Social Safety Net? democracynow.org Progressives in the House of Representatives say they will oppose the $1 trillion infrastructure bill, after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would seek a vote on the measure separately from the Build Back Better Act, the $3.5 trillion bill that expands the social safety net and combats the climate crisis. Conservative Democratic Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, who receive major donations from financial institutions, fossil fuel companies and other industries, continue to oppose the $3.5 trillion package. While the $1 trillion infrastructure bill is "kind of a half-measure," the Build Back Better Act…

Binoy Kampmark (2021-09-29). Morrison's tour of deception. greenleft.org.au Scott Morrison's prehistoric approach to climate change may not have been clocked by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, but will the advertising man get away with it? Binoy Kampmark reports.

Staff (2021-09-29). Progressives "Hold the Line" for $3.5T Package to Expand the Social Safety Net. truthout.org Progressives in the House of Representatives say they will oppose the $1 trillion infrastructure bill, after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would seek a vote on the measure separately from the Build Back Better Act, the $3.5 trillion bill that expands the social safety net and combats the climate crisis. Conservative Democratic Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, who receive major donations from financial institutions, fossil fuel companies and other industries, continue to oppose the $…

Staff (2021-09-29). Headlines for September 29, 2021. democracynow.org Progressives Hold Firm on Opposing Infrastructure Bill Without Vow to Pass Build Back Better Act, Vanessa Nakate, Greta Thunberg Condemn Climate Inaction, U.S. Military Leaders Acknowledge "Strategic Failure" in Afghanistan During Senate Questioning, Gen. Milley Denies Going Around Chain of Command During Trump Term, Pfizer-BioNTech Submits Vaccine Data on 5-to-11-Year-Olds to FDA; Mask Mandate Bans Halted in SC and AZ, Cuba Starts Shipping Abdala Vaccine; COVID Surges in Russia and Syria; Japan Lifts State of Emergency, Fumio Kishida, from Ruling Party Establishment, Set to Become Next Japanese Prime Minister, R…

Matthew Brown (2021-09-29). 'Extinction crisis' advances as government declares 23 more species gone forever. peoplesworld.org BILLINGS, Mont. (AP)—Death's come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish, and other species: The U.S. government is declaring them extinct. It's a rare move for wildlife officials to give up hope on a plant or animal, but government scientists say they've exhausted efforts to find these 23. …

_____ (2021-09-29). UN Experts Denounce 'Truly Shocking' Magnitude of Inequality Revealed by Pandemic. commondreams.org "The world is on the brink of a sixth mass extinction," said the director of one advocacy group. "Enforcing conservation laws like the Migratory Bird Treaty Act is vital."

_____ (2021-09-29). New Report Exposes Corporate Scheme to Derail Biden Agenda and 'Upend Democracy'. commondreams.org "Extinction is not inevitable. It is a political choice."

_____ (2021-09-29). Over 20 Newly Extinct Species in US Offer 'Sobering Reminder' of Humanity's Wreckage. commondreams.org At a panel on Tuesday, officials condemned vaccine apartheid, rising food insecurity, and other markers of inequality that have been exacerbated by the pandemic.

_____ (2021-09-29). 'We Are Not Deterred': Water Protectors Vow to Keep Fighting as Line 3 Completed. commondreams.org "The Republican Party in a nutshell: contemptible, cruel, and corrupt."

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2021-09-29: News Headlines

Editor (2021-09-29). China halts new coal-fired power plants abroad in boost for climate action. mronline.org Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China would stop building new coal-fired power plants abroad, marking a historic shift away from the fossil fuel before the United Nations climate summit in November.

Dr. Jack Rasmus (2021-09-29). Down the Corporate Rabbit Hole: Biden's Reconciliation Bill. $3.5 Trillion Allocated to "Human Infrastructure and Climate Change" globalresearch.ca

Anthony DiMaggio, Rachael Bucci, Niko Jones (2021-09-29). The Climate Strike That Wasn't: What's Behind Declining Protest in 2021? counterpunch.org You may have noticed that the "climate strike" actions on September 24 across the U.S. were incredibly thin compared to previous years. As progressive activists, we were disappointed after attending the local event in our area (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) to find perhaps four dozen participants this year for an event, which one of us participated in two years ago in the same location that previously brought out hundreds of demonstrators. The trend appears the same throughout the nation, with reporting from two years ago estimating the national turnout may have been in the hundreds of thousands in what was billed as…

Patrick Mazza (2021-09-29). If we don't get climate justice, shut it down. zcomm.org Time to get in the way of business as usual…

Staff (2021-09-29). "Hold the Line!": Can Progressives Force Passage of $3.5T Package to Expand the Social Safety Net? democracynow.org Progressives in the House of Representatives say they will oppose the $1 trillion infrastructure bill, after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would seek a vote on the measure separately from the Build Back Better Act, the $3.5 trillion bill that expands the social safety net and combats the climate crisis. Conservative Democratic Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, who receive major donations from financial institutions, fossil fuel companies and other industries, continue to oppose the $3.5 trillion package. While the $1 trillion infrastructure bill is "kind of a half-measure," the Build Back Better Act…

Coral Wynter (2021-09-29). Torres Strait Islanders say: 'Our Islands, Our Home'. greenleft.org.au Eight Torres Strait Islander Elders are taking the federal government to the United Nations Human Rights Committee over its inaction on climate change. Reports Coral Wynter.

Binoy Kampmark (2021-09-29). Morrison's tour of deception. greenleft.org.au Scott Morrison's prehistoric approach to climate change may not have been clocked by US House speaker Nancy Pelosi, but will the advertising man get away with it? Binoy Kampmark reports.

Staff (2021-09-29). Headlines for September 29, 2021. democracynow.org Progressives Hold Firm on Opposing Infrastructure Bill Without Vow to Pass Build Back Better Act, Vanessa Nakate, Greta Thunberg Condemn Climate Inaction, U.S. Military Leaders Acknowledge "Strategic Failure" in Afghanistan During Senate Questioning, Gen. Milley Denies Going Around Chain of Command During Trump Term, Pfizer-BioNTech Submits Vaccine Data on 5-to-11-Year-Olds to FDA; Mask Mandate Bans Halted in SC and AZ, Cuba Starts Shipping Abdala Vaccine; COVID Surges in Russia and Syria; Japan Lifts State of Emergency, Fumio Kishida, from Ruling Party Establishment, Set to Become Next Japanese Prime Minister, R…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-09-29). Mayo Clinic Minute: Should you wash your raw meats and vegetables before cooking? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org When it comes to food safety in the kitchen, it's important to keep your work area clean from bacteria and the possibility of cross-contamination. It's best to use hot, soapy water to wash utensils, cutting boards and other surfaces you use, especially when handling raw meat and poultry. But what about washing raw meat and chicken before cooking? Here's Mayo Clinic clinical dietitian Anya Hill with more. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqx6Je9zEYc Journalists: Broadcast-quality…

Mike Garrity (2021-09-28). Infrastructure and Budget Bills Contain Very Bad Logging Provisions Which Will Make Climate Change Worse‚Ä®. counterpunch.org In so many ways the future hangs in the balance as Congress debates the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill and $1 trillion infrastructure bill. Although encouraging the use of more electric vehicles and increasing solar and wind energy will definitely reduce the amount of carbon we emit into the atmosphere, there are also huge problems

_____ (2021-09-28). Reconciling The Reconciliation Bill: A Preview. popularresistance.org This past week maneuvers within the Democratic party intensified over the content and magnitude of the two pending fiscal stimulus bills—the Infrastructure Bill (with $550B of net new spending) and the Reconciliation Bill ( with initial $3.5T 'human infrastructure & climate change' spending). While the maneuvering appears as a deep difference of views between progressives in the US House and Senate demanding both bills pass simultaneously and Democrat Senators, Manchin and Sinema in that body blocking both bills in current form, the actual conflict is really between the corporate wing of the Democratic…

Editor (2021-09-28). In the wake of the pandemic: the rebirth of climate mobilizations. mronline.org One-hundred-thousand students strike. Fifteen-to-twenty thousand demonstrate in Quebec.

Binoy Kampmark (2021-09-28). Australia's Man in Washington: Morrison's Tour of Deception. counterpunch.org It was startling and even shocking. Away from the thrust and cut of domestic politics, not to mention noisy discord within his government's ranks, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison could breathe a sign of relief. Perhaps no one would notice in Washington that Australia remains prehistoric in approaching climate change relative to its counterparts. Being

Jake Johnson (2021-09-28). 'We aren't bluffing': Progressives hold the line as Pelosi moves ahead with bipartisan bill. nationofchange.org "If we don't pass our agenda together—that's infrastructure AND paid leave, child care, climate action, and more—then we're leaving millions of working people behind."

Leon Kunstenaar (2021-09-28). Young People March for Climate Justice. indybay.org March, Sit-Down, Die-In and Rally at City Hall part of Global Climate Strike for Intersectional Climate Justice…

Jessie de Waal (2021-09-28). Morrison on track to fail us at COP26. greenleft.org.au Scott Morrison is still clinging to a weak emission reduction target of 26-28%, set six years ago. At the current rate, we won't reach net zero climate pollution until 2170, argues Jesse de Waal.

Subhankar Banerjee (2021-09-28). Bridge the North-South Divide for a UN Biodiversity Framework That is More Just. counterpunch.org This month, the leaders of nation states from around the world have been gathered in New York City to attend the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Covid, climate and biodiversity are among the topics they are expected to address. Indeed, on September 21, in his sobering yet passionate address to the assembly, UN Secretary-General António

Titleinsuring Heaven or Hell on Earth? (2021-09-28). Insuring Heaven or Hell on Earth? commondreams.org Those who are enduring injustice, exploitation, and oppression—whether people, animals, or ecosystems—need us to believe that wrongs can be righted and to take action accordingly. | A group of religious leaders told an insurance firm, "climate change is a sin against God and fossil fuels are its cause."

Omer Faruk Gorcin (2021-09-28). Climate change: Turkey is finally ready to ratify Paris Agreement, but why now? middleeasteye.net Climate change: Turkey is finally ready to ratify Paris Agreement, but why now? | Ankara is one of only six countries that has not yet ratified the 2016 international pledge to combat global warming – so what has changed? | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 18: 26 | A man holds a sign during a global climate strike of the Fridays for Future movement in Istanbul's Kadikoy district on 24 September 2021 (…

_____ (2021-09-28). Greta Thunberg, Vanessa Nakate Excoriate World Leaders for 'Blah, Blah, Blah' Climate Failures. commondreams.org "We're taking killers of journalists to The Hague because states won't do it."

Dayton Martindale (2021-09-28). Unions and Climate Activists Find Common Cause in Opposing Airport Expansion. zcomm.org Labor-climate alliances like the one in Los Angeles could be key to paving the way for a future with fewer flights…

_____ (2021-09-28). Three Lessons to Chart a Path Forward in Solidarity With Afghan Women. commondreams.org "Physical infrastructure is important," said Sen. Bernie Sanders, "but the needs of working families and combating climate change is more important."

_____ (2021-09-28). Frustrated Tribal Leaders Urge Biden to Immediately Restore Bears Ears Monument. commondreams.org "Backtracking on this reconciliation bill means people will continue to die at the hands of the climate crisis," said one Sunrise Movement activist.

Staff (2021-09-28). Sinema Will Hold Fundraiser With Groups Lobbying Against Reconciliation Bill. truthout.org Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a conservative Democrat from Arizona, is slated to hold a fundraiser courting lobbyist groups that are vehemently opposed to the Democrats' Build Back Better Act, which aims to widen the country's social safety net and address climate disruption. | The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors and its PAC, the National Grocers Association, lobbyists for roofers and electrical contractors, and a conservative-leaning group called S-Corp Political Action Committee used S…

_____ (2021-09-28). Flotilla Protest at Manchin's Yacht Tells Right-Wing Democrat: 'Don't Sink Our Bill'. commondreams.org While Uganda's Nakate said humanity "cannot adapt to extinction," Thunberg from Sweden said lack of action is "a betrayal of all present and future generations."

_____ (2021-09-28). The US Needs a Deep Reassessment of Its Immigration Policies. commondreams.org "If lawmakers are really concerned about holding the costs of this spending bill, they should get rid of the billions of dollars we waste every year on subsidies to polluters."

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