Daily Archives: September 15, 2021

2021-09-15: News Headlines

_____ (2021-09-15). Newsom Urged to Deliver on Climate, Single-Payer as California Voters Defeat Recall. commondreams.org

Staff (2021-09-15). California Votes No: Governor Gavin Newsom Survives Republican-Led Recall Effort. democracynow.org Californians overwhelmingly rejected a Republican-led recall effort against Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday that cost close to $300 million in taxpayer funds. The failed recall was seen as a battle against the far right and a referendum on several key issues ahead of the 2022 midterms, including the pandemic, immigrant rights, the climate crisis and the related unhoused crisis. California voters cast their ballots in the recall because "as attention started being focused nationally on this election, people started realizing what was at stake," says Sasha Abramsky, "Left Coast" correspondent for The Na…

CounterPunch News Service (2021-09-15). Federal Drilling and Fracking Update: Biden Promised a Ban — He's Doing the Opposite. counterpunch.org This week President Biden traveled to Western states to sound the alarm on climate action. But his administration has so far failed to deliver on one of its signature campaign promises: stopping drilling and fracking on public lands. During the campaign, Biden made it clear where he stood: "No more drilling on federal lands, period."

Binoy Kampmark (2021-09-15). News Corp Turns Climate Change Inactivist. dissidentvoice.org The faux Damascene converts have been doing the rounds in the Murdoch empire of late, stirring interest in matters green and attempting to shift, if ever so slightly, discussions on climate change. Known for being a stable of environmental vandals and fossil fuel standard bearers, News Corp has gone for a green turn of sorts. …

Julia Conley (2021-09-15). Climate Inaction Has Left Majority of Young People Believing Humanity Is 'Doomed'. zcomm.org International survey reveals 'shocking' rise of eco-anxiety and hopelessness. "If this isn't a wake up call for world leaders, what is?"

imperial.ac.uk (2021-09-15). Climate scientist in TIME100 most influential list to join Imperial. imperial.ac.uk Q&A with Dr Friederike Otto, who has been added to the 2021 TIME100, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

The Conversation (2021-09-15). Western fires are burning higher in the mountains and at unprecedented rates as we heat the climate. juancole.com By Mojtaba Sadegh, John Abatzoglou and Mohammad Reza Alizadeh | — The Western U.S. is experiencing another severe fire season, and a recent study shows that even high mountain areas once considered too wet to burn are at increasing risk as the climate warms. With more than 5 million acres already burned by early September, …

David Skripac (2021-09-15). "Our Species Is Being Genetically Modified": What Happened in 2020-21. The "Pandemic" globalresearch.ca

Saurav Sarkar (2021-09-15). Hotels Don't Waste a Crisis. zcomm.org UNITE HERE says that 98 percent of its members—who are overwhelmingly women and people of color—were out of work at the height of the pandemic. Seventy percent remain unemployed today.

Staff (2021-09-14). Headlines for September 14, 2021. democracynow.org Donors Pledge $1.2B in Aid to Afghanistan as U.N. Warns of Looming Humanitarian Catastrophe, Secretary of State Blinken Defends U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan, 1 Million Public School Students Return to New York City Classrooms Despite COVID-19 Surge, Departing FDA Scientists Blast Biden's Plan for COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters, Pressure Mounts on Germany to Support COVID-19 Patent Waiver as WTO Panel Meets, Public Citizen: Biden Could Share Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Recipe with the World, Hurricane Nicholas Brings Storm Surge and Heavy Rain to Gulf Coast, Biden Calls for Urgent Action on Climate Crisis After Tourin…

Margaret Gleeson (2021-09-14). Climate activists continue to challenge push for gas. greenleft.org.au Climate activists are continuing to demand the federal government and Labor opposition heed the climate science and pull back from their irresponsible gas-led recovery plan. Margaret Gleeson reports.

_____ (2021-09-14). 'Dismaying': Human Rights Groups Blast Biden Plan to OK Millions in Military Aid for Egypt. commondreams.org "Governments have an opportunity now to transform agriculture into a major driver of human well-being, and into a solution for the imminent threats of climate change, nature loss, and pollution."

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2021-09-14). Dems' reconciliation tax plan lets billionaires off the hook. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Progressives are shocked that House Democrats opted yesterday for taxes on income rather than billionaire fortunes to pay for their $3.5 trillion social policy and climate change package. Democrats, because of pressure from their own so-called moderates, went for a plan that taxes only official income earned by people making over certain amounts and on …

Editor (2021-09-14). The Northern Hemisphere's summer of climate carnage. mronline.org There is no doubt among scientists that the increasing frequency of extreme weather and associated disasters like fires is a result of climate change.

_____ (2021-09-14). There Is Little Doubt the Climate Crisis Is Here—Now What Do We Do About It? commondreams.org "Giving people money is a great way to fight poverty," said Rep. Jamaal Bowman.

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