(2021-09-17). Resisting Evictions Amid a Pandemic. counterpunch.org Over the past weeks, multiple crises have merged: a crisis of democracy with the most significant attack on voting rights since Reconstruction; a climate crisis with lives and livelihoods upended in the Gulf Coast and the Northeast by extreme weather events and in the West by a stunning fire season; and an economic crisis in which millions are being cut off from
(2021-09-17). Thousands Call For Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. popularresistance.org More than 2,000 academics from around the world signed an open letter calling for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, as the United Nations' 76th General Assembly kicks off its annual meeting. | Mobilizing meaningful action on climate change is one of the UN's top priorities this year, and it was just last month that UN Secretary General António Guterres said the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's latest report "must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels before they destroy our planet." | The hope many academics, researchers, and activists have is that an international agreement to prevent th…
(2021-09-17). The Land of the Free, Where So Many of the Brave Are Homeless: Resisting Evictions Amid a Pandemic. juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com) — Over the past weeks, multiple crises have merged: a crisis of democracy with the most significant attack on voting rights since Reconstruction; a climate crisis with lives and livelihoods upended in the Gulf Coast and the Northeast by extreme weather events and in the West by a stunning fire season; and an …
(2021-09-17). Earthcare Fieldcast: struggles across ecology and care. roarmag.org 
As we are sliding from crises of social reproduction into crises of planetary ecology, this podcast looks at our collective struggles for existence and care. From agroecology, feminist strikes and climate justice to care commons and movement infrastructures — this fieldcast tunes into ways of building autonomy and interdependence at the same time. | We listen in to the life-sustaining backwaters that produce our food, reproduce our bodies and fight to defend our common worlds and singular territories. Those are the real-but-invisible frontlines of our struggles for a desirable world — one that can hol…
(2021-09-17). Trans Mountain Loses 16th Insurer. popularresistance.org The world's biggest publicly-traded provider of property and casualty insurance, Chubb, has become the 16th insurer to declare that it won't back the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline, a coalition of climate and Indigenous campaigners announced yesterday. | The flurry of social media activity was triggered by a single tweet from Financial Times insurance correspondent Ian Smith, with no elaborating news story as The Energy Mix went to virtual press Tuesday evening. "Chubb does not provide insurance coverage for any tar sands projects," a spokesperson told Smith, following a protest at the U.S. Open tennis tou…
(2021-09-17). Human Activity is Threatening 1/3 of Tree Species with Extinction. juancole.com 
By Adrian Newton | One in three of the world's tree species are at risk of becoming extinct, according to a recent report by the Global Tree Assessment — the first attempt to estimate the conservation status of all of Earth's trees. Well-known species, including magnolias, oaks and maples are among those at risk. More …
(2021-09-16). The Land of the Free, Where So Many of the Brave Are Homeless. tomdispatch.com Over the past weeks, multiple crises have merged: a crisis of democracy with the most significant attack on voting rights since Reconstruction; a climate crisis with lives and livelihoods upended in the Gulf Coast and the Northeast by extreme weather events and in the West by a stunning fire season; and an economic crisis in which millions are being cut off from Pandemic Unemployment Insurance, even as August job gains proved underwhelming. There's also a crisis taking place in state legislatures with an ongoing attack on women's autonomy over our own bodies. The Supreme Court let a law go into effect that makes…
(2021-09-16). We Need a National Rite of Passage That Doesn't Include War. commondreams.org The new study coincided with Facebook's new initiative to combat climate lies, which civil society groups criticized as "too little, too late."
(2021-09-16). New Report Says We Will Miss 1.5 Degrees Celsius Goal Without Drastic Action Now. truthout.org 
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned Thursday that humanity's "future is at stake" with governments' climate commitments, as he marked the launch of a U.N.-backed report he called "an alarming appraisal of just how far off course we are." | "This year has seen fossil fuel emissions bounce back, greenhouse gas concentrations continuing to rise, and severe human-enhanced weather events that have affected health, lives, and livelihoods on every continent," wrote Guterres…
(2021-09-16). Youth Climate Anxiety Is Skyrocketing — and Government Inaction Is to Blame. truthout.org 
For Zaynab Jawaid, 18, the climate crisis got personal in 2013. Driving home from mosque one day in September, Jawaid spotted Mount Diablo engulfed in flames through the windshield. Fire tore through the dry, steep terrain, eventually spreading to "We're going to school, and going to lunch, and s…
(2021-09-16). Climate change goals are in reach if pledges are fulfilled, says new report. imperial.ac.uk Targets set by 131 countries to reach net-zero carbon emissions could limit global heating to temperatures close to Paris Agreement goals.
(2021-09-16). Major UN report concludes world is off-track to fight climate change. imperial.ac.uk The United in Science 2021 report shows climate change drivers and impacts are accelerating and not enough is being done to meet emissions targets.
(2021-09-16). Dems Call Fossil Fuel CEOs, Lobbyists to Testify About Climate Disinformation. commondreams.org "Hours after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake, President Joe Biden released a statement saying that the United States was a 'friend' of Haiti. A 'friend' does not continuously inflict pain on another friend," said Guerline Jozef of the Haitian Bridge Alliance.
(2021-09-16). 'Tipping point' for climate action: Time's running out to avoid catastrophic heating. news.un.org The temporary reduction in carbon emissions caused by global COVID-19 lockdowns did not slow the relentless advance of climate change. Greenhouse gas concentrations are at record levels, and the planet is on path towards dangerous overheating, a multi-agency climate report published on Thursday warns.
(2021-09-16). Imagining New York in 2050: How a flood-prone metropolis could win the battle against climate change. nationofchange.org Econo-diversity makes cities resilient in times of crisis.
(2021-09-16). Analysis Shows Facebook Allows 99% of Climate Disinformation to Go Unchecked. commondreams.org "The announcement of the new Australia, Britain, and U.S. military alliance—AUKUS—represents a serious escalation of the new Cold War on China."
(2021-09-16). Thanks to the Child Tax Credit, My Son Won't Suffer the Tremendous Trauma I Did. commondreams.org "Oil and gas executives have lied to the American people for decades about their industry's role in causing climate change. It's time they were held accountable."
(2021-09-16). 'Grim and Alarming' UN Report Details 'Catastrophic' Global Failure on Climate. commondreams.org I grew up poor and traumatized, not knowing how to get help. Now my own child's life will be better.
(2021-09-16). Extinction Rebellion: Great Barrier Reef is in terminal decline. greenleft.org.au Extinction Rebellion organised a snap action to call on governments to recognise that the reef is beyond being 'in danger': it is terminal decline. Alex Bainbridge reports.
(2021-09-16). Nuclear White Elephants: Australia's New Submarine Deal. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark. | It does not get any messier or more chaotic than this. Since 2009, when Australia's Future Submarine Program (FSP) known as Project SEA 1000, began to take shape, strategists and policy makers have been keen to pursue the next big White Elephant of defence spending. And few areas of an already wasteful area of public expenditure are more costly — often mindlessly so — than submarines. | The Australian effort here is particularly impressive. Pick a real winner by signing a contract for a yet to be designed attack class submarine, supposedly necessa…