news.un (2021-09-26). 'Overwhelmed by old challenges', Caribbean leaders say COVID-19 has forced a new battle for the survival of their nations. news.un.org Caribbean island nations are under assault from the coronavirus pandemic even as they try to protect their communities from rising seas and raging storms, regional leaders said Saturday at the UN, where they called for bold action to tackle climate change and shore up public health systems.

Dan Bacher (2021-09-26). Advocates Say Governor's $15 Billion Climate Package Fails to Address Fossil Fuels. indybay.org Food & Water Watch's California Director Alexandra Nagy released a statement in response to the Governor's press conference, noting that leaving out such as a "key accelerator" as drilling for fossil fuels is "wildly short sided."

The Conversation (2021-09-26). The Relentless Decline of Arctic Sea Ice is a Dangerous signal of the Climate Emergency. juancole.com By Alek Petty and Linette Boisvert | — September marks the end of the summer sea ice melt season and the Arctic sea ice minimum, when sea ice over the Northern Hemisphere ocean reaches its lowest extent of the year. For ship captains hoping to navigate across the Arctic, this is typically their best chance …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-09-26). 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 (2021-09-26). New Study: Tiny Minority of Local Poachers Is Driving Red Wolves to Extinction. indybay.org Fewer Than 10 Red Wolves Remain in Wild…

Candice Bernd (2021-09-25). Activists Ramp Up Pressure on Biden Administration Ahead of UN Climate Talks. zcomm.org "It's a really important report because it could very well serve as a blueprint for regulatory action for federal agencies if it's bold and meets the Biden administration's rhetoric on climate."

The Conversation (2021-09-25). Transparency can Help Cut Carbon Emissions: Don't let Polluting Corporations Hide. juancole.com By Richard Holden | — World leaders and about 30,000 others from assorted interest groups will converge on Glasgow in November for the United Nations' 26th annual climate summit, COP26 ("Conference of the Parties"). It will be five years (allowing for a one-year Tokyo 2020-style pandemic hiatus) since the Paris Agreement adopted at COP21 in …

Staff (2021-09-25). Unions and Climate Activists Find Common Cause in Opposing Airport Expansion. truthout.org "Are you scared you're going to lose all your jobs 'cause there will be no planes?" | The audience chuckled at MSNBC host Chris Hayes's first question for Sara Nelson, international president of the Association of Flight Attendants, at a March 2019

The Conversation (2021-09-25). Transparency can Help Cut Carbon Emissions: Don't let Polluting Corporations Hide. juancole.com By Richard Holden | — World leaders and about 30,000 others from assorted interest groups will converge on Glasgow in November for the United Nations' 26th annual climate summit, COP26 ("Conference of the Parties"). It will be five years (allowing for a one-year Tokyo 2020-style pandemic hiatus) since the Paris Agreement adopted at COP21 in …

Candice Bernd (2021-09-25). Activists Ramp Up Pressure on Biden Administration Ahead of UN Climate Talks. zcomm.org "It's a really important report because it could very well serve as a blueprint for regulatory action for federal agencies if it's bold and meets the Biden administration's rhetoric on climate."

Dan Bacher (2021-09-25). Advocates Say Governor's $15 Billion Climate Package Fails to Address Fossil Fuels. indybay.org Food & Water Watch's California Director Alexandra Nagy released a statement in response to the Governor's press conference, noting that leaving out such as a "key accelerator" as drilling for fossil fuels is "wildly short sided."

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-09-25). 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 (2021-09-25). New Study: Tiny Minority of Local Poachers Is Driving Red Wolves to Extinction. indybay.org Fewer Than 10 Red Wolves Remain in Wild…

_____ (2021-09-24). Forest Defenders Blockade Logging Roads In Mattole Headwaters. popularresistance.org Early Thursday morning, 20 forest defenders barricaded logging roads in the headwaters of the upper North Fork Mattole River in anticipation of Humboldt Redwood Company (HRC) logging operations. "Road building on steep, unstable slopes and logging of old-growth forest is unacceptable," said a local resident participating in the blockade. "This logging plan will release a large amount of long term greenhouse gas, and along with industrial logging across the Pacific Northwest, constitutes a major driver of climate catastrophe." | HRC plans to log over 300 acres just outside of Humboldt Redwoods State Park. The acti…

Nicolas J S Davies (2021-09-24). The U.S. Military's Toxic Impact on Climate Policy. progressive.org President Biden claims that the United States will rally the world to action against the climate crisis, but he has yet to make good on this promise in his own country.

teleSUR (2021-09-24). Young People Around the World Join Global Climate Strike. telesurenglish.net On Friday, millions of young people around world rallied to demand urgent actions to prevent the catastrophic effects of climate change. | RELATED: | The protest is taking place in view of the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP26), which aims to promote an ambitious action plan to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. | The Fridays for Future (FFF) movement announced that demonstrations are taking…

contributors (2021-09-24). A short History of Climate Change and Civilization that does not End Well (XKCD Webcomic). juancole.com Randall Munroe, XKCD: A webcomic of romance, | sarcasm, math, and language.: | | Via Randall Munroe, XKCD: A webcomic of romance, | sarcasm, math, and language.: | | This work is licensed under a

_____ (2021-09-24). Hundreds of Thousands Take to Streets Worldwide for 'Uproot the System' Climate Strikes. commondreams.org "Consigning coal to history is crucial to avoiding catastrophic climate change."

Staff (2021-09-24). Headlines for September 24, 2021. democracynow.org Haiti Envoy Resigns over Mass Deportations, Blasts "Catastrophic" History of U.S. Interventions, Immigrant Rights Activists Demand an End to ICE Jails on Day of Nationwide Action, CDC Dir. Walensky Approves Pfizer Boosters for High-Risk Workers, Overruling Agency Panel, South African and Bolivian Presidents Highlight Global Vaccine Inequity at UNGA, Guyana's President Calls Out Disproportionate Effects of Climate Crisis on Small Island Nations, EPA Slashes Use of Industrial Chemicals Widely Used in Air Conditioners, Refrigerators, House Approves Increased $768 Billion Pentagon Budget, Rejecting Bids to Rein In Mi…

Staff (2021-09-24). Biden EPA's Clean Car Standards Fall Short Even of 2012 Standards. truthout.org The climate crisis affected our daily lives in a painful way this summer, exacerbating long-standing inequalities that harm our communities. Millions of Americans have had to swelter in heat waves, evacuate their homes in the face of onrushing wildfires or hurricanes, or bail out flooded homes. The

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2021-09-24). U.S. Militarism's Toxic Impact on Climate Policy. counterpunch.org President Biden addressed the UN General on September 21 with a warning that the climate crisis is fast approaching a "point of no return," and a promise that the United States would rally the world to action. "We will lead not just with the example of our power but, God willing, with the power of

_____ (2021-09-24). A More Just Biodiversity Framework Must Build Better Bridge Between the Global North and South. commondreams.org "The climate crisis has not disappeared," said Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. "It's the opposite—it's even more urgent now than it was before."

_____ (2021-09-24). Echoes of the Past Are Present in Texas' Latest Racist Attack on Education. commondreams.org "No to military alliances and preparation for catastrophic wars," anti-war campaigners from over a dozen nations write in a letter decrying the new AUKUS agreement. "Yes to peace, disarmament, justice, and the climate."

Santa Cruz Climate Action Network (2021-09-24). Friday 9/24: Rally & March for Climate Justice: Stop the Money Pipeline. indybay.org Clocktower, Pacific Ave. and Water St., Downtown Santa Cruz…

Todd Miller (2021-09-24). For the US, the Climate Plan is More Walls and Armed Agents at the Border. counterpunch.org Part of Washington's climate adaptation plan for the growing number of displaced people around the globe is more walls, surveillance technology, and armed agents on the border. Not long into our conversation, the young woman at the migrant resource center in Sasabe, Sonora, told me why she had left her home in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala: floods

teleSUR (2021-09-24). Santos Slams Duque Over UN Statements About Peace in Colombia. telesurenglish.net Former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (2010-2018) on Friday described as counter-productive President Ivan Duque's attitude at the United Nations General Assembly, where he described the peace agreement as 'fragile'. | RELATED: | The former president, under whose term talks and negotiations with the extinct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) took place, resulting in the 2016 Peace Agr…

Carey Gillam (2021-09-24). Cancer Patient Lawyer Spars with Monsanto Scientist in California Roundup Trial. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2021-09-24). Over 50 Line 3 Pipeline Protesters Arrested Outside Governor's Residence. popularresistance.org St. Paul, MN — Over 50 water protectors protesting Line 3 were arrested, some violently, outside the Minnesota Governor's Residence in St. Paul on Saturday, August 28, 2021. Those arrested were among hundreds who marched from the Capitol to Governor Walz' mansion attempting to speak to him about their opposition to the Line 3 pipeline construction in northern Minnesota that's nearing completion. | The march on August 28 was led by pipeline resistance camp Camp Migizi, who had three Indigenous water protectors lock down to the fencing of the mansion after unsuccessfully pursuing a meeting with the governor.

_____ (2021-09-24). Water Protectors Challenge Minnesota AG Keith Ellison's Silence on Line 3 Pipeline. commondreams.org "This is a moment of crisis," said one activist. "We cannot allow the filibuster, or anything else, to stand in the way of safeguarding our fundamental freedoms."