(2021-09-22). Awkward Moment as White House Staff Cuts Off Biden-Johnson Meeting in Mid-Sentence. sputniknews.com Biden hosted Johnson at the White House shortly after the meeting of the UN General Assembly. At the meeting, they stressed how the UK-US partnership is "unrivaled in its scale and steadfastness," and discussed the AUKUS defense pact, the free travel of vaccinated Britons to the US, climate change, and girls' education.
(2021-09-22). Groundbreaking Legal Win for the Joshua Tree: Court Rules That Federal Government Cannot Ignore Impact of Climate Change on the Desert Icon. counterpunch.org Los Angeles, CA. A federal district court in Los Angeles has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the "Service") violated the law when they failed to list the imperiled Joshua tree under the Endangered Species Act ("ESA"). The Service disregarded overwhelming scientific evidence showing that climate change poses a major threat to the Joshua tree's
(2021-09-22). Global Economic Chaos? BlackRock and Citi Get on Board the "Climate Train" globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-22). Climate Justice Must Be A Top Priority For Labor. popularresistance.org Today's existential crisis for humanity is the immediate need to shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy. All of us have to. Everywhere. For workers and for our communities there is no more pressing matter than this. | We need to begin a discussion among co-workers, creating demands and acting on them at the workplace and bargaining table. We need to show up at local union meetings, central labor councils, and town halls supporting demands that move us toward a fossil fuel-free future. | At the same time, we need to protect the incomes and benefits of workers affected by the transition off of fossil fuels and…
(2021-09-22). How Corporations Won the War on Terror. counterpunch.org The political climate created by the Global War on Terror, or GWOT, as Bush administration officials quickly dubbed it, set the stage for humongous increases in the Pentagon budget. In the first year after the 9/11 attacks and the invasion of Afghanistan, defense spending rose by more than 10% and that was just the beginning. It would, in fact, increase annually for the next decade, which was unprecedented in American history. The Pentagon budget peaked in 2010 at the highest level since World War II — over $800 billion, substantially more than the country spent on its forces at the height of the Korean or…
(2021-09-22). Call for a Fossil Fuel non-proliferation treaty. mronline.org 
The scientific consensus is clear that human activities are primarily responsible for global climate change, and that the climate crisis now represents the greatest threat to human civilization and nature.
(2021-09-22). U.S. Militarism's Toxic Impact on Climate Policy. dissidentvoice.org 
LONDON, ENGLAND: Protesters hold signs at the YouthStrike4Climate student march on April 12, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. Students are protesting across the UK due to the lack of government action to combat climate change. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) President Biden addressed the UN General Assembly on September 21 with a warning that the …
(2021-09-22). Podcast: Climate justice, climate change anxiety, and quantum computing. imperial.ac.uk In this edition: We tackle climate change injustice and anxiety, and hear about a new way to build quantum computers.
(2021-09-22). Headlines for September 22, 2021. democracynow.org World Leaders Address Climate Crisis, Pandemic at UNGA as Guterres Warns World "On Edge of Abyss", House Dems Pass Bill to Avert Gov't Shutdown, Raise the Debt Limit, But Fate in Senate Is Precarious, Cori Bush and Elizabeth Warren Intro Eviction Ban Bill as Housing Activists Rally in D.C., J&J Says Second Dose of Vaccine Increases Efficacy to 94%, Chinese City of 10 Million Goes into Partial Shutdown After Single COVID Case Confirmed, Mexican Authorities Target Haitian Asylum Seekers Fleeing Dangerous Conditions in U.S., Immigrant Rights Activists Demand Dems and Biden Establish Pathway to Citizenship, At Least…
(2021-09-22). Biden Admin Shuns IPCC Report in Argument to Expand Offshore Drilling. zcomm.org Climate advocates say that Biden has thus far been all talk on climate, without the policy proposals or pressure on Congress to show for it…
(2021-09-22). Australian anti-vaccine, extreme right demonstrators target construction industry. wsws.org The construction union is responsible for creating the political climate within which the extreme right is attempting to gain traction among a layer of building workers.
(2021-09-22). Latin America: 2021 has been a year of struggle. workers.org 
Mass demonstrations and strikes targeting unpopular governments and foreign business interests are taking place all over Latin America. Throughout 2021 Argentinians have been in the streets, opposing everything from unemployment to fracking to the Zionist occupation of Palestine. A Sept. 4 march, in memory of those lost to COVID, protested . . . |
(2021-09-22). 241 million vaccine doses to go to waste if not redistributed immediately. peoplesdispatch.org G7 countries will have 1.2 billion vaccines available for donation by the end of 2021 even after maintaining booster shot campaigns for all adults…
(2021-09-21). Tuesday 9/21: March for Care, Citizenship and Climate in Washington D.C. indybay.org Action and livestream of march in D.C.
(2021-09-21). 76th session of the UN General Assembly begins in New York; focus on climate change and vaccine equity. peoplesdispatch.org Secretary General Antonio Guterres asked rich countries to deliver on their promise to provide USD 100 billion annually to help developing countries in their fight against climate change…
(2021-09-21). Civil Rights Activists Prepare for Sit-Ins If Manchin Won't Budge on Filibuster. truthout.org 
Civil rights activists and faith leaders say they are readying a campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience against Sen. Joe Manchin for his opposition to voting rights and expansive spending bills backed by Democrats. | Leaders of the Poor People's Campaign are calling on Manchin to ditch the filibuster so Democrats can pass voting rights legislation and drop his opposition to a $15 minimum wage and $3.5 trillion in new social and climate investment. | All eyes have been on the conservative…
(2021-09-21). UN Officials 'Disturbed' by US Mass Expulsion of Haitian Asylum-Seekers. commondreams.org Capitalism's DNA makes it unfit to cope with the fallout from climate change, which in no small part is the product of capitalism itself.
(2021-09-21). "We Need to Deliver": Anger Grows at Sens. Manchin, Sinema over Obstruction of Democratic Priorities. democracynow.org 
Democrats are still divided over President Biden's sweeping $3.5 trillion spending plan to expand the social safety net, increase taxes on the rich and corporations, improve worker rights and combat the climate crisis. Senate Democrats are hoping to use the budget reconciliation process to pass the bill, but this will only work if the entire Democratic caucus backs the deal, and conservative Democrats have balked at the price tag. Progressive Democrats in the House, meanwhile, say they won't vote for a separate $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill passed by the Senate unless the reconciliation bill is part of the pa…
(2021-09-21). Top Ad and PR Firms Exposed for Helping Big Oil Greenwash Their Climate Destruction. commondreams.org "The people are hungry for real change, and are willing to do whatever it takes to fight for and reclaim their land, their rights, and the future of food systems."
(2021-09-21). Biden's Global Climate Finance Pledge Likened to 'Throwing Droplets at a Fire'. commondreams.org "We need creatives and communications experts to bring their full energy towards ending this crisis, not extending it."
(2021-09-21). Progressives Urge Biden Admin to Overrule Senate Parliamentarian to Move Agenda. truthout.org 
Democrats are still divided over President Biden's sweeping $3.5 trillion spending plan to expand the social safety net, increase taxes on the rich and corporations, improve worker rights and combat the climate crisis. Senate Democrats are hoping to use the budget reconciliation process to pass the bill, but this will only work if the entire Democratic caucus backs the deal, and conservative Democrats have balked at the price tag. Progressive Democrats in the House, meanwhile, say they won't…
(2021-09-21). Big Pharma Greed 'Literally Killing Americans,' Sanders Says Outside Drug Lobby HQ. commondreams.org Youth activists are demanding not only climate action but also equitable Covid-19 vaccine distribution.
(2021-09-21). How 'Build Back Better' Could Undermine Climate Action. commondreams.org A drone missile's only mission is to kill everyone within its blast radius. It is left to generals and public relations flacks to smooth over the collateral damage.
(2021-09-21). Headlines for September 21, 2021. democracynow.org U.S. Border Patrol Agents on Horseback Whip Haitian Asylum Seekers, Biden to Raise U.S. Cap on Refugee Admissions to 125,000 Per Year, Fears Grow of Coronavirus Superspreader Event at U.N. General Assembly, U.N. Leader Calls for Countries to Meet $100 Billion Climate Fund Commitments, Student Activists to Lead Global Climate Strike on Friday, U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Surpass Toll of 1918 Flu Pandemic, Wealthy Nations on Track to Waste 100 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses This Year, Sudan's Government Says It Thwarted a Coup Attempt by Bashir Loyalists, Justin Trudeau Reelected as Canada's Prime Minister But Doesn't Win…
(2021-09-21). UN Chief Tells World Leaders To Their Faces That Vaccine Apartheid Is 'An Obscenity'. commondreams.org Bold climate policies cannot include doling out billions in dirty energy handouts.
(2021-09-21). Climate crisis and vaccine inequity on the agenda for UNGA meeting and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the start of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, assassinations of social leaders and Indigenous people in Colombia, and more…
(2021-09-21). #UprootTheSystem: Climate Movement Readies Another Global Strike. commondreams.org
