WSWS (2021-09-18). After wildfires and drought ravage western Canada, parties offer nothing but platitudes on climate change in federal election campaign. wsws.org The failure of any of the major parties to present a viable plan to tackle climate change is bound up with their subordination of environmental policies to the prerogative of big business and the financial oligarchy.

Tina Landis (2021-09-18). Climate crisis fuels class war: 2020 hits record number of environmental activists murdered. liberationnews.org As the climate crisis intensifies globally so does the class war under the capitalist world order. Since 2012, Global Witness has been documenting the murders of environmental and land defenders who were attempting to halt corporate plunder of the planet and displacement of indigenous communities. (Globalwitness.org) The report states: "We tend to associate the climate …

Juan Cole (2021-09-18). UN: Earth heading to 16% Increase in Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030, Risking Climate Instability. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — A United Nations study of the greenhouse gas reduction targets announced by the 191 signatories to the Paris Convention has come up with an alarming result. If countries follow through on their stated plans, greenhouse gas emissions will actually rise. In 2025, they will be 15.8% higher than in 2010 …

Fridays for Future (2021-09-18). Friday 9/24: Oakland: Global Climate Strike to Demand Climate Crisis Justice. indybay.org Outside of Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612 | Please wear a mask. Follow COVID safety guidelines: covid19.ca.gov/safely-reopening/…

Andrea Germanos (2021-09-18). New Climate Analysis Shows Near Total Global Failure to Meet 1.5 ∞C Targets. zcomm.org "An increasing number of people around the world are suffering from ever more severe and frequent impacts of climate change, yet government action continues to lag behind what is needed."

Youth vs. Apocalypse, FFF, more (2021-09-18). Friday 9/24: San Francisco: Global Climate Strike for Intersectional Climate Justice. indybay.org Embarcadero Plaza, Market St and Steuart St, San Francisco, CA 94105 | Please wear a mask. Follow COVID safety guidelines: covid19.ca.gov/safely-reopening/…

Earth Day Initiative, March for Science, FFF (2021-09-18). Monday 9/20: COP26 Explained: What You Can Do to Fight for Global Climate Action. indybay.org Online via Twitch TV: www.twitch.tv/MFSNYC…

_____ (2021-09-18). Indigenous Leaders Face Barriers To UN Climate Conference. popularresistance.org Indigenous leaders are largely being excluded from participation in the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference as the world grapples with escalating problems from floods, fires, heat, drought and other disasters. | Limited access to COVID-19 vaccines in certain regions, travel restrictions and quarantine in the United Kingdom for people from "red list" countries in Central and South America, Africa and Asia, and rising costs of travel and lodging are hindering Indigenous participation, Indian Country Today has found. | Even those who manage to get to Glasgow, Scotland, for what is shaping up to be one…

_____ (2021-09-17). Biden-Backed Aukus Deal Could Spell 'Disaster' for Climate Cooperation With China. commondreams.org "By failing to extend unemployment benefits, Congress and the White House will harm working people struggling in the pandemic."

_____ (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…

Liz Theoharis (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 …

Liz Theoharis (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). 40+ NYC Activists Arrested for Protests Against Banks Fueling Climate Emergency. commondreams.org "That was not a 'mistake,'" said journalist Anand Giridharadas. "War crimes are not oopsies."

_____ (2021-09-17). The Time to Act Is Now: President and Army Corps of Engineers Must Halt Line 3. commondreams.org Following the new U.S.-E.U. pledge, climate campaigners called for an urgent end to fossil fuel extraction and major reforms of agricultural practices. | Toxic pipeline permits ignore Indigenous rights, climate and clean water concerns.

_____ (2021-09-17). US Urged to End Drone Strikes After Pentagon Says Killing 10 Afghan Civilians Was 'Horrible Mistake'. commondreams.org Largest scientific study of its kind finds climate anxiety affects the daily life and functioning of nearly half of children and young people surveyed globally.

_____ (2021-09-17). Federal Funding for Sustainable Nutrition Science Would Help Solve Climate and Health Crises. commondreams.org "It makes me so angry that members of Congress are choosing Big Pharma over patients. It's unforgivable."

_____ (2021-09-17). Children Around the World Are Suffering From Climate Anxiety. commondreams.org Tragically, despite widespread high hopes for change, in the existential realm of potentially omnicidal nuclear war preparations, the Biden administration has signaled more continuity than change.

Staff (2021-09-17). Alabama "Forever Chemicals" Plant Creates the Climate Pollution of 125,000 Cars. truthout.org As evidence mounts that hamburger wrappers and other kinds of grease-proof packaging Now, a

_____ (2021-09-17). Critics Warn Biden That 30% Methane Reduction by 2030 Not Good Enough. commondreams.org "Whatever our so-called 'leaders' are doing," said Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, "they are doing it wrong."

_____ (2021-09-17). Exclusive: Jared Kushner's Family Firm Set to Unleash Eviction Wave Amid Pandemic. commondreams.org "We can't wait any longer to #ActOnClimate."

_____ (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…

Joris Leverink (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…

The Conversation (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 …

Liz Theoharis (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…

Liz Theoharis (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 …

Joris Leverink (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…

The Conversation (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 …

Andy Kroll (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."

Staff (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…

Staff (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…

imperial.ac.uk (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.

imperial.ac.uk (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.

news.un (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.

Christina Conklin, Marina Psaros (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.

Alex Bainbridge (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.

Anonymous103 (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…