(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). '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). 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). 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…
(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. …
(2021-09-15). Global Indigenous Coalition Echoes Call to Postpone UN Climate Talks. commondreams.org Ending enhanced unemployment benefits didn't get people back to work. It just made them poorer.
(2021-09-15). Newsom Urged to Deliver on Climate, Single-Payer as California Voters Defeat Recall. commondreams.org "This leaked contract teaches the world more about how to make mRNA vaccines than anything done by rich countries so far."
(2021-09-15). New Climate Analysis Shows Near Total Global Failure to Meet 1.5 ∞C Targets. commondreams.org Nobody really knows what prospects await Afghan refugees when countries have yet to see human rights as rights for all humans.
(2021-09-15). Climate Change Is the Symptom, Capitalism Is the Problem. commondreams.org "Newsom's victory belongs to the environmental activists and constituents who delivered their support when it mattered most," Alexandra Nagy, California director of Food & Water Watch, said in a statement. "Newsom must return that support to Californians in the midst of this climate crisis."
(2021-09-15). Beware: Big Oil Lies About the Climate. commondreams.org "The Federal Reserve's role is not to surrender our planet to corporate polluters and shepherd our financial system to its destruction," said Rep. Rashida Tlaib, among the Democrats urging the Fed to end fossil fuel financing.
(2021-09-15). 'It's Gonna Be $3.5 Trillion': Sanders Holds the Line Against Right-Wing Democrats. commondreams.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."
(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?"
(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.
(2021-09-15). Reducing Energy Consumption: The Only Long-Range Solution to Climate Change. commondreams.org "Jessica Cisneros will take bold action to fight back against unyielding attacks from anti-choice politicians in Texas and across the country."
(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…
(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, …
(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."
(2021-09-15). House Dems Unveil Bill to Stop Wall Street From Destroying the Planet. commondreams.org "No equitable or just climate solutions can emerge from such an unjust process."
(2021-09-15). "Our Species Is Being Genetically Modified": What Happened in 2020-21. The "Pandemic" globalresearch.ca
(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.
