Anis Chowdhury (2021-12-09). Climate change: Adapt for the future, not the past. mronline.org Funding for developing countries to address global warming is grossly inadequate. Very little finance is for adaptation to climate change, the urgent need of countries most adversely affected. Also, adaptation needs to be forward-looking rather than only addressing accumulated problems.

Dan Collyns (2021-12-09). How are Peruvian indigenous highland communities promoting agrobiodiversity? america.cgtn.com See how Peruvian indigenous highland communities conserve some of the world's most important agrobiodiversity crops to adapt to climate change.

Moderator (2021-12-08). House Approves $778 Billion Military Budget. scheerpost.com By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams In bipartisan fashion, the U.S. House of Representatives late Tuesday passed a sprawling military policy bill that contains nearly twice as much funding on an annual basis as Democrats' flagship social spending and climate bill. That reality led Stephen Miles, executive director of Win Without War, to slam the $778 billion National …

Jason Hickel (2021-12-08). The age of imperialism is not over—but we can end it. mronline.org Capitalist accumulation has always depended on cheap labor and resources extracted from the Global South. To end this violence we need a post-capitalist transition—otherwise, as climate breakdown accelerates, the ceaseless search for profit will drive us further into barbarism.

_____ (2021-12-08). How to counter the growing threat of agent provocateurs. popularresistance.org As awareness of racial injustice, climate crises and sexist violence grow in multiple countries, activists are responding in greater and greater numbers. We have this in common with earlier periods in history that birthed large social movements: activists "upping the ante," increasing the power of their action. One-off protests become sustained campaigns, short actions like parades become long marches, a union's token stay-at-home becomes a prolonged strike, law-abiding demonstrators turn to civil disobedience. It's easy, however, to overlook a key activist vulnerability that accompanies these moments of increase…

Dean Baker (2021-12-08). NYT Hypes Coal Industry Line About Job Loss Due to Climate Change Measures. cepr.net The NYT should not be assisting the industry in its efforts to inflate jobs concerns in order to block action on global warming.

Jake Johnson (2021-12-08). House Passes $778 Billion Military Bill as Other Priorities Stall. truthout.org In bipartisan fashion, the U.S. House of Representatives late Tuesday passed a sprawling military policy bill that contains nearly twice as much funding on an annual basis as Democrats' flagship social spending and climate bill. | That reality led Stephen Miles, executive director of Win Without War, to slam the

Cindy Piester (2021-12-08). Veterans Target US Military's Outsized Impact on the Climate Crisis. zcomm.org With no mention of military emissions at COP26, a coalition is mobilizing to force the Pentagon to disclose and reduce its enormous carbon footprint…

Robert Hunziker (2021-12-08). Japan's Upcoming Nuclear Waste Dump. dissidentvoice.org Nuclear waste is an interminable curse that eternally haunts the future of civilization for hundreds/thousands of years. The challenge of making nuclear power safer doesn't end after the power has been generated. Nuclear fuel remains dangerously radioactive for thousands of years after it is no longer useful in a commercial reactor.1 There are 440 nuclear …