Tina Landis (2022-03-03). Socialist planning could reverse sober findings in new UN climate report. liberationnews.org 
Capitalist governments can only give incentives for corporations to implement emission-reduction technologies in hopes that profit-driven corporations will "do the right thing."
VINS (2022-03-03). Wealthy Nations Continue to Drive Climate Change with Devastating Impacts for Poorer Countries. projectcensored.org In a November 2021 article for The Conversation, Sonja Klinsky outlined how and why poorer countries and regions are disproportionately affected by climate change. Wealthier nations, such as the US,…
William Rivers Pitt (2022-03-03). Biden's SOTU Speech Channeled Reagan While Nearly Ignoring Climate. truthout.org 
It took me a day of watching and rewatching Joe Biden's first State of the Union address, but I was finally able to put my finger on what was troubling me: Reagan! Biden spent his hour before us on Tuesday doing his best Ronald Reagan imitation. It took a while to spot it because Biden lacks the performative chops Reagan brought wherever he went, and because I hadn't seen the real item in the flesh for thirty years. Once I saw it, though, it became impossible to miss. | Biden was at turns a national lig…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-03). Black Alliance for Peace: Brief Guide on the Situation in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Within large sectors of the U.S. left, including many elements of the Black left, there is widespread confusion related to the Ukraine "crisis." Years of anti-Russia propaganda from the U.S. and its NATO allies, and the tendency to abstract the current Ukrainian situation from its historical and geo-strategic context, have created a climate of confusion….
WSWS (2022-03-03). Climate change is triggering a humanitarian crisis, UN report finds. wsws.org The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's latest report is an indictment of global capitalism's utter failure to address climate change.
deweylaura (2022-03-03). The Young Communist League in Great Britain is growing — here's why. cpusa.org 
Over 30 years on from the dissolution of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), British communism has reached a new juncture, characterized by defiance of the anti-communist myths of the past and faith that Marxism-Leninism is the political path best suited to turning the looming contradictions in contemporary capitalism — climate collapse and …
Rick Rozoff (2022-03-03). Ukraine requests IAEA to call on NATO for no-fly zone over nuclear power plants. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformMarch 3, 2022 Ukraine decries Russia's seizure of Chernobyl NPP as "nuclear terrorism," asks IAEA to urgently appeal to NATO Ukraine is asking the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to call on NATO to close access to the airspace over the country's nuclear facilities…. "In order to reestablish legal regulation of safety of nuclear installations …
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of "nuclear terror" after Russian forces shelled and subsequently set on fire the largest nuclear power plant in Europe on Friday morning. The fire at the Zaporizhzhia plant burned for hours but reportedly did not spread to any of the plant's six reactors before the Russians ultimately seized the site. Ukraine heavily relies on nuclear power, with 15 active nuclear power reactors across the country. Targeting any of these reactors — or even deactivated reactors at Chernobyl — could result in a catastrophic nuclear radiat…