(2020-06-21). Democratizing Energy to Counter the Climate Catastrophe. zcomm.org The economic recovery as well as a Green New Deal will only be meaningful if we take our country-wide energy systems out of the market and into democratic public ownership…
(2020-06-21). Indian Muslims facing 'genocidal climate' amid pandemic. zcomm.org Interview on the government's "disastrous" response…
(2020-06-20). Climate crisis and social transformation in the age of Corona. indybay.org Material wealth in the form of useful things and utilities is only a means subordinated to the objective of capital accumulation and is sacrificed when that objective can no longer be achieved… Without the state, capitalist society would fly apart immediately. The state, however, is an essential precondition for abstract wealth production and dependent on it.
(2020-06-19). Climate Crisis: Keystone XL Supreme, Cap and Trade Takes Hit and California Geoengineering. therealnews.com The Trump administration tries to push Keystone XL to the US Supreme Court, California's appellate court rules on cap and trade, and California's governor backs away—but not really—from solar radiation geoengineering.
(2020-06-19). The elite's Covid-19 coup to destroy humanity that is also fast-tracking four paths to human extinction. nationofchange.org I encourage you to have a ponder. There is a great deal at stake at this time. A human future, no less.
(2020-06-19). NYPD Cops Encouraged To 'Strike' On July 4. popularresistance.org A labor strike is brewing in the NYPD. | A pair of flyers making the rounds among NYPD officers are encouraging them to call out sick July 4 — as retribution for police reform and a perceived anti-cop climate following the outrage over high-profile police killings of unarmed black men across the country, multiple cops told…
(2020-06-18). FROM THE FIELD: Adapting to Lesotho's changing climate. news.un.org Living in the African mountain kingdom of Lesotho comes with its fair share of challenges, including land degradation and climate change, which are upending traditional farming practices.
(2020-06-18). Deadly Heat Is Killing Americans. thenation.com Dean Russell, Elisabeth Gawthrop, Veronica Penney, Ali Raj, Bridget Hickey Deadly Heat Is Killing Americans…
(2020-06-18). Barbarism on the Rise: Hunting Mama Wolves and Bears and Their Cubs in Alaska. counterpunch.org Like the French monarch Louis XIV, Trump said I am the state. I can do anything I want. There's no climate change. Corporations are right about the environment and pollution. I will follow their guidance. In about 3.5 years, he reversed the modicum of theoretical and real environmental and public health protection Americans enjoyed.
(2020-06-18). The Case for Nationalizing the Fossil Fuel Industry. peoplespolicyproject.org The climate is in crisis. Scientists have repeatedly warned policymakers that to have a reasonable chance at limiting global warming to 1.5 ∫C, emissions need to be rapidly wound down. But the power of the fossil fuel corporations, armed with hundreds and hundreds of lobbyists on the Hill, won't have any of it. They must extract, extract, extract. Corporations are unwilling, and markets are simply incapable of rapidly phasing out the industry that is destroying our planet. | There is another way. Peop…
(2020-06-18). For decades, the oil and gas industry got taxpayer help from the fracking production tax credit. nationofchange.org "Shale companies often struggled with their finances already early on and this BS American Dream story of 'resilience, experimentation, and perseverance' would have likely been impossible without the [production tax credit]."
(2020-06-18). Climate Alarm After Unusual Record Heat Wave in Siberia. telesurenglish.net A prolonged heatwave in Siberia is "undoubtedly alarming," climate scientists said Thursday. | RELATED: | In May, surface temperatures in parts of Siberia were up to 10 degrees C above average, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). Martin Stendel, of the Danish Meteorological Institute, said the abnormal May temperatures seen in north-west Siberia would be likely to happen just once in 100,000 years without human-c…
(2020-06-18). New Vatican Document Urges Fossil Fuel Divestment to Serve Planet and the Common Good. commondreams.org "The Vatican's call for divestment is a breath of hope in times when faith is more needed than ever," said 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben. "It is a powerful statement that attempting to profit off the destruction of the planet is plainly and simply immoral and unethical." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/thats_how_you_hold_a_bible_climate_pope.jpg …
(2020-06-18). IEA Chief Warns: Just Six Months Left for Green Recovery to Change Course on Climate. commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/offshore_wind.jpg …
(2020-06-17). Climate change is killing Americans. Health departments aren't equipped to respond. nationofchange.org How a decade of neglect and politics undermined the CDC's fight against climate change…
(2020-06-17). Black environmentalists are organizing against worldwide injustice. peoplesworld.org
(2020-06-17). 'New contract' needed with nature to keep drought and deserts at bay. news.un.org The UN Secretary-General has called for "a new contract for nature" to address ongoing global challenges connected to land degradation, such as forced migration, hunger and climate change.