Anti-Global Warming PR
Thomas Klikauer — Norman Simms | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-20
Propaganda may very well have been invented by the Catholic Church in the year 1622. Yet it was transported into modernity by a man known as Poison Ivy and, more importantly, by Edward Bernays, who once said, The significant revolution of modern times is not industrial or economic or political but the revolution which is taking place…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/20/anti-global-warming-pr/

Immigrants Are Essential: A Manifesto for the Covid-19 and Climate Change Era
Saket Son | commondreams.org | 2021-05-20
"U.S. immigration policy must include a new legal status for climate refugees." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/centralamericans-1.jpg …
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Immigrants Are Essential: A Manifesto for the Covid-19 and Climate Change Era
Saket Son | commondreams.org | 2021-05-20
"U.S. immigration policy must include a new legal status for climate refugees." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/centralamericans-1.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2021/05/20/immigrants-are-essential-manifesto-covid-19-and-climate-change-era?cd-origin=rss

The struggle against climate change, the pandemic and war requires a revolutionary socialist perspective!
wsws.org | 2021-05-20
This statement will be distributed by the IYSSE at protests of high school students across Australia demanding action on climate change.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/20/clim-m20.html

20 companies are responsible for producing over half of all single-use plastic waste
Amanda Mills | nationofchange.org | 2021-05-20
"Since most plastic is made from oil and gas — especially fracked gas — the production and consumption of plastic are becoming a significant driver of the climate crisis."
nationofchange.org/2021/05/20/20-companies-are-responsible-for-producing-over-half-of-all-single-use-plastic-waste/

Stop The Money Pipeline Coalition Issues Statement Ahead of Biden's Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk
commondreams.org | 2021-05-20
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commondreams.org/newswire/2021/05/20/stop-money-pipeline-coalition-issues-statement-ahead-bidens-executive-order?cd-origin=rss

Oil Change International Response to Biden Climate Finance Executive Order
commondreams.org | 2021-05-20
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commondreams.org/newswire/2021/05/20/oil-change-international-response-biden-climate-finance-executive-order?cd-origin=rss

Major donation for climate change entrepreneurship
imperial.ac.uk | 2021-05-20
Imperial is to launch a new cleantech accelerator for green startups, thanks to a £2.5M gift from HSBC UK.
imperial.ac.uk/news/221853/major-donation-climate-change-entrepreneurship

Ahead of Biden Order on Climate Financial Risk, Coalition Says Wall Street Must Finally Be Held to Account
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-05-20
"Plans to make plans in no way matches the urgency of the climate crisis; we need action from regulators now to stop the money pipeline to climate chaos," said a coalition of 160 groups ahead of President Biden's executive order on climate-related financial risks. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/climate_protest_wall_street1300x681.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2021/05/20/ahead-biden-order-climate-financial-risk-coalition-says-wall-street-must-finally-be?cd-origin=rss

Wednesday 5/26: How to Prepare for Climate Change
Mercy High School | indybay.org | 2021-05-20
Online event via Mercy High School…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/19/18842640.php

If we don't protect 30% of the natural world by 2030, Earth may be unfit for life
Reynard Loki | nationofchange.org | 2021-05-20
We are to blame for the biggest extinction event in human history. But there is a solution if we take urgent action now.
nationofchange.org/2021/05/20/if-we-dont-protect-30-of-the-natural-world-by-2030-earth-may-be-unfit-for-life/

The real mission to Mars
Michael Dawson | mronline.org | 2021-05-20
Apparently–and entirely predictably–low-Earth-orbit is now firmly within the widening tides of corporate capitalism's great waste ocean. | May 20, 2021 | Newswire…
mronline.org/2021/05/20/the-real-mission-to-mars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-real-mission-to-mars

Sanders Unveils Bill to Force Pentagon to Pass Audit, Citing "Fraud" and "Waste"
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-20
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has introduced a bipartisan bill that would require the Pentagon to pass audits beginning in fiscal year 2022 — or face fines. The Pentagon has never passed an audit. | The bill would impose a 1 percent fine on any military and Department of Defense agencies that fail to pass their audits. Sanders introduced th…
truthout.org/articles/sanders-unveils-bill-to-force-pentagon-to-pass-audit-citing-fraud-and-waste/

Russia Reacts To US Decision To Lift Sanctions on Gas Pipeline
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-20
Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Thursday called as "a positive sign" the U.S. decision to waive sanctions against Nord Stream 2 AG pipeline, which will carry Russian gas to Germany via the Baltic Sea. | RELATED: | Russia, China, Cuba and Mexico Reject US Human Rights Report | "It is not in Washington's interest to create additional obstacles in our relationship. The project is moving forward despite difficulties," Peskov said one day after the U.S. State Department announced i…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Lifts-Sanctions-Against-Russias-Nord-Stream-2-Gas-Pipeline-20210520-0004.html

Colonial Pipeline Admits Paying $4.4M To DarkSide Hackers, Slowly Restoring Operation
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-20
Click to see full-size image | Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount has confirmed that his company did in fact pay $4.4 million to the hackers responsible for the ransomware attack on the pipeline system that transports around 45 percent of fuel used on the East Coast, the WSJ reported. | Earlier reporting estimated Colonial Pipeline paid a ransom of nearly $5 million, news that was surp…
southfront.org/colonial-pipeline-admits-paying-4-4m-to-darkside-hackers-slowly-restoring-operation/

A Plea from Gaza: Israel Bombing Campaign Is Turning My Homeland into a "Wasteland"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-19
The Israeli bombing campaign of Gaza has killed at least 222 Palestinians, including 63 children, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects growing international calls for a ceasefire. The Norwegian Refugee Council has revealed 11 of the children killed in Gaza were taking part in a program to help them deal with trauma from growing up in the besieged enclave. At least six residents of Gaza died in Israeli strikes overnight, including the radio journalist Yousef Abu Hussein. In the West Bank, Israeli forces on Tuesday killed at least four Palestinians taking part in a historic general strike to protest…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/19/israeli_bombing_campaign_gaza

Headlines for May 19, 2021
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-19
Israeli Assault Has Killed at Least 222 Palestinians and Displaced Tens of Thousands, Biden Addresses Rashida Tlaib, Jokes About Running Over Reporters Who Ask Questions on Israel-Palestine, Protests Continue Across U.S. in Solidarity with Palestinians, 60% of U.S. Adults Have Received One COVID Vaccine Dose; Tri-State Area Reopens, IEA Says No New Fossil Fuel Projects Can Be Permitted in Order to Avert Worst-Case Climate Scenario, Protests in North Carolina After DA Says Officers Who Killed Andrew Brown Jr. Were "Justified", House Passes Legislation Addressing Hate Crimes Against AAPI Community, 57 Refugees Drow…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/19/headlines

The Great Palestinian General Strike from the Jordan River to the Sea even Reaches President Biden in Dearborn
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-05-19
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — President Biden came to the Ford Rouge River Plant to tout new electric vehicles, one of his signature climate-friendly programs, on Tuesday. He was met at the airport by Rep. Debbie Dingell and by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian in the US Congress, who welcomed him but also gave …
juancole.com/2021/05/palestinian-president-dearborn.html

New IEA Roadmap is flawed: swapping burning wood for coal won't save the climate
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-19
The International Energy Agency (IEA)'s roadmap released today fails to acknowledge the science that burning huge volumes of wood to substitute for burning coal is at least as emissive and climate damaging as coal in the short time frame to 2050, according to the global Environmental Paper Network (EPN).
popularresistance.org/new-iea-roadmap-is-flawed-swapping-burning-wood-for-coal-wont-save-the-climate/

Lawmakers Push Biden to End Public Financing for 'Dangerous' Fossil Fuel Projects Overseas
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-05-19
"With U.S. leadership on international clean energy investments, we can stop financing the climate crisis, support domestic clean energy jobs, and join the global community in moving away from fossil fuel investments," write lawmakers led by Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Earl Blumenauer. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/biden-climate-summit-2021.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2021/05/19/lawmakers-push-biden-end-public-financing-dangerous-fossil-fuel-projects-overseas?cd-origin=rss

Wednesday 5/26: How to Prepare for Climate Change
Mercy High School | indybay.org | 2021-05-19
Online event via Mercy High School…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/19/18842640.php

BREAKING: Scientists disrupt opening day of Shell sponsored 'Our Future Planet'
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-19
At 10: 30 AM on Wednesday 19th May, a group of scientists from Extinction Rebellion locked themselves to a mechanical tree in the Science Museum, the centerpiece of the Shell sponsored Our Future Planet exhibition. The group, who used bicycle cables and D-locks to lock themselves inside the exhibit on the opening day, explained that the decision by the Science Museum Group to continue to accept Shell sponsorship gives legitimacy to the fossil fuel giant's planetary destruction. The group took great care not to damage the exhibit and to respect safety regulations.
popularresistance.org/breaking-scientists-disrupt-opening-day-of-shell-sponsored-our-future-planet/

BREAKING: Scientists disrupt opening day of Shell sponsored 'Our Future Planet'
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-19
At 10: 30 AM on Wednesday 19th May, a group of scientists from Extinction Rebellion locked themselves to a mechanical tree in the Science Museum, the centerpiece of the Shell sponsored Our Future Planet exhibition. The group, who used bicycle cables and D-locks to lock themselves inside the exhibit on the opening day, explained that the decision by the Science Museum Group to continue to accept Shell sponsorship gives legitimacy to the fossil fuel giant's planetary destruction. The group took great care not to damage the exhibit and to respect safety regulations.
popularresistance.org/breaking-scientists-disrupt-opening-day-of-shell-sponsored-our-future-planet/

Biden EPA Reveals Prior Approval of Monsanto's Roundup Failed to Account for Risks to Monarch Butterflies and Other Endangered Species, Drift Harm to Farmers
commondreams.org | 2021-05-19
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commondreams.org/newswire/2021/05/19/biden-epa-reveals-prior-approval-monsantos-roundup-failed-account-risks-monarch?cd-origin=rss

Sanders, Grassley, Wyden, Lee Make Bipartisan Push to End Wasteful Pentagon Spending
commondreams.org | 2021-05-19
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commondreams.org/newswire/2021/05/19/sanders-grassley-wyden-lee-make-bipartisan-push-end-wasteful-pentagon-spending?cd-origin=rss

Even More U.S. Sanctions Coming Nord Stream 2's Way
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-19
Click to see full-size image | The United States planed to impose sanctions on four vessels involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and four related companies, Politico reported, citing unnamed sources. | The outlet confirmed an initial report by Axios that the sanctions will not affect the No…
southfront.org/even-more-u-s-sanctions-coming-nord-stream-2s-way/