Why Coal Must be Phased out by 2030 to Save the Planet
Clean Energy Wire | juancole.com | 2021-05-23
By Edgar Meza | — ( Clean Energy Wire ) — Germany's recently revamped Climate Action Law calls for the energy sector to reduce CO2 emissions from 175 to 108 metric tonnes by 2030. To reach that target, the energy sector must accelerate the phase-out of coal, according to a new study by Berlin-based energy …
juancole.com/2021/05/coal-phased-planet.html

The Fight for Independent, Non-Corporate Radio Flares Up Again
repost | indybay.org | 2021-05-23
Despite losing a corporate bylaw proposal at Pacifica by 2 to 1 the same group of people have put another reactionary bylaw proposal to a vote for at Pacifica that will cost over $50,000. This is supported by many staff at KPFA who apparently don't give a damn about the waste of money and hypocrisy of their allies. This includes Cat Brooks, Aileen Alfandary, Mitch Jeserich, Brian Edwards-Tiekert, Philip Maldari, Timothy Lynch, Bonnie Simmons, | Kris Welch, Darlene Pagano & Joel Sachs…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/21/18842681.php

The Biggest Climate Trial of the Year Was a Chevron-Fueled 'Charade'
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-22
After a week of proceedings, the criminal trial for attorney Steven Donziger–who won a multibillion-dollar case against Chevron over pollution in the Amazon rainforest–wrapped up on Monday. In his estimation, the trial was a "charade." And yet he was relatively pleased with the outcome.
popularresistance.org/the-biggest-climate-trial-of-the-year-was-a-chevron-fueled-charade/

Chernobyl Alert and The Doomsday Clock
Robert Hunziker | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-22
Like the mythical Phoenix, Chernobyl rises from the ashes. A recent… "Surge in fission reactions in an inaccessible chamber within the complex" is alarming scientists that monitor the ruins of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. 1 It is known that this significant renewal of fission activity is located in Sub-Reactor Room 305/2, which contains …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/chernobyl-alert-and-the-doomsday-clock/

Misión àÅrbol: Ecosocialism in an Oil-Rich Nation
Dakotah Lilly | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-22
By Dakotah Lilly — May 21, 2021 | "We must change the system, not the climate." These are some of the words that the Venezuelan President Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías opened up his remarks with at the COP15 climate conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. He went on to say: | Capitalism is a destructive development model that is putting an end to life; it threatens to put a definitive end to the human species. And another slogan calls for reflection. It is very in tune with the banking crisis that swept the world and still affects it, and of how the rich northern countries gave aid to bankers and the big banks. The U.
orinocotribune.com/mision-arbol-ecosocialism-in-an-oil-rich-nation/

Anti-Global Warming PR
Thomas Klikauer | zcomm.org | 2021-05-22
Today a large section of capitalism's public relations machinery is fighting a new battle — the battle to preserve the profits of mineral extracting corporations and fossil fuel giants…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/1046839/

Chile passes single-use plastic regulation that will reduce 23,000 tons of plastic waste a year
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2021-05-22
"This law is ambitious, but at the same time it's realistic for where Chile stands regarding waste generation and its technical capabilities to make these changes possible."
nationofchange.org/2021/05/22/chile-passes-single-use-plastic-regulation-that-will-reduce-23000-tons-of-plastic-waste-a-year/

Thousands of Australian high school students protest climate change inaction
wsws.org | 2021-05-22
One young worker noted that the lack of action on climate change "is all about profit, all about the economy. It's not about the future that young people are trying to fight for and grow up in. It's about what is in their wallet."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/22/clim-m22.html