(2021-07-13). In 2020, rise in number of those affected by chronic hunger was more than last 5 years combined. peoplesdispatch.org 
The report underlines the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and conflicts as the major reasons for rising hunger in the world. It asks countries to increase social spending, end conflicts, and transform agriculture to let people grow what they can eat…
(2021-07-13). Climate Breakdown And The Corporate Media. popularresistance.org In today's world, the prospects for human civilisation, never mind the existence of historians in the future, look bleak indeed. According to many leading climate scientists and biologists, the most likely outcome for humanity is the collapse of what is called 'civilisation'. They warn that it may already be too late to change course.
(2021-07-13). Peace on the Korean Peninsula Needs to Be a Priority. counterpunch.org President Joe Biden deserves credit for successfully re-engaging in international diplomacy. Extending the New START nuclear arms control agreement with Russia, rejoining the Paris Climate Accord, World Health Organization and UN Human Rights Council, and especially (hopefully soon) getting the U.S. back into the Iran anti-nuclear deal are significant achievements. Policy experts, grassroots organizations and
(2021-07-13). Physicians Group Uncovers Evidence that 'Forever Chemicals' (PFAS) Have Been Used Extensively in Fracking Unbeknownst to Public. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). Documents reveal EPA approved toxic chemicals for fracking in 2011. nationofchange.org "It's very disturbing to see the extent to which critical information about these chemicals is shielded from public view."
(2021-07-13). Pennsylvania Town Battles To Shut Down Toxic Waste-To-Energy Plant. popularresistance.org So-called waste-to-energy plants are the waste management industry's way of describing toxic incinerators that burn trash and leave extremely toxic ash containing dioxin, mercury, arsenic and more. The Covanta incinerator in Chester, Pennsylvania, is the largest one of its kind in the U.S. Chester is a low-income community near Philadelphia, with a population of 33,000 people, 72 percent of whom are African American.
(2021-07-13). The Truth About Plastics And Why We Need To Stop Production Now. popularresistance.org More knowledge is being gained about and more attention is being given to the harm caused to our health and the planet by plastics, from the start of their production to their disposal as waste that doesn't ever go away. Clearing the FOG speaks with Yvette Arellano, the founder and director of Fenceline Watch, an environmental justice organization based in Houston, Texas. Yvette explains that the Gulf Coast is not only the home of the oil and gas industries, but also the plastic industries that use petroleum, and how they impact mostly Vietnamese and Spanish-speaking communities. They describe the global effects…
(2021-07-13). Is There No Way Out of the Climate Crisis? thenation.com Is There No Way Out of the Climate Crisis?
(2021-07-13). Headlines for July 13, 2021. democracynow.org Texas House Democrats Flee State to Stop GOP-Backed Voter Suppression Bills, Dozens Killed, 100+ Injured as Fire Tears Through COVID Ward in Iraq, Conflict, Climate Crisis and COVID-19 Cause Sixfold Rise in People Suffering Famine , WHO Blasts Calls for Extra Booster Shots While Billions Lack Vaccine Access, FDA Warns of Very Rare Guillain-Barré Cases Tied to Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine, Suspects in Assassination of Haitian President Had Ties to U.S. Law Enforcement, Cuban President Calls for End to Blockade as Biden Voices Support for Cuban Protesters, 32 Killed Across South Africa in Protests That Erupte…
(2021-07-13). The Heat: Climate change crisis. america.cgtn.com 
Extreme weather and the climate crisis.
(2021-07-13). North Dakota law enforcement admits critical failures at Standing Rock. indybay.org In an internal report, not meant for public view, North Dakota law enforcement admits that it lacked training and experience, and had no policies in place, when it fired rubber bullets, tear gas, and other chemical agents into Standing Rock Water Protectors.
(2021-07-13). Imagine a Nation Like This. zcomm.org Imagine a country so clueless that its population ranks "illegal immigration" as a more serious concern than the biggest issue of our or any time — the climate catastrophe…
(2021-07-13). As DA Rejects Charges, Bayou Bridge Water Protectors Vow 'We Will Not Stop Our Work'. commondreams.org We must make those who would once more seek to suppress our votes pay for the insult big time.
(2021-07-13). Manchin's Energy Bill Condemned as 'Kick in the Gut to Climate Justice'. commondreams.org "All of this will only grow more and more urgent and dangerous as the world grows hotter, countries in the Global South become more unstable, and more folks head north."
(2021-07-13). 'Subsidizing the Climate and Ecological Crisis': Biden Approving Fossil Fuel Permits Faster Than Trump or Obama. commondreams.org An all-American path to war?
(2021-07-12). Water Protectors Shut Down Line 3 Worksite. popularresistance.org Floodwood, MN – On Saturday July 10th, water protectors stopped construction for a full day on an Enbridge worksite laying pipe for the Line 3 pipeline. Two water protectors locked to each other through the treads of a machine, while two others climbed up an excavator's arm, where they stayed for 7 hours. This action took place on Anishinaabe treaty territories in solidarity with leaders of the growing Indigenous-led resistance to Line 3. | As these four water protectors stopped machinery, a large crowd gathered on the roadway in support, drumming, singing, and rallying in the summer heat. About 30 police officer…
(2021-07-12). The Fires This Time: A Climate View from California. juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com) — In San Francisco, we're finally starting to put away our masks. With 74% of the city's residents over 12 fully vaccinated, for the first time in more than a year we're enjoying walking, shopping, and eating out, our faces naked. So I was startled when my partner reminded me that we need …
(2021-07-12). Wildfires ravage Western U.S. amid soaring temperatures, drought. peoplesworld.org 
The largest California wildfire this year has led to evacuating communities and firefighters struggling against the inferno. As state residents are urged to reduce power consumption to avoid blackouts, the Beckwourth Complex fire continues to burn along the Nevada state line, having already decimated 134 square miles. Amid extreme conditions caused by climate change, the …
(2021-07-12). The Delusion of Infinite Economic Growth. juancole.com 
By Chirag Dhara and Vandana Singh | — ( Scientific American ) — The electric vehicle (EV) has become one of the great modern symbols of a world awakened to the profound challenges of unsustainability and climate change. So much so that we may well imagine that Deep Thought'sanswer today to Life, the Universe and …
(2021-07-12). 'Neither Asian Nor Clean': Civil Society Demands Asian Development Bank Take Action to Address Climate Change and Debt. towardfreedom.org Many civil society organizations from across central, southern and southeast Asia that attended a recent meeting on clean energy said the Asian Development Bank has been attempting to push its draft energy policy without input from groups on the ground.
(2021-07-12). Para los Latinos, las llamas arden con más intensidad. peoplesworld.org 
Las advertencias de la Pachamama, la Madre Tierra, de que estamos abusando del único planeta habitable que conocemos crecen en intensidad. El Noroeste de Estados Unidos y el Suroeste de Canadá han sufrido las peores olas de calor de su historia, con pasmosos récords de temperatura. Quillayute, WA, por ejemplo, alcanzó los 110 grados, 45 …
(2021-07-12). Conflict, climate change, COVID, forces more people into hunger. news.un.org Global hunger levels have skyrocketed because of conflict, climate change and the economic impact of COVID-19; and one in five children around the world is stunted, UN agencies warned on Monday.
(2021-07-12). Rep. Ocasio-Cortez: Progressives May Sink Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Without Reconciliation Deal. democracynow.org 
As lawmakers return to Washington, D.C., following a two-week recess, we speak with Democratic Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez about efforts to pass major infrastructure funding that could address child care, climate change, education and poverty. President Joe Biden has already struck a $1 trillion infrastructure agreement with a centrist group of lawmakers concentrated on roads, bridges and highways, but a fight is brewing over a larger package that Democrats want to pass in the Senate using the budget reconciliation process, which can pass with just 50 votes and avoid a filibuster. "The Progressive Cau…
(2021-07-12). 'Time for Incrementalism Is Over,' Says Climate Movement as Extreme Weather Hits US. commondreams.org "We will look back in anger and I think we will look back in shame" if wealthy countries do not ensure vaccine doses are distributed globally, said one WHO official.
(2021-07-12). Inaction from government as climate unravels coast to coast. zcomm.org With the wealth and resources that exist in the U.S., so much could be done to address all the symptoms of climate change and to stem the crisis, while building a better world for all.
(2021-07-12). Ocasio-Cortez Urges Biden Not to Send US Troops to Haiti. commondreams.org "We still don't know the full extent of toxic chemicals that companies are using in their fracking operations. Why is the EPA allowing them to poison our communities without consequence?"
(2021-07-12). Texas Dems Plan to Leave the State to Thwart GOP Attack on Voting Rights. commondreams.org "Buildings are collapsing into the sea. Infrastructure is melting. Hundreds are dying from extreme heat. Millions are without power. The ocean is literally on fire. The climate crisis is here."
(2021-07-12). A Climate View From California: Teetering on the Existential Edge. commondreams.org "This is a voter suppression prosecution, pure and simple," said the head of the Texas AFL-CIO, "a poster child for Jim Crow 2.0."
(2021-07-12). 'This Is a Scandal': Documents Reveal Obama's EPA Approved Toxic Chemicals for Fracking in 2011. commondreams.org
(2021-07-12). 'That's lethal, communities completely exposed to this kind of heat'. mronline.org CounterSpin interview with Vivek Shandas on climate impacts | July 12, 2021 | Interview…
(2021-07-12). Conservation Groups Continue To Fight Bull Trout "Extinction" Plan. counterpunch.org It's well known and scientifically documented that bull trout, Montana's largest native salmonid, require clean, cold, and connected rivers and streams to survive. That's why, in the midst of a record-breaking hot and dry summer, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Friends of the Wild Swan, and Save the Bull Trout are challenging the U.S. Fish