(2021-10-25). A radical #greennewdeal is the only way to stop climate catastrophe — Jeremy Corbyn exclusive on #Cop26. mronline.org 
When COP26 is held in Glasgow, the world will be watching to see if an international agreement is reached on the scale and speed of co-ordinated action that is needed to tackle the deepening climate catastrophe.
(2021-10-25). China Ramps Up Cooperation With Pacific Island Countries Despite AUKUS Pressure. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageAustralia to police South Pacific against China with US oversight. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | The foreign ministers of China and the Pacific Island nations have set up a regular meeting mechanism to expand on new areas of cooperation, including in emergency responses, fighting poverty and climate change, and the economy. China signaled that it will increase political and economic influence in a region that the US, using Australia as its police dog, wants to dominate. | The foreign ministers meeting was held in a video conference and was attended by represe…
(2021-10-25). Michigan state officials continue cover-up and whitewashing of three-year lead water contamination crisis in Benton Harbor. wsws.org Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced her administration is calling for the state legislature to pass an additional $11.4 million to fund the replacement of Benton Harbor's lead pipes, which officials aim to complete in the next 18 months.
(2021-10-24). Life and Death on the Fire Planet. counterpunch.org 
Photo: US Forest Service. | Fire is everywhere, nowadays. In the Arctic, Siberia, Australia, Canada, the American West, even in some rain forests. Terms like "fire tornado" have entered the vernacular, along with "heat dome," which often, along with drought, set the stage for uncontrollable fires. Of course, everyone connects these blazes with climate change. We humans heated the planet by fire, namely the burning of fossil fuels. This in turn dried out entire regions, and they burn. How hot have we made it? Well, last summer the little Canadian town of Lytton smashed all records at 122 degrees Fahrenheit, whi…
(2021-10-24). Environmental And Labor Groups Urge Canada To Support Just Transition. popularresistance.org Canada has not provided a transition pathway for its fossil fuel workers to move into other industries, and as global demand for oil and gas wanes, tens of thousands of workers could lose their jobs, say the authors of a new report. | Roughly 167,000 people are directly employed in Canada's oil and gas industry, but increased automation combined with the energy transition and climate policy mean that half of those jobs are slated to disappear by the end of the decade, according to a report published on October 13 by the Climate Action Network Canada and Blue Green Canada, which is a coalition of labor and environ…
(2021-10-24). Why Is U.S. Military Spending Increasing to New, Outlandish Levels? zcomm.org Although critics of the Biden administration's Build Back Better plan to increase funding for U.S. education, healthcare, and action against climate catastrophe say the United States can't afford it, there are no such qualms about ramping up funding for the U.S. military. This May, the Pentagon asked Congress to fund a $715 billion budget for
(2021-10-24). Police Increasingly Cite Climate Disasters When Seeking Military Gear. popularresistance.org When locals learned that the Johnson County, Iowa, sheriff's office had gotten hold of a massive, mine-resistant vehicle, Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek reassured a skeptical public that officers would primarily use it during extreme weather events in order to save residents from the state's extraordinary blizzards or floods. | "Essentially it's really a rescue, recovery and transport vehicle," Pulkrabek said in 2014. | But in the seven years since, the vehicle — which comes from the Pentagon's much-maligned 1033 Program that arms local law enforcement with weapons, gear and vehicles leftover from the country's fo…
(2021-10-24). Oil Giant BP paid ex-MI6 spy firm to snoop on green campaigners. juancole.com 
By Martin Williams, Lucas Amin and Gabriel Pogrund | ( Opendemocracy.net ) — Oil and gas giant BP spent years spying on peaceful climate campaigners — and even hired a private intelligence firm set up by a former MI6 agent. A new report by openDemocracy, published on Monday, reveals a "shocking" web of surveillance that …
(2021-10-24). The Path to a Livable Future. tomdispatch.com This month will mark a critical juncture in the struggle to avoid climate catastrophe. At the COP26 global climate summit kicking off next week in Glasgow, Scotland, negotiators will be faced with the urgent need to get the world economy off the business-as-usual track that will take the Earth up to and beyond 3 degrees Celsius of excess heating before this century's end, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Yet so far, the pledges of rich nations to cut greenhouse-gas emissions have been far too weak to rein in the temperature rise. Meanwhile, the Biden administration's climate plan…
(2021-10-24). Thursday 11/11: Bay Area COP26 Rebellion: March & Rally to Demand Climate Emergency Action Now! indybay.org San Francisco Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA 94111; Peaceful protest | Wear a Mask. Please follow current COVID guidelines: covid19.ca.gov/safely-reopening/…
(2021-10-24). Friday 10/29: SF March & Street Mural: Defund Climate Chaos & Fossil Fuels Global Day of Action. indybay.org Outside of BlackRock HQ, 400 Howard St., San Francisco, CA | Wear a Mask. Please follow current COVID guidelines: covid19.ca.gov/safely-reopening/…
(2021-10-24). Friday 10/29: Climate Walkout Strike in Santa Cruz. indybay.org Converge at Well's Fargo, River St., Santa Cruz at 2pm…