(2021-07-10). Helsinki Energy Challenge's Waste of Energy. dissidentvoice.org 
The Helsinki Energy Challenge. Who could refuse? The opportunity to solve the apparently insoluble. To reform the energy supply for one of the world's most charismatic and effective cities to be low carbon, utterly reliable, and reasonable cost. And to do so with de minimis hydrocarbons and biomass! Helsinki is a cogeneration city, where some …
(2021-07-10). 'Future Of Our Planet Depends On Ending New Cold War'. popularresistance.org A coalition of nearly 50 environmental and other advocacy groups critical of the U.S. government's increasingly hostile approach to China sent a letter Thursday to President Joe Biden and members of Congress to remind them that the existentially threatening climate emergency is a "global crisis," which can only be solved through "global cooperation."
(2021-07-10). Report finds extreme heatwaves would have been "virtually impossible" without global warming. wsws.org Events like the recent Pacific Northwest disaster would have been "at least 150 times rarer without human-induced climate change."
(2021-07-10). Notre Dame lead contamination lawsuit highlights criminality of Paris authorities, complicity of CGT union. wsws.org Two years after fire devastated the cathedral, restoration workers are still exposed to dangerous levels of the poisonous metal.
(2021-07-10). Schumer Commits to Creating Civilian Climate Corps. zcomm.org "We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to confront the climate crisis and create millions of middle-class union jobs," he said. "Creating a new Civilian Climate Corps is a key step."
(2021-07-10). Why Are We Fueling Our Own Extinction? commondreams.org Trump's policies were brutally neoliberal, racist, nativist, authoritarian, narcissistic — but fascist?
(2021-07-09). Friday 7/23: Fukushima, The Pandemic & Olympics On The Opening Of the Olympics. indybay.org LaborFest…
(2021-07-09). Objection To Geoengineering Spurs Debate About Social Justice In Science. popularresistance.org It was February in northern Sweden and the sun was returning after a dark winter. In the coming months the tundra would reawaken with lichens and shrubs for reindeer to forage in the permafrost encrusted Scandinavian mountain range. But the changing season also brought some unwelcome news to the Indigenous Sámi people, who live across northern Scandinavia, Finland and eastern Russia. | The members of the Saami Council were informed that researchers at Harvard planned to test a developing technology for climate mitigation, known as solar geoengineering, in Sápmi, their homeland. "When we learned what the idea of s…
(2021-07-09). Head of Dam-Building Company Convicted in Murder of Activist Berta Cáceres. truthout.org 
Catastrophic climate change is heating the planet, shattering records from Siberia to California, fueling wildfires, droughts and hurricanes. Yet, land and water defenders fighting to save the planet face threats ranging from intimidation to imprisonment to assassination. | In Honduras, Berta Cáceres was a leader of the indigenous Lenca people's campaign to stop construction of a hydroelectric dam on the Gualcarque River, which they consider sacred. She was gunned down in her home on March 2nd,…
(2021-07-09). Progressives Demand Green New Deal as New York Floods and West Prepares for Heat. truthout.org 
Frustrated by the sidelining of the climate crisis in recent infrastructure negotiations between the White House and a bipartisan group of senators, House progressives have sent a letter to House leadership demanding action on the climate in the form of a Green New Deal and climate provisions in the infrastructure bill and the Democrats' upcoming reconciliation bill. | "As the urgency to invest in public climate infrastructure and jobs intensifies each day, we urge you to work with us to…
(2021-07-09). Bipartisanship in the Apocalypse. progressive.org President Biden and the moderates are so desperately trying to get Republicans on board that the sweeping measures needed to fight climate change are continually at risk of getting weakened.
(2021-07-09). AFL-CIO wants workers 'front and center' in battling global warming. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Workers, especially union workers, should be "front and center" in the battle to reverse global warming, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler says. That especially includes unionists who build and repair energy infrastructure, such as members of her home union, the Electrical Workers (IBEW), she adds. Shuler outlined what should be the central role of workers in …
(2021-07-09). Global Warming and C02: "Biggest Misdirection in the History of Science" globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-09). Offshore Fracking Report Finds Toxic Pollution in Gulf of Mexico. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-09). Warning Against 'Exxon Infrastructure Deal,' Progressives Say Jobs Package Must Center Climate. commondreams.org "I have been told that combating climate change is expensive. Compared to what?" asked Sen. Bernie Sanders.
(2021-07-09). 'Biden Climate Timeline' Details Broken Promises on Planetary Emergency. commondreams.org "When will factories stop locking in workers in unsafe conditions?" asked one activist.
(2021-07-09). Flooded NYC Subways Exemplify Why Climate Is Key to Infrastructure Fight. commondreams.org "The administration is not living up to its promises from the campaign," says the group behind the project.
(2021-07-09). Infrastructure Plan With Major Climate Investments Would Create 26 Million Jobs: Report. commondreams.org An unfilled seat on the commission, say advocacy groups, means an executive order from the president has nowhere to go at the moment.
(2021-07-09). The Disability Revolution We All Need. commondreams.org Even as we grapple with the increasingly dire impacts of the climate crisis, opportunities to create a better future abound.
