Climate Justice and Movement Building: An Interview with Brian Tokar
Adam Aron | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-03
Brian Tokar is an activist and author, Lecturer in Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont, and a board and faculty member of the Institute for Social Ecology. He is the author of several books, including Toward Climate Justice: Perspectives on the Climate Crisis and Social Change (Revised edition, 2014). He is also an editor,…
counterpunch.org/2021/06/03/climate-justice-and-movement-building-an-interview-with-brian-tokar/

Lakes are experiencing deoxygenation worldwide
Marlee Kokotovic | nationofchange.org | 2021-06-03
"Climate change, together with [agricultural pollution], threatens vulnerable freshwater systems, adding to the urgency to strongly cut emissions."
nationofchange.org/2021/06/03/lakes-are-experiencing-deoxygenation-worldwide/

Humanity's #1 environmental problem is consumption–climate change is just one of the byproducts
Reynard Loki | nationofchange.org | 2021-06-03
By focusing the climate fight on what we emit, not what we consume, we are destined to fail–net-zero emissions policies aren't enough to prevent catastrophe.
nationofchange.org/2021/06/03/humanitys-1-environmental-problem-is-consumption-climate-change-is-just-one-of-the-byproducts/

Red Alert: Only one Earth
The Tricontinental | mronline.org | 2021-06-03
A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Making Peace with Nature (2021), highlights the 'gravity of the Earth's triple environmental emergencies: climate, biodiversity loss, and pollution'. | June 3, 2021…
mronline.org/2021/06/03/red-alert-only-one-earth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=red-alert-only-one-earth

One in three heat deaths since 1991 linked to climate crisis — here's how else warming affects our health
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-06-03
By Chloe Brimicombe and Hannah Cloke | — Since 1991, 37% of lives lost due to extreme heat globally can be attributed to climate change on average. That's according to a new study which gathered data from 732 locations across 43 countries and calculated how often local temperatures exceeded what is ideal for human health. …
juancole.com/2021/06/climate-warming-affects.html

Call It What It Is: A Climate Emergency
Mark Hertsgaard, Kyle Pope | thenation.com | 2021-06-03
Call It What It Is: A Climate Emergency…
thenation.com/article/environment/climate-change-media/

Court case victory reflects power of school strikes
Zane Alcorn | greenleft.org.au | 2021-06-03
The Federal Court's ruling that the government has a duty of care to protect young people from climate change is a win. Zane Alcorn argues it is due to mass mobilisations on the streets.
greenleft.org.au/content/court-case-victory-reflects-power-school-strikes

Weapons expo disrupted by rainbow coalition
Alex Bainbridge | greenleft.org.au | 2021-06-03
Standing up against the war profiteers at the Land Forces exhibition in Brisbane was a rainbow coalition of First Nations peoples, peace, climate and human rights defenders. Alex Bainbridge, Jim McIlroy and Steffi Leedham report.
greenleft.org.au/content/weapons-expo-disrupted-rainbow-coalition

Sunday 6/6: Climate Action Mural Unveiling & Celebration In Clarion Alley
Extinction Rebellion San Francisco Bay Area | indybay.org | 2021-06-03
Clarion Alley, between Mission and Valencia Streets, and between 17th and 18th Streets in San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/02/18842898.php

Thursday 6/3: "The Condor & The Eagle": Film & Discussion on Indigenous Climate Justice w/ CBD
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Online event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/31/18842872.php

Schumer's Anti-China Bill Sacrifices Climate for Empire
Marcy Winograd, Medea Benjamin | commondreams.org | 2021-06-02
"The bill undermines Kerry's negotiated agreement with China, sabotaging an opportunity for the U.S. and China—countries responsible for releasing half of the world's fossil fuel emissions—to partner on curbing emissions and sharing strategies for greening the Earth." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/schumer-climate-emergency.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2021/06/02/schumers-anti-china-bill-sacrifices-climate-empire?cd-origin=rss

Climate explained: why is the frozen Arctic heating up faster than other parts of the world?
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-06-02
By Steve Turton | — What is Arctic amplification? Do we know what is causing this phenomenon? What effects is it having, both in the region and for the world? Is Antarctica experiencing the same thing? Human civilisation and agriculture first emerged about 12,000 years ago in the early Holocene. Our ancestors benefited from a …
juancole.com/2021/06/climate-explained-heating.html

Carbon sequestration: Climate solution or bridge to more fossil fuel profits?
Len Yannielli | peoplesworld.org | 2021-06-02
Connecticut gets almost half its energy from methane, also called natural gas. Some, especially in certain ruling circles, see this fossil fuel as a bridge to renewable energy. While methane makes up much less of the carbon in our atmosphere than carbon dioxide, it does so in an unfortunate, powerful way. Methane molecules trap 25x …
peoplesworld.org/article/carbon-sequestration-climate-solution-or-bridge-to-more-fossil-fuel-profits/

Here's How to Fight Climate Destruction and Environmental Racism Simultaneously
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-06-02
Historically, there have been tensions between the climate movement, which seeks to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in order to stop the heating of the planet, and the environmental justice (EJ) movement, which focuses on the harms caused by more localized pollution such as smog. Many people associate the climate movement with middle-class whites and the EJ movement with working-class people of color. This distinction is problematic given that poor and nonwhite people are the fo…
truthout.org/articles/heres-how-to-fight-climate-destruction-and-environmental-racism-simultaneously/

Sunday 6/6: Climate Action Mural Unveiling & Celebration In Clarion Alley
Extinction Rebellion San Francisco Bay Area | indybay.org | 2021-06-02
Clarion Alley, between Mission and Valencia Streets, and between 17th and 18th Streets in San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/02/18842898.php

Green Groups Sue US Development Bank Financing Climate-Damaging Projects Overseas
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-06-02
"The DFC should be using the power of the U.S. purse to build clean and renewable energy opportunities, while holding itself accountable to the public as the Sunshine Act clearly requires." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/lng-tanks-india-2600×1361.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2021/06/02/green-groups-sue-us-development-bank-financing-climate-damaging-projects-overseas?cd-origin=rss

Despite 'Green Recovery' Vows, G7 Nations Spent Billions More on Fossil Fuels Than Renewables Over Past Year
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-06-02
"The recovery policies of some G7 nations threw major lifelines to the oil and gas industry, risking an increase in the production and lock-in of these energy systems for decades." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/extinction-rebellion1300x681.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2021/06/02/despite-green-recovery-vows-g7-nations-spent-billions-more-fossil-fuels-renewables?cd-origin=rss

Making "Build Back Better" Better: Aligning Climate, Jobs, and Justice
Jeremy Brecher | zcomm.org | 2021-06-02
What policies can integrate the needs of working people, the most oppressed, and our threatened climate and environment?>…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/making-build-back-better-better-aligning-climate-jobs-and-justice/

Making "Build Back Better" Better: Aligning Climate, Jobs, and Justice
Jeremy Brecher | zcomm.org | 2021-06-02
What policies can integrate the needs of working people, the most oppressed, and our threatened climate and environment?>…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/making-build-back-better-better-aligning-climate-jobs-and-justice/