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2021-05-27: Social Media Postees

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Big polluter Shell loses climate case
Kerry Smith | greenleft.org.au | 2021-05-27
For the first time in history, a judge has held a corporation liable for causing dangerous climate change. | As a result of legal action brought by Friends of the Earth (FOE) Netherlands, together with 17,000 Dutch citizens and six other organisations, the District Court of the Hague ruled on May 26 that Shell must reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 45% within 10 years. | Shell is a British-Dutch company, with headquarters in the Netherlands. | The co-plaintiffs were Action Aid Netherlands, Both ENDS, Fossil Free Netherlands, Greenpeace Netherlands, Young Friends of the Earth Netherlands and the Wadden Sea As…
greenleft.org.au/content/big-polluter-shell-loses-climate-case

10 new albums to help heal the world
Mat Ward | greenleft.org.au | 2021-05-27
Here's a look back at May's political news and the best new music that related to it. You can also listen to a podcast of this column, including the music, here. | gojira.jpg: | 1. GOJIRA – FORTITUDE : | On May 1, a march in Sydney for International Workers' Day brought the fight for jobs and climate together, but days later, the Australian government announced it was using $2.3 billion of…
greenleft.org.au/content/10-new-albums-help-heal-world

Go Green on New Housing
Dana Bourland | progressive.org | 2021-05-26
To solve our housing and climate crises, we must integrate how we think about both.
progressive.org/op-eds/green-new-housing-bourland-210526/

Biden's latest executive order takes aim at climate change's threat to economy
Naveena Sadasivam | peoplesworld.org | 2021-05-26
Climate change could wreak havoc on nearly every aspect of life, and the U.S. financial system is no exception: Local housing market crashes and absurdly high insurance premiums are just two potential examples of the fallout. The federal government is beginning to act on these possibilities. On Thursday, President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing government agencies to expand their …
peoplesworld.org/article/bidens-latest-executive-order-takes-aim-at-climate-changes-threat-to-economy/

Economic Study Shows Why 'Saving the Planet Is Not a Jobs Killer'
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-05-26
Even aggressive climate action would affect the jobs of fewer people "than the number of workers that employers typically fire or lay off in a single day." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/solar-panels1300x681.jpg …
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As Mobilization Gains Steam, Over 300 Groups Implore Biden to 'Stop Line 3'
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-05-26
"Line 3 is a climate bomb waiting to go off," warned one organizer. Opponents of the project are urging President Joe Biden to stop it. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/line3-dapl-protest-dc-2600×1361.jpg …
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'Landslide Victory for Climate Justice': Court Rules Shell Must Cut CO2 Emissions 45% by 2030
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-05-26
"People around the world are demanding climate justice. Today the court confirmed that the fossil fuel industry cannot continue their climate pollution." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/dutch-activists-shell-2600×1361.jpg …
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In the Lead up to June Mobilization, Over 300 Groups Call for President Biden to take Presidential Action to Stop the Line 3 Pipeline Project
commondreams.org | 2021-05-26
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Economic Study Shows Why 'Saving the Planet Is Not a Jobs Killer'
Moderator | scheerpost.com | 2021-05-26
By Julia Conley / Common Dreams A key argument made by opponents to climate action–that sharply reducing carbon emissions by shifting away from fossil fuel production and towards renewable energy sources would kill jobs–continued to fall apart Wednesday as a new report showed the employment impact of abandoning fossil fuels over the next two decades would be minimal. At the Center for Economic and… | Source…
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2021-05-26: News Headlines

Naveena Sadasivam (2021-05-26). Biden's latest executive order takes aim at climate change's threat to economy. peoplesworld.org Climate change could wreak havoc on nearly every aspect of life, and the U.S. financial system is no exception: Local housing market crashes and absurdly high insurance premiums are just two potential examples of the fallout. The federal government is beginning to act on these possibilities. On Thursday, President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing government agencies to expand their …

Joris Leverink (2021-05-25). The Laura Flanders Show: The Future of Energy is Indigenous. roarmag.org As Canadian oil giant Enbridge defies orders to shut down their dangerous Line 5 pipeline in Michigan, Indigenous environmental activists gain momentum in their fight to end reliance on fossil fuels. In Minnesota, Enbridge plans to build another pipeline, violating treaties and threatening the Mississippi Watershed. The company says its new pipeline is essential to our energy system. | That's big oil's vision for the future. What is the Indigenous one? What would the world look like if community, ecology and sustainability were the guiding principles of our energy sector? | In this episode, Laura is joined by co-…

Climate Nexus (2021-05-25). Climate-fueled drought endangers American West ahead of wildfire season. peoplesworld.org At the opening of the 2020 wildfire season, 3% of California was in extreme or exceptional drought and more than 4% burned. This year, more than 73% of the state faces similar drought conditions. In other parts of the Southwest, juniper trees are dying off at increased rates because of the intensification of a climate change-fueled megadrought and turning forests, with trees covered …

Staff (2021-05-25). Climate Crisis May Lead to Rise in Stillbirths. truthout.org Climate change is perhaps the greatest existential threat that humanity has ever faced — and as environmental research accumulates, we keep discovering unexpected side effects of making industrial civilization reliant on fossil fuels. The latest one: a likely link between global warming and increased numbers of stillbirths. | A

Wen Stephenson (2021-05-25). What's Worse Than Climate Catastrophe? Climate Catastrophe Plus Fascism. thenation.com What's Worse Than Climate Catastrophe? Climate Catastrophe Plus Fascism.

Pip Hinman (2021-05-25). Mark Kabay-Saleh: 'I have a dream — to save my islands'. greenleft.org.au Mark Kabay-Saleh, from the islands of Masig and Poruma in the centre of the Torres Strait, gave this speech to the climate strike in Brisbane's King George Square on May 21.

repost (2021-05-25). The Fight for Independent, Non-Corporate Radio Flares Up Again. indybay.org 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…

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