(2021-10-06). For the US, the climate plan is more walls and armed agents at the US-Mexico border. thegrayzone.com US greenhouse gas emissions are inextricably linked to booming border militarization budgets and private security industry profit This article was originally published by Todd Miller's The Border Chronicle. Subscribe here. Sasabe, Mexico — Not long into our conversation, the young woman at the migrant resource center in Sasabe, Sonora, told me why she had left her home in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala: floods had ruined her family's crops. Her name was Flor* and she was 19 years old. Two Category 4 …
(2021-10-06). "Low-carbon" Misses the Point: Arguments Favoring Nuclear Power as a Climate "Solution" are Fundamentally Misframed. counterpunch.org The view that climate protection requires expanding nuclear power has a basic flaw in its prevailing framing: it rarely if ever relates climate-effectiveness to cost or to speed—even though stopping climate change requires scaling the fastest and cheapest solutions. By focusing on carbon but only peripherally mentioning cost and speed, and by not relating these
(2021-10-06). Will this Year's Conference of Parties (COP) 26 Seek Climate Justice for Global South, too? juancole.com By Omair Ahmad | — ( Third Pole ) — Unless the connection between economic security and a green transition is made clear by the media and politicians, the climate summit will remain full of high talk with little content Woman loading charcoal in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. There will be little progress in combating climate …
(2021-10-06). The Oil Merchant in the Gray Flannel Suit. zcomm.org Why aren't insurance companies aggressively fighting climate change, and minimizing catastrophes? Look at their balance sheets…
(2021-10-06). Who's Running The Show? Kerry Tells French TV Biden 'Literally Not Aware' Of International Spat. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Originally published on President Joe Biden was 'literally not aware' of the spat between the United States and France which was ignited by the Biden administration's tri-lateral agreement with the UK and Australia over the exchange of submarine technology, according to Climate Envoy John Kerry. | The spat was so bad that French President Emmanuel Macron briefly recalled his ambassador to the US. | "[Biden] asked me. He said, 'What's the situation…
(2021-10-06). Fossil Fuel Demand Tops Pre-Pandemic Levels. zcomm.org "So much for 'building back better' and a 'green recovery,'" said youth climate leader Greta Thunberg…
(2021-10-06). Attorney sentenced to six months for contempt in vindictive case brought by Chevron. indybay.org Steven Donziger, who exposed the decades-long contamination of the Amazon rainforest by the oil giant and won a billion-dollar settlement against the company, was sentenced on Friday to a maximum of six months in prison.
(2021-10-06). Friday 10/8: Stop the Money Pipeline at CHASE. indybay.org Chase Bank on Ocean Street, Santa Cruz…
(2021-10-06). Monday 10/11: SF Rally At SF Japanese Consulate To Stop The NUKES & Defend The People Of Fukushima. indybay.org San Francisico Japanese Consulate | 275 Battery St. | San Francisco…
(2021-10-05). UN Agency Warns of Looming Global Water Crisis. telesurenglish.net The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN), warned on Tuesday that climate change increases the global risk of water-related hazards like floods and droughts, and the number of people affected by water scarcity is also expected to soar. | RELATED: | In its new report entitled "The State of Climate Services 2021: Water," the WMO says that 3.6 billion people globally…
(2021-10-05). Two Thirds Of Online Posts From Fossil Fuel Companies 'Greenwashing'. popularresistance.org One expert called it a "systematic deceptive marketing campaign designed to interfere with the solution that is necessary to respond to the climate emergency: stopping fossil fuel production." | Nearly two thirds of social media posts put out by six major European fossil fuel and energy companies since the end of 2019 present a "green" image of the company, despite the majority of their business activity remaining in fossil fuels, reveals new analysis by DeSmog. | The findings add to campaigner concerns that fossil fuel companies are promoting a misleading image of their business models as the need to decarbonize…
(2021-10-05). What A Peaceful Build-Up That Evades Ecological Breakdown Would Look Like. popularresistance.org Sooner or later other events in this transition period that we're in will also follow, to further increase the awareness of the seriousness of the climate crisis and possible extinction of our own species. But we have to act fast and get more people to join those already imagining and working on solutions. How can this happen? | The first step is to understand the need for a cultural change, because the root cause of our dire current situation lies there. To be more specific: it lies in the unsustainable globalized Western culture. Therefore, changing course can only be achieved by a cultural transformation: we n…
(2021-10-05). Climate-Change Transition in the Age of the Billionaire. tomdispatch.com It was supposed to be the greatest transition of modern times. Practically overnight, a dirty, inefficient, and unjust system that encompassed 11 time zones was to undergo an extreme makeover. Billions of dollars were available to speed the process. A new crew of transition experts came up with the blueprint and the public was overwhelmingly on board. Best of all, this great leap forward would serve as a model for all countries desperate to exit a failed status quo. That's not what happened. When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and Russia emerged from its wreckage as the largest successor state, government off…
(2021-10-05). UN Secretary Welcomes Barbados' Efforts To Fight Climate Change. telesurenglish.net During a visit to Barbados's Folkestone Marine Park and Museum on Monday, United Nations (UN) Secretary Antonio Guterres welcomed Prime Minister Mia Mottley's efforts to fight climate change on her country, whose coastline is affected by soil erosion and degradation. | RELATED: | "For small island countries, adapting and building resilience to climate change is not a luxury but an urgent priority," Guterres stated and urged donors and multilateral deve…
(2021-10-05). Better Family Planning Can Improve Public Health, Inequality and the Environment. independentmediainstitute.org Click here for photos that you may use to accompany the article (captions and credits can be found in each image's description field). Existential crises, from accelerating climate change to a pandemic that is mutating to overcome the defenses of our immune system, have prompted talk of the need for fundamental change. This talk rarely, …
(2021-10-05). Cutting Food Waste: A Lesson In Climate Awareness And Environmental Literacy. popularresistance.org Baltimore, MD – As a "farm to school specialist" in the Baltimore City public schools, Anne Rosenthal splits her time between an office and Great Kids Farm in Catonsville, a 33-acre plot of land, complete with forests, a stream, greenhouses and a barn with animals, owned and operated by the school district. | "A lot of students have never had the opportunity to plant a seed or a small plant, or harvest straight from plants and taste farm-fresh produce," Rosenthal said. | When kids have that first experience of "picking a cherry tomato off the plant and putting it in their mouths," she said, "they're much more apt…
(2021-10-05). Better Family Planning Can Improve Public Health, Inequality and the Environment | Take Action Tuesday @EarthFoodLife. independentmediainstitute.org 
Smaller, more sustainable families would create massive long-term savings and catalyze sustainable development. By Carter Dillard, Independent Media Institute 4 min read Existential crises, from accelerating climate change to a pandemic that is mutating to overcome the defenses of our immune system, have prompted talk of the need for fundamental change. This talk rarely, if ever, touches …
(2021-10-05). "Blah, Blah, Blah": Youth Climate Activists Slam Political Inaction. zcomm.org Thousands of youth climate activists marched through the streets of Milan last week demanding world leaders meet their pledges to the Paris Climate Agreement…
(2021-10-05). Ecosocialist Bookshelf — October. greenleft.org.au Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents seven new books for understanding and changing the world.
(2021-10-05). Paiute Shoshone Myron Dewey: Going Home, A Final Salute. indybay.org As Standing Rock Water Protectors escort Paiute Shoshone Myron Dewey filmmaker and journalist to his final resting place today on in his homeland, we echo Myron's words from his livestream a week ago, his final voice opposing the Navy's bombing range, lithium mining, and the greed and genocide that runs as a scar through his ancestral homeland in what is known as Nevada.