(2021-09-02). As Afghan war ends, House approves $24bn bump for Pentagon budget. rt.com 
Just after the US military's wasteful Afghanistan mission came to a close, House legislators marked almost $24 billion in extra defense spending supposedly needed to maintain America's competitive edge against Russia and China. | The House Armed Services Committee held a marathon session on Wednesday to markup the spending under the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Lawmakers from both parties joined forces to defy President Joe Biden's intention to keep the Pentagon budget at $715 billion for next year, essentially keeping it at the same level as last year. Instead, an extra $23.9 billion was…
(2021-09-02). Saturday 9/25: Climate Justice Festival: Carbon Free by 2030. indybay.org McClatchy Park, 3500 5th Ave, Sacramento, CA 95817…
(2021-09-02). With a plan against the climate crisis. indybay.org Quality and enjoyment would be the new maxims, and the true wealth would be free time. Admittedly, a change in consciousness would remain necessary, and many a convenience in lifestyle would have to be abandoned in favor of the ecosystem. However, the standard of living could be raised significantly through free time and leisure.
(2021-09-02). Socialists contest Newcastle City Council election. greenleft.org.au The Socialist Alliance will contest the Newcastle City Council elections, with a focus on affordable housing and real climate action. Kathy Fairfax reports.
(2021-09-02). Water Protectors Document Escalating Police Brutality in Minnesota. indybay.org In August police escalated to torture. On August 11 water protectors shut down two different worksites. Police approached them on the site and when the water protectors refused to leave police began to use a torture tactic they refer to as "pain compliance."
(2021-09-01). RCMP At Fairy Creek Blockade Ignore The Real Emergency. popularresistance.org On Aug. 9, the one-year anniversary of the Fairy Creek protection efforts, the RCMP raided Fairy Creek's headquarter camp. Twenty-five police vehicles, a helicopter and an emergency tactical unit were deployed against peaceful ancient forest protectors that day, and almost every day since. | What is the emergency that the police are responding to with such a massively expensive show of force? | Since the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a code red warning on Aug. 9, is it the climate emergency that is so clear to us this summer with deadly heat waves and extreme forest fires? | No,…
(2021-09-01). Surfers highlight fossil fuel outrage. greenleft.org.au Climate activists disrupted, locked on and boarded a seismic testing ship in the port of Geelong on its way to search for new oil and gas deposits off the coast of King Island. Sue Bull reports.
(2021-09-01). Boston: Solidarity with water protectors. workers.org 
By AEzra El and Steve Gillis A rally against the tar sands pipeline Enbridge 3 took place in Jamaica Plains, Boston, Aug. 25. Boston Aug. 25 — Indigenous activists, climate activists and Workers World Party members gathered today in Boston's early evening glow to challenge Gina McCarthy, a petroleum profiteer . . . |
(2021-09-01). After Ida's Destruction, Sunrise Movement Urges Biden to Declare Climate Emergency. zcomm.org "What more do politicians need to realize that the climate crisis is here and killing us?"
(2021-09-01). 4 ways oil and gas industry can become more sustainable and green. nationofchange.org We know that oil and gas companies are one of the main contributors to climate change, but as time goes on, these industries have grasped their influence on the environment.
(2021-09-01). California denies 42 new fracking permits, but approves 1,019 oil and gas permits. indybay.org "It's encouraging to see CalGEM denying more fracking permits, particularly as California weathers a devastating drought and wildfire season induced by climate change," said Food & Water Watch's California Director Alexandra Nagy. "This is progress. But make no mistake, it is not enough."
(2021-09-01). Climate Groups Launch Campaign to Exclude Natural Gas From Key Federal Energy Policy. commondreams.org Please contact your Senators and Representative today and ask them to vote for the Build Back Better bill with all the health care provisions included, because care can't wait and neither can we.
(2021-09-01). National Laws Needed, Say Defenders of Women, After SCOTUS Attack on Roe. commondreams.org "Using gas to fight climate change is like using gasoline to fight a fire," said one renewable energy campaigner.
(2021-09-01). Climate-Driven Weather Disasters Increased Fivefold Over Past 50 Years: UN Agency. commondreams.org "President Biden, it is time to call on the Senate to end the filibuster and pass voting rights legislation before it is too late."
(2021-09-01). 'Forever Chemicals' Contamination at Defense Department Sites Threatens Great Lakes Fish and Residents. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-01). As Texas Guts Voting Rights, Progressives Ask: Will Biden Fight to Save US Democracy? commondreams.org "Strengthened action is urgently required to prevent further species extinctions and restore damaged and degraded ecosystems."
(2021-09-01). UC Davis Study Finds Dams Are Ineffective for Cold-Water Conservation for Salmon and Trout. indybay.org Ann Willis, the study's lead author, says the solution to creating cold water habitat to stop the extinction of salmon and trout populations is to remove dams and restructure water management in California.
(2021-09-01). 'A Wake-Up Call': Study Finds Extinction Risk for 30% of Tree Species. commondreams.org In the northern part of India, where nearly 250 million people live, the average person could live eight years longer if air pollution was reduced.
