Climate Change

Six areas where action must focus to rescue this planet

15/11/21
Author: 
Phoebe Barnard and William Moomaw
Link: 
The Conversation
Sandstorm approaching Merzouga Settlement in Erg Chebbi Desert, Morocco. Pavliha/Getty Images

For some time, the Earth’s natural resources have been depleted faster than they can be replaced. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has set a 2030 deadline to reduce heat-trapping emissions by half to avoid climate change that is both irreversible and destructive.

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Climate Change
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Gidimt'en Clan Enforce Eviction Of Coastal GasLink On Their Territory!

15/11/21
Author: 
First Nations leaders
Gidimt'en Clan Enforce Eviction Of Coastal GasLink On Their Territory!

Nov. 15, 2021

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British Columbia
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Indigenous Peoples
Social
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After the failure of Cop26, there’s only one last hope for our survival

14/11/21
Author: 
George Monbiot
Link: 
The Guardian
Demonstrators at the Cop26 climate talks in Glasgow, Saturday 6 November Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Nov. 14, 2021

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Capitalism
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COP26 climate summit ends in failure

14/11/21
Author: 
Patrick Martin
Link: 
World Socialist Web Site
Climate activists march through the streets of Glasgow, Scotland, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021 which is the host city of the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

Nov. 9, 2021

As the global climate summit COP26 drags out to its miserable end this week in Glasgow, Scotland, the major capitalist powers and the banks and corporations that call the shots in national and world politics have largely failed in their efforts to use the summit to provide a semblance of “progress” in resolving the global climate emergency.

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Climate Change
Coal
Indigenous Peoples
LNG - Fracking
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The US needs to work on itself before it can claim a global leadership role on climate

14/11/21
Author: 
Stephen Semler
Link: 
stephensemler.substack.com

Nov. 12, 2021

Situation

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Climate Change
USA
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Canada’s pledge to stop financing fossil fuel development doesn’t go far enough, environmentalists say

14/11/21
Author: 
Alex Ballingall
Link: 
The Star
Steven Guilbeault
Tue., Nov. 9, 2021
 

OTTAWA—Canada’s pledge to stop financing fossil fuel projects abroad doesn’t go far enough because it could still allow the government to support oil and gas production in other countries, environmentalists say.

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Canada
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Global
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Should We Try to Reduce Solar Radiation? - NationofChange

14/11/21
Author: 
Daniel Ross
Link: 
Nation of Change
Sun - Image Credit: Söki/Flickr

Nov. 10, 2021

Managing solar radiation through technology is possible, but there are ethical and political concerns.

This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute.

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Climate Change
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Talking about Ada'itsx/Fairy Creek - A Letter to Our Labour Movement

13/11/21
Author: 
A Collective Of Union Activists
Link: 
Our Times
PHOTOGRAPH: ORA COGAN
OCTOBER 15, 2021   FALL/WINTER 2021

To Our Union Siblings and Fellow Workers:

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British Columbia
Climate Change
Forestry
Labour - Unions
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Make extreme wealth extinct: it’s the only way to avoid climate breakdown

13/11/21
Author: 
George Monbiot
Link: 
The Guardian
‘A superyacht, kept on permanent standby, as some billionaires’ boats are, generates around 7,000 tonnes of CO2 a year.’ Photograph: Valéry Hache/AFP/Getty Images

Nov. 10, 2021

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Capitalism
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History of statistics for carbon, solar energy, wind energy

12/11/21
Author: 
Animated Stats
Link: 
You Tube
Nov 2, 2021
Moving graphs of different nations' annual statistics on carbon production, solar energy, and wind energy - Gene McGuckin
 
A lot of energy history in a few minutes:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpOTL-zR6C8 
 
but….a bright idea…SOLAR
 
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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Climate Change
Energy
Global
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