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15/11/21
Author: 
Phoebe Barnard and William Moomaw
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.

14/11/21
Author: 
Patrick Martin
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.

14/11/21
Author: 
Robert Hunziker
Reflection of mountian in a lake. Photograph Source: Ryan Gsell – CC BY 2.0

Nov. 8, 2021

Wall Street investors have hit the jackpot. Soon they’ll be able to buy, own, and dictate The Commons, public lands, the world of Mother Nature. In fact, a pilot project is already in the works with ecosystems up for sale as Wall-Streeters anxiously prepare to gobble up the valued benefits of Mother Nature.

According to the NYSE PR Dept. they’ll IPO nature: “To preserve and restore the natural assets that ultimately underpin the ability for there to be life on Earth.” What? Really?

14/11/21
Author: 
Daniel Ross
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.

12/11/21
Author: 
RepresentUs
And Canada?
 
Two minutes and four seconds:
 
 
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12/11/21
Author: 
Animated Stats
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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