Rejecting the Facade: Unveiling the Ecological Toll of War and Genocide
At the heart of this destructive cycle lies a perverse economic incentive, where war becomes a lucrative business at the expense of both people and the planet.
Gaza War Fuels Climate Crisis: “Massive” Carbon Emissions from Israeli Bombing
“The planet-warming emissions generated during the first two months of the war in Gaza were greater than the annual carbon footprint of more than 20 of the world's most climate-vulnerable nations.”
About the Climate Crisis: Democracy Now, Caitlin Johnstone, Helena Cobban
Amy Goodman and Dennis Moynihan, interviews by Amy Goodman, an article in her newsletter by Caitlin Johnstone, and Helena Cobban has an extensive analysis of the polls in relation to age group demographics and he climate crisis.
A Future Generation Shows Up Ahead of Schedule, by Stan Cox
Yes, the planet’s economy is indeed greening relatively rapidly in terms of the growth of renewable energy sources and their ever more striking affordability. Still, nothing is happening fast enough in a world that seems to be breaking heat records weekly. In truth, I just don’t want life to be an eternal weather horror show for my grandkids and that’s why I find today’s piece by TomDispatch regular Stan Cox encouraging. It’s good to know that the young aren’t going to take what their elders have done to them sitting down (so to speak). Tom Englehardt
Climate Crisis − Veterans Respond!
In a time of both wars/militarism and the climate crisis, VFP CCMP members and our allies are educating the public and taking action, on the street and online. Veterans For Peace has a unique and often much-appreciated perspective on these existential threats - we have presented over 120 slideshows and taken direct action in DC and NYC.
Biden Says He’s “Practically” Declared Climate Emergency — But He Hasn’t
“Practically speaking, Biden has devastated communities and wildlife,” one frustrated climate advocate said. Biden Says He’s “Practically” Declared Climate Emergency — But He Hasn’t By Sharon Zhang Truthout August 9, 2023 President Joe Biden waves toward visitors watching the departure as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House July More
DN!: As the U.N. Warns “The Era of Global Boiling Has Arrived,” Biden Resists Declaring a Climate Emergency
We’re talking about think tanks, publications and the like. And it was convened by the Heritage Foundation, which is, I think, in the climate world, very well known for promoting climate denial for decades, and for even longer promoting this sort of anti-regulatory stance. So, these groups came together in an attempt, essentially, to advise whoever the next president is,...
Susu Jeffrey: Tritiated Water: Nuclear Power and Climate Change
There is a special place in hell for people who poison the well. It’s an old war tactic— to throw a dead body down into the town well. But when it’s the town managers doing the throwing, you got to wonder who profits and what’s safe to drink.
UN ‘survival guide’ report is a stark warning on climate
"What's lacking at this point is a strong political will to resolve this issues once and for all." "HUMANITY ON THIN ICE"
‘You Couldn’t Make It Up’: Head of UAE Oil Company Appointed Chair of UN Climate Summit, by Julia Conley
If al-Jaber remains as the head of ADNOC and leads the conference, said Tasneem Essop, executive director of Climate Action Network International, "it will be tantamount to a full-scale capture of the U.N. climate talks by a petrostate national oil company and its associated fossil fuel lobbyists."
Clean Energy or New Weapons: What the Fusion Breakthrough Really Means, by M.V. Ramana
As the history of nuclear fusion since the 1950s shows, this complicated technology is not going to produce cheap and reliable electricity to light bulbs or power computers anytime in the foreseeable future.
Paying for an Overheating Earth: Whose Planet Are We On? by Stan Cox and Priti Gulati Cox
What’s needed, says Oxfam, an organization focused on alleviating global poverty, is “a fair and automatic mechanism for financial support — rooted in the principle that those who have contributed most to the climate crisis pay for the damage it causes in countries least responsible and hardest hit.”