Saturday, December 18, 2021

Ecology and Pollution and Climate Change related links 121821

 

THE STETSON KENNEDY FOUNDATION: Started by writer and activist Stetson Kennedy and is committed to advocating for mother earth and fellow man.

http://www.stetsonkennedy.com/foundation.html

 

ONE WEEK (a busy one) IN A CONSERVATION PROGRAM !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIS7-KqOH4c

 

Fact check: Sugar substitute xylitol is dangerous for dogs, found in sugar-free foods

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/09/10/fact-check-sweetener-xylitol-poisonous-dogs-can-fatal/8273540002/

 

“Major cities really matter”: Mayors demand climate action

https://apnews.com/article/climate-science-business-africa-europe-fd7a0d0e80e2d68440e5d6b1a2868714?fbclid=IwAR19TkhaPcCZ5skWuMB2YgtQSp8iKqolpsLbHRfZOWf_ARpcdNBU5Qk4dG8

 

Biden’s climate plan aims to reduce methane emissions

https://apnews.com/article/climate-joe-biden-business-scotland-europe-aa0893a5aaa68f4ec3a431dc2712a587?fbclid=IwAR0zy9E4AZjcziCuY-BjUvBU9rBgwAcT79PgTX9ix1ZPjFwbbqvdbOAmvRY

 

Misinformation about climate 'increasing substantially' on Facebook: “As a big tech platform, and one of the world’s largest companies, it is Facebook’s responsibility to be a net positive in this area,” the report states.

https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/climate-change/580063-misinformation-about-climate-increasing?fbclid=IwAR2KAx7AWk2gIQGMjRn12LskTGgcJP5ZrCVkZvjPQBHpclWF5FioZTu3uWQ

 

The White House’s New Climate Strategy: Let Businesses Solve It: Biden administration officials at COP26 have been praising the power of profitable investment to fight global warming.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164279/white-house-climate-business-cop26?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

More than 40 countries agree to phase out coal-fired power: Critics say pledge to end use of dirtiest fuel source in 2030s and 40s does not go far enough

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/03/more-than-40-countries-agree-to-phase-out-coal-fired-power

 

OPEC+ keeps cautious oil production despite Biden pressure

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-business-economy-prices-7d567fede0ad9619a32def9a4b02eb37

 

COP26 Protesters in Glasgow Push for Action From Leaders: Rally in the host city for the U.N. climate summit was expected to include indigenous leaders from the Amazon, environmental groups and Greta Thunberg

https://www.wsj.com/articles/cop26-protesters-in-glasgow-push-for-action-from-leaders-11636208381?fbclid=IwAR2RPn4zyL9rn5oaWhh4fLqAEREi3N3_MLLLQ-N769Al6hpEINxoolSKOuI

 

Gore says ‘scientists warned us’ about climate

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/gore-says-scientists-warned-us-about-climate?fbclid=IwAR23g3djUn0PJAac1MVESaDoUQU_hvWdFYwh3j2YIdIZnNy1kT5D0DlfZYY

 

Biden’s Energy Secretary Dodges a Question About Oil and Gas Exports: Jennifer Granholm claimed Friday that halting exports wasn’t her “lane”—even though her department has exclusive authority over approving them.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164307/bidens-energy-secretary-dodges-question-oil-gas-exports?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

Global Climate Wall: How the world’s wealthiest nations prioritise borders over climate action

https://www.tni.org/en/publication/global-climate-wall

 

Framing Climate Justice: Catastrophic heatwaves, devastating droughts, deadly wildfires and extreme storms. In 2018, the world saw glimpses of what the future could be without urgent action to solve the climate crisis.

https://publicinterest.org.uk/framing-climate-justice/

 

People Not Polluters: Winning the Grassroots Movement to End the Era of Fossil Fuels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m0DLSOhiBk&list=PLBcZ22cUY9RL4TEKTBfoLupiqS5n7Kr6c&index=50

 

Fossil Fuel Executives at the Glasgow Climate Talks Are Miffed With the Media: Reporters have raised doubts about carbon offsets, and oil and gas corporations are worried that the public will turn against such programs.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164376/fossil-fuel-executives-cop26-carbon-offsets-media?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

Nearly 200 Nations Reach Watered-Down Climate Agreement At COP26: India succeeded in loosening language around coal emissions at the last minute.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cop26-climate-agreement_n_6190172be4b04e5bdfd0a36f

 

AP analysis: Exposure to extreme heat has tripled since 1983

https://apnews.com/article/climate-science-asia-pacific-africa-environment-and-nature-aef81a77175098d899eb77e751aa7f53?fbclid=IwAR3STY6NhLgf77O2owWwlNTqLksbPfVP3X5erppXmVN4YuuPS98kmtr1LhU

 

Plastic is Poisoning the Planet

http://www.populist.com/27.18.Lingo.html

 

Finding the Consequences in Pesticides

http://www.populist.com/27.18.McMillen.html

 

Conservation Agriculture Buoys an Iowa Farmer Through Drought

http://www.populist.com/27.18.ArtCullen.html

 

Biden’s Build Back Better Plan Is First and Foremost a Jobs Plan: All that public investment rebuilds infrastructure, greens the economy, and supports caregiving—but mainly it creates at least four million good jobs.

https://prospect.org/infrastructure/building-back-america/bidens-build-back-better-plan-first-and-foremost-jobs-plan/

 

COP26: Biden first President to Back Sweeping Measures on Climate, as for-profit Press lets Denialist Republicans off the Hook

https://www.juancole.com/2021/11/president-denialist-republicans.html

 

Voters Care About Climate Change. That’s Not Enough.  Polls consistently show that we’re worried about climate change, but many of us—especially politicians—don’t act like it.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164413/voters-care-climate-change-thats-not-enough?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

Cold as Ice

http://www.populist.com/27.19.Friedman.html

 

Back-to-back hurricanes expected to increase in the Gulf Coast

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-back-to-back-hurricanes-gulf-coast.html?fbclid=IwAR08tE_WFMARqYOvBrqTXHHgHuNUdm_3ekzNl_rty_Liwqt7quRRILyXQ2I

 

The brutal gap between ambition and reality in addressing climate change

https://www.axios.com/ambition-reality-emissions-climate-change-cop26-13aad6b4-73f3-4cbe-9046-60fc0c3c0dda.html?fbclid=IwAR19bTiHNncG9n-GYODebul43ZEsKO-4SfoeEsLu99mJ_V4RnriSoL7nnGc

 

Climate action rally in Carlisle sends a powerful message

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19700395.climate-action-rally-carlisle-sends-powerful-message/

 

Capitalist drive to environmental destruction

https://landbackfriends.com/2021/11/09/capitalist-drive-to-environmental-destruction/

 

Solving the Climate Crisis Requires the End of Capitalism

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2021-10-13/solving-the-climate-crisis-requires-the-end-of-capitalism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solving-the-climate-crisis-requires-the-end-of-capitalism&mc_cid=6ca2e851dd&mc_eid=4e76357721

 

5th International Ecosocialist Encounters

https://scote3.net/2021/10/19/5th-international-ecosocialist-encounters/

 

To Find Out If ExxonMobil Really Supports a Carbon Tax, Just Follow the Money https://independentmediainstitute.org/efl-tat-20211012/

 

Democrats Failing Planet Again

http://www.populist.com/27.20.Lingo.html

 

Call it the ‘Green Real Deal’

http://www.populist.com/27.20.Young.html

 

Medicinal Advances May Depend on Preserving Biodiversity

http://www.populist.com/27.20.Buell.html

 

Will We Survive What’s Coming?

http://www.populist.com/27.20.Seggel.html

 

Marjorie ‘Slim’ Woodruff: Let’s redefine those bucket lists. Hiking across larger national parks and up steep hills is no walk in the park.

https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2021/10/19/marjorie-slim-woodruff/

 

Collapse in a Nutshell: Understanding Our Predicament (33 min) - Nov 15, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6FcNgOHYoo

 

Overshoot in a Nutshell: Understanding Our Predicament (31 min) - Nov 15, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPMPINPcrdk

 

THE FOSSIL FUEL NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY:  A global initiative to phase out fossil fuels and support a just transition

https://fossilfueltreaty.org/

 

The Biden Administration’s Drilling Auction Shows Why the Paris Agreement Isn’t Enough: There’s no way to fix the climate without transitioning off fossil fuels. But rich nations still aren’t planning for that.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164465/biden-administrations-drilling-auction-shows-paris-agreement-isnt-enough?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

Our Climate Action Plan

https://www.edf.org/our-climate-action-plan

 

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION & JUSTICE AT NRDC

https://www.nrdc.org/diversity-equity-inclusion-justice-nrdc#embedding-equity-into-our-work?source=EMOGRTINF&tkd=6045693&utm_source=alert&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=email

 

The Destruction of Nature Is as Dangerous as Climate Change | Planet A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHJd9GxEoX0

 

'Pipelines will be blown up,' says David Suzuki, if leaders don't act on climate change

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2442290084219/pipelines-will-be-blown-up-says-david-suzuki-if-leaders-don-t-act-on-climate-change?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a1&share_destination_id=MTUwNDUxMjc2LTE2Mzc2MDM3ODk5Mzc=

 

Biden officials to propose road ban on much of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest: The move would restrict development on roughly 9.3 million acres in North America’s largest temperate rainforest, according to those briefed on the plan, reversing Trump administration decision.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/11/18/tongass-national-forest-roadless-rule/?fbclid=IwAR2dD3ZrAlhd5oI_ANr9dv4sIDdzZIMNjc_iAVaKHFPJXHnkfKYEB4JI1AU 

 

Coal-fired power plants to close after new wastewater rule

https://apnews.com/article/climate-business-environment-and-nature-environment-pollution-eb6010e5e0782d893d47c50b91f53ad8?fbclid=IwAR0WxtLnHC9TeDzvXgv8d1YaZQF_bm-hIh5DR7iKbwJFRa2qmWrJ2pF_rIQ

 

NOAH'S AVIARY at the Highest Peak of Cagayan de Oro 4K

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-i00e-JNPU

 

Is Flying Home for the Holidays Bad for the Planet?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/opinion/climate-change-guilt-flights.html

 

Shatter the Glasgow Facade

http://www.populist.com/27.21.Lingo.html

 

Promises Are Not Enough

http://www.populist.com/27.21.Kalet.html

 

COP26: Biden first President to Back Sweeping Measures on Climate, as for-profit Press lets Denialist Republicans off the Hook

https://www.juancole.com/2021/11/president-denialist-republicans.html

 

From Adventurer to Activist: Jacques Cousteau.  Liz Garbus's nonfiction biopic takes a deep dive into the explorer's evolution into an environmental crusader.

http://www.populist.com/27.21.Rampell.html

 

At UN Climate Summit, It’s People Power vs. Fossil Fuel Dinosaurs

https://www.democracynow.org/2021/11/4/at_un_climate_summit_its_people

 

After Ida, This Louisiana Tribe Is Organizing Its Own Recovery: Armed with agricultural knowledge and mutual aid networks, the Houma people aren’t waiting on the government to rescue them.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/louisiana-hurricane-native-tribe-climate-resilience

 

The Small Towns Rejecting Solar Farms: Residents are split over the largest solar farm in Wisconsin moving in next door

https://inthesetimes.com/article/wisconsin-koshkonong-solar-farm-rural-energy

 

WELCOME TO POLITICS OF BEING: A vision put forward by Dr. Thomas Legrand in his recent book.

This space is an invitation to co-create the new development paradigm we need: one that is focused on “being” instead of “having”.

https://politicsofbeing.com/

 

Politics of Being: Wisdom and Science for a new development paradigm by Thomas LeGrand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVIY5HH8sHc

 

PGW emails show involvement in drafting bill that runs counter to climate goals

https://whyy.org/articles/pgw-emails-show-involvement-in-drafting-bill-that-runs-counter-to-climate-goals/

 

How Indigenous Peoples Are Fighting the Apocalypse

https://emergencemagazine.org/op_ed/how-indigenous-peoples-are-fighting-the-apocalypse/?fbclid=IwAR1v4sfLLqDMM4tt9J66cBjgoC8uKof8_5Nlp-qiyE_Yyn7EoWQRQ6taP3g

 

Climate Change in Texas: Texas is already experiencing the effects of climate change and is expected to experience increasing negative effects in the coming decades. Urgent action is needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in all sectors. We're working with Texas communities to get local governments to take action.

https://www.citizen.org/climate-change-in-texas/

 

The IPCC Report: How Texas Cities Stack Up.  Major metros must act more urgently on the climate crisis

https://www.citizen.org/news/the-ipcc-report-how-texas-cities-stack-up/

 

Federal Reserve Is Sleepwalking through Climate Chaos: European bank regulator’s latest shows just how little the Fed is doing on climate

https://www.citizen.org/news/federal-reserve-is-sleepwalking-through-climate-chaos/

 

Public Citizen Intern Penelope Ackling Urges Climate Action at Austin City Hall Rally: Event draws city council members, activists and local media

https://www.citizen.org/news/public-citizen-intern-penelope-ackling-urges-climate-action-at-austin-city-hall-rally/

 

Climate Change Is Transforming the Bodies of Amazonian Birds: A 40-year study found 77 species of rainforest birds weigh less on average, and many have longer wings, than they used to

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/climate-change-is-transforming-the-bodies-of-amazonian-birds-180979062/

 

Solar Panels on Future Tesla Cars (Solar Vehicles)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NIf-NY_1mY

 

Chile’s Far-Right, Climate-Denying Presidential Candidate Gets a Warm Welcome in Washington: José Antonio Kast met with Marco Rubio and business leaders ahead of his runoff election against leftist Gabriel Boric later this month—the result of which will have major implications for the planet.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164586/chiles-far-right-climate-denying-presidential-candidate-gets-warm-welcome-washington?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

Extinct tree from the time of Jesus rises from the dead in Israel - BBC REEL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0y5Z8_tefY

 

Melt Down at the Poles - COP26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B-_zf0adU0

 

Sacred Waters: The Okefenokee in Peril

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nibDPo96BHc

 

The River - Coco Love Alcorn

https://cocolovealcorn.com/track/1050488/the-river

 

The River - Coco Love Alcorn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq0lbZdbvFo

 

The River Coco Love Alcorn & The Gettin Higher Choir

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9cyK7Jbj_E

 

Welcome to the home page of the Twin Pines Minerals, LLC – Charlton County titanium and zirconium mining project.

https://twinpinesmineralscharlton.com/

 

A Campaign Director in the Southeast region, Chris Watson works on landscape connectivity, beyond boundary protection, future parks/park expansions, urban parks and wildlands, and Native American cultural connectedness to the parks.

https://www.npca.org/people/chris-watson

 

This area in Detroit is now America’s first self-sustainable agrihood

https://thegardenmagazine.com/this-area-in-detroit-is-now-americas-first-self-sustainable-agrihood/?fbclid=IwAR0fVwJa-bZX5ITE1_4iJ5nxbXE3ODaQIiSP8zOVtai0gztQqZSQp_cNUWw

 

Build Back Better Inspired A Store In Scranton, PA To Install Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn9GM2D2cGE

 

Laws that Protect Animals: Federal, State, & Local

https://aldf.org/article/laws-that-protect-animals/?fbclid=IwAR0sSCT1ChnU3H_YkfJUM3bgWvagxk0KR-rJppNClQNdhYI6ScTnl4j5yjY

 

Explainer: What is regenerative agriculture?  From policymakers to farmers and food companies, regenerative agriculture is being hailed as an alternative for food production with lower environmental impacts

https://dialogochino.net/en/agriculture/49186-what-is-regenerative-agriculture-food-systems-soil/?fbclid=IwAR27sssW2D6hWLpWa9xMc99qeh3ntBlQynmPgGRBcHYL-G7_KMnbt0HzJGA

 

Could climate change make Earth uninhabitable for humans? | Niel Bowerman | EA Global: London 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsQgDwXmsyg&fbclid=IwAR0M3W2ruu9437XWEDvWU8U8bwQ_JzOfjZXBgtCugbODY4mpoAuZk28iC90

 

'So much destruction': Over 100 still unaccounted for in Kentucky after deadly tornadoes.  The death toll stood at 74 as search and rescue efforts continued Tuesday, as did the clearing of massive amounts of debris, including dead livestock.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/-much-destruction-100-still-unaccounted-kentucky-deadly-tornadoes-rcna8725?fbclid=IwAR0fn44cWVDSqFQ_dPXRrX8zN2IXGvpt29uc0UGYGzR0C_oS7_RZKOFTXek

 

Kentucky candle factory: questions arise over why staff worked during tornadoes: Rescue for survivors continues, but why workers kept making candles on Friday night as a tornado bore down remains unclear

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/13/kentucky-tornadoes-candle-factory-search-survivors?fbclid=IwAR34ZJ5uX3VHWB678XDwp5L68-UFoY6MmQEHwGXR_y9mElxyEwRkYQ56c8w

 

Coastal creatures found living aboard floating trash in the open ocean

https://newatlas.com/environment/coastal-creatures-living-great-pacific-garbage-patch/?fbclid=IwAR0Exx_4VaUr3pY48UT93mhmXHumP6bQIFXHsnPhf8oM1xYmzdZjHd-cvBM

 

At COP 26, A Bigger, Stronger Climate Movement Made Its Mark: The new focus on equity in the climate movement will keep the pressure where it belongs: on the Global North.

https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/glasgow-climate-pact/

 

Tornadoes Should Change How Liberals Talk About Climate With Middle America: For too long, we’ve failed to show how climate change hurts this part of the country. It might be why so few people there see it as a threat.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164754/tornadoes-climate-change-middle-america?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

On the Most Fundamental of All Human Rights: Survival

https://www.laprogressive.com/survival/?utm_source=LA+Progressive+NEW&utm_campaign=050447aa9e-LAP+News+-+20+April+17+PC_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_61288e16ef-050447aa9e-286987487&mc_cid=050447aa9e&mc_eid=dd9216c814

 

Why the Internet Itself Is a Major Environmental Problem

https://www.laprogressive.com/major-environmental-problem/?utm_source=LA+Progressive+NEW&utm_campaign=050447aa9e-LAP+News+-+20+April+17+PC_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_61288e16ef-050447aa9e-286987487&mc_cid=050447aa9e&mc_eid=dd9216c814

 

The Finger Lakes Are Being Poisoned: The birthplace of American feminism is being buried under a mountain of garbage.

https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/seneca-falls-landfill-pollution/

 

Michelle Wu: Cities Must Lead for the Green New Deal.  An interview with the newly elected mayor of Boston about building on the accomplishments of progressive pioneers and shaping a new politics at the municipal level.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/qa-michelle-wu/

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