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9/23-4 News Roundup and Open Thread

The Progressive Wing Posted on September 23, 2021 by BennySeptember 23, 2021

Here's 8 minutes of @CBSMornings hosts trying and failing to get @BernieSanders to change his message pic.twitter.com/vJ8l3dKvRZ

— People for Bernie (@People4Bernie) September 23, 2021

More tweets, perspectives, and of course, your comments, below the fold.

Posted in Bernie Sanders, Climate Change, Medicare For All | Tagged budget

8/09 News Roundup & OT

The Progressive Wing Posted on August 9, 2021 by BennyAugust 9, 2021

Humans have pushed the climate into ‘unprecedented’ territory, landmark U.N. report finds

More than three decades ago, a collection of scientists sanctioned by the United Nations first warned that humans were fueling a dangerous greenhouse effect and that if the world didn’t act collectively and deliberately to slow Earth’s warming, there could be “profound consequences” for people and nature alike.

The scientists were right.

On Monday, that same body — the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — issued its latest and most dire assessment about the state of the planet, detailing how humans have altered the environment at an “unprecedented” pace and cautioning that the world risks increasingly catastrophic impacts in the absence of rapid greenhouse gas reductions.

The landmark report, compiled by 234 authors relying on more than 14,000 studies from around the globe, bluntly lays out for policymakers and the public the most up-to-date understanding of the physical science on climate change. Released amid a summer of deadly fires, floods and heat waves, it arrives less than three months before a critical summit this November in Scotland, where world leaders face mounting pressure to move more urgently to slow the Earth’s warming.

Monday’s sprawling assessment states that there is no remaining scientific doubt that humans are fueling climate change. That much is “unequivocal.” The only real uncertainty that remains, its authors say, is whether the world can muster the will to stave off a darker future than the one it already has carved in stone.

Greece has also been fighting unprecedented wildfires this summer and is one of numerous places worldwide to face devastating fires in recent years.

Even Siberia, seen in 2019, has been affected. Scientists say the intense fires that have become summertime fixtures in both hemispheres would be almost impossible in a world unaltered by human activities. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)
U.N. Secretary General António Guterres called the findings “a code red for humanity” and said societies must find ways to embrace the transformational changes necessary to limit warming as much as possible. “We owe this to the entire human family,” he said in a statement. “There is no time for delay and no room for excuses.”

But so far, the collective effort to slow climate change has proved gravely insufficient. Instead of the sort of emission cuts that scientists say must happen, global greenhouse gas pollution is still growing. Countries have failed to meet the targets they set under the 2015 Paris climate accord, and even the bolder pledges some nations recently have embraced still leave the world on a perilous path.

More about this report and other news in the comments. This also serves as an open thread.

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Foreign Policy, Fracking

11/14 News & Open Thread

The Progressive Wing Posted on November 14, 2020 by magsviewNovember 14, 2020

Happy Saturday birdie friends!

I found some good news:

Michigan Gov. Moves to Shut Down Line 5 Pipeline to Protect Great Lakes

Environmental and Indigenous activists celebrated Friday after Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer took action to shut down the decades-old Enbridge Line 5 oil and natural gas pipelines that run under the Straits of Mackinac, narrow waterways that connect Lake Huron and Lake Michigan—two of the Great Lakes.

Citing the threat to the Great Lakes as well as “persistent and incurable violations” by Enbridge, Whitmer and Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Director Dan Eichinger informed the Canadian fossil fuel giant that a 1953 easement allowing it to operate the pipelines is being revoked and terminated.

The move, which Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel asked the Ingham County Circuit Court to validate, gives Enbridge until May 2021 to stop operating the twin pipelines, “allowing for an orderly transition that protects Michigan’s energy needs over the coming months,” according to a statement from the governor’s office.

Please add your news below and I hope you all have a great day!!

 

 

Posted in Oil/Gas Pipelines, Open Thread

House paid sick leave covers only 20% of workers, it’s a scam.

The Progressive Wing Posted on March 14, 2020 by Subir GrewalMarch 14, 2020

Even in a pandemic, the long arm of big corporate interests drives legislation. Turns out the much heralded paid sick leave provision in the house bill doesn’t cover large companies with over 500 employees. That’s more than half the workforce. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday night celebrated the coronavirus legislation that passed early Saturday as providing paid sick leave to American workers affected by the pandemic. She neglected to mention the fine print. In fact, the bill guarantees sick leave only to about 20 percent of workers. Big employers like McDonald’s and Amazon are not required to provide any … Continue reading →

Posted in Medicare For All | Tagged Coronavirus

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