Mehdi Hasan just tweeted this: Back in March, @GretaThunberg told me she wasn't impressed with the Biden administration's progress on climate change. She still isn't - from today's @MehdiHasanShow: “This administration is not ready to act as seriously as we need, unfortunately.”
Remember the great philosopher who asked “What, me worry?”
Watch : https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan to see Greta say “This administration is not ready to act as seriously as we need.”
April 22, 2021 the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on the Environment held its first hearing of the 117th Congress, “The Role of Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Preventing Action on the Climate Crisis.” ─► Video & Testimony by Greta Thunberg Founder, Fridays For Future ─ Tara Houska Founder, Giniw Collective ─ Peter Erickson Climate Policy Program Director, Stockholm Environmental Institute ─ Joseph Aldy Professor, Harvard University ─ Jill Antares Hunkler a Seventh Generation Ohio Valley Resident are all here where you can also get their testimony statements ─► https://oversight.house.gov/legislation/hearings/on-the-role-of-fossil-fuel-subsidies-in-preventing-action-on-the-climate-crisis
So, Here are a few work-through Educational Briefings and Action Items for you:
81 days to go until the Glasgow Climate Talks, we have to talk about one of the most important industries propping up fossil fuels: the insurance industry.
New Video by @SenWhitehouse is a strong message to Insurance Industry “It’s time to wake up & show up. Stop underwriting fossil fuel expansion & phase out insurance for existing fossil fuels.” @LibertyMutual - @AIGinsurance - @Chubb and @Travelers , Are You Listening? Get this video explanation ─ https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1422213851349540870
Trans Mountain pipeline Edmonton to Vancouver must get insurance by Aug.31 — Without insurance, this disaster tar sands pipeline can’t go ahead https://www.insureourfuture.us/stop-insuring-tmx
Trans Mountain is trying to get insurers for next year ─ 15 companies have already ruled it out. The rest of the insurance industry must rule out this toxic pipeline as well.
Trans Mountain pipeline route map (zoom to 175%) ─► https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/applications-hearings/view-applications-projects/trans-mountain-expansion/map/ppbrsgmnt-eng.png
Don’t be gloomy; it’s not that awful 😐 In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder & bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, The Renaissance.
In Switzerland they had Brotherly Love, 500 years of democracy & peace but they produced The Cuckoo Clock. ☺ Don’t be gloomy; it’s not that awful … (for once) 😐 Remember the great 20th Century philosopher who asked “What, me worry?”
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Stop the Money Pipeline (STMP) on Aug. 3 launched a major new campaign ─► Deadline Glasgow: Defund Climate Chaos ─► briefing video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fabY4u1hWtk
Stop the Money Pipeline (STMP) ─ https://stopthemoneypipeline.com
Deadline Glasgow: Defund Climate Chaos — Campaign Kickoff Event ─ webinar ─ Aug 3 - readying for Nov 1 global climate talks ─► https://stopthemoneypipeline.com/glasgow
Tara Houska of Giniw Collective, Kayah George of Indigenous Climate Action, Rep. Rashida Tlaib & Bill McKibben http://billmckibben.com ─► https://stopthemoneypipeline.com/glasgow
Sign petition to Wall St & POTUS Biden: Defund Climate Chaos ─►coalition action via https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-the-petition-to-wall-street-president-biden-defund-climate-chaos
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Dixie Fire (8-22-21) active 39 days, 37% contained on 1,127 square miles of 5 counties centered on Plumas County, CA (same as 34 miles x 34 miles) may be contained by 9-30-21. Comparison: City of LA sprawls only 469 square miles. Details at https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2021/7/14/dixie-fire
Fires burning in northern California are exhibiting extreme fire growth based on critical fuel conditions. The prioritization of resources is always based on life, property, and natural resources. Under these drought conditions, wildfires are burning rapidly with extreme severity and have traveled up to 8 miles in a single day. Fuel conditions are much worse than previous years and along with wind is causing much greater fire spread. Firefighters are experiencing conditions never seen before, such as increased spread rates, spotting and active nighttime burning.
Northwest Interagency Coordination Center (NWCC) is Geographic Area Coordination Center for Oregon & Washington ─Fire info & more─► https://gacc.nifc.gov/nwcc/
Northwest Large Fire Interactive Web Map ─ NWCC GIS https://gacc.nifc.gov/nwcc/information/firemap.aspx
Tokata Iron Eyes and Greta Thunberg (Teenagers!) convened a youth panel at Pine Ridge https://www.facebook.com/LakotaPeoplesLawProject/videos/704071980075463 ─
─ Tokata & Greta’s full video stream of Youth Panel at Red Cloud is on Lakota People's Law Project Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/LakotaPeoplesLawProject/videos/1406484662839573/