OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #117, MARCH 6, 2023

 

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #117, MARCH 6, 2023
Greta Thunberg condemns the EU in 2019.
Jessica Corbett. End Fossil Fuel Financing.
Jon Queally. To Biden: Protect the Arctic.
Articles on Ecosocialism and Community Building..

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 GRETA THUNBERG condemns the EU:

As for our climate, the earth is OVER its carbon dioxide emissions budget: our atmosphere has about 442 parts per million of CO2, whereas the carrying capacity of the earth is 350 parts per million. Greta Thunberg’s speech to the European Union in 2019 says it all:  please watch this:   Greta Thunberg passionately condemns the EU: "We will not allow you to surrender on our future". - Bing video    From UUFF, Dina Nash  2-27-23.

 

 

Jessica Corbett.   “'Tomorrow Is Too Late': Climate Strikers Target Fossil Fuel Financing Worldwide.”  Common Dreams.  3-5-23.  "The capitalistic system continuously puts profit over people," says Fridays for Future. "The Global North's fossil finance is the cause of the climate crisis, neocolonial exploitation, wars, and human rights violations."

 

 

Jon Queally.  “Democrats to Biden: 'Reject Willow Now and Protect the Arctic'.”  Common Dreams.  3-5-23. "It would be a victory for Big Oil and a huge step backwards on climate," warned Rep. Ro Khanna, who co-signed the letter.

 

Climate Crisis Articles from Monthly Review July-August 2022 (Volume 74, Number 3).  July 5.   https://monthlyreview.org/2022/07/01/mr-074-03-2022-07/

John Bellamy Foster.   “Socialism and Ecological Survival: An Introduction.”  
Time is running out for humanity to avoid a catastrophic planetary tipping point. Widespread mass mobilizations of populations worldwide must fight to bring about revolutionary societal changes and dismantle neoliberal monopoly capitalism, with its reliance on extractive exploitation of our planet’s resources and communities.

Alberto Garzón Espinosa.  “The Limits to Growth: Ecosocialism or Barbarism.” 
A major deficiency of the growth-obsessed model driving global neoliberal economic policy is its lack of understanding of the Earth System on which it—and indeed, all life on Earth—relies.

Sit Tsui .   “Surviving Through Community Building in Catastrophic Times.” 
Over the last twenty years, China has gained recognition for its efforts to reduce pollution and remediate the effects of industrialization within its borders. To mitigate the adverse effects of this reality, communities are returning to grassroots projects that present an alternative to unchecked globalization.