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We're bombarded by news of Arctic ice melting at an alarming rate and the world being on fire, but the data tell a very different story, says Chris Morrison.
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The need for unified mass demonstrations in the streets calling for urgent action on the climate emergency, with a central demand that the race and class issues involved be a top priority, is off-the-charts needed now. Fortunately, a worldwide mobilization doing just this is coming together for actions September 15-17 in New York City and […]

Politicians and journalists have been quick to blame the Canadian wildfires on climate change, but they fail to mention that fires in Canada are currently at historic lows.
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There are over 400 wildfires burning across Canada and 239 were determined to be out of control. Smoke is affecting 18 states and millions of Americans were advised to stay indoors. The sources for the fires in many areas are unknown and are raising many questions.

Sylvia Shawcross Waking up to the red sun in the morning when sailors take warning is a miracle nevertheless. The world turns as it always has. Early in June here in the grand country of Canada, in the province of Quebec the lily of the valley honeys the air. As does, or as will the …

Kit Knightly Canadian wildfires are all over the headlines, but this latest dose of climate-related fear-porn is just another stage in a propaganda campaign aiming to “pivot from covid to climate”. Now, first things first, let’s discuss the fires themselves. Forest fires, or wildfires, are a perfectly natural phenomenon and a vital part of the …

Both wildfires have now been conclusively traced to planned burns conducted by the Forest Service and were meant to reduce dry fuel to reduce the threat of extreme fires. So far, the New Mexico fire has destroyed 330 homes and scorched some 500 square miles.

Global warming is, in large part, the outcome of a destructive pattern instigated and sustained by capitalism. The latter can only survive through unhindered consumption, inequality, greed and, when necessary, war.
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Interrogate the devil; he will tell you that beauty is a pair of horns, four claws and a tail. — Voltaire’s Philosophical Dictionary This is what real education looks like — Evo Organizes Anti-Imperialist Day School For Youth Iris Varela spoke about the history of the Bolivarian Revolution and explained in detail how the economic blockade […]
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  Audrey Denney is running for Congress in the northeast corner of California (CA-01), where the state meets Oregon and Nevada. It's a largely rural district with the most exposure to Climate Change-induced wildfires anywhere in the state. She told me yesterday that the Trumpist incumbent, Doug LaMalfa "does not believe in human induced climate change. He has recently called climate change policies 'radical.' He either has been bought and paid for by the oil and gas industry (as his FEC reports show)-- or he doesn’t have the capacity to wrap his mind around science.