Jodi Dean: A Proposal to Save the Climate: Decommodify, Decolonize and Decarbonize the Country

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February 18, 2023

BreakThrough News on Jan 13, 2023

After years of catastrophic droughts, deadly storms have put 90% of Californians under flood watch. The torrential rainstorms in the state have created deadly flooding and mudslides that have killed 17 and left hundreds of thousands without power. The flooding in California, along with the deadly winter storm that ravaged much of the US through Christmas, is part of the long-predicted impacts of climate change.

Kill Capitalism Before It Kills Us, by Paul Street

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by Paul Street
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The Paul Street Report, Jan. 24, 2023
January 26, 2023

“It seems to be easier for us today to imagine the thoroughgoing deterioration of the earth and then of nature than the breakdown of late capitalism.” — Fredric Jameson, The Seeds of Time, 1994

Exxon Got Rich. We Got Played, by Rivera Sun

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by Rivera Sun
Writer, Dandelion Salad
January 21, 2023

When I was a teenager, I knew global warming was caused by fossil fuels. So did Exxon.

After the Deluge, by Derek Royden

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by Derek Royden
Guest Writer, Dandelion Salad
PeaceVoice, Oct. 3, 2022
October 9, 2022

In 1988 climatologist James Hansen announced, “Global warming has arrived.”

Now, 34 years later, it is painfully obvious that climate catastrophe has arrived.

Oil Barons, Pentagon Knowingly Wreck The Planet, by Scott Scheffer

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by Scott Scheffer
Struggle ★ La Lucha, May 27, 2022
June 9, 2022

The U.S. government and all the corporations that profit from fossil fuels are cherry picking the actions that they are taking in response to the global climate emergency. Everything that they are pursuing is potentially profitable, and they are paying less attention to reforestation, wind power, solar power or other alternative energy sources.

Extreme Heat Could Make One Third of Planet Uninhabitable + Mass Media Fail to Link Heat Waves and Climate Change

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TheRealNews on Aug 1, 2018

Climate scientist Michael Mann says that, under a business-as-usual scenario, the mass displacement of billions could trigger an unprecedented national security crisis.

Abby Martin: The Sacrifice Zones of Houston Before and After Hurricane Harvey, Part 2

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teleSUR English on Oct 18, 2017

In this second installment of special coverage Hurricane Harvey’s aftermath, Abby Martin explores how the petrochemical industry dominates the city and why its low-income, Black and Latino areas are in the highest-risk areas for flooding and pollution, earning them the name “sacrifice zones.”

Hurricane Harvey Devastates Houston + Catastrophic Flooding Hits Houston (#AJustHarveyRecovery)

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Hurricane Harvey Devastates Houston as Scientists Warn of the Perils of Ignoring Climate Change

TheRealNews on Aug 28, 2017

Millions face flooding as nation’s 4th largest city faces another week of rain.

Deaths as Hurricane Irene batters U.S. East Coast

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AlJazeeraEnglish on Aug 27, 2011

Millions of people are taking shelter along the American east coast.

Hurricane Irene is not the most powerful storm on record, but still large enough to cause damage.