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New Colorado Climate Corps to combat wildfires and floods, protect public lands   via  @denverpost   As Colorado Announces Its Own Climate Corps, Democrats Push For A Far More Expansive National Version  Four big climate items in the reconciliation bill in Congress  via  @FLPhoenixNews Old-growth  #forests  help protect communities from the dangers of  #climatechange . Let's return the favour. Call for a reform to forestry practices that puts resilient forests and community safety first:  http://act.newmode.social/734809871t Remnants of this destructive administration still linger on, mostly as a result of his GOP enablers. Once they're gone, he'll fade into the darkness from whence he came.  Hopefully the hate and violence he engenders will disappear with him.  -  Trump May Be Gone, But the Fight Against His Border Wall Goes On  Hope for Line 5 opponents via Line 3’s latest development?   All posted below this l...

The study is well worth the read -  Study: Indigenous resistance has staved off 25% of U.S. and Canada's annual emissions   (the study:  https://www.ienearth.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Indigenous-Resistance-Against-Carbon-2021.pdf ) Standing Rock is Everywhere: The Indigenous Heart of the Climate Change Fight   Arresting water protectors is not going to stop the civil disobedience. Those who arrest are in the wrong here, have been since the beginning -  Nearly 2 dozen arrested in Line 3 pipeline protest   via  @KARE11 Actually it's for everyone. Think clean water, clean air. -   “Stop Line 3” for the environment and Indigenous rights  This part isn't covered till the third part of this article -  Enbridge Line3: The Climate Disaster Unfolding Before Our Eyes Politicians still refuse to take action on climate disaster US House panel passes reconciliation bill protecting Arctic reserve from drilling   via  @IndianEx...

Excellent read that lays it out why we must protect the Tongass -  The privilege of indifference: Commonalities between national forest management and Divest Princeton   This is definitely disconcerting b/c of keeping payments in place to oil & gas -  Judge deals blow to Obama fossil fuel royalty rule  We've waited long enough. This must be done now. -  Environmental groups call for immediate restoration of national monuments shrunk by Trump  More national parks won’t solve overcrowding  via  @highcountrynews Indigenous resistance instrumental in stopping high-profile fossil fuel projects, says report   via  @NationofChange Indigenous Peoples’ “Outsized Success” in Confronting Climate Chaos   Once the Uranium Capital of the World, Moab, Utah, wants to unload its radioactive legacy  Climate lessons from Grand Teton National Park, and the Jewish New Year  This may have a paywall.  EPA to protect Alaska’s Bristo...

Enbridge needs to accept the fact that their filthy fossil fuels are soon becoming a thing of the past, period. -  Tlaib joins ‘Squad’ in Minn. to oppose Enbridge’s Line 3, draws parallels to Line 5 fight  via  @michiganadvance Editorial | Joe Biden should block Line 3  v ia  @CapTimes   Elder is really stupid when it comes to this too. He knows about as much as the idiot who claimed we needed to keep our forest floors clean by raking them.  But those two are one in the same. He knows nothing. He's no different than that incompetent we were stuck with because of the Electoral College in 2016. Have you noticed too how Elder twists facts to suit his narrative? No thanks!  And no, I won't show Elder any kind of respect, a guy who believes the minimum wage should be zero, who hates women, who wants to stop any actions in place to battle COVID. He deserves nothing!  -  Larry Elder’s Claimed California Needs More Logging to Stop Wildfires...

No thanks, Enbridge. We're tired of your many spills and filthy tar sands oil. -  Enbridge agreed to acquire Moda Midstream for $3 billion to add U.S. Gulf Coast oil export capacity  via  @markets   Time to crack down on the GOP in every red state, period.  They're a threat to our well-being, to Mother Earth's well-being.  All they see are dollar signs from fossil fuel companies. The consequences mean nothing to them. -  The Reason Right-Wing States Are Cracking Down on Indigenous Climate Protesters  Omar, other progressive Congress women, in Minnesota to protest Enbridge oil pipeline  How A Colorado Coal Plant Could Become A Massive Battery For Renewable Energy  Hour long interview link found at the end -  Secwepemc land defender Kanahus Manuel highlights the need for security for land defenders  All posted below this line posted on 9/13 ___________________________________ And it doesn't make it right. The right wing and ...

Something else you can do after you mark your ballot no on the Recall. Tesla Park is home to threatened, endangered and special-status species. But for more than 20 years, there’s been pressure to turn it into an ORV playground. Tell  @CAgovernor  to support permanent protection for this spectacular landscape.  https://act.biologicaldiversity.org/7B2mq_snEEK_liYs8W6X5Q2?sourceid=1007172&ceid=461879   This is fine with me. Any obstacle to stop any kind of mineral mining works -  Commentary: Roadless Rule will hinder mineral exploration in the Tongass   via  @thecordovatimes All posted below this line posted on 9/7 ___________________________________ The Squad protests Line 3 Pipeline in Minnesota: ‘We are here because the climate crisis is here’   via  @RedGreenandBlue Harrington should be more concerned about what these NEW pipelines will be doing to the planet, our waters, as well as how they threaten the well being of our children &...

This is a holiday weekend so there may not be much available. More to come later in the next few days or even today more than likely. How to Raise Revenue Quickly: End Fossil Fuel Handouts  Wildfires, Smoke Snuff Out Outdoor Adventures Across US  Why are they trying to go backwards? Seems like greed is speaking here. -  We need to support access and resource development in the Tongass  All posted below this line posted on 9/6 __________________________________ Progressive ‘Squad’ members in Minnesota to protest pipeline   Officials closed a river in California citing toxic algae weeks after a family of 3 was mysteriously found dead nearby   via  @YahooNews