Mittwoch, 13. Januar 2021

Klima-Update von Klimaschutz / Gletscherinitaive:


US-Politik und Klima. Spannend, aber auch besorgniserregend.


https://gletscher-initiative.ch/climate-update/climate-update-13-01-2021 

Climate Deniers Moved Rapidly to Spread Misinformation During and
After Attack on US Capitol. Some climate deniers, including some with
ties to the Heartland Institute, also directly expressed support for the
attackers and called for more violence,
 Desmog reports.

White nationalism gave us the climate emergency. Now, it's our biggest obstacle. Anti-racism must be the core of climate action. Without it, we risk losing everything, Eric Holthaus writes on The Phoenix.

Racist Patriarchy: The last gEmily Atkin explains on Heatedasp of a dying ideology is not unlike the death throes of a flowering tree. In this invited essay on The Phoenix, Solitaire Townsend calls us to be foresters for democracy.

Eco-fascism: Rightist environmental writer Michael Shellenberger said there was a "climate twist" in the Trump-led riot. But the antler guy isn't a climate activist. He's an eco-fascist, . –– The Climate Crisis Will Be Steroids for Fascism, Gizmodo writes.

Big Oil & Trumpism: The Big Oil Money Behind the Members of Congress Who Fueled the Capitol Attack. By Gizmodo. –– Oil and gas corporations, including Chevron and Exxon, have donated a total of $5.4 million to the seven Senators who voted to overturn the presidential election and bolstered a violent, failed attempted coup by pro-Trump extremists, Greenpeace reports.

Double Standard of State Authorities: Capitol Rioters Walked Away. Climate Protesters Saw a Double Stanard. "There's two worlds," said one community activist to The New York Times who has been arrested several times at nonviolent protests. "Ans we've got to fix that." (paywall)