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‘Net Zero Emissions’ and the Carbon Offsetting Scam

Big Polluters are advancing a “net zero” climate agenda to delay, deceive, and deny. The IPCC is inadvertently helping them.

Board Member David Miller Takes CalPERS-Paid Vacation by Abdicating Oversight, Obstructing Board Members Doing Their Job

Why David Miller deserves a special place in the CalPERS board member Hall of Shame.

Ida’s Landfall Imminent, Disaster Expert General Russel Honoré Says Time to Declare Climate Emergency

Gulf Coast communities face added pollution as Hurricane Ida nears amid the build-out of gas export and plastic-manufacturing plants.

Imperialism Then and Now: Capital Relocation, Inequality, Encroachment and Protracted Crisis

On how imperialism enabled exploitation of labor in the global South, and then pressure on worker wages in advanced economies.

Could California End Up With a Trump-Like Governor?

How much should Californians worry that Larry Elder, a politically inexperienced, hard core right winger, might become governor?

Current Climate Extremes Double at 2 Degrees Warming and Quadruple at 3 – Lead IPCC Author

The latest IPCC report shows we are climate-cooking our goose more quickly than even most pessimists had thought.

EXPOSED: CalPERS’ Brainwashed Board in Denial that CIO Meng Caused His Own Downfall with Information He Himself Provided

CalPERS’ secret rmeeting after CIO Meng left in a huff shows how staff controls the board, here by falsely claiming internal sabotage.

The Most Monstrously Overstimulated Economy & Markets Ever

The Fed will trim back its stimulus, but it’s already pumped up markets and the unwind will be too little and too slow.

Here’s What Makes a New Amazon Carbon Study So Unnerving

Walking through yet more troubling information about the state of the Amazon.

Imperialism Then and Now: Drain of Wealth, Depression, The Role of the State and Globalization

Yves here. This is the second section of the GPENewdoc historical series on imperialism and capitalism. You can find Part 1 here. By Lynn Fries. Originally published at GPENewsdocs Prabhat Patnaik explains how the colonial system led to depression. Then, in advanced countries governments stepped in to increase demand and productivity, but how unless the […]

EXPOSED: Transcript of CalPERS Closed Session on Ben Meng Departure Shows Clear and Extensive Violations of Transparency Laws, Builds Case for Contempt Ruling by Judge Markman (Presiding)

Oops! CalPERS released nearly all of a transcript of a board meeting after Ben Meng’s resignation that it was fighting to keep secret.

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‘Net Zero Emissions’ and the Carbon Offsetting Scam

Board Member David Miller Takes CalPERS-Paid Vacation by Abdicating Oversight, Obstructing Board Members Doing Their Job

Ida’s Landfall Imminent, Disaster Expert General Russel Honoré Says Time to Declare Climate Emergency

Links 8/28/2021

Imperialism Then and Now: Capital Relocation, Inequality, Encroachment and Protracted Crisis

Could California End Up With a Trump-Like Governor?

Links 8/27/2021

Current Climate Extremes Double at 2 Degrees Warming and Quadruple at 3 – Lead IPCC Author

EXPOSED: CalPERS’ Brainwashed Board in Denial that CIO Meng Caused His Own Downfall with Information He Himself Provided

The Most Monstrously Overstimulated Economy & Markets Ever

Here’s What Makes a New Amazon Carbon Study So Unnerving

Imperialism Then and Now: Drain of Wealth, Depression, The Role of the State and Globalization

EXPOSED: Transcript of CalPERS Closed Session on Ben Meng Departure Shows Clear and Extensive Violations of Transparency Laws, Builds Case for Contempt Ruling by Judge Markman (Presiding)

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