Such an excellent interview that Amy Goodman did once again with Dahr Jamail, a critically important voice of truth that is never heard on the American mainstream corporate media. We all need to know the work of Dahr Jamail. I cannot find the words to adequately express my gratitude and respect and love for this man who has worked tirelessly for decades to bring us the truth about the climate and ecological crises.
Yet if we only listen to the corporate media, we have been robbed of this information vital to our very survival. This is why I repeatedly speak about the importance of seeking independent media resources that are not in any way tied to any political party or the fossil fuel industry, Wall Street, the military industrial complex, and other multinational interests. This whole interview also illuminates why it is so deeply important for us to work together to get fossil fuel and all Dark Money out of our media and political systems.
Regarding Pence and Trump and all who are doing the deadly bidding of the fossil fuel lobby, these voices and actions are those of the greatest criminals our nation and the planet has ever known exactly because their poisonous propaganda puts all life on Earth at ever accelerating risk. Today’s children will look back on these times and wonder how we ever could have believed them and not held them accountable for crimes against humanity and our Earth Mother. — Molly
Ongoing heavy rain has killed at least 67 people in Nepal, 25 in India and 14 in Bangladesh as flooding from monsoons has displaced 1 million people in South Asia. This year’s flooding in the region has been worse than ever before and is likely fueled by rising global temperatures, which have led to more extreme weather. Scientists warn that the risk of deadly floods is not over. In the United States, New Orleans residents managed to avoid the worst of Tropical Storm Barry, but 11 million people continued to be on flash flood warning as the storm slowly made its way through Louisiana over the weekend. President Trump has declared a state of emergency in Louisiana, where more than 60,000 remained without power on Sunday. We speak with Dahr Jamail, a staff reporter at Truthout and author of “The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption.” “We can look around the world and just see, right now, before our very eyes, evidence of how deep in this crisis we already are,” says Jamail. “June was the hottest June ever recorded on the planet. The last five years are the hottest five years in history. This is the trajectory that we’re on, and these numbers are only going to continue to increase.”
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! I’m Amy Goodman. As Tropical Storm Barry made landfall in Louisiana, with millions of people under flash flood alert, an even more dire climate catastrophe was playing out across South Asia, where ongoing heavy rain and flooding have killed around a hundred people—67 people in Nepal, 25 in India, 14 in Bangladesh, monsoon rains displacing a million people, including thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees in southern Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar—the largest refugee camp in the world. The flooding has also destroyed crops across the region. This is Mohammad Feroze Khan, an Indian farmer in Uttar Pradesh.
MOHAMMAD FEROZE KHAN: [translated] The rainfall has also been extreme, 70 to 72 hours of continuous rain. The water level kept increasing and slowly submerged the farmlands. Nearly all of the crops have been destroyed.
AMY GOODMAN: Monsoon season regularly pummels South Asia with deadly rains. Flooding killed more than a thousand people in 2017. But this year’s flooding has been even worse, is likely fueled by global warming, which has led to more extreme weather in the region. Scientists warn the risk of deadly floods is not over...
DAHR JAMAIL: Well, the whole—everything we just heard about what you’re reporting with these ICE raids and the migrant crisis, the vast majority of these people are climate refugees. So, to anyone in this country that thinks this crisis is not just on our doorstep, but we’re living with the ramifications of it, that’s just one layer of it. We can look around the world and just see, right now, before our very eyes, evidence of how deep in this crisis we already are. It’s not a future-tense thing anymore. We are in it, and it is going to grow worse.
Please go here for the full transcript and original video program: https://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/15/nepal_india_bangladesh_flooding_climate_crisis?fbclid=IwAR2T8EIHxArwZtScjXzypZBQHxMGD1VwqumqwctOnlLb6BZkeR4Gr8n4RXw Please go here for more from Dahr Jamail: https://truthout.org/authors/dahr-jamail/
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