(2018-11-23). It's Getting Hot Up in Here. counterpunch.org 
When the overnight low (109F in Oman) would be a record high in most places on Earth, you know your planet is in trouble. The evidence of our warming climate is all around us. At times it feels as if our world is unraveling. Ice shelfs melting. Seas rising. Rivers flooding. Wildfires broiling. Hurricanes destroy- ing. Droughts devastating. It's not as if these events haven't been around since the dawn of time, but man-made global warming is undoubtedly making matters much, much worse. There's little hope that we can stem the rising tides and turn back the damage carbon has wrecked on our little blue planet. But t…
(2018-11-23). The Doomsday Machine and Nuclear Winter — Daniel Ellsberg on RAI (11/12). therealnews.com 
An H Bomb first strike will create firestorms and smoke that ends most human life; this is a fact ignored by military planners and by the Trump administration which doesn't believe in climate science — says Daniel Ellsberg on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay
(2018-11-23). Dozens arrested after climate protest blocks five London bridges. zcomm.org Thousands of protesters occupied bridges across the Thames over extinction crisis in huge act of peaceful civil disobedience…
(2018-11-23). Protect LGBTI activist Vitalina Koval. amnesty.org Vitalina Koval has been central to the LGBTI community in Ukraine. She helped set up a community centre – a safe space for LGBTI people within the growing hostility of the country. | During the International Women's Day March in Ukraine in 2017, Vitalina was attacked by a dozen young men, who charged at her and other protesters — tearing up their posters and shouting threats. Vitalina tried to file a police report. The police ignored her. | Vitalina wanted to attend the 2018 Women's March, this time going to the police in advance for protection. They said she'd be fine. But during the march, two men and fou…
(2018-11-23). Will CA Department of Pesticide Regulation ban Big Ag's use of Toxic Air Contaminates? indybay.org As a Watsonville local and school bus driver, I have had it with all the toxic fumigants and sprays that are poisoning us and contributing to climate change. I joined Safe Ag, Safe Schools to stop poisoning kids and neighbors by making 1 mile 24-hour no toxic spray or fumigation buffer zones around schools.
(2018-11-23). West Coast crab fishermen sue fossil fuel industry over losses caused by climate change. indybay.org "Americans are well aware of the damaging and sometimes catastrophic effects of climate change," said Noah Oppenheim, PCFFA's executive director, in a press release. "For crab fishermen, that means significant portions of the Dungeness crab fishery have been closed repeatedly since 2015, including parts along the coast this year." Photo of Noah Oppenheim by Dan Bacher.
(2018-11-23). White House Plans to Dump Major Climate Report on Black Friday. truthout.org Environmental groups, journalists, and climate scientists are reacting to the Trump administration's decision to release a major climate report the day after Thanksgiving — a move some are describing as an effort to bury an assessment packed with an " astonishing amount of science," and they are hoping to see that effort backfire " …
(2018-11-23). Stop forcibly evicting the Sengwer people. amnesty.org The Sengwer people are being forced off their land. They are losing their homes, their livelihoods and their cultural identity — now someone has been killed. Help stop this now. : | The Sengwer Indigenous people have lived in the Embobut Forest in North Rift Valley of Kenya for centuries. It's their ancestral land and they have a deep spiritual bond with the beautiful and vast forest. But the Kenyan government is brutally and illegally driving them off it, threatening their livelihoods and way of life. | The government claims they are acting in the name of conservation, and that the Sengwer people a…
(2018-11-23). Demand protection for land defender Nonhle Mbuthuma. amnesty.org Nonhle Mbuthuma is facing danger for trying to stop mining company from taking her land. So why is the government not protecting her?: | Nonhle is a farmer whose ancestral land means everything to her: "If you take my land you take my identity". But Nonhle and her community on the Eastern Cape of South Africa are at risk of losing everything because a mining company want to kick them off their land. | "This land was my grandmother's, who inherited it from her grandparents. What am I going to leave for my children? Mining is not an option." — Nonhle | Nonhle and other members of her community have le…
(2018-11-23). Protect Pavitri Manjhi . amnesty.org Pavitri is an indigenous rights defender who is standing up to big corporations who are trying to take away her community's land — but she faces threats and intimidation. Demand her protection now. | Right now, businesses in Chhattisgarh, central India, are trying to take over land that belongs to an Adivasi Indigenous community so that they can make way for two power plants. Members of the community report that they were tricked into selling their land, and those that refused to sell faced threats and intimidation by agents acting on behalf of two private companies. | Pavitri is on the front line protecti…
(2018-11-23). Trump Moves to Open Alaska Wilderness to More Oil Leasing. indybay.org New Plan Could Remove Wildlife Protections From Western Arctic…
(2018-11-23). Sweden: A cold welcome: Human rights of Roma and other 'vulnerable EU citizens' at risk. amnesty.org Eastern Europeans, most of whom identify as Roma, are currently living in desperate and dangerous situations in Swedish cities and towns. In this report, Amnesty International explores barriers — structural, legal, and social — faced by EU citizens living in marginalization in Sweden. The report finds that the Swedish state fails to recognize the rights of this group. As a result, destitute EU migrants live in a social and legal limbo for years, without even a minimum of protection or support, while anti-Roma sentiments and anti-begging rhetoric permeate the public debate. Sweden has human rights obli…
(2018-11-22). Thank the Media in Part for Our Looming Climate Catastrophe. truthdig.com Climate change took a backseat to other issues in this year's midterm elections, and humanity may end up paying the price. The majority of climate change-related ballot measures failed, many climate deniers in the Republican party won or kept their seats, and even Democratic winners were n…
(2018-11-22). Will Democrats Back a 'Green New Deal'? truthdig.com News related to climate change is rarely good. More often than not, it engenders a sense of doom and helplessness among the public. But lately there has been a glimmer of hope on the horizon for climate justice, and it bears the name Sunrise Movement. | Even before the midterm elections took place, activists in the youth-based climate justice organization had planned a sit-in at the Washington, D.C., offices of California representative and longtime Democratic leader …
(2018-11-22). Noam Chomsky: The Future of Organized Human Life Is At Risk Thanks to GOP's Climate Change Denial. democracynow.org 
As the death toll from the climate change-fueled Camp Fire in California continues to rise and hundreds remain missing, we rebroadcast our conversation about climate change with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky from October. He says Republican Party leaders are dedicated to "enriching themselves and their friends" at the cost of the planet, and warns: "We have to make decisions now which will literally determine whether organized human life can survive in any decent form."
(2018-11-22). Confront our Climate Emergency as the Pilgrims did Theirs. zcomm.org Like the Pilgrims, half of whom died in their first year, we face an emergency…
(2018-11-22). Elected Constituent Assembly in Venezuela provoked International Outrage, not the illegal handpicked one in Ecuador. zcomm.org "CONAIE and CREO direct the new National Electoral Council" announces a headline yesterday in the rightwing Ecuadorian newspaper El Universo. CONAIE is a self-declared "left" federation representing indigenous peoples in Ecuador. CREO is the party of the "defeated" right wing presidential candidate in 2017. I put "defeated" in quotes because CREO's electoral defeat — which they stupidly Read more…
(2018-11-22). Student fight for noncompliance with attacks on immigrants, confront USF administration. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On November 20, students held a rally at the University of South Florida (USF) calling for increased protections for immigrant students. The event was hosted by Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) as a part of their campaign, "Immigrants are Here to Stay," to win noncompliance with federal agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security and its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Customs and Border Protection, that are charged with implementing attacks on the undocumented. | The rally included speeches about the context of immigration…
(2018-11-21). Sunrise Movement Holds Green New Deal Day of Action. therealnews.com 
On Tuesday, young climate justice activists with the Sunrise Movement held a day of action around the U.S. to demand a Green New Deal—a plan to decarbonize the economy in ten years. Sunrise members gathered in New York, Oakland, DC, and dozens of other cities. In San Francisco, some members confronted House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, asking her to back the proposal. | @RepJerryNadler to ask him to sign onto @Ocasio2018's Select Committee for a #GreenNewDea…
(2018-11-21). Minimal Media Attention Helped Sink Crucial Climate Initiatives. fair.org 
Climate change took a backseat to other issues in this year's midterm elections, and humanity may end up paying the price. The majority of climate change-related ballot measures failed, many climate deniers in the Republican party won or kept their seats, and even Democratic winners were not pressed on their commitment to climate change legislation …
(2018-11-21). Humanity faces simultaneous climate disasters: study. mronline.org 
The future risk of dealing with multiple climate impacts at once depends on geography and whether humanity succeeds in rapidly drawing down greenhouse gas emissions. | Source
(2018-11-21). Transgender Day of Remembrance: To Fight For Trans Lives, Think Local. therealnews.com 
On Transgender Day of Remembrance, Sylvia Rivera Law Project founder Dean Spade talks about the lack of federal protections for trans people and how communities are fighting back at the local level
(2018-11-21). 'CAM': Sex worker empowerment through horror genre. peoplesworld.org 
A common saying goes that sex work is considered the oldest profession, yet it also happens to be one where the workers are often the most exploited. Exploitation and safety on the job is a constant problem, with little protection. A system embedded with patriarchy and male supremacy doesn't leave much space, without a fight, …
(2018-11-21). Greece: Dire Conditions for Asylum Seekers on Lesbos. hrw.org 
| | A boy holds a bicycle at a camp next to the Moria refugee camp in the island of Lesbos on August 5, 2018. | © 2018 Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images | (Brussels) — The already dire conditions in the overcrowded Moria camp for asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos may deteriorate into a full-blown humanitarian disaster as winter approaches unless urgent action is taken, Human Rights Watch said today. | "Thousands of people seeking protection in E…
(2018-11-20). Filming in the most depressing city on the Earth: Jakarta. mronline.org 
It stinks, it is the most polluted city on earth, but that is not the most terrible thing about it. | Source
(2018-11-20). Climate change is the product of how capitalism "values" nature. mronline.org 
Capitalist industrialization has led us to the edge of the precipice of climate change, and avoiding the end of civilization as we know it may require the development of a view in direct opposition to the way in which capitalism "values" nature, according to John Bellamy Foster. | Source
(2018-11-20). SPLC sues Trump administration for records detailing rollback of protections for transgender people in prison. splcenter.org The SPLC, along with Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) today.
(2018-11-19). Thousands Shutdown London to Demand Urgent Action on Climate Change. therealnews.com 
Over 70 were arrested demanding the British government adopt a goal of reaching 100% renewable energy by 2025 to help prevent catastrophic climate change
(2018-11-19). Meet the Prisoners Being Paid $1 an Hour to Battle the Deadly Climate-Fueled Fires of California. democracynow.org 
As the death toll from the Camp Fire rises to 77, California is combating its deadliest fire in state history using prison labor. Some 1,500 of the 9,400 firefighters currently battling fires in California are incarcerated. They make just a dollar an hour but are rarely eligible to get jobs as firefighters after their release. According to some estimates, California saves up to $100 million a year by using prison labor to fight its biggest environmental problem. In September, the Democracy Now! team traveled to the Delta Conservation Camp in Northern California, a low-security prison where more than 100 men are i…
(2018-11-16). Out-of-control system burns California. greenleft.org.au 
A combination of real estate capitalism and climate change has unleashed murderous fires in California, writes Phil Hearse. | Things are getting serious. On November 15, at least are 56 were confirmed dead with hundreds missing. Thousands of homes and businesses have burned down. Two major fires, in the north and south of the state, were still not under control. | The scenes could be the aftermath of a US or Russian bombing raid in the Middle East — bodies littered on the ground, people burned to death in their cars, families devastated with grief at the loss of homes and loved ones. | United States Preside…
(2018-11-16). As Camp Fire Death Toll Rises, Meet the Prisoners Making $1 an Hour to Fight California's Wildfires. democracynow.org 
The death toll from the Camp Fire in California has risen to at least 63, with 631 people reported missing. As California continues to battle the deadliest fire in the state's history, we turn to the hidden heroes on the front lines the raging climate-fueled wildfires: prisoner firefighters. At least 1,500 of the 9,400 firefighters currently battling fires in California are incarcerated. They make just a dollar an hour battling on the front lines but are rarely eligible to get jobs as firefighters after their release. In September, the Democracy Now! team traveled to the Delta Conservation Camp about an hour nort…
(2018-11-16). Betsy DeVos Wants to Roll Back Civil Rights Protections For Students Filing Complaints of Sexual Harassment or Assault. aclu.org Our analysis of how DeVos' proposed rule would change how colleges and universities deal with allegations of sexual assault under Title IX. | The Department of Education headed by Secretary Betsy DeVos on Friday released a proposed rule that, if implemented, would dramatically limit schools' obligations to students who experience sexual violence and would not further the stated goal of fair process. The ACLU is equally committed to ensuring students can learn in environments free from sexual harassment and violence and to guaranteeing fair process for both respondents and complainants. | The new rule preserv…
(2018-11-16). National Exclusive: Former Sen. Barbara Boxer's Son and California Powerbroker Found Bilking Indian Tribe. consortiumnews.com Darius Anderson and his business partner, Douglas Boxer, preyed upon Native American clients who were too intimidated by their political connections to seek recourse, writes investigative reporter Peter Byrne. Judges Find Breach of Contract and Trust By Peter Byrne Darius… Read more →
(2018-11-16). Ari Berman on the State of Voting 2018, Jackie Prange on Keystone XL Re-Review. fair.org 
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(2018-11-15). Why students are striking for climate action on November 30. greenleft.org.au 
This November 30, I, along with hundreds — possibly thousands — of high school students will be participating in a student strike for climate action. | Initiated by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC), the School Strike 4 Climate has gained momentum in recent weeks, with nearly thirty events being organised in capital cities and regional areas around Australia. | We are currently facing an unprecedented climate emergency. With 2018 (once again) being the hottest year on record, we face the prospect of an uncertain and dangerous future. | Climate change is "threatening water security", accord…
(2018-11-05). Maduro: Venezuela Sitting on 2nd Biggest Gold Reserve on Earth. venezuelanalysis.com President Nicolas Maduro described the U.S. sanctions on Venezuela as "crazy" and "criminal."
(2018-10-18). Nuclear Power & Climate. zcomm.org The great environmental challenge of our time is to understand that the many sources of biodestruction are interconnected and must be confronted simultaneously, rather than disparaging one danger to focus on another…