In the Face of Climate Disaster, Washington Post Advocates Suicidal Approach
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-01-06
The Washington Post ( 12/8/18) argues that "Mr. Hogan's plan…makes sense," given that "car usage nationally is expanding at roughly twice the rate of population growth." | As world leaders gathered in Poland for the UN climate conference, the Washington Post threw its support behind a $9 billion plan to add over 100 miles of toll lanes to Maryland highways in the traffic-choked DC region. The Post offered its hearty i…
truthdig.com/articles/facing-climate-disaster-washington-post-advocates-suicidal-approach/
Addressing Urban Pollution, Reversing Climate Change: Electric Vehicles and Hydrogen Powered Cars
Roy Morrison | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-06
Increasing gasoline taxes drove the now aggrieved French Yellow Vest movement into the streets to protest the Macron government responding to climate change at the expense of the already economically struggling. Instead, we need to shape climate solutions to improve … | The post Addressing Urban Pollution, Reversing Climate Change: Electric Vehicles and Hydrogen Powered Cars appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/addressing-urban-pollution-reversing-climate-change-electric-vehicles-and-hydrogen-powered-cars/5664795
Ancient 'Flayed Lord' Temple Ruins Found in Mexico
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-01-06
A shrine dedicated to the 'Flayed Lord' Xipe Tóte was discovered in the ancient ruins known as Ndachjian–Tehuacán in Puebla state, central Mexico, it was announced this past week. | RELATED: | The Pilgrimage for Guadalupe-Tonantzin, Lady Covered by Snakes | The ruins, built by the Popoloca Indians – an indigenous peoples located in the southeastern regions of Veracruz and Oaxaca, were home to arguably some of the most barbaric murders ever witnessed. | The discoveries of tw…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ancient-Flayed-Lord-Temple-Ruins-Found-in-Mexico-20190106-0002.html
Central Coast Amah Mutsun Tribal Relearning Program
SCGSC | indybay.org | 2019-01-06
Live oak Grange 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/01/01/18820052.php
Canadian Government Of Trudeau And Its Murder Of Animals, Destruction Of Environment
FN | indybay.org | 2019-01-06
Seal clubbing, trophy hunting profiteering, cattle ranching, dairy product marketing, collateral damage of war, dearth of animal protection laws for lab animals or animals factory farmed or in cattle ranches etc by Canada…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/01/04/18820101.php
Fed Gov Shutdown & SF Hunters Point Treasure Island Whistleblowers Face Cover-up/Corruption
KPFA WorkWeek Radio | indybay.org | 2019-01-06
KPFA WorkWeek radio covers the government shutdown and threats to our public services and health and safety in the air transportation system. Next it looks at the growing scandal and cover-up of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard and Treasure Island cleanup. Over $1 billion has been spent to supposedly remediate the sites but there continue to be dangerous radioactive contamination and Tetra Tech and Test American fired OSHA and health and safety whistleblowers. The program looks at the failure of the San Francisco Department of Public Health and California State Department of Public Health that will now be run by…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/01/02/18820075.php
Thailand: Allow Fleeing Saudi Woman to Seek Refuge
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2019-01-06
(Bangkok) — Thailand authorities should immediately halt the planned deportation of a Saudi woman who says she is fleeing domestic abuse and fears for her safety if forcibly returned to Saudi Arabia, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should also allow her unrestricted access to make a refugee claim with the Bangkok office of the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) and should respect UNHCR's decision under the agency's protection mandate. | Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, told Human Rig…
hrw.org/news/2019/01/06/thailand-allow-fleeing-saudi-woman-seek-refuge
Louisiana Sheriff Ordered to Releases Records on Visit to Standing Rock
Shared by Anton Woronczuk | truthout.org | 2019-01-06
On December 27, a state appeals court ordered a Louisiana's sheriff's department and its sheriff to release information about its officers' trip to North Dakota during the heated protests against the Dakota Access pipeline in 2016. The extended, Indigenous-led protests near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation drew a highly militarized response from public a…
truthout.org/articles/louisiana-sheriff-ordered-to-releases-records-on-visit-to-standing-rock/
Why the Climate Change Message Isn't Working
Charles Eisenstein | commondreams.org | 2019-01-05
Satellite image of Hurricane Florence swirling in the Atlantic Ocean as it approached the U.S. coastline on September 18, 2018. (Photo: CIRA/RAAMB) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/florence_is_huge.jpg…
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3135. Opportunities and challenges posed by the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) protests and the Sunrise movement
Kamran Nayeri | mronline.org | 2019-01-05
In this essay, I will argue that the leadership of the climate justice movement and the movement for radical social change, which in my opinion is essential for tackling the eco-social world crisis, have fallen short to meet the opportunities and challenges that the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) protests in France (Greeman, December 3, 2018; […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/01/05/3135-opportunities-and-challenges-posed-by-the-gilets-jaunes-yellow-vests-protests-and-the-sunrise-movement/
Ocasio-Cortez Proposes 70 Percent Tax on Mega-Rich to Pay for "Green New Deal"
Shared by Anton Woronczuk | truthout.org | 2019-01-05
Newly elected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), the youngest woman ever elected to the US Congress, told Anderson Cooper that high tax rates on the super-rich would help fund the ambitious plan to combat the threat of climate change known as the "Green New Deal." | In an upcoming 60 Minutes interview, set to air this Sunday, the 29-year-old Democratic socialist says the "Green New Deal," which aims to eliminate carbon emissions within 12 years, is "going to require a lot of rapid change that we don't even conceive as possible right now." | "What is the problem with trying to push our technological capaciti…
truthout.org/articles/ocasio-cortez-proposes-70-percent-tax-on-mega-rich-to-pay-for-green-new-deal/
Tribal Nationalism vs Global Unity
Graham Peebles | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-04
Change, discontent and uncertainty are some of the most prominent characteristics of the times. These interconnected terms are routinely used to describe global affairs and are key factors animating the global protest movement as well as the growing tide of nationalism: Both movements arise from the same seed, one is progressive and in harmony with…
counterpunch.org/2019/01/04/tribal-nationalism-vs-global-unity/
Our Top Stories of 2018
CounterPunch | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-04
What Brett Kanavaugh Really Learned in High School by JoAnn Wypijewski Ghosts in the Propaganda Machine by Jeffrey St. Clair & Joshua Frank Capitalism as an Obstacle to Equality and Democracy by Richard D. Wolff The Mind-Benders: How to Harvest Facebook Data, Brainwash Voters, and Swing Elections by Roberto Gonzales Trump's Travesty of Protectionism by…
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As Most Diverse Congress in History Takes Office, Dems Push to End Shutdown Without Funding for Wall
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-01-04
The 116th Congress made history Thursday, swearing in the most diverse group of lawmakers ever and more than 100 women in the House, including the first two Native American women, the first two Latina women from Texas and the first two Muslim women. The first-ever African-American women congressmembers from Connecticut and Massachusetts were sworn in, as was Colorado's first-ever African-American member of Congress. The first-ever and now second female House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, and House Democrats sought to end the government shutdown as their first order of business, passing a package of spending bills that w…
www.democracynow.org/2019/1/4/most_diverse_house_in_us_history
Within Hours of Taking Office, "Trump of the Tropics" Starts Assault on the Amazon
Andy Rowell | commondreams.org | 2019-01-04
We must all bear witness to what is happening in the Amazon. For the sake of its people, for the sake of the forest as well as for the sake of the climate. (Valdemir Cunha / Greenpeace) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/amazon_2.jpeg…
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On Pocahontas: Democrats, Press Must Stop Playing Into the Master Manipulator's Hands
Chris Orlet | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-04
The day after Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced that she was launching an exploratory committee for the 2020 presidential race, National Public Radio reported that President Donald Trump had responded to the news by again referring to the Massachusetts senator as "Pocahontas" and ridiculing her recent attempt to prove her Native American ancestry via a DNA…
counterpunch.org/2019/01/04/on-pocahontas-democrats-press-must-stop-playing-into-the-master-manipulators-hands/
If You Pave It, They Will Come – As climate teeters, Washington Post pushes for more highway
Pete Tucker | fair.org | 2019-01-03
As world leaders gathered in Poland for the UN climate conference, the Washington Post threw its support behind a $9 billion plan to add over 100 miles of toll lanes to Maryland highways in the traffic-choked DC region. The Post offered its hearty initial support, despite the fact that studies show adding more lanes …
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When "green" doesn't "grow"
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-01-03
The onslaught of extreme weather and the increasingly stark scientific assessment leave no doubt that we face an ecological and civilizational emergency. But in the year since COP23 in Bonn, Germany, a constant stream of headlines and reports have confirmed that governments are not on track to meet their climate commitments. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/01/03/when-green-doesnt-grow/
Proposed Florida law would stop local governments from removing racist Confederate monuments
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-01-02
Jacksonville, FL – Pensacola State Representative Mike Hill has introduced a bill in the state legislature, House Bill 97, titled the Soldiers' and Heroes' Monuments and Memorials Protection Act, that would stop local authorities from removing racist confederate monuments. Hill is an African American Republican. Hill acknowledges his lack of support in the Black community. | Todd Wells, an African American member of Take Em Down Jax, a group devoted to removing these monuments to the cause of white supremacy, stated, "The struggle for the removal of Confederate statues has been ongoing since they were e…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/1/2/proposed-florida-law-would-stop-local-governments-removing-racist-confederate-monuments
As the 115th Congress Ends, Here Are the Important Civil Rights Battles We've Won
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-01-02
During the last two years of Trump, ACLU activists have won fights ranging from advancing criminal justice reforms to stopping border wall funding. | The past two years have been challenging times, as we have witnessed attacks on our shared values and civil rights from the Trump White House and a Republican-dominated Congress. It can sometimes feel difficult to make change happen, but even in this hostile climate, ACLU activists helped drive key legislative victories to advance civil liberties during the 115th Congress, which ends on Thursday. As the new Congress is sworn in on Thursday, these victories should re…
aclu.org/blog/mobilization/115th-congress-ends-here-are-important-civil-rights-battles-weve-won
Noam Chomsky: The Future of Organized Human Life Is At Risk Thanks to GOP's Climate Change Denial
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-12-31
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."
www.democracynow.org/2018/12/31/noam_chomsky_the_future_of_organized
Climate Crisis Is "Existential Threat," House Democrats Say — but Protecting Turf Comes First
Kate Aronoff | theintercept.com | 2018-12-30
Rep. Nancy Pelosi in her statement deemed the climate crisis an "existential threat," but her new committee will not have the power to issue subpoenas. | The post Climate Crisis Is "Existential Threat," House Democrats Say — but Protecting Turf Comes First appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/12/30/climate-crisis-green-new-deal-nancy-pelosi/
How an Undercover Oil Industry Mercenary Tricked Pipeline Opponents Into Believing He Was One of Them
Alleen Brown | theintercept.com | 2018-12-30
A former Marine working for the private security firm TigerSwan infiltrated an array of anti-Dakota Access pipeline groups at Standing Rock and beyond. | The post How an Undercover Oil Industry Mercenary Tricked Pipeline Opponents Into Believing He Was One of Them appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/12/30/tigerswan-infiltrator-dakota-access-pipeline-standing-rock/
Canada's Barbaric Policies Toward Native Peoples (2/2)
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-12-30
MP Niki Ashton tells Paul Jay that Canadian government policy in Indigenous communities must be premised on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including the principle of respect for free, prior, and informed consent in cases of land development | The post Canada's Barbaric Policies Toward Native Peoples (2/2) appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/canadas-barbaric-policies-toward-native-peoples-2-2
Climate Change Refugees Share Stories of Escaping Wildfires, Floods, and Droughts
Alleen Brown | theintercept.com | 2018-12-29
Tens of thousands of U.S. residents were displaced by climate change-fueled disasters in 2018. California saw a string of massive wildfires — from the Mendocino Complex in July, which became the state's largest wildfire on record, to the Camp fire in November, which was the deadliest. Meanwhile, Hurricane Florence, the second rainiest storm in 70 years of U.S. record-keeping, was quickly forgotten as Hurricane Michael slammed into the Gulf Coast, the third strongest ever to make landfall in the U.S. | The survivors of the disasters have resorted to camping in tents in retail parking lots, sleeping on friend…
theintercept.com/2018/12/29/climate-change-refugees/
Without Notifying Anyone, ICE Dumps Hundreds of Migrants at El Paso Bus Station Around Christmas
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-12-27
U.S. Customs and Border Protection have ordered medical checks on every child in its custody, following the death of two Guatemalan children in recent weeks. On Christmas Eve, an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy named Felipe Gómez Alonzo died in New Mexico while in CBP custody. This follows the death of a 7-year-old indigenous Guatemalan girl, Jakelin Caal Maquín, who died on December 8–also in New Mexico–two days after she and her father presented themselves at the border in a bid for asylum. Meanwhile, authorities in El Paso, Texas, scrambled over the Christmas holiday to assist hundreds of migrant asylum…
www.democracynow.org/2018/12/27/without_notifying_anyone_ice_dumps_hundreds
A "Massive Outlaw"
Ralph Nader | zcomm.org | 2018-12-24
Interview on Single Payer, Climate Devastation, Impeachment…
zcomm.org/zvideo/a-massive-outlaw/
ANC Deputy Julio Escalona: 'The People are Angry Because They Consider that We Aren't Doing Our Job'
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-12-20
The revolutionary's criticisms came during the passing of 2019's budget, 75% of which is destined for "social protection."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14195
Climate movement attracts new generation of activists
kathy_f | greenleft.org.au | 2018-12-10
The latter part of 2018 will be remembered for the re-emergence of climate action on the national agenda. | Independent Kerryn Phelps' win in the Wentworth byelection promising "meaningful environmental action" and Labor's subsequent adoption of a 50% renewable energy policy by 2030 has come in the midst of researcher Rebecca Huntley's findings that "climate and environmental concerns" have increasingly become "a test of leadership" for voters. | These centrist platforms, however, have been rightly superseded by the newest base of the climate movement: high school students. | Tired of the "dinosaurs in parliament…
greenleft.org.au/content/climate-movement-attracts-new-generation-activists
Reviving the Nuclear Disarmament Movement: A Practical Proposal
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2018-12-08
In late November 2018, Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned public intellectual, remarked that "humanity faces two imminent existential threats: environmental catastrophe and nuclear war." Curiously, although a widespread environmental movement has developed to save the planet from accelerating climate change, no counterpart has emerged to take on the rising danger of nuclear disaster. Indeed, this danger‚Äïexemplified Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/reviving-the-nuclear-disarmament-movement-a-practical-proposal/
The fightback against Adani and Aurizon steps up
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2018-12-06
Adani CEO Lucas Dow's November 29 declaration that work on a scaled-down coalmine in Queensland's Galilee Basin would begin before Christmas was met with one of the most powerful nationwide protests against it so far as primary and high school students walking out of class the next day for the Student Strike 4 Climate Action. | A reported 20,000 students, many of them with their parents and grandparents in tow, took to the streets with a powerful message to Adani and policymakers: ignore us at your peril. | This was followed by a sit-in at Parliament House in Canberra on December 5. | Another round of #StopA…
greenleft.org.au/content/fightback-against-adani-and-aurizon-steps