There's a Toxic Weedkiller on the Menu in K-12 Schools Across the U.S
Caroline Cox | commondreams.org | 2019-01-09
Glyphosate contamination was detected in 70 percent of products tested by the Center for Environmental Health, including big name brands like Quaker and Cheerios. (Photo credit: DavidF/iStock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-01-09_at_1.06.36_pm.png…
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Why are We Still Logging Our Forests?
Roy Keene | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-09
Anyone who accepts true science realizes that today's big forest fires are driven far more by climate warming than by a lack of "active forest management" as claimed in previous editorial opinions. Active forest management, more honestly called "logging," has always been the timber industry's cure-all for every perceived problem in our forests. Until science…
counterpunch.org/2019/01/09/why-are-we-still-logging-our-forests/
These Countries Are Taking Climate Change Seriously
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-01-09
There are countries that are in earnest about the way humans are overheating the planet, the climate change resisters; and there are others that give what is one of the most fundamental problems facing the world only scant attention. | Annually over the past 14 years a group of 350 energy and climate experts from around the globe has drawn up a table reflecting the performance of more than 70 countries in tackling climate change. | Together this group of nations is responsible for more than 90% of total climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). | In the just published index looking at developments in 2018,…
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Thailand: Amnesty Welcomes Saudi Woman's Refugee Protection
commondreams | commondreams.org | 2019-01-09
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Earthjustice Statement on Nomination of Andrew Wheeler to Head Environmental Protection Agency
commondreams | commondreams.org | 2019-01-09
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First-Ever Indigenous Peoples March Will Fight Against Injustices Faced Across the Globe
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-01-09
Raising alarm about human rights violations and the global climate crisis, activists from around the world are traveling to Washington, D.C. for the first annual Indigenous Peoples March, which will kick off at 8am local time on Jan. 18 outside the U.S. Department of the Interior's main building. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/option2.jpg…
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'It's a Crisis Alright': Report Details Serious Public Health and Safety Risks of Trump Shutdown
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-01-09
In addition to pushing thousands of low-wage workers to the brink of financial collapse and imperiling life-saving public programs like food stamps and Medicare, a Public Citizen report released on Wednesday found that the government shutdown over President Donald Trump's demand for border wall funding is also placing crucial consumer, health, and safety protections at serious risk. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/shutdown.png…
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Trump Nomination of Wheeler Ensures EPA Will Continue to Put 'Profits of Polluters' Over Human Health and Planet
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-01-09
In the six months since he stepped in to oversee the Environmental Protection Agency following Scott Pruitt's resignation last summer, Andrew Wheeler has gutted fuel efficiency standards and rolled back carbon emissions rules for coal plants—and President Donald Trump made his approval known Wednesday as he nominated Wheeler to officially head the agency. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/andrew_wheeler_0.jpg…
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Group submits petitions with 1 million signatures urging Brown to phase out fossil fuels
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-01-09
In spite of receiving 1,000,000 signed petitions on November 1 and being confronted with 30,000 people marching in a climate protest in San Francisco in September, Governor Jerry Brown did not change any of his positions on fossil fuel extraction, carbon trading, the Delta Tunnels and other questionable environmental policies.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/01/07/18820154.php
East Bay Electrification Expo: Fight Climate Change in a Clean Energy Home!
Ecology Center | indybay.org | 2019-01-09
Ed Roberts Campus | 3075 Adeline St, Berkeley, California 94703…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/01/08/18820172.php
2019 Will Be a Big Year for Water
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2019-01-09
In the last few weeks of 2018, the Trump administration set the stage for a big battle over water in the new year. At stake is an important rule that defines which waters are protected under the Clean Water Act. The Trump administration seeks to roll back important protections for wetlands and waterways, which are important to drinking water and wildlife. | This is just one of the upcoming water battles that could serve to define 2019. It's also poised to be a year of reckoning on the Colorado River, which supplies water to 40 million people and 5.5 million acres of farmland. A long-anticipated multistate agre…
truthout.org/articles/2019-will-be-a-big-year-for-water/
Workers Ran Their Own Strike and Beat Marriott
Shared by Merula Furtado | truthout.org | 2019-01-09
The most successful social movements are highly organized, not spontaneous upsurges. | An inside look at the recent victory of hotel workers in San Francisco shows that a very democratic process, controlled by the workers themselves, was combined with multicity coordination to win substantial wage increases, workload reductions and job protections. | In the reflections below, which were drawn from an exclusive interview with UNITE HERE Local 2 President Anand Singh and UNITE HERE Local 2 organizer and Marriott campaign coordinator Kevin O'Connor, two organizers offer an inside account of the campaign that lays…
truthout.org/articles/workers-ran-their-own-strike-and-beat-marriott/
Legislators Reintroduce Bill to Save People from Losing Homes Over Water Bills
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2019-01-09
Senator Mary Washington and Delegate Nick Mosby reintroduced the Water Taxpayer Protection Act to protect Baltimoreans from losing their homes and churches over high and inaccurate water bills | The post Legislators Reintroduce Bill to Save People from Losing Homes Over Water Bills appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/legislators-reintroduce-bill-to-save-people-from-losing-homes-over-water-bills
Donald Trump Is the Damn Emergency
Shared by Cherise | truthout.org | 2019-01-09
Donald Trump still has vast power at his immediate disposal. He can hire the worst people to fill vital posts. He can sign Executive Orders that allow the dumping of toxic chemicals into aquifers. He can continue to rip families apart at the southern border. He can ruin longstanding international relationships and cuddle up with despots and dictators. He can ignore the climate even as it comes crashing down around him. He can order an airstrike against any point on the map. He can peel the crust off the Earth with nuclear weapons if he so chooses. | That is an emergency. | Trump's Oval Office address last nigh…
truthout.org/articles/donald-trump-is-the-damn-emergency/
For the First Time Since 9/11, There are a Few Hopeful Signs in the Preemptive Prosecutions of Muslims
Kathy Manley | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-08
I have been studying the prosecution of Muslims in the "war on terror" since 2006, and the courts have been consistently and resoundingly unfair. Constitutional protections under the First Amendment; Fourth Amendment (illegal wiretapping); Fifth Amendment (tortured confessions); Sixth Amendment (secret evidencegiven to the judge but not the defense, anonymous witnesses), and Eighth Amendment (long…
counterpunch.org/2019/01/08/for-the-first-time-since-9-11-there-are-a-few-hopeful-signs-in-the-preemptive-prosecutions-of-muslims/
Lockout ends at National Grid
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-01-08
Milford, MA – Members of the United Steelworkers (USW) union voted overwhelmingly, January 7, to ratify a new six-year agreement with National Grid, ending a nearly seven-month lockout imposed by the utility company last June. | The contract includes significant wage increases and preserves affordable benefits for about 1200 members of USW Local 12012 and USW Local 12003. The agreement also includes additional health and safety provisions and other protections for the natural gas workers and residents. | Union members, local and state officials, and residents from across the community stood behind the locked-out…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/1/8/lockout-ends-national-grid
Art of the Monstrous: Burtynsky and the Anthropocene
Michael Welton | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-08
The National Art Gallery in Ottawa currently hosts a sensational exhibition called "Anthropocene." Edward Burtynsky and his associates Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier have created a multi-media mind-boggling representation of the transformation of the earth by humans. Their work has the shock-effect similar to the famous 1969 photograph of the earth taken from outer…
counterpunch.org/2019/01/08/art-of-the-monstrous-burtynsky-and-the-anthropocene/
US Policy Is Causing the Next Mass Extinction
Tom Engelhardt | thenation.com | 2019-01-07
US Policy Is Causing the Next Mass Extinction…
thenation.com/article/trump-us-policy-infinite-wars-climate-change-mass-extinction/
Nathan Damigo, founder of white nationalist group Identity Evropa, files for bankruptcy protection
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2019-01-07
The founder of the white nationalist group Identity Evropa is seeking federal bankruptcy protection in what appears to be a pre-emptive move stemming from a lawsuit over "Unite the Right."
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/01/08/nathan-damigo-founder-white-nationalist-group-identity-evropa-files-bankruptcy-protection
Sunrise Movement: Pelosi's Actions on Climate Fall Woefully & Inexcusably Short of What We Need
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-01-07
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing criticism from some climate activists for failing to back a Green New Deal. Last week Pelosi announced the formation of a new Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, headed by long-standing Florida Congressmember Kathy Castor. But the committee is far weaker than what backers of a Green New Deal had envisioned. The committee will not have subpoena power or the power to draft legislation. We speak with Varshini Prakash, founder of the Sunrise Movement, a youth-led climate group that has occupied and lobbied at congressional offices, risking arrest to demand adoption of the Gree…
www.democracynow.org/2019/1/7/sunrise_movement_pelosis_actions_on_climate
Make 2019 the year of action on climate change
kathy_f | greenleft.org.au | 2019-01-07
Australia is sweltering through another summer heatwave, with disastrous consequences for many vulnerable people. Walgett, in north-west NSW, ran out of water and catastrophic fires are threatening communities in Victoria and Tasmania. | As we make a plan for a new year of activism, we can take some heart from the growing student movement for real climate action. They are responding to the science and showing an awareness of the scale of the pending climate catastrophe. They know what needs to be done and are demonstrating that leadership comes from those who act. | Students 4 Climate Action have already agreed t…
greenleft.org.au/content/make-2019-year-action-climate-change
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/
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
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 …
fair.org/home/if-you-pave-it-they-will-come/
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
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