The EPA Rule Change That Could Kill Thousands
Olivia Alperstein | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-11
While Americans were quietly preparing to ring in the New Year, the EPA gave families a deadly present to start the year off wrong. On December 28, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal that would effectively weaken the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), which protect American families from mercury and other harmful air…
counterpunch.org/2019/01/11/the-epa-rule-change-that-could-kill-thousands/

Leafcutter Ants Rival Cows in Greenhouse Gas Emissions
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-01-11
Leafcutter ants found in Central and South America rival cows for their greenhouse gas emissions of nitrous oxide, scientists at the University of Michigan report. | RELATED: | Climate Change: Warming Oceans Set Heat Record in 2018 | According to a study published Thursday in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, the insects create the largest natural nitrous oxide hotspots ever recorded in tropical forests. | This includes the type of nitrous oxide spikes often seen in…
telesurenglish.net/news/Leafcutter-Ants-Rival-Cows-in-Greenhouse-Gas-Emissions-20190111-0015.html

Democrats Failed Their First Big Test on Climate
Basav Sen | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-11
The science on climate change is clear: All countries desperately need to restructure fossil fuels out of their economies. Naturally, the Trump administration has recklessly ignored this evidence. In every way, it's tried to make it easier to extract and burn fossil fuels — and harder to hold polluters of all stripes accountable. But what…
counterpunch.org/2019/01/11/democrats-failed-their-first-big-test-on-climate/

How Tre Arrow Became America's Most Wanted Environmental "Terrorist"
Jeffrey St. Clair, Joshua Frank | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-11
Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair | The following is an excerpt from the new book The Big Heat: Earth on the Brink by Jeffrey St. Clair and Joshua Frank. | That Tre Arrow, a tree-hugging vegan who espouses non-violence and lives by the airy and nebulous philosophy of Gaia, would top the FBI's Most Wanted list, only reaffirms the notion that the Bureau's energy is being exerted in specious directions. | On August 12, 2008, after a tumultuous seven-year investigation, Arrow was sentenced in Federal court to six-and-a-half years for lighting three cemen…
counterpunch.org/2019/01/11/how-tre-arrow-became-americas-most-wanted-environmental-terrorist/

Neoliberalism: Free Market Fundamentalism or Corporate Power?
Richard Moser | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-11
I've been hearing about neoliberalism for a long time now and never could make much sense of it. It turns out the story we tell about neoliberalism is as contradictory as neoliberalism itself. Two currents within the critique of neoliberalism offer different analyses of the current economy and suggest different strategies for dealing with the gross exploitation, wealth inequality, climate destruction and dictatorial governance of the modern corporate order.
counterpunch.org/2019/01/11/neoliberalism-free-market-fundamentalism-or-corporate-power/

Climate Change Afoot
Peter Kuper | thenation.com | 2019-01-11
Climate Change Afoot…
thenation.com/article/children-are-dying-in-ice-detention/

Climate Change: Warming Oceans Set Heat Record in 2018
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-01-11
The oceans are warming faster than previously estimated, setting a new temperature record in 2018 in a trend that is causing major damage to marine life, a Science article published Thursday warns. | RELATED: | Climate Change Causing 'Vicious C02 Circle': New Report | "How fast are the oceans warming?" was the main question addressed by a team of Chinese and U.S. scientists in a research which demonstrates that "global warming is here and has major consequences already. There is no doubt,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Climate-Change-Warming-Oceans-Set-Heat-Record-in-2018-20190111-0005.html

Why are 200 million workers on strike in India?
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-01-11
The strike by 10 central trade unions is against a proposal to limit the formation and powers of trade unions, as well as for a minimum wage of Rs. 18,000 and the protection of the public sector. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/01/11/why-are-200-million-workers-on-strike-in-india/

AG Nominee William Barr Endorsed "More Incarceration"
Shared by Merula Furtado | truthout.org | 2019-01-11
After the tenure of former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, advocates for civil rights, decarceration and police accountability are frustrated and furious. | Sessions jump-started the failed war on drugs, rescinded protections for transgender students and workplace protections for LGBTQ people,…
truthout.org/articles/ag-nominee-william-barr-endorsed-more-incarceration/

Dahr Jamail & Antonia Juhasz: Is Our Earth in Hospice Mode?
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM | indybay.org | 2019-01-11
First Congregational Church of Berkeley | 2345 Channing Way | Berkeley, CA 94704…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/01/11/18820273.php

Fall CDFW Fish Survey Finds Zero Delta Smelt
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-01-11
"Not only is the Delta smelt on the brink of extinction, but there are several species lined up behind it," said Bill Jennings, Executive Director of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA). "Governor Brown's legacy is likely to be several extinctions of fish that flourished in this estuary for millennia."
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/01/10/18820263.php

'Hiring flat-Earther to teach geography': Russiagater to lecture on 'hybrid warfare' at Georgetown
RT | rt.com | 2019-01-11
An "information warfare expert" spending her days spinning anti-Russian rhetoric on Twitter has now gotten the chance to do so in the name of 'education' — teaching a course on "hybrid warfare" at Georgetown University. | …
rt.com/usa/448609-molly-mckew-georgetown-russophobia/

To Fund 'White Supremacist Vanity Project,' Trump Eyes Relief Funds Earmarked for Actual Disasters
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-01-11
While scientists warn that the climate crisis will continue to cause increasingly damaging weather events and disasters in American cities, President Donald Trump made clear Friday his focus on a separate, invented "crisis" as he ordered officials to redirect billions of dollars in disaster relief funds to pay for a wall at the southern U.S. border. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/klein_harvey_0_0.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/01/11/fund-white-supremacist-vanity-project-trump-eyes-relief-funds-earmarked-actual?cd-origin=rss

Demand for Democratic Governors to Follow Suit After Trump-Backed DeSantis Moves to Ban Fracking in Florida
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-01-11
Following the announcement by Florida's newly-sworn in Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that he is moving to ban fracking, an advocacy group called on new Democratic governors in other states to stand up for the climate as well as water safety and quickly follow suit. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/desantis-fracking-ban.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/01/11/demand-democratic-governors-follow-suit-after-trump-backed-desantis-moves-ban?cd-origin=rss

Pennsylvanians Should Know How the State Police Is Monitoring Social Media
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-01-10
The Pennsylvania State Police is blocking access to its social-media-monitoring policy by claiming it could harm "public safety." | "Sunshine is the best disinfectant.", , That's a line that is used so much that it's become almost trite. But it's oft-repeated because it is so true. And here in the Keystone State, the Pennsylvania State Police is doing everything in its power to block access to its policy on monitoring social media. So we're headed to the state Supreme Court to get it. | The ACLU of Pennsylvania's attempt to obtain the st…
aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/surveillance-technologies/pennsylvanians-should-know-how-state-police

Brazil's Indigenous Launch Global Campaign Against Bolsonaro
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-01-10
The Association of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) launched a world campaign of solidarity against the 'ethnocidal' policy of President Jair Bolsonaro, which is threatening their territories and lifestyles. | RELATED: | Brazil's Temer Closed 130 Community Radios Before Leaving | "We ask for the support of all the international community, of people involved in human rights, that can help to block this measure to hand FUNAI over to the evangelical, to the ruralists, and cause a real…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazils-Indigenous-Launch-Global-Campaign-Against-Bolsonaro-20190110-0027.html

Facing Mass Deportation, Haitians Sue Trump to Preserve Temporary Protected Status
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-01-10
A New York City trial is challenging the Trump administration's attempt to end temporary protected status–known as TPS–for more than 50,000 Haitians living in the U.S. Tens of thousands of Haitians were granted TPS after an earthquake devastated their country nine years ago this week. In November 2017, the Trump administration announced it would revoke TPS for Haitians, sparking protests and multiple lawsuits around the country. We speak with Marleine Bastien, executive director the Family Action Network Movement, or FANM, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit. She testified on Wednesday as a witness i…
www.democracynow.org/2019/1/10/facing_mass_deportation_haitians_sue_trump

For Owners of Amazon's Ring Security Cameras, Strangers May Have Been Watching Too
Sam Biddle | theintercept.com | 2019-01-10
The "smart home" of the 21st century isn't just supposed to be a monument to convenience, we're told, but also to protection, a Tony Stark-like bubble of vigilant algorithms and internet-connected sensors working ceaselessly to watch over us. But for some who've welcomed in Amazon's Ring security cameras, there have been more than just algorithms watching through the lens, according to sources alarmed by Ring's dismal privacy practices. | Ring has a history of lax, sloppy oversight when it comes to deciding who has access to some of the most precious, intimate data belonging to any person: a live, high-definition…
theintercept.com/2019/01/10/amazon-ring-security-camera/

Bill McKibben: The Fossil Fuel Industry Has Money, But We Have Movements
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2019-01-10
At the Sanders Institute Gathering, Bill McKibben says that a Green New Deal must address climate change, immigration, and unemployment, or we're headed "if not to Hell, then to a place with a very similar temperature." | The post Bill McKibben: The Fossil Fuel Industry Has Money, But We Have Movements appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/bill-mckibben-the-fossil-fuel-industry-has-money-but-we-have-movements

NSW government to blame for Walgett water crisis
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-01-10
The NSW government is siphoning off water for cotton farms, and coal and gas mines. It is robbing communities of precious water, while the climate is warming and drought is becoming more frequent. | These rotten priorities are being played out in Walgett, a small town in NSW's north-west that is home more than 2000 people. It is suffering from a human-made disaster, on top of the long-running drought. Residents are having to truck in water because the town's bore system broke down. | In the local Gamilaroi language, Walgett means "a meeting of two rivers". Right now, the Namoi and Barwon Rivers are running d…
greenleft.org.au/content/nsw-government-blame-walgett-water-crisis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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