Climate Activists from Extinction Rebellion Glued Themselves to the Capitol to Disrupt House Votes
Aída Chávez | theintercept.com | 2019-07-24
Protesters, who were glued for more than two hours, called for the immediate passage of a joint resolution to declare a climate emergency.
theintercept.com/2019/07/23/extinction-rebellion-climate-change-capitol-hill/

Climate Change Is Impacting Every Aspect of Modern Life, But the Press Fails to "Connect the Dots"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-24
July is slated to become the hottest month in recorded history, as extreme weather fueled by global warming wreaks havoc across the globe, from extreme heat waves in Europe and the U.S. to deadly monsoon flooding in South Asia. Severe rains have killed at least 660 people across India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan in a monsoon that is expected to continue throughout the week. A record heat wave is hitting Europe for the second time this summer, with Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam all at risk of hitting all-time high temperatures, and Spain facing the threat of severe fires. We speak with climate scientist Michae…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/24/michael_mann_climate_crisis_media_coverage

Sri Lanka to Send Toxic Waste, Human Remains Back to UK
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Sri Lankan authorities said Tuesday they will send hundreds of tons of foul waste, which also includes rotten human remains, back to the United Kingdom. | RELATED: | 'Serious Insult': Cambodia To Send Back 1,600 Tons of Plastic Waste to US, Canada | Sri Lankan customs officials said the U.K. had been sending containers since 2017 and they were only inspected last week after complaints of foul smell from 111 containers. | "Some of the materials have been liquidized and deteriorated to th…
telesurenglish.net/news/sri-lanka-toxic-waste-import-uk-human-remains-in-waste-containers-20190724-0005.html

Sri Lanka to Send Toxic Waste, Human Remains Back to UK
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Sri Lankan authorities said Tuesday they will send hundreds of tons of foul waste, which also includes rotten human remains, back to the United Kingdom. | RELATED: | 'Serious Insult': Cambodia To Send Back 1,600 Tons of Plastic Waste to US, Canada | Sri Lankan customs officials said the U.K. had been sending containers since 2017 and they were only inspected last week after complaints of foul smell from 111 containers. | "Some of the materials have been liquidized and deteriorated to th…
telesurenglish.net/news/sri-lanka-toxic-waste-import-uk-human-remains-in-waste-containers-20190724-0005.html

The Arctic has been burning for nearly two months and, yes, it's because of climate breakdown
Glen Black | thecanary.co | 2019-07-24
The Arctic is on fire. Forests and peatland are burning across Siberia, Greenland and Alaska. And the cause of these "unprecedented" events is clear. | Years of carbon within months: | The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said wildfires began at the start of June. And b…
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2019/07/24/the-arctic-has-been-burning-for-nearly-two-months-and-yes-its-because-of-climate-breakdown/

Eventually, We Will All Be Climate Refugees
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-24
| While I was in Iraq reporting on the occupation from 2003 to 2013, the man who was my primary interpreter was named Harb. Harb's son miraculously managed to escape war-torn Baghdad and move to the U.S. with his wife and children. Both doctors, the courageous couple has managed to create a safe home and life for themselves and their children, along with Harb's wife. (Harb is now deceased.) They live in Tampa, Florida. | My head swims while pondering the multilayered irony of Harb and his family. They all had to flee Bag…
truthout.org/articles/eventually-we-will-all-be-climate-refugees/

Earth's Climate Now, Warmest Period of the Past 2,000 Years
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Climate around the world is warming at a faster rate than it has in 2,000 years, a pair of new studies from Switzerland's University of Bern revealed this week. | RELATED: | US Democratic Lawmakers Declare Climate Emergency | "We find that the warmest period of the past two millennia occurred during t…
telesurenglish.net/news/Earth-Climate-Now-Warmest-Period-of-the-Past-2000-Years-20190724-0019.html

Earth's Climate Now, Warmest Period of the Past 2,000 Years
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Climate around the world is warming at a faster rate than it has in 2,000 years, a pair of new studies from Switzerland's University of Bern revealed this week. | RELATED: | US Democratic Lawmakers Declare Climate Emergency | "We find that the warmest period of the past two millennia occurred during t…
telesurenglish.net/news/Earth-Climate-Now-Warmest-Period-of-the-Past-2000-Years-20190724-0019.html

'Congress Needs to Wake Up': Demanding Lawmakers Declare Climate Emergency, Extinction Rebellion Activists Superglue Themselves to Capitol
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-24
"Sorry for the inconvenience, but we're not going back to business as usual until we declare a climate emergency and get climate justice for everyone, everywhere." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/extinction_rebellion_climate.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/24/congress-needs-wake-demanding-lawmakers-declare-climate-emergency-extinction?cd-origin=rss

Peace Strike for Climate & Amazon Rainforest in State Capital
Fridays For Future Sacramento | indybay.org | 2019-07-24
California State Capitol Museum, West Steps | 1315 10th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/19/18824857.php

Malaysian environmentalists demand Australia stop supporting corporate polluter Lynas
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-24
Nearly 100 Malaysian environmental and civil society groups have demanded that Australia stop exerting "bullying" diplomatic pressure on Malaysia to accept half a million tonnes of toxic, radioactive waste piled up at Australian corporate polluter Lynas's rare-earth refinery in Gebeng, near the Malaysian city of Kuantan. | Lynas has been shipping rare earth ores from Western Australia to its refinery in Malaysia since 2012. It has faced strong and sustained opposition from local residents and environmentalists over toxic waste tha…
greenleft.org.au/content/malaysian-environmentalists-demand-australia-stop-supporting-corporate-polluter-lynas

Monday's Daily Brief: Situation critical for Libya migrants, 'dangerous paralysis' in Israel-Palestine conflict, 'shocking escalation' in Syria, record heatwaves
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-23
Our main stories today: UN officials warn of desperate situation for migrants and refugees in Libya; the UN peacebuilding chief calls for 'tangible steps' to alleviate the crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and keep two-State solution alive; Idlib in Syria suffers more deadly attacks on civilians; Europe and Bangladesh deal with extreme weather events; and Angry Birds take on the climate crisis.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1043101

The radical philosophy of extinction rebellion
Nexus Media | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-23
New York police recently arrested 66 protestors who rallied outside The New York Times building to compel the newspaper to make climate change a front-page issue. The demonstrators belonged to Extinction Rebellion, a movement born in the United Kingdom that…
nationofchange.org/2019/07/23/the-radical-philosophy-of-extinction-rebellion/

Through the Climate Looking Glass into Grizzly Wonderland
David Mattson | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
Strangely enough, grizzly bear researchers and managers seem to have integrated a faith-based version of climate-change-denial into their collective world view. In fact, these ostensibly well-educated men and women bring to mind well-schooled ecclesiastics professing a belief system:…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/23/through-the-climate-looking-glass-into-grizzly-wonderland/

The Great Reckoning: A Look Back from Mid-Century
Andrew Bacevich | commondreams.org | 2019-07-23
The reality of climate change was now indisputable. All that remained in question was how rapidly it would occur and the extent (and again rapidity) of the devastation that it would ultimately inflict. (Photo: Flickr/ChrisA1995/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/tree_1.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/07/23/great-reckoning-look-back-mid-century?cd-origin=rss

Women's Delegation Will Demand Stronger Action for Human Rights and Climate from Global Banks at Equator Principles Association Consultation
commondreams.org | 2019-07-23
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/07/23/womens-delegation-will-demand-stronger-action-human-rights-and-climate-global?cd-origin=rss

The Green New Deal is Built on Decades of Climate Justice Organizing
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-23
At Netroots Nation 2019, Climate Justice Alliance's Anthony Rogers-Wright talks about how movements–and candidates–can fight for frontline communities by scaling up and out solutions that are already working…
therealnews.com/stories/the-green-new-deal-is-built-on-decades-of-climate-justice-organizing

'This Is the Beginning': New Study Warns Climate Crisis May Have Been Pivotal in Rise of Drug-Resistant Superbug
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-23
A new analysis warns that "global warming may have played a pivotal role" in the recent rise of a multidrug-resistant fungal superbug, sparking questions and concerns about the emerging public health threats of the human-caused climate crisis. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-6850284671.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/23/beginning-new-study-warns-climate-crisis-may-have-been-pivotal-rise-drug-resistant?cd-origin=rss

'Big Win' for Rhode Island in Court Battle to Make Polluters Pay for Consequences of Climate Crisis
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-23
In what one advocate called a "big win" for climate liability litigation, a federal judge on Monday remanded Rhode Island's lawsuit targeting 21 fossil fuel giants to state court, where the oil and gas companies are more likely to be forced to pay for their significant contributions to the global climate crisis. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-981471031.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/23/big-win-rhode-island-court-battle-make-polluters-pay-consequences-climate-crisis?cd-origin=rss

Feces & flesh-eating bacteria: Study reveals shocking levels of contamination at America's beaches
rt.com | 2019-07-23
Americans may want to think twice before that next summer swim. Many of the country's idyllic beaches conceal a filthy secret below the sand and waves: dangerous levels of bacteria that put thousands of bathers at risk every year. | …
rt.com/usa/464874-shocking-contamination-america-beaches/

UN Youth envoy launches coding competition to help solve climate crisis and 'Reboot the Earth'
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-22
Can young coders help solve the climate crisis? The UN's Youth Envoy launched a global competition earlier this month, "Reboot The Earth", with support from the UN Office of Information & Communications Technology, Deloitte and SAP, to try and answer that question, fostering collaboration between the United Nations, academia, civil society, and young people to address the climate emergency.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1043051

How the Plastics Industry Is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World
Sharon Lerner | theintercept.com | 2019-07-20
The students at Westmeade Elementary School worked hard on their dragon. And it paid off. The plastic bag receptacle that the kids painted green and outfitted with triangular white teeth and a "feed me" sign won the students from the Nashville suburb first place in a recycling box decorating contest. The idea, as Westmeade's proud principal told a local TV news show, was to help the environment. But the real story behind the dragon — as with much of the escalating war over plastic waste — is more complic…
theintercept.com/2019/07/20/plastics-industry-plastic-recycling/

Fukushima: an ongoing disaster
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-07-20
n March–on the eighth anniversary of the Fukushima disaster–Time magazine published an article with the headline: "Want to Stop Climate Change? Then It's Time to Fall Back in Love with Nuclear Energy". | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/20/fukushima-an-ongoing-disaster/

Some Candidates Have Climate Plans, But Are They Climate Justice Plans?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-20
At Netroots Nation 2019, 350.org's Thanu Yakupitiyage says she's looking for every presidential candidate to release tangible climate plans, bring frontline communities into the room, and take on the fossil fuel industry and its money…
therealnews.com/stories/some-candidates-have-climate-plans-but-are-they-climate-justice-plans

On Climate, 'Looking at the Structural Barriers to Progress Is Important' – CounterSpin interview with Zoà´ Carpenter on GOP's Oregon power grab
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2019-07-19
Janine Jackson interviewed Zoà´ Carpenter about the GOP's Oregon power grab for the July 12, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/on-climate-looking-at-the-structural-barriers-to-progress-is-important/

Tasmanian councils declare climate emergency
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-19
Kingborough Council voted to declare a statewide Climate Biodiversity Emergency on July 8, just three weeks after adjoining Hobart City Council became the first Australian capital city to do the same. | The motion, moved by councillor Amanda Midgley, also commits council to write to Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman and Prime Minister Scott Morrison to urge them to declare a climate emergency at the state and federal levels. | The public gallery at the Kingborough council meeting was packed and included members of the Red Brigade, an affiliate group of Extinction Rebellion (XR) Tasmania, who stood silently dressed i…
greenleft.org.au/content/tasmanian-councils-declare-climate-emergency

"Fossil Fuel Stooges" Pence & Trump Deny Climate Crisis as Deadly Rains Slam Louisiana & South Asia
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-15
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 T…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/15/nepal_india_bangladesh_flooding_climate_crisis