Dear Moderators of the Presidential Debates
Lawrence Wittner | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-30
You mass media folks lead busy lives, I'm sure. But you must have heard something about nuclear weapons — those supremely destructive devices that, along with climate change, threaten the continued existence of the human race. Yes, thanks to popular protest and carefully-crafted arms control and disarmament agreements, there has been some progress in limiting …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/dear-moderators-of-the-presidential-debates/

Exterminating the Future: World Outcry Grows as Brazil Rapidly Expands Deforestation of Amazon
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-30
New government data in Brazil shows that deforestation in the Amazon has dramatically increased since the far-right former military officer Jair Bolsonaro became president in January. Brazil has lost more than 1,300 square miles of forest cover this year, and the pace of deforestation is increasing. One report claims that the equivalent of three soccer fields are being deforested every minute in the Amazon. In June, deforestation increased by 88% over the same month last year. The drastic spike is due to Bolsonaro's rolling back of regulations and allowing illegal land invasions, logging and burning. Climate scie…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/30/bolsonaro_amazon_deforestation_indigenous_leader_murdered

Corbyn joins protesters in Lancashire, pledging fracking ban and 'green industrial revolution'
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-07-30
On 30 July, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn continued his tour around Britain by meeting protesters at the gates of a shale gas exploration site in Lancashire. Speaking to around a hundred activists at the Preston New Road site near Blackpool, Corbyn promised that his party will ban fracking and launch a "green industrial revolution" if it wins the next general election.The site is the UK's only shale…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/07/30/corbyn-joins-protesters-in-lancashire-pledging-fracking-ban-and-green-industrial-revolution/

Are the Green New Deal and China the Answers to Climate Change?
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-30
At its best, the earth was once likened to a spaceship that sails through the heavens with a crew working together for the common good. Thanks to climate change, this metaphor no longer works. Our planet is now more like a lifeboat that's sprung a major leak. People onboard are beginning to panic and the clock is ticking. | It is, however, the perfect environment to test out the best way to deal with life-and-death situations. | For such a test, imagine not one but two lifeboats of survivors bobbing in an endless, empty sea. Bot…
truthdig.com/articles/is-china-or-the-green-new-deal-the-answer-to-climate-change/

The Cheapest Way to Save the Planet Grows Like a Weed
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-30
| Planting billions of trees across the world is by far the cheapest and most efficient way to tackle the climate crisis. So states a July 4 article in The Guardian, citing a new analysis published in the journal Science. The author explains: | As trees grow, they absorb and store the carbon…
truthout.org/articles/the-cheapest-way-to-save-the-planet-grows-like-a-weed/

The False Promise of Nuclear Power
Robert Jay Lifton, Naomi Oreskes | commondreams.org | 2019-07-30
Climate change itself works against nuclear power; severe droughts have led to the shutting down of reactors as the surrounding waters become too warm to provide the vital cooling function. (Photo: Reinhard Marscha – stock.adobe.com) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/tower.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/07/30/false-promise-nuclear-power?cd-origin=rss

Is the Green New Deal Our Last Hope to Address Climate Change?
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-30
| At its best, the Earth was once likened to a spaceship that sails through the heavens with a crew working together for the common good. Thanks to climate change, this metaphor no longer works. Our planet is now more like a lifeboat that's sprung a major leak. People on board are beginning to panic and the clock is ticking. | It is, however, the perfect environment to test out the best way to deal with life-and-death…
truthout.org/articles/is-the-green-new-deal-our-last-hope-to-address-climate-change/

Conflict, climate change among factors that increase 'desperation that enables human trafficking to flourish', says UN chief
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-30
To mark the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has stressed that "human trafficking is a heinous crime that affects every region of the world" — especially women and children.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1043391

Brazil's Massive Crime Against Humanity. Bolsonaro has Decided to Destroy the Amazon
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
The corrupt Brazilian government installed by Washington has decided to destroy the Amazon Rain Forest. This will adversely affect the Earth's climate by eliminating a massive carbon sink. | The beneficiaries of the destruction of the rain forest are the timber …
globalresearch.ca/brazils-massive-crime-against-humanity-bolsonaro-has-decided-to-destroy-the-amazon/5685023

The Cheapest Way to Save the Planet Grows Like a Weed
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-30
| Planting billions of trees across the world is by far the cheapest and most efficient way to tackle the climate crisis. So states a July 4 article in The Guardian, citing a new analysis published in the journal Science. The author explains: | As trees grow, they absorb and store the carbon…
truthout.org/articles/the-cheapest-way-to-save-the-planet-grows-like-a-weed/

Media Downplay Climate Disruption's Ever-Growing Role in Driving Migration
Joshua Cho | fair.org | 2019-07-30
Washington Post ( 4/16/19) | Journalists routinely dehumanize human beings crossing the southern border by comparing them to natural disasters like a " flood" or " deluge." But while migration has always been a natural…
fair.org/home/media-downplay-climate-disruptions-ever-growing-role-in-driving-migration/

350 Responds to Jay Inslee's "Community Climate Justice" Plan
commondreams.org | 2019-07-30
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/07/30/350-responds-jay-inslees-community-climate-justice-plan?cd-origin=rss

The future of industrial hemp and biofuels
Michael T. Hertz | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-30
Hemp is a low-cost alternative to a variety of products, and when you add that introducing would go a long way to reducing climate change, there is no question that we should be using it.
nationofchange.org/2019/07/30/the-future-of-industrial-hemp-and-biofuels/

Is the Green New Deal Our Last Hope to Address Climate Change?
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-30
| At its best, the Earth was once likened to a spaceship that sails through the heavens with a crew working together for the common good. Thanks to climate change, this metaphor no longer works. Our planet is now more like a lifeboat that's sprung a major leak. People on board are beginning to panic and the clock is ticking. | It is, however, the perfect environment to test out the best way to deal with life-and-death…
truthout.org/articles/is-the-green-new-deal-our-last-hope-to-address-climate-change/

Migrant Justice is Climate Justice: Protest at ICE Office in SF
No Coal in Oakland | indybay.org | 2019-07-30
ICE Office | 630 Sansome St | San Francisco, CA 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/29/18825051.php

Global Climate Strike! Climate Emergency Action Week Sept. 20 – 27, 2019
350.org, Fridays for the Future & many others | indybay.org | 2019-07-30
Events will be happening globally, as hosted by youth climate striker groups and other climate activist organizations…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/26/18824998.php

'We Are in a Climate Emergency' Warn Experts and AOC as Greenland Ice Sheet Faces Possible Record-Breaking Melting
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-30
"If the ice sheet melts entirely, it would raise global sea levels by almost 23 feet." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/greenland_ice.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/30/we-are-climate-emergency-warn-experts-and-aoc-greenland-ice-sheet-faces-possible?cd-origin=rss

Global Climate Strike: March & Rally in Los Angeles
MarchAndRallyLA & 2 others | indybay.org | 2019-07-30
Southern California: Pershing Square 532 S Olive St, Los Angeles, CA 90013…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/26/18825002.php

Bernie Sanders, Cardi B Film US Presidential Campaign Video
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and rapper Cardi B have filmed a campaign video together showing their mutual respect and shared concern for a range of issues like student debt, climate crisis, and minimum wage. | RELATED: | Bernie Sanders Joins Insulin-Caravan to Canada With US Families | The United States presidential hopeful featured in the clip in a nail salon in Detroit, where the second round of Democratic candidate debates will take place on Tuesday and…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bernie-Sanders-Cardi-B-Film-US-Presidential-Campaign-Video-20190730-0023.html

Fukushima 2020 Olympics Nightmare: Is PM Abe Criminally Insane?
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-07-30
This documentary investigates and exposes the plans of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to bring the Olympics baseball games to contaminated Fukushima. Although there is over a million tons of tritium radioactive water in tanks surrounding the plan, thousands of contamined bags of waste and melted nuclear rods still in the broken plants Abe has claimed to the Olympic Committee and world that Fukushima has been decontaminated.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/28/18825018.php

US govt regulator 'complicit' in radioactive leak at S. Carolina plant
rt.com | 2019-07-30
A leak at a Westinghouse nuclear fuel site is partly the result of inaction by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which is tasked with protecting the public from radioactive waste, an analyst told RT. | …
rt.com/usa/465357-radioactive-westinghouse-leak-carolina/

The 9% Lie: Industrial Food and Climate Change
Ronnie Cummins | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-29
The Climate Emergency is finally getting the attention of the media and the U.S. (and world) body politic, as well as a growing number of politicians, activists and even U.S. farmers. This great awakening has arrived just in time, given the record-breaking temperatures, violent weather, crop failures and massive waves of forced migrationthat are quickly becoming…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/29/the-9-lie-industrial-food-and-climate-change/

AOC, Harris Unveil Climate Equity Act To Support US Poorest
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-29
U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced a bill Monday that would ensure any climate change legislation considered by Congress prioritizes low-income and vulnerable communities. | RELATED: | In Climate Apartheid World's Poor Will Be Left to Suffer: UN Report | The Climate Equity Act would ensure that Congress and the White House are held accountable for putting low-income and Indigenous commu…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Lawmakers-Unveil-Climate-Bill-To-Help-Low-Income-Communities-20190729-0022.html

Easing 'classroom crisis' in Cà¥te d'Ivoire, brick by (plastic) brick
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-29
In an innovative partnership, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and a Colombian social enterprise announced on Monday that it had broken ground on a first-of-its-kind factory to convert plastic waste in Cà¥te d'Ivoire into modular, easy-to-assemble, low-cost plastic bricks for classrooms in the West African country.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1043351

Monday's Daily Brief: Nigeria massacre, Libya shelling condemned; recycled plastic used to build classrooms in Cà¥te d'Ivoire
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-29
Our main stories today: UN chief and senior UN official condemn the 'terrible massacre' in Nigeria that left some 65 dead, and the shelling of a hospital in Libya that killed medical workers; UN Secretary-General António Guterres reacts to a deadly landslide in China; recycled plastic waste is used to build classrooms in Cà¥te d'Ivoire; and scouts are urged to become human rights defenders.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1043371

Newsom Tours Kern County Oil Spill as Locals Call for Immediate Health and Safety Protections
Dan Bacher | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-29
MCKITTRICK, CA At a time when oil and gas drilling continues to expand in California, Governor Gavin Newsom on July 24 visited the site of a big oil spill in Chevron's Cymric oilfield in Kern County, The spill has seeped 974,400 gallons of a hazardous mix of oil and wastewater into the surrounding area for over two months,…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/29/newsom-tours-kern-county-oil-spill-as-locals-call-for-immediate-health-and-safety-protections/

Alaska Governor Demolishes Climate Research
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-29
Is it merely coincidence that spending cuts hit just as global warming starts "strutting its stuff like never before" with collapsing permafrost, like fallen tinker toys that, heretofore, was solid as the Rock of Gibraltar, over eons? What's up with this sudden massive thawing of rock-solid permafrost that contains tons and tons of carbon?
counterpunch.org/2019/07/29/alaska-governor-demolishes-climate-research/

Alaska Governor Demolishes Climate Research
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-29
Is it merely coincidence that spending cuts hit just as global warming starts "strutting its stuff like never before" with collapsing permafrost, like fallen tinker toys that, heretofore, was solid as the Rock of Gibraltar, over eons? What's up with this sudden massive thawing of rock-solid permafrost that contains tons and tons of carbon?
counterpunch.org/2019/07/29/alaska-governor-demolishes-climate-research/

Alaska Governor Demolishes Climate Research
Robert Hunziker | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-29
"The University of Alaska Fairbanks ("UAF") is a hub for Arctic climate research, and a magnet for top scientists and international collaborations– and it's in trouble."1 UAF's International Arctic Research Center sits at the pinnacle of worldwide climate research…
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/alaska-governor-demolishes-climate-research/

Sunrise Movement Rejected in Attempt to Visit Beacon Hill Offices, Demand Climate Action
commondreams.org | 2019-07-29
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/07/29/sunrise-movement-rejected-attempt-visit-beacon-hill-offices-demand-climate?cd-origin=rss

Water Not Oil: Battle Cry of the Blue Planet
Irwin Jerome | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
It's Mother Earth's battle cry inspired by the world's dire climate crisis that has been sung by so many others for years yet still hasn't had the intended effect because it still hasn't resolutely been taken up by the world …
globalresearch.ca/water-not-oil-battle-cry-blue-planet-2/5684906

Ethiopia Sets New Tree-planting Record To Fight Climate Change
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-29
Ethiopia's roughly 91 million inhabitants planted 353.6 million trees in the space of 12 hours on Monday, setting a new world record as part of a campaign to revert deforestation caused by climate change. | RELATED: | Drought Threatens Lives of 15 Million People in Africa's Horn | The final tally, pending verification by independent experts, was announced on Twitter by the minister of Innovation and Technology, Getahun Mekuria. | In his May 26 announcement of the program, Prime…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ethiopia-Sets-New-Tree-planting-Record-To-Fight-Climate-Change-20190729-0014.html

A 'Timely and Needed' Proposal: Harris and AOC Introduce Bill to Keep Frontline Communities at the Center of All Climate Legislation
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-29
Though she has not yet unveiled a climate action plan as part of her presidential campaign, Sen. Kamala Harris joined with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday to signal her intent to keep low-income communities at the forefront of any efforts to stem the climate crisis. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/picmonkey_image29.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/29/timely-and-needed-proposal-harris-and-aoc-introduce-bill-keep-frontline-communities?cd-origin=rss

To Deliver 'Fundamental Message' for 'Survival of Future Generations,' Greta Thunberg to Sail Atlantic for Americas
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-29
Swedish climate activist will begin two-week journey aboard fossil fuel-free sailing yacht in mid-August. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/greta-thunberg-boat-to-americas-malizia.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/29/deliver-fundamental-message-survival-future-generations-greta-thunberg-sail-atlantic?cd-origin=rss

UN: World Hunger Increases for Third Straight Year due to Climate Change
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-28
Cindy Holleman of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization says climate change, conflict, and economic stagnation are increasing hunger…
therealnews.com/stories/un-world-hunger-increases-for-third-straight-year-due-to-climate-change

For a new world
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-07-27
Basking in record-breaking high tempertures, slowly barbecuing ourselves, Britons may well welcome the benefits of global warming. Don't fool yourselves. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/27/for-a-new-world/

MSNBC & CNN To Host Climate Town Halls for Candidates
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-27
Sunrise Movement fellow Zina Rodriguez says she celebrates the moves from two major networks, but they don't change the need for a real climate debate…
therealnews.com/stories/msnbc-cnn-to-host-climate-town-halls-for-candidates

New Study Predicts Millions of Americans May Become Exposed to "Off the Charts" Heat
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-26
Climate scientist Michael Mann discusses the increasing frequency and severity of heat waves, just as the US, Europe, and India are experiencing this Summer…
therealnews.com/stories/new-study-predicts-millions-of-americans-may-become-exposed-to-off-the-charts-heat

26-year-old activist sentenced to pay $61,000 in 'victim compensation' to Qld Railways
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-26
On April 19, Alice Wicks locked on to a half-ton barrel, blocking all coal trains heading to the Port of Brisbane for 5 hours. | "I took this action because I have exhausted all other avenues for demanding action on the climate crisis. The permafrost has melted 70 years ahead of scientist's predictions. We need to act now", Wicks said on July 26. | Wicks has been protesting for more than three years and has worked in the environmental management sector for five. The government has made no effort to curb the climate crisis, they said, all the while increasing anti-protest laws: anyone who trespasses on a work…
greenleft.org.au/content/26-year-old-activist-sentenced-pay-61000-victim-compensation-qld-railways

Important contribution to stopping capitalist destruction
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-25
If you're looking for an accessible summary of revolutionary theory and practice related to the climate crisis and how to overcome it, System Change Not Climate Change is a must-read, writes Valerie Lannon.
greenleft.org.au/content/important-contribution-stopping-capitalist-destruction

New York Blackout Prompts Call for Publicly Owned Energy
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-25
Energy mismanagement in New York City and California has sparked questions about their ownership models. Democracy Collaborative's Johanna Bozuwa says making utilities public would help foster democracy and fight the climate crisis…
therealnews.com/stories/new-york-blackout-prompts-call-for-publicly-owned-energy

Study: Breaching 'Carbon Threshold' Could Trigger Mass Extinction in Oceans
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-25
MIT scientist Daniel Rothman explains that the earth's oceans may be at the 'precipice of excitation,' due to carbon in the oceans, which would unleash a mass extinction of life…
therealnews.com/stories/study-breaching-carbon-threshold-could-trigger-mass-extinction-in-oceans

Singing for climate action
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-25
A new activist group, Unnamed, has been formed in Perth and is aiming to get people active around climate change, writes Alex Salmon.
greenleft.org.au/content/singing-climate-action

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

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/

Tuesday'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