Iceland: Scientists to Put Stone in Memory of Okjà∂kull Glacier
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-17
Scientists and environmental activists will build a memorial on Sunday to pay tribute to "the death" of Okjà∂kull (Ok), the first Icelandic glacier which disappeared due to global climate change in 2014. | RELATED: | 'Fridays for Future' Movement Takes to Swiss Streets | "Ok is the first Icelantic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years, all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happenin…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iceland-Scientists-to-Put-Stone-in-Memory-of-Okjkull-Glacier-20190817-0007.html

Climate Change Town Hall in Rhonert Park, Sonoma Co
Rep. Mike Thompson | indybay.org | 2019-08-17
Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park 94928…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/14/18825488.php

No Time to Lose: A Dharma Response to Climate Change (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center | indybay.org | 2019-08-17
Spirit Rock Meditation Center | 5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Woodacre, CA 94973 | www.spiritrock.org/directions…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/17/18825534.php

Strategy Meeting: Pass the DNC Resolution for a Presidential Climate Debate
CA Democratic Progressive Caucus | indybay.org | 2019-08-17
Parc 55 Hotel, Ballroom | 55 Cyril Magnin Street | San Francisco, CA 94102…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/17/18825529.php

Ernest Coverson on Guns & Human Rights, Carey Gillam Under Attack From Monsanto
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2019-08-16
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fair.org/home/ernest-coverson-on-guns-human-rights-carey-gillam-under-attack-from-monsanto/

Australia Disregards Pacific Islands States on Climate Crisis
commondreams.org | 2019-08-16
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/08/16/australia-disregards-pacific-islands-states-climate-crisis?cd-origin=rss

The Trump administration dismantles endangered species protections as sixth mass extinction crisis looms
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-16
Today, the Trump administration released a final rule dismantling the role of science in informing protections for endangered and threatened wildlife. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the protections it has afforded to threatened and endangered species have been based on the best available science and commercial data. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/16/the-trump-administration-dismantles-endangered-species-protections-as-sixth-mass-extinction-crisis-looms/

Modern medicine declares war on loneliness with drugs & bots, threatening introverts with extinction
rt.com | 2019-08-16
With pharmaceutical and even robotic "cures" in the works for loneliness – a condition once considered part of the normal human emotional range but now framed as a health risk – we risk losing the ability to be alone at all. | …
rt.com/news/466644-loneliness-pill-robots-medicalization-control/

Trump Endangers the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-16
The protection of threatened species will now be weighed against the economic benefit their extinction might mean. Meanwhile, states would no longer be able to review the impact of projects on water quality, in accordance with the decades-old the Clean Water Act…
therealnews.com/stories/trump-endangers-the-endangered-species-act-and-the-clean-water-act

Like Arron Banks, a Tory radio show host is now having 'fun' mocking and taunting a teenager
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2019-08-16
Arch-Brexiteer Arron Banks caused an uproar on 14 August for 'joking' about climate activist Greta Thunberg getting in a "freak yachting accident". Clearly though, Britain's right wing didn't think that was enough offensive trolling for the 16-year-old in one day. Tory radio host Julia Hartley-Brewer stuck it to Thunberg too. | What is it in these knuckleheads that makes them think it's 'fun' to mock this teenager?
thecanary.co/trending/2019/08/16/like-arron-banks-a-tory-radio-show-host-is-now-having-fun-mocking-and-taunting-a-teenager/

Behavior of Australia's Prime Minister at Pacific Islands Forum Makes Clear Climate Crisis Not A Priority
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-16
"Watered-down climate language has real consequences—like water-logged homes, schools, communities, and ancestral burial grounds." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/morrison.jpg …
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Report: 'No Evidence that Fracking Can Operate without Threatening Public Health'
Tara Lohan | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
In 2010 when I first started writing about hydraulic fracturing — the process of blasting a cocktail of water and chemicals into shale to release trapped hydrocarbons — there were more questions than answers about environmental and public-health threats. That …
globalresearch.ca/report-no-evidence-fracking-can-operate-without-threatening-public-health/5686504

'People Are Demanding Accountability for the Fossil Fuel Industry' – CounterSpin interview with Sriram Madhusoodanan about climate justice
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2019-08-14
Janine Jackson interviewed Sriram Madhusoodanan about climate justice for the August 2, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/people-are-demanding-accountability-for-the-fossil-fuel-industry/

Why Marx matters: capitalism and the Metabolic Rift
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-14
CO2 was identified as a prime driver of global warming in the 1950s and has been the subject of many international meetings over the past 30 years. Despite increasing calls to reduce carbon emissions, they continue to rise faster and faster. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/14/why-marx-matters-capitalism-and-the-metabolic-rift/

Australia 'tips petrol on the fire' at Pacific Islands Forum
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-14
Climate change Pip HinmanIssue 1233 Tuvalu 2019 Pacific Islands ForumAustralia's bullying behaviour was in full view again at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Tuvalu, as it ignored pleas to take climate change seriously. It played a dirty role in obstructing…
greenleft.org.au/content/australia-tips-petrol-fire-pacific-islands-forum

Bayer/Monsanto Silencing Journalists, Activists, and Scientists
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-13
Investigative reporter Carey Gillam talks about Bayer/Monsanto's efforts to discredit her work and deflect criticism about cancer-causing glyphosate, a major ingredient in Roundup pesticide…
therealnews.com/stories/bayer-monsanto-silencing-journalists-activists-and-scientists

Sydney choir take musical stand for ecology
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-13
music ecology environment Climate change Susan PriceIssue 1233 AustraliaGreen Footprints | Ecopella | 2018 | If you like political…
greenleft.org.au/content/sydney-choir-take-musical-stand-ecology

How Climate Activists Can Benefit from Solidarity with Kentucky Coal Miners
Ryan Driskell Tate | progressive.org | 2019-08-12
As fossil-fuel workers lose their jobs today, the urgency of what climate activists call the "just transition" becomes all the more apparent.
progressive.org/dispatches/climate-activists-benefit-from-solidarity-with-coal-miners-tate-190812/

FROM THE FIELD: 'Eco-warriors' fight climate change in South Africa
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-11
Schools in South Africa have been designating students as "eco-warriors" as part of an initiative supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), to drive environmental and climate change awareness amongst the young and old in their communities.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1044101

Documents Reveal Monsanto Surveilled Journalists, Activists & Even Musician Neil Young
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-08-09
Explosive new documents reveal the U.S. agribusiness giant Monsanto ran a "fusion center" to surveil and discredit journalists and activists who criticized or wrote damning reports about Monsanto, as well as legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young, who released an album in 2015 called "The Monsanto Years." Monsanto monitored Young's Twitter activity and even analyzed the lyrics of his album. The fusion center also surveilled journalist Carey Gillam, who has done extensive research and writing about Monsanto and its popular pesticide Roundup, which has been linked to cancer. The corporation also targeted the nonpro…
www.democracynow.org/2019/8/9/monsanto_fusion_center_surveillance_of_critics

Supersizing Climate Change: U.N. Says Meat Production Destroys Land & Diminishes Key Water Sources
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-08-09
The United Nations' top panel of climate scientists warns that humans are consuming land and water resources at an unprecedented rate, with the destructive effects of the climate crisis increasingly threatening the planet's biodiversity and the food security of hundreds of millions of people. In its latest climate change and land special report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that without dramatic action, extreme weather and rising temperatures will turn even more fertile land into desert, shrinking the global food supply, even as the world's population rises to more than 7.5 billion people.
www.democracynow.org/2019/8/9/ipcc_report_climate_change_and_land

Climate change is class war
Jodi Dean | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-31
Our challenge is to build the collective power that can force the changes the capitalist system refuses to make.
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