(2019-09-24). School climate strikers are right: This is the fight of our lives. greenleft.org.au 
Climate Strike school strike 4 climate climate action Sam WainwrightIssue 1239 Australia PerthSeptember 24, 2019We ne…
(2019-09-23). Climate strikers demand climate justice on 'historic' day of protest. nationofchange.org 
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. | Millions of children and adults are expected to strike across the globe today, inspired by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg's call for climate action. | The strikes are happening ahead of the UN Climate Summit, which is taking place in New York on 23 September. | Climate strikers are calling…
(2019-09-23). Naomi Klein, Autism and Climate Activism. counterpunch.org 
In a recent interview with Amy Goodman, Naomi Klein linked Greta Thunberg's autism with her powerful commitment to combating climate chaos. In doing so, I believe she promoted a serious misunderstanding about how autism is linked to Greta's moral clarity on this existential threat. In the interview quoted extensively below, Klein talks about autism and the human brain's propensity for "mirroring." More
(2019-09-23). Greta Thunberg speech. mronline.org 
Around the year 2030, we will be in a position where we probably set off an irreversible chain reaction beyond human control, that will most likely lead to the end of our civilization as we know it.‚Ä® | Source
(2019-09-23). Greta: Capitalism Is Destroying The Planet. therealnews.com 
"People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is the money, and fairytales of eternal economic growth. How dare you?"
(2019-09-23). Indigenous People Are Already Working "Green Jobs" — but They're Unrecognized and Unpaid. theintercept.com 
From Standing Rock to the Unist'ot'en Camp, land defense and water protection are necessary for the continuation of life on a planet teetering on collapse.
(2019-09-23). Indigenous people lead march of 250,000 in NYC climate strike. liberationnews.org 
"If we don't rise, the sea levels will!"
(2019-09-23). Dozens Arrested as Climate Activists #ShutDownDC. therealnews.com 
Monday morning's commute was disrupted in the nation's capital when activists blocked 22 intersections to demand action from leaders to address climate change.
(2019-09-23). Millions march against climate change, capitalism and war. mronline.org 
Four million people participated in the global climate strike across every continent on Friday, many of them students who skipped school on that day. Demonstrations at more than 5,800 locations in 161 countries began in Australia and the Pacific, moved to Asia, Antarctica, Africa and Europe, and then to North and South America. This is […] | Source
(2019-09-23). Changing the Narrative on Climate Change. therealnews.com 
At the first Designing A Green New Deal conference, essayist Mary AnnaàØse Heglar explains the role of storytelling and emotion in the fight for climate justice…
(2019-09-23). Debating the bedrock of climate-change mitigation scenarios. mronline.org 
Researchers and policymakers rely on computer simulations called integrated assessment models to determine the best strategies for tackling climate change. Here, scientists present opposing views on the suitability of these simulations. | Source
(2019-09-23). Youth lead fight for future at Baltimore Climate Strike. peoplesworld.org 
BALTIMORE—About 1,000 protesters, mostly high school and college youth, marched from the Inner Harbor to Baltimore City Hall Sept. 20 in the local edition of the Global Climate Strike, demanding action by the federal, state, and municipal governments to reverse global climate change. The march here was part of a worldwide mass protest by millions …
(2019-09-23). Voices from the Seattle Global Climate Strike. liberationnews.org 
"We must work together to create systemic change…"
(2019-09-23). Climate strike action rocks San Jose. peoplesworld.org 
SAN JOSE, Calif.—The call "This is what democracy looks like" echoed across downtown as some 1,500 students and their allies marched from the Diridon train station to City Hall as this city's contribution to the global climate strike demanding action to rein in global warming and the fossil fuel industries that seek to block action …
(2019-09-23). Mutual Aid Networks Go Beyond Disaster Relief. They Offer Community Empowerment. truthout.org | | Climate change is no longer a vague and distant threat looming on the horizon — its effects are already causing massive disruptions globally and are proving more significant than most of us could have imagined even a decade ago. And although extreme weather events and climate-fueled disasters do not discriminate between rich and poor or the privileged and the underserved, the impacts of these events generally reflect pre-existing divisions marked by race, class, immigration sta…
(2019-09-23). 'You Are Failing Us': Plans, Frustration at U.N. Climate Talks. truthdig.com After teen climate activist Greta Thunberg shames them for their inaction, leaders claim they will do more but concede it's not enough.
(2019-09-23). Greta Thunberg tells world leaders 'you are failing us', as nations announce fresh climate action. un.org Speaking at the beginning of the UN's Climate Action Summit on Monday, the 16-year-old acclaimed climate activist Greta Thunberg, was unsparing in her criticism of world leaders, telling them that they are still "not mature enough to tell it like it is".
(2019-09-23). Women's Rights, Climate Activists Launch Feminist Agenda for Green New Deal. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2019-09-23). #ShutDownDC Protesters Blockade Capital Streets to Demand Climate Action. truthout.org | | With the goal of disrupting business as usual in the "center of decision-making in the U.S.," hundreds of activists blocked key intersections across downtown Washington, D.C., Monday morning to demand that lawmakers take bold and urgent action to confront the existential climate crisis. | Chanting "We want climate justice now!" and "The planet we love is under attack," demonstrators positioned vans, cars, their bodies — even a sailboat — in the middle of major D.C. streets to sh…
(2019-09-23). Peace Versus Climate. globalresearch.ca Climate Change number ONE? — How about PEACE? — Nobody thought about that? Have these western kids been brainwashed. Not even UN Secretary General Guterres, whose mandate it is to lead the UN towards conflict solutions that bring PEACE — this is the very mandate that the UN has been founded on. Not climate, but PEACE.
(2019-09-23). Climate Week: Faith in Our Future: Interfaith Conversation on Climate Change (Santa Cruz). indybay.org Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060…
(2019-09-23). Climate Action Protests and "Extinction Rebellion" versus 5G Microwave Radiation. globalresearch.ca On 20 September, hundreds of thousands stepped out onto the streets of the world's cities to call for 'Climate Action'. The great majority doing so, no doubt based upon genuine feelings of concern for the future of the planet and …
(2019-09-23). Climate Strike: Sidewalk Protest for Climate Crisis in Santa Cruz, Sept. 26. indybay.org Sidewalk along Pacific Garden Mall, 1424-1498 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060…
(2019-09-23). Youth Leads In Global Climate Strike. indybay.org Demonstrations throughout the Bay Area and the world in emergency climate protest…
(2019-09-23). SF Climate Strike: Amazon Protest Contingent outside Brasilian Consulate. indybay.org Brasilian Consulate, 300 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94104-1901…
(2019-09-23). 'How Dare You!' Greta Thunberg Rebukes World Leaders. thenation.com 'How Dare You!' Greta Thunberg Rebukes World Leaders…
(2019-09-23). Three Billion Birds: Decline of the North American Avifauna. globalresearch.ca Species extinctions have defined the global biodiversity crisis, but extinction begins with loss in abundance of individuals that can result in compositional and functional changes of ecosystems. | Using multiple and independent monitoring networks, we report population losses across much of …
(2019-09-23). Climate Week: Nonviolent Direct Action Training in Santa Cruz. indybay.org El Rio Mobile Home Park, 2120 N Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060-2706, United States…
(2019-09-23). Extinction Rebellion Brings Street Theater Back to Santa Cruz. indybay.org Gimme That Old Time Rebellion…
(2019-09-23). We're Inching Closer to Earth's Deadliest Tipping Points. truthdig.com Urgent action on climate change will be costly. But inaction could be four or five times more expensive, according to new climate accounting: extremes of global heat are on the increase. | Submarine heatwaves happen three times more often that they did in 1980. Ocean warming events can devastate coral reefs and trigger even more damage from more intense acidification and oxygen loss in the seas, with disastrous consequences for fishery and seafood. | The ecosystems on which all living things — including human…
(2019-09-23). Interview: United Auto Workers on strike at General Motors. fightbacknews.org Lansing, Michigan – The United Auto Workers (UAW) called a strike on Sunday, September 15. Fight Back! interviewed Jean "Johnny Bravo" Duchemin, an alternate committee member in UAW Local 1753 in Lansing, Michigan about the GM strike. | Fight Back!: How do you see the strike fitting into the broader labor movement and the current political climate? | Jean "Johnny Bravo" Duchemin: That one, I had to take time to think about that one. When it comes to the political climate and the labor movement, the labor movement in this country has been died out. A lot of people are uneducated. So, since the last major strike, a…
(2019-09-23). After Historic Climate Strikes, Week of Powerful Local Actions Follow. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2019-09-23). What Is Energy Denial? commondreams.org The concept of conserving energy is an age-old philosophy embodied in use of the word "reduce." Those who only see the horrible potential of climate change have an unfortunate tendency to mimic the behavior of climate change deniers as they themselves deny the dangers of alternative energy sources. (Photo: TLPOSCHARSKY/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/turbines.jpeg …
(2019-09-23). Climate Week Talk: Author Jonathan Safran Foer, "We Are the Weather" indybay.org Climate One, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco 94105…
(2019-09-23). Climate Policy Q & A Session with Senator Feinstein's State Director. indybay.org Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St, Berkeley, CA 94704…
(2019-09-23). Australian students and youth speak out at climate strikes. wsws.org "The governments are too scared to do anything because they want to make profits, rather than save the planet."
(2019-09-23). Actions not words: what was promised at the UN's landmark climate summit? un.org UN Secretary-General warned leaders not to come to his landmark Climate Action Summit with beautiful speeches, but to present concrete plans for cutting harmful greenhouse gas emissions, and strategies for carbon neutrality by 2050. So what, exactly, was promised at Monday's all-day event at UN Headquarters in New York?
(2019-09-23). On sidelines of UN climate summit, US President calls for protection of religious freedom. un.org As global leaders gathered at UN Headquarters on Monday to present their plans to combat climate change, United States President Donald Trump put the spotlight on the need to safeguard religious freedom worldwide.
(2019-09-23). The Path to Climate Justice Runs Through the UAW Strike. thenation.com The Path to Climate Justice Runs Through the UAW Strike…
(2019-09-23). Can Nuclear Power's Deadly Waste Be Contained in a Warming World? truthout.org | | Imagine this scenario: You are driving home from work one evening, and you notice a strange metallic taste in your mouth. That night on the evening news, you hear there's been an accident at the nuclear plant in your community, but that everything is under control. | The next day, the metallic taste is stronger, and you see a rust-colored ring around the bathtub when you drain it. Public announcements continue to say everything is OK. Your eight-month-old daughter has been playing outside much of t…
(2019-09-23). How news media should handle Trump's lies. counterpunch.org saints, politicians, capitalists, news media, Trump, … all lies — bigly the difference being that most of Trump's lies are impossible to defend but Trump's supporters do defend him with undefendable lies the liberal media, including MSDNC, ridicules and attacks Trump's lies the media strategy is waste of time as Trump strikes back with more lies what More
(2019-09-23). Trump administration just can't stop lying about vehicle standards. mronline.org Today, Secretary Elaine Chao (Department of Transportation) and Administrator Andrew Wheeler (EPA) officially released their attack on California's Advanced Clean Car standards, which reduce global warming emissions and tailpipe pollution from new cars and require manufacturers to sell a minimum number of electric vehicles in the state. | Source
(2019-09-23). 19-Year-Old Indigenous Climate Activist Artemisa Xakriabá: "We Fight for Mother Earth" democracynow.org 
Friday's climate strike in New York City concluded with remarks from indigenous leaders, activists and organizers. Artemisa Xakriabá, a 19-year-old indigenous climate activist of the Xakriabá people, spoke about the increasing intensity of environmental destruction across Brazil and the interconnectedness of the fight for climate justice. "We fight for our Mother Earth because the fight for Mother Earth is the mother of all other fights," Xakriabá said. "We are fighting for your lives. We are fighting for our lives. We are fighting for our sacred territory. But we are being persecuted, threatened, murdered, only…
(2019-09-23). Youth Indigenous Climate Activist Artemisa Xakriabá: "We Fight for Mother Earth" truthout.org | | Friday's climate strike in New York City concluded with remarks from indigenous leaders, activists and organizers. Artemisa Xakriabá, a 19-year-old indigenous climate activist of the Xakriabá people, spoke about the increasing intensity of environmental destruction across Brazil and the interconnectedness of the fight for climate justice. "We fight for our Mother Earth because the fight for Mother Earth is the mother of all other fights," Xakriabá said. "We are fight…
(2019-09-23). 'If a House Is on Fire, You Don't Add Fuel': 530 Groups Back Call to Rapidly Phase Out Fossil Fuels Worldwide. commondreams.org The environmental group Stand.earth announced on Monday that 530 organizations have signed on to the Lofoten Declaration, which calls for rapidly phasing out fossil fuels on a global scale and transitioning to clean energy, as world leaders and activists gathered in New York City for the United Nations Climate Action Summit. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/crop-gettyimages-1008647068_0.jpg …
(2019-09-23). 'We Want to Show Them We Are Serious': 16 Youth Activists File Suit Against Major Nations for Failing to Act on Climate Crisis. commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/youth_climate_suit.jpg …
(2019-09-23). 'How Dare You!': Greta Thunberg Rages at 'Fairytales of Eternal Economic Growth' at UN Climate Summit. commondreams.org "Entire ecosytems are collapsing. We are at the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/greta_1.jpg …
(2019-09-23). Turning Back on Climate Summit, Trump Hosts 'Religious Freedom' Session at UN. commondreams.org "It's most importantly a snub to the young people pleading for action on climate change." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump-religious-freedom-snub-climate-summit.jpg …
(2019-09-23). To Stop the Worst Effects of the Climate Crisis, Report Says 'The Level of Ambition Needs to be Tripled'—At Minimum. commondreams.org The new U.N. report referencing increasing impacts of the climate crisis underscores the need for urgent action. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/greenland_ice_0.jpg …
(2019-09-23). Millions Took Part in the Youth-Led Global Climate Strike Friday. Here's Why People Marched. democracynow.org 
As many as a quarter-million people marched on the streets of New York City Friday for a youth-led climate strike inspired by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. Globally, as many as 4 million people took to the streets in hundreds of countries. Democracy Now! was in the streets of New York on Friday speaking with climate strikers from the United States and around the world.