Australian bushfire emergency worsens but government denounces climate change warnings
wsws.org | 2019-11-12
Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack caused outrage by attacking "raving inner city lunatics" for linking global warming to the bushfires.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/12/bush-n12.html

Wildfire to Wildflowers: Restoring California Lands for Climate Justice
Friends of Sausal Creek | indybay.org | 2019-11-12
Oakland Public Library: Dimond Branch, 3565 Fruitvale Avenue, Oakland 94602…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/11/18828005.php

SoMa Piano Trio presents a Concert for the Climate
Napa Climate NOW | indybay.org | 2019-11-12
Napa Methodist Church, 625 Randolph St, Napa 94559…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/11/18828006.php

11,000 Scientists Warn We're Headed Toward 'Untold Suffering'
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-12
In an unprecedented step, more than 11,000 scientists from 153 nations have united to warn the world that, without deep and lasting change, the climate emergency promises humankind unavoidable "untold suffering." | And as if to underline that message, a US research group has predicted that — on the basis of experiments so far — global heating could reduce rice yields by 40% by the end of the century, and at the same time intensify levels of ar…
truthdig.com/articles/11000-scientists-warn-were-headed-towards-untold-suffering/

We Need a Green Bailout for the People
Kate Aronoff | thenation.com | 2019-11-12
We Need a Green Bailout for the People…
thenation.com/article/climate-bailout-economy/

Oakland 2030 Equitable Climate Action Town Hall (2 of 2)
City of Oakland, Oak.Climate Action Coalition | indybay.org | 2019-11-12
Lincoln Square Recreation Center, 250 10th St, Oakland, CA 94607…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/10/18827986.php

The Trump Administration's Biggest Climate Lies
Naomi Oreskes | thenation.com | 2019-11-12
The Trump Administration's Biggest Climate Lies…
thenation.com/article/trump-climate-change-lies/

How to Not Waste the Next Crisis
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian | thenation.com | 2019-11-12
How to Not Waste the Next Crisis…
thenation.com/article/economy-recession-markets/

350 Action Endorses Three 'Progressive Climate Champions' in 2020 House Races Against Establishment Democrats
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-12
Three progressive challengers to establishment House Democrats won endorsements from the climate action group 350 Action on Tuesday in their 2020 campaigns. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/picmonkey20image1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/12/350-action-endorses-three-progressive-climate-champions-2020-house-races-against?cd-origin=rss

Fire & Flood Film: Queer Resilience in the era of Climate Change
Queer Ecojustice Project and others | indybay.org | 2019-11-12
Positive Images, 200 Montgomery Dr suite C, Santa Rosa 95404…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/11/18828007.php

Six new books for ecosocialists
Stuart Munckton | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-12
ecosocialism. books Ian AngusIssue 1247 AustraliaNovember 12, 2019Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus takes a look at six books that belong on the bookshelf of ecosocialists. | *** | The Thinking Person's Guide To Climate Change | University…
greenleft.org.au/content/six-new-books-ecosocialists-2

US Policy: Global Climate Crisis Not Our Problem. Really?
William Boardman | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-11
By withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, the US is effectively saying the global climate crisis is not our problem. This is American exceptionalism run amok. The US acts as if it can opt-out of the only planet we have because, well, because we're special. This is not logical, this is not practical, this is …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/us-policy-global-climate-crisis-not-our-problem-really/

New UN forestry project bids to help countries meet climate change commitments
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-11
More than two dozen countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America are set to benefit from a UN project to help tackle climate change through better forestry management.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051041

The Greatest Scam in History: How the Energy Companies Took Us All
Naomi Oreskes | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-11
It's a tale for all time. What might be the greatest scam in history or, at least, the one that threatens to take history down with it. Think of it as the climate-change scam that beat science, big time. Scientists have been seriously investigating the subject of human-made climate change since the late 1950s and…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/11/the-greatest-scam-in-history-how-the-energy-companies-took-us-all/

Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Environmental Justice, Shutting Down Pipelines, Capitalism & Billionaires
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-11
Six 2020 presidential candidates — Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker, and Tom Steyer, Marianne Williamson, John Delaney and Joe Sestak — participated in the first-ever Presidential Forum on Environmental Justice in Orangeburg, South Carolina, on November 8. Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and former EPA official Mustafa Santiago Ali co-moderated the event, which took place at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg. We air highlights of Warren speaking about the climate crisis, public health, shutting down pipelines, capitalism, the order of primary states and…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/11/elizabeth_warren_environmental_justice_amy_goodman

As bushfires unleash hell on Earth, we must talk about the climate crisis
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-11
Climate Pip HinmanIssue 1245 AustraliaNovember 11, 2019With all hell breaking loose as catastrophic fires ravage parts of New South Wales and Queensland, all Prime Minister Scott Morrison can advise is to pray. It's a poor excuse from a government that has criminally refusal to take action on the climate crisis. | And the more politicians try…
greenleft.org.au/content/bushfires-unleash-hell-earth-we-must-talk-about-climate-crisis

In the middle of the climate crisis a Tory MP accepts a donation from a private jet operator
Peadar O'Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2019-11-11
On 26 September 2019, Brexiteer Conservative MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke Jack Lopresti accepted a donation of £5,000 from Kayan Aviation Capital ( KAC). KAC is a private jet and luxury airport op…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/11/11/in-the-middle-of-the-climate-crisis-a-tory-mp-accepts-a-donation-from-a-private-jet-operator/

Towards a working-class environmentalism for South Africa
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-11-10
It's going take a fully democratic anti-capitalist movement to fight climate change. The case of South Africa shows how long we have to go. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/10/towards-a-working-class-environmentalism-for-south-africa/

Not creepy at all: GIANT Greta Thunberg mural to grace downtown San Francisco (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2019-11-09
A four-story mural of climate activist Greta Thunberg is set to be unveiled next week in San Francisco. Many, however, have already found the work unsettling, describing it as something straight out of a dystopian Sci-Fi movie. | The mural depicts the face of the 16-year-old media darling, gazing down at passersby on Union Square in San Francisco, with her signature tense expression. | Argentine artist Andreas Iglesias, who is putting the finishing touches on the massive work, said his ultimate goal is to raise awareness about climate issues. | "What I want from people is to realize [they] have to do something…
rt.com/usa/472997-greta-thunberg-mural-sf/

Qatar: Education as a Weapon
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-09
There seems to be no limit to Qataris tossing around their wealth. This tiny kingdom with 2.6 million inhabitants is full of ridiculously lavish gold-plated palaces, most of them built with terrible taste. It is overflowing with Lamborghini racing cars and Rolls Royce limousines, and now, even with ludicrously wasteful air-conditioned sidewalks (cold air blows …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/qatar-education-as-a-weapon/

Ignoring Climate Catastrophes
Robert Hunziker | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-08
The planet is coming apart at the seams right before the eyes of scientists at work in remote fringe areas of the North where permafrost crumbles and collapses. It's abrupt climate change at work in real time, but the governing leaders of the world either don't care or don't know. If they did, there would …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/ignoring-climate-catastrophes/

World in revolt: People rise up
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-08
People's movementsIssue 1244 World climate emergency student strike 4 climate Extinction RebellionNovember 8, 2019Across the globe, people are rising. | People's power moveme…
greenleft.org.au/content/world-revolt-people-rise

Take Action — Some actual, SANE legislation
Jon Rainwater | peaceaction.org | 2019-11-07
Trump has plans to spend nearly $2 TRILLION over the next 30 years on unneeded and unnecessary nuclear weapons and delivery systems. This makes no sense. This is insane. That's nearly $100 million wasted every day for thirty years on weapons we are supposed to be getting rid of. To put that amount in perspective, …
peaceaction.org/2019/11/07/take-action-some-actual-sane-legislation/

'This Is a Huge Opportunity to Create an Energy System Rooted in Climate Justice' – CounterSpin interview with Johanna Bozuwa on public utilities
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2019-11-07
Janine Jackson interviewed the Democracy Collaborative's Johanna Bozuwa about public utilities for the November 1, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/this-is-a-huge-opportunity-to-create-an-energy-system-rooted-in-climate-justice/

"The Pollinators": New Film Shows How Decline of Bee Colonies Could Mean Collapse of Food Chain
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-07
A documentary film "The Pollinators" tells the story of the world's yellow-black jacketed honey bees, whose existence may determine the future of human survival. The insects pollinate nearly all the fruits, vegetables and nuts we consume, and some experts estimate one out of every three bites of food we eat depends on the work of honey bees. However, the future of the insects is now in peril with widespread reports of bee colony collapses. In the last decade and a half, beekeepers have reported staggering declines in their bee populations due to pesticides, parasites and loss of habitat. Scientists warn climate c…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/7/the_pollinators_film_decline_of_bee

Adani's Carmichael coal mine: a stranded asset?
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-07
Climate Margaret GleesonIssue 1244 Australia AdaniNovember 7, 2019Could Indian mining firm Adani's Carmichael coal mine, in Central Queensland, become a stranded asset? A number of recent events indicate the answer could be "Yes". | Adani has always relied more on spin than hard…
greenleft.org.au/content/adani-carmichael-coal-mine-stranded-asset

Bill McKibben on U.S. Withdrawal from Paris Accord, California Fires, Climate Refugees & More
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-05
The Trump administration notified the United Nations Monday that it would withdraw the U.S. from the historic Paris climate agreement, starting a year-long process to leave the international pact to fight the climate crisis. The United States — the world's largest historic greenhouse gas emitter — will become the only country outside the accord. Trump's announcement of the withdrawal came on the first day possible under the agreement's rules. From Middlebury, Vermont, we speak with Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org. "The decision of the United States to be the only country on Earth … unwilling to…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/5/trump_admin_paris_climate_agreement_withdrawal