How to Save the Planet and Ourselves
Chris Hedges | commondreams.org | 2019-11-18
A banner is hung across a roadway while people participate in direct action with Extinction Rebellion on April 17, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/climate-emergency-nyc-955px.jpg …
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Immigrants Feel Broaden Risk During Fires
Ryan Gopar | indybay.org | 2019-11-18
This is an opinion piece on the anxiety endured by the immigrant population. While referencing events in northern California, the climate of fear is throughout all of the United States. This piece is meant to raise awareness of and for immigrants, in relation to the Public Charge Rules.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/15/18828131.php
Major Victory as EIB Ends Fossil Fuel Financing by 2021
Andy Rowell | commondreams.org | 2019-11-18
An Extinction Rebellion protester holds up a placard saying "Divest from climate change" on October 14, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-11809997791.jpg …
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Hundreds pack hearing to protest Trump administration proposal to dredge San Francisco Bay
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-11-18
"Deepening the Bay to accommodate bigger vessels carrying dirty tar sands crude oil puts communities along the water and near the refineries at risk," said Isabella Zizi, Climate Campaigner at Stand.earth and member of Protect the Bay.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/15/18828132.php
A New Silence
Bill Hatch | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-18
On a recent weekend there were worldwide, youth-led strikes involving millions of people, against climate change. Some residents of the San Joaquin Valley, the worst air-quality zone in the nation, were discussing it around the kitchen table of Lydia Miller, president of the San Joaquin Raptor Rescue Center, who began speaking of the obvious loss…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/18/a-new-silence/
In a major win for the environment, world's largest bank says goodbye to fossil fuel financing
Alexandra Jacobo | nationofchange.org | 2019-11-18
The bank's decision to end all financing of oil, gas, and coal projects after 2021 will make it the first multilateral lender to rule out financing for projects that contribute to the climate crisis.
nationofchange.org/2019/11/18/in-a-major-win-for-the-environment-worlds-largest-bank-says-goodbye-to-fossil-fuel-financing/
Ex-adviser to the Foreign Office drops a deadly truth bomb about the Tory government
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2019-11-18
Two ex-advisers have slammed the Conservative government over its environmental record. The criticisms from one of them, an ex-adviser to the Foreign Office, cut particularly deep. That's partly because the climate crisis is one of the most important issues in this election. But it's also because he identified a…
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2019/11/18/ex-adviser-to-the-foreign-office-drops-a-deadly-truth-bomb-about-the-tory-government/
The Pentagon Is Not Ready to Face Our Biggest National Security Threat
Michael T. Klare | thenation.com | 2019-11-18
The Pentagon Is Not Ready to Face Our Biggest National Security Threat…
thenation.com/article/climate-change-national-security/
New Study in Nature Climate Change Finds Nearly All US Endangered Species Sensitive to Climate Change
commondreams.org | 2019-11-18
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Can 'Climate Sanctions' Save the Planet?
Nicholas Mulder | thenation.com | 2019-11-18
Can 'Climate Sanctions' Save the Planet?
thenation.com/article/climate-green-new-deal/
'Time Is Up': Campaigners Occupy Pelosi's Office, Launch Global Hunger Strike for Climate Action
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-18
The global grassroots movement Extinction Rebellion is resorting to a hunger strike Monday with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as its primary target in the United States, demanding that the Democratic leader embrace bold climate action as progressive lawmakers have. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/screen20shot202019-11-1820at201.09.2220pm.jpg …
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Driven by Anti-Science Agenda, Trump Agencies Defying Mandate to Save Endangered Species From Climate Risk
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-18
A new study exposes serious gaps in the U.S. government's commitment to fighting the effects of the climate crisis on endangered species, which federal agencies are required by law to protect. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/12683724813_f9dddc89a6_o.png …
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Which Would You Prefer: Nuclear War or Climate Catastrophe?
Lawrence Wittner | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-17
To: The people of the world From: The Joint Public Relations Department of the Great Powers The world owes an enormous debt of gratitude to Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi, Boris Johnson, and other heroic rulers of our glorious nations. Not only are they hard at work making their respective countries great …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/which-would-you-prefer-nuclear-war-or-climate-catastrophe/
Jo Swinson's tree planting 'promise' proves she's treating climate breakdown as a joke
James Wright | thecanary.co | 2019-11-17
Jo Swinson and the Lib Dems appear to be treating climate catastrophe as a joke. The party's new policy to plant 60m trees would only offset the UK's recent annual net emissions by less than 0.5%. And their other policies on the climate won't really do much to transform society either. | Treesus Christ…: | Planting trees is important. But it's clearly nowher…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/11/17/jo-swinsons-tree-planting-promise-proves-shes-treating-climate-breakdown-as-a-joke/
The climate canary in the coal mine
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-16
Climate Zane AlcornIssue 1245 AustraliaNovember 16, 2019If you thought extreme weather and climate events would eventually force politicians to wake up — that notion should now be definitely put to bed. | Not only did the Coalition fail to acknowledge climate change makes it more likely that extreme weather events will be more frequent…
greenleft.org.au/content/climate-canary-coal-mine
WA climate rebels pledge to blockade fossil fuels conference
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-15
environment Sam WainwrightIssue 1245 Australia PerthNovember 15, 2019Climate activists are gearing up for the Resources Technology Showcase (RTS), a mining and fossil fuel industry conference to be held at the Perth Convention Centre over November 27-28. | A newly formed c…
greenleft.org.au/content/wa-climate-rebels-pledge-blockade-fossil-fuels-conference
Climate crisis, food production and the rising risk of pandemics
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-15
Agriculture Climate Pat BrewerIssue 1245 AustraliaNovember 15, 2019Australia is already feeling the effects of the climate crisis through rising temperatures, drought and major bushfires. | Meanwhile, governments are loosening environmental laws and agribusiness farming is dam…
greenleft.org.au/content/climate-crisis-food-production-and-rising-risk-pandemics
Sen. Cory Booker on Environmental Justice, Nuclear Power & "Savage Racial Disparities" in the U.S
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-15
The first-ever Presidential Forum on Environmental Justice, co-moderated by Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and former EPA official Mustafa Santiago Ali, was held last Friday at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey was one of six Democratic candidates to share his plans to confront environmental injustices and the climate crisis. Booker spoke about racial disparities in the U.S., the creation of renewable energy jobs and the water contamination crises in cities across the country, including his hometown of Newark. "My community is not alone," Booker said. "Lead service…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/15/cory_booker_presidential_forum_environmental_justice
Extinction Rebellion: Rebellion against whom?
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-11-14
Through the global climate strike and mass demonstrations for the planet launched by Greta Thunberg, an entire generation has gotten a taste of political action, understanding the need for dramatic change to deal with environmental degradation. It is in this context that the group Extinction Rebellion (XR) has struck a chord. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/14/extinction-rebellion-rebellion-against-whom/
Sea Level Rise Could Be Three Times Worse Than Previous Estimates
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-11-14
A new study and mapping visualization tool by the organization Climate Central says hundreds of millions more people than previously thought live in coastal flooding risk zones.
therealnews.com/stories/sea-level-rise-three-times-worse-previous-estimate
Incinerating Logic: Bush Fires and Climate Change
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-14
Despite the Internet, connectivity, and linking technologies, distance has not shrunk the Australian sense of self, an often provincial appraisal of the world seen in slow motion and stills. Whether it's the "flower revolution" or Michel Foucault, trends and ideas are often delayed, and seem almost cutely anachronistic by the time they make landfall down …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/incinerating-logic-bush-fires-and-climate-change/
UN agency sounds alarm: Dwindling agrobiodiversity 'severe threat' to food security
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-14
To help ensure the most-consumed foods don't disappear in the face of the climate crisis, farmers must cultivate crops able to resist environmental shocks and other stresses, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) highlighted in a new set of conservation guidelines published on Thursday.
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Fires driven by climate change are the 'new normal'
Duncan Roden | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-14
Climate change Jim McIlroyIssue 1245 Australia bushfiresNovember 14, 2019Harry Creamer, a leading environment activist from Port Macquarie on the NSW central-north coast and longstanding member of Climate Change Hastings, acted for most most of us on November 10 when he ga…
greenleft.org.au/content/fires-driven-climate-change-are-new-normal
Revealed: danger and squalor for cleaners who remove human waste by hand
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-13
The plight of sanitation workers in the developing world should be addressed urgently, the UN said on Thursday, warning that their rights, health and dignity are at risk.
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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
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 refused 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
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
Thousands Rally with Bernie Sanders and AOC at Iowa Climate Summit
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-11-10
The day after he held the biggest Iowa rally of the election cycle, Sanders held a climate summit in Des Moines. TRNN's Dharna Noor and Jaisal Noor spoke with attendees.
therealnews.com/stories/thousands-rally-with-bernie-sanders-and-aoc-at-iowa-climate-summit
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/