Alternative Media promotes Canadian Foreign Policy
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-29
Why would an alternative media website that questions government and corporate policies about climate change and the environment have so much trouble understanding that the same sort of skepticism is necessary regarding Canadian foreign policy? Imagine a self-declared progressive media outlet saying they don't cover racism, patriarchy or the dispossession of First Nations because they …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/alternative-media-promotes-canadian-foreign-policy/

The DNC Refuses to Take Climate Change Seriously
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-28
The committee's chair told activists the issue would be discussed in the primary debates "early and often," but that has not been the case.
truthdig.com/articles/the-dnc-refuses-to-take-climate-change-seriously/

Labour offers 'by far the most ambitious' pledges on tree planting ahead of climate debate
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-11-28
On 28 November, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn unveiled a commitment to create 10 new national parks to tackle the climate crisis. He also promised to set an example for his plans to sow two billion trees by 2040 by planting one given to him by Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists in Downing Street. | Speaking to supporters in Southampton FC's stadium, Corbyn revealed that he would plant a hornbeam tree he'd received from climate protesters in a "really nice place" in Number 10. This comes as seven XR hunger strikers remain ou…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/11/28/labour-offers-by-far-the-most-ambitious-pledges-on-tree-planting-ahead-of-climate-debate/

Trump's Climate Recklessness Is Grounds for Impeachment
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2019-11-28
Members of the activist group Remove Trump unfurled a 600 sq ft banner with the impeachment clause from the U.S. Constitution as they marched on Fifth Avenue in front of Trump Tower reciting Article II Section IV of the U.S. Constitution: "High Crimes and Misdemeanors". (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/impeach_trump_climate_0.jpg …
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National Climate Strikes in Mill Valley
two events | indybay.org | 2019-11-28
11 AM @ Depot Plaza Mill Valley, 87 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941 | 3 PM @ The Redwoods Corner, Miller Ave & Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA 94941…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828432.php

Dear DNC, What Happened to All Those 'Early and Often' Climate Debate Questions?
Julie Hollar | commondreams.org | 2019-11-28
DNC chairman Tom Perez speaks to a crowd at a Democratic National Committee event at Flourish in Atlanta on June 6, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo: Dustin Chambers/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/tom_perez_dnc_climate_debate.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/28/dear-dnc-what-happened-all-those-early-and-often-climate-debate-questions?cd-origin=rss

National Climate Strike at UC Davis
Sunrise Movement Davis | indybay.org | 2019-11-28
UC Davis Quad, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828438.php

National Climate Strike in San Ramon
Sunrise Movement San Ramon | indybay.org | 2019-11-28
Tri Valley area: San Ramon City Hall, 7000 Bollinger Canyon Rd, San Ramon 94582…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828430.php

Labour reveals major plan to restore Britain's 'vital' wildlife and tackle climate crisis
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-28
Labour is pledging to plant two billion trees by 2040 and create 10 new national parks as part of its plans to tackle the climate crisis. | Jeremy Corbyn is committing to spending £3.7bn in capital investment for the planting programme and habitat restoration if he wins the election. | Friends of the Earth welcomed the planting plan as "by far the most ambitious" of all the parties' tree pledges, which are aimed at capturing atmospheric carbon to offset emissions. | Labour wants the 10 new protected parks to be added to the 15 existing ones during its first term if Corbyn triumphs in the 12 December general…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/11/28/labour-reveals-major-plan-to-restore-britains-vital-wildlife-and-tackle-climate-crisis/

Climate Tipping Points Could Hit Harder — and Sooner — Than We Think
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-28
Citing an "existential threat to civilization," a group of top climate scientists have put out a new paper warning that the latest evidence related to climate tipping points–when natural systems reach their breaking point and cascading feedback loops accelerate collapse–could mean such dynamics are "more likely than was thought" and could come sooner as well. | In the paper, published as a commentary in the journal Nature on Wed…
truthout.org/articles/climate-tipping-points-could-hit-harder-and-sooner-than-we-think/

National Climate Strike & March for Green New Deal (San Francisco)
Youth VS. Apocalypse, 350 | indybay.org | 2019-11-28
BlackRock HQ, 400 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94105…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/25/18828413.php

Johnson's climate debate snub is no surprise when you look at what went down in the leaked trade talks
Glen Black | thecanary.co | 2019-11-28
New analysis of the leaked trade talk papers shows that climate change was off the table in discussions with the US. And the reasons behind it hint at why Boris Johnson has refused to appear on Channel 4's climate debate. | Avoiding the climate crisis: | Social justice group Global Justice Now (GJN) published its analysis of the secret trade talks between the Tories and the US government. And while much popular focus has been o…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/11/28/johnsons-climate-debate-snub-is-no-surprise-when-you-look-at-what-went-down-in-the-leaked-trade-talks/

National Climate Strike: Die-ins, March, Vigil in Santa Rosa
Sonoma County Sunrise Hub | indybay.org | 2019-11-28
Old Courthouse Square, 3rd & Santa Rosa Ave and 4th & Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95404…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828435.php

Eating Well Without Destroying the Climate
Kumar Venkat | commondreams.org | 2019-11-28
For an equal supply of protein, beef produces 20-25 times as much greenhouse gas emissions on average as beans, and about 12 times as much as tofu. (Photo: Neil H/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/cows.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/28/eating-well-without-destroying-climate?cd-origin=rss

National Climate Strike in San Rafael
350Marin, Sierra Club, and others | indybay.org | 2019-11-28
San Rafael City Plaza, 1000 4th Street, San Rafael, CA 94960…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828431.php

Black Friday Climate Strike at State Capitol Sacramento
Fridays For Future Sacramento | indybay.org | 2019-11-28
California State Capitol, North Steps, 1100 L Street, Sacramento , CA 95814…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828433.php

National Climate Strike in Palo Alto
350 Silicon Valley | indybay.org | 2019-11-28
Lytton Plaza, intersection of University Ave & Emerson Street, Palo Alto 94301…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/25/18828414.php

National Climate Strike in Oakland
Youth vs. Apocalypse and others | indybay.org | 2019-11-28
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA, 94612…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/25/18828415.php

National Climate Strike in Sonoma
Sonoma High School Earth Club | indybay.org | 2019-11-28
Sonoma Plaza, 453 1st St E, Sonoma, CA 95476…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828437.php

The climate election: Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage snub Channel 4 debate on the climate crisis
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-28
Climate change is taking centre stage in the election for all main party leaders except Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage. Leaders will face questions about how they will tackle the issue in a TV debate on 28 November.Parties will vie for the votes of the many people concerned about the climate crisis. Despite subjects such as Brexit and the NHS, the general election has been dubbed by some as "the climate election".But prime minister Boris Johnson and the Brexit Party's Nigel Farage look set to snub the hour-long Emergency On Planet Earth debate on Channel 4 News.Channel 4 News said on Wednesday that invitations to…
thecanary.co/discovery/2019/11/28/the-climate-election-boris-johnson-and-nigel-farage-snub-channel-4-debate-on-the-climate-crisis/

Ice sculpture & Ofcom complaints: Tories & Channel 4 go to war before election
rt.com | 2019-11-28
Britain's Conservative Party has complained to regulators and reportedly threatened to review Channel 4's broadcasting remit, after the network replaced Boris Johnson with a melting ice sculpture in a climate debate. | Prime minister declined to take part in Channel 4's Thursday evening climate change debate, during which other party leaders went toe to toe on environmental issues ahead of next month's general election. The sculpture, depicting planet Earth, melted throughout the debate, making the network's position on climate change clear and metaphorically giving the cold shoulder to Johnson. | #ClimateDeba…
rt.com/uk/474598-channel-4-climate-debate-ice/

Not our fault? Neanderthals' extinction may have been due to sheer bad luck
rt.com | 2019-11-28
The question of what caused Neanderthals to go extinct has long puzzled scientists, with many pointing the finger at our Homo Sapien ancestors. But a new study suggests our stocky cousins actually died out due to bad luck. | Experts in the field had come to a broad consensus that our forebearers played a key role in the extinction of Neanderthals by invading their territory and outnumbering or outsmarting them. But fresh research suggests that their small population of only around 10,000 left Neanderthals extremely vulnerable to extinction, and some natural fluctuations in birth rates could have done them in.
rt.com/news/474570-neanderthals-extinct-bad-luck/

Training on the go: Russian gymnast Alexandra Soldatova shows off incredible flexibility at airport (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-11-28
Russian rhythmic gymnastics star Alexandra Soldatova has proved that it's possible to train even at an airport, showing off incredible flexibility while doing the splits on a travelator. | The 21-year-old posted a series of airport training pictures on her Instagram page, explaining that she doesn't want to waste time while waiting for her connecting flight. | READ MORE: Alexandra Soldatova – Russia's super-supple rhythmic gymnast set for big things at Tokyo 2020 (VIDEO) | "When there are five hours be…
rt.com/sport/474587-alexandra-soldatova-airport-training/

China's road to climate change
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-28
Climate change Chris SleeIssue 1247 China greenhouse gas emissionsNovember 28, 2019China is the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2). It surpassed the Un…
greenleft.org.au/content/china%E2%80%99s-road-climate-change

EU Lawmakers Declare 'Climate Emergency,' But Campaigners Say Only 'Emergency Action' Will Prove They Mean It
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-28
After members of the European Parliament on Thursday voted 429 to 225—with 19 abstentions—to declare a climate emergency both on the continent and globally, activists called on the European Union to match those lofty words with deeds and take immediate action to combat the increasingly urgent crisis. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/climate_emergency_foe.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/28/eu-lawmakers-declare-climate-emergency-campaigners-say-only-emergency-action-will?cd-origin=rss

'Existential Threat to Civilization': Planetary Tipping Points Make Climate Bets Too Dangerous, Scientists Warn
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-28
"I don't think people realize how little time we have left," said one co-author of a new paper warning that the systems of the natural world could cascade out of control sooner than was previously thought. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/earth_5.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/28/existential-threat-civilization-planetary-tipping-points-make-climate-bets-too?cd-origin=rss

'Be on the Right Side of History': Ahead of COP 25, Demand for Govts to Break Free From Fossil Fuels
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-28
"We expect governments to come to these climate talks to live up to the moral urgency at hand." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/350-cop25-moral-urgency.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/28/be-right-side-history-ahead-cop-25-demand-govts-break-free-fossil-fuels?cd-origin=rss

We're Still Waiting for 'Early and Often' Climate Debate Questions
Julie Hollar | fair.org | 2019-11-27
As the Democratic Party prepared for its first presidential primary debates in June, climate activists pushed the DNC to schedule a single-issue debate on the climate crisis, given the urgency of the problem and the lack of attention given to it in previous debates. DNC chair Tom Perez refused, saying he had "the utmost confidence" that climate disruption would be discussed in the debates "early and often" (FAIR.org, 6/18/19). | Now that seven nights of debates have passed, and multiple…
fair.org/home/were-still-waiting-for-early-and-often-climate-debate-questions/

Midwest Dispatch: Trying to Feel Thankful in the Era of Climate Change
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2019-11-27
Recent headlines have been poking holes in any feelings of joy or gratitude I've had regarding the upcoming holiday.
progressive.org/dispatches/trying-to-feel-thankful-in-the-era-of-climate-change-lahm-191127/

Australian bushfire crisis spreads as PM denies climate change link
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-11-27
Even before summer has begun, bushfires and toxic smoke have threatened the lives, health and homes of millions of people in nearly every Australian state and territory this week. The fire emergencies that first erupted two weeks ago in two states have spread across the country, worsened by dust storms, asthma alerts and electricity blackouts. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/26/australian-bushfire-crisis-spreads-as-pm-denies-climate-change-link/

UN report calls for "radical transformations" to avert global climate catastrophe
wsws.org | 2019-11-27
Rising global greenhouse gas emissions demonstrate the inability to address climate change under capitalism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/27/clim-n27.html

Polar Bears in Arctic Forced to Feed on Plastic
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-27
A quarter of what polar bears eat is made up of plastic waste, Russian scientist Ivan Mizin warned Tuesday as the animals are more frequently approaching human settlements due to the climate crisis. | RELATED: | How Taricaya Turtles Try To Save the Amazon | "When polar bears visit landfills, up to 25 percent of their stomach and excrement contents is [made up of] various plastic waste: bags, wrappers, etc," Mizin told Russian news agency Interfax. | The expert explained polar bears have been for…
telesurenglish.net/news/Polar-Bears-in-Arctic-Forced-to-Feed-on-Plastic-20191127-0013.html

Meet the Men Fueling the Climate Crisis
Ben Ehrenreich | thenation.com | 2019-11-27
Meet the Men Fueling the Climate Crisis…
thenation.com/article/climate-criminals/

School Strike 4 Climate WA: 'We are heading for a cliff and fossil fuel companies want to put their foot on the gas'
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-27
Climate School Strike 4 Climate WAIssue 1247 Australia School Strike 4 Climate PerthNovember 27, 2019School Strike 4 Climate WA sent the following letter to Western Australia Premier Mar…
greenleft.org.au/content/school-strike-4-climate-wa-we-are-heading-cliff-and-fossil-fuel-companies-want-put-their

'The Law Is on Our Side': Extinction Rebellion Celebrates Dropped Charges Against 105 Climate Activists
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-27
Extinction Rebellion and its supporters celebrated Wednesday after the agency that conducts criminal prosecutions in England dropped charges against 105 activists who were arrested in London last month for participating in the environmental movement's "Autumn Uprising" actions. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11761931601.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/27/law-our-side-extinction-rebellion-celebrates-dropped-charges-against-105-climate?cd-origin=rss

UN emissions report: World on course for more than 3 degree spike, even if climate commitments are met
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-26
Even if countries meet commitments made under the 2015 Paris Agreement, the world is heading for a 3.2 degrees Celsius global temperature rise over pre-industrial levels, leading to even wider-ranging and more destructive climate impacts, warns a report from the UN Environment Programme, released on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1052171

We're Grateful for the Constitution
David Cole | aclu.org | 2019-11-26
Thanksgiving is here: that time of year when we pause to take stock of all we're grateful for. At the ACLU, we're saying thanks for all the crucial wins from our legal teams — and for the Constitution. | In just the last few months, we've racked up many essential victories in the ongoing battle to protect civil liberties and civil rights. The scope of these victories is breathtaking: they span criminal justice, privacy, religious freedom, reproductive rights, due process for immigrants, racial justice, LGBTQ rights, and the right to protest the Keystone pipeline, among others. We've won crucial victories…
aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/were-grateful-for-the-constitution

Firefighters union leader: 'There are no climate sceptics on the end of a fire hose'
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-26
Climate Greg McConvilleIssue 1247 Australia bushfires United Firefighters Union (UFU) CanberraNovember 26, 2019United Firef…
greenleft.org.au/content/firefighters-union-leader-there-are-no-climate-sceptics-end-fire-hose

Monday's Daily Brief: Colombia marches, major mine action summit, violence against women a barrier to peace, South Sudan update
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-25
A recap of Monday's stories in brief: ‚ÄØGuterres holds "focused and frank" informal talks over Cyprus, responds to Colombia protests; Violence targeting women impedes peace; UN Mission, community condemn South Sudan violence; UN weather watchdog sounds climate alarm; Norway hosts anti-landmine summit.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1052161

Climate change: Another year of record gas emissions, warns UN meteorological agency
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-25
Levels of the three main heat-trapping gases emitted into the atmosphere — carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, and nitrous oxide — have reached yet another high, the UN meteorological agency, WMO, said on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1052111

Police Raid Egypt's Last Independent News Outlet Mada Masr Amid "Increasingly Hostile" Media Climate
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-25
Egyptian security forces raided the office of Mada Masr, the country's last independent media outlet, and arrested three of its journalists this weekend. The raid began Sunday afternoon, when nine plainclothes security officers entered the Mada Masr office in Cairo, seizing phones and laptops and holding the staff in the building for more than three hours. They then arrested editor-in-chief Lina Attalah, managing editor Mohamed Hamama and reporter Rana Mamdouh. It came just a day after security forces arrested senior editor Shady Zalat at his home. All four journalists were released from detention Sunday night. T…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/25/mada_masr_egypt_media_sharif_kouddous

Nine new titles for an ecosocialist bookshelf
Stuart Munckton | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-25
books ecosocialism Ian AngusIssue 1247 Australia ecosocialist bookshelfNovember 25, 2019The red and green shelf is overflowing! Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus looks at nine important new books…
greenleft.org.au/content/nine-new-titles-ecosocialist-bookshelf

We need a just climate transition
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-22
Climate Meghan StreetIssue 1246 AustraliaNovember 22, 2019The climate movement has to take up the issues of refugees, war and global inequality to ensure a just climate for all. | The climate crisis is generating instability and a scarcity of resources via rising sea levels and more intense and extreme weather events, such as floods, storm s…
greenleft.org.au/content/we-need-just-climate-transition

Climate action: Why only the most radical approach will work
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-22
Climate Dave HolmesIssue 1246 AustraliaNovember 22, 2019The climate crisis is the greatest threat ever faced by humanity. The survival of the human race is at stake. The reality of the heating of the planet can no longer rationally be denied. | Carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise. The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide is now ab…
greenleft.org.au/content/climate-action-why-only-most-radical-approach-will-work

Sanders' Plan to Fight Global Climate Disaster Too Ambitious, Says NYT
Julie Hollar | fair.org | 2019-11-20
When Sen. Bernie Sanders announced his $16.3 trillion climate plan, corporate media were quick to throw cold water on it, arguing that the Democratic presidential candidate's plan was too expensive, and logistically and politically impossible (FAIR.org, 9/6/19). As Sanders fleshed out his plan in more detail, the media pushback continued: "Sanders' Climate Ambitions Thrill Supporters, but Experts Aren't Impressed," annou…
fair.org/home/sanders-plan-to-fight-global-climate-disaster-too-ambitious-says-nyt/

Palestine is a climate justice issue – Israeli apartheid is not "green"
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-11-20
Palestine is a climate justice issue – Israeli apartheid is not "green": Update Click to download and print this Fact Sheet.November 21, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) …
bdsmovement.net/news/palestine-climate-justice-issue-israeli-apartheid-not-green

What the Frack? New Mexico Wants to Recycle Radioactive Wastewater
Frances Madeson | progressive.org | 2019-11-19
The state's famous green chiles may be hot for a whole new reason.
progressive.org/dispatches/what-the-frack-new-mexico-recycle-radioactive-wastewater-madeson-191119/

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/