2019-12-14: Social Media Postees

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Climate Policy Should Reflect the Resilience of Northern Indigenous Communities
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-14
This year, Canada experienced record-breaking temperatures across the nation, with a larger increase above normal temperatures in the north than in the south. Canada's annual average temperature has warmed 1.7C since 1948, but in northern Canada it has increased by 2.3C. | The Canadian North is feeling t…
truthout.org/articles/climate-policy-should-reflect-the-resilience-of-northern-indigenous-communities/

U.N. Climate Talks in Limbo as Chair Chile Bids for Compromise
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-12-14
Rules for carbon markets and a system to help poor countries cope with the economic impact of climate change are key unresolved issues.
truthdig.com/articles/u-n-climate-talks-in-limbo-as-chair-chile-bids-for-compromise/

Water waste must stop
Michael T. Hertz | nationofchange.org | 2019-12-14
The whole wastewater system is contributing to climate change.
nationofchange.org/2019/12/14/water-waste-must-stop/

In Final Hours, COP 25 Denounced as 'Utter Failure' as Deal Is Stripped of Ambition and US Refuses to Accept Liability for Climate Crisis
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-12-14
After the COP 25 climate talks on the Paris climate agreement went into overtime Friday night amid a stalled agreement on wealthy countries' contributions to greatly reducing their climate-warming carbon emissions, civil society groups and climate scientists were shocked by the weak language that emerged from the late-night talks on Saturday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1188350031_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/12/14/final-hours-cop-25-denounced-utter-failure-deal-stripped-ambition-and-us-refuses?cd-origin=rss

How the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Attempting to Buy the Global Youth Climate Movement
Alleen Brown | theintercept.com | 2019-12-13
The same day that 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg gave a stirring speech at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in September, in which she criticized delegates for "stealing my dreams and my childhood with your empty words," the architects of the climate crisis welcomed select youth participants from the summit to dine. | CEOs from fossil fuel corporations including BP, Royal Dutch Shell, and Norway's Equinor were attending the annual gathering of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative in New York, which includes industry leaders who claim to be committed to taking "practical" action on climate chang…
theintercept.com/2019/12/13/youth-climate-movement-fossil-fuel-industry/

U.S. House Committee Approves Charges For Trump Impeachment
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-13
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives took Republican President Donald Trump to the brink of impeachment by approving two charges against him over his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden. | RELATED: | "Chill Greta!" Trump Attacks Teen Swedish Climate Activist | The result was 23-17 votes in a divided House Judiciary Committee along party lines to approve articles of impeachment charging Trump with both abusing the power of his of…
telesurenglish.net/news/us-house-committee-approves-charges-for-trump-impeachment–20191213-0006.html

More Than 70 Global South Countries Charge Ahead With Bold Climate Plans
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-13
As this year's United Nations climate summit wraps up in Madrid, Spain, many activists, scientists, indigenous and grassroots climate leaders say that rich countries most responsible for the climate emergency have spent the talks dialing back ambition and blocking progress. This comes as deadly droughts, flooding, cyclones and wildfires rage around the world. This week, more than 70 developing countries have announced they will accelerate their climate plans, and 72 countries have signed onto goals…
truthout.org/video/more-than-70-global-south-countries-charge-ahead-with-bold-climate-plans/

Climate-Fueled Drought, Sea Level Rise, Storms and Fires Displace Millions
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-13
A new report reveals how long-term disasters, including sea level rise and desertification, and short-term disasters, such as storms and fires, are especially threatening to people living in the Global South and island nations. We speak with the co-author of a new study that finds the climate crisis is already leading to a massive increase in the number of refugees being displaced around the world. Hossein Ayazi is a policy analyst with the Global Justice Program at the Othering & Belonging Institut…
truthout.org/video/climate-fueled-drought-sea-level-rise-storms-and-fires-displace-millions/

COP25: Climate Talks 'Out of Touch With Reality' As Rich Countries Seek to Gut Paris Agreement, Says Friends of the Earth International
commondreams.org | 2019-12-13
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/12/13/cop25-climate-talks-out-touch-reality-rich-countries-seek-gut-paris-agreement?cd-origin=rss

As COP25 goes into the night, Guterres calls for more climate ambition
news.un.org | 2019-12-13
With national delegations thrashing out an outcome agreement at the UN COP25 climate change conference in Madrid, the UN chief has called on countries to be more ambitious, side strongly with science, and commit to stronger action.
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Exxon Won a Major Climate Change Lawsuit–but More Are Coming
Zoà´ Carpenter | thenation.com | 2019-12-13
Exxon Won a Major Climate Change Lawsuit–but More Are Coming…
thenation.com/article/exxon-lawsuit-climate-change/

Limits of the Green New Deal
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-12-13
The Green New Deal is an exciting social program generating a great deal of interest on the left. Like its predecessor, the New Deal of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the GND holds out the promise of preventing the worst effects of anthropogenic climate change, and guaranteeing a better standard of living for its participants. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/12/13/limits-of-the-green-new-deal/

Hungry for a Livable Planet: Why I Went On Hunger Strike and Occupied Pelosi's Office
Stephen Leas | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-13
I occupied Nancy Pelosi's office and went on hunger strike for 13 days. Still she wouldn't meet us. Instead she flew off to attend the UN Climate Conference in Spain. That's not enough. I went 13 days without food. I lost 22.8 pounds, 10.6% of my weight. I had to stand up slowly because otherwise…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/13/hungry-for-a-livable-planet/

Deteriorating Climates: Home and Abroad
Lawrence Davidson | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-13
Here in the United States, the socio-political climate has never been pristine. Normally, it amounts to maintaining an environment wherein the rich stay rich and all others stay hopeful–except for the segregated and downtrodden. Therefore, it is notable that between the 1960s and early 2000s, the social environment did improve: it got more equalitarian–the social…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/13/deteriorating-climates-home-and-abroad/

Demand for water is rising; study shows drinking water at risk from climate change
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2019-12-13
"Immediate action is required to safeguard the future of the world's most important and vulnerable water towers."
nationofchange.org/2019/12/13/demand-for-water-is-rising-study-shows-drinking-water-at-risk-from-climate-change/

Beyond Changing Light Bulbs: 21 Ways You Can Stop the Climate Crisis
Rivera Sun | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-13
Here's the good news: The debate is over. 75% of US citizens believe climate change is human-caused; more than half say we have to do something and fast. Here's even better news: A new report shows that more than 200 cities and counties, and 12 states have committed to or already achieved 100 percent clean electricity. This means that…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/13/beyond-changing-light-bulbs-21-ways-you-can-stop-the-climate-crisis/

Our vanishing world: Wildlife
Robert J. Burrowes | nationofchange.org | 2019-12-13
The human assault on life on Earth will reach its inevitable conclusion: the extinction of Homo sapiens.
nationofchange.org/2019/12/13/our-vanishing-world-wildlife/

If Time Magazine Celebrates Greta Thunberg, Why Should We?
Louis Proyect | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-13
In just over 6,500 words, Time Magazine makes the case for Greta Thunberg being 2019's Person of the Year. For much of the left, this confirms that she is a corporate tool. Founded in 1923 by Henry Luce, Time was the flagship of the Luce empire. Print newsmagazines have gone into a steep decline with…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/13/if-time-magazine-celebrates-greta-thunberg-why-should-we/

COP25: Developing Countries Charge Ahead with Bold Climate Plans as Rich Countries Drag Their Feet
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-13
As this year's United Nations climate summit wraps up in Madrid, Spain, many activists, scientists, indigenous and grassroots climate leaders say that rich countries most responsible for the climate emergency have spent the talks dialing back ambition and blocking progress. This comes as deadly droughts, flooding, cyclones and wildfires rage around the world. This week, more than 70 developing countries have announced they will accelerate their climate plans, and 72 countries have signed onto goals to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. But major emitters Australia, China, India, Brazil and Saudi Arabia have…
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/13/cop25_developing_countries_charge_ahead_with

Climate Refugees: Climate-Fueled Drought, Sea Level Rise, Storms & Fires Displace Millions Worldwide
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-13
A new report reveals how long-term disasters, including sea level rise and desertification, and short-term disasters, such as storms and fires, are especially threatening to people living in the Global South and island nations. We speak with the co-author of a new study that finds the climate crisis is already leading to a massive increase in the number of refugees being displaced around the world. Hossein Ayazi is a policy analyst with the Global Justice Program at the Othering & Belonging Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. We're also joined at the U.N. Climate Summit in Madrid by Saleemul Huq,…
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/13/climate_refugees_climate_fueled_drought_sea

'We Are Furious': As COP 25 Draws to Close, Green Campaigners Fume as Rich Nations Move to Gut Paris Agreement
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-12-13
"Just as we thought the slow pace and weak ambition shown at the climate talks couldn't get worse, along comes COP 25." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/we-are-furious-cop25-nears-end-carbon.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/12/13/we-are-furious-cop-25-draws-close-green-campaigners-fume-rich-nations-move-gut-paris?cd-origin=rss

Environmental Activists Target Exxon's Lead Attorney in Climate Liability Case, a Prominent Democratic Donor
Rachel M. Cohen | theintercept.com | 2019-12-12
Ted Wells Jr., who defended Exxon against a lawsuit by New York's attorney general, has given half a million dollars to Democrats in recent decades.
theintercept.com/2019/12/12/exxon-climate-lawsuit-democratic-donor/

"Chill Greta!" Trump Attacks Teen Swedish Climate Activist
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-12
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, criticized the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, the teenage promoter of a large international movement against the climate crisis. | RELATED: | Greta Thunberg Named Time's "Person of the Year" | According to the head of the White House, who decided to withdraw his nation from the Paris Agreement on climate change, Thunberg "must work on her anger management problem and then go to a good old-fashioned movie with a friend." | Last September, Trump said,…
telesurenglish.net/news/chill-greta-trump-attacks-teenager-sweden-climate-activist-20191212-0014.html

Trump attacks climate activist Thunberg after Time honor
Associated Press | peoplesworld.org | 2019-12-12
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out at 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg on Thursday, a day after she was named by Time as its Person of the Year, calling her selection "ridiculous." The Swedish teenager has become a symbol of a growing movement of young climate activists after leading weekly school strikes in her country …
peoplesworld.org/article/trump-attacks-climate-activist-thunberg-after-time-honor/

'Embrace the transformation' to a carbon-neutral world by 2050, UN chief tells COP25
news.un.org | 2019-12-12
With millions of workers increasingly affected by the climate crisis the route to securing livelihoods in the future lies in a wholesale transformation of how we power the planet and manage our resources, the UN chief said on Thursday, at a COP25 climate action event focused on greener jobs.
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A New Report Finds Massive Waste and Abuse in Federally Funded Charter Schools
Jeff Bryant | progressive.org | 2019-12-12
During the eight years that these federal grants were available, $504,517,391–28 percent of the total amount given out–went to charter schools that never opened or that have already closed.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/new-report-waste-abuse-charter-bryants-191212/

Greta Thunberg Slams COP25, Says Response to Climate Crisis Is "Clever Accounting and Creative PR"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-12
At the U.N. climate summit in Madrid, 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg addressed world leaders Wednesday, hours after she was named Time magazine's Person of the Year. Thunberg came to the talks after a trip to meet with climate leaders across North America in anticipation of the scheduled climate conference in Santiago, Chile, before the talks were abruptly moved to the Spanish capital. In her address, Thunberg warned that the planet's carbon budget is down to just eight years, and urged bold action. "I still believe that the biggest danger is not inaction. The real danger is when politicians…
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/12/greta_thunberg_speech_cop_time_magazine

Marshall Islands Climate Activist Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner Shares a Poem for Survival as Sea Levels Rise
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-12
Located in the central Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and the Philippines, the Marshall Islands are one of the world's lowest-lying island nations and declared a national climate crisis emergency in October. "We're looking at changing the entire physical landscape of our island so we can stay above water," says Marshall Islands poet and climate activist Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner. She joins us to describe the impact on her country and read her newest poem.
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/12/marshall_islands_cop25_kathy_jetnil_kijiner

"We Want People Power Solutions": Activists Ousted from COP25 for Protesting Corporations at Summit
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-12
Inside the halls of the U.N. climate summit, hundreds of activists gathered Wednesday to demand rich countries step up their efforts to finance climate action. The protest began just as Democracy Now! was finishing our live broadcast, and we spoke to some of the people there from around the world, including Rita Iyke-Uwaka of Friends of the Earth Nigeria; Angela Valenzuela of Fridays for Future in Santiago, Chile; Sandra Tukup of CONFENIAE (Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon); Amalen Sathananthar of Artivist Network; Brandon Wu of ActionAid USA; and Nina Gualinga, an indigenous lea…
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/12/cop25_protesters_forced_out_of_summit

Uganda's First Fridays for Future Climate Striker, Vanessa Nakate, Joins COP25 Protests in Madrid
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-12
As we broadcast from the U.N. climate summit in Madrid, Spain, we speak with climate activist Vanessa Nakate, who was Uganda's first Fridays for Future climate striker. "I wanted to do something that would cause change to the lives of the people in my community and my country," she says. "My country heavily depends on agriculture, therefore most of the people depend on agriculture. If our farms are destroyed by floods, if the farms are destroyed by droughts and crop production is less, that means that the price of food is going to go high. So it will only be the most privileged who will be able to buy food."
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/12/cop25_vanessa_nakate_uganda

'Chill Greta, Chill!' Trump blasts Thunberg on Twitter after she's named TIME Person of the Year
rt.com | 2019-12-12
US President Donald Trump suggested that famed 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg has anger issues and advised her to chill out after TIME magazine named her Person of the Year. | "So ridiculous," Trump tweeted on Thursday while commenting on a tweet by actress and producer Roma Downey, in which she congratulated Thunberg on topping the TIME list of most influential people for 2019. | "Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!" | So ridiculous. Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashion…
rt.com/news/475692-trump-thunberg-anger-issues/

COP25: Italy and Mexico pave the way on climate education
news.un.org | 2019-12-11
A commitment by Italy and Mexico to ramp up climate and environmental education has been welcomed by the UN office which supports global efforts to respond to climate change.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/12/1053261

COP25: Support business efforts to tackle climate change, urges Guterres
news.un.org | 2019-12-11
The UN Secretary-General has called on business and civil society leaders to press Governments into articulating policies that support private sector efforts to address climate change.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/12/1053231

Chicago students take to the streets for the Climate Strike
Aviva Levine | liberationnews.org | 2019-12-11
"Planet over profits!"
liberationnews.org/chicago-students-take-to-the-streets-for-the-climate-strike/

"Shame!" Indigenous Leaders & Delegates from Global South Stage Dramatic Protest at COP25 in Madrid
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-11
Democracy Now! was broadcasting live from the United Nations climate summit in Madrid, Spain, when hundreds of climate advocates and people's movements at the U.N. climate action summit staged a protest inside the conference venue. As the demonstration unfolds, we speak with Tom Goldtooth, executive director of the Indigenous Environmental Network; Karin Nansen, chair of Friends of the Earth International; Nigerian climate activist Nnimmo Bassey with Health of Mother Earth Foundation; and indigenous climate activist Daiara Tukano from Brazil.
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/11/cop25_walkout_indigenous_leaders_global_south

"The Most Extreme Fires We've Ever Seen": Record Climate-Fueled Wildfires Engulf Australia in Smoke
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-11
As world leaders gather to address the climate crisis in Madrid, massive wildfires have engulfed Australia in flames and smoke. More than 100 climate-fueled blazes have killed at least six people and pushed air quality levels in Sydney to 12 times hazardous levels. Thousands braved extreme air pollution Wednesday to protest the government's climate inaction outside Sydney Town Hall. As Democracy Now! broadcasts live from inside the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Madrid, Spain, we speak with Australian environmental scientist Bill Hare, director of Climate Analytics and a coordinator of the Climate Ac…
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/11/australia_wildfires_2019_climate_change

Billionaire Presidential Hopeful Mike Bloomberg Addresses Press at COP25 But Won't Take Questions
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-11
Former New York mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg spoke at the U.N. climate summit Tuesday, saying he came to the climate talks because "no one from the White House" was there. The event was billed as a media opportunity, but Bloomberg refused to answer questions from the press. Bloomberg entered the presidential race in November and has since spent tens of millions of dollars of his own money on the race. Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman followed Bloomberg through the conference venue, asking how he would address issues of inequality and whether his strategy to win the presidency was to outs…
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/11/mike_bloomberg_cop25_amy_goodman

Milwaukee: People's Climate Coalition marches on Wells Fargo, Chase Bank
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-12-10
Milwaukee, WI — Several hundred people gathered on the morning of December 6 in downtown Milwaukee at Zeidler Park to demand that the big banks like Wells Fargo, Chase and other corporations divest from the fossil fuel industry. | Several classrooms worth of children from local public schools attended the event in support of a safe and livable planet for their futures. The People's Climate Coalition, consisting of local climate justice groups, put out the call and organized the event. | All representatives from the coalition and its allies were given an opportunity to speak. Each highlighted in different wa…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/12/9/milwaukee-people-s-climate-coalition-marches-wells-fargo-chase-bank

Deliver 'significant results now', UN General Assembly President tells COP25 climate conference
news.un.org | 2019-12-10
It is "imperative" that the COP25 climate conference underway in Spain delivers "significant results now", Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President of the UN General Assembly (PGA), said on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/12/1053141

Sarasota students join global climate strike
Bryan Ellis | liberationnews.org | 2019-12-10
On Friday, 50 students and community members gathered at the Unconditional Surrender statue by Sarasota's bayfront to urge action on the global climate crisis.
liberationnews.org/sarasota-students-join-global-climate-strike/

"Listen to Mother Earth": Indigenous Youth Leaders at COP25 in Madrid Protest Fossil Fuel Extraction
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-10
"Our movements must be bigger than recycling and braver than holding signs," said Rose Whipple, a member of the Santee Dakota and Ho-Chunk, and youth delegate with SustainUS, who joined a panel of youth climate activists at the United Nations climate summit in Madrid, Spain. Indigenous peoples from Canada and the United States are at the summit, speaking out against extraction, new pipeline projects and the environmental devastation of their territories, and calling for movements to center the rights of indigenous peoples.
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/10/listen_to_mother_earth_indigenous_youth

Asad Rehman on the U.K.'s "Climate Election" & Explosive Afghanistan Papers Revelations
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-10
We get response from London-based Asad Rehman, executive director of War on Want, on two major news developments: The United Kingdom — which will head the COP next year — is set to vote Thursday in what some are calling "the climate election," and the Washington Post has published a confidential trove of documents that reveal how senior U.S. officials have lied throughout the 18-year war in Afghanistan, the longest war in U.S. history, while hiding evidence the war had become unwinnable.
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/10/the_climate_election_uk_vote_afghanistan

The U.S. Has Almost No Official Presence at COP25 But Is Still "Obstructing Any Progress"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-10
This week, Democracy Now! is broadcasting from inside the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Madrid, Spain, where representatives from almost 200 countries have gathered to negotiate solutions to the climate crisis. Known as COP25 for "conference of parties," the summit offers a rare opportunity for all countries, especially those on the frontlines of the climate crisis, to have an equal say in negotiations. It comes four years after the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global temperature rise to "well below 2 degrees Celsius," or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit. But as the summit heads into its final days, represen…
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/10/us_role_at_cop25_obstructing_progress

Real climate action requires cutting coal exports
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-12-10
climate emergency Zane AlcornIssue 1248 Australia coal exports Adani Carmichael coal mineDecember 10, 2019On December 9, Labor leader Anthony Albanese reaffirmed his party's support f…
greenleft.org.au/content/real-climate-action-requires-cutting-coal-exports

Arizona educators, progressives confront ALEC summit and Betsy DeVos
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-12-09
Tucson, AZ – On December 4, a coalition of union educators, immigrant rights, police crimes, and climate change activists confronted the agenda of corporations like UPS and energy industry giants and billionaires like Charles Koch and Sheldon Achelson. At its height the crowd numbered around 200 with signs reading: "ALEC: Oligarchy in progress" and "Privatization, criminalization, incarceration, climate change, imperialism: #ALECisBehindIt." | The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a notorious organization of hardcore conservatives, was holding its States and Nation Policy Summit in Arizona. ALEC hoste…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/12/8/arizona-educators-progressives-confront-alec-summit-and-betsy-devos

Greta Thunberg at Madrid March: Hope in the Streets, Not the U.N. Climate Summit
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-09
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg also addressed Friday's climate march in Madrid. "The hope is not within the walls of COP25; the hope is out here with you," said Thunberg, who inspired the global youth strike movement.
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/9/greta_thunberg_at_madrid_march_cop25

Greta Thunberg, Rose Whipple & Eriel Deranger on Listening to Indigenous People Amid Climate Crisis
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-09
At the end of Friday's major climate rally in Madrid, a group of indigenous activists took the stage to sing and give speeches, but after some speeches their microphone was cut and the lights on stage were shut off as they spoke. Democracy Now! spoke to Eriel Deranger of Indigenous Climate Action and later asked Greta Thunberg and Rose Whipple about the importance of listening to indigenous voices.
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/9/greta_thunberg_rose_whipple_on_listening

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