(2019-06-25). Florida Is Burning. The Midwest Is Flooding. Why Aren't Democrats Debating Climate? commondreams.org Corn bursts from a grain bin which was soaked with floodwater on March 23 near Union, Nebraska. Damage estimates from flooding in Nebraska top $1 billion. (Photo: Scott Olson / Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/sub-buzz-424-1561479908-1.jpeg…
(2019-06-25). Greenpeace protester tells The Canary why she took action and what really happened when Tory MP attacked her. thecanary.co On 20 June, Conservative minister Mark Field reportedly 'assaulted' Greenpeace activist Janet Barker at the bankers' banquet in London. Barker told The Canary what happened that night and why she'll continue to take action to raise awareness of climate chaos. | "The time is now — to change": | We went…
(2019-06-25). Rebecca Long-Bailey speaks to The Canary about Labour's radical plans for the future. thecanary.co On 22 June, shadow ministers Rebecca Long-Bailey and Barry Gardiner spoke at a community event in Cornwall. They were there to launch Labour's Green Industrial Revolution, a bold and radical plan to protect the environment, and also local jobs and the economy. Long-Bailey spoke to The Canary and discussed these plans in more detail. | "It's about creating hope": | "The overarching message of the Green Industrial Revolution is that now we're facing a time of climate cri…
(2019-06-25). The Climate Emergency: The Future is in Our Hands. indybay.org Berkeley Public Library — South Branch | 1901 Russell St. (Near Ashby BART)…
(2019-06-25). US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries — shrinking this war machine is a must. nationofchange.org 
The US military's carbon bootprint is enormous. Like corporate supply chains, it relies upon an extensive global network of container ships, trucks and cargo planes to supply its operations with everything from bombs to humanitarian aid and hydrocarbon fuels. Our new studycalculated the contribution of this vast infrastructure to climate change. | Greenhouse gas emission accounting usually focuses on how much energy and fuel civilians use. But recent work, in…
(2019-06-25). We Could Solve the Climate Crisis With One Radical Change. truthdig.com 
The big and not necessarily entirely popular message of a new book on climate change is that we must change politically, but it won't be easy.
(2019-06-25). World faces 'climate apartheid' risk, 120 more million in poverty: UN expert. un.org Climate change "threatens to undo the last 50 years" of development, global health and poverty reduction, a United Nations expert said on Tuesday, citing the risk of a new era of "climate apartheid" where the rich buy their way out of rising heat and hunger.
(2019-06-25). Oregon Republicans Backed by Right-Wing Militias Flee State to Stall Vote on Historic Climate Bill. democracynow.org 
The Oregon state Legislature has been in a standoff for nearly one week, after 11 Republican lawmakers fled the Capitol Thursday to avoid voting on a landmark climate change bill. Some are believed to be hiding out in Idaho. Right-wing militias supporting the rogue GOP legislators have threatened violence, which led the remaining lawmakers to shut down the state Capitol in Salem. The climate crisis bill aims to decrease emissions by implementing a statewide cap-and-trade model. Without at least two of the rogue Republican senators present, Oregon Democrats, who control the state Senate and House of Representative…
(2019-06-25). 'Business as Usual Is a Death Sentence': Hundreds of Youth Activists Sit In at DNC Headquarters to Demand 2020 Debate on Climate Crisis. commondreams.org "This is an emergency and it's past time that Tom Perez and the Democratic Party start being democratic." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/dnc_climate.jpg…
(2019-06-25). The path to climate justice passes through Caracas. mronline.org 
For now the U.S. regime change agenda has been defeated as a result of the mass mobilization in April and May of the Venezuelan masses in defense of their Bolivarian Revolution, a mobilization which succeeded in marginalizing the opposition led by U.S. puppet Juan Guaido, demonstrating how pathetic his claims of legitimacy were. | Source
(2019-06-25). 314 Action Organization Pledges $100k To Host Presidential Debate On Climate Change. blackstarnews.com 
314 Action Organization sent DNC letter calling for a Presidential Debate on the wordwide threat of Climate Change… | (Washington, D.C.) — Today, 314 Action pledged $100,000 as seed money for a Presidential debate on climate change. | An open letter is now live at www.DebateOnClimate.org, and candidates and partner organizations are invited to reach out to participate via | The DNC has refused to host a single-issue debate, despite calls from its own members, public polling dat…
(2019-06-25). 75 Groups Call for Reforms to Climate-killing Export-Import Bank. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2019-06-25). Beyond Climate Tipping Points: Greenhouse Gas Levels Exceed the Stability Limit of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets. globalresearch.ca The pace of global warming has been grossly underestimated. As the world keeps increasing its carbon emissions rising in 2018 to a record 33.1 billion ton CO2 per year, the atmospheric greenhouse gas level has now exceeded 560 ppm …
(2019-06-25). We Have Less Than a Millisecond Left. truthdig.com Framing the urgency of climate change in terms we can all understand might push us to get a move on with saving the planet and ourselves.
(2019-06-25). Oregon GOP Lawmakers Flee State to Stall Vote on Historic Climate Bill. truthout.org The Oregon state Legislature has been in a standoff for nearly one week, after 11 Republican lawmakers fled the Capitol Thursday to avoid voting on a landmark climate change bill. Some are believed to be hiding out in Idaho. Right-wing militias supporting the rogue GOP legislators have threatened violence, which led the remaining lawmakers to shut down the state Capitol in Salem. The climate crisis bill aims to decrease emissions by implementing a statewide cap-and-trade model. Without at least two of the rogue Republican senators present, Oregon Democrats, who control the state Senate and House of Representat…
(2019-06-25). Melania Trump's media liaison Stephanie Grisham named new White House press secretary. rt.com 
Melania Trump has announced that her spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham will replace Sarah Sanders as White House press secretary. Grisham is known for her sharp defense of the first lady in a hostile media climate.
(2019-06-25). Trump EPA claims new power plant rule would improve health of minority and low-income communities. Don't believe it. nationofchange.org On June 19, the Trump administration announced that it was officially replacing the Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration's 2015 policy for curbing carbon pollution from power plants, with a much weaker Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. The text of the new rule…
(2019-06-25). Amid Demand for Climate Focus, Burning Everglades Offer Fiery Backdrop to First Democratic Primary Debate. commondreams.org "The DNC recently announced it will not host a climate-themed debate. And then [Sunday], a lightning bolt sparked a massive fire miles from Miami, because subtlety is dead." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/everglades_democratic_debate.jpg…
(2019-06-25). New York Passes Nation's Most Comprehensive Clean Energy Legislation. therealnews.com 
Adrien Salazar, who fought for the bill discusses how this bill, which calls for no fossil fuel energy by 2050, will affect poor communities hardest hit by the climate crisis…
(2019-06-25). Headlines for June 25, 2019. democracynow.org Iran Says New U.S. Sanctions Shut Down Diplomatic Option, 300 Children Moved from Texas Border Patrol Station After Reports of Neglect, Inhumane Conditions, FBI Investigating Deaths of 3 Children, 1 Woman Found Near Texas' Southern Border, Trump Responds to E. Jean Carroll Rape Allegations: "She's Not My Type", Palestinians Resist Kushner's Middle East Workshop as Business Leaders Gather in Bahrain, Experts Warn Climate Crisis Exacerbating Heat Waves as 100+ Degree Temps Grip Europe, Chennai, India's 6th-Largest City, Has Almost Run Out of Water, SCOTUS Makes FOIA Requests More Difficult for Journalists, Oregon R…
(2019-06-25). New York Passes Nation's Most Comprehensive Clean Energy Legislation in the Nation. therealnews.com Adrien Salazar, who fought for the bill discusses how this bill, which calls for no fossil fuel energy by 2050, will affect poor communities hardest hit by the climate crisis…
(2019-06-25). To Prevent 'Climate Apartheid Scenario' Where Rich Escape and Poor Suffer, UN Report Issues Urgent Call for Global Economic Justice. commondreams.org "While people in poverty are responsible for just a fraction of global emissions, they will bear the brunt of climate change, and have the least capacity to protect themselves." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/climate_apartheid_un.jpg…
(2019-06-25). Southern Water to pay out record £126m after 'shocking' Ofwat probe. thecanary.co Southern Water has been hit with a record £126 million penalty package after a "shocking" Ofwat probe uncovered failures in the firm's sewage treatment sites and found that it fixed wastewater samples. | Customers of the utility company will now receive rebates of £61 over the next five years after Southern Water agreed to the package, which, given the size of the firm, is the largest the regulator has ever imposed. | Ofwat said its large-scale investigation found that Southern Water failed to operate a number of wastewater treatment works properly, including by not making the necessary investment, wh…
(2019-06-25). State Endangered Species Protection Sought for Mountain Lions in Southern California, Central Coast. indybay.org Some Populations Face Extinction Threat From Freeways, Sprawl, Rat Poison…
(2019-06-25). Former shale gas CEO says fracking revolution has been 'a disaster' for drillers, investors. nationofchange.org 
Steve Schlotterbeck, who led drilling company EQT as it expanded to become the nation's largest producer of natural gas in 2017, arrived at a petrochemical industry conference in Pittsburgh Friday morning with a blunt message about shale gas drilling and fracking. "The shale gas revolution has frankly been an unmitigated disaster for any buy-and-hold investor in the shale gas industry with …
(2019-06-25). 'We're Not Settling for Soundbites': Citing Democrats' Own Platform, Open Letter Demands DNC Host at Least One 2020 Debate on Climate Emergency. commondreams.org "It doesn't seem too much to ask that the candidates, who have months and months of campaigning, devote a single evening to coming to grips with this crisis," said 350.org founder Bill McKibben | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/dnc_tom_perez_climate_0.png…
(2019-06-24). Headlines for June 24, 2019. democracynow.org U.S. Announces New Iran Sanctions Days After Aborted Military Strike, Trump Delays ICE Roundups Amid Democratic Pushback, Columnist E. Jean Carroll Accuses Trump of Raping Her in 1990s, Turkey's Ruling AK Party Loses Istanbul Mayoral Race in Election Do-Over, Ethiopian Army Chief and Local Gov. Killed in Attempted Coup, 1000s of Climate Activists Block German Coal Mining Operation, Extinction Rebellion Activists Call on New York Times to Improve and Increase Climate Crisis Reporting, Sen. Sanders Introduces Plan to Cancel All Student Debt, Pete Buttigieg Faces Hometown Backlash in Indiana over Police Shooting of…
(2019-06-24). Dozens Arrested in Protest Demanding New York Times Improve Climate Reporting. truthout.org Hundreds of people descended on the headquarters of The New York Times on Saturday to demand the "paper of record" drastically improve its coverage of the global climate crisis and specifically demanded its reporters refer to the situation as a "climate emergency" in alignment with what the world's scientific community is warning. | Coordinated by Extinction Rebellion NYC, 70 people were reported arrested after the group staged a sit-in on Eight Avenue in midtown Manhattan in order to bring attention to the failure of the paper — and that of the journalism industry overall — to adequately report on…
(2019-06-24). Oregon Governor Kate Brown Signs Five-Year Fracking Ban Bill. indybay.org "While we applaud Governor Brown for signing the fracking moratorium into law, she needs to do even more to stop dangerous fracked gas infrastructure in Oregon," said Food & Water Watch Regional Organizing Manager Thomas Meyer. "A new Food & Water Watch report makes it clear that in order to address the climate crisis, we need to stop all new fracked gas infrastructure, including the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and the Pacific Connector pipeline. Governor Brown should use her executive authority to stop dangerous fracked gas projects and transition Oregon to 100% clean, renewable energy now."
(2019-06-24). Inequality and climate change: the rich must step up. nationofchange.org 
From the beginning, the issue of inequality with respect to the impacts of climate change and the global response has been a recurring theme in international climate negotiations. Emerging and developing countries have been sought spur the developed world into acknowledging its greater burden of responsibility and, accordingly, its obligation to make a larger contribution to the shift toward a low-carbon economy. The concept of climate justice emerged from this debate, inspiring the legal principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities" (CBDR). | The CBDR principle is recognised, among others, by the…
(2019-06-24). The Monkey's Face. The Climate Crisis is Destroying "Real Environmentalism" globalresearch.ca "The more reified the world becomes, the thicker the veil cast upon nature, the more the thinking weaving that veil in its turn claims ideologically to be nature, primordial experience." — Theodor Adorno (Critical Models) | "Nature contains, though often unnoticed, …
(2019-06-24). We Have to Finance a Global Green New Deal — or Face the Consequences. theintercept.com 
An international approach to tackling climate change would require the United States and other industrialized countries to give money to developing nations.
(2019-06-24). Pickin' and Choosin' the Winners and Losers of Climate Change. counterpunch.org The official government pickin'and choosin' of the winners and losers of climate change already has begun. If you're still in the tribe that thinks climate change is maybe not a thing, or a thing that might happen a hundred years from now, perhaps you might like to consider this: everyone else is already moving beyond More
(2019-06-24). Multiple studies demonstrate global warming is melting glaciers faster. wsws.org The accelerating rate of ice melting occurring around the world is a grave warning that climate change is rapidly reaching the point at which its catastrophic consequences will be felt by billions of people.
(2019-06-24). 'A True Public Health Emergency': 70+ Medical Groups Sound Alarm on Climate Crisis. commondreams.org Groups lay out action agenda to advance climate solutions and strengthen resiliency | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/medical-groups-climate-health-emergency.jpg…
(2019-06-24). Jay Inslee Just Dropped the Most Ambitious Climate Plan From a Presidential Candidate. Here's Who It Targets. theintercept.com Jay Inslee, a 2020 presidential hopeful, released an expansive plan on Monday that attempts to capture and rein in the full range of what's propping up the fossil-fuel economy, from big banks, to lax drilling laws, to federal subsidies. The Washington governor is the first candidate to call — and plan explicitly — for phasing out fossil fuel production writ large in the United States, through both legislative and executive actions to ban fracking and to prohibit fossil fuel leases on public lands, among other sweeping changes. The plan a…
(2019-06-24). The Climate Emergency: The Future is in Our Hands. indybay.org Berkeley Public Library — South Branch | 1901 Russell St. (Near Ashby BART)…
(2019-06-24). HBO's "Chernobyl": A Cautionary Tale About Splitting Atoms, or Another Chapter of Anti-Russia Propaganda? globalresearch.ca I've always been kind of obsessed by things nuclear. From the time I learned about nuclear arsenals as a child, I wondered how masses of people could tolerate this Sword of Damocles hanging over their heads. A few years ago, …
(2019-06-24). Victory in Illinois: Coal plant found guilty of polluting groundwater with coal ash. nationofchange.org "Today is a huge victory for Waukegan residents who have fought for years to see corporations like NRG Energy held accountable for the toxic waste that has been illegally dumped on our Lake Michigan lakefront."
(2019-06-24). Dozens of 'Extinct' Creatures Found Alive in 'Lost City' Hidden Deep Within Rainforest. theantimedia.com (TMU) — A specialized team of conservation scientists has found what appears to be a hidden oasis deep in the rainforest of Honduras that's teeming with dozens of rare and endangered creatures. The remote settlement, known as the "Lost City of the Monkey God" or "White City" and located in the Mosquitia rainforest, is a stunning example …
(2019-06-24). Gov. Inslee Would Ban Fracking—So Might Nine Other Presidential Candidates, and Counting. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2019-06-24). Pickin' and Choosin' the Winners and Losers of Climate Change. counterpunch.org 
The official government pickin'and choosin' of the winners and losers of climate change already has begun. If you're still in the tribe that thinks climate change is maybe not a thing, or a thing that might happen a hundred years from now, perhaps you might like to consider this: everyone else is already moving beyond More
(2019-06-24). Oregon GOP trolls Democrats with 'siege' of Capitol Building while ditching vote on divisive bill. rt.com 
The Oregon GOP official Twitter account has been mocking Democrats as Republican senators avoided a legislative session in order to sabotage a climate bill. Police were ordered to bring in rebel lawmakers amid protests.
(2019-06-24). Pickin' and Choosin' the Winners and Losers of Climate Change. counterpunch.org If you're still in the tribe that thinks climate change is maybe not a thing, or a thing that might happen a hundred years from now, perhaps you might like to consider this: everyone else is already moving beyond that debate and starting to pick and choose who's gonna be saved and who's not, who's gonna be a winner and who's gonna be a loser. If you want to have anything to say about which of those two camps you get slotted into, maybe it's time to reconsider your position. More
(2019-06-23). It's time we took a seat 'at your table': Guterres calls on world youth to keep leading climate emergency response. un.org Older generations have "failed to respond properly" to the climate emergency said the UN chief on Sunday, while the young are "stepping up to the challenge" and taking the lead to slow the destructive pace of global warming.
(2019-06-23). Communists link saving planet to slashing military. peoplesworld.org 
CHICAGO — At the 31st CPUSA National Convention, delegates made it clear that the struggle against climate change is also a struggle for peace. In order to save the planet from ecological disaster, the military budget must be massively cut. As the U.S. has been starting wars around the world for decades, it's fitting that …
(2019-06-23). Fukushima's Three Nuclear Meltdowns Are "Under Control": That's a Lie. dissidentvoice.org The implementation of the safe decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station is a unique complex case and expected to span several decades: the IAEA Review Team considers that it will therefore require sustained engagement with stakeholders, proper knowledge management, and benefit from broad international cooperation. — Report by IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) Review …
(2019-06-23). Mark Field and the Danger of Getting Sidetracked. dissidentvoice.org 
I really do not wish to write about Mark Field, the British government minister who assaulted a climate change activist this week, grabbing her by the neck and violently marching her out of a City of London dinner while all the hundreds of other wealthy diners watched either impassively or approvingly. But whatever my wishes, …
(2019-06-22). Permafrost Collapses 70 Years Early. dissidentvoice.org Fasten your seat belt! Global warming is on a rampage. As a consequence, many ecosystems may be on the verge of total collapse. In fact, recent activity in the hinterlands surely looks that way. Over time, the backlash for civilized society, where people live in comfort, could be severe, meaning extreme discomfort. But still, nobody …
(2019-06-22). Ecosocialism and a just transition. mronline.org 
The idea of a "just transition" is appearing everywhere these days, most notably in the preamble of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, which refers to the need to take "into account the imperatives of a just transition of the workforce and the creation of decent work and quality jobs in accordance with nationally defined development […] | Source
