(2019-07-05). Global Effort to Plant a Trillion Trees 'Overwhelmingly' Among Most Effective—and Cheapest—Solutions to Climate Emergency: Study. commondreams.org Amid record-setting temperatures worldwide and predictions by experts that this year will be among the hottest humanity has ever seen, researchers behind a new study say a rapid global effort to plant billions of trees and the restoration of forests would be the "most effective" strategy for battling the planetary climate emergency. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-9011346261.jpg …
(2019-07-05). Yes, We Can Resolve the Climate Crisis. commondreams.org The Ferry Building is seen as crowds march up Market Street during the "Rise For Climate" global action on September 8, 2018 in downtown San Francisco, California. – "Rise For Climate" is a global day of action demanding real climate solutions from local leaders. (Photo: Amy Osborne / AFP / Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/climate_solutions.jpg …
(2019-07-05). Europeans Witness Climate Change, It's Only the Beginning: WWF. telesurenglish.net Record-breaking temperatures, droughts and heatwaves across Europe represent the reality of climate change, the global conservation group World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said Thursday. | RELATED: | Scotland's Environmental Rights at Risk if Brexit Passes | The region hasn't witnesses seasonal changes at this level since the 1940's, researchers said. | In Ge…
(2019-07-05). A digital path to health for all. nationofchange.org Global leaders at the recent annual gathering of the World Health Assembly in Geneva expressed worry and optimism in almost equal measure. Delegates at the Assembly — the decision-making body of the World Health Organization — likened the scope of the world's health crisis to that of the threat posed by climate change. They also agree, however, …
(2019-07-05). Anchorage Hits 90 Degrees for First Time in Recorded History. truthout.org With Alaska in the midst of an unprecedented heat wave that experts say is driven by the climate crisis, Anchorage — the state's largest city — reached an all-time high temperature of 90 degrees on Thursday. | "At 5 pm [Thursday] afternoon, Anchorage International Airport officially hit 90 degrees for the first time on record," the Anchorage National Weather Service announced in a tweet early Friday. | #Anchorage<...
(2019-07-05). An Hour with Noam Chomsky on Fascism, Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, Julian Assange & More. democracynow.org 
In April, hundreds of people packed into the Old South Church in Boston to hear the world-renowned dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky speak. In this hour-long special, we air an excerpt of Chomsky's speech and his on-stage interview with Amy Goodman.
(2019-07-05). Noam Chomsky on Fascism, Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change and Julian Assange. truthout.org In April, hundreds of people packed into the Old South Church in Boston to hear the world-renowned dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky speak. In this hour-long special, we air an excerpt of Chomsky's speech and his on-stage interview with Amy Goodman. | TRANSCRIPT: | AMY GOODMAN: Today, a Democracy Now! special, an hour with Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned dissident and father of modern linguistics. In April, Noam Chomsky visited his hometown of Boston, where he was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for more than half a century. He now teaches at the University of Arizona, Tucso…
(2019-07-05). The PowerPoint That Got a Climate Scientist Disinvited From a Shell Conference. theintercept.com The first three slides of climate scientist Peter Kalmus's plenary speech to Shell's Powering Progress Together conference were intended to gauge audience reactions. First, he would have asked attendees if they are "concerned about climate breakdown." Then, to raise their hands if they are "EXTREMELY CONCERNED" about it. In the third slide, Kalmus would have asked panel-goers to raise their hands if they agreed with a simple statement: "Fossil fuel causes harm." | He never got the chance. Last Wednesday, the day before he was scheduled to appear, Kalmus was disinvited from what the oil giant billed as "an action-…
(2019-07-05). 'We Are in a Climate Emergency, America': Anchorage Hits 90 Degrees for First Time in Recorded History. commondreams.org "This is unprecedented. I tease people that Anchorage is the coolest city in the country—and climatically that is true—but right now we are seeing record heat," said Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/anchorage_0.jpg …
(2019-07-05). US Flag Burnt Outside White House During Trump's July 4th Event. telesurenglish.net Left-wing militants burnt a United States (U.S.) flag and clashed with supporters of President Donald Trump outside the White House on Thursday, a few moments before the U.S. president got on stage for his "Salute to America." | RELATED: | Trump Wastes Millions in Taxpayers' Money to Show Military Might for July 4 | Secret service stepped immediately in to extinguish the flames. | "I'm going to be speaking to the people of the world letting them know that ther…
(2019-07-05). Civil Disobedience and Policing in the Anthropocene. commondreams.org Extinction Rebellion climate change activists lie on the floor as they perform a mass "die in" in the main hall of the Natural History Museum in London on April 22, 2019, on the eighth day of the environmental group's protest calling for political change to combat climate change. (Photo: Tolga Akmen / AFP) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/extinction_rebellion.png …
(2019-07-05). Doubling Down: The Military, Big Bankers and Big Oil Are Not In Climate Denial, They Are in Control and Plan to Keep It That Way. counterpunch.org 
The military-corporate management of the climate crisis will undoubtedly follow the same principles that created the crisis: the costs of pollution, adaptation, endless growth and war won't appear in the corporate ledger. Military budgets will only grow larger. The costs will be "externalized" and paid by the suffering of everyday people. More
(2019-07-05). Oral opening statement from Michael Mann testimony to U.S. House Oversight Committee hearing on climate change & natural disasters. mronline.org 
And I would also like to emphasize that we're using the term "natural disasters" but in many cases there is absolutely nothing natural about the disasters we are talking about. We're not saying they have been caused by climate change, we're saying that it has worsened them. That's what the research shows. | Source
(2019-07-04). Greta Thunberg Thanks OPEC Chief for Suggesting Climate Campaigners Pose 'Greatest Threat' to Oil Sector. commondreams.org Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg turned to Twitter Thursday to thank a key fossil fuel leader for suggesting that climate campaigners—including youth who have joined the global "Fridays for Future" movement Thunberg inspired with her school strikes outside Sweden's parliament last year—greatly threaten the oil sector. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/greta_thunberg_0.jpg …
(2019-07-04). Ireland's bird population has been 'decimated' with some species facing local extinction. thecanary.co An Irish environmental organisation has stated that many bird populations on the island have been "decimated". BirdWatch Ireland revealed that many…
(2019-07-04). City of Sydney joins 600 others declaring a climate emergency. greenleft.org.au 
On June 24, Lord Mayor Clover Moore called on the City of Sydney council to declare a climate emergency. The motion passed unanimously, and Sydney joined a snowballing list of councils globally that have made similar declarations. | But as the dust of the federal election settles and a sleepy giant begins to stir in the Galilee Basin, what will be the significance of Sydney council's words? | The language surrounding climate has changed over the last year or so. "Emergency", "crisis" and "breakdown" are now being used by activists, politicians and even the media. While it might seem like the "emergency" has came…
(2019-07-04). Jakarta Residents Sue Indonesian Government Over Air Pollution. telesurenglish.net Residents of Indonesia's capital on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the government over the toxic levels of air pollution that regularly blanket the city. | RELATED: | In Climate Apartheid World's Poor Will Be Left to Suffer: UN Report | Fed up with what they say is worsening air pollution, a group of 31 concerned residents has sued President Joko Widodo, as well as the ministry of environment and forestry, ministry of health, and Jakarta's governor. | The plaintiffs [mdas…
(2019-07-04). Study Finds Holding Governments and Corporations Legally Accountable for Climate Crisis 'Has Become a Global Phenomenon'. commondreams.org An analysis published Thursday details how lawsuits that aim to push governments to more ambitiously the address climate emergency and make polluting corporations pay for the damage caused by their sizable contributions to the global warming are growing in popularity around the world. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/youth_climate_0.jpg …
(2019-07-04). 'Straight Out of Orwell': While Slashing Climate Regulations, Trump Plans Speech Touting His 'Environmental Leadership'. commondreams.org Trump "plans to go on the offensive against criticism of his industry-friendly rollbacks of environment protections" in an address at the White House next week, The Guardian reported | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/donald_trump_environmental.jpg …
(2019-07-04). 'Climate emergency requires urgent action in every community,' insists Corbyn ahead of allotment visit. thecanary.co 
On 4 July, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn visited a community allotment. And he used the opportunity to call for "urgent action in every community" to deal with the world's climate emergency.He visited Macclesfield in Cheshire, where the local authority has declared a climate emergency.He was shown around the allotment at St Barnabas church by Katy Wardle and volunteers from the charity Cre8, which aims to build a sustainable, low-cost food network.Jeremy Corbyn meets members of the community garden project (Peter Byrne/PA)He said: "I was very proud to propose to Parliament on May 1 that we become the first parliame…
(2019-07-04). Dr. David Suzuki: Trudeau Government's Climate Emergency Declaration Is 'A Joke'. therealnews.com 
A leading Canadian environmentalist says Canada must leave the vast majority of the tar sands in the ground if it hopes to fight climate change…
(2019-07-04). Trump Wastes Taxpayers' Money to Show Military Might for July 4. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Donald Trump will preside over July Fourth Independence Day celebrations Thursday with a speech about patriotism and a show of military might that critics say is politicizing an important holiday and wasting taxpayer money. | OPINION: | On July 4, The United States Celebrates Independence — But For Who? | For decades, presidents have kept a low profile during the parade. However, Trump's speech will be a departure from tradition. This is the first time…
(2019-07-04). Climate Strike: Youth Activism Is Giving Their Parents' Generation a Second Chance. commondreams.org Climate change activists take part in the international Strike for Climate protest in Los Angeles on May 24, 2019. (Photo: Getty/Frederic J. Brown) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-07-04_at_11.16.34_am.png …
(2019-07-04). Burnt workers are the newest wave of climate casualty. mronline.org 
The International Labor Organization (ILO) has just released a brief—but very important—report on the impact of heat stress on workers. What the ILO finds is that the areas of the world most threatened by heat deaths of workers are Southern Asia and Western Africa. | Source
(2019-07-03). Climate change, dust bowls, fishery collapse: metabolic rifts of capitalism and the need for socialism. mronline.org 
Humankind and the environment are hurtling toward unprecedented ecological crises. Global warming, sea level rise, and weather extremes due to carbon emissions are catastrophic enough, but they will mix and combine with ocean acidification, air and chemical pollution, water shortages, deforestation, fishery collapse, soil erosion, and mass extinction, throwing both nature and society off a […] | Source
(2019-07-03). Hidden Plastics: Glitter Gum and the Air we Breathe. dissidentvoice.org The plastic contamination of the natural world flows from three main sources: complacency, apathy and ignorance, a poisonous trinity that is itself the result of a narrow and destructive approach to living. While there are signs of a shift in attitudes among many people, resistance to changing the lifestyle habits that feed the environmental crisis, …
(2019-07-03). With Caribbean island life under threat, UN chief pushes to face 'headwinds together'. un.org To counter global challenges that are a particular threat to vulnerable island nations like those in the Caribbean, it's vital to "face the headwinds together", especially in the face of the destruction being wrought by climate change, the UN chief told the annual Caribbean Community (CARICOM) conference in Saint Lucia on Wednesday.
(2019-07-03). Eco-Socialism Conference to be held in Albuquerque: For the Earth to Live, Capitalism Must End! liberationnews.org 
Climate change and ecological devastation must be reversed as a matter of survival.
(2019-07-03). Will Bernie Sanders Stick With a Carbon Tax In His Push For a Green New Deal? theintercept.com 
Sanders is a longtime proponent of taxing the country's worst polluters, but he's said very little about a carbon tax on the 2020 campaign trail.
(2019-07-02). G20 Members Dole Out Coal Subsidies Despite Climate Crisis Talk. therealnews.com 
A new report documents G20 member states giving $63.9 billion in subsidies per year to King Coal, while professing the urgency of the climate crisis. The study says this may "underestimate the actual amounts of support provided," due to lack of transparency in finance figures…
(2019-07-02). NBC News Whitewashes Colombia's Right-Wing President. fair.org 
Colombian President Iván Duque gave a talk on June 21 at the "Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity" on his book Orange Economy: An Infinite Opportunity. Duque wasn't alone—Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels, singer John Legend and former NBA star Dwyane Wade also made appearances at the French Riviera event. | Claire Atkinson, the senior media editor at NBC News ( 6/27/19), i…
(2019-07-01). Monday's Daily Brief: US-DPRK relationship reset, 'Horrific' Kabul bombing, Anti-conscription plan in Syria, Climate change heat stress, Security Council in Iraq. un.org This Monday, we cover: Guterres welcomes possible US-DPRK diplomatic upgrade; Taliban attack hits schools; UN-Syria action plan on child soldiers; Climate change heat stress impacts economy; and first-ever Security Council visit to Iraq.
(2019-07-01). Heat stress spike predicted to cost global economy $2.4 trillion a year. un.org An increase in heat stress at work linked to climate change is set to have a massive impact on global productivity and economic losses, notably in agriculture and construction, UN labour experts said on Monday.
(2019-07-01). G20, Democratic debates, a pause in the trade war. uwidata.com G20 The two-day G20 summit ended in Osaka, Japan. Leaders of major powers discussed security, climate, trade, etc. The summit was marked by the United States' disagreement with other countries on a number of issues. For example, on the Paris climate agreement, on the China trade-war issue (despite the fact that a small "reconciliation" between …
(2019-06-30). 'Act now with ambition and urgency' to tackle the world's 'grave climate emergency', UN chief urges UAE meeting. un.org The world is facing "a grave climate emergency", Secretary-General António Guterres told a climate meeting in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) capital of Abu Dhabi on Sunday, urging all participants to "seize this opportunity to take bold climate action".
(2019-06-28). WA joins the climate rebellion. greenleft.org.au 
The day after the May 18 federal election, as people were reeling from the unexpected result and taking time to regroup, the initiators of Extinction Rebellion WA hosted a picnic at the Hilton Harvest Community Gardens near Fremantle. | One hundred and fifty people attended and, while there was some licking of post-election wounds, what dominated was a sense of hope and determination. | The sentiment expressed at the meeting was that neither of the major parties had really grasped the nettle on climate change, and that it would take a people's campaign to force the government to declare a climate emergency…
(2019-06-28). Headlines for June 28, 2019. democracynow.org Supreme Court Says Partisan Gerrymandering Can't Be Challenged in Federal Courts, Trump Threatens to Delay Census After Supreme Court Blocks Adding Citizenship Question, Kamala Harris Takes on Joe Biden over Working with Segregationists and His Opposition to Busing, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Decries New Border Bill as an Unacceptable Betrayal, U.S. Helps Block Progress at German Climate Summit as Europe Sizzles in Record Heat, With a Smile, Trump Tells Putin at G20 Not to Meddle in U.S. Elections, Trump's Chief of Diplomatic Protocol Resigns After Accused of Carrying Whip at Work, Brazilian Air Force Officer…
(2019-06-28). Walk to save south-west WA forests. greenleft.org.au 
Various ongoing threats, such as climate change and the timber industry, continue to plague the unique ecosystems of south-west Western Australia. Various species are coming under pressure and time may be running out for people to experience the serenity and cacophony of these forests in all their splendour. | To help raise awareness about this, a 1000-kilometre Walk For Forests is taking place this year. | Beginning on September 29 in Albany, in southern WA, and ending in Perth on December 13, the walk will pass through the forests of south-west WA, allowing participants to witness the current state of the natur…
(2019-06-28). Join the climate rebellion. greenleft.org.au 
I first delved into climate change 12 years ago, when my boy was born and I had freak-out #1. What had I done bringing a child into the world only for him to inherit a dying planet? | I got depressed and scared, but I managed to find hope. | I learned about the Transition Town movement and sustainability. I helped establish a thriving community garden. I participated in Earth Hour and earnestly made my pledge for the climate. | I grew veggies. My family rarely flew. We installed solar panels. I rode my new, fabulous electric cargo bike like I was Ms Sustainability in a parade. | But while I was busy with all…
(2019-06-28). Just 15 Minutes on Climate Change in First 2 Democratic Debates. therealnews.com 
The first two Democratic debates, which together spanned four hours, included just fifteen minutes of discussion on the climate crisis—even though climate change was the number one issue on which voters wanted to hear from candidates. | "It's hard to get candidates to talk about anything in-depth," tweeted youth-led climate organization the Sunrise Movement during the second debate night. "When it comes to the broa…
(2019-06-27). Activists Still Want a Separate Debate on Climate After It Received Just 7 Minutes in First Debate. democracynow.org 
As the Democratic debate took place in Miami, climate activists from the Sunrise Movement protested the Democratic National Committee's refusal to host a climate change-centered primary debate. Climate activists are still camping out in front of DNC headquarters in Washington, D.C. At last night's two-hour debate, about seven minutes focused on climate issues.
(2019-06-27). Headlines for June 27, 2019. democracynow.org 2020 Democratic Primary Debate Kicks Off with Focus on Immigration, Healthcare, Senate Passes Border Aid Package After Rejecting House Version, Bank of America Ends Relationship with Migrant Prison Companies, Asylum Officers Say Trump's "Remain in Mexico" Policy Threatens Migrants' Lives, Family of Black Man Shot by Indiana Cop Sues Officer, City of South Bend, Twin Suicide Bombs Rock Tunis, Trump, World Leaders in Osaka for G20, Court Rules France Failed to Properly Address Air Pollution, U.N. Expert Warns of Impending "Climate Apartheid", NYC Votes to Declare a "Climate Emergency", Dems Vote to Subpoena Kellyan…
(2019-06-27). She the People's Aimee Allison: We Need a Candidate to Support Economic, Racial and Gender Politics. democracynow.org 
The first night of the two-part 2020 presidential debate kicked off Wednesday night with a focus on the economy, healthcare, immigration, gun control, Iran and climate change. It was a historic night with three female candidates taking part: Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii. It marked the first time more than one female candidate appeared in a major political party debate in the United States. We speak with She the People founder Aimee Allison about the women in the race and foreign policy in Afghanistan and Iran. Allison won an ho…
(2019-06-21). The Growing Case Against Fracking. progressive.org The extraction of shale oil and natural gas, especially for export to other countries, is not worth the toll it's taking on communities and the climate, according to a new report.