Monthly Archives: October 2019

2019-10-31: News Headlines

Staff (2019-10-31). Carbon Capture Could Save the Planet. truthdig.com If the world is to avoid dangerous overheating, some climate scientists say, carbon capture and storage (CCS) is essential. But compared with other ways of tackling global heating, it is a method that is developing slowly. | Norway, though, one of the world's biggest oil producers, has been successfully using carbon capture since 1996. Now, Norwegian scientists say, the rest of the world must learn to do so as quickly as possible, arguing that all large industrial plants could and should capture and store the carbon dioxide they…

Emilie Prattico (2019-10-31). Chile Bailed on the UN Climate Talks. Here's Why It Matters. thenation.com Chile's failure to fulfill its commitment is yet another sign that our future is in the hands of people we cannot trust.

Staff (2019-10-31). From California to El Salvador, Climate-Driven Displacement Is on the Rise. truthout.org As part of the push for a Green New Deal, Democrats in both chambers of Congress have introduced legislation to support international refugees displaced by environmental disasters and climate disruption, and are continuing to challenge the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and ongoing quest to unravel what little progress the government has made on climate. | The bills would create a "global resilience…

WSWS (2019-10-31). Australian police violently attack climate change protestors. wsws.org The incident marks a further escalation of state repression in Australia against protest and dissent.

commondreams (2019-10-31). Greta Thunberg to Join LA Youth Strikers FRIDAY to Demand Action on CA's Fossil-Fueled Climate Crisis. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Scott Silver (2019-10-31). California Burns…It Always Has. counterpunch.org As California burns, the press is offering all number of explanations for why this is so; naming everything from drought and climate change, to lack of sufficient acres of prescribed burns and forest thinning, to the failure of PG&E to properly maintain the electrical grid. The 'problems', or so the press would have the public More

Staff (2019-10-31). Rep. Ro Khanna Calls for PG&E to Become Publicly Owned. truthout.org Extreme winds of up to 60 miles per hour caused new fires to erupt across southern California Wednesday, prompting tens of thousands to evacuate. The blazes are just the latest in a spate of climate change-fueled fires threatening the state. In Northern California, firefighters have finally beat back the Sonoma County Kincade Fire that had forced nearly 200,000 people to flee their homes over the weekend. Nearly all evacuees in the region have now been allowed to return to their homes and the utility giant Pacific Gas…

United Nations (2019-10-31). Climate experts pledge to scale up high-altitude fight against mountain melt. un.org The UN's weather watchdog and partners committed on Thursday to a new initiative to ramp up observation and prediction technology that will help address the challenges of climate change, melting snow and ice, and water-related hazards.

Staff (2019-10-31). Private Firefighters, Housekeepers, the Incarcerated Protect Homes From Fires. truthout.org As climate-fueled fires rage across California, we look at how the blazes are disproportionately affecting some of the state's most vulnerable communities. As a growing number of wealthy homeowners hire private firefighters to protect their properties for up to $3,000 per day, domestic workers and gardeners who tend to some of the most opulent homes in Los Angeles attended work despite the Getty Fire evacuation order earlier this week. Many of their employers failed to even tell them not to come…

Staff (2019-10-31). Radioactive Waste Could Be Killing Residents in Missouri Community. truthout.org In Bridgeton, on the northern edge of St. Louis County, Missouri, a fire burns underground in a vast landfill, creeping closer and closer to a pile of radioactive waste from the World War II era that was dumped there back in the 1970s. This "subsurface smoldering event," as these odorous, high-temperature chemical reactions are called, at the West Lake Landfill has burned continuously for almost a decade now, keeping nearby residents all too aware of the Superfund site in their backyard. | For years, m…

commondreams (2019-10-31). Keystone Pipeline Does as Experts Predicted, Spills 383,000 Gallons of Oil in North Dakota. commondreams.org ______________________________…

commondreams (2019-10-31). Keystone Pipeline Spills Unknown Amount of Oil in North Dakota. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Center for Biological Diversity (2019-10-31). Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration's California Fracking Plan. indybay.org Feds Aim to Open 725,500 Acres in Central Coast, Bay Area to Oil Industry…

Staff (2019-10-31). New Study: 300 Million Face Severe Risk of Climate-Fueled Coastal Flooding by 2050. democracynow.org As a shocking new report finds that many coastal cities will be flooded by rising sea levels by 2050, Chile's President Sebastián Piñera announced Wednesday that the U.N. Climate Summit in Santiago has been canceled. Anti-inequality protests have entered their third week in the country with protesters calling for the Piñera government to resign. The U.N. said it is now looking for an alternative venue for the annual climate meetings. Meanwhile, a dire new report has warned 300 million people are at risk from rising sea levels, with the most vulnerable populations concentrated in the Global South. According to the…

Staff (2019-10-31). As Rich Hire Private Firefighters, Housekeepers Go to Work in Fire Zone & Prisoners Fight CA Blazes. democracynow.org As climate-fueled fires rage across California, we look at how the blazes are disproportionately affecting some of the state's most vulnerable communities. As a growing number of wealthy homeowners hire private firefighters to protect their properties for up to $3,000 per day, domestic workers and gardeners who tend to some of the most opulent homes in Los Angeles attended work despite the Getty Fire evacuation order earlier this week. Many of their employers failed to even tell them not to come in. Meanwhile, of the more than 4,000 firefighters currently working across the state, at least 700 are California pris…

Staff (2019-10-31). As California Burns Again, Rep. Ro Khanna Calls for PG&E to Become Publicly Owned Utility. democracynow.org Extreme winds of up to 60 miles per hour caused new fires to erupt across southern California Wednesday, prompting tens of thousands to evacuate. The blazes are just the latest in a spate of climate change-fueled fires threatening the state. In Northern California, firefighters have finally beat back the Sonoma County Kincade Fire that had forced nearly 200,000 people to flee their homes over the weekend. Nearly all evacuees in the region have now been allowed to return to their homes and the utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric said Wednesday it would begin restoring power to the 365,000 customers who were plung…

Staff (2019-10-31). Headlines for October 31, 2019. democracynow.org Tens of Thousands Evacuate as New Blazes Erupt in Fire-Ravaged California, Chile Calls Off U.N. Climate Talks Amid Massive Protests Against Inequality, Protesters Confront JPMorgan Chase CEO Over Fossil Fuel Investments, Youth Climate Activists Stage Sit-In at House Speaker Pelosi's Office, Keystone Pipeline Breach Spills Oil in North Dakota, House Readies Vote to Formalize Impeachment Process, Top Immigration Official Grilled Over Move to Deport Critically Ill Immigrants, "Not Qualified" Rating from Bar Association Draws Tears from Judicial Nominee, India to Split Jammu and Kashmir Into Two Territories Controlle…

Fred_F (2019-10-31). Are belching cows really driving climate change? greenleft.org.au Climate Agriculture Alan BroughtonIssue 1243 AustraliaOctober 31, 2019All three major greenhouse gases are influenced by farming practices. | Farming's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions has centred on methane produced by ruminant animals: cattle, sheep, goats. This…

Alleen Brown (2019-10-31). From Climate Denial to "Green" Petroleum: Massachusetts Accuses Exxon Mobil of Deceptive Messaging. theintercept.com Exxon Mobil's relationship with the New York Times is a case study in how the fossil fuel industry's climate denialism has evolved over the past 20 years. Beginning in the 1970s, Exxon Mobil published an "advertorial" every Thursday on the New York Times editorial page. The quarter-page, essay-style ads were designed to mimic a Times op-ed. Starting in the 1980s, doubt about the seriousness of human-driven climate change was a repeated theme. The ads came with titles including "Apocalypse no," "Reset the alarm," "Less heat, more light on climate change," and "Climate change: a degree of uncertainty." | According…

Jaideep Hardikar (2019-10-30). Belated Rains, Beleaguered Farmers: the Climate Crisis in Bhandara. counterpunch.org Inside a tiny hole on the hardened soil lies a dead crab, its legs severed from its body. "They are dying of the heat," says Devendra Bhongade, pointing at holes all over his five-acre paddy farm. If it had rained, you'd see crabs swarming in the water on the farm, incubating, he adds, standing amid More

Deirdre Griswold (2019-10-30). The real enemies of the planet. workers.org A map of the world, recently circulated online, claims to identify the world's worst offenders responsible for the climate crisis. It named energy ministers in scores of countries — rich and poor, imperialist and oppressed — as equally the culprits for the biggest challenge facing humanity. The map was no . . . | Continue reading The real enemies of the planet at Workers.org

The Canary (2019-10-30). Brazilian president defends policies amid recent Amazon fires. thecanary.co Brazil's president has launched a strong defence of his far-right government while on a visit to Saudi Arabia, blasting any criticism of his policies on recent fires in the Amazon region.Jair Bolsonaro also criticised French president Emmanuel Macron in a speech on Wednesday before the Future Investment Initiative in the kingdom, while praising American leader Donald Trump.Bolsonaro at one point said: "The Amazon region belongs to us."Bolsonaro praised US president Donald Trump (AP)Scientists say the vast rainforest is a bulwark against global warming as its lush vegetation absorbs heat-trapping carbon dioxide fr…

Bill Hatch (2019-10-30). When Justice Delayed Means Extinction: the Case of the Delta Smelt. counterpunch.org The signature event of the 2019 California Water Year is the arrival of extinction for the Delta smelt, a two-inch, nearly transparent fish at the bottom of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta food chain. The smelt's demise signals critical dangers for two species of Coho salmon, one species of Steelhead and resident killer whales that feed More

teleSUR (2019-10-30). Chile Suspends Hosting of APEC and COP25. telesurenglish.net Chile has withdrawn as host of an APEC trade summit in November where the United States and China had been expected to take major steps toward ending a 15-month-old trade war that has slowed world economic growth. | RELATED: | Chile: Thousands March, Demand Constitution Change | Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said he had taken the "painful" decision to cancel the summit in Santiago, as well as a high-profile international gathering on climate change in December, to focus on restoring law…

Scott Owen (2019-10-30). As I Walked Out to the Streets to Block Traffic: Extinction Rebellion and the Battle For Life On Earth. counterpunch.org It's that time of year, in fact as they say, it's that time of life. It's that time for show-downs and choices, for heroes and villains, that time for fighting in the street. Yes, as the temperature moves to the cool of autumn the friction of action is heating things up on a global scale, More

Fréa Lockley (2019-10-30). Johnson refuses to answer why 'frackers, the tax avoiders and the zero-hour exploiters' are shaping Tory policy. thecanary.co As the 2019 General Election campaign gets set to begin, news has emerged that a fracking lobbyist is writing the Conservative manifesto. The same lobbying firm also represents major tax-avoiding multinationals like Amazon. So this raises concerns that these interests could well try to shape policy. But when asked about this in Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs), Boris Johnson refused to answer. | An "outrage to democracy":…

Fred_F (2019-10-30). Albanese's jobs and climate doublespeak. greenleft.org.au economy Climate Pip HinmanIssue 1243 Australia Anthony AlbaneseOctober 30, 2019Labor's policy silence after its May election defeat has officially been broken with party leader Anthony Albanese's October 29 vi…

pip.hinman (2019-10-30). Bruce Shillingsworth: 'Why are we selling water to make profit?'. greenleft.org.au corporate greed Bruce ShillingsworthIssue 1243 Australia Water for the Rivers climate emergency SydneyOctober 30, 2019Mur…

RT (2019-10-29). A 'woke' remake of 'Baby It's Cold Outside': What's next, a climate-change one? rt.com Super-woke musician John Legend has reportedly "updated" a 1940s classic love song for modern liberal sensibilities, in a downright Orwellian twist to the ongoing US culture war that consumes everything it touches. | "Baby It's Cold Outside," first recorded in 1944, has been covered by many a celebrity duet since — until it ran into the #MeToo minefield last year, and got canceled because some people complained very loudly on social media that its lyrics were about "date rape." Or as CNN chose to phrase it, "some ob…

Touria Prayag (2019-10-29). "In terms of the coral reefs and all the dangers to the ecosystems, Mauritius is one of the countries most at risk" mronline.org While environmentalist Greta Thunburg was at the UN, John Bellamy Foster, environmental sociologist and editor of the Monthly Review, was in Mauritius to train people on climate change. Weekly had an opportunity to talk to him. | Source

Martin Hart-Landsberg (2019-10-29). Flying above the clouds: the U.S. military and climate change. mronline.org Climate change is occurring, highlighted by dramatically shifting weather patterns and ever more deadly storms, floods, droughts, and wildfires. And the evidence is overwhelming that it is driven by the steady increase in greenhouse gases in our atmosphere, especially carbon dioxide and methane, produced by our fossil fuel-based economic system. | Source

Eds. (2019-10-29). Extinction Rebellion: We need to talk about the future. mronline.org This is a love letter to Extinction Rebellion. | Source

United Nations (2019-10-29). UN summit tackles climate change-induced threat to mountain water supplies. un.org The world's mountain and glacier regions are facing unprecedented challenges due to climate change, imposing a crippling effect on the people and economies that rely on them, the UN's weather agency explained on Tuesday, ahead of a summit to address the world's rapidly-changing water systems.

Staff (2019-10-29). Fueled by Climate Change, California's Raging Wildfires Are Threatening Vulnerable Communities First. democracynow.org California is bracing for a day of strong winds as climate change-fueled wildfires continue to burn from Los Angeles to north of the Bay Area. After a chaotic weekend of mass evacuations and blackouts that left millions in the dark, firefighters in Sonoma, California, made headway Monday, containing 15% of the massive Kincade fire that has burned nearly 75,000 acres. But as high winds pick up again today, firefighters still face an uphill battle in combating the at least 10 blazes raging across the state, including the growing Getty fire, which erupted in one of Los Angeles's most opulent communities Monday. Fire…

Patricia Gorky (2019-10-28). Deep-sea mining threatens ocean, global climate. liberationnews.org There is a new race for resources: the ocean floor. Seabed exploration, a precursor to mining, is underway in remote parts of the Pacific Ocean as corporations and nation-states attempt to catalog the underwater resources.

The Real News Network (2019-10-26). Jane Fonda: Put Oil and Gas Executives on Trial. dissidentvoice.org Before she got arrested at her weekly #FireDrillFriday demonstration, Jane Fonda told TRNN's Dharna Noor that she tried to get Netflix to give her a yearlong hiatus from Grace and Frankie to continue protesting climate inaction.

Staff (2019-10-25). Human Actions Fueling California's Devastating Wildfires. therealnews.com Tens of thousands have been forced to flee wildfires across the state of California. Human actions, including climate change, are responsible, argues Professor Matthew Hurteau.

Staff (2019-10-25). Jane Fonda: Put Oil and Gas Executives on Trial. therealnews.com Before she got arrested at her weekly #FireDrillFriday demonstration, Jane Fonda told TRNN's Dharna Noor that she tried to get Netflix to give her a yearlong hiatus from Grace and Frankie to continue protesting climate inaction.

Fred_F (2019-10-25). Climate crisis and fight for a just future. greenleft.org.au Climate Jacob AndrewarthaIssue 1242 AustraliaOctober 25, 2019There is currently a resurgence in climate activism across the world. With the recent global Climate Strike and rise of protest groups such as Extinction Rebellion, questions are being posed within the movement of how best to deal with the climate crisis and fight for a just fu…

Fred_F (2019-10-25). Labor declares climate emergency, postpones any action til next elections. greenleft.org.au Climate Margaret GleesonIssue 1242 AustraliaOctober 25, 2019The past two months have seen a stepping up of protests demanding urgent action to tackle the climate emergency. First was the huge global Climate Strike on September 20 that saw hundreds of thousands mobilise around the country. Then came Extinction Rebellion's (XR) Spring Rebel…

Fred_F (2019-10-25). Environmentalists, librarians condemn attacks on right to protest in Queensland. greenleft.org.au civil liberties Fred FuentesIssue 1242 Australia Extinction RebellionOctober 25, 2019Environmental group Frontline Action on Coal (FLAC) has denounced anti-protester laws passed by Queensland parliament as deceitful, overreaching and ultimately destined to fai…

2019-10-31: Social Media Postees

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From California to El Salvador, Climate-Driven Displacement Is on the Rise
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-31
As part of the push for a Green New Deal, Democrats in both chambers of Congress have introduced legislation to support international refugees displaced by environmental disasters and climate disruption, and are continuing to challenge the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and ongoing quest to unravel what little progress the government has made on climate. | The bills would create a "global resilience…
truthout.org/articles/from-california-to-el-salvador-climate-driven-displacement-is-on-the-rise/

Australian police violently attack climate change protestors
wsws.org | 2019-10-31
The incident marks a further escalation of state repression in Australia against protest and dissent.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/31/imrc-o31.html

Greta Thunberg to Join LA Youth Strikers FRIDAY to Demand Action on CA's Fossil-Fueled Climate Crisis
commondreams.org | 2019-10-31
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/10/31/greta-thunberg-join-la-youth-strikers-friday-demand-action-cas-fossil-fueled?cd-origin=rss

Carbon Capture Could Save the Planet
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-10-31
If the world is to avoid dangerous overheating, some climate scientists say, carbon capture and storage (CCS) is essential. But compared with other ways of tackling global heating, it is a method that is developing slowly. | Norway, though, one of the world's biggest oil producers, has been successfully using carbon capture since 1996. Now, Norwegian scientists say, the rest of the world must learn to do so as quickly as possible, arguing that all large industrial plants could and should capture and store the carbon dioxide they…
truthdig.com/articles/carbon-capture-could-save-the-planet/

Private Firefighters, Housekeepers, the Incarcerated Protect Homes From Fires
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-31
As climate-fueled fires rage across California, we look at how the blazes are disproportionately affecting some of the state's most vulnerable communities. As a growing number of wealthy homeowners hire private firefighters to protect their properties for up to $3,000 per day, domestic workers and gardeners who tend to some of the most opulent homes in Los Angeles attended work despite the Getty Fire evacuation order earlier this week. Many of their employers failed to even tell them not to come…
truthout.org/video/private-firefighters-housekeepers-the-incarcerated-protect-homes-from-fires/

Climate experts pledge to scale up high-altitude fight against mountain melt
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-31
The UN's weather watchdog and partners committed on Thursday to a new initiative to ramp up observation and prediction technology that will help address the challenges of climate change, melting snow and ice, and water-related hazards.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1050361

Rep. Ro Khanna Calls for PG&E to Become Publicly Owned
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-31
Extreme winds of up to 60 miles per hour caused new fires to erupt across southern California Wednesday, prompting tens of thousands to evacuate. The blazes are just the latest in a spate of climate change-fueled fires threatening the state. In Northern California, firefighters have finally beat back the Sonoma County Kincade Fire that had forced nearly 200,000 people to flee their homes over the weekend. Nearly all evacuees in the region have now been allowed to return to their homes and the utility giant Pacific Gas…
truthout.org/video/rep-ro-khanna-calls-for-pge-to-become-publicly-owned/

Chile Bailed on the UN Climate Talks. Here's Why It Matters
Emilie Prattico | thenation.com | 2019-10-31
Chile's failure to fulfill its commitment is yet another sign that our future is in the hands of people we cannot trust.
thenation.com/article/chile-climate-cop25/

From Climate Denial to "Green" Petroleum: Massachusetts Accuses Exxon Mobil of Deceptive Messaging
Alleen Brown | theintercept.com | 2019-10-31
Exxon Mobil's relationship with the New York Times is a case study in how the fossil fuel industry's climate denialism has evolved over the past 20 years. Beginning in the 1970s, Exxon Mobil published an "advertorial" every Thursday on the New York Times editorial page. The quarter-page, essay-style ads were designed to mimic a Times op-ed. Starting in the 1980s, doubt about the seriousness of human-driven climate change was a repeated theme. The ads came with titles including "Apocalypse no," "Reset the alarm," "Less heat, more light on climate change," and "Climate change: a degree of uncertainty." | According…
theintercept.com/2019/10/31/exxon-mobil-massachusetts-climate-change-lawsuit-greenwashing/

California Burns…It Always Has
Scott Silver | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-31
As California burns, the press is offering all number of explanations for why this is so; naming everything from drought and climate change, to lack of sufficient acres of prescribed burns and forest thinning, to the failure of PG&E to properly maintain the electrical grid. The 'problems', or so the press would have the public…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/31/california-burns-it-always-has/

Radioactive Waste Could Be Killing Residents in Missouri Community
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-31
In Bridgeton, on the northern edge of St. Louis County, Missouri, a fire burns underground in a vast landfill, creeping closer and closer to a pile of radioactive waste from the World War II era that was dumped there back in the 1970s. This "subsurface smoldering event," as these odorous, high-temperature chemical reactions are called, at the West Lake Landfill has burned continuously for almost a decade now, keeping nearby residents all too aware of the Superfund site in their backyard. | For years, m…
truthout.org/articles/radioactive-waste-could-be-killing-residents-in-missouri-community/

Keystone Pipeline Does as Experts Predicted, Spills 383,000 Gallons of Oil in North Dakota
commondreams.org | 2019-10-31
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/10/31/keystone-pipeline-does-experts-predicted-spills-383000-gallons-oil-north-dakota?cd-origin=rss

Keystone Pipeline Spills Unknown Amount of Oil in North Dakota
commondreams.org | 2019-10-31
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/10/31/keystone-pipeline-spills-unknown-amount-oil-north-dakota?cd-origin=rss

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration's California Fracking Plan
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2019-10-31
Feds Aim to Open 725,500 Acres in Central Coast, Bay Area to Oil Industry…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/30/18827730.php

New Study: 300 Million Face Severe Risk of Climate-Fueled Coastal Flooding by 2050
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-10-31
As a shocking new report finds that many coastal cities will be flooded by rising sea levels by 2050, Chile's President Sebastián Piñera announced Wednesday that the U.N. Climate Summit in Santiago has been canceled. Anti-inequality protests have entered their third week in the country with protesters calling for the Piñera government to resign. The U.N. said it is now looking for an alternative venue for the annual climate meetings. Meanwhile, a dire new report has warned 300 million people are at risk from rising sea levels, with the most vulnerable populations concentrated in the Global South. According to the…
www.democracynow.org/2019/10/31/chile_cancels_un_climate_summit_after

As California Burns Again, Rep. Ro Khanna Calls for PG&E to Become Publicly Owned Utility
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-10-31
Extreme winds of up to 60 miles per hour caused new fires to erupt across southern California Wednesday, prompting tens of thousands to evacuate. The blazes are just the latest in a spate of climate change-fueled fires threatening the state. In Northern California, firefighters have finally beat back the Sonoma County Kincade Fire that had forced nearly 200,000 people to flee their homes over the weekend. Nearly all evacuees in the region have now been allowed to return to their homes and the utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric said Wednesday it would begin restoring power to the 365,000 customers who were plung…
www.democracynow.org/2019/10/31/ro_khanna_california_fires_gas_electric

As Rich Hire Private Firefighters, Housekeepers Go to Work in Fire Zone & Prisoners Fight CA Blazes
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-10-31
As climate-fueled fires rage across California, we look at how the blazes are disproportionately affecting some of the state's most vulnerable communities. As a growing number of wealthy homeowners hire private firefighters to protect their properties for up to $3,000 per day, domestic workers and gardeners who tend to some of the most opulent homes in Los Angeles attended work despite the Getty Fire evacuation order earlier this week. Many of their employers failed to even tell them not to come in. Meanwhile, of the more than 4,000 firefighters currently working across the state, at least 700 are California pris…
www.democracynow.org/2019/10/31/california_fires_domestic_workers_prisoner_firefighters

Are belching cows really driving climate change?
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-10-31
Climate Agriculture Alan BroughtonIssue 1243 AustraliaOctober 31, 2019All three major greenhouse gases are influenced by farming practices. | Farming's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions has centred on methane produced by ruminant animals: cattle, sheep, goats. This…
greenleft.org.au/content/are-belching-cows-really-driving-climate-change

Chile Suspends Hosting of APEC and COP25
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-30
Chile has withdrawn as host of an APEC trade summit in November where the United States and China had been expected to take major steps toward ending a 15-month-old trade war that has slowed world economic growth. | RELATED: | Chile: Thousands March, Demand Constitution Change | Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said he had taken the "painful" decision to cancel the summit in Santiago, as well as a high-profile international gathering on climate change in December, to focus on restoring law…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chile-Suspends-Hosting-of-APEC-and-COP25-20191030-0003.html

The real enemies of the planet
Deirdre Griswold | workers.org | 2019-10-30
A map of the world, recently circulated online, claims to identify the world's worst offenders responsible for the climate crisis. It named energy ministers in scores of countries — rich and poor, imperialist and oppressed — as equally the culprits for the biggest challenge facing humanity. The map was no . . . | Continue reading The real enemies of the planet at Workers.org
workers.org/2019/10/44195/

Belated Rains, Beleaguered Farmers: the Climate Crisis in Bhandara
Jaideep Hardikar | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-30
Inside a tiny hole on the hardened soil lies a dead crab, its legs severed from its body. "They are dying of the heat," says Devendra Bhongade, pointing at holes all over his five-acre paddy farm. If it had rained, you'd see crabs swarming in the water on the farm, incubating, he adds, standing amid…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/30/belated-rains-beleaguered-farmers-the-climate-crisis-in-bhandara/

Climate change denial is the new 'flat Earth' & causes WILDFIRES, California ex-governor testifies
rt.com | 2019-10-30
Add California's wildfires to the list of problems caused by US President Donald Trump. The state's former governor has warned Trump and his fellow Republicans that "the blood is on your soul"… for denying climate change. | "California's burning while the deniers make a joke out of the standards that protect us all. The blood is on your soul here and I hope you wake up," former governor Jerry Brown snarled, during a House Oversight Committee hearing on the Trump administration's recent decision to bar California from setting its own auto emissions standards. "This is not politics, this is life, this is moral…
rt.com/usa/472242-california-climate-change-fires-trump/

Brazilian president defends policies amid recent Amazon fires
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-10-30
Brazil's president has launched a strong defence of his far-right government while on a visit to Saudi Arabia, blasting any criticism of his policies on recent fires in the Amazon region.Jair Bolsonaro also criticised French president Emmanuel Macron in a speech on Wednesday before the Future Investment Initiative in the kingdom, while praising American leader Donald Trump.Bolsonaro at one point said: "The Amazon region belongs to us."Bolsonaro praised US president Donald Trump (AP)Scientists say the vast rainforest is a bulwark against global warming as its lush vegetation absorbs heat-trapping carbon dioxide fr…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/10/30/brazilian-president-defends-policies-amid-recent-amazon-fires/

As I Walked Out to the Streets to Block Traffic: Extinction Rebellion and the Battle For Life On Earth
Scott Owen | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-30
It's that time of year, in fact as they say, it's that time of life. It's that time for show-downs and choices, for heroes and villains, that time for fighting in the street. Yes, as the temperature moves to the cool of autumn the friction of action is heating things up on a global scale,…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/30/as-i-walked-out-to-the-streets-to-block-traffic-extinction-rebellion-and-the-battle-for-life-on-earth/

When Justice Delayed Means Extinction: the Case of the Delta Smelt
Bill Hatch | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-30
The signature event of the 2019 California Water Year is the arrival of extinction for the Delta smelt, a two-inch, nearly transparent fish at the bottom of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta food chain. The smelt's demise signals critical dangers for two species of Coho salmon, one species of Steelhead and resident killer whales that feed…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/30/when-justice-delayed-means-extinction-the-case-of-the-delta-smelt/

Johnson refuses to answer why 'frackers, the tax avoiders and the zero-hour exploiters' are shaping Tory policy
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2019-10-30
As the 2019 General Election campaign gets set to begin, news has emerged that a fracking lobbyist is writing the Conservative manifesto. The same lobbying firm also represents major tax-avoiding multinationals like Amazon. So this raises concerns that these interests could well try to shape policy. But when asked about this in Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs), Boris Johnson refused to answer. | An "outrage to democracy":…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/10/30/johnson-refuses-to-answer-why-frackers-the-tax-avoiders-and-the-zero-hour-exploiters-are-shaping-tory-policy/

Albanese's jobs and climate doublespeak
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-10-30
economy Climate Pip HinmanIssue 1243 Australia Anthony AlbaneseOctober 30, 2019Labor's policy silence after its May election defeat has officially been broken with party leader Anthony Albanese's October 29 vi…
greenleft.org.au/content/albanese-jobs-climate-doublespeak

Bruce Shillingsworth: 'Why are we selling water to make profit?'
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-10-30
corporate greed Bruce ShillingsworthIssue 1243 Australia Water for the Rivers climate emergency SydneyOctober 30, 2019Mur…
greenleft.org.au/content/bruce-shillingsworth-why-are-we-selling-water-make-profit

A 'woke' remake of 'Baby It's Cold Outside': What's next, a climate-change one?
rt.com | 2019-10-29
Super-woke musician John Legend has reportedly "updated" a 1940s classic love song for modern liberal sensibilities, in a downright Orwellian twist to the ongoing US culture war that consumes everything it touches. | "Baby It's Cold Outside," first recorded in 1944, has been covered by many a celebrity duet since — until it ran into the #MeToo minefield last year, and got canceled because some people complained very loudly on social media that its lyrics were about "date rape." Or as CNN chose to phrase it, "some ob…
rt.com/usa/472141-john-legend-baby-cold-outside/

Flying above the clouds: the U.S. military and climate change
Martin Hart-Landsberg | mronline.org | 2019-10-29
Climate change is occurring, highlighted by dramatically shifting weather patterns and ever more deadly storms, floods, droughts, and wildfires. And the evidence is overwhelming that it is driven by the steady increase in greenhouse gases in our atmosphere, especially carbon dioxide and methane, produced by our fossil fuel-based economic system. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/10/29/flying-above-the-clouds-the-u-s-military-and-climate-change/

"In terms of the coral reefs and all the dangers to the ecosystems, Mauritius is one of the countries most at risk"
Touria Prayag | mronline.org | 2019-10-29
While environmentalist Greta Thunburg was at the UN, John Bellamy Foster, environmental sociologist and editor of the Monthly Review, was in Mauritius to train people on climate change. Weekly had an opportunity to talk to him. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/10/29/in-terms-of-the-coral-reefs-and-all-the-dangers-to-the-ecosystems-mauritius-is-one-of-the-countries-most-at-risk/

UN summit tackles climate change-induced threat to mountain water supplies
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-29
The world's mountain and glacier regions are facing unprecedented challenges due to climate change, imposing a crippling effect on the people and economies that rely on them, the UN's weather agency explained on Tuesday, ahead of a summit to address the world's rapidly-changing water systems.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1050161

Extinction Rebellion: We need to talk about the future
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-10-29
This is a love letter to Extinction Rebellion. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/10/29/extinction-rebellion-we-need-to-talk-about-the-future/

Fueled by Climate Change, California's Raging Wildfires Are Threatening Vulnerable Communities First
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-10-29
California is bracing for a day of strong winds as climate change-fueled wildfires continue to burn from Los Angeles to north of the Bay Area. After a chaotic weekend of mass evacuations and blackouts that left millions in the dark, firefighters in Sonoma, California, made headway Monday, containing 15% of the massive Kincade fire that has burned nearly 75,000 acres. But as high winds pick up again today, firefighters still face an uphill battle in combating the at least 10 blazes raging across the state, including the growing Getty fire, which erupted in one of Los Angeles's most opulent communities Monday. Fire…
www.democracynow.org/2019/10/29/california_fires_leah_stokes_ariel_kelley

Deep-sea mining threatens ocean, global climate
Patricia Gorky | liberationnews.org | 2019-10-28
There is a new race for resources: the ocean floor. Seabed exploration, a precursor to mining, is underway in remote parts of the Pacific Ocean as corporations and nation-states attempt to catalog the underwater resources.
liberationnews.org/deep-sea-mining/

Jane Fonda: Put Oil and Gas Executives on Trial
The Real News Network | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-26
Before she got arrested at her weekly #FireDrillFriday demonstration, Jane Fonda told TRNN's Dharna Noor that she tried to get Netflix to give her a yearlong hiatus from Grace and Frankie to continue protesting climate inaction.
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/jane-fonda-put-oil-and-gas-executives-on-trial/

Jane Fonda: Put Oil and Gas Executives on Trial
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-25
Before she got arrested at her weekly #FireDrillFriday demonstration, Jane Fonda told TRNN's Dharna Noor that she tried to get Netflix to give her a yearlong hiatus from Grace and Frankie to continue protesting climate inaction.
therealnews.com/stories/jane-fonda-oil-gas-executives-protest

Human Actions Fueling California's Devastating Wildfires
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-25
Tens of thousands have been forced to flee wildfires across the state of California. Human actions, including climate change, are responsible, argues Professor Matthew Hurteau.
therealnews.com/stories/human-actions-fueling-california-wildfires

Labor declares climate emergency, postpones any action til next elections
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-10-25
Climate Margaret GleesonIssue 1242 AustraliaOctober 25, 2019The past two months have seen a stepping up of protests demanding urgent action to tackle the climate emergency. First was the huge global Climate Strike on September 20 that saw hundreds of thousands mobilise around the country. Then came Extinction Rebellion's (XR) Spring Rebel…
greenleft.org.au/content/labor-declares-climate-emergency-postpones-any-action-til-next-elections

Climate crisis and fight for a just future
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-10-25
Climate Jacob AndrewarthaIssue 1242 AustraliaOctober 25, 2019There is currently a resurgence in climate activism across the world. With the recent global Climate Strike and rise of protest groups such as Extinction Rebellion, questions are being posed within the movement of how best to deal with the climate crisis and fight for a just fu…
greenleft.org.au/content/climate-crisis-and-fight-just-future

Environmentalists, librarians condemn attacks on right to protest in Queensland
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-10-25
civil liberties Fred FuentesIssue 1242 Australia Extinction RebellionOctober 25, 2019Environmental group Frontline Action on Coal (FLAC) has denounced anti-protester laws passed by Queensland parliament as deceitful, overreaching and ultimately destined to fai…
greenleft.org.au/content/environmentalists-librarians-condemn-attacks-right-protest-queensland