2020-01-02: Social Media Postees

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Water-Related Violence Increased More Than 50% in 2010s: Report
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-02
Violence associated with the essential resource has soared over the past ten years, as shortages and extreme weather conditions contribute to a climate of mounting tensions in several parts of the world, with the Middle East and India as the most affected, according to the Pacific Institute's database of conflicts linked to water. | RELATED: | Major Water Shortage Hits Panama Canal Hindering Proper Functioning | Population…
telesurenglish.net/news/Violence-Related-to-Water-Increased-in-the-Past-Decade-Report–20200102-0020.html

Greta Thunberg, Eco-Warrior
Béatrice Coron | thenation.com | 2020-01-02
We have our work cut out for us.
thenation.com/article/greta-thunberg-eco-warrior/

Denmark sets new record sourcing 47% of power from wind in 2019
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-02
Denmark sourced close to half its electricity consumption from wind power last year, a new record for the Nordic country and an important step in realizing one of the world's most ambitious climate targets.Wind accounted for 47% of Denmark's power usage last year, up from 41% in 2018 and beating a previous record of 43% in 2017, the country's grid operator Energinet said on Thursday.
yenisafak.com/en/world/denmark-sets-new-record-sourcing-47-of-power-from-wind-in-2019-3508723

We are the Majority
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-01
Over the last decade, a national consensus has developed for a progressive left agenda on the economy, social services, the climate crisis and ending wars but the movement has not yet built the power to make that a reality. The next decade will be ripe with opportunities for transformational change due to a combination of …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/we-are-the-majority/

A Voice From the Forest in the Corporate Boardroom
Tara Houska | commondreams.org | 2020-01-01
The Morton County Sheriff's Department deployed a tank and sprayed peaceful protesters with a water cannon amid below-freezing temperatures on November 20, 2016 at teh Dakota Access Pipeline protests. (Photo: Dark Sevier/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/dapl.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/01/01/voice-forest-corporate-boardroom?cd-origin=rss

A Grim New Definition of Generation X
Ted Rall | commondreams.org | 2020-01-01
We're doomed. Might as well enjoy it. (Photo: mrhyata/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/wasteland.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/01/01/grim-new-definition-generation-x?cd-origin=rss

We Are the Majority. We Must Turn That Into Power
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-01
Over the last decade, a national consensus has developed for a progressive left agenda on the economy, social services, the climate crisis and ending wars but the movement has not yet built the power to make that a reality. The next decade will be ripe with opportunities for transformational change due to a combination of expanding popular movements as well as escalating crisis situations. | Positive change will only occur if these movements evolve into an organized popular movement that truly represents the people's in…
truthout.org/articles/we-are-the-majority-we-must-turn-that-into-power/

2010-2019: The Decade Confirming Global Climate Change
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-01
In its latest "State of the Global Climate" report, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) holds that the 2010-2019 period closes a decade in which the planet's atmospheric temperature acquired exceptional levels, which increased the melting of glaciers and raised the level of seas. | RELATED: | Unusual Hot Winter in Moscow as Temperatures Hit 133-year High | These global transformations are the consequence of the increase in carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere…
telesurenglish.net/news/2010-2019-The-Decade-Confirming-Global-Climate-Change-20191231-0008.html

2020 Vision: A New Year's Regeneration
Ronnie Cummins | commondreams.org | 2020-01-01
We, the global grassroots, can move forward and solve the climate crisis and all the other interrelated crises that plague us. (Photo: Aspen Reid/U.S. Air Force) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/seed.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/01/01/2020-vision-new-years-regeneration?cd-origin=rss

Africa Starts Decade Battling Hunger, Extremism, Ebola
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-01
Two major cyclones in Mozambique in 2019 also prompt worries that the country may be prone to more storms as a result of climate change.
truthdig.com/articles/africa-starts-decade-battling-hunger-extremism-ebola/

When the Power of Love Overcomes the Love of Power (Hendrix)
Gary Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-01
We will unsubscribe to hate Change our password and pray for the dead All the dead Ooooh oooooh oooooh Pink Floyd: Mother should have run for president This isn't just upsetting. What's been happening is a waste of time All I want right now is a pine-scented candle That is really all I want I'll tell you…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/01/when-the-power-of-love-overcomes-the-love-of-power-hendrix/

The Lost Decade
John Vidal | zcomm.org | 2020-01-01
How We Awoke To Climate Change Only To Squander Every Chance To Act…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-lost-decade/

The natural solutions to climate change held in the ocean
Fred Pearce | zcomm.org | 2020-01-01
Protecting and restoring mangrove swamps, salt marshes, seagrass meadows and kelp forests would halt biodiversity loss and soak up carbon emissions…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-natural-solutions-to-climate-change-held-in-the-ocean/

Australia: Legal report documents "unlawful" police response to Melbourne climate protest
wsws.org | 2019-12-31
The 45-page report exposes the increasingly repressive measures being employed by police around Australia against political dissent.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/31/mals-d31.html

Hexavalent chromium contamination likely leaking onto Detroit-area freeway since 2016
wsws.org | 2019-12-31
As more details emerge about the oozing of the known carcinogen from the basement of a small metal plating company over the Christmas holiday, it is becoming clear that government environmental agencies are also directly responsible.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/31/detr-d31.html

2019: The UN News year in photos
news.un.org | 2019-12-31
From sustainable development to economic development, and human rights to humanitarian aid, UN News provides daily coverage across all of the Organization's key issues — health, migration, climate change and so much…
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/12/1054401

Think Bigger, Get Louder
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-12-31
Words matter. | Words give form to ideas and make them matter, quite literally. Words hold enormous potential to spark change, violence, resolution and renewal. | In recent years, we've been shown in no uncertain terms how much raw force a single person's words can carry–how much impact they can have on millions, even billions, of lives. The national political climate is becoming as toxic as the air above our major cities, and the 2020 presidential campaign is only just heating up. | Luckily, journalism still matters. Here's a hint: If it didn't, there would be no need for our current president to keep rail…
truthdig.com/cartoons/think-bigger-get-louder/

Fossil Fuel Industry Shifts from Climate Denial to "Youthwashing"
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-12-31
For decades, the fossil fuel industry funded climate change denial campaigns aimed toward young people to sow seeds of doubt on climate science. As the climate crisis has worsened, it has made a subtle shift to what critics call "youthwashing.".
therealnews.com/stories/fossil-fuel-industry-shifts-from-climate-denial-to-youthwashing

Hasidic Jews injured in machete attack in Rockland County, New York
wsws.org | 2019-12-30
The attack Saturday was the latest in a growing number of hate crimes occurring within a climate of racial tension encouraged by both Trump and the Democrats.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/30/mons-d30.html

Farewell to Australian hero Bill Ryan 1922-2019
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-12-28
obituary David LoweIssue 1248 Australia coal seam gas Environment climate emergencyDecember 28, 2019One of Australia's foremost env…
greenleft.org.au/content/farewell-australian-hero-bill-ryan-1922-2019

Climate Conference Was a Great Success–for the Fossil-Fuel Industry
David Kupfer | progressive.org | 2019-12-27
Despite growing evidence of global climate disruption, little was accomplished beyond a watered-down text that kicks most of the big issues down the road.
progressive.org/dispatches/climate-conference-was-a-great-success-for-the-fossil-fuel-industry-kupfer-191227/

The 2010 — 2020 UN News Decade in Review, part three
news.un.org | 2019-12-27
The final part of our look back over the past decade takes in the launch of the 2030 Agenda, the UN's blueprint for a better future for all; the humanitarian response to the Rohingya refugee crisis; the successful end to the mandate of the UN Liberia Mission; and fresh momentum in the fight against the climate crisis, despite disappointment over the COP25 climate conference in Madrid.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/12/1053761

'No one is coming to save us, except us' — Sydney demands action on the environment
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-12-27
In the face of climate crisis megafires and an air quality health crisis, 40,000 people rallied and marched in Sydney to demand action on Wednesday night. The city is choking, and New South Wales is on fire. In Randwick on Tuesday, the air pollution was 11 times higher than "hazardous". | Source…
mronline.org/2019/12/26/no-one-is-coming-to-save-us-except-us-sydney-demands-action-on-the-environment/

Year in Climate Crisis: Fossil Fuels Expansion, Scary Science and Global Activism
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-12-26
The Real News Network's Steve Horn and Dimitri Lascaris talk about the 2019's biggest climate stories.
therealnews.com/stories/year-in-climate-crisis-fossil-fuels-expansion-scary-science-and-global-activism

Jane Fonda Arrested: We Are in a Climate Emergency. I Have No Choice But to Put My Body on the Line
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-24
A new round of protests, Fire Drill Fridays, led by actress Jane Fonda are calling for action to address the climate crisis, as bushfires fueled by a historic heat wave threaten Australia, high tides threaten to flood Venice, and the Philippines prepares for a Christmas typhoon. Last Friday, a day before Jane Fonda's 82nd birthday, the longtime political activist, feminist and two-time Academy Award winner was arrested for the fifth time, as she has been nearly every Friday in Washington since she started Fire Drill Fridays, inspired in part by the Swedish youth climate activist Greta Thunberg. She was arrested a…
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/24/jane_fonda_fire_drill_fridays_protests

Person of the Year: The French worker on strike
Dennis Broe | peoplesworld.org | 2019-12-23
PARIS–Time magazine named teen climate activist Greta Thunberg its Person of the Year last week, but in truth, given that this has been a year of global unrest and efforts from the streets worldwide to counter the effects of an ever more rapacious neoliberal capitalism, the real Person of the Year who epitomizes this moment …
peoplesworld.org/article/person-of-the-year-the-french-worker-on-strike/

Jury convicts environmental protesters over Canary Wharf train stunt
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-12-18
Three Extinction Rebellion protesters who glued themselves to a train have been found guilty "with regret" by a jury in the first crown court trial linked to the environmental demonstrations.Cathy Eastburn, 52, Mark Ovland, 36, and Luke Watson, 30, were convicted at Inner London Crown Court after halting Docklands Light Railway services at Canary Wharf station.The trio denied the charges of obstructing a railway on 17 April, saying the stunt was justified because of the threat of the climate crisis.The trio had claimed their actions were justified due to the threat posed by climate change (Kirsty O'Connor/PA)Wats…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/12/18/jury-convicts-environmental-protesters-over-canary-wharf-train-stunt/

Millions Wasted on Charter Schools
Jeff Bryant | progressive.org | 2019-12-16
The Network for Public Education calls the findings in its recent report "nothing short of a national scandal."
progressive.org/op-eds/millions-wasted-on-charter-schools-bryant-191216/

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/

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/

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

The Case for a Green New Deal
Naomi Klein | zcomm.org | 2019-12-10
Interview on the case for a Green New Deal that tackles the causes and impacts of climate change while confronting racial and economic inequality…
zcomm.org/zvideo/the-case-for-a-green-new-deal/

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