The climate-migration-industrial complex
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-17
Thirty years ago there were fifteen border walls around the world. Now there are seventy walls and over one billion national and international migrants. International migrants alone may even double in the next forty years due to global warming. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/17/the-climate-migration-industrial-complex/

The Rumbling Methane Enigma
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
The northern continental shelves of Russia, inclusive of the Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea and East Siberian Sea (ESAS) are some of the least researched yet most controversial subjects in climate science today. It's the one region that has the biggest potential to trigger runaway global warming because of sizeable subsea methane deposits, thereby…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/the-rumbling-methane-enigma/

The Australian Open Is the Tip of a Melting Iceberg
Dave Zirin | thenation.com | 2020-01-17
The Australian Open Is the Tip of a Melting Iceberg…
thenation.com/article/australian-open-fires-climate-change/

ReclaimMLK: Youth Climate Strike & Resiliency Village
Youth Vs Apocalypse | indybay.org | 2020-01-17
Oscar Grant/ Frank Ogawa Plaza | Oakland, CA 94612…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/16/18829815.php

Trump's Border Wall Is an Environmental Disaster
William deBuys | thenation.com | 2020-01-17
Trump's Border Wall Is an Environmental Disaster…
thenation.com/article/trump-border-wall-climate/

While Some Battle to Save Australia's Ecosystems, Others Blame Gov't for Climate Change Denial
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-17
"This fire season has been a devastating wake-up call for many Australians. People who may have thought climate change was a vague, distant threat are now breathing bushfire smoke and reeling from the lives lost."
mintpressnews.com/battle-save-australia-fire-blame-govt-climate-change-denial/264175/

The Maldives Seek Financing to Manage Climate Change Impacts
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-17
The Republic of Maldives' Foreign Affairs Minister Abdulla Shahid Thursday indicated that his country, a small island nation located in the Indian Ocean, is struggling to find financing that will allow it to build infrastructure to mitigate the risks of sea-level rise. | RELATED: | Germany Agrees on Plan to Phase out Coal Power by 2038 | "For the Maldives, and, for the world over, climate change can be best described as a security and human rights challenge," said Shahid at the Raisina…
telesurenglish.net/news/The-Maldives-Seek-Financing-to-Manage-Climate-Change-Impacts-20200117-0001.html

ReclaimMLK: Youth Climate Strike & Resiliency Village
Youth Vs Apocalypse | indybay.org | 2020-01-17
Oscar Grant/ Frank Ogawa Plaza | Oakland, CA 94612…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/16/18829815.php

Trump's Border Wall Is an Environmental Disaster
William deBuys | thenation.com | 2020-01-17
Trump's Border Wall Is an Environmental Disaster…
thenation.com/article/trump-border-wall-climate/

The TEPCO Trial: Prosecution and Acquittal after Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown
Prof. David T. Johnson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-17
On September 19, 2019, a panel of three professional judges in the Tokyo District Court acquitted three former executives of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). The defendants were former chairman Katsumata Tsunehisa (79), and former vice presidents Takekuro Ichiro …
globalresearch.ca/reflections-tepco-trial-prosecution-acquittal-japan-nuclear-meltdown/5700906

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Plan to Frack, Drill 1 Million Acres of California Public Lands, Minerals
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2020-01-17
LOS ANGELES, January 14, 2020

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Plan to Frack, Drill 1 Million Acres of California Public Lands, Minerals
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2020-01-17
LOS ANGELES, January 14, 2020

UK home secretary defends citing Extinction Rebellion in police guide to extremism
wsws.org | 2020-01-17
Home Secretary Priti Patel told a radio interviewer that although XR was not a terrorist organisation, the government had to look at "a range of security risks."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/17/extr-j17.html

UK home secretary defends naming Extinction Rebellion as extremist
wsws.org | 2020-01-17
Home Secretary Priti Patel told a radio interviewer that although XR was not a terrorist organisation, the government had to look at "a range of security risks."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/17/extr-j17.html

Human extinction now imminent and inevitable? A report on the state of planet earth
Robert J. Burrowes | nationofchange.org | 2020-01-17
Very soon now, the overwhelming evidence is that Homo sapiens will join other species that only exist as part of the fossil record.
nationofchange.org/2020/01/16/human-extinction-now-imminent-and-inevitable-a-report-on-the-state-of-planet-earth/

Western Sydney youth demand 'climate action now'
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-17
Climate Yaji SpencerIssue 1249 Australia ParramattaJanuary 17, 2020Local residents and climate activists, including a large contingent of young people, marched through Parramatta on January 14 calling for serious action on climate change. | Rally co-organiser Katrina James…
greenleft.org.au/content/western-sydney-youth-demand-climate-action-now

While Australia burns, climate-ravaged Bangladesh is building resilience
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-17
Climate change Paul GregoireIssue 1249 Bangladesh rising sea levels inundation adaptationJanuary 17, 2020In response to Australian…
greenleft.org.au/content/while-australia-burns-climate-ravaged-bangladesh-building-resilience

David Attenborough warns that we must make 'compelling life or death' decisions now
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2020-01-16
David Attenborough has issued a vital warning for all governments to take action on the climate crisis now. His warning came as new scientific research revealed that 2019 was the second hottest year on record. | "The moment of crisis has come": | Speaking to BBC News on 16 January, Attenborough warned: We have been putting things off year after year. We've been raising targets and saying: 'Oh, well, if we do it withi…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/01/16/david-attenborough-warns-that-we-must-make-compelling-life-or-death-decisions-now/

Climate crisis 'affecting quality of life and fuelling discontent'
news.un.org | 2020-01-16
The climate crisis, as well as persistently high inequalities, and rising levels of food insecurity and undernourishment, is affecting the quality of life in many societies and fuelling discontent, the UN warned on Thursday, on the publication of the 2020 World Economic Situation Report (WESP).
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/01/1055402

Climate Crisis: We Need Radical Change Now, Not in the Future
Nick Licata | zcomm.org | 2020-01-16
Reading Naomi Klein's new book, On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal, is similar to watching a mega-disaster movie in a theater. Except, you can leave your fears behind when you exit the theater…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/climate-crisis-we-need-radical-change-now-not-in-the-future/

Schumer Praised for Joining Sanders in Voting Against Trump Trade Deal That Ignores Climate Crisis
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-16
Environmentalists and progressives nationwide praised Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday for voting against President Donald Trump's new trade deal because it ignored the human-caused climate crisis. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-6873969301.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/01/16/schumer-praised-joining-sanders-voting-against-trump-trade-deal-ignores-climate?cd-origin=rss

Catastrophic fires and the far-right's denialism
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-16
Climate Jeff SparrowIssue 1249 Australia far-rightJanuary 16, 2020For most people, "ecofascism" sounds nonsensical, a portmanteau made up of irreconcilable opposites. | Environmentalists adhere, for the most part, to progressive politics, with fascists glorifying everything th…
greenleft.org.au/content/catastrophic-fires-and-far-right-denialism

Protecting the environment and jobs go together
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-16
Climate trade unions Steve O'BrienIssue 1249 Australia our common causeJanuary 16, 2020One of the best received speakers at the recent climate rally in Newcastle was Construction, Forestry, Mining…
greenleft.org.au/content/protecting-environment-and-jobs-go-together

People power the silver lining of bushfire crisis
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-16
bushfires Margaret GleesonIssue 1249 Australia community power climate emergencyJanuary 16, 2020The dire lack of government leadership over the New Year bushfire crisis contrasted strongly with…
greenleft.org.au/content/people-power-silver-lining-bushfire-crisis

Residents stand firm to protect Gandolfo Gardens
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-16
environment James ConlanIssue 1249 Australia climate emergency MelbourneJanuary 16, 2020A battle to save a historic park in Melbourne's inner north from the Victorian state government's wreckin…
greenleft.org.au/content/residents-stand-firm-protect-gandolfo-gardens

First Nations communities show a lead in the fire crisis
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-16
climate emergency Peter BoyleIssue 1249 Australia fire management First NationsJanuary 16, 2020At the height of the fire crisis over the New Year an Aboriginal elder, who had evacuated from Lakes…
greenleft.org.au/content/first-nations-communities-show-lead-fire-crisis

The Guardian's concern for Cornish residents if FlyBe collapses totally misses the point
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2020-01-15
An article in the Guardian on 14 January highlighted the fears some Cornish residents have of being "isolated" if FlyBe collapses. But the article misses two crucial points. Firstly, and most importantly, there's the fact we're living in a climate crisis, and no-one should encourage domestic flights. Secondly, the Guardian only managed to talk to airline users to highlight these supposedly generic 'fears'

The Guardian's concern for Cornish residents if FlyBe collapses totally misses the point
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2020-01-15
An article in the Guardian on 14 January highlighted the fears some Cornish residents have of being "isolated" if FlyBe collapses. But the article misses two crucial points. Firstly, and most importantly, there's the fact we're living in a climate crisis, and no-one should encourage domestic flights. Secondly, the Guardian only managed to talk to airline users to highlight these supposedly generic 'fears'

Bernie Sanders Won't Play Your Game
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2020-01-15
Bernie Sanders Won't Play Your Game…
thenation.com/article/bernie-sanders-trade-climate/

Ten poetry books that illuminate a decade's struggles
Chris Butters | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-15
Occupy Wall Street. The Peoples Climate March. The Women's March. Black Lives Matter. The ongoing mobilizations to defeat Trump and the extreme right that supports him. As we marched and organized against injustice, poets, often marching right alongside us, were creating enduring works of literary art that spoke to the struggle and the times we …
peoplesworld.org/article/ten-poetry-books-that-illuminate-a-decades-struggles/

Climate change and its unequal impact on women
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-15
women Mary MerkenichIssue 1249 Australia busfires disaster managementJanuary 15, 2020While some do not want to discuss the cause of Australia's horrendous bushfires

CLEAN Future Act Is 'Shameful' and 'Greenwashing,' say Climate Justice Groups
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-14
Democrats' CLEAN Future Act calls for "net zero" carbon emissions by 2050 but doesn't require a fossil fuel industry phaseout. Critics say the bill lacks ambition and ignores the short timeline for radical action dictated by climate science.
therealnews.com/columns/clean-future-act-is-shameful-and-greenwashing-say-climate-justice-groups

"Stop the Money Pipeline": 150 Arrested at Protests Exposing Wall Street's Link to Climate Crisis
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-13
Nearly 150 people were arrested on Capitol Hill Friday in a climate protest led by Academy Award-winning actor and activist Jane Fonda. Fonda has been leading weekly climate demonstrations in Washington, D.C., known as "Fire Drill Fridays," since October. For her last and 14th protest, actors Martin Sheen and Joaquin Phoenix, indigenous anti-pipeline activist Tara Houska, journalist Naomi Klein and dozens more lined up to get arrested as they demanded a mass uprising and swift political action to thwart the climate crisis. Fonda then marched with supporters down Pennsylvania Avenue to a Chase Bank branch where en…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/13/jane_fonda_fire_drill_fridays_washington

Inaction over climate emergency 'not an option' says UN Assembly chief
news.un.org | 2020-01-10
Inaction when it comes to the fight back against damaging climate change is not an option, the President of the UN General Assembly told a major energy conference in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/01/1055171

Australian Wildfires Prove Denying Climate Change Won't Save You From It
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-09
Climate scientist Michael Mann is in Australia, where the bushfire crisis is unfolding in real time. He says voters there need to look for 'climate hawks' who can counteract the climate-denying policies of politicians like current prime minister Scott Morrison.
therealnews.com/stories/australia-fire-denying-climate-change-wont-save-you