2020-01-27: News Headlines

Anna Pha (2020-01-27). Australian fires and drought: Government cut climate change research, ignored scientists. peoplesworld.org The catastrophic nature of the bush fires in Australia these past months in all likelihood could have been prevented or been less severe if governments had listened to scientists and acted on their advice. Instead, funding was cut to the very organizations that are critical to our understanding of bush fires and climate change, and …

GMWatch (2020-01-27). Genetically Modified Seeds: Bayer Builds Latin America's Largest Seed Factory in Chile. globalresearch.ca Following is an English translation of an article from the German newspaper Deutsche Welle (DW), translated by from the Spanish "Bayer-Monsanto: Get Out of Chile", was the slogan …

Dr. Rath Health Foundation (2020-01-27). Auschwitz: IG Farben and the History of the "Business with Disease" globalresearch.ca January 27, 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops (27 January 1945). Rarely mentioned by the media, the I. G Auschwitz concentration camp was a private undertaking owned by I. G. Farben — Bayer. …

Leah Penniman (2020-01-27). Black Farmers Are Embracing Climate-Resilient Farming. zcomm.org Communities of color are on the frontlines of climate change…

Lawrence Wittner (2020-01-27). Could the climate crisis be "The Good News of Damnation"? zcomm.org The climate crisis, like the prospect of nuclear annihilation, really is "the good news of damnation." And we can only overcome it by working together…

Defend Public Education NOW! (2020-01-27). SFUSD Speak-out: Protect our Children from Contamination and Cancer. indybay.org San Francisco Unified School District | 555 Franklin St. San Francisco…

Sarah Freeman-Woolpert, Arnie Alpert (2020-01-26). Blocking Trains and Removing Coal, Climate Activists Fight to Close One of New England's Largest Power Plants. commondreams.org Four #NoCoalNoGas campaign activists block a coal train near Worcester, Massachusetts on Dec. 7. (Twitter/Jay O'Hara) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/nocoalnogas-blocktrain.jpg

Staff (2020-01-26). 2020 Is Off to a Terrifyingly Hot Start. truthdig.com The year is less than four weeks old, but scientists already know that carbon dioxide emissions will continue to head upwards — as they have every year since measurements began — leading to a continuation of the Earth's rising heat. | And they warn that the rise will be The warning is a reminder that global heating and climate change create their own positive feedbacks: more numerous and calamitous fores…

Robert Hunziker (2020-01-25). A Climate Time Bomb With Trump's Name Inscribed. dissidentvoice.org Thwaites, in West Antarctica, is the world's most dangerous glacier. As of January 15th, scientists have labeled it: "A Climate Time Bomb." Thwaites is crumbling apart on the underneath side where warm ocean currents circulate, which is clear evidence that global warming is really, truly hitting its stride even as America, obeying President Trump's orders, …

Alan MacLeod (2020-01-25). World's super rich meet in Davos to discuss the climate change problem they created. mronline.org Research has shown that the people most responsible for a warming planet were disproportionately the same people attending the summit and an increasing number of observers see climate change, inequality and capitalism as bound together. |

Massimo Paciotto Biggers , Jeff Biggers (2020-01-25). Greta Thunberg Needs No Defense: Why We Must Keep Climate Striking. commondreams.org Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attends a session at the Congres center during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 21, 2020. (Photo: Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/greta_thunberg_defenders.jpg

teleSUR (2020-01-25). Doomsday Clock Closer Than Ever to All-Out Global Annihilation. telesurenglish.net The Doomsday Clock was reset Thursday to just 100 seconds before midnight, marking the closest humankind has ever been to total nuclear annihilation and extinction of life due to climate change, according to the researchers who set the metaphorical time. | RELATED: | "It is 100 seconds to midnight. We are now expressing how close the world is to catastrophe in seconds

Olivia Rosane (2020-01-25). Doomsday clock moves to 100 seconds before midnight due to threats of nuclear war and climate change. nationofchange.org "We ask world leaders to join us in 2020 as we work to pull humanity back from the brink."

Eds. (2020-01-25). Closer than ever: It is 100 seconds to midnight. mronline.org Humanity continues to face two simultaneous existential dangers—nuclear war and climate change—that are compounded by a threat multiplier, cyber-enabled information warfare, that undercuts society's ability to respond. |

Afroze Fatima Zaidi (2020-01-25). Cropping out a Black climate activist from a press photo was no accident. thecanary.co The Associated Press (AP) has come under fire for Vanessa Nakate, a 23-year-old climate activist from Uganda, was heartbroken by the incident, as she told It showed how we are valued. It hurt me a lot. It is the worst thing I have e…

news.un (2020-01-23). At Davos, UN chief urges 'big emitters' to take climate action. news.un.org The world is "doomed" in the face of climate change unless major industrial nations reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday.

Fred_F (2020-01-23). 'Abolish the billionaires' say high school climate activists. greenleft.org.au

Fred_F (2020-01-23). Open letter to Anthony Albanese: what would Labor do about climate change? greenleft.org.au

Staff (2020-01-22). Headlines for January 22, 2020. democracynow.org Senate Approves Rules for Trump's Impeachment Trial, Spain Declares Climate Emergency & Readies Climate Legislation, Australian Wildfires Release Massive Amounts of Greenhouse Gas, Airstrikes in Syria Kill 40 People, Including Children, in Idlib, Protesters Denounce Lebanon's Newly Formed Government, U.S. Deports Honduran Children Seeking Asylum to Guatemala Despite Being Ill, Hillary Clinton Slams Bernie Sanders in New Documentary But Says She Will Support Democratic Nominee, Architect of CIA's Torture Program Testifies in War Court at Guantánamo Bay, The Guardian: Bezos's Cellphone Was Allegedly Hacked by Saudi…

news.un (2020-01-22). UN chief outlines solutions to defeat 'four horsemen' threatening our global future. news.un.org The start of the New Year finds the world facing four looming threats to human progress: surging geopolitical tensions, the climate crisis, global mistrust and the downsides of technology, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday.

pip.hinman (2020-01-22). Pushing for climate action is the alternative to eco-fascism. greenleft.org.au

Staff (2020-01-21). Greta Thunberg Addresses Global Elite at Davos: Our House Is Still on Fire. democracynow.org The 17-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg delivered a speech Tuesday to the world leaders and global elite gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum, one year after she first condemned the forum for its inaction on climate change. "We don't need a 'low-carbon economy.' We don't need to 'lower emissions.' Our emissions have to stop," Thunberg said. "And until we have the technologies that at scale can put our emissions to minus, then we must forget about net zero. We need real zero."

Staff (2020-01-21). Headlines for January 21, 2020. democracynow.org Impeachment Trial Opens as Democrats Accuse GOP of "Cover-Up", Trump and Greta Thunberg Address Elites at Davos as Oxfam Condemns Mounting Inequality, NYT Endorses Senators Warren, Klobuchar, as Sanders Gets Backing from Reps. Jayapal and Pocan, Puerto Ricans Call on Governor Vázquez to Resign After Viral Video Shows Unused Emergency Supplies, Attack Kills 100 Soldiers in Yemen, Police Injure Hundreds in Lebanese Anti-Government Protests, At Least 4 Killed, Dozens Injured in Iraq as Popular Protests Mount Nationwide, Racist Treatment of Meghan Markle Highlighted as Plans for "Megxit" Move Forward, 10,000s Attend…

news.un (2020-01-21). UN human rights ruling could boost climate change asylum claims. news.un.org The UN Human Rights Committee has determined that countries cannot deport people who have sought asylum due to climate-related threats.

news.un (2020-01-21). FROM THE FIELD: Weeding out Mexico's unwanted beach invader. news.un.org An invasive species of seaweed which has blighted tourist beaches in Mexico has become more aggressive due to the heating effects of climate change. But now, thanks to support from the UN Development Programme (UNDP), efforts are underway to hold back its advance and protect local ecosystems.

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

Jon Rainwater (2019-11-07). Take Action — Some actual, SANE legislation. peaceaction.org Trump has plans to spend nearly $2 TRILLION over the next 30 years on unneeded and unnecessary nuclear weapons and delivery systems. This makes no sense. This is insane. That's nearly $100 million wasted every day for thirty years on weapons we are supposed to be getting rid of. To put that amount in perspective, …