Youth Climate Activists Have Endorsed Bernie Sanders. Can It Tip the Scales?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-03
A recent wave of endorsements reflects the Vermont Senator's appeal for younger voters who are concerned with climate. | As sparring continues within the ranks of the Democratic Party, a certain voting bloc

Climate Groups Target JPMorgan Chase "Money Pipeline"
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-02-03
Extinction Rebellion SF Bay Area and climate activists in SF financial district demonstration…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/31/18830264.php

Plastic Meets the Road and Capitalism's Role in Climate Change
Paul Haeder | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-03
Earth Day & Capitalism Like Vinegar and Oil? Continuously, discussions focusing on degraded ecosystems and tipping points forcing climate change to ramp up to chaos many times center around the "C" word. Not "c" as in "cancer." "Capitalism is destroying the planet," said Pat DeLaquil, an energy policy expert working with various governments, NGO's and …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/plastic-meets-the-road-and-capitalisms-role-in-climate-change/

This Planet is Dying. Pay Attention!
Martha Stilson | indybay.org | 2020-02-03
It is a very short sited look at the world that wastes our grandchildren's resources for health and life. Clean air, clean water and good soil are vital to sustain life. It is simply laziness and greed that bring us to this point.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/03/18830334.php

Victory for Canada's First Nations: Saugeen Ojibway Nation Has Saved Lake Huron from a Nuclear Waste Dump
Joyce Nelson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-03
A major victory for Canada's First Nations has just been won in Ontario. On January 31, the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (SON) overwhelmingly voted down the proposed deep geological repository (DGR) for storage of low- and intermediate-level radioactive nuclear waste next …
globalresearch.ca/saugeen-ojibway-nation-saved-lake-huron-nuclear-waste-dump/5702592

What Will it Take to Prevent Climate Collapse?
Brian Tokar | zcomm.org | 2020-02-02
Perhaps we can even begin to realize the dream of a liberated and truly interdependent global community of communities. The future of life on earth may depend on our ability to do just that…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/what-will-it-take-to-prevent-climate-collapse/

Johnson's government must get its 'house in order' ahead of crucial climate talks
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-02
The eyes of the world will be on the UK

Is Your Rep Invested in Fossil Fuels?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-02
This article was produced by Sludge, an independent, ad-free investigative news site covering money in politics. Click here to support Sludge. | At least 100 members of the House of Representatives and their spouses own fossil fuel company stocks or mutual funds despite the conflicts of interest the investments pose for addressing climate change. | Use the interactive map below to see if your represen…
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The Green New Deal Could Revolutionize Theater
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-02
The most recent United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report gives humanity twelve years to curb greenhouse gas emissions, in order to keep temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius. Over 1.5 degrees and widespread climate disruptions–heatwaves, floods, fires, droughts, of the sort we see happening now–will intensify, adversely affecting everyone on the planet…
truthout.org/articles/the-green-new-deal-could-revolutionize-theater/

Descendants of extinct tortoise species found in Galapagos
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-02
Conservationists working around the largest volcano on the Galapagos Islands say they have found 30 giant tortoises partially descended from two extinct species, including that of the famed Lonesome George. | The Galapagos National Park and Galapagos Conservancy said that a young female has a direct line of descent from the Chelonoidis abingdonii species of Pinta Island. | The last of those tortoises was Lonesome George, who died in June 2012 and was believed to be more than 100 years old. | Another 11 males and 18 females were from the Chelonoidis niger line of Floreana Island. | The 45-member expedition was wor…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/02/02/descendants-of-extinct-tortoise-species-found-in-galapagos/

Decolonization Is Essential to Successfully Resist Extractivism
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-02
"Colonialism, imperialism, and racial capitalism are impacting people across the globe, both historically and in the contemporary moment," write Nick Estes and Jaskiran Dhillon, editors of Standing With Standing Rock: Voices From the #NoDAPL Movement. In this interview, Estes and Dhillon discuss how this collection situates the #NoDAPL movement against the Dakota Access Pipeline within a broader historical context [md…
truthout.org/articles/decolonization-is-essential-to-successfully-resist-extractivism/

Brexit-fuelled nationalism is only one step removed from fascism. It has to be confronted. Now
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2020-02-02
A poster, put up in a block of flats, told residents "we do not tolerate" people speaking languages other than English. A sign bearing the title "Happy Brexit Day" was found stuck to fire doors on Winchester Tower in Norwich on 31 January. The discovery came hours before the UK officially left the European Union. | But this is only one such incident in a climate of rising hate crime across the UK. | Brexit influenced: | Addressing Winchester Tower residents,…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/02/02/brexit-fuelled-nationalism-is-only-one-step-removed-from-fascism-it-has-to-be-confronted-now/

Climate emergency: Indonesia faces catastrophic floods, disappearing islands
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-02-02
Climate change Peter Boyle Yuyun HarmonoIssue 1252 Indonesia floodsFebruary 2, 2020While the stark reality of the global climate emergency struck home in Australia with its worst bushfire season, its…
greenleft.org.au/content/climate-emergency-indonesia-faces-catastrophic-floods-disappearing-islands

Climate Crisis to Blame for Whales Injured and Killed After Being Caught in Fishing Lines: Study
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-02
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Critics: Trump EPA's formal assertion glyphosate poses no risk to human health indication of 'troubling allegiance' with Bayer/Monsanto
Eoin Higgins | nationofchange.org | 2020-02-01
"The EPA's pesticide office is clearly willing to bend over backwards, including disregarding its own guidelines for evaluating cancer risks, to give the industry what it wants."
nationofchange.org/2020/02/01/critics-trump-epas-formal-assertion-glyphosate-poses-no-risk-to-human-health-indication-of-troubling-allegiance-with-bayer-monsanto/

Media on Climate Crisis: Don't Organize, Mourn
Neil deMause | fair.org | 2020-01-31
While US media have indeed ramped up their coverage of the climate crisis, they continue to give short shrift to what are arguably the most important factors for determining our future: what specific human practices are responsible for the changing climate, why carbon emissions continue to rise, and what we can and should be doing about it.
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Media on Climate Crisis: Don't Organize, Mourn
Neil deMause | fair.org | 2020-01-31
While US media have indeed ramped up their coverage of the climate crisis, they continue to give short shrift to what are arguably the most important factors for determining our future: what specific human practices are responsible for the changing climate, why carbon emissions continue to rise, and what we can and should be doing about it.
fair.org/home/media-on-climate-crisis-dont-organize-mourn/

Suriname's climate promise, for a sustainable future
news.un.org | 2020-01-31
Suriname has become the second nation globally to outline updated plans to fight climate change in the hope of ensuring that any future increase in the temperature of the planet does not exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/01/1056422

Union motion: Support real action on the climate
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-31
Climate workers' rights & unionsIssue 1251 AustraliaJanuary 31, 2020Unionists active in the climate change movement have drafted the following model motion to help break the silence on the fact that the catastrophic bushfires are connected to climate change. | It also seeks to build support for the February 22 national day of action…
greenleft.org.au/content/union-motion-support-real-action-climate

Answering the Coalition's climate trickery
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-31
Climate Andrea BuntingIssue 1251 AustraliaJanuary 31, 2020Following the recent bushfire crisis and the upsurge in climate concern, the federal Coalition wants to give the impression that it is acting on climate change. Andrea Bunting debunks 14 claims made by the Coalition government in an email sent to a constituent. | Claim 1: "We will be…
greenleft.org.au/content/answering-coalition-climate-trickery

Building a climate movement that can win
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-31
Climate Sue BoltonIssue 1251 AustraliaJanuary 31, 2020Australia is burning and unless we all step up, it will continue to burn. While firefighters and emergency personnel and thousands upon thousands of ordinary people have stepped in to fill the breach, in the cities we too can play our part. | I am one of the initiators of a broad-based clim…
greenleft.org.au/content/building-climate-movement-can-win

How Australia could have already transitioned to 100% renewable energy
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-30
Climate Zane AlcornIssue 1251 Australia 100% renewable energyJanuary 30, 2020Released in 2010, The Zero Carbon Australia 2020 Stationary Energy Plan (ZCA2020)

Austria's Green-right alliance sells out migrants
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-29
climate justice immigration rights Jacob Andrewartha Margarita WindischIssue 1251 Austria Austrian Greens…
greenleft.org.au/content/austria-green-right-alliance-sells-out-migrants

Dystopia in the land of Oz: A climate change story
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-28
climate emergency Hans BaerIssue 1251 Australia ecosocialism bushfiresJanuary 28, 2020Climate scientists and other observers often refer to various regions, such as the Arctic, low-lying islands, the Ande…
greenleft.org.au/content/dystopia-land-oz-climate-change-story

Could the Climate Crisis Be "The Good News of Damnation"?
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2020-01-26
On August 12, 1945, six days after the U.S. government obliterated the city of Hiroshima with a single atomic bomb, Robert Hutchins, the president of the University of Chicago, delivered a remarkable public address. Speaking on his weekly radio program, the Chicago Roundtable, Hutchins observed that Leon Bloy, a French philosopher, had referred to…
zcomm.org/zblogs/could-the-climate-crisis-be-the-good-news-of-damnation/