A Green New Deal Must Offer Farmers a Way to Transition to Regenerative Agriculture
Mackenzie Feldman and John Ikerd | zcomm.org | 2020-02-09
Because we rely on our farmers to be on the forefront of the fight to mitigate climate change, we need to find a way to make this change economically feasible for farmers. That's exactly what a Green New Deal should be all about…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-green-new-deal-must-offer-farmers-a-way-to-transition-to-regenerative-agriculture/

Meditation & Prayer for Climate
Extinction Rebellion South Bay | indybay.org | 2020-02-09
Intersection of S. Market and W. San Carlos streets, San Jose, California…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/06/18830486.php

In the face of big environmental challenges, our everyday actions are part of the solution
Monica Stanton | nationofchange.org | 2020-02-08
David Wallace-Wells's new book on climate change offers a powerful warning, but misses the mark on the importance of small, individual efforts.
nationofchange.org/2020/02/08/in-the-face-of-big-environmental-challenges-our-everyday-actions-are-part-of-the-solution/

Activist challenges climate crisis deniers at Irish polling station
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-08
An activist dressed up as a giant stick of celery targeted two Irish politicians at a polling station as they prepared to cast their votes. | She brandished a sign outside Kilgarvan Central School in Co Kerry saying: "Climate change is real, it's an emergency, and we can all fight it by going vegan." | Danny and Michael Healy-Rae were targeted over their views around the issue of climate breakdown. | Michael previously said that he feels farmers are unfairly blamed for the climate crisis, while his brother Danny stated that he does not "subscribe to the idea that man can influence climate". | Peta has called on t…
thecanary.co/uk/2020/02/08/activist-challenges-climate-crisis-deniers-at-irish-polling-station/

Unexpected Elephants and Supermarket Crime Scenes
Extinction Rebellion | zcomm.org | 2020-02-08
As we build momentum for another round of conscientious protection, there's no shortage of opportunities for warming up this February…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/unexpected-elephants-and-supermarket-crime-scenes/

'Consistent With a Mass Extinction': New Study Warns Climate Chaos Driving Rapid Decline of Bumblebees
commondreams.org | 2020-02-07
The rising frequency of extremely hot temperatures tied to human-caused global heating is creating "climate chaos" that drives widespread declines of bumblebees, some of the planet's most important pollinators, according to a new study published in the journal Science. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bombus-a_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/02/07/consistent-mass-extinction-new-study-warns-climate-chaos-driving-rapid-decline?cd-origin=rss

Antarctica Temperatures Trigger Fear of Rapid Ice Melt
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-07
Climate scientists on Friday revealed the latest troubling new observation in Antarctica, illustrating the consequences of the rapid warming of the area brought on by the manmade climate crisis. | As The Guardian reported Friday, researchers stationed at the Esperanza research station at the northern tip of the Antarctic peninsula found that temperatures reached 64.9 ∫ Fahrenheit (18.3 ∫ Celsius)–the highest temperature logged since scientists began recording the continent…
truthdig.com/articles/antarctica-temperatures-trigger-fear-of-rapid-ice-melt/

Voices From the Front Lines of a Climate Direct Action Campaign
Wen Stephenson | thenation.com | 2020-02-07
Voices From the Front Lines of a Climate Direct Action Campaign…
thenation.com/article/environment/climate-activism-grassroots-resistance/

Climate crisis: Antarctic continent posts record temperature reading of 18.3 ∞C
news.un.org | 2020-02-07
Fresh fears of accelerating damage to the planet's ice sheets and sea level rise have been fuelled by confirmation from the UN's weather agency that the Antarctic likely saw a new temperature record of more than 18 ∞C on Thursday.
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As Fossil Fuel Companies Keep Driving the Climate Crisis, the Scale of Human Rights Violations Is Increasing, Alerts 350.org Report
commondreams.org | 2020-02-07
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/02/07/fossil-fuel-companies-keep-driving-climate-crisis-scale-human-rights-violations?cd-origin=rss

It's Farmer v. Monsanto in Court Fight over Dicamba Herbicide
Carey Gillam | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-07
A showdown is underway in the Midwest as the owner of a large Missouri peach farm seeks to hold the former Monsanto Co. accountable for millions of dollars in damage to his crops–losses the farmer claims resulted from a corporate …
globalresearch.ca/farmer-monsanto-court-fight-dicamba-herbicide/5703026

New Report Details How Fossil Fuel Industry's Climate Destruction Also Exacerbates Human Rights Abuses
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-07
In addition to having a disproportionate impact on marginalized communities around the globe which have contributed the least to climate-warming fossil fuel emissions, the climate crisis has exacerbated the human rights violations already perpetrated by the fossil fuel industry, according to a new report. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/1._ogoniland_nigeria_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/02/07/new-report-details-how-fossil-fuel-industrys-climate-destruction-also-exacerbates?cd-origin=rss

Animal Justice Party's attempt to hijack climate movement rejected
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-02-07
Climate Jacob Andrewartha Sue BoltonIssue 1252 Australia MelbourneFebruary 7, 2020Animal rights activist in Melbourne have harmed the climate movement and their own cause by attempting to stack mee…
greenleft.org.au/content/animal-justice-party-attempt-hijack-climate-movement-rejected

Communities left financially devastated in wake of bushfires
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-02-07
Climate Graham MatthewsIssue 1252 Australia bushfiresFebruary 7, 2020The bushfires that have torn through the south coast of New South Wales and Ea…
greenleft.org.au/content/communities-left-financially-devastated-wake-bushfires

Blaming overpopulation lets climate criminals off the hook
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-02-07
Climate refugee rights Chloe DSIssue 1252 AustraliaFebruary 7, 2020The burden of responsibility for the climate crisis is often placed on poorer nations. But the reality is that the main culprits continue to be the rich and powerful 1%. | Within the climate movement, some sec…
greenleft.org.au/content/blaming-overpopulation-lets-climate-criminals-hook

Extreme weather demands better working conditions
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-02-07
workers' rights and unions Climate Leo CrnogorcevicIssue 1252 AustraliaFebruary 7, 2020Faced with a still-unfolding summer from hell, in which catastrophic bushfires have caused 34 deaths, destroyed 11 million hectares of land and wiped out more than a…
greenleft.org.au/content/extreme-weather-demands-better-working-conditions

Rebuilding resilient communities amid climate-induced drought and bushfires
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-02-07
Climate Elena GarciaIssue 1252 AustraliaFebruary 7, 2020The federal government is pouring billions of dollars into its attempts to deal with the worst impacts of a climate crisis it prefers to ignore. But this money will never achieve its stated aim nor reach those who need it most. | The federal Coalition government's Drought Response, Resil…
greenleft.org.au/content/rebuilding-resilient-communities-amid-climate-induced-drought-and-bushfires

NSW-federal energy deal a con job
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-02-06
Climate Margaret GleesonIssue 1252 AustraliaFebruary 6, 2020Prime Minister Scott Morrison's energy deal with the New South Wales government seeks to benefit fossil fuel company Santos

Climate crisis: Join the February 22 national day of action
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-02-05
ClimateIssue 1252 AustraliaFebruary 5, 2020The following statement was released by various organisations calling for a national day of action to demand climate action on February 22. | *** | 2019 was the year the climate crisis became impossible to ignore for millions. School strikers mobilised in their hundreds of thousands in Australia and inspired workers and other adults to rise up against the Morrison governmen…
greenleft.org.au/content/climate-crisis-join-february-22-national-day-action

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/

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

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

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

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

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/