Climate Change and Rebellion: an interview with John Molyneux
Leo Zeilig | mronline.org | 2020-02-10
In an interview with the socialist writer and activist, John Molyneux, ROAPE's Leo Zeilig asks him about climate change, capitalism and socialist transformation. In an important initiative John has recently founded the Global Ecosocialist Network (GEN) which brings together activists and researchers from across the Global North and South. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/10/climate-change-and-rebellion-an-interview-with-john-molyneux/

Climate Manipulation and Murdoch's PR Machine
Thomas Klikauer | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-10
Western democracies and their respected societies appear to be incapable or unwilling of solving global warming. At least partly, this might be because voters in most countries have been lied to by the corporate media for decades on end. Much of this is due to one very rich and very old man

GOP "Climate Plan" Calls for Planting Trees But No Emissions Reduction
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-10
When it comes to climate, it's quite easy for the right to use the media as a spin machine. The media, starving for plans to "counteract" the progressive Green New Deal to fulfill the everlasting need for a false dichotomy, laps up any spurious climate plan that conservatives might come out with. The most recent media grab by the GOP on climate

Clinging to Normalcy Is Killing Us. How Do We Break Free?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-10
Truthout is very excited to announce the launch of its first-ever podcast "Movement Memos" hosted by our very own Kelly Hayes. Look out for a new episode every Monday! | An overwhelming political climate has left many Americans frozen in a state of uncertainty. Unable or unwilling to fully process the enormity of climate change or the tragic circus of Trumpism, many are going through the motions of normalcy while the world burns. In this episode, Kelly talks with UndocuBlack organizer Aly Wane about how fear and anx…
truthout.org/audio/clinging-to-normalcy-is-killing-us-how-do-we-break-free/

Menace on the Menu in Post-EU Britain
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
Environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has just written the report ' Bayer Crop Science rules Britain after Brexit

Protesters leave British Museum after two-day action over BP sponsorship
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-09
Protests at the British Museum have ended after more than 50 hours amid a row over oil company BP's sponsorship of a Troy exhibition.Climate activists BP Or Not BP? occupied the Great Court inside the museum on Saturday night, where they covered themselves in plaster as part of a "theatrical protest".Around 60 people took part in the action, in which they created a structure out of their body parts for a piece called Monument.Greenpeace protesters inside the British Museum (Jonathan Brady/PA)Activists left at about 10.30am on 9 February. The action started at 7.30am on 7 February when a 13ft-high Trojan horse was…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/02/09/protesters-leave-british-museum-after-two-day-action-over-bp-sponsorship/

No New Nuclear
Radiation Free Lakeland | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-09
Climate activists across the world are uniting to protect the planet from continuing fossil fuel use. There is much talk of a green industrial revolution and a Green New Deal. This sounds good, but what does it mean? | Kevin Frea…
globalresearch.ca/no-new-nuclear/5703136

Protesters leave British Museum after two-day action over BP sponsorship
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-09
Protests at the British Museum have ended after more than 50 hours amid a row over oil company BP's sponsorship of a Troy exhibition.Climate activists BP Or Not BP? occupied the Great Court inside the museum on Saturday night, where they covered themselves in plaster as part of a "theatrical protest".Around 60 people took part in the action, in which they created a structure out of their body parts for a piece called Monument.Greenpeace protesters inside the British Museum (Jonathan Brady/PA)Activists left at about 10.30am on 9 February. The action started at 7.30am on 7 February when a 13ft-high Trojan horse was…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/02/09/protesters-leave-british-museum-after-two-day-action-over-bp-sponsorship/

At the Unist'ot'en Outpost, a Tightknit Group Readies for Police
Amanda Follett Hosgood | commondreams.org | 2020-02-09
Extinction Rebellion Ottawa marched through the city Friday in support of the Wet'suwet'en Nation in British Columbia. (Photo: @XROttawa/Twitter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-02-09_at_3.18.02_pm.jpg …
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Climate Justice and Indigenous Rights Advocates Rally in Solidarity With Wet'suwet'en People as RCMP Continue Raids
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-09
Indigenous rights supporters held solidarity actions across Canada over the weekend as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police continued their raids on Wet'suwet'en land in British Columbia. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-02-09_at_5.51.32_pm1.jpg …
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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/

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/

'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

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.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1056902

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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