(2020-02-12). Climate emergency: Indonesia faces catastrophic floods, disappearing islands. mronline.org 
While the stark reality of the global climate emergency struck home in Australia with its worst bushfire season, its neighbour Indonesia faced catastrophic floods and islands disappearing below the rising sea. Green Left's Peter Boyle interviewed Yuyun Harmono, the climate change campaigner of Friends of the Earth Indonesia (Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia — WAHLI). |
(2020-02-12). Berkeley Screening Of "Fukushima Speaks" By Journalist and Videographer Toshikuni Doi'. indybay.org Berkeley Main Library | 2090 Kittredge St, Berkeley, CA 94704…
(2020-02-12). New York state bail reform prompts backlash from Democrats and Republicans. wsws.org While the Democrats wasted no time jettisoning their facade of 'progressive' politics in the face of resistance from the NYPD and other law-and-order advocates, the Republicans have taken the opportunity to push their fascistic appeals.
(2020-02-12). 'We Need to Reinvent BP' Says New Chief Executive as He Plans to Halve Carbon Emissions. sputniknews.com Bernard Looney, who was born in Ireland, has taken over as chief executive from Bob Dudley. Last week BP shut down its head office in London after climate change protesters tried to block the entrance.
(2020-02-12). 5.2-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast of Honshu, Japan – Reports. sputniknews.com Japan is located in a seismically active zone known as the Ring of Fire and regularly suffers from powerful earthquakes. In 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and the following tsunami killed over 15,000 people and caused the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster.
(2020-02-11). About Last Week — and the Accelerated Drives to Extinction and Fascism. counterpunch.org If, as some observers worry, the United States is undergoing an accelerated transition to full authoritarian class rule in the Donald Trump years, then the events of last week may be considered critical by later historians permitted to chronicle what happened. Another Democratic Gift to "the Most Dangerous Criminal in History" On Wednesday, the mock
(2020-02-11). Extinction Foretold, Extinction Ignored. counterpunch.org Most evolving lineages, human or otherwise, when threatened with extinction, don't do anything special to avoid it. — George C. Williams American evolutionary biologist George C. Williams died in September 2010 at the age of 83 years. I doubt he knew we were facing our own imminent extinction. By the time Williams died, I had
(2020-02-11). Clean Economy Act Fails to Fully Confront the Climate Crisis. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-02-11). Climate Is on the Ballot in New Hampshire. thenation.com Climate Is on the Ballot in New Hampshire…
(2020-02-11). Climate Change Wipes out Chinstrap Penguins off Antarctica. telesurenglish.net The number of chinstrap penguins in some colonies in Western Antarctica has fallen by as much as 77 percent since they were last surveyed in the 1970s, say scientists studying the impact of climate change on the remote region. | RELATED: | "The declines that we've seen are definitely dramatic," said Steve Forrest, a conservation biologist who joined a team of scientists from the two U.S. universities of Stony Brook…
(2020-02-11). Menace on the Menu in Post-EU Britain. dissidentvoice.org Environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has just written the report 'Bayer Crop Science rules Britain after Brexit — the public and the press are being poisoned by pesticides'. It has been sent to editors of major media outlets in the UK. In it, she outlines her concerns for pesticide regulation, health and the environment in a …
(2020-02-11). How climate change is driving food insecurity. greenleft.org.au 
(2020-02-11). Will the apocalyptic bushfires be a turning point in Australia's climate emergency? greenleft.org.au 
(2020-02-10). Climate Change and Rebellion: an interview with John Molyneux. mronline.org 
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. |
(2020-02-10). Headlines for February 10, 2020. democracynow.org Coronavirus Deaths Soar as First U.S. Citizen Succumbs to Disease, Iowa Dem. Party Officially Gives Buttigieg the Lead as Candidates Prepare for New Hampshire Vote, Trump Budget Seeks Boost to Military and Nuclear Spending, Cuts to Social Programs and EPA, Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan, Trump Fires Key Impeachment Figures Following Acquittal, Thai Soldier Kills 29 People in Shooting Rampage, Brazilian Police Kill Hitman Suspected of Involvement in Marielle Franco's Assassination, Temperature Reaches Record-Breaking 65 Degrees in Antarctica, Extinction Rebellion Activists Demand New York Divest from Foss…
(2020-02-07). Climate crisis: Antarctic continent posts record temperature reading of 18.3 ∞C. news.un.org 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.
(2020-02-07). Blaming overpopulation lets climate criminals off the hook. greenleft.org.au 
Within the climate movement, some sec…
(2020-02-07). Animal rights groups' attempt to hijack climate movement rejected. greenleft.org.au 
(2020-02-07). Rebuilding resilient communities amid climate-induced drought and bushfires. greenleft.org.au 
The federal Coalition government's Drought Response, Resil…
(2020-02-02). What Will it Take to Prevent Climate Collapse? zcomm.org 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…
(2020-01-26). Could the Climate Crisis Be "The Good News of Damnation"? zcomm.org 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 "the
(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, …