2020-03-03: News Headlines

Zoe Kunstenaar (2020-03-03). Day of Protest: 300 At Chase in Santa Cruz. indybay.org Five Arrested and Bank Closed in Extinction Rebellion Protest…

John Talberth (2020-03-03). To Save Our Climate We Need Taller Trees Not Taller Wooden Buildings. counterpunch.org To many of us working at the intersection of forest conservation and climate stability recent opinions and news coverage of proposals to fill our cities with tall wooden buildings presents not a stirring vision of sustainability but a nightmarish scenario of a land base increasingly scarred by clearcuts, logging roads and small diameter tree plantations at a time when

Evaggelos Vallianatos (2020-03-03). Billionaire Power and Politics. zcomm.org I watched the last two Democratic presidential debates with heavy heart. Not a single question about the engulfing catastrophe of climate change…

AutumnSun (2020-03-03). XR Flash Mob Dance and Action 2-28-2020. indybay.org "TELL JPMORGAN TO STOP FUNDING CLIMATE DESTRUCTION!" | "Chase is by far the worst banker of fossil fuels and fossil fuel expansion by far a wide margin!"

pip.hinman (2020-03-03). After the rain, water is still being stolen. greenleft.org.au

Barcelona Research Group on Informal Recyclers (2020-03-02). The World's Waste-Pickers Under Threat. commondreams.org Waste pickers oppose policies that exclude them from their source of livelihood: recyclable waste. (Photo: Global Alliance of Waste Pickers) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/waste.jpeg

Steven Krichbaum (2020-03-02). Noah, New and Improved: the Endangered Species Act Under Trump. counterpunch.org So now the Trump administration has got a stranglehold on the Endangered Species Act and is going to "modernize" extinction and "update" endangerment — kind of like me modernizing your home by taking a chainsaw and flamethrower to it and then updating your family by running a bulldozer over them. Not unlike how the EPA

Tony Tulathimutte (2020-03-02). Jenny Offill's Novel of Climate Dread. thenation.com Jenny Offill's Novel of Climate Dread…

The Canary (2020-03-02). Above-average temperatures 'likely in many parts of the world in coming months'. thecanary.co Many parts of the world are likely to see above-average temperatures over the next few months — even without a natural "El Niño" effect which pushes up the mercury, experts said. | The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) warned that the signal from human-induced climate change was now as powerful as the natural phenomenon which drives warmer temperatures. | The WMO said there was a 60% chance of a "neutral" situation, without an El Niño or its opposite La Niña, over the months from March to May. There is only a 35% chance of an El Niño developing and just 5% for a La Niña. | The El Niño Southern Oscilla…

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2020-03-02). Activists Urging Barclays to 'Stop Funding the Climate Emergency' Shut Down Nearly 100 Branches Across UK. commondreams.org In a coordinated action to pressure Barclays to stop financing climate destruction, Greenpeace activists on Monday morning shut down 97 of the British investment bank's branches across the United Kingdom. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/greenpeace_tim_morozzo_2mar20.jpg

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-03-02). Record-Breaking Warm Weather Expected Around Globe As Human-Caused Climate Crisis Now As Powerful As El Ni√±o's Effects, Says WMO. commondreams.org As countries accustomed to cold, snowy winters reported record-breaking warm weather this season, meteorological experts on Monday predicted that temperatures over the next several months will be warmer than usual—even without the effects of El Ni√±o. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11975658261.jpg

The Canary (2020-03-01). Labour leads calls for Priti Patel to resign. thecanary.co Home Secretary Priti Patel faces calls for her to resign following a fall-out at the top of the Home Office. | Philip Rutnam, the department's most senior civil servant, quit on Saturday after accusing Patel of orchestrating a "vicious" campaign against him, of lying about her involvement in it and of creating a climate of fear among her officials. | Labour has ramped up the pressure on the under-fire home secretary, with shadow chancellor John McDonnell suggesting she could be forced to resign. | McDonnell, when asked if Patel could stay in her post, told Sky News' Sophy Ridge on Sunday: "I can't see it, it's bi…

Eds. (2020-02-29). Climate change and the class divide. mronline.org No, we're not all in it together. Our rulers are responsible for the system that's creating an ecological catastrophe. As that crisis intensifies, it's exposing and intensifying the divide between us and them. |

Zoya Teirstein (2020-02-28). After Bloomberg, climate was public enemy no. 2 at Nevada Democratic debate. peoplesworld.org If you're reading this, congratulations! You've made it to the ninth — yes, the NINTH — Democratic primary debate. With each new debate, a shrinking cohort of presidential contenders has had the opportunity to make their climate pitch before millions of Americans, moderators' questions permitting. The candidates have grown increasingly adept at weaving issues like rising …

Mark Hertsgaard (2020-02-28). Donald Trump's Climate Policy: 'Get Your Mops and Buckets Ready'. thenation.com Donald Trump's Climate Policy: 'Get Your Mops and Buckets Ready'

Staff (2020-02-27). How the Climate Crisis Is Making the Spread of Infectious Diseases Like Coronavirus More Common. democracynow.org Sonia Shah is an investigative science journalist and author of "Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond." Her new book is titled "The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move" and will be published in June. She says the climate crisis is making outbreaks of infectious diseases more common, with the destruction of natural animal habitats and the changes in migration bringing humans and animals into ever-closer contact and making new pathogens more likely. Her latest article, published in The Nation, is titled "Think Exotic Animals Are to Blame for the Coronavirus? Th…

Susan Price (2020-02-27). Blacktown Council declares climate emergency. greenleft.org.au Activists from Cool Down Western Sydney organised p…

pip.hinman (2020-02-27). The climate crisis can't wait: 2050 is too late. greenleft.org.au

CounterSpin (2020-02-21). Paul Paz y Miño, Saqib Bhatti & Beverly Bell on Environmental Justice & Cross-National Solidarity. fair.org There will only be an increasing number of frontline struggles between extractive, climate-disrupting industry and those willing to stand up to it. Corporate media's inadequate attention, and unwillingness to truly call out the moneyed interests causing present and future harms, make them more often part of the problem than the solution.

Lawrence Wittner (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

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, …