As Delta smelt nears extinction, CDFW issues incidental take permit for endangered fish
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2020-04-04
The incidental take permit was issued as the Delta smelt, once the most abundant species on the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, continues its steep slide towards extinction. For the second year in a row, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife in its annual fall midwater trawl survey in 2019 found zero Delta smelt during the months of September, October, November and December.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/01/18832051.php

'We Will Not Sit Back and Let Transit Workers Be Treated Like Cannon Fodder'
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2020-04-04
'We Will Not Sit Back and Let Transit Workers Be Treated Like Cannon Fodder'…
thenation.com/article/activism/public-transportation-worker-covid/

In one stunning sentence, Noam Chomsky nails the most overlooked element of the pandemic
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2020-04-03
Renowned US intellectual, author, and commentator Noam Chomsky addressed the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in a recent interview. Amid a global panic over the disease, he nailed the most overlooked element of the emergency. | Crucially, he pointed out that though coronavirus "can have terrifying consequences" there "will be recovery". But there are other threats

News Guild, journalists' union, sets out to save newspapers
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-03
WASHINGTON–Emphasizing their role in getting reliable information out to the public, the News Guild is setting out to save endangered newspapers across the country. The coronavirus pandemic has only added to the danger of extinction faced by many newspapers, the union says. While social media has exploded

The Highly Contagious Idea
Kathleen Wallace | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-03
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid waste to the notions of American Exceptionalism (other than perhaps an exceptional level of infection) and the unsustainable practice from the last couple of decades that reality is essentially what you force it to be. It's the magical thinking that if you manufacture enough consent, eventually that square peg will…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/03/the-highly-contagious-idea/

Coronavirus and the State-of-Emergency Pandemic
David Rosen | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-03
You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that [is] it's an opportunity to do things that you think you could not before.

350.org to Trump: Meet with People Impacted by the Pandemic, Not Polluters Wreaking Havoc on Our Climate
commondreams.org | 2020-04-03
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/04/03/350org-trump-meet-people-impacted-pandemic-not-polluters-wreaking-havoc-our?cd-origin=rss

'We Need People's Bailout, Not Polluters' Bailout': Climate Groups Move to Preempt Big Oil Giveaway Amid Pandemic
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-03
"Oh, so we have to pay our rent, but now Big Oil doesn't have to pay anything for destroying our public lands? Cool, cool." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/flares.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/04/03/we-need-peoples-bailout-not-polluters-bailout-climate-groups-move-preempt-big-oil?cd-origin=rss

Key COP26 climate summit postponed to 'safeguard lives'
news.un.org | 2020-04-02
With no end in sight to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the UN climate change talks which were due to take place in Scotland later in the year, have been postponed until October 2021.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1060902

'People Should Not Be Forced to Put Their Lives on the Line to Vote'
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2020-04-02
'People Should Not Be Forced to Put Their Lives on the Line to Vote'…
thenation.com/article/politics/wisconsin-democratic-primary/

Traces of ancient rainforest in Antarctica point to a warmer prehistoric world
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-01
Researchers have found evidence of rainforests near the South Pole 90 million years ago, suggesting the climate was exceptionally warm at the time.
imperial.ac.uk/news/196516/traces-ancient-rainforest-antarctica-point-warmer

"Can I Keep You Safe? Your Future Is Uncertain": Climate And The Fate Of Humanity
Media Lens | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-31
In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, the most immediate objective is to slow its spread, minimise the death toll and help people through the crisis. But, despite government promises to support citizens who are now losing their jobs and income, the underlying establishment concern will be as it always has been: to preserve the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/can-i-keep-you-safe-your-future-is-uncertain-climate-and-the-fate-of-humanity/

"Chaotic Situation": India Begins Lockdown of 1.3 Billion Residents as Coronavirus Pandemic Spreads
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-26
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads around the world, we look at India, which is now under the largest lockdown in human history, with 1.3 billion people ordered to shelter in place. As the country's economy and daily life come to an abrupt halt, hundreds of millions of Indians who live hand to mouth have been left without the means to support their families. We speak with Amitav Ghosh, whose books include "Gun Island" and "The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable."
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/26/amitav_ghosh_india_coronavirus_lockdown