2020-04-15: News Headlines

Robert Hunziker (2020-04-15). Abrupt Ecosystem Collapse. counterpunch.org A new study in Nature (April 2020) casts a disturbing light on the prospects of abrupt ecosystem collapse. The report analyzes the probabilities of collapsing ecosystems en masse, and not simply the loss of individual species. (Source: Trisos, C.H. et al, The Projected Timing of Abrupt Ecological Disruption From Climate Change, Nature, April 8, 2020)

TCM & Earth Day Network (2020-04-15). Earth Day: Climate & Eco Films on Turner Classic Movies (TCM & Earth Day Network). indybay.org TCM Channel…

Vijay Kolinjivadi (2020-04-15). This pandemic IS ecological breakdown: different tempo, same song. zcomm.org Comparisons between the toll of COVID-19 and climate change are not helpful because they view each as two separate "things"

teleSUR (2020-04-15). Uruguay: Lacalle Evaluates Trade Possibilities Despite Health Emergency. telesurenglish.net Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou assessed on Monday the possible performance of his country's business sector. The president met with members of the Confederation of Business Chambers (CCE) to discuss the possibilities and the current economic climate in the South American nation. | RELATED: | Lacalle's meeting with the business association was aimed at analyzing the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic…

The Commonwealth Club (2020-04-15). COVID-19 and Climate: Economic Impacts (livestream). indybay.org Online via livestream…

en.mehrnews (2020-04-15). Iran climate: wet spell or still short of rain? en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 15 (MNA) — While some experts claim that Iran has entered a period of the wet spell after experiencing dry spells over the past few decades, some others highly reject the claim implying that the country faced a lack of rain by 50mm over the past 5 decades.

WSWS (2020-04-15). The global elite seek their pandemic retreats. wsws.org The rapacious quest for pandemic hideouts by the super-rich starkly demonstrates the waste of societal resources under capitalism.

Ecology Center (2020-04-15). How to use Social Media to Drive Environmental Change: Why Zero Waste?(livestream). indybay.org Online via Livestream…

Ecology Center (2020-04-15). How to use Social Media to Drive Environmental Change: Why Zero Waste? (livestream). indybay.org Online via Livestream…

sputniknews (2020-04-15). Plumes of Smoke Enveloping Chernobyl Exclusion Zone as Seen From Above. sputniknews.com On Thursday, the Ukrainian emergency services announced that a forest fire in the vicinity of the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear plant had been extinguished.

Christopher D. Cook (2020-04-15). Beyond Bernie: The Next Challenge for Progressives. commondreams.org Whoever wins the presidency, the millions of people who voted and worked for Bernie Sanders will need to plow their energies and talents into creating serious political pressure to win gains for climate action, health care access, people power, workers' rights, corporate accountability, and much more. (Photo: Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bernie_sanders_texas_1_0.png

Sam Alston (2020-04-14). What is the future of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme? bright-green.org Last weekend saw the latest data release from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS). This has been a cornerstone of the EU climate policy since it's introduction in 2003. Greenhouse …

Media Lens (2020-04-14). 'Can I Keep You Safe? Your Future Is Uncertain': Climate and the Fate of Humanity. globalresearch.ca 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

Kuehn BM. (2020-04-14). Legionnaires Disease Death Linked to Home Water Contamination. jamanetwork.com An immunocompromised Wisconsin man in his 70s died from an infection with a strain of Legionella bacteria traced to water supplies in his home, according to a CDC report.

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-04-13). Israeli Settlers Flood Palestinian Crops with Waste Water in Hebron. imemc.org Several armed Israeli colonial settlers reportedly caused flooding of Palestinian-owned grape farms, on Monday, in north of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Local Palestinian media activist, Mohammad Awwad, told media outlets that for the second time in a week, several armed settlers from the nearby illegal colonial settlement …

RT (2020-04-13). As media warns of WARRING CANNIBAL RATS in US cities, (human) food production quietly crashes from Covid-19 closures. rt.com Rats living in major US cities are resorting to war and cannibalism to survive the coronavirus lockdown, a rodent expert has told the media. But as closures hamper food production, humans may also find themselves in trouble. | While rats feeding off residential waste in places like New York City and Los Angeles are doing just fine, those relying on restaurants — shuttered due to Covid-19 quarantines — are suddenly facing starvation, urban rodentologist Bobby Corrigan told NBC News on Monday. | | Starving rats are resorting to war a…

H. Patricia Hynes (2020-04-04). Civil Disobedience in the Time of Climate Crisis. zcomm.org What we—citizens, corporations, courts and government—do about the climate crisis will determine life on earth within the next few decades…

Jeremy Brecher (2020-04-04). First U.S. Union-Authorized Climate Strike? zcomm.org If Local 26 is forced to strike again, one thing is clear: It will do so not only as the representative of its own members, but as the champion of everyone who knows they are threatened by climate change…

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.

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, …

Suzanne O'Keeffe (2019-07-24). MPP National Director Nick Brana arrested with XR. peoplesparty.org with Extinction Rebellion climate activists | MPP National Director Nick Brana arrested with Extinction Rebellion climate activists after supergluing themselves to Congress in mass civil disobedience: | Washington, D.C. — Movement for a People's Party National Director Nick Brana was arrested during a protest to block Congress and demand that they join the countries of the UK and Canada and declare a climate emergency. | Brana and 15 people affiliated with the climate action group Extinction Rebellion (XR) glued themselves to three underground tunnel entrances leading to the Capitol, blocking access…