Beyond Bernie: The Next Challenge for Progressives
Christopher D. Cook | commondreams.org | 2020-04-15
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 …
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Earth Day: Climate & Eco Films on Turner Classic Movies (TCM & Earth Day Network)
TCM & Earth Day Network | indybay.org | 2020-04-15
TCM Channel…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/15/18832380.php

Abrupt Ecosystem Collapse
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
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)…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/15/abrupt-ecosystem-collapse/

COVID-19 and Climate: Economic Impacts (livestream)
The Commonwealth Club | indybay.org | 2020-04-15
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/14/18832362.php

Iran climate: wet spell or still short of rain?
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-15
TEHRAN, Apr. 15 (MNA)

Uruguay: Lacalle Evaluates Trade Possibilities Despite Health Emergency
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
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: | Uruguay: Constructive Work Resumes Despite Measures by COVID-19 | Lacalle's meeting with the business association was aimed at analyzing the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic…
telesurenglish.net/news/uruguay-lacalle-evaluates–trade-possibilities-despite-health-emergency-20200415-0010.html

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

How to use Social Media to Drive Environmental Change: Why Zero Waste?(livestream)
Ecology Center | indybay.org | 2020-04-15
Online via Livestream…
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The global elite seek their pandemic retreats
wsws.org | 2020-04-15
The rapacious quest for pandemic hideouts by the super-rich starkly demonstrates the waste of societal resources under capitalism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/15/elit-a15.html

How to use Social Media to Drive Environmental Change: Why Zero Waste? (livestream)
Ecology Center | indybay.org | 2020-04-15
Online via Livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/14/18832368.php

Plumes of Smoke Enveloping Chernobyl Exclusion Zone as Seen From Above
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-15
On Thursday, the Ukrainian emergency services announced that a forest fire in the vicinity of the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear plant had been extinguished.
sputniknews.com/videoclub/202004151078962786-plumes-of-smoke-enveloping-chernobyl-exclusion-zone-as-seen-from-above/

What is the future of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme?
Sam Alston | bright-green.org | 2020-04-14
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 …

What is the future of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme?

'Can I Keep You Safe? Your Future Is Uncertain': Climate and the Fate of Humanity
Media Lens | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
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 …
globalresearch.ca/climate-fate-humanity/5709605

Legionnaires Disease Death Linked to Home Water Contamination
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-14
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.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764467

Legionnaires Disease Death Linked to Home Water Contamination
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-14
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.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764467

Israeli Settlers Flood Palestinian Crops with Waste Water in Hebron
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-04-13
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 …
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As media warns of WARRING CANNIBAL RATS in US cities, (human) food production quietly crashes from Covid-19 closures
rt.com | 2020-04-13
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

As media warns of WARRING CANNIBAL RATS in US cities, (human) food production quietly crashes from Covid-19 closures
rt.com | 2020-04-13
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

Civil Disobedience in the Time of Climate Crisis
H. Patricia Hynes | zcomm.org | 2020-04-04
What we–citizens, corporations, courts and government–do about the climate crisis will determine life on earth within the next few decades…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/civil-disobedience-in-the-time-of-climate-crisis/

First U.S. Union-Authorized Climate Strike?
Jeremy Brecher | zcomm.org | 2020-04-04
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…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/first-u-s-union-authorized-climate-strike/