Zooming Newport's Climate Awareness Earth Day 2020
Paul Haeder | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-22
Fifty years ago, the first Earth Day brought out 20 million Americans across the land

Congress: Put Workers and Communities First
Basav Sen | zcomm.org | 2020-04-22
The IPS Climate Policy Program and 339 other organizations are calling on Congress to support ordinary people through this crisis, not the fossil fuel industry…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/congress-put-workers-and-communities-first/

Earth Day: How to Get Ships Off Fossil Fuels (webinar)
Pacific Environment & Climate Works Found. | indybay.org | 2020-04-22
Online via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/19/18832492.php

Can Psychedelics Treat Climate Grief?
Mark Hertsgaard | thenation.com | 2020-04-22
Can Psychedelics Treat Climate Grief?
thenation.com/article/environment/psychedelics-climate-grief/

The car industry and the climate crisis
Stephan Kroll and Christian Hofmann | indybay.org | 2020-04-22
The car companies should now be converted into providers of mobility needs based on socio-ecological sustainability. Reduction of working hours – short full time of an average of 30 hours/4 days per week for all – is part of the neceesary radical change to save human lives amid plutocratic neoliberalism.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/22/18832551.php

As Oil Prices Plunge, Fracking and Oil Drilling Expands Under Gov. Newsom
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2020-04-22
"It just doesn't make any sense to approve fracking permits in the state of California now," said Liza Tucker, consumer advocate for Consumer Watchdog. "It's clear that it's time to sunset fossil fuels and effect a just transition to a new energy economy. We should end fracking right now and phase out oil and gas production in the state in a rational, managed way. We should not be issuing new permits for oil and gas drilling."
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/20/18832539.php

Orwellian Lockstep and a Loaded Syringe
Colin Todhunter | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-22
Some years ago, the then vice-president of Monsanto Robert T Fraley asked, "Why do people doubt science". He posed the question partly because he had difficulty in believing that some people had valid concerns about the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture. Critics were questioning the science behind GM technology and the impacts…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/22/orwellian-lockstep-and-a-loaded-syringe/

Global Climate Fight Continues Despite Isolation
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-21
Fridays For Future (FFF) members announced demonstrations and other activities next Friday, April 24. The ecological international movement will perform protests through social media to remain active and respect COVID-19 preventive measures. | RELATED: | Trump to Suspend Immigration to the U.S. Due to COVID-19 | FFF representatives explained that international attention is on COVID development and all preventive strategies. However, as movement leaders pointed out, the environmental…
telesurenglish.net/news/global-climate-fight-continues-from-isolation-20200421-0009.html

The Extinction Crisis Devastating San Francisco Bay
Jimmy Tobias | thenation.com | 2020-04-21
The Extinction Crisis Devastating San Francisco Bay…
thenation.com/article/environment/extinction-san-francisco-bay/

Guterres vows support for island States in twin fight against COVID-19, climate crisis
news.un.org | 2020-04-21
In an era of new challenges wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, Secretary-General António Guterres is pledging the UN's continued support to small island States

Groundbreaking Climate Lawsuit Challenges Commission's Failure to Factor Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Fossil Fuel Approvals
commondreams.org | 2020-04-21
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/04/21/groundbreaking-climate-lawsuit-challenges-commissions-failure-factor-greenhouse?cd-origin=rss

Expert: No Evidence Indicates Warmer Weather Reduces COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-21
The arrival of spring in the Northern Hemisphere has raised hope that warmer weather might slow or even stop the COVID-19 epidemic. However, a leading expert told Xinhua on Tuesday that it might be premature to count on higher temperatures to control COVID-19. | RELATED: Amid the Pandemic: Over 50% of Students Do Not Have a Computer | "Currently there is no solid data around the world supporting the conclusion that a warmer climate can alleviate COVID-19," said Yifang Zhu, associa…
telesurenglish.net/news/Expert-No-Evidence-Indicates-Warmer-Weather-Reduces-COVID-19-20200421-0017.html

Will US troops stop guarding Syrian oil fields? Negative oil prices provide that extra bit of coronavirus surrealism
rt.com | 2020-04-20
US benchmark oil futures plummeted to negative numbers on Monday, as if the coronavirus epidemic hadn't already pushed the world into the Twilight Zone. Social media took time to appreciate the icing on a very surreal cake. | Futures contracts for West Texas Intermediate (WTI)

Orwellian Lockstep and a Loaded Syringe
Colin Todhunter | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-19
Some years ago, the then vice-president of Monsanto Robert T Fraley asked, "Why do people doubt science". He posed the question partly because he had difficulty in believing that some people had valid concerns about the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture. Critics were questioning the science behind GM technology and the impacts …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/orwellian-lockstep-and-a-loaded-syringe/

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/

Milan's Plan to Limit Cars After COVID-19 Lockdown Lauded as 'Excellent Example of #BuildBackBetter'
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-21
Climate activists from across the globe on Tuesday welcomed an ambitious new plan for Milan that will, according to the Guardian, transform 22 miles of street space currently reserved for cars "with a rapid, experimental citywide expansion of cycling and walking space to protect residents as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12180679011.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/04/21/milans-plan-limit-cars-after-covid-19-lockdown-lauded-excellent-example?cd-origin=rss

'The Opposite of #PeopleBeforeProfit': Trump Orders Big Oil Bailout Just a Day After Historic Price Collapse
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-21
Democratic lawmakers and climate advocates on Tuesday condemned an announcement on Twitter from President Donald Trump that he had directed the U.S. Departments of Energy and the Treasury to make funding available to American oil and gas companies negatively impacted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/california_fossil_fuels_1.png …
commondreams.org/news/2020/04/21/opposite-peoplebeforeprofit-trump-orders-big-oil-bailout-just-day-after-historic?cd-origin=rss