COVID-19 and Climate: The Future of Energy
Climate One | indybay.org | 2020-05-04
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'A Bomb in the Center of the Climate Movement'
Bill McKibben | zcomm.org | 2020-05-04
Michael Moore Damages Our Most Important Goal…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-bomb-in-the-center-of-the-climate-movement/
'We can't be garbage dump for Europe': Fears in Turkey over imported plastic waste spike
rt.com | 2020-05-04
Turkey has become a primary destination for plastic waste from richer European countries after the garbage was rejected by China and India. An environmental and health crisis is now in the making in Turkey, locals say. | In 2018, China banned the import of plastic waste, citing the environmental damage the practice had done to the country over the decades. India followed suit the next year. The decisions sent shockwaves across the global waste management industry, with exporting nations forced to find new destinations for their refuse. | For several European countries, Turkey became the new major target for se…
rt.com/news/487715-turkey-plastic-waste-import/
Don't rush to the tip when it reopens, householders urged
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-04
Householders are being urged not to rush to the dumps when they reopen, amid concerns over long queues of people trying to get rid of lockdown rubbish.Many household waste and recycling centres are closed during the lockdown because they could not be operated within social distancing rules and to allow councils to focus on household waste collections.The government has since said it wants to see councils reopen tips, with social distancing in place, while residents should only go if their journey is essential.People queue in their cars outside a household waste recycling plant in Manchester (Peter Byrne/PA)Closur…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/04/dont-rush-to-the-tip-when-it-reopens-householders-urged/
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and Civil Actions as a Social Movement
Prof. Paul Jobin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-04
Like the many industrial disasters that have marked the history of modern and contemporary Japan, the nuclear disaster of March 2011 resulted in much litigation. By the ninth anniversary of the catastrophe in 2020, nearly four hundred individual civil actions, …
globalresearch.ca/fukushima-nuclear-disaster-civil-actions-social-movement/5711712
Bill Gates Partners With DARPA & Department of Defense For New DNA Nanotech COVID19 Vaccine!
Whitney Webb | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-03
In this powerful interview, Spiro is joined by Whitney Webb and Ryan Cristián from The Last American Vagabond, as they discuss the rollout of a new system of control the likes of which the world has never seen. | It has been said to never let a good crisis go to waste, and it appears the ones pulling the strings are taking full advantage of the current crisis as more and more evidence emerges contradicting the official story that suggests this crisis is no accident. | The fact that Bill Gates has teamed up with the Department of Defense and DARPA, which is the special project research and development arm of the P…
thealtworld.com/whitney_webb/bill-gates-partners-with-darpa-department-of-defense-for-new-dna-nanotech-covid19-vaccine
Coronavirus Class Politics: Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste
Ryan Bellinson | commondreams.org | 2020-05-03
Workers and their allies can use this crisis to fight for a Green New Deal and a 21st-century era of social and economic justice. (Photo: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/covid-crisis-gnd.jpg …
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COVID-19 and Climate: The Future of Energy
Climate One | indybay.org | 2020-05-03
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'Wasteful' US and China-chasing India: What 5 biggest military powers are spending more than a TRILLION DOLLARS on
rt.com | 2020-05-03
Global defense spending saw its largest annual increase in a decade in 2019, proving that the trend for bloated military budgets is here to stay
Amid shutdowns, youth climate activists are writing the curriculum for a just economic recovery
Leanna First-Arai | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-02
"Organizing is intertwined with our survival as a people, and that can't take a back seat."
nationofchange.org/2020/05/02/amid-shutdowns-youth-climate-activists-are-writing-the-curriculum-for-a-just-economic-recovery/
Blood of Hashd al-Sha'abi Martyrs not to be wasted: al-Kazemi
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-02
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Leading scholar says current pandemic could be a tipping point in the climate crisis
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-05-01
The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has brought economies across the globe to a standstill. As The Canary has previously argued, this has forced both political leaders and the public to confront fundamental questions about how we live and how we organize society. Now, in an…
thecanary.co/video/2020/05/01/leading-scholar-says-current-pandemic-could-be-a-tipping-point-in-the-climate-crisis/
Planet of the Humans: a muddy cocktail of valid criticisms, disinformation and defeatism
Stuart Munckton | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-02
Climate crisis Environment Film & theatre Zane AlcornIssue 1264 Michael MooreMay 2, 2020 Planet of the Humans | Directed by Jeff Gibbs | Planet of the…
greenleft.org.au/content/planet-humans-muddy-cocktail-valid-criticisms-disinformation-and-defeatism
'Milestone Moment' as JPMorgan Chase Announces Former Exxon CEO to No Longer Be Lead Director of Bank's Board
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-02
The ousting of "America's #1 climate denier" from the leadership position on the board of the largest global lender of fossil fuels is being welcomed by the climate movement. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/lee-raymond-jpmorgan-out.jpg …
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Petal Shower by Armed Forces: Waste of Resources or Modi's 'Flower Power' Way to Fight Crisis?
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-03
New Delhi (Sputnik): Despite implementing the world's most extensive lockdown for around two months, the approval rating of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is up; making him more popular than other world leaders. However, some have criticised India's government for using military assets to express solidarity with those fighting COVID-19.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202005031079181851-petal-shower-by-armed-forces-waste-of-resources-or-modis-flower-power-way-to-fight-crisis/