2020-05-05: News Headlines

Joe Emersberger (2020-05-05). Paying the Price for Defeating Chevron: an Interview with Steven Donziger. counterpunch.org U.S. attorney Steven Donziger has been in house arrest in Manhattan for almost eight months. His pre-trial detention stems from a judgement he and a team of Ecuadorian lawyers won over Chevron that could cost the company billions of dollars — and combat climate change. In 1993, Donziger and other lawyers filed a lawsuit in

imperial.ac.uk (2020-05-05). Team of experts put forward a sustainable approach to coronavirus recovery. imperial.ac.uk Researchers from the UK's top universities have found that climate-friendly investment policies are the best medicine for a failing economy.

Sunil Freeman (2020-05-05). New PSL book: 'Climate Solutions: Beyond Capitalism'. liberationnews.org "It is a small book, but expansive in outlook in a way that echoes the holistic eco-socialist society we will need…"

The Canary (2020-05-05). Campaigners warn government over 'unlawful' unconditional airline bailout. thecanary.co Green campaigners have warned the government not to give airlines an unconditional bailout, as a poll suggests people do not think the sector is a priority for public money. | Lawyers acting for climate action charity Possible have written to the chancellor asking for assurances any bailout of the UK aviation industry will have conditions to ensure there are meaningful emissions cuts from planes. | Legal firm Leigh Day has warned Rishi Sunak that a failure to attach carbon-cutting conditions to a bailout would be unlawful, because it would not be in line with the UK's legal goals to cut greenhouse gases. | It wou…

Climate One (2020-05-05). COVID-19 and Climate: The Future of Energy. indybay.org Online via livestream (FREE)…

The Canary (2020-05-04). Don't rush to the tip when it reopens, householders urged. thecanary.co 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…

news.un (2020-04-30). Greta Thunberg launches campaign to support UNICEF protection efforts against COVID-19. news.un.org Climate activist Greta Thunberg along with Danish NGO Human Act, on Thursday launched a child rights-driven campaign to support the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in protecting young lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.

news.un (2020-04-29). FROM THE FIELD: Women act as 'agents of change' in climate emergency. news.un.org Women around the world can act as "agents of change" and find solutions to the challenges provoked by the global climate crisis, according to the UN's specialized gender agency, UN Women.

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…

VINS (2020-04-03). Unions Disregard Call for Large Scale Climate Action Strikes. projectcensored.org Students are leading the way with Global Climate Strikes across the country to persuade the government and leaders of the country to take impactful action to remedy the current climate…

Michael Gormley, Thomas J Aspray, David A Kelly (2020-03-23). [Correspondence] COVID-19: mitigating transmission via wastewater plumbing systems. thelancet.com By its very design, the wastewater plumbing system is a harbinger of pathogenic microorganisms with, under some circumstances, the potential to enable airborne transmission of viruses such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

pip.hinman (2020-04-29). Greta Thunberg: 'We need to tackle two crises at once'. greenleft.org.au