2020-05-18: News Headlines

Staff (2020-05-18). Climate Music To Soothe And Terrify You. therealnews.com Imagine if the climate crisis was a musical composition oscillating between musical highs and lows, between hope and despair. The ClimateMusic Project, in collaboration with Richard Festinger, a music composer and educator, has written the "science-guided" musical composition The composition was recently performed by San Francisco's Telegraph Quartet to celebrate Earth Day on April 22 in collaboration with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). | "Icarus in Flight" premiered in 2018…

Staff (2020-05-15). Climate Crisis: KXL Ruling, Unity Task Force, California Pollution, and TRNN's New Climate Reporter. therealnews.com Climate activists get a big court win on Keystone XL as the Biden and Sanders camps unite. California has delayed air pollution rules at the behest of industry during COVID-19 as polluting oil tankers line its coast.

Staff (2020-05-12). Stir Crazy! Episode #32: Don't Make Us Regret This! therealnews.com On today's show: TRNN climate reporter Aman Azhar, co-host of "By Any Means Necessary" Jacqueline Luqman, and TRNN managing editor Marc Steiner. Hosted by Kim Brown.

Trudy Hess (2020-05-11). Senator Nina Turner has something to Share! peoplesparty.org has something to share! | I'm happy to say that after her courageous show of support last weekend, Senator Nina Turner will be joining us on a National Call soon. She wanted me to let you know she's been watching our movement with admiration for some time. | SNT has a history of standing up for what is right, even in the face of immense pressure and adversity. She is not afraid to stand up for bold new ideas. | | Justice for Ahmaud Arbery | Join the call at 8 pm ET on May 13. |

Staff (2020-05-09). As Oil Price Plummets, Call to Nationalize Industry Rises. therealnews.com The price of oil dropped below zero, prompting new subsidies from the Federal Reserve. Progressive voices in the U.S. and Canada have a different idea: nationalization as a way to wind down the sector, tackle the climate crisis and create a just economic transition.

Staff (2020-05-08). Stir Crazy! Episode #31: Cancel Corporate Media. therealnews.com On today's show: TRNN climate reporter Aman Azhar, The Progressive Army founder Ben Dixon, and TRNN Executive Producer Lisa Snowden-McCray. Hosted by Kim Brown.

Staff (2020-05-08). Climate Crisis: False Techtopia, Tariffs Accounting, Orphan Wells, And The Dead Cow. therealnews.com Recent studies debunk the false techtopianism in climate science models, U.S. import tariffs failed climate accounting, and Argentina's shale industry is flailing. As fracking goes bust, what happens to orphaned wells?

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…"

Citizens' Climate Lobby (2020-05-18). Citizens' Climate Lobby: Virtual Climate Conference 2020 (Day 2). indybay.org Online/virtual conference…

Citizens' Climate Lobby (2020-05-18). Citizens' Climate Lobby: Virtual Climate Conference 2020 (Day 1). indybay.org Online/virtual conference…

RT (2020-05-16). 'Camera off, mask off?' CNN reporter blasted for removing mask seconds after end of WH press briefing. rt.com CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins has been accused of Covid-19 theatrics, as she was caught hastily removing her face mask after a White House briefing. Collins has criticized Donald Trump for not wearing masks in public. | Despite the president's 'masks are optional' policy at White House briefings, the CNN journalist, like most of her colleagues, wore one during the press event on Friday. | However, when Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany walked off the podium, Collins wasted no time in taking off the protective item as she brushed past other people in the room — a social distancing faux pas in the age of…

Paul Haeder (2020-05-18). Down and Out in Portland: Retired in Style in Waldport, OR. dissidentvoice.org The irony of this quote from the Dustin Hoffman movie, The Graduate, is not wasted on Duane Snider: — One word: plastics. That was Benjamin Braddock, just graduated from college, sitting in a swimming pool. Giving him advice on gaining the American dream, the neighbor's statement says it all. Today? Hedge funds? Flipping houses? Coronavirus …