(2020-05-19). Covid-19: Breaking the lockdown, defeating the coup, averting extinction. nationofchange.org Humanity has reached the most critical point in its history. Using COVID-19 as 'cover', the global elite is conducting a coup to take vastly greater control of our lives.
(2020-05-19). Shareholders Urge JPMorgan Chase to Reduce Climate Impacts of Financing. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(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…
(2020-05-18). Emerging From the Pandemic With a Climate Plan. commondreams.org Greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars and air travel add up to more than 15% of net US national emissions. We could put a significant dent in passenger transport emissions if many white collar employees continue to work from home all or part of the time and if businesses replace a large part of air travel with video conferences. (Photo: Danielle Scott/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/cars-traffic.jpg …
(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.
(2020-05-19). 'Shell Must Fall,' Climate Activists Declare at Oil Giant's Headquarters During Shareholders Meeting. commondreams.org Donning face masks and abiding by social distancing guidelines because of the coronavirus pandemic, climate activists gathered at Royal Dutch Shell's headquarters in The Hague Tuesday during the oil giant's annual shareholders meeting to declare that "Shell must fall." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/shell-must-fall.jpg …
(2020-05-18). Climate Campaigners Applaud Biden on Vow to Pull Plug on Keystone XL Permit. commondreams.org "We'll need just this kind of climate ambition to make way for a livable planet in the next four years." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/biden_climate_0.jpg …
(2020-05-18). Citizens' Climate Lobby: Virtual Climate Conference 2020 (Day 2). indybay.org Online/virtual conference…
(2020-05-18). Citizens' Climate Lobby: Virtual Climate Conference 2020 (Day 1). indybay.org Online/virtual conference…
(2020-05-19). 'No time to waste': Trump gives WHO 30 days to make 'major improvements' before US PERMANENTLY freezes funding. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump has threatened to halt American funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) for good, giving the agency 30 days to clean up its act while insisting it mishandled the Covid-19 pandemic. | This is the letter sent to Dr. Tedros of the World Health Organization. It is self-explanatory! In a scathing letter addressed to WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom on Monday night…
(2020-05-19). 'You first then': Prince Charles' plea to Brits to 'Pick for Britain' during Covid-19 crisis provokes anger. rt.com 
Britain's Prince Charles' appeal to citizens to join a movement — similar to the 'Land Army' of World War II — and descend on farmlands up and down the nation to help harvest produce during the pandemic has prompted resentment. | Clarence House in London, Charles' official residence, tweeted out a 'Pick for Britain' campaign video fronted by the Prince of Wales on Tuesday. The royal called on Britons to make "a vital contribution to the national effort" by taking on the arduous work this summer to avoid the scenario of crops rotting in fields and going to waste. | The UK's agricultural industry is…
(2020-05-19). Nature unloads on Cancun, Mexico with waterspout, solar halo, lightning, wind & hail (VIDEOS). rt.com 
Residents in Cancun, Mexico were stunned when a massive waterspout appeared just 500 meters offshore of the area's normally picturesque beaches. It wasn't the only unusual natural phenomenon to hit the area, however. | Terrified locals watched the waterspout descend on their peaceful coastal village at approximately 15: 45 local time following a bout of ferocious winds and lashing rain which hit the north of Quintana Roo state on Monday. Eyewitness video captured the stomach-churning sight, as residents faced the tough choice of whether to run or hide. | Global warming is getting real. Tornado cuerpo de agua…
(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…
(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 …