(2020-10-16). Greta Thunberg mocks US Supreme Court nominee as eco-activists paint judge's refusal to OPINE on climate change as DISQUALIFYING. rt.com 
Child enviro-prodigy Greta Thunberg is ripping US Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett for declining to give her opinions about the cause of climate change, likening the judge's restraint to lacking a view on gravity. | "To be fair, I don't have any views on climate change, either," Thunberg said on Thursday on Twitter, mocking Barrett's answers in her Senate confirmation hearing. "Just like I don't have any views on gravity, the fact that the earth is round, photosynthesis nor evolution. But understanding and knowing their existence really makes life in the 21st century so much easier." | To be fair, I don…
(2020-10-16). Deeply Troubling: Kristen Clarke on How Rush to Confirm Barrett Endangers Voting & Civil Rights. democracynow.org 
The Senate confirmation hearing for President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett ended Thursday with Republicans on the Judiciary Committee scheduling a vote on her nomination for October 22, with a full Senate vote to follow shortly thereafter — less than two weeks before the presidential election, in which the Supreme Court could play a decisive role. The right-wing judge's confirmation looks all but assured, after four rushed days of questioning in which Barrett refused to state her position on abortion rights, gay marriage, the Affordable Care Act, voting rights, climate change, and even if…
(2020-10-16). How Trust in a Covid Vaccine Eroded. counterpunch.org 
The Trump regime has managed to scare most Americans off taking a covid vaccine, by convincing them it politicized the science to rush it to market. People have concluded it may not be safe. So much for Operation Warp Speed. It turned into Operation Warp Distrust. So what if it provides 300 million vaccine doses by early 2021 — if few people take it, that's a waste of time and effort.
(2020-10-16). People's World Oct. 25 Voter Town Hall: 'The People Have the Power'. peoplesworld.org 
Join us Sunday, Oct. 25, for a People's World event: The People Have the Power: A Voter Town Hall We're now in the home stretch, the last big push before the election, but we can't let up for a minute. Issues like COVID-19, the Heroes Act, aid for the unemployed climate change, the fight for …
(2020-10-16). During apocalyptic fires, elected officials called on Newsom to declare state of emergency. indybay.org Climate change created drought conditions and tinder box forests yet California remains a top oil producer adding to greenhouse gas emissions.
(2020-10-15). Greta Thunberg Rebukes Amy Coney Barrett Over Her Anti-Science 'Views on Climate Change'. commondreams.org "To be fair, I don't have any 'views on climate change' either. Just like I don't have any 'views' on gravity." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/acb_2.jpg …
(2020-10-15). Amy Coney Barrett Won't Say Climate Change Is Real; Forgets 1st Amendment Protects Right to Protest. democracynow.org 
We air highlights from the second day of questioning of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, who faced eight hours of questions on Wednesday about her views on issues ranging from climate change to voting rights to gay marriage and abortion, as Republicans race to confirm her ahead of the election and secure a 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court for conservatives.
(2020-10-15). Amy Coney Barrett: You can't be pro-life if you deny burning Fossil Fuels causes Climate Emergency. zcomm.org Denialism is Mass Murder…
(2020-10-15). Journalists Must Demystify The Green New Deal. commondreams.org Climate Activists Protest Against Senate Leader Chuck Schumer Demanding He Sign On To Green New Deal. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-10-15_at_10.02.29_am.png …
(2020-10-15). Lighting up the Elite's Solutions will Still Smell of Sulphur. dissidentvoice.org 
I also know that one must do what one can do. No matter how little it is, it is nonetheless a human testimony and human testimonies, as long as they are not based on greed or personal ambition for power, can have unexpected positive effects….I believe in local action and in small dimensions. It is …
(2020-10-15). Amy Coney Barrett Says Climate Change Is a "Very Contentious Matter" truthout.org We air highlights from the second day of questioning of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, who faced eight hours of questions on Wednesday about her views on issues ranging from climate change to voting rights to gay marriage and abortion, as Republicans race to confirm her ahead of the election and secure a 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court for conservatives. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. | AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! I'
(2020-10-15). Biden's Treasury Could Fight Climate Change, But Would Lael Brainard's? cepr.net Common Dreams See article on original site If Joe Biden wins in November, he will have no time to spare to shift our trajectory away from climate disaster. He will need to move quickly to install forward thinking, dynamic, and aggressive advocates for climate action, especially in his Treasury Department. What does the Treasury department …
(2020-10-15). The Breakage Machine Meets the Climate Crisis. progressive.org Trump's response to this existential planetary threat has been uniquely destructive.
(2020-10-15). Barrett's views on climate crisis worry and appalls environmentalists as her confirmation hearings continue. nationofchange.org "If you're neutral on climate change, you're complicit in the collapse of the planetary ecosystem upon which the survival of every living thing depends."
(2020-10-15). Fraction of money earmarked for COVID-19 recovery could boost climate efforts. imperial.ac.uk Global stimulus plans for economic recovery after the pandemic could easily cover climate-friendly policies, suggests new study.
(2020-10-15). Biden's Treasury Could Fight Climate Change, But Would Lael Brainard's? commondreams.org The Treasury Secretary has untapped capacity to push Wall Street to take the risks of the climate crisis seriously. (Photo: Kiyo/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/treasury.jpg …
(2020-10-15). Democrats Should Stop Worrying About Debating Climate Change. thenation.com Democrats Should Stop Worrying About Debating Climate Change…
(2020-10-14). Biodiversity is an Asset Worth Bending Over Backwards to Protect. counterpunch.org 
Last month, hundreds of thousands of birds dropped dead out of the skies of New Mexico, in a scene reminiscent of a Hollywood disaster movie. The world is facing an extinction crisis, a biodiversity collapse. Events such as this are likely to become more common. The rapid loss of plants and animals across the globe
(2020-10-14). This is what the sixth mass extinction looks like. And here's why you should care. therealnews.com 
Unhealthy ecosystems jeopardize our ability to meet our most basic needs: Water, food, medicine, clean air. There is no one on the planet this doesn't impact. And loss of biodiversity hurts the poorest the most.
(2020-10-14). 'No Time to Lose': New Study Shows 50% Coral Decline on Great Barrier Reef. commondreams.org "We expect this decline to continue," predicted one of the study's authors, who said that unless urgent climate action is taken, "the reef will be unrecognizable." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/turtle_and_bleached_coral_gbr_0.jpg …
(2020-10-14). Planet Earth, Says NOAA, Just Had Its Hottest September on Record. commondreams.org "We've broken the climate system. We are in a climate emergency." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/global_heating.jpg …
(2020-10-14). Extinction Rebellion demands governments 'get out of bed with fossil fuels'. greenleft.org.au  …
(2020-10-14). Extinction Rebellion tells naked truth at NSW Independent Planning Commission. greenleft.org.au  …
(2020-10-13). One Of The Best Climate Solutions Is Giving Indigenous People Their Land Back. popularresistance.org The work of our time is both slow and fast, rapidly transforming human society in the short and long term simultaneously. That can't happen without re-examining our relationships with each other and with every other living thing on the planet. | An honest one-sentence summary of the past 500 years is brutal reading: Tens of millions of Indigenous people around the world have been killed and forcibly removed from their lands in order to make rich and powerful white men even more rich and powerful. It's still happening today.
(2020-10-13). Native Americans Tear Gassed, Arrested On Indigenous Peoples' Day. popularresistance.org Twelve people, including at least eight Native Americans, were arrested near an immigration checkpoint in Southern Arizona on Indigenous Peoples' Day after United States Border Patrol agents and Arizona law enforcement officials violently repressed a peaceful action held Monday morning by roughly 30 land and water protectors. | The O'odham Anti Border Collective—a group of Akimel O'odham, Tohono O'odham, and Hia Ced O'odham tribal members that seeks to promote the cultural practices and protect the homelands of all O'odham nations "through the dismantling of colonial borders"…
(2020-10-13). FROM THE FIELD: Cultivating a response to disasters in Malawi. news.un.org Farmers in Malawi who are struggling with the dual threats of climate change and an economic crisis worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, are learning how to more accurately predict the weather and prepare for the eventuality of natural disasters, thanks to a project supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
(2020-10-13). Climate Litigation Spreads Across The United States. popularresistance.org With hurricanes in the Gulf South and wildfires in the West, the intensifying impacts of climate change have been inescapable as summer turns to fall. Summer 2020 also brought a wave of new climate lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry, including several firsts: the first suit in the South (Charleston, South Carolina); the first suits to name the American Petroleum Institute—the main US oil and gas industry lobby group—as a defendant (Minnesota, Delaware, and Hoboken, New Jersey); the first cases seeking disgorgement of corporate profits gained through illegal acts (Minnesota and Connecticut).
(2020-10-13). Extinction Rebellion protesters defeat charges. greenleft.org.au colombiareports.com/feed/…