2020-11-11: News Headlines

Media Lens (2020-11-11). Robert Fisk: Death of a "Controversial" Journalist. dissidentvoice.org Robert Fisk, the Independent's Middle East correspondent, died on 30 October aged 74. In reviewing his life and career, the newspaper for which he worked for more than two decades wrote of their star reporter: 'Much of what Fisk wrote was controversial…' As John Pilger noted, in describing Fisk's journalism as 'controversial' the Independent was …

David Hastings (2020-11-11). Is Joe Biden ready for the urgency of the climate crisis? nationofchange.org Candidate Joe Biden proposed the most ambitious climate policy of any presidential candidate in history. Can President Biden deliver?>

Ashley Curtin (2020-11-11). TD Bank joins other major financial institutes to commit to ambition climate action plan. nationofchange.org The Group's commitment to a global climate action plan makes them the latest major financial institution along with Morgan Stanley and Barclays.

Mehr News Agency (2020-11-11). Iran, Syria explore avenues for boosting coop in water sector. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (MNA) — Islamic Republic of Iran and Syria explored avenues for implementing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inked between the two countries in the field of water and wastewater.

The Canary (2020-11-10). Redundancies hit record high as hundreds of thousands lose jobs. thecanary.co More people were made redundant between July and September than at any point on record, according to new official statistics. It comes as the pandemic laid waste to large parts of the economy. | Hard times: | Around 314,000 redundancies were registered during the three months according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This figure is up by 181,000 from the quarter before. The data suggests that unemployment in the UK reached 4.8% in the three months to September. It's an increase of 0.7 percentage points on the quarter before, and 0.9 percentage points from a year ago. | Meanwhile, around 33,00…

Peter Boyle (2020-11-10). Berejiklian under pressure over bill that could wipe out koalas. greenleft.org.au The NSW Liberal government is feeling the political heat after thousands of protest emails protesting a bill that could make koalas extinct in the state crashed the parliamentary server, reports Jim McIlroy.

Pip Hinman (2020-11-10). NT Traditional Owners and anti-fracking activists score a win. greenleft.org.au A Darwin court has thrown out criminal charges against anti-fracking activists, reports Kerry Smith.

Kathy Fairfax (2020-11-10). Scientists say net zero by 2050 is inadequate. greenleft.org.au Climate scientists say their predictions about the rate of the global temperature increase have been too conservative. That's why stronger and more decisive action is needed, argues Pip Hinman.

Julia Conley (2020-11-10). Biden urged to be #climatepresident by taking these 10 'game-changing' steps in first 10 days in office. nationofchange.org "Don't let anyone tell you that Biden's hands are tied on climate action without the Senate."

_____ (2020-11-10). Fracking Shatters Illusions Of A Clean British Columbia. popularresistance.org Wind howls in my ears. My fingers are numb. It's midnight and I'm on top of Pink Mountain, near Mile 147 of the Alaska Highway in northeastern British Columbia. As I look out into the night, dozens of gas plants light up the horizon. This is fracking country. | For two weeks, I'm driving the back roads of this sparse corner of the province to gather images of the destruction gas development has wrought here. It involves long periods of boredom punctuated by jaw-dropping moments where I curse aloud to no one in particular.

Staff (2020-11-09). Big Oil loses out on Election Day and other climate crisis wins, explained. therealnews.com Climate, environment, and energy issues were on the ballot as referenda in states nationwide—and corporations suffered losses in unexpected places, including Louisiana and Florida.

Dr. Hisako Sakiyama (2020-11-09). Health Effects of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster. globalresearch.ca Introduction | Hisako Sakiyama has a PhD in Medicine and is a Member of the Takagi School of Alternative Scientists, a Japanese NGO established in 1998 to study the environment, nuclear issues, human rights, and other issues in modern society from …

Monica Piccinini (2020-11-09). The Other Global Health Crisis: Highly Hazardous Pesticides. globalresearch.ca COVID-19 isn't the only global health crisis occurring right now. There is another crisis, propagated by a global industry, that is entirely man made. | The world's five largest agrochemical companies: Bayer, BASF, Sygenta, Corteva and FMC — members of Croplife …

David Opdyke, Lawrence Weschler (2020-11-09). An Epic Mural Prophesies Large-Scale Climate Destruction. thenation.com An Epic Mural Prophesies Large-Scale Climate Destruction…

WSWS (2020-11-09). Australian bushfire report aids government whitewash on climate change and lack of resources. wsws.org First and foremost, the inquiry report holds no one, least of all the government, responsible for the catastrophe.

Sierra Club (2020-11-09). Thursday 11/12: Where We Go From Here: All In For Climate & Equitable Communities w/ Sierra Club. indybay.org Online via livestream…

Editor (2020-11-08). Scientists Confirm the Culprit Behind Earth's Biggest Extinction. scheerpost.com By Tim Radford / Climate News Network German scientists are now sure they can explain the biggest extinction of life on this planet: a catastrophe at the end of the Permian Epoch 252 million years ago. It happened because atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels rose dramatically over thousands of years, turning the seas ever more acidic, to precipitate dangerous changes in oceanic conditions. |

news.un (2020-11-08). Myanmar's farmers battle climate and health uncertainty. news.un.org For farmers in Myanmar, the COVID-19 pandemic is adding to growing unpredictability, in a sector already struggling to cope with the effects of climate change. The UN is working closely with the country's government to help them to adapt and thrive.

commondreams (2020-11-08). Time For A U.S. Climate President. commondreams.org ______________________________…