(2020-12-15). 'Grossly insufficient': ExxonMobil lambasted over emissions reduction plan that pledges no reduction in absolute emissions. nationofchange.org "Any company that fails to keep pace with what science demands threatens its future while endangering the rest of us with escalating climate impacts and systemic risks to the global economy."
(2020-12-15). World Is "Speeding in the Wrong Direction" on Climate. zcomm.org "The gap between what we need to do and what is actually being done is widening by the minute"
(2020-12-15). The Most Lethal Virus is Not COVID. It is War. counterpunch.org 
In the midst of the greatest health emergency in modern times, with more than 4 million surgical procedures delayed by the National Health Service, Boris Johnson has announced a record increase of £16.5 billion in so-called defence spending — a figure that would restore the under-resourced NHS many times over.
(2020-12-15). 'Buy It or Else': Inside Monsanto and BASF's Moves to Force Dicamba on Farmers. globalresearch.ca Get poisoned or get on board. | That's the choice soybean farmers such as Will Glazik face. The past few summers, farmers near Glazik's central Illinois farm have sprayed so much of the weed killer dicamba at the same time that …
(2020-12-15). Creating More Climate-Proof Health Care Facilities. jamanetwork.com Building more resilient and environmentally sustainable health care systems is essential to ensuring access to care as the world's climate continues to change, according to new guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO).
(2020-12-15). Climate Change Can be Addressed in Coronavirus Relief, Study Says Development Group Urges. indybay.org As countries address their debt crises, policy responses can reduce climate change, asserts a new study. "Linking Debt Relief and Sustainable Development: Lessons from Experience," examines previous debt relief processes to learn how debt and climate responses can work in tandem.
(2020-12-15). Young Champions of the Earth: Indian's burning desire for energy. news.un.org An Indian engineer has been recognized by the United Nations for developing innovative technology which not only produces energy, but which helps to keep the air cleaner and reduce climate change.
(2020-12-14). World Is "Speeding in the Wrong Direction" on Climate Says Greta Thunberg. truthout.org Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who launched the global Fridays for Future youth climate movement, issued a stark warning on the fifth anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement that the world is not doing enough to keep global heating below 2 degrees Celsius — the target set in the landmark 2015 deal. "The gap between what we need to do and what is actually being done is widening by the minute. We are still speeding in the wrong direction," Thunberg said in a video message posted on social me…
(2020-12-14). We can't bank on climate action. mronline.org 
Bank of England forced to deny taking basic climate actions after hoax from laughtervists, the Yes Men.
(2020-12-14). In Australia, like rest of world, the 'gig' economy is killing workers. peoplesworld.org 
SYDNEY—Five young food delivery workers lost their lives in Australia in the space of just two months. No one has been held accountable or is likely to be. Their work is unregulated, underpaid, unsafe, and precarious in a climate where between one and two million unemployed are denied the federal government's JobKeeper wage subsidy program …
(2020-12-14). Resisting Amazon Is Not Futile. popularresistance.org It seems eons ago, the youth-led climate strike of September 20, 2019 that brought four million people onto the streets worldwide. I was on the sidewalk outside Seattle City Hall, watching thousands of school-skippers march by. And then behind the teens came waves of exuberant people, no more than a decade or two older, their homemade signs held aloft: tech workers, including hundreds of Amazon workers who had stepped out of their comfortable cubicles and palatial glass towers to join the global walkout. | They had every right to step lightly. Just a day earlier, the budding Amazon Employees for Climate Justice h…
(2020-12-14). How conservatives have laid waste to America for 50 years. nationofchange.org Conservatism has made 'social' a dirty word. Here are some of the details of fifty years of damage inflicted on America…
(2020-12-14). FAO supports Iranian experts in developing green projects. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 14 (MNA) — FAO provides another training opportunity for Iranian experts to scale up climate investment for the agricultural and rural development sectors.
(2020-12-14). 'Can Anybody Still Deny That We Are Facing a Dramatic Emergency?'. zcomm.org UN Chief at Climate Summit: "If we don't change course, we may be headed for a catastrophic temperature rise of more than 3 degrees this century."
(2020-12-14). Climate Change Can be Addressed in Coronavirus Relief, Study Says. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-12-13). A Roadmap for the Biden-Harris Administration: Redesigning Farm Systems for the Climate Crisis. commondreams.org A just transition for farming must not only consider reforms to farm policy, but also aligned reforms in financial, trade, environmental, and competition policy. | www.flickr.com/photos/suziesfarm/11438035863…