(2020-01-31). Media on Climate Crisis: Don't Organize, Mourn. fair.org 
While US media have indeed ramped up their coverage of the climate crisis, they continue to give short shrift to what are arguably the most important factors for determining our future: what specific human practices are responsible for the changing climate, why carbon emissions continue to rise, and what we can and should be doing about it.
(2020-01-31). Climate activists from Africa speak out about the marginalisation of African voices. thecanary.co 
Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate and peers from other African nations have made an urgent appeal for the world to pay more attention to the continent that stands to suffer the most from climate breakdown despite contributing to it the least.The Fridays For Future movement and activist Greta Thunberg held a news conference with the activists in Sweden to spotlight the marginalisation of African voices."African activists are doing so much": Nakate — along with Makenna Muigai of Kenya, Ayakha Melithafa of South Africa, and climate scientist Ndoni Mcunu of South Africa — pointed out the challe…
(2020-01-31). Australia Offers a Preview of the World to Come. truthdig.com 
Unless we remove the arsonists in power across the globe, we're headed for a climate catastrophe no less destructive than nuclear war.
(2020-01-31). Blocking trains and removing coal. zcomm.org Climate activists fight to close one of New England's largest power plants…
(2020-01-31). Climate Breakdown 'is Increasing Violence Against Women'. zcomm.org Attempts to tackle crisis fail because gender issues are not addressed, report finds…
(2020-01-31). Earth and Spirit: A Multi-Faith Response to Climate Crisis. indybay.org St. John's Presbyterian Church | 2727 College Avenue | Berkeley, CA 94705…
(2020-01-31). Leap Day Action – Declare Climate Emergency – extravagant spectacle, roving street party. indybay.org GATHER Berkeley BART station plaza at 2 pm ‚Ä®‚Ä®and then rove through downtown Berkeley visiting banks that invest in fossil fuels and other reckless companies contributing to climate catastrophe…
(2020-01-31). SF Treasure Island Radiation Charter School & SFLC & Hanging Nooses. indybay.org WorkWeek looks at the radioactive contamination and cover-up of the dangers of SF Treasure Island. The City of San Francisco now wants to put a charter school on a contaminated closed school called the Treasure Island Elementary School. It also looks at the MLK day picket of the San Francisco Labor Council and the hanging noose incident at SF Recology and the firing of Teamster Daryl Washington.
(2020-01-31). Union motion: Support real action on the climate. greenleft.org.au 
It also seeks to build support for the February 22 national day of action…
(2020-01-31). Building a climate movement that can win. greenleft.org.au 
I am one of the initiators of a broad-based clim…
(2020-01-31). Answering the Coalition's climate trickery. greenleft.org.au 
Claim 1: "We will be…
(2020-01-30). Most Schools Stifle Indigenous Youth. Standing Rock Offered a Different Vision. truthout.org "The camps at Standing Rock produced an environment substantially and holistically more supportive for Native youth," writes activist Sarah Sunshine Manning. In this excerpt from her essay, which is a part of the collection Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement, the actualization of self and community that sprang from the Oceti Sakowin camps speaks to how Western education fails to meet the needs of Indigenous youth. | In early August 2016, tribal nations throughout N…
(2020-01-30). Siding With Monsanto, Trump EPA Once Again Greenlights Roundup. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-01-30). What Does It Mean to Be a Climate Refugee? thenation.com What Does It Mean to Be a Climate Refugee?
(2020-01-30). Critics: Trump EPA's Formal Assertion Glyphosate Poses No Risk to Human Health Indication of 'Troubling Allegiance' With Bayer/Monsanto. commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/labels-roundup_0.jpg …
(2020-01-29). Long shaped by fire, Australia enters a perilous new era. mronline.org 
Australia has always been a dry continent where fire has played an important ecological role. But the latest massive conflagrations there are evidence that a hotter climate has thrust Australia into a new normal where fires will keep burning on an unprecedented scale. |
(2020-01-29). India: Climate emergency message resonates at world's largest literature festival — UN News special report from Jaipur. news.un.org Against the backdrop of India's famed "pink city" of Jaipur, the world's largest literature festival hosted the UN's top representative in the country on Monday, who told audience members attending a special session on the climate emergency, that the Organization is working flat out to slow the pace of damaging climate change.
(2020-01-29). Could the Climate Crisis Be "The Good News of Damnation"? dissidentvoice.org 
On August 12, 1945, six days after the U.S. government obliterated the city of Hiroshima with a single atomic bomb, Robert Hutchins, the president of the University of Chicago, delivered a remarkable public address. Speaking on his weekly radio program, the Chicago Roundtable, Hutchins observed that Leon Bloy, a French philosopher, had referred to "the …
(2020-01-28). 'Trojan Horse': New nanoparticle can prevent heart attacks by 'eating' artery blockages FROM THE INSIDE. rt.com 
US scientists have developed a "Trojan Horse" nanoparticle that eats away at the fatty deposits which cause heart attacks and strokes from the inside out. | These fatty deposits, or plaques, are made up of cholesterol, fatty substances, cellular waste and other material. | The new nanoparticles are designed to selectively target a particular immune cell type and then deliver a drug payload which causes the cells to engulf and consume this accumulated material on blood vessel walls, thus removing the diseased or dead cells at the core of the plaque. | In other words, they cause the plaques to eat themselves fro…
(2020-01-28). FROM THE FIELD: Sourcing clean water in Ghana. news.un.org Communities in northern Ghana are benefiting from the rehabilitation of water sources which is expected to boost livelihoods and build resilience against climate change, thanks to a project supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
(2020-01-28). Dystopia in the land of Oz: A climate change story. greenleft.org.au 
(2019-12-10). The Case for a Green New Deal. zcomm.org Interview on the case for a Green New Deal that tackles the causes and impacts of climate change while confronting racial and economic inequality…
(2019-11-07). Take Action — Some actual, SANE legislation. peaceaction.org Trump has plans to spend nearly $2 TRILLION over the next 30 years on unneeded and unnecessary nuclear weapons and delivery systems. This makes no sense. This is insane. That's nearly $100 million wasted every day for thirty years on weapons we are supposed to be getting rid of. To put that amount in perspective, …
