(2020-02-25). JP Morgan economists warn of 'catastrophic outcomes' of human-caused climate crisis. mronline.org 
"Don't want to hear Greta Thunberg or Extinction Rebellion? Try J.P. Morgan instead." |
(2020-02-25). For the climate: protecting the Commons and fixing Democracy. mronline.org 
Climate change, unchecked, promises planetary disaster. All forms of life are threatened. Scientific evidence strongly suggests capitalistforms of production and consumption gave rise to climate change in the first place and have allowed the process to advance. |
(2020-02-25). Stop Funding Climate Chaos! Big Banks Protest in San Anselmo. indybay.org Creek Park, 451 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo, California 94960…
(2020-02-25). Wells Fargo Hit By Climate Protest for Second Consecutive Day. indybay.org Silicon Valley Environmental group holds "visitation" event at Mountain View branch.
(2020-02-25). Protesters in Silicon Valley Tell Wells Fargo "Quit the Dirty Energy Business" indybay.org Demonstrators called on Big Oil's largest lender, Wells Fargo, to halt its financing of fossil fuels and invest instead in clean energy solutions to the climate crisis. They took their protest of Feb 21 to a branch in Mountain View, CA.
(2020-02-25). Demand to Stop Funding Climate Change at Wells Fargo Branch. indybay.org Silicon Valley Climate Action Network occupies San Jose branch…
(2020-02-25). Australian Government Is Burning Our Children's Future. zcomm.org Despite devastating fires, the Australian government is actively opposing any moves to limit climate damage…
(2020-02-25). TheGreenNewCity March & Rally for Housing, Climate Justice and Animals. indybay.org Southwest of Golden Gate Fields, West of Gilman houseless encampment | (Golden Gate Fields horse track, 1100 Eastshore Hwy, Berkeley, CA 94710) | Marching to Berkeley City Hall, 2180 Milvia St, Berkeley, CA 94704…
(2020-02-25). What If Buttigieg Said That He Doesn't Accept the "Fashionable" View That Climate Change is a Problem? counterpunch.org To my knowledge, he hasn't said anything like that, but Buttigieg did say that he doesn't accept the "fashionable" view that current deficits are not a problem. When he made this comment, many progressives denounced him for supporting deficit reducing policies that will slow growth and raise unemployment. Since most plans for deficit reduction also
(2020-02-25). A Green New Deal for South African workers? zcomm.org "Both environmental and economic denialism are dangerous and should not be entertained. We think we can and must tackle climate change and unemployment simultaneously. All it requires is creativity, political will, planning and resources."
(2020-02-25). 'No Indoctrinated Puppet': German 'Anti-Greta Thunberg' Rises Against Climate Alarmism. sputniknews.com A young German YouTuber doesn't like to be compared to Greta Thunberg in any way, saying her vision did not develop in response to the Swedish activist, but more likely in parallel with her, sparked by her disagreement with German authorities' liberal immigration policies.
(2020-02-24). 'Earthquakes in London': Aftershock of an epic play about climate change. peoplesworld.org 
VENICE, Calif.—Rogue Machine's West Coast premiere of award-winning British playwright Mike Bartlett's Earthquakes in London is, according to the company's artistic director and the drama's co-director John Perrin Flynn, "quite simply, the best play I have read about global warming." This three hour-ish, UK-set tour-de-force takes a deep dive into the pressing subject of climate—as …
(2020-02-24). The Dangers of Synthetic Biology: A Biotech Firm Made a Smallpox-like Virus on purpose. Nobody Seems to Care. globalresearch.ca In 2017, the virologist David Evans made headlines when he used synthetic biology to recreate the extinct horsepox virus, which is closely related to the virus that causes smallpox, a disease eradicated in 1980. Evans and his team, ordering the …
(2020-02-24). New Deal for Nature: Paying the Emperor to Fence the Wind. counterpunch.org The latest idea to be heavily promoted by big conservation NGOs is doubling the world's so-called "Protected Areas" (PAs) so that they cover thirty percent of the globe's lands and oceans. This is now their main rallying cry and response to two of the world's biggest problems — climate chaos and loss of biodiversity. It sounds good: It's easy to grasp and has numbers that are supposed to be measurable, and advertisers do love numbers.
(2020-02-24). Climate Justices Means Respecting Indigenous Rights — 350.org Statement Supporting Wet'suwet'en Land Defenders. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-02-24). Environmental Voter Guide. Democratic Candidates 2020. globalresearch.ca The Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund evaluated each candidate on four key environmental issue areas: | saving wildlife, protecting public lands, ensuring environmental justice and ending the climate crisis. | We evaluated every candidate polling above 1% in the latest national …
(2020-02-24). The problem with taking politics out of climate change. greenleft.org.au 
You can understand why, given the paralysis grippi…
(2020-02-24). 'Amazing News': Climate Activists Celebrate Victory After Forcing Company to Abandon Proposed Tar Sands Project. commondreams.org Climate campaigners celebrated a "momentous win" in Canada after Teck Resources on Sunday withdrew its application to build a tar sands mine in Alberta and the CEO admitted that because of "the growing debate" over fossil fuel use amid a climate crisis, "it is now evidence that there is no constructive path forward for the project." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11933186871.jpg …
(2020-02-24). Global Rescue Plan to Stop Mass Extinction 'Hopelessly Weak and Inadequate'. commondreams.org "We need an urgent plan to save humanity and this is not it." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/draft-framework-biodiversity-inadequate.jpg …
(2020-02-23). UN deputy chief see first-hand toll of climate change on Zimbabwe's natural habitat. news.un.org Alongside the human population, Africa's animals are suffering greatly from the effects of climate change, which United Nations Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed saw first-hand on Sunday in Zimbabwe.
(2020-02-21). 'Frida, Stroke of Passion': Kahlo's lives, loves and leftist politics. peoplesworld.org 
LOS ANGELES—If Howard Zinn penned "People's Histories" and Oliver Stone filmed "Untold Histories," Latinx playwright Odalys Nanin's modus operandi is to write (or rewrite?) allegedly biographical plays about famous women revealing their same-sex affairs. I previously saw Nanin's stage exposés purporting that Greta Garbo and Marilyn Monroe had their Sapphic episodes. Some may regard this …
(2020-02-21). Paul Paz y Miño, Saqib Bhatti & Beverly Bell on Environmental Justice & Cross-National Solidarity. fair.org 
There will only be an increasing number of frontline struggles between extractive, climate-disrupting industry and those willing to stand up to it. Corporate media's inadequate attention, and unwillingness to truly call out the moneyed interests causing present and future harms, make them more often part of the problem than the solution.
(2020-02-21). Climate emergency demands system change. greenleft.org.au 
(2020-02-20). "And Then Nothing. Silence" dissidentvoice.org If you were mad enough to judge the state of the world by the daily outpourings of 'mainstream' media, you would have no real understanding of the perilous state of the human race. Or, if you had concerns on seeing the latest news on climate breakdown, you would not be fully informed about the powerful …
(2020-02-20). The climate crisis and the need for peace. greenleft.org.au 
(2020-02-02). What Will it Take to Prevent Climate Collapse? zcomm.org Perhaps we can even begin to realize the dream of a liberated and truly interdependent global community of communities. The future of life on earth may depend on our ability to do just that…
(2020-01-26). Could the Climate Crisis Be "The Good News of Damnation"? zcomm.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
(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, …