(2020-04-13). Indigenous celebrate victory against Dakota Access Pipeline, but remain wary of Judge Boasberg. peoplesworld.org 
On March 25, tribal nations won a notable victory in their long-standing war with the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) when U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg for the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must develop a full environmental review of the much-maligned project. This was a historic triumph for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, which with the support …
(2020-04-13). Wildfire rips through Chernobyl's exclusion zone, raging just TWO MILES from crippled nuclear plant (PHOTO, VIDEO). rt.com 
Ukrainian firefighters are struggling to contain a blaze raging near Pripyat, in the contaminated area heavily hit by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, as a wall of fire creeps dangerously close to its abandoned nuclear power plant. | Due to strong winds on Monday, the flames crossed over a firebreak and reached the Yanov railway station near the town of Pripyat, the agency in charge of exclusion zone said in a statement. Maps show that the station is located just three kilometers (1.9 miles) away from the ill-fated power plant. | The member of the public council at that agency, Yaroslav Emelianenko, described t…
(2020-04-13). Biden Must Become the Climate-Commander-in-Chief. counterpunch.org Now that Bernie Sanders has suspended his run for President Joe Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee. But not so fast. Sanders' voters are going to support Biden when he earns it. Sanders blazed new trails of climate leadership, making it compulsory to have multi-billion dollar plans to decarbonize. He defined the terms of the
(2020-04-13). Apocalypse Now: Stop the Madness. counterpunch.org "April is the cruelest month." —T.S. Eliot, "The Wasteland," 1922 COVID-19 has now violently emerged, alongside the Climate Emergency, as an existential threat. Our health, economic livelihoods, climate stability, democracy—our very survival as a human species—is under attack. If we're going to survive this pandemic, and avoid the pandemics lying in wait, if we're going
(2020-04-13). Coalition slams Newsom administration for approving 24 new fracking permits. indybay.org The issuing of new fracking permits took place less than two months after Consumer Watchdog and the FracTracker Alliance reported that the total number of oil and gas well permits issued in 2019 under the Newsom Administration rivals the number issued during the last year in office of former Governor Jerry Brown.
(2020-04-13). Raging Chernobyl Wildfires Raise Risks of New Radiation Contamination. sputniknews.com Once severely traumatised Chernobyl in Ukraine's Kiev Region is now struggling to battle another disaster – forest fires that have been devouring vast parts of its Exclusion Zone for the past week.
(2020-04-13). Ok, Google, Play Funeral March: NASA Says Two Asteroids Will Intersect Earth's Orbit This Week. sputniknews.com Devastating wildfires in Australia, the coronavirus pandemic, a fire in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, and now asteroids. It seems that humanity has really pissed off nature and the universe.
(2020-04-12). Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Prevails as Federal Judge strikes down DAPL permits. mronline.org 
This validates everything the Tribe has been saying all along about the risk of oil spills to the people of Standing Rock. We will continue to see this through until DAPL has finally been shut down. — Jan Hasselman Attorney, Earthjustice…
(2020-04-12). The Last Stimulus Ignored Climate. Activists Are Determined That Won't Happen in the Next One. commondreams.org A demonstrator holds a placard reading "time is running out" during a global youth climate action strike in Barcelona, on September 27, 2019 at the end of a global climate change week. (Photo by JOSEP LAGO/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/climate_coronavirus.jpg …
(2020-04-11). Neoliberalism, Climate Change and the Future of Architecture. dissidentvoice.org 
Introduction What is the future for architecture in these times of climate change and economic crises? Should sustainability and affordability be a major factor in the design and development of future buildings? What about aesthetics? There are many individual examples of modern buildings today that have positive aesthetic qualities, but can major future problems, like …
(2020-04-04). First U.S. Union-Authorized Climate Strike? zcomm.org If Local 26 is forced to strike again, one thing is clear: It will do so not only as the representative of its own members, but as the champion of everyone who knows they are threatened by climate change…
(2020-04-04). Civil Disobedience in the Time of Climate Crisis. zcomm.org What we—citizens, corporations, courts and government—do about the climate crisis will determine life on earth within the next few decades…
(2020-04-01). [Correspondence] Racism and discrimination in COVID-19 responses. thelancet.com Outbreaks create fear, and fear is a key ingredient for racism and xenophobia to thrive. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has uncovered social and political fractures within communities, with racialised and discriminatory responses to fear, disproportionately affecting marginalised groups.
(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.
(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, …
(2019-07-24). MPP National Director Nick Brana arrested with XR. peoplesparty.org 
with Extinction Rebellion climate activists | MPP National Director Nick Brana arrested with Extinction Rebellion climate activists after supergluing themselves to Congress in mass civil disobedience: | Washington, D.C. — Movement for a People's Party National Director Nick Brana was arrested during a protest to block Congress and demand that they join the countries of the UK and Canada and declare a climate emergency. | Brana and 15 people affiliated with the climate action group Extinction Rebellion (XR) glued themselves to three underground tunnel entrances leading to the Capitol, blocking access…
