Daily Archives: April 21, 2020

2020-04-21: News Headlines

teleSUR (2020-04-21). Global Climate Fight Continues Despite Isolation. telesurenglish.net Fridays For Future (FFF) members announced demonstrations and other activities next Friday, April 24. The ecological international movement will perform protests through social media to remain active and respect COVID-19 preventive measures. | RELATED: | FFF representatives explained that international attention is on COVID development and all preventive strategies. However, as movement leaders pointed out, the environmental…

Jimmy Tobias (2020-04-21). The Extinction Crisis Devastating San Francisco Bay. thenation.com The Extinction Crisis Devastating San Francisco Bay…

Staff (2020-04-21). Summer Heat Will Worsen the Pandemic for Poor Communities. truthout.org This story is published as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. | Over 100 members of Congress have signed a letter urging leaders in both major parties to institute a utility shutoff moratorium as a safety measure during the pandemic. The letter, which came days after

Brett Jordan (2020-04-21). Freedom of Speech: The Next Casualty of COVID-19? globalresearch.ca The question of free speech in our current COVID climate is something that begs revisiting, particularly since there have been enough recent incidents on the global stage that have appeared to diminish the potency of that freedom. | I believe most …

Seattle Arts & Lectures (2020-04-21). Earth Day: Climate Conversation w/ Elizabeth Colbert, Pulitzer Prize Author & Journalist. indybay.org Online…

Adam Frank (2020-04-21). The pandemic is a fire drill for our planet's future. zcomm.org Climate change will mean one emergency after another, year after year, as heat waves, floods, fire and storms blow cascades of failures through our systems…

Zahir Ebrahim | Project Humanbeingsfirst (2020-04-21). The Useful Idiot's Guide To Pandemic 2020. indybay.org This latest compendium of essays on medical and climate pretexts for constructing world order: The Useful Idiot's Guide to Pandemic 2020, is my last. Vaccines for coronavirus Covid-19 plaguing mankind at this moment, when most nations on earth have some level of lockdown with stay at home orders, shall soon become the medical establishment's next big sales pitch. The fear-mongering coupled to the deadly man-made contagion would have been a most successful marketing exercise in history in global demand creation for vaccines. | Vaccination will not be voluntary either, but mandatory, and sanctioned by law. You make…

Pacific Environment & Climate Works Found. (2020-04-21). Earth Day: How to Get Ships Off Fossil Fuels (webinar). indybay.org Online via Zoom…

Dan Bacher (2020-04-21). As Oil Prices Plunge, Fracking and Oil Drilling Expands Under Gov. Newsom. indybay.org "It just doesn't make any sense to approve fracking permits in the state of California now," said Liza Tucker, consumer advocate for Consumer Watchdog. "It's clear that it's time to sunset fossil fuels and effect a just transition to a new energy economy. We should end fracking right now and phase out oil and gas production in the state in a rational, managed way. We should not be issuing new permits for oil and gas drilling."

One Earth Film Festival (2020-04-21). Earth Week Film: 'Wasted! The Story of Food Waste' Virtual Screening + Discussion (free). indybay.org Online streaming…

RT (2020-04-20). Will US troops stop guarding Syrian oil fields? Negative oil prices provide that extra bit of coronavirus surrealism. rt.com US benchmark oil futures plummeted to negative numbers on Monday, as if the coronavirus epidemic hadn't already pushed the world into the Twilight Zone. Social media took time to appreciate the icing on a very surreal cake. | Futures contracts for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) — the US oil benchmark fuel — plunged over 100 percent on Monday to a record-breaking -$37.63, the first time going negative in history and a bizarre event by any measure. Even if it hadn't happened in the midst of a pandemic that has laid waste to the US and many other countries' economies, it would be a shock. | Also on rt.co…

Mark Hertsgaard, Kyle Pope (2020-04-20). The Coronavirus Has Lessons for Journalists Covering the Climate Crisis. thenation.com The Coronavirus Has Lessons for Journalists Covering the Climate Crisis…

Jane Fleming Kleeb (2020-04-20). Organizing on the Coasts Won't Save the Planet. thenation.com Organizing on the Coasts Won't Save the Planet…

The Canary (2020-04-19). David Attenborough issues a vital plea to 'cherish' our 'precious world'. thecanary.co David Attenborough has urged people to "stop waste of any kind", saying the world is precious and should be "celebrated and cherished".The broadcaster and naturalist warned humans have a "last chance" to change their behaviour and save the planet, as he urged politicians to address "the biggest problem humanity has ever faced".In an interview on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Attenborough said it will be the younger generation who will have to make changes because "they will be able to see the consequences of what they do". | He added: "My lot are dying off and we are the ones that caused the problem."He suggested p…

Colin Todhunter (2020-04-19). Orwellian Lockstep and a Loaded Syringe. dissidentvoice.org Some years ago, the then vice-president of Monsanto Robert T Fraley asked, "Why do people doubt science". He posed the question partly because he had difficulty in believing that some people had valid concerns about the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture. Critics were questioning the science behind GM technology and the impacts …

Kuehn BM. (2020-04-14). Legionnaires Disease Death Linked to Home Water Contamination. jamanetwork.com An immunocompromised Wisconsin man in his 70s died from an infection with a strain of Legionella bacteria traced to water supplies in his home, according to a CDC report.

Jeremy Brecher (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…

H. Patricia Hynes (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…

CounterSpin (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.

Jon Rainwater (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, …

Suzanne O'Keeffe (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…

yenisafak (2020-04-21). Earth Day is more important than ever: UN Environment. yenisafak.com Just around the corner, the Earth Day this year is foremost as the world is struggling with the pandemic reminding "the vulnerability of humans and the planet," the UN Environment Programme said on Tuesday."While the coronavirus (COVID-19) has been spreading around the world and dominating news headlines, thoughts and attention, the need to take climate action has remained as urgent as ever," the UN body said in a statement.Earth Hour 2020 is "more important than ever," it said, citing its Emission Gap Report 2019 that shows CO2 emissions need to fall by 7.6% and continue to fall at the same rate each year to lim…

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-04-20). As Oil Prices Fall Below $0 Per Barrel, Climate Advocates Urge Against Fossil Fuel Industry Bailout. commondreams.org Despite President Donald Trump's efforts to prop up oil prices in recent weeks, economists were stunned Monday to see the price of U.S. crude oil collapse to below zero for the first time on record—falling to negative-$37 and forcing oil producers to pay buyers to take the product off their hands. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1164977641_1.jpg

2020-04-21: Social Media Postees

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Global Climate Fight Continues Despite Isolation
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-21
Fridays For Future (FFF) members announced demonstrations and other activities next Friday, April 24. The ecological international movement will perform protests through social media to remain active and respect COVID-19 preventive measures. | RELATED: | Trump to Suspend Immigration to the U.S. Due to COVID-19 | FFF representatives explained that international attention is on COVID development and all preventive strategies. However, as movement leaders pointed out, the environmental…
telesurenglish.net/news/global-climate-fight-continues-from-isolation-20200421-0009.html

The Extinction Crisis Devastating San Francisco Bay
Jimmy Tobias | thenation.com | 2020-04-21
The Extinction Crisis Devastating San Francisco Bay…
thenation.com/article/environment/extinction-san-francisco-bay/

The Useful Idiot's Guide To Pandemic 2020
Zahir Ebrahim | Project Humanbeingsfirst | indybay.org | 2020-04-21
This latest compendium of essays on medical and climate pretexts for constructing world order: The Useful Idiot's Guide to Pandemic 2020, is my last. Vaccines for coronavirus Covid-19 plaguing mankind at this moment, when most nations on earth have some level of lockdown with stay at home orders, shall soon become the medical establishment's next big sales pitch. The fear-mongering coupled to the deadly man-made contagion would have been a most successful marketing exercise in history in global demand creation for vaccines. | Vaccination will not be voluntary either, but mandatory, and sanctioned by law. You make…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/21/18832545.php

Earth Day: How to Get Ships Off Fossil Fuels (webinar)
Pacific Environment & Climate Works Found. | indybay.org | 2020-04-21
Online via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/19/18832492.php

Earth Day: How to Get Ships Off Fossil Fuels (webinar)
Pacific Environment & Climate Works Found. | indybay.org | 2020-04-21
Online via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/19/18832492.php

Freedom of Speech: The Next Casualty of COVID-19?
Brett Jordan | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
The question of free speech in our current COVID climate is something that begs revisiting, particularly since there have been enough recent incidents on the global stage that have appeared to diminish the potency of that freedom. | I believe most …
globalresearch.ca/freedom-speech-next-casualty-covid-19/5710316

Earth Day: Climate Conversation w/ Elizabeth Colbert, Pulitzer Prize Author & Journalist
Seattle Arts & Lectures | indybay.org | 2020-04-21
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/18/18832470.php

The pandemic is a fire drill for our planet's future
Adam Frank | zcomm.org | 2020-04-21
Climate change will mean one emergency after another, year after year, as heat waves, floods, fire and storms blow cascades of failures through our systems…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-pandemic-is-a-fire-drill-for-our-planets-future/

Summer Heat Will Worsen the Pandemic for Poor Communities
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-21
This story is published as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. | Over 100 members of Congress have signed a letter urging leaders in both major parties to institute a utility shutoff moratorium as a safety measure during the pandemic. The letter, which came days after 800 environmental and energy justice groups called on Congress to act on energy justice, emphasized the outs…
truthout.org/articles/summer-heat-will-worsen-the-pandemic-for-poor-communities/

As Oil Prices Plunge, Fracking and Oil Drilling Expands Under Gov. Newsom
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2020-04-21
"It just doesn't make any sense to approve fracking permits in the state of California now," said Liza Tucker, consumer advocate for Consumer Watchdog. "It's clear that it's time to sunset fossil fuels and effect a just transition to a new energy economy. We should end fracking right now and phase out oil and gas production in the state in a rational, managed way. We should not be issuing new permits for oil and gas drilling."
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/20/18832539.php

Earth Week Film: 'Wasted! The Story of Food Waste' Virtual Screening + Discussion (free)
One Earth Film Festival | indybay.org | 2020-04-21
Online streaming…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/18/18832473.php

Organizing on the Coasts Won't Save the Planet
Jane Fleming Kleeb | thenation.com | 2020-04-20
Organizing on the Coasts Won't Save the Planet…
thenation.com/article/environment/rural-organizing-climate-kxl/

The Coronavirus Has Lessons for Journalists Covering the Climate Crisis
Mark Hertsgaard, Kyle Pope | thenation.com | 2020-04-20
The Coronavirus Has Lessons for Journalists Covering the Climate Crisis…
thenation.com/article/environment/coronavirus-climate-crisis-journalism/

Will US troops stop guarding Syrian oil fields? Negative oil prices provide that extra bit of coronavirus surrealism
rt.com | 2020-04-20
US benchmark oil futures plummeted to negative numbers on Monday, as if the coronavirus epidemic hadn't already pushed the world into the Twilight Zone. Social media took time to appreciate the icing on a very surreal cake. | Futures contracts for West Texas Intermediate (WTI)

Will US troops stop guarding Syrian oil fields? Negative oil prices provide that extra bit of coronavirus surrealism
rt.com | 2020-04-20
US benchmark oil futures plummeted to negative numbers on Monday, as if the coronavirus epidemic hadn't already pushed the world into the Twilight Zone. Social media took time to appreciate the icing on a very surreal cake. | Futures contracts for West Texas Intermediate (WTI)

Orwellian Lockstep and a Loaded Syringe
Colin Todhunter | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-19
Some years ago, the then vice-president of Monsanto Robert T Fraley asked, "Why do people doubt science". He posed the question partly because he had difficulty in believing that some people had valid concerns about the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture. Critics were questioning the science behind GM technology and the impacts …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/orwellian-lockstep-and-a-loaded-syringe/

David Attenborough issues a vital plea to 'cherish' our 'precious world'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-19
David Attenborough has urged people to "stop waste of any kind", saying the world is precious and should be "celebrated and cherished".The broadcaster and naturalist warned humans have a "last chance" to change their behaviour and save the planet, as he urged politicians to address "the biggest problem humanity has ever faced".In an interview on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Attenborough said it will be the younger generation who will have to make changes because "they will be able to see the consequences of what they do". | He added: "My lot are dying off and we are the ones that caused the problem."He suggested p…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/04/19/david-attenborough-issues-a-vital-plea-to-cherish-our-precious-world/

Legionnaires Disease Death Linked to Home Water Contamination
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-14
An immunocompromised Wisconsin man in his 70s died from an infection with a strain of Legionella bacteria traced to water supplies in his home, according to a CDC report.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764467

Civil Disobedience in the Time of Climate Crisis
H. Patricia Hynes | zcomm.org | 2020-04-04
What we–citizens, corporations, courts and government–do about the climate crisis will determine life on earth within the next few decades…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/civil-disobedience-in-the-time-of-climate-crisis/

First U.S. Union-Authorized Climate Strike?
Jeremy Brecher | zcomm.org | 2020-04-04
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…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/first-u-s-union-authorized-climate-strike/

Earth Day is more important than ever: UN Environment
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-21
Just around the corner, the Earth Day this year is foremost as the world is struggling with the pandemic reminding "the vulnerability of humans and the planet," the UN Environment Programme said on Tuesday."While the coronavirus (COVID-19) has been spreading around the world and dominating news headlines, thoughts and attention, the need to take climate action has remained as urgent as ever," the UN body said in a statement.Earth Hour 2020 is "more important than ever," it said, citing its Emission Gap Report 2019 that shows CO2 emissions need to fall by 7.6% and continue to fall at the same rate each year to lim…
yenisafak.com/en/news/earth-day-is-more-important-than-ever-un-environment-3517536

As Oil Prices Fall Below $0 Per Barrel, Climate Advocates Urge Against Fossil Fuel Industry Bailout
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-20
Despite President Donald Trump's efforts to prop up oil prices in recent weeks, economists were stunned Monday to see the price of U.S. crude oil collapse to below zero for the first time on record—falling to negative-$37 and forcing oil producers to pay buyers to take the product off their hands. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1164977641_1.jpg
commondreams.org/news/2020/04/20/oil-prices-fall-below-0-barrel-climate-advocates-urge-against-fossil-fuel-industry?cd-origin=rss