Daily Archives: April 27, 2020

2020-04-27: News Headlines

Dr. Andrew Glikson (2020-04-27). Climate Change: The Fatal Road to 4 Degrees Celsius. globalresearch.ca Global CO‚ÇÇ rise and warming rates have reached a large factor to an order of magnitude higher than those of the past geological and mass extinction events, with major implications for the shift in climate zones and the nature and …

Ecology Center in Berkeley (2020-04-27). How to use Social Media to Drive Environmental Change: Climate Change. indybay.org Online via Livestream…

Climate One (2020-04-27). Empowering Women: The Climate Solution We Don't Talk About (Climate One). indybay.org Online…

RT (2020-04-26). 'I never said it was a hoax!' Trump unloads on media in fiery rant, says coronavirus briefings 'not worth the time and effort'. rt.com US President Donald Trump fired off a scathing broadside at the mainstream media, accusing them of peddling the false claim that he called the coronavirus a hoax, and suggesting the Covid-19 briefings are a waste of time. | "What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth or facts accurately," the president tweeted on Saturday evening. | What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth or facts accu…

Staff (2020-04-26). Don't Bail Out Oil and Gas — Use the Money for Environmental Cleanup Instead. truthout.org This story is published as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. | Despite the evidence that the fossil fuel industry in the U.S. is

Robert Reich (2020-04-25). The Solutions to the Climate Crisis No One is Talking About. commondreams.org "We deserve a world without fossil fuels," writes Reich. "A world in which workers and communities thrive and our shared climate comes before industry profits." (Image: Inequality Media) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/climate_crisis_solutions_reich.jpg

Bill Willers (2020-04-25). The Boston Marathon Bombing as Trial Run for a Global Lockdown. dissidentvoice.org You never want to let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that, it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before. — Rahm Emanuel Not long ago I was sent the link to Sheila Casey's expose' of the Boston Marathon Bombing as a staged event. I had …

The Canary (2020-04-24). World Penguin Day: penguins are helping to map Antarctic regions in greatest need of protection. thecanary.co In a rapidly changing climate, penguins have helped scientists map areas of the Antarctic in greatest need of protection from the threat of over-exploitation. A cohort of scientists compiled tracking data from five different species of penguin, and 12 other marine predators, to find the regions most densely populated with prey.To mark World Penguin Day on Saturday 25 April, the scientists involved are highlighting their role in the new research and its importance to conservation efforts. Tracking data from adelie, emperor, king, royal and macaroni penguin species was used, as well as data from two species of petr…

Annie Leonard (2020-04-23). Want to Slow the Climate Crisis? Don't Use Single-Use Plastics. thenation.com Want to Slow the Climate Crisis? Don't Use Single-Use Plastics.

Staff (2020-04-22). Greta Thunberg: Climate Activists Have Not Lost Hope Amid Pandemic. We're Changing How We Organize. democracynow.org Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke in an Earth Day live stream hosted by the Nobel Prize Museum about how the Fridays for Future school strikes movement she launched is responding to the coronavirus pandemic. "Within the Fridays for Future movement, there's still this sort of big sense of resistance, and people are thinking, 'We will get out of this. And when we do, we will continue, and we will do everything we can that is possible in that situation to continue to push even harder,'" says Thunberg. "I feel like many people have not lost their sense of hope. We have just changed the way we do things. W…

Staff (2020-04-22). Chileans Who Took to Streets Against Inequality & Climate Crisis Say Virus Lockdowns Won't Stop Them. democracynow.org Months ago, the streets of Santiago and other Chilean cities were alive with a vibrant mass protest movement that drew hundreds of thousands and even led the U.N. climate summit to be relocated to Madrid, Spain, last December. Now the public spaces of Santiago are largely empty as citizens shelter in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. But the protest movement against austerity and right-wing President Sebastián Piñera lives on as activists find new ways to organize online. We go to Santiago, Chile, to speak with Angela Valenzuela, a 350.org organizer who has been active both in the country's uprising and in…

news.un (2020-04-22). Fall in COVID-linked carbon emissions won't halt climate change – UN weather agency chief. news.un.org An expected drop in greenhouse gas emissions linked to the global economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is only "short-term good news", the head of the UN weather agency said on Wednesday.

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…

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…

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…

2020-04-27: Social Media Postees

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Climate Change: The Fatal Road to 4 Degrees Celsius
Dr. Andrew Glikson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
Global CO‚ÇÇ rise and warming rates have reached a large factor to an order of magnitude higher than those of the past geological and mass extinction events, with major implications for the shift in climate zones and the nature and …
globalresearch.ca/fatal-road-4-degrees-celsius/5710896

How to use Social Media to Drive Environmental Change: Climate Change
Ecology Center in Berkeley | indybay.org | 2020-04-27
Online via Livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/24/18832609.php

Empowering Women: The Climate Solution We Don't Talk About (Climate One)
Climate One | indybay.org | 2020-04-27
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/24/18832614.php

'I never said it was a hoax!' Trump unloads on media in fiery rant, says coronavirus briefings 'not worth the time and effort'
rt.com | 2020-04-26
US President Donald Trump fired off a scathing broadside at the mainstream media, accusing them of peddling the false claim that he called the coronavirus a hoax, and suggesting the Covid-19 briefings are a waste of time. | "What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth or facts accurately," the president tweeted on Saturday evening. | What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth or facts accu…
rt.com/usa/486904-trump-hoax-coronaviurus-briefing/

New Poll Shows Nearly 90 Percent of Democratic Voters Support Medicare for All
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-26
A new poll showing nearly 90 percent approval among Democratic voters for Medicare for All has stirred fresh calls for Joe Biden, the party's presumptive nominee, to end his outdated opposition to the healthcare solution that would cover all Americans at less overall cost than the current, more wasteful for-profit system. | Arriving amid the coronavir…
truthout.org/articles/new-poll-shows-nearly-90-percent-of-democrat-voters-support-medicare-for-all/

The Solutions to the Climate Crisis No One is Talking About
Robert Reich | commondreams.org | 2020-04-25
"We deserve a world without fossil fuels," writes Reich. "A world in which workers and communities thrive and our shared climate comes before industry profits." (Image: Inequality Media) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/climate_crisis_solutions_reich.jpg
commondreams.org/views/2020/04/25/solutions-climate-crisis-no-one-talking-about?cd-origin=rss

The Boston Marathon Bombing as Trial Run for a Global Lockdown
Bill Willers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-25
You never want to let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that, it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.

World Penguin Day: penguins are helping to map Antarctic regions in greatest need of protection
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-24
In a rapidly changing climate, penguins have helped scientists map areas of the Antarctic in greatest need of protection from the threat of over-exploitation. A cohort of scientists compiled tracking data from five different species of penguin, and 12 other marine predators, to find the regions most densely populated with prey.To mark World Penguin Day on Saturday 25 April, the scientists involved are highlighting their role in the new research and its importance to conservation efforts. Tracking data from adelie, emperor, king, royal and macaroni penguin species was used, as well as data from two species of petr…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/04/24/world-penguin-day-penguins-are-helping-to-map-antarctic-regions-in-greatest-need-of-protection/

Want to Slow the Climate Crisis? Don't Use Single-Use Plastics
Annie Leonard | thenation.com | 2020-04-23
Want to Slow the Climate Crisis? Don't Use Single-Use Plastics.
thenation.com/article/environment/plastic-recycling-climate-change/

Greta Thunberg: Climate Activists Have Not Lost Hope Amid Pandemic. We're Changing How We Organize
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-22
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke in an Earth Day live stream hosted by the Nobel Prize Museum about how the Fridays for Future school strikes movement she launched is responding to the coronavirus pandemic. "Within the Fridays for Future movement, there's still this sort of big sense of resistance, and people are thinking, 'We will get out of this. And when we do, we will continue, and we will do everything we can that is possible in that situation to continue to push even harder,'" says Thunberg. "I feel like many people have not lost their sense of hope. We have just changed the way we do things. W…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/22/greta_thunberg_earth_day_2020

Chileans Who Took to Streets Against Inequality & Climate Crisis Say Virus Lockdowns Won't Stop Them
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-22
Months ago, the streets of Santiago and other Chilean cities were alive with a vibrant mass protest movement that drew hundreds of thousands and even led the U.N. climate summit to be relocated to Madrid, Spain, last December. Now the public spaces of Santiago are largely empty as citizens shelter in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. But the protest movement against austerity and right-wing President Sebastián Piñera lives on as activists find new ways to organize online. We go to Santiago, Chile, to speak with Angela Valenzuela, a 350.org organizer who has been active both in the country's uprising and in…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/22/angela_valenzuela_chile

Fall in COVID-linked carbon emissions won't halt climate change – UN weather agency chief
news.un.org | 2020-04-22
An expected drop in greenhouse gas emissions linked to the global economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is only "short-term good news", the head of the UN weather agency said on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1062332

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/

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/