(2020-05-01). Electoral Triumph Spurs Green New Deal in South Korea. thenation.com Electoral Triumph Spurs Green New Deal in South Korea…
(2020-05-01). The Recent History of GDP Growth, CO2 Emissions, and Climate Policy Paralysis, All in One Table-Runner. counterpunch.org 
Note: I began designing this table-runner just before the COVID-19 pandemic blew up in the United States. In the time I have been embroidering it, rates of death and misery have soared while wealth generation and carbon emissions (the two subjects of this work) have ended their decades-long rise and have plummeted. A deadly virus
(2020-05-01). No Going Back—The COVID-19 pandemic theses. mronline.org 
We live in the age of the pandemic. We live in an age of environmental destruction and climate change. None of these are natural disasters—they all result from the way society and production is currently organised.
(2020-05-01). Leading scholar says current pandemic could be a tipping point in the climate crisis. thecanary.co The coronavirus (Covid-19)
(2020-05-01). Watsonville: International Workers' Day Action. indybay.org Watsonville Plaza | 350 Main St, Watsonville…
(2020-05-01). Video: Planet of the Humans. Michael Moore's Documentary. globalresearch.ca Michael Moore presents Planet of the Humans, a documentary that dares to say what no one else will this Earth Day — that we are losing the battle to stop climate change on planet earth because we are following leaders …
(2020-04-30). Greta Thunberg launches campaign to support UNICEF protection efforts against COVID-19. news.un.org Climate activist Greta Thunberg along with Danish NGO Human Act, on Thursday launched a child rights-driven campaign to support the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in protecting young lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2020-04-30). What's Michael Moore's Actual Agenda? commondreams.org In erasing both the Green New Deal, and the Sunrise Movement and its diverse group of energized young people across American, Moore and company vilify climate leaders and remedies, boosting population control, and chooses consumerism over systemic change. (Photo: Screenshot) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/michaelmoore_0.jpg …
(2020-04-30). The Federal Reserve Should Not Bail Out the Failing Fracking Industry. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-04-29). How to explain climate change? With comic books. mronline.org 
If you are reading this, you probably already know a lot about climate change. But what images come to mind if I asked you to visualize climate change?>
(2020-04-29). FROM THE FIELD: Women act as 'agents of change' in climate emergency. news.un.org Women around the world can act as "agents of change" and find solutions to the challenges provoked by the global climate crisis, according to the UN's specialized gender agency, UN Women.
(2020-04-28). Parallel threats of COVID-19, climate change, require 'brave, visionary and collaborative leadership': UN chief. news.un.org To combat the COVID-19 pandemic and the "looming existential threat of climate disruption", the only credible response is "brave, visionary and collaborative leadership" anchored in mutilateralism, the UN Secretary General António Guterres, said on Tuesday, during an international discussion focused on climate change.
(2020-04-28). Canada should Treat Climate Change With Same Urgency as COVID-19. dissidentvoice.org While governments' responses to the Covid-19 pandemic proves significant resources can be marshalled quickly in a crisis, there is little evidence official Canada sees global warming as a comparable emergency. Even though Justin Trudeau's Liberals say they take climate change seriously, Canadian greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are actually increasing. According to the inventory report the …
(2020-04-25). Climate Crisis: Oil Below Zero, Planet of the Humans, Earth Day At 50. therealnews.com 
Earth Day turns 50, the price of oil falls below zero, Michael Moore's new film "Planet of the Humans" generates controversy. And San Diego had big mass transit plans—then COVID-19 happened.
(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…
(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…
(2020-04-22). 'Planet of the Humans' Breaks Down Climate Crisis. progressive.org Michael Moore returns with a free eco-documentary.
(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…
(2020-04-04). 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…
(2020-04-03). Unions Disregard Call for Large Scale Climate Action Strikes. projectcensored.org Students are leading the way with Global Climate Strikes across the country to persuade the government and leaders of the country to take impactful action to remedy the current climate…
(2020-03-23). [Correspondence] COVID-19: mitigating transmission via wastewater plumbing systems. thelancet.com By its very design, the wastewater plumbing system is a harbinger of pathogenic microorganisms with, under some circumstances, the potential to enable airborne transmission of viruses such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
(2020-05-01). The world becomes cleaner, as emissions fall in April. yenisafak.com The global lockdown to stem the spread of the coronavirus or COVID-19 led to a massive drop in carbon emissions in April. Besides the fall in industrial production and closure of transportation, new commitments by some countries like Japan and Chile also contributed to reduce carbon imprints.Although the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) originally scheduled in Glasgow in the UK in November has been postponed due to the pandemic, many environmentalists have cautioned that the fight against climate change should not be interrupted.Turkey's Environment Ministry in a circular has enumerated steps…
(2020-04-29). Greta Thunberg: 'We need to tackle two crises at once'. greenleft.org.au 
(2020-04-30). Greta Thunberg Advances Fight Against Another 'Child-Rights Crisis' With UNICEF Campaign to Support Kids Impacted by Covid-19. commondreams.org Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg joined with the Danish development organization Human Act on Thursday to launch a global funding campaign that aims to help "save and protect the most vulnerable children" affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/uni3254471.jpg …
(2020-04-30). Slashing US Meat Consumption by Half Could Cut Diet-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 35%: Study. commondreams.org "While a diet shift isn't a silver bullet, it could play an important role in curbing climate change." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/halve-meat-consumption-climate.jpg …
(2020-04-30). Ahead of May Day, 500+ Groups Worldwide Demand Just and Visionary Recovery From Covid-19. commondreams.org Ahead of the annual International Workers Day on Friday, over 500 groups from across the globe reiterated their joint demand for a "just recovery" from the coronavirus pandemic and called on governments to pair economic relief policies that prioritize working people with ambitious climate action. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12106387701.jpg …
