(2020-05-10). How did Michael Moore become a hero to climate deniers and the far right? zcomm.org The filmmaker's latest venture is an excruciating mishmash of environment falsehoods and plays into the hands of those he once opposed…
(2020-05-09). As Oil Price Plummets, Call to Nationalize Industry Rises. therealnews.com 
The price of oil dropped below zero, prompting new subsidies from the Federal Reserve. Progressive voices in the U.S. and Canada have a different idea: nationalization as a way to wind down the sector, tackle the climate crisis and create a just economic transition.
(2020-05-09). "Reopen the Economy": the Republicans' Nero Decree. commondreams.org GOP policies aren't "mistaken." They're a conscious waste of lives for deceitful purposes.
(2020-05-08). Climate Crisis: False Techtopia, Tariffs Accounting, Orphan Wells, And The Dead Cow. therealnews.com 
Recent studies debunk the false techtopianism in climate science models, U.S. import tariffs failed climate accounting, and Argentina's shale industry is flailing. As fracking goes bust, what happens to orphaned wells?
(2020-05-08). Stir Crazy! Episode #31: Cancel Corporate Media. therealnews.com 
On today's show: TRNN climate reporter Aman Azhar, The Progressive Army founder Ben Dixon, and TRNN Executive Producer Lisa Snowden-McCray. Hosted by Kim Brown.
(2020-05-08). The 'staggering' fall of global fossil fuel demand. truepublica.org.uk By Kieran Cooke: One of the pillars of industrial society is tottering: global fossil fuel demand is buckling, with only renewable energy expected to show any growth this year. Oil prices are going through the floor. The market for coal and gas is shrinking fast. And global emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gases are set to …
(2020-05-08). Visions of a Post-Covid-19 World. counterpunch.org While we, perforce, sit at home, inured to many decades of sleep-walking towards the climate apocalypse, the skies cleared, the price of oil dropped to negative $40 a barrel (rebounding to just short of positive $20 at the time of writing) and a global reduction in carbon emissions of nearly 8% is forecast for the year. We are living the dream of effectively confronting our egregious consumption of fossil fuels. From a global warming perspective, our social isolation has been highly efficacious – the pernicious, growth-driven habits of exploitation, extraction and habitat destruction have been put on hold. A wind…
(2020-05-08). No, Mr. Biden, Climate Change Is Not a 'Crisis' Like This One. strategic-culture.org The calls for us to be worried and outraged all the time have to stop. Once this has passed, we need to grab hold of those things in our economy that are in our favor and explore them as much as possible, not divert our efforts into tackling some new, half century old crisis.
(2020-05-06). California And Trump Push Geoengineering—A Fraught Climate Crisis Fix. therealnews.com 
California has endorsed the use of direct air capture to reverse engineer the climate crisis with technology. The controversial method already has Big Oil's support—and the Trump administration's.
(2020-05-06). Disease-carrying mosquitoes could be common in Europe by 2030. imperial.ac.uk Climate change could mean mosquitoes that can carry diseases like dengue, zika and yellow fever become established in southern Europe within 10 years.
(2020-05-05). Climate Crisis: KXL Legal Precedent, War and Climate, Slow Streets. therealnews.com 
A legal ruling on the Keystone XL Pipeline has sent shockwaves through the energy industry. Meanwhile, new studies show that war is worsening climate change, and 'slow streets' gains policy momentum.
(2020-05-05). New PSL book: 'Climate Solutions: Beyond Capitalism'. liberationnews.org 
"It is a small book, but expansive in outlook in a way that echoes the holistic eco-socialist society we will need…"
(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).
(2020-05-08). Roaming Charges: Ain't Living Long Like This. counterpunch.org + The detestable rationalizations liberals make for sticking with Biden despite Tara Reade's convincing story can't come as any surprise. It's the same ritual contortions they've made about the Iraq war, fracking, abortion, the drug war, Anita Hill, social security, segregation, climate change, health care, deportations, a living wage, student debt, the Patriot Act, pipelines, the Libyan coup, climate change. To be a Democrat is to live in a constant state of denial, self-contradiction and moral hypocrisy.