Monthly Archives: May 2020

2020-05-27: News Headlines

Bronwen Tucker , Kate DeAngelis (2020-05-27). Why $77 Billion a Year in Public Finance for Oil, Gas, and Coal Is Even Worse Than It Sounds. commondreams.org 2019 Climate strike in Jakarta, Indonesia ©Gilang Kharisma (Photo: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/jakarta-climate-strike-768×512.jpg

Gene Glickman (2020-05-27). A Comradely Letter: What's a Progressive to Do? counterpunch.org This article is a call-to-arms on global warming. But before I turn to my main concern, I need to express some thoughts about the 2020 presidential campaign and the way we understand it. After I lay that out, I'll connect those campaign-related thoughts with the issue of climate change. Now that the presidential election has

Janis Petzel (2020-05-26). Let's Pay Attention to What COVID-19 Is Trying to Tell Us About Climate Change. commondreams.org COVID-19 demonstrates that there is a direct connection between the environment and our health. (Photo: World Learning/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/smog.jpg

commondreams (2020-05-26). Big Oil Loses Appeals in California Climate Lawsuits. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2020-05-27). New Report Details How G20 Nations Spend $77 Billion a Year to Destroy Climate. commondreams.org Even after the world's largest economies adopted the landmark Paris agreement to tackle the climate crisis in late 2015, governments continued to pour $77 billion a year in public finance into propping up the fossil fuel industry, according to a report released Wednesday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/keep-it-in-the-ground.jpg

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2020-05-26). Hundreds of Medical Professionals and Groups Say Covid-19 Stimulus Plans Must Be Prescriptions for #HealthyRecovery. commondreams.org Hundreds of medical professionals and groups representing over 40 million healthcare workers came together Tuesday to demand that world leaders pursue a #HealthyRecovery from the coronavirus pandemic that incorporates preparation for future public health crises as well as environmental and climate action into economic stimulus packages. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12151492561.jpg

en.mehrnews (2020-05-27). Picturesque views in Moghan Plateau. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) — Germi, a part of Moghan Plateau, is located 110 km north of Ardabil the capital of Ardabil province. Like most parts of Iran, it has a semi-arid climate with fairly hot summers and relatively cold winters. Many cold springs and beautiful natural landscapes are in Germi, which attract tourists. The mineral springs of Germi (Khan Bulaghi, Zarana) are notable throughout Iran for their medicinal qualities.

2020-05-26: News Headlines

Anthony Pahnke (2020-05-26). Make a Resilient, Localized Food System Part of the Next Stimulus. zcomm.org From wasted food to the exploitation of farmworkers, the COVID-19 pandemic has made it painfully clear that this country's food system must be changed…

Barrie Gilbert (2020-05-25). The Mismanagement of Wildlife in Utah Continues to be Irrational and a National Embarrassment. counterpunch.org The greater sage-grouse, now threatened with extinction, once occurred in the tens of millions. It has declined in over 93% of it range in the Sagebrush sea in seven western states. This largest of our grouse may be on its way to oblivion if not protected by the Endangered Species Act, first proposed in 2003

Dr. Vandana Shiva (2020-05-25). Poisons Mean Extinction: For Bees and Humanity. globalresearch.ca "If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live." ‚Äï Maurice Maeterlinck, The Life of the Bee[1] | In the last 50 years agrotoxins have spread and are pushing bees …

Richard Falk (2020-05-25). Arms Control & Disarmament: A Failed Marriage. zcomm.org The linkages between contagious disease and climate change is too evident to ignore…

Staff (2020-05-24). Climate Crisis: EU Green Stimulus, Meat Apocalypse, Public Lands, Climate Music. therealnews.com In this week's Climate Crisis News Roundup, COVID-19 has meat production in crisis, but what's its climate impact? And a new report says President Trump has the worst public lands protection record in history, while the EU and Spain will soon release a green economic stimulus plan.

Staff (2020-05-25). Praising Emissions Reductions Due to Coronavirus Plays Into Right-Wing Strategy. truthout.org A study published in Nature Climate Change recently found that, in early April, daily global carbon dioxide emissions decreased by 17 percent compared to the 2019 mean levels. Because of shelter-in-place rules and businesses being closed, people have been driving and flying less, leading to lower emissions. | Shortly after emissions started dropping in March, the climate community was careful to apply nuance to the emissions reduction discussion: Less carbon dioxide emissions, while good,…

George Wuerthner (2020-05-26). Greatest Good is to Preserve Forest Carbon. counterpunch.org Gifford Pinchot, first chief of the U.S. Forest Service often said: "Conservation is the foresighted utilization, preservation and/or renewal of forests, waters, lands and minerals for the greatest good of the greatest number for the longest time." It has become the agency's motto. Yet in the age of climate change, the Forest Service has failed

Gary Macfarlane — Mike Garrity (2020-05-25). Grizzlies, Lynx, Bull Trout and Elk on the Chopping Block for Trump's Idaho Clearcuts. counterpunch.org What would you do if you caught Trump's Forest Service trying to slip through huge clearcuts and bulldozing roads into an already over-cut area? How about if the Forest Service then denied the potential presence of endangered species the agency is supposed to be keeping from extinction, lied about the existence of a wild and