Daily Archives: November 10, 2020

2020-11-10: News Headlines

Jason Hickel (2020-11-10). A response to Pollin and Chomsky: We need a Green New Deal without growth. mronline.org Robert Pollin and Noam Chomsky have a new book out, Climate Crisis and the Green New Deal. It's an important contribution to the emerging GND literature, from two thinkers I respect.

Kathy Fairfax (2020-11-10). Scientists say net zero by 2050 is inadequate. greenleft.org.au Climate scientists now believe their predictions about the rate of the global temperature increase have been too conservative, and stronger and more decisive action is needed to reduce dangerous greenhouse gas emissions.

Julia Conley (2020-11-10). Biden urged to be #climatepresident by taking these 10 'game-changing' steps in first 10 days in office. nationofchange.org "Don't let anyone tell you that Biden's hands are tied on climate action without the Senate."

Pip Hinman (2020-11-10). NT Traditional Owners and anti-fracking activists score a win. greenleft.org.au A Darwin court has thrown out criminal charges against anti-fracking activists, reports Kerry Smith.

The Canary (2020-11-10). Redundancies hit record high as hundreds of thousands lose jobs. thecanary.co More people were made redundant between July and September than at any point on record, according to new official statistics. It comes as the pandemic laid waste to large parts of the economy. | Hard times: | Around 314,000 redundancies were registered during the three months according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This figure is up by 181,000 from the quarter before. The data suggests that unemployment in the UK reached 4.8% in the three months to September. It's an increase of 0.7 percentage points on the quarter before, and 0.9 percentage points from a year ago. | Meanwhile, around 33,00…

Peter Boyle (2020-11-10). Berejiklian under pressure over bill that could wipe out koalas. greenleft.org.au The NSW Liberal government is feeling the political heat after thousands of protest emails protesting a bill that could make koalas extinct in the state crashed the parliamentary server, reports Jim McIlroy.

Staff (2020-11-09). Big Oil loses out on Election Day and other climate crisis wins, explained. therealnews.com Climate, environment, and energy issues were on the ballot as referenda in states nationwide—and corporations suffered losses in unexpected places, including Louisiana and Florida.

Monica Piccinini (2020-11-09). The Other Global Health Crisis: Highly Hazardous Pesticides. globalresearch.ca COVID-19 isn't the only global health crisis occurring right now. There is another crisis, propagated by a global industry, that is entirely man made. | The world's five largest agrochemical companies: Bayer, BASF, Sygenta, Corteva and FMC — members of Croplife …

David Opdyke, Lawrence Weschler (2020-11-09). An Epic Mural Prophesies Large-Scale Climate Destruction. thenation.com An Epic Mural Prophesies Large-Scale Climate Destruction…

Sierra Club (2020-11-09). Thursday 11/12: Where We Go From Here: All In For Climate & Equitable Communities w/ Sierra Club. indybay.org Online via livestream…

WSWS (2020-11-09). Australian bushfire report aids government whitewash on climate change and lack of resources. wsws.org First and foremost, the inquiry report holds no one, least of all the government, responsible for the catastrophe.

Dr. Hisako Sakiyama (2020-11-09). Health Effects of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster. globalresearch.ca Introduction | Hisako Sakiyama has a PhD in Medicine and is a Member of the Takagi School of Alternative Scientists, a Japanese NGO established in 1998 to study the environment, nuclear issues, human rights, and other issues in modern society from …

commondreams (2020-11-08). Time For A U.S. Climate President. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Editor (2020-11-08). Scientists Confirm the Culprit Behind Earth's Biggest Extinction. scheerpost.com By Tim Radford / Climate News Network German scientists are now sure they can explain the biggest extinction of life on this planet: a catastrophe at the end of the Permian Epoch 252 million years ago. It happened because atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels rose dramatically over thousands of years, turning the seas ever more acidic, to precipitate dangerous changes in oceanic conditions. |

news.un (2020-11-08). Myanmar's farmers battle climate and health uncertainty. news.un.org For farmers in Myanmar, the COVID-19 pandemic is adding to growing unpredictability, in a sector already struggling to cope with the effects of climate change. The UN is working closely with the country's government to help them to adapt and thrive.

WSWS (2020-11-07). Climate change and human evolution. wsws.org Significant environmental change in East Africa between 500,000 and 300,000 years ago prompted a major step in human evolution.