(2020-11-26). Greenhouse gases set new record, despite COVID-19 lockdown. mronline.org 
Top meteorologist: only a complete transformation of our industrial, energy and transport systems can stop climate change.
(2020-11-26). Foreign Secretary defends aid cut and outlines priorities in 'British interests'. thecanary.co 
Dominic Raab has denied the Government is "salami slicing" all parts of the UK's overseas aid spending as he outlined the priorities for the slashed budget.The foreign secretary said the long-term strategic aims of the country's international work will be based on "our values and grounded in the British national interests".Raab listed his top five priorities for what is left of the budget. They are tackling climate change, Covid-19, girls' education, conflict resolution and expanding in-house management of aid delivery "in order to increase the impact that our policy interventions have on the ground".Foreign Offi…
(2020-11-26). Britain's Class War on Children. zcomm.org Study after study shows that the people who suffer and die early from the diseases of poverty brought on by a poor diet, sub-standard housing and the priorities of the political elite and its hostile "welfare" officials — are working people…
(2020-11-25). Biden's Victory Does Not Guarantee a Progressive Agenda. We Must Fight for It. globalresearch.ca Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump is monumental. After four years of nonstop cruelty against workers, the poor, people of color, women, LBGTQ folks, immigrants, Muslims, the environment, the climate, and the foreign victims of Trump's bombs, we can …
(2020-11-25). Moral Panic Over Palestinian Content In Ontario schools. popularresistance.org Digital technology has been a fixture in the Ontario classroom setting for some years now, but with COVID it has become a particularly dominant instrument of secondary school pedagogy. Online teaching and e-learning have increased exponentially with the pandemic. And while such educative options have been a necessary shield against aerosol contamination, they have not been without significant shortcomings. | The electronic medium has brought with it the plague of misinformation, the perils of unchecked public scrutiny, and the troubling consequences of unofficial surveillance…
(2020-11-25). Sunday 12/6: Not My Dirty Money: Youth Power in Divestment to Fight the Climate Emergency. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2020-11-25). Framing Climate Change as a "National Security Priority" Isn't A Clever Maneuver To Get People To Care. popularresistance.org On November 23, President-elect Joe Biden announced that former Senator and Secretary of State John Kerry will serve as special envoy on climate and have a seat on the National Security Council. Kerry immediately followed the news with a tweet that declared, "America will soon have a government that treats the climate crisis as the urgent national security threat it is." | As laid out in Episode 122 of Citations Needed (the podcast I co-host), this "national security" approach to climate is loaded down with contradictions, PR spin, and potential dangers.
(2020-11-24). People's Action Statement on John Kerry Appointment as Climate Czar. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-11-24). American Sustainable Business Council and Social Venture Circle Look Forward to Working with John Kerry, Climate Envoy to the Biden Administration. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-11-24). Diane Cook's Morality Tales for Our Climate Future. thenation.com Diane Cook's Morality Tales for Our Climate Future…
(2020-11-24). Trump Administration Recycles Slashing of Sage-grouse Protections, Opening Habitat to Drilling, Fracking Across Seven Western States. globalresearch.ca The Trump administration unveiled its final analysis today to justify its 2019 land-management plans that slashed protections for the imperiled greater sage grouse across 51 million acres of the western United States. | Today's final "supplemental environmental impact statements" covering Bureau …
(2020-11-24). Will a Tar Sands Pipeline Become a Covid Super Spreader? commondreams.org From a climate perspective, a clean water perspective and a Covid perspective, Line 3 is nuts. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/stoptheline.jpg …
(2020-11-23). U.S. Set To Retake Global Leadership on Climate With Choice of John Kerry as Biden's "Climate Czar". commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-11-23). 'No Time to Lose for Climate Action': Atmospheric CO2 Continued to Rise in 2020 Despite Covid-19 Lockdowns. commondreams.org The World Meteorological Organization called for "more sustained and ambitious climate action to reduce emissions to net zero through a compete transformation of our industrial, energy, and transport systems." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/coal_7.jpg …
(2020-11-23). Greenpeace Response To John Kerry's Appointment as Special Presidential Envoy on Climate. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-11-23). No time to waste, as Yemen inches towards famine: UN Children's Fund. news.un.org Raising alarm over "an imminent catastrophe" in war-ravaged Yemen, the head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reiterated the urgent need for combatants to stop the fighting.
(2020-11-23). 350.Org on Biden Appointing John Kerry as International Climate Envoy. commondreams.org ______________________________…