(2020-11-29). Indigenous Land Defenders Shut Down Port Access. popularresistance.org Vancouver, BC – A group of Indigenous land defenders have taken over the intersection of East Hastings Street and Clark Drive in Vancouver, blocking one of the access routes to the Port of Vancouver. | About 75 people first gathered at Grandview Park as part of a national week of action promoted by Indigenous leaders hoping to call attention to a number of issues including climate change and systemic racism. | "This is what we have to do. We can't sit back anymore and watch our Indigenous people being treated the way they're being treated from coast to coast," said Will George, of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation.
(2020-11-29). Saturday 12/12: Newcastle: People's 9th Blockade of the Worlds Largest Coal Port. indybay.org Horseshoe Beach, Muloobinba (aka Newcastle)…
(2020-11-28). California Court Strikes Down Limits On Fighting Dirty Power Plants. popularresistance.org A state appeals court affirmed Friday that communities concerned about air quality and climate pollution have the right to challenge natural gas-fired and thermal power plants in the lower courts, not just in the Supreme Court, which has historically refused to take up these challenges. | The decision marks a win after about seven years of litigation by the Center for Biological Diversity, Earthjustice and Communities for a Better Environment, who argued that jurisdictional laws effectively and unconstitutionally blocked Californians from challenging power plant permits issued by the California Energy Commission.
(2020-11-28). Climate change, hurricanes and their destruction in Central America. workers.org 
Hurricane Iota, the 30th named storm, 13th hurricane and 6th major hurricane of 2020, made landfall in Nicaragua just 10 miles south of where Hurricane Eta struck two weeks earlier. Iota was more powerful than Eta, carried more rain and did more damage, especially to the Indigenous communities in Honduras . . . |
(2020-11-28). Residents take action for the climate, against gas. greenleft.org.au Climate-concerned residents organised actions calling for 100% renewables in Parramatta and Newtown as part of a national day of action against the federal government's gas-led recovery. Kerry Smith reports.
(2020-11-28). EPA warns glyphosate is likely to harm the nation's most endangered species. nationofchange.org "If we want to stop the extinction of amazing creatures like monarch butterflies, we need the EPA to take action to stop the out-of-control spraying of deadly poisons."
(2020-11-28). Dr Pascal Sacré: Emergency Physician Unjustly Fired for His Writings on the COVID Crisis: The Right of Response. globalresearch.ca There, it happened. | For my words, my words, my writings, I was dismissed like a waste, a thief, without the right to answer. | An experienced, competent emergency physician, appreciated by his colleagues for my actions in stressful situations, fired in …
(2020-11-27). International Coalition Of Activists Launches Protest Against Amazon. popularresistance.org An international group of climate activists and Amazon warehouse workers have launched an online campaign called "Make Amazon Pay," calling on the tech giant to provide better working conditions for its employees and to reduce its expanding carbon footprint. The protests come just as the New York Times reports that the Seattle-based company has been on a hiring spree this year, expanding its global workforce. | "During the Covid-19 pandemic, Amazon became a trillion dollar corporation, with CEO Jeff Bezos becoming the first person in history to amass $200 billion in personal wealth," the campaign states on its we…
(2020-11-27). Britain's Class War on Children. counterpunch.org 
When I first reported on child poverty in Britain, I was struck by the faces of children I spoke to, especially the eyes. They were different: watchful, fearful. In Hackney, in 1975, I filmed Irene Brunsden's family. Irene told me she gave her two-year-old a plate of cornflakes. "She doesn't tell me she's hungry, she
(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). Why Agricultural Carbon Offsets Can't Play a Role in International Climate Action. commondreams.org Putting the responsibility of mitigation on farmers lets companies off the hook for reducing emissions along the entire supply chain. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/babygirl_0.jpeg …
(2020-11-26). New Zealand's PM Ardern Set to Declare Climate Emergency. telesurenglish.net The New Zealand government will put forward a motion to declare a climate emergency next Wednesday; the government said as parliament reconvened after a general election won by Ardern's party. | RELATED: | "We've always considered climate change to be a huge threat to our region, and it is something we must take immediate action on," Ardern said, according to state broadcaster TVNZ. "Unfortunately, we were unable to prog…
(2020-11-26). What Thanksgiving and the Coronavirus Pandemic Share: As Seen from Boston. commondreams.org Perhaps more than any other day, Thanksgiving embodies the underlying embrace of endless growth and voracious consumption: normally the year's biggest travel day, its reliance on massive amounts of fossil fuel makes the holiday a climate changing event. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/metacom-sachem-settlers-wampanoag-illustration-1911.jpg …
(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…