_____ (2020-12-17). Bezos' Earth Fund Is An Unnatural Disaster. popularresistance.org Now is the time for undeniably powerful grassroots leadership. If we've learned anything this year from the brilliant, brave, bold, and beautiful Black, Brown, Indigenous and other frontline communities and workers fighting inequitable impacts of pandemics, pollution, poverty, climate disaster and emboldened racism, it's that real change happens at the grassroots. | Yet, in a year when frontline leadership is clearly critical, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (through his newly launched Earth Fund) has doubled down on philanthropy's inequitable modus operandi by funneling hundreds of millions into outdated, ineffective, top…

Mark Hertsgaard (2020-12-17). As 2020 Ends, It's Time for News Outlets to Declare a 'Climate Emergency'. thenation.com As 2020 Ends, It's Time for News Outlets to Declare a 'Climate Emergency'

Norbert Trenkle (2020-12-17). Climate change and social transformation in times of corona. indybay.org Companies go bankrupt, workers are laid off, and because the sources of income dry up, millions of people can no longer even buy the most basic necessities… What counts is whether the things produced can be sold on the market and make a profit.

Staff (2020-12-16). Faith and the fight against climate change, Part 2. therealnews.com What personal and political action can Buddhist values inspire to fix the climate crisis and runaway consumerism? Does Buddhism hold any promise for our hyper-modern and gravely unequal world?

John Bachtell (2020-12-16). Disaster looms unless governments cut greenhouse gases. peoplesworld.org Unless governments cut greenhouse gas emissions decisively the world is headed toward a climate catastrophe, warned United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Many countries are moving in the wrong direction and he called upon all nations to declare "climate emergencies" and act before it's too late. Guterres was addressing the UN Climate Ambition Summit on Dec. …

Jonathan Cook (2020-12-16). Antisemitism Claims Mask a Reign of Political and Cultural Terror Across Europe. counterpunch.org The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has run a fascinating long report this week offering a disturbing snapshot of the political climate rapidly emerging across Europe on the issue of antisemitism. The article documents a kind of cultural, political and intellectual reign of terror in Germany since the parliament passed a resolution last year equating support for non-violent boycotts

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (2020-12-16). Groups Provide Biden With Draft Climate Emergency Order to Help Put Out 'Fire Fanned by Trump'. commondreams.org The president-elect "must take bold action the moment he steps into the Oval Office, without punting to a dysfunctional Congress." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/biden-draft-order-climate-emergency.jpeg …

CounterPunch News Service (2020-12-16). 500+ Groups Call on President-Elect Biden To Order Fossil Fuel Lease Ban. counterpunch.org WASHINGTON Hundreds of conservation, Native American, religious, and business groups today sent President-elect Joe Biden text for a proposed executive order to ban new fossil fuel leasing and permitting on federal public lands and waters. "For our health and prosperity, President-elect Biden needs to make transitioning from fossil fuels a number one priority," said Jeremy Nichols, Climate

commondreams (2020-12-16). Gina McCarthy's Fracking History at Odds With New Climate Position. commondreams.org ______________________________…

sputniknews (2020-12-16). Biden's Plan to Ban New US Oil Drilling Will Put Economic Burden on Western States, Study Warns. sputniknews.com Banning new oil and gas permits on US public lands is one of the biggest campaign pledges of President-elect Joe Biden, made in favor of fighting global climate change. Its aim is to curb the US emissions of greenhouse gases that are warming our planet's atmosphere.

Greta Thunberg (2020-12-15). World Is "Speeding in the Wrong Direction" on Climate. zcomm.org "The gap between what we need to do and what is actually being done is widening by the minute"

Kuehn BM. (2020-12-15). Creating More Climate-Proof Health Care Facilities. jamanetwork.com Building more resilient and environmentally sustainable health care systems is essential to ensuring access to care as the world's climate continues to change, according to new guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Johnathan Hettinger (2020-12-15). 'Buy It or Else': Inside Monsanto and BASF's Moves to Force Dicamba on Farmers. globalresearch.ca Get poisoned or get on board. | That's the choice soybean farmers such as Will Glazik face. The past few summers, farmers near Glazik's central Illinois farm have sprayed so much of the weed killer dicamba at the same time that …

Zach Conti (2020-12-15). Climate Change Can be Addressed in Coronavirus Relief, Study Says Development Group Urges. indybay.org As countries address their debt crises, policy responses can reduce climate change, asserts a new study. "Linking Debt Relief and Sustainable Development: Lessons from Experience," examines previous debt relief processes to learn how debt and climate responses can work in tandem.

news.un (2020-12-15). Young Champions of the Earth: Indian's burning desire for energy. news.un.org An Indian engineer has been recognized by the United Nations for developing innovative technology which not only produces energy, but which helps to keep the air cleaner and reduce climate change.

Eds. (2020-12-14). We can't bank on climate action. mronline.org Bank of England forced to deny taking basic climate actions after hoax from laughtervists, the Yes Men.

John Bachtell (2020-12-16). Disaster looms unless governments cut greenhouse gases. peoplesworld.org Unless governments cut greenhouse gas emissions decisively the world is headed toward a climate catastrophe, warned United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Many countries are moving in the wrong direction and he called upon all nations to declare "climate emergencies" and act before it's too late. Guterres was addressing the UN Climate Ambition Summit on Dec. …

Jonathan Cook (2020-12-16). Antisemitism Claims Mask a Reign of Political and Cultural Terror Across Europe. counterpunch.org The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has run a fascinating long report this week offering a disturbing snapshot of the political climate rapidly emerging across Europe on the issue of antisemitism. The article documents a kind of cultural, political and intellectual reign of terror in Germany since the parliament passed a resolution last year equating support for non-violent boycotts

Mark Hertsgaard (2020-12-16). As 2020 Ends, It's Time for News Outlets to Declare a "Climate Emergency" commondreams.org Let 2021 be the year that we declare, in accordance with science, that humanity is facing a climate emergency—an emergency we promise to illuminate and, we hope, help humanity overcome. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/climateemergency-oakland_1.jpg …

Norbert Trenkle (2020-12-16). Climate change and social transformation in times of corona. indybay.org Companies go bankrupt, workers are laid off, and because the sources of income dry up, millions of people can no longer even buy the most basic necessities… What counts is whether the things produced can be sold on the market and make a profit.

Greta Thunberg (2020-12-15). World Is "Speeding in the Wrong Direction" on Climate. zcomm.org "The gap between what we need to do and what is actually being done is widening by the minute"

Andrea Germanos (2020-12-15). 'Grossly insufficient': ExxonMobil lambasted over emissions reduction plan that pledges no reduction in absolute emissions. nationofchange.org "Any company that fails to keep pace with what science demands threatens its future while endangering the rest of us with escalating climate impacts and systemic risks to the global economy."

Kuehn BM. (2020-12-15). Creating More Climate-Proof Health Care Facilities. jamanetwork.com Building more resilient and environmentally sustainable health care systems is essential to ensuring access to care as the world's climate continues to change, according to new guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Johnathan Hettinger (2020-12-15). 'Buy It or Else': Inside Monsanto and BASF's Moves to Force Dicamba on Farmers. globalresearch.ca Get poisoned or get on board. | That's the choice soybean farmers such as Will Glazik face. The past few summers, farmers near Glazik's central Illinois farm have sprayed so much of the weed killer dicamba at the same time that …

news.un (2020-12-15). Young Champions of the Earth: Indian's burning desire for energy. news.un.org An Indian engineer has been recognized by the United Nations for developing innovative technology which not only produces energy, but which helps to keep the air cleaner and reduce climate change.

Zach Conti (2020-12-15). Climate Change Can be Addressed in Coronavirus Relief, Study Says Development Group Urges. indybay.org As countries address their debt crises, policy responses can reduce climate change, asserts a new study. "Linking Debt Relief and Sustainable Development: Lessons from Experience," examines previous debt relief processes to learn how debt and climate responses can work in tandem.

Eds. (2020-12-14). UN climate report calls out global elite as cause of the crisis. mronline.org The UN Emissions Gap Report released on Dec. 9, shows how far off the mark we are for averting complete climate catastrophe. Current global emissions reduction policies have us on track for 3.5 C warming by 2100, which would be catastrophic for life on Earth.

Anna Pha (2020-12-14). In Australia, like rest of world, the 'gig' economy is killing workers. peoplesworld.org SYDNEY—Five young food delivery workers lost their lives in Australia in the space of just two months. No one has been held accountable or is likely to be. Their work is unregulated, underpaid, unsafe, and precarious in a climate where between one and two million unemployed are denied the federal government's JobKeeper wage subsidy program …

Staff (2020-12-14). Greta Thunberg: 5 Years After Paris Agreement, World Is "Speeding in the Wrong Direction" on Climate. democracynow.org Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who launched the global Fridays for Future youth climate movement, issued a stark warning on the fifth anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement that the world is not doing enough to keep global heating below 2 degrees Celsius — the target set in the landmark 2015 deal. "The gap between what we need to do and what is actually being done is widening by the minute. We are still speeding in the wrong direction," Thunberg said in a video message posted on social media.

Paul Buchheit (2020-12-14). How conservatives have laid waste to America for 50 years. nationofchange.org Conservatism has made 'social' a dirty word. Here are some of the details of fifty years of damage inflicted on America…

Mehr News Agency (2020-12-14). FAO supports Iranian experts in developing green projects. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 14 (MNA) — FAO provides another training opportunity for Iranian experts to scale up climate investment for the agricultural and rural development sectors.

commondreams (2020-12-14). New Analysis of Fracking Science (nearly 2,000 studies) Finds Grave Health, Environmental Justice, and Climate Impacts. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Jessica Corbett (2020-12-14). 'Can Anybody Still Deny That We Are Facing a Dramatic Emergency?'. zcomm.org UN Chief at Climate Summit: "If we don't change course, we may be headed for a catastrophic temperature rise of more than 3 degrees this century."

_____ (2020-12-14). Wall Street Vultures Are Ready To Get Rich From Water Scarcity. popularresistance.org Bloomberg reported on Sunday that California water futures are now officially on the Wall Street markets, with the United States—based CME Group heading up the 2021 contracts connected to the state's billion-dollar water market. The "commodity" was most recently going for $496 per acre-foot with the main purchasers of the futures—which were first announced by CME in September—expected to be large-scale water consumers, chiefly utility companies and the states' Big Ag corporations. (California is home to the largest agriculture market in the nation.) "Climate change, droughts, population growth,…

Ben Lilliston (2020-12-13). A Roadmap for the Biden-Harris Administration: Redesigning Farm Systems for the Climate Crisis. commondreams.org A just transition for farming must not only consider reforms to farm policy, but also aligned reforms in financial, trade, environmental, and competition policy. | www.flickr.com/photos/suziesfarm/11438035863…