(2021-01-30). The Heat: Leaders address climate and COVID-19 at Davos. america.cgtn.com 
Climate change, COVID-19 and the impact on the global economy topped this week's agenda at the World Economic Forum. We'll bring you the highlights…
(2021-01-30). Stopping Keystone Pipeline Is First Step Toward Environmental Justice. zcomm.org Indigenous groups and environmental activists are also calling on President Biden to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline and Enbridge Line 3…
(2021-01-30). Plans for a new coal mine undermine the UK's commitment to net zero climate targets. thecanary.co Approved plans for a new coal mine in Cumbria will produce more emissions than any of the others currently open in the UK, a climate group has warned. | What priorities?: | The Climate Change Committee (CCC) made the claim in a letter to Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick. It came after Jenrick decided not to call in the plans for an inquiry earlier this month. The new mine, near Whitehaven, will be used to extract coking coal for steel production. It was granted planning permission by Cumbria County Council in October 2020. | CCC chair lord Deben said in a letter to Jenrick that the decision not to cal…
(2021-01-30). Open toileting plagues cities in Zimbabwe. yenisafak.com With flies hovering all over the vicinity of the crowded slums of Epworth, an urban settlement approximately 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) east of the Zimbabwean capital Harare, laden plastic paper bags lie scattered on streets and sidewalks, with small children rummaging through garbage and vendors going about their normal business oblivious to the wafting stench of human waste.For 45-year-old Tambudzai Munondo, one of the residents in the slums of Epworth, strangely, they have become used to co-exist with human waste, saying they cannot do anything about it."Most of these homes you see here have no toilets and it'
(2021-01-29). Biden's climate orders: 9 things socialists should know. liberationnews.org 
The Biden administration's recent executive orders on climate action and environmental protections at first glance may inspire hope.
(2021-01-29). #TheWorldIsWatching: Youth Activists Direct Ire Over Climate Inaction at WEF Elite. commondreams.org "If only leaders were as good [at] taking real action as they were giving speeches," said Greta Thunberg. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/theworldiswatching-fridays-future-wef.jpg …
(2021-01-29). Taking Action on Climate Change. thenation.com Taking Action on Climate Change…
(2021-01-29). Biden-Kerry international climate politricks. zcomm.org Is U.S. President Joe Biden's January 27 Executive Order to address 'climate crisis' as good as many activists claim, enough to reverse earlier scepticism?>
(2021-01-29). China bans single-use plastic straws and shopping bags. nationofchange.org China is one of the world's biggest users of single-use plastic and in 2010, produced 60 million tonnes of plastic waste.
(2021-01-28). As Biden Issues Groundbreaking Climate Orders, Activists Push to Ban Fracking. truthout.org 
On Wednesday, the Biden administration delivered a second surge of orders responding to activist demands to address the climate emergency head-on at every level of the federal government. Like no mandate a U.S. president has signed off on before, the
(2021-01-28). UN Pledges To Step up Humanitarian Support To Somalia in 2021. telesurenglish.net The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Adam Abdelmoula on Wednesday said that his institution will step up humanitarian support to this African country in 2021. | RELATED: | The so-called "triple shock" of climate change, conflict, and the COVID-19 pandemic will worsen humanitarian needs this year. | "The factors that went into the triple shock have not gone away… we will need to step up efforts in reaching the most vulnerable people," A…
(2021-01-28). Could Turkey-EU relations normalize? yenisafak.com The volatile climate that marked US foreign policy in the Donald Trump era not only harmed EU-Turkey relations, but also adversely affected US relations with the European Union. There is no question that this is not the first crisis in the transatlantic relations. For instance, the Bush administration's unilateral policies widened the gap between Washington and Brussels in 2003, as Europe and the USA, two transatlantic partners, "lost each other somewhere between Kabul and Baghdad," as Robert Kagan put it. Around the same time, we have started to hear about what began to be referred to as "two Wests". According t…
(2021-01-28). The Biden Climate Plan, Part One: A Drop In The Ocean. popularresistance.org After years of record-breaking heat waves, extreme weather, rapidly melting ice caps and other stark illustrations of intensifying climate change, the Biden administration is presenting itself as a force for climate stabilization. | But the policy proposals of the Biden administration, in the face of global temperatures already increased by more than a degree Celsius, illustrate that the Democratic Party is incapable of even proposing measures that could achieve a stated goal of net zero emissions of climate-warming greenhouse gases by 2050. | Failure dooms humanity to a temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius or…
(2021-01-28). Imperial experts join MPs and industry to debate Resources and Waste Strategy. imperial.ac.uk Imperial experts joined MPs, industry leaders and other officials to debate the future of the government's Resources and Waste Strategy.
(2021-01-28). Change the system to save the climate. greenleft.org.au Andrew Chuter reviews a 2014 graphic novel that communicates the science, politics and personal impacts of what is arguably humanity's greatest existential threat.
(2021-01-28). Lendlease housing development a threat to koalas. greenleft.org.au A funeral procession for koalas was organised by Extinction Rebellion and other supporters of the endangered native, writes Kerry Smith.
(2021-01-28). Biden's Climate Agenda Must Go Beyond Undoing Trump's Damage. zcomm.org We need to see Biden working actively to organize his congressional colleagues to pass what we need to be the greatest green jobs and infrastructure recovery plan that this country has seen…
(2021-01-28). Biden signs executive order to protect 30 percent of country's lands and ocean waters by 2030. nationofchange.org The 30×30 goal is said to be part of Biden's larger plan to preserve wildlife and combat global warming.
(2021-01-28). New Zealand protest calls for action on climate change. wsws.org There is considerable frustration among young people over inaction on climate change, but the protest organisers continued to promote illusions that the Labour-Greens government, which has protected corporate polluters, will respond.
(2021-01-28). The Biden climate plan, Part 2: Preparation for war. wsws.org Elevating longtime defender of US imperialism John Kerry as his international "climate envoy," Biden proposes to "rally the world" to fight climate change by isolating China and conducting military exercises on Russia's newly-melted Arctic Ocean coast.
(2021-01-27). Progressives Celebrate Climate Announcement From Biden, Keep Pushing On Filibuster. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-27). People's Action: We're Living Through a Climate Emergency. Now Let's Act Like It. peoplesaction.org Contact: Johanna Kichton, 240.206.1145, press@peoplesaction.org WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action released the following statement from Climate Justice Campaign Director Kaniela Ing after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called on President Biden to endorse the THRIVE Agenda and declare a climate emergency for the United States: "This echoes the demands of thousands of grassroots organizers, the declarations of 1,864 jurisdictions …