(2021-04-30). Warning of Threat to 'Humanity and the Natural World,' Hawaii State Legislature Becomes First in US to Declare Climate Emergency. commondreams.org The Hawaii State Legislature just made history by declaring a climate emergency. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/hawaii-legislature-climate-emergency.jpg …
(2021-04-30). Biden is Flirting with a Better Economic Paradigm. Young People Need Him to Commit. counterpunch.org 
As children of the 90s and early aughts, millennials came of age beset by problems both too large to ignore and too expensive to fix: debilitating student debt, worsening climate change, skyrocketing inequality. When we looked to our government to address these problems, political leaders of both parties clutched nervously at their purse strings. "How
(2021-04-30). People's Action, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Cori Bush, and Sunrise Movement Host National Day of Action for Green New Deal. peoplesaction.org Groups Push Newly Introduced Green Legislation: Green New Deal Resolution, Civilian Climate Corps, and Green New Deal for Cities Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 240.206.1145 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action today joined U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, Cori Bush, D-Mo., and Sunrise Movement to lead a national day of action to support the Green New Deal (GND). Participants will call their elected Members of Congress …
(2021-04-30). Argentina Fines Agrochemical Firms For Environment Law Evasion. telesurenglish.net Argentina on Thursday fined Bayer, Syngenta, Dow, and Dupont US$783 million for not collecting used containers from the country's farmlands. | RELATED: | "This is the largest environmental sanction in Argentina's history," Sustainable Development Agency (OPDS) Director Juan Brardinelli explained, mentioning that 70 companies traded over 13 million plastic containers in Buenos Aires in 2020 | "Only one million of those containers were…
(2021-04-30). Millions of Tiny Cows to Regenerate the Soil. counterpunch.org Earth Day comes and goes every year but nothing seems to ever really change. We are still headed for climate catastrophe, we are still in the midst of a mass extinction, we are still losing our topsoil at an alarming rate. It is time to center food systems, and especially agriculture, in our efforts to
(2021-04-30). Climate activists blockade nuclear base with giant plant pots. thecanary.co Climate activists have blockaded the Faslane nuclear base by attaching themselves to giant plant pots. | Members of Extinction Rebellion Scotland and Trident Ploughshares, are staging the blockade at the north gate of the base on the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute. | The group placed three planters, which contain plants and flowers and are painted with the words "Safe", "Green", and "Future", on the road on Friday morning. | A protester is locked on to each planter so they cannot be moved, preventing access to the base, though emergency vehicles can still access the site via the south gate. | The activists said the…
(2021-04-30). California Tribal Members and Fishermen Call on Newsom to Provide Water for Salmon. indybay.org State of the Salmon address planned for April 28th, Day of Action May 4th | Sacramento, California – California Tribes, fishermen, and environmental groups are calling on Governor Gavin Newsom to direct state agencies to take action to stop fish kills of California salmon runs that are nearing extinction and to protect water quality. Salmon and good water quality are key to the health of California's Native people, economy and drinking water supplies. Without immediate action to scale down agricultural water deliveries and protect rivers and reservoir's water supplies the State will be complicit in causing fish k…
(2021-04-30). Malaysia: Lynas' plan for permanent radioactive waste dump rejected. greenleft.org.au Environmental activists and local residents have been waging a long-running campaign against a toxic rare-earths refinery in Malaysia run by Lynas Rare Earths, an Australian corporation, reports Peter Boyle.
(2021-04-30). Outrage as Canadian Regulator Lets Government-Owned Pipeline Keep Insurers Secret. commondreams.org "A project which can only be insured secretly has lost its social license to operate," said one Trans Mountain pipeline opponent. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trans_mountain_pipeline.jpg …
(2021-04-29). Nancy Pelosi and These Centrists Want Biden to Go Left on Drug Costs and Medicare. commondreams.org "With no time to waste," writes Richard Eskow, are more Democrats—including more conservative members "finally recognizing that fighting for lower drug prices and Medicare expansion is something they must do to win elections?" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/pelosi_biden_medicare_for_all.png …
(2021-04-29). Dingell and Markey Introduce $10 Trillion THRIVE Act to Tackle 'Our Biggest Emergencies'. commondreams.org "Our country is facing four overlapping crises—mounting economic inequity, the climate crisis, racial injustice, and the coronavirus pandemic—and the THRIVE Act will ensure we have an intersectional response that is proportionate to the scope of the problems we face," says Sen. Ed Markey. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-8616987341.jpg …
(2021-04-29). PDF of April 29 issue. workers.org 
Download the PDF. Let Mumia OUT Stay in the street — Abolish the police! Black Lives Matter: Syracuse, N.Y., athletes; Daunte Wright; WAAR on police; Ma'Khia Bryant; Defend anti-racist voices. Florida: Jim Crow 2.0 bill; Ivy League attacks MOVE; A disaster waiting to happen; Biden & climate crisis; Editorial Smash . . . |
(2021-04-29). Mexico's president proposes green jobs and humane labor migration. peoplesworld.org 
The Biden administration invited 40 world leaders to a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate Change April 22-23, 2021. The goal was to keep the rise in global temperature to a less than a 1.5 degree centigrade increase from where it was in the pre-industrial era. Biden committed the U.S. to reduce its emissions to 50% …
(2021-04-29). Jamaal Bowman Calls for Biden to Go Bolder in Rebuttal to the President's Speech. truthout.org 
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-New York) had guarded praise for Joe Biden but urged the president and the nation to go bigger and bolder on issues like economic and racial justice and the climate crisis in his rebuttal to the president's first Joint Address to Congress on Wednesday evening. Bowman's speech was a rare rebuttal to a presidential address from the progressive faction of the president's own party. | Bowman
(2021-04-29). Progressives Introduce Huge Climate Bill That Rivals Biden Infrastructure Plan. truthout.org 
Progressives on Thursday introduced a $10 trillion climate and jobs bill that would reduce emissions, rebuild infrastructure and address environmental justice over the next decade. The bill rivals President Joe Biden's infrastructure bill, which calls for a much smaller investment. | While Biden's bill calls for a
(2021-04-29). Hawaii Poised to Become First State to Declare Climate Emergency. truthout.org 
The Hawaii state legislature is set to make history later on Thursday by becoming the first state in the country to pass a resolution declaring a climate emergency. | Hawaii lawmakers will declare in a nonbinding resolution that
(2021-04-29). Uganda Passes Climate Change Bill on Greenhouse Emissions. telesurenglish.net Ugandan lawmakers have passed the national climate change bill to cut greenhouse gas emissions and tackle the climate crisis, authorities said on Wednesday. | RELATED: | The framework bill will provide climate change response measures, participation in climate mechanisms, and measuring of emissions and financing for climate change actions, among others, Beatrice Atim Anywar, minister of state for environment, told Xinhua by phone. | The…
(2021-04-29). How Organizers can fight back against Corporate Greenwashing and Climate 'Inactivism'. juancole.com By Selina Gallo-Cruz | — ( Waging Nonviolence) — When communities around the country carried out annual clean-ups and tree-plantings in celebration of a now 51-year old Earth Day, industries, too, lined up to pledge their commitment to "go green." But the savvy, often subtle deception of these market strategies to promote companies as engaging …
(2021-04-29). Court Rules Germany Must Tighten Climate Law. popularresistance.org Berlin – Germany must update its climate law by the end of next year to set out how it will bring carbon emissions down nearly to zero by 2050, its top court ruled on Thursday, siding with a young woman who argued rising sea levels would engulf her family farm. | The court concluded that a law passed in 2019 had failed to make sufficient provision for cuts beyond 2030, casting a shadow over a signature achievement of Chancellor Angela Merkel's final term in office. | "The challenged provisions do violate the freedoms of the complainants, some of whom are still very young," the court said in a statement. "The prov…
(2021-04-29). Climate scientists: concept of net zero is a dangerous trap. zcomm.org Current net zero policies will not keep warming to within 1.5 ∞C because they were never intended to. They were and still are driven by a need to protect business as usual, not the climate…
(2021-04-29). Goodbye Ayoloco: Iconic Mexican Glacier is Officially No More. zcomm.org The glaciers are an important source of fresh water and climate regulation, and the gravity of the loss cannot be understated…
(2021-04-29). Uncertainty Of Future Southern Ocean CO2 Uptake Cut In Half. eurasiareview.com Anyone researching the global carbon cycle has to deal with unimaginably large numbers. The Southern Ocean – the world's largest ocean sink region for human-made CO2 – is projected to absorb a total of about 244 billion tons of human-made carbon from the atmosphere over the period from 1850 to 2100 under a high CO2 emissions scenario. But the uptake could possibly be only 204 or up to 309 billion tons. That's how much the projections of the current generation of climate models vary. The reason for this large uncertainty is the complex circulation of the Southern Ocean, which is difficult to correctly represent…
(2021-04-28). Heavy floods forecast in major river basins. ecns.cn China is expected to experience heavy flooding in some of its major river basins during flood season as this year's climate conditions are worse than normal, the China Meteorological Administration said.
(2021-04-29). 'This Is Huge': Top Court Rules Germany's Climate Law Inadequate to Protect Future Generations. commondreams.org "This can change so much, not just for us here in Germany but for activists worldwide." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/germany_court_climate.jpg …
(2021-04-29). As the World Moves Forward on Climate, Powerful Institutions Lag Behind. commondreams.org "So long as my peers and I represent the fastest-growing market of voters, consumers, and community members, the extinction of today's fossil fueled-economy is inevitable." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/harvarddivest-1.jpg …
(2021-04-29). Nobel Laureates Urge Humanity to Stop 'Taking Colossal Risks With Our Common Future'. commondreams.org A group of academics including 13 Nobel laureates warns that "time is running out" for humanity to adopt "effective planetary stewardship" to address the climate and other emergencies. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/san_francisco_0.jpg …
(2021-04-29). California Tribal Members and Fishermen Call on Newsom to Provide Water for Salmon. indybay.org State of the Salmon address planned for April 28th, Day of Action May 4th | Sacramento, California – California Tribes, fishermen, and environmental groups are calling on Governor Gavin Newsom to direct state agencies to take action to stop fish kills of California salmon runs that are nearing extinction and to protect water quality. Salmon and good water quality are key to the health of California's Native people, economy and drinking water supplies. Without immediate action to scale down agricultural water deliveries and protect rivers and reservoir's water supplies the State will be complicit in causing fish k…
(2021-04-29). China adopts law on preventing food waste. ecns.cn Chinese lawmakers on Thursday voted to adopt an anti-food-waste law at a session of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.
(2021-04-28). China adopts law on preventing food waste. ecns.cn Chinese lawmakers on Thursday voted to adopt an anti-food-waste law at a session of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.
