The Fight Against Monsanto's Roundup: The Politics of Pesticides
LaborFest 2019 | indybay.org | 2019-07-16
The Green Arcade | 1680 Market Street | San Francisco, CA 94102 | 415-431-6800…
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New Orleans Funeral March to Panetta's Office and Die In
Extinction Rebellion: Santa Cruz | indybay.org | 2019-07-16
Meet us in front of the Starving Musician (1003 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz) at 9: 30 am…
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'We won': Environmental activists claim victory after Detroit incinerator closes
Kianga Moore | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-15
The recent shutdown of the largest municipal trash incinerator in the U.S. marks the end of a long-fought battle for a majority Black neighborhood that has for decades fought a constant stream of pollutants and pungent odors of trash. | Activists have spent decades fighting the incinerator, known as Detroit Renewable Power, which burned one million tons of solid waste from 13 counties in southeastern Michigan each year to create steam and electricity, according to Breathe Free Detroit. | "Most of the waste [came]…
nationofchange.org/2019/07/15/we-won-environmental-activists-claim-victory-after-detroit-incinerator-closes/

In Pictures: Extinction Rebellion protesters launch summer uprising
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-15
Environmental protesters unveiled large coloured boats across five UK cities as they called on the government to halt wildlife losses and cut greenhouse gases to net zero by 2025. Extinction Rebellion launched a "summer uprising" in Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds and London.The boats are each named after an environmental activist, with the message 'Act Now' on them (Kirsty O'Connor/PA)Protesters targeted Leeds' financial district to draw attention to the links between banking and the climate and ecological emergency (Dan…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/07/15/in-pictures-extinction-rebellion-protesters-launch-summer-uprising/

The Media Uses Coal Miners to Attack the Green New Deal While Ignoring Pensions
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-15
Anna Attie, Eleanor Colbert and Daniel Fernandez contributed research to this report.To stave off the worst effects of the climate crisis, at least 80 percent of coal reserves must stay in the ground, according to a conservative estimate in the journal Nature. This means that coal miners would see their already declining industry all but disappear. The Green New Deal, the resolution put forward by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-M…
truthout.org/articles/the-media-uses-coal-miners-to-attack-the-green-new-deal-while-ignoring-pensions/

"Fossil Fuel Stooges" Pence & Trump Deny Climate Crisis as Deadly Rains Slam Louisiana & South Asia
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-15
Ongoing heavy rain has killed at least 67 people in Nepal, 25 in India and 14 in Bangladesh as flooding from monsoons has displaced 1 million people in South Asia. This year's flooding in the region has been worse than ever before and is likely fueled by rising global temperatures, which have led to more extreme weather. Scientists warn that the risk of deadly floods is not over. In the United States, New Orleans residents managed to avoid the worst of Tropical Storm Barry, but 11 million people continued to be on flash flood warning as the storm slowly made its way through Louisiana over the weekend. President T…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/15/nepal_india_bangladesh_flooding_climate_crisis

Pence and Trump Deny Climate Crisis as Deadly Rains Slam Louisiana and Asia
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-15
Ongoing heavy rain has killed at least 67 people in Nepal, 25 in India and 14 in Bangladesh as flooding from monsoons has displaced 1 million people in South Asia. This year's flooding in the region has been worse than ever before and is likely fueled by rising global temperatures, which have led to more extreme weather. Scientists warn that the risk of deadly floods is not over. In the United States, New Orleans residents managed to avoid the worst of Tropical Storm Barry, but 11 million people continued to be on flash flood warning as the storm slowly made its way through Louisiana over the weekend. Presiden…
truthout.org/video/pence-and-trump-deny-climate-crisis-as-deadly-rains-slam-louisiana-and-asia/

Indigenous Resistance as Re-occupation of Land at the Forefront of Climate Justice
Litsa Chatzivasileiou | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-15
I write as a settler on this land. I am not speaking on behalf of Aboriginal people but rather as an unconditional ally to their struggles. I will specifically address Indigenous resistance in the form of re-occupation of Turtle Island and in particular of so-called Canada. Re-occupation of the land is a kind of resistance …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/indigenous-resistance-as-re-occupation-of-land-at-the-forefront-of-climate-justice/

Would Jay Inslee Take on the Military to Fight Climate Change?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-15
At Netroots Nation 2019, we asked Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee, focused on climate change, if he'd take on the largest institutional emitter of fossil fuels: the Pentagon…
therealnews.com/stories/would-jay-inslee-take-on-the-military-to-fight-climate-change

As Cost of Climate Crisis Grows, Climate Movement Escalates
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-14
Activists run towards the Garzweiler open-cast mine (David Young/picture alliance via Getty Images) The warnings of climate chaos are coming so fast they are difficult to keep up with. Storms, heatwaves and climate-related weather disasters are increasing at a rapid pace. The leadership of the two corporate-dominated political parties are trying to keep the climate …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/as-cost-of-climate-crisis-grows-climate-movement-escalates/

No War, No Warming with Rev. Lennox Yearwood
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-14
The president of Hip Hop Caucus speaks with Dharna Noor at Netroots Nation 2019 on fighting for climate justice and a Green New Deal–and fighting against militarization…
therealnews.com/stories/no-war-no-warming-with-rev-lennox-yearwood

Developing countries should not be liable for emissions 'accumulated throughout history', key UN development forum hears
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-12
Citing climate change as being caused by "emissions accumulated throughout history", the head of China's Xiamen Airlines told the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York on Friday that heavy carbon dioxide emitters should "take on greater responsibility" to ameliorate the problem.
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Amazon in Danger of Total Destruction Under Brazil's Right-Wing President Bolsonaro
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-12
If another 20 percent of the Amazon rainforest is destroyed, it could start a vicious cycle of self-destruction, unleashing enormous amounts of CO2 and massively impacting regional and global climate, says Alexander Zaitchik…
therealnews.com/stories/amazon-in-danger-of-total-destruction-under-brazils-right-wing-president-bolsonaro

Bring down the global fences
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-12
As the Titanic sank in 1912, the wealthy were given safety on lifeboats while the poor were left to die, locked in the sinking ship. | Today, the countries of the Global North are taking a similar approach to the climate crisis. | Going full steam ahead, countries such as Australia continue to burn fossil fuels, ignore the warnings of scientists and, when crises hit, turn people away from safety. | There were more than 70 million displaced people around the world last year according to conservative United Nations figures — the highest this figure has ever been. | Many were displaced as a direct or indirec…
greenleft.org.au/content/refugees-first-victims-climate-change

In Mozambique, it's 'a matter of the heart' says Guterres, lauding the cyclone-struck nation's 'undeniable moral authority'
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-11
Arriving in Mozambique to express solidarity and see for himself the damage wrought by two back-to-back cyclones earlier this year, UN chief António Guterres on Thursday said "undeniable moral authority" lay with its people, who had borne the brunt of a disaster linked inexorably to climate change, and a warming world.
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Mexico: The devious ways one water company is profiting from the poor
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-11
Water is becoming a coveted currency. As a basic need that is increasingly scarce in some regions due to climate disruption and abusive industrial and agricultural practices, it is the new gold that the wealthy want to get their hands on. | Companies like Nestlé and even drug gangs in Mexico are harnessing the profit and power potential of water, with trails of violence and corruption left in their wake. | In Puebla, two hours to the south of Mexico City, a private water company has plans to break up the streets…
greenleft.org.au/content/mexico-devious-ways-one-water-company-profiting-poor

Five new books for ecosocialists
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-11
Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus looks at five new books of interest to ecosocialists. | Vanishing Fish: Shifting Baselines & the Future of Global Fisheries | By Daniel Pauly | Greystone Books, 2019 | Award-winning biologist Daniel Pauly examines the parlous state of today's global fisheries. Starting with the rapid expansion that followed World War II, he traces the arc of the fishing industry's ensuing demise, offering insights into how and why it has failed. His practical recommendations for a way forward incorporate a vision of a vib…
greenleft.org.au/content/five-new-books-ecosocialists-6

We need everyone to strike on September 20
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-11
School Strike 4 Climate released the following statement on July 3. | * * * | On Friday September 20, three days before world leaders meet in New York for the United Nations Emergency Climate Summit, school strikers, together with our friends, communities and families, are holding our biggest Global Climate Strike yet. | Everyone is invited and everyone is needed as we build the biggest social movement the world has ever seen to tackle the climate crisis. | We often get asked by adults if it's OK f…
greenleft.org.au/content/we-need-everyone-strike-september-20

Maritime union backs student-led climate strike
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-11
The following motion was passed unanimously at the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) Sydney Branch monthly member's meeting on June 25. | * * * | The MUA Sydney Branch welcomes the call from the School Strike 4 Climate movement for workers to join their next global strike. We will build for the widest possible stoppage of work to join demonstrations on September 20. We call on our national union to support this action and campaign for stoppages across the global union movement. | We note with anger that the climate crisis is already affecting millions in Australia and around the world. We reaffirm MUA policy that…
greenleft.org.au/content/maritime-union-backs-student-led-climate-strike

We're invited to support student strikers
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-11
The Socialist Alliance National Council voted on June 30 to encourage its members and supporters to support of the September 20 climate strike and put motions along the following lines to their trade unions and other community-based organisations. | * * * | The School Strike 4 Climate has asked adults worldwide to come out onto the streets alongside them and make our voices heard. | To do that we too must strike for climate action. We must break with business as usual, leave our workplaces and rally with the students. | Yes, we will then cross a line. The rules do not let us strike when we want, for what we need…
greenleft.org.au/content/were-invited-support-student-strikers

How the Climate Crisis Is Pushing Central Americans Out of Their Homes Toward the U.S
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-10
As the U.S. continues to crack down on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, we look at one of the underreported driving factors leading people to flee their home countries: the climate crisis. John Carlos Frey, author of "Sand and Blood: America's Stealth War on the Mexico Border," spent time with Central American climate refugees traveling in a caravan toward the United States. He says, "If this drought continues, we're looking at all-out famine from Central America. …That's one of the major reasons why they're coming. … The government doesn't even acknowledge the fact that there is a climate c…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/10/john_carlos_frey_immigration_us_mexico

An Hour with Noam Chomsky on Fascism, Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, Julian Assange & More
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-05
In April, hundreds of people packed into the Old South Church in Boston to hear the world-renowned dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky speak. In this hour-long special, we air an excerpt of Chomsky's speech and his on-stage interview with Amy Goodman.
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/5/an_hour_with_noam_chomsky_on