How fast is the climate changing?
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-01
Are recent weather patterns a prescient warning that Climate Change is upon us? Yes, according to John Molyneux, and time is running out. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/01/how-fast-is-the-climate-changing/

Water Not Oil: Battle Cry Of The Blue Planet
Jerome Irwin | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-01
It's Mother Earth's battle cry inspired by the world's dire climate crisis that has been sung by many for years yet still hasn't yet resolutely been taken up by the world as a whole. So the cry remains: what ultimately is more important: Water or Oil? The Human World is starved for both. But which…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/01/water-not-oil-battle-cry-of-the-blue-planet/

Direct Action Training – Prep for Climate Strike Week in September
Extinction Rebellion: Santa Cruz | indybay.org | 2019-08-01
Resource Center for Nonviolence | 612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/31/18825115.php

Oddball Dem hopeful Andrew Yang's advice against climate change: Run for the hills
rt.com | 2019-08-01
Andrew Yang, a wacky tech candidate in the crowded Democratic presidential field, broke from the party line on climate change, saying it's too late for last-ditch efforts to stop it, so people might as well move to higher ground. | …
rt.com/usa/465524-yang-climate-higher-ground/

Vigil to Expose Monsanto
San Francisco-Bay Area Veterans For Peace | indybay.org | 2019-08-01
Union Square, Downtown San Francisco. Bordered by Geary Blvd. and Post Street; and Powell and Stockton Street.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/31/18825112.php

Lawsuit Launched Over Trump Administration's Approval of Oil-waste Dumping in Arroyo Grande Aquifer
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2019-08-01
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., July 25, 2019 — The Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice today of its intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for ignoring threats to endangered wildlife in its recent approval of an aquifer exemption in the area around the Arroyo Grande oilfield.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/31/18825096.php

2nd Democratic Debate Pt. 1: Reparations, Race, and the New Green Economy (3/3)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-01
Reparations are no longer a backburner issue, and candidates are being forced to address climate change and the new green economy. With guests Kimberly Moffit and Jeet Heer, hosted by Marc Steiner…
therealnews.com/stories/2nd-democratic-debate-pt-1-reparations-race-and-the-new-green-economy-3-3

Climate Activists Set Sights on Ending Fossil Fuel Exports in Pacific Northwest Once and For All
Nick Engelfried | commondreams.org | 2019-07-31
Climate activists rally outside State Capitol in Salem, Oregon to urge Gov. Brown to reject Jordan Cove LNG. (Photo: Backbone Campaign) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-07-31_at_3.39.57_pm.png …
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CNN Misses on Climate Crisis Questions in Night One of Democratic Debate
commondreams.org | 2019-07-31
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Wednesday's Daily Brief: World Breastfeeding Week kickoff, Second Ebola death on DR Congo's eastern border,‚ÄØUN chief lauds climate activist Thunberg, Afghan bus attack, and outgoing UN agriculture chief hands over reigns
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-31
Our main stories today cover: ‚ÄØWorld Breastfeeding Week kickoff, Ebola on DR Congo side of Rwandan border, 15-year-old Greta Thunberg to said to UN climate summit, UN chief condemns deadly Afghan bus attack and UN agriculture agency chief marks last day.
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The Research Is In: Stop Fracking ASAP
Barbara Gottlieb | commondreams.org | 2019-07-31
We all face harm from fracking's impact on the climate. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/fire_6.jpeg …
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FROM THE FIELD: Turning waste into a business in the slums of Yaoundé, Cameroon
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-31
The increasing volume and complexity of waste associated with modern economies is posing a serious risk to ecosystems and human health. Every year, an estimated 11.2 billion tons of solid waste are collected worldwide, according to the UN Environment Programme.
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Toxic Mine Waste. The Dangers of Copper Sulfide Mining
Dr. Gary G. Kohls | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-31
A few months ago, the Trump administration's Bureau of Land Management renewed the previously cancelled mineral exploration leases to Antofagasta, the Chilean mining giant that owns Twin Metals, the Canadian penny-stock company that has been doing the groundwork for Antofagasta's …
globalresearch.ca/lessons-polluted-superfund-copper-mine-used-dry-stacking-method-toxic-mine-tailings-storage/5685161

Lawsuit: Trump Is Failing to Protect Emperor Penguins From Climate Crisis
commondreams.org | 2019-07-31
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Climate change is class war
Jodi Dean | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-31
Our challenge is to build the collective power that can force the changes the capitalist system refuses to make.
liberationnews.org/climate-change-is-class-war/

UK's 10 hottest years on record have occurred since 2002 says Met Office
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-31
The UK's 10 hottest years in records stretching back to the 19th century have all occurred since 2002, the Met Office has said.Analysis of temperature records which have been extended back to 1884 also reveals that none of the 10 coldest years have occurred since 1963, showing how the climate is warming.In the Met Office's latest annual state of the climate report, the temperature series for the UK has been extended back by 26 years from 1910, as the data was added as part of ongoing work to digitise historic weather records.Dr Mark McCarthy, head of the Met Office's national climate information centre, said: "Lo…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/07/31/uks-10-hottest-years-on-record-have-occurred-since-2002-says-met-office/

Climate change, oil profits and the new youth movement
Deirdre Griswold | workers.org | 2019-07-31
Despite the know-nothing stance of the gang in the White House, climate change is a subject that hundreds of millions of people cannot ignore. Massive spring floods in the U.S. Midwest continued into June, causing billions of dollars in damage as levees were breached and fields turned into vast lakes. . . . | Continue reading Climate change, oil profits and the new youth movement at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/07/30/climate-change-oil-profits-and-the-new-youth-movement/

Migration and the climate crisis: the UN's search for solutions
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-31
Throughout human history, migration and climate have always been connected, but in the modern era, the impacts of the man-made climate crisis are likely to extensively change the patterns of human settlement.
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Trump administration is making 'explicit attempts' to suppress climate change science
Ruth Milka | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-31
The Trump administration "has sidelined scientists and experts, flattened the morale of the career staff, and by all accounts is bent on hollowing out the agency."
nationofchange.org/2019/07/31/trump-administration-is-making-explicit-attempts-to-suppress-climate-change-science/

Hard times in the climate denial business for the Heartland Institute
Justin Mikulka | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-31
Last week, the Heartland Institute was again trumpeting climate science denial at its 13th "International Conference on Climate Change" at the Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C. But by a number of measures, the Chicago-based free-market think tank's science denial doesn't exactly seem to be a growing — or cohesive — movement at this point. That's even with more media coverage than five years ago, and with friends in high places. In …
nationofchange.org/2019/07/31/hard-times-in-the-climate-denial-business-for-the-heartland-institute/

HBO's 'Chernobyl': Writer Craig Mazin's imploding ideological superstructure
Joel Wendland | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-31
Truth, the unvarnished, objectiveness of fact, is the hero of Chernobyl, the controversial HBO mini-series. It was created by Craig Mazin, mostly known for his writing on the sequels to the farcical Scary Movie and Hangover franchises. Unfortunately, the truth gets short shrift in what turns out to be a distorted, if quite well-acted and …
peoplesworld.org/article/hbos-chernobyl-writer-craig-mazins-imploding-ideological-superstructure/

Paris authorities cover up lead contamination in schools caused by Notre Dame fire
wsws.org | 2019-07-31
Paris authorities are covering up the risk of lead poisoning after the Notre Dame fire, as new details of mismanagement before the disaster emerge.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/31/notr-j30.html

In 'Visionary' Document, Small Island Nations Declare 'Climate Crisis' in Pacific
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-31
Declaration includes demand for end to fossil fuel development and for nations most responsible for crisis to "urgently change direction." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/pacific-island-nations-declaration-nadi-climate-crisis.jpg …
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THOUSANDS of unopened bottles of water meant for Puerto Rico hurricane victims found in field… AGAIN
rt.com | 2019-07-31
Tens of thousands of water bottles intended for hurricane survivors in Puerto Rico have been found sitting in a field unopened. After a similar discovery last year, the find suggests massive waste in the US disaster relief effort. | …
rt.com/usa/465500-puerto-rico-thousands-water-bottles/

Amid 'Existential Threat' and With Women's Freedom at Stake, CNN Slammed for Pushing Climate and Reproductive Rights to Back Burner
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-31
Voters and advocacy organizations alike expressed dismay Wednesday after the second round of Democratic primary debates kicked off with CNN asking few or no questions about two of the issues Americans say they care about most as they weigh who they'll vote for in 2020—the climate and women's rights. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11652369591.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/31/amid-existential-threat-and-womens-freedom-stake-cnn-slammed-pushing-climate-and?cd-origin=rss

Dear Moderators of the Presidential Debates
Lawrence Wittner | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-30
You mass media folks lead busy lives, I'm sure. But you must have heard something about nuclear weapons — those supremely destructive devices that, along with climate change, threaten the continued existence of the human race. Yes, thanks to popular protest and carefully-crafted arms control and disarmament agreements, there has been some progress in limiting …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/dear-moderators-of-the-presidential-debates/

Exterminating the Future: World Outcry Grows as Brazil Rapidly Expands Deforestation of Amazon
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-30
New government data in Brazil shows that deforestation in the Amazon has dramatically increased since the far-right former military officer Jair Bolsonaro became president in January. Brazil has lost more than 1,300 square miles of forest cover this year, and the pace of deforestation is increasing. One report claims that the equivalent of three soccer fields are being deforested every minute in the Amazon. In June, deforestation increased by 88% over the same month last year. The drastic spike is due to Bolsonaro's rolling back of regulations and allowing illegal land invasions, logging and burning. Climate scie…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/30/bolsonaro_amazon_deforestation_indigenous_leader_murdered

Headlines for July 30, 2019
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-30
Gilroy, CA Shooter Touted White Supremacist Text, Posted Racist Content Before Massacre, Trump Renews Attacks on Rep. Cummings, Lashes Out at Al Sharpton, Senate Fails to Override Trump Vetoes on Bills Blocking Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia, Saudi Air Raids Kill At Least 10 in Northern Yemen, 5 Teenage Students Killed by Security Forces in Sudan, Brazil: At Least 57 Killed in Prison Riot, 164 Environmental Activists Killed in 2018, Indigenous Activists Protest Real Estate Development in New Zealand, Greenland's Ice Sheet at Risk of Record Melting, CNN and MSNBC to Host Climate Crisis-Centered Events, Kamala Harris R…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/30/headlines

Conflict, climate change among factors that increase 'desperation that enables human trafficking to flourish', says UN chief
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-30
To mark the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has stressed that "human trafficking is a heinous crime that affects every region of the world" — especially women and children.
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Media Downplay Climate Disruption's Ever-Growing Role in Driving Migration
Joshua Cho | fair.org | 2019-07-30
Washington Post ( 4/16/19) | Journalists routinely dehumanize human beings crossing the southern border by comparing them to natural disasters like a " flood" or " deluge." But while migration has always been a natural…
fair.org/home/media-downplay-climate-disruptions-ever-growing-role-in-driving-migration/

Easing 'classroom crisis' in Cà¥te d'Ivoire, brick by (plastic) brick
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-29
In an innovative partnership, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and a Colombian social enterprise announced on Monday that it had broken ground on a first-of-its-kind factory to convert plastic waste in Cà¥te d'Ivoire into modular, easy-to-assemble, low-cost plastic bricks for classrooms in the West African country.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1043351

Monday's Daily Brief: Nigeria massacre, Libya shelling condemned; recycled plastic used to build classrooms in Cà¥te d'Ivoire
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-29
Our main stories today: UN chief and senior UN official condemn the 'terrible massacre' in Nigeria that left some 65 dead, and the shelling of a hospital in Libya that killed medical workers; UN Secretary-General António Guterres reacts to a deadly landslide in China; recycled plastic waste is used to build classrooms in Cà¥te d'Ivoire; and scouts are urged to become human rights defenders.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1043371

Alaska Governor Demolishes Climate Research
Robert Hunziker | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-29
"The University of Alaska Fairbanks ("UAF") is a hub for Arctic climate research, and a magnet for top scientists and international collaborations– and it's in trouble."1 UAF's International Arctic Research Center sits at the pinnacle of worldwide climate research…
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/alaska-governor-demolishes-climate-research/

UN: World Hunger Increases for Third Straight Year due to Climate Change
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-28
Cindy Holleman of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization says climate change, conflict, and economic stagnation are increasing hunger…
therealnews.com/stories/un-world-hunger-increases-for-third-straight-year-due-to-climate-change

MSNBC & CNN To Host Climate Town Halls for Candidates
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-27
Sunrise Movement fellow Zina Rodriguez says she celebrates the moves from two major networks, but they don't change the need for a real climate debate…
therealnews.com/stories/msnbc-cnn-to-host-climate-town-halls-for-candidates

Headlines for July 26, 2019
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-26
Trump Administration to Bring Back Federal Executions After 16-Year Hiatus, 44-Year-Old Mexican Immigrant Dies in ICE Custody, Trump Threatens to Impose Travel Ban on Guatemalans, Oklahoma Suspends Plans to Jail 1,600 Migrant Children at Fort Sill, 150 Migrants Feared Dead in Shipwrecks Off Libyan Coast, Five Dead as Europe Swelters Under Record-Setting Heat, "Unprecedented" Wildfires Scorch Over 1 Million Acres of Alaskan Forest, California and Automakers Agree to Fuel Efficiency Targets Opposed by Trump, Rep. Ilhan Omar Introduces Zero Waste Act as Part of Green New Deal, GOP Blocks Election Security Bills as S…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/26/headlines

26-year-old activist sentenced to pay $61,000 in 'victim compensation' to Qld Railways
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-26
On April 19, Alice Wicks locked on to a half-ton barrel, blocking all coal trains heading to the Port of Brisbane for 5 hours. | "I took this action because I have exhausted all other avenues for demanding action on the climate crisis. The permafrost has melted 70 years ahead of scientist's predictions. We need to act now", Wicks said on July 26. | Wicks has been protesting for more than three years and has worked in the environmental management sector for five. The government has made no effort to curb the climate crisis, they said, all the while increasing anti-protest laws: anyone who trespasses on a work…
greenleft.org.au/content/26-year-old-activist-sentenced-pay-61000-victim-compensation-qld-railways

New Study Predicts Millions of Americans May Become Exposed to "Off the Charts" Heat
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-26
Climate scientist Michael Mann discusses the increasing frequency and severity of heat waves, just as the US, Europe, and India are experiencing this Summer…
therealnews.com/stories/new-study-predicts-millions-of-americans-may-become-exposed-to-off-the-charts-heat

Climate Change Is Impacting Every Aspect of Modern Life, But the Press Fails to "Connect the Dots"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-24
July is slated to become the hottest month in recorded history, as extreme weather fueled by global warming wreaks havoc across the globe, from extreme heat waves in Europe and the U.S. to deadly monsoon flooding in South Asia. Severe rains have killed at least 660 people across India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan in a monsoon that is expected to continue throughout the week. A record heat wave is hitting Europe for the second time this summer, with Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam all at risk of hitting all-time high temperatures, and Spain facing the threat of severe fires. We speak with climate scientist Michae…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/24/michael_mann_climate_crisis_media_coverage