We will see roots reaching out for each other
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-09-07
Last week, Agence France-Presse got its hands on a draft UN report called Special Report on the Ocean and Cyrosphere in a Changing Climate. This 900-page document is study of the oceans for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UN body which won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2007. | Source…
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Protesters stage 'die in' to highlight cyclist deaths
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-07
Dozens of protesters have staged a symbolic funeral procession across central London, ending in a die-in in Trafalgar Square to highlight the need for measures to protect cyclists.The protest, organised by Extinction Rebellion in partnership with Stop Killing Cyclists, called on the Government to start investing £6 billion a year on cycling infrastructure.The march, which began at Lincoln's Inn Fields, was led by three horse-drawn funeral hearses meant to represent the deaths of cyclists caused by road accidents and pollution.Florence Reid waves an Exinction Rebellion flag during the protest (David Mirzoeff…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2019/09/07/protesters-stage-die-in-to-highlight-cyclist-deaths/

'No fossil fuel money!': Protests outside big-money fundraiser for Biden co-hosted by natural gas executive
Jake Johnson | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-07
"Biden can't expect to convince Americans that he's a leader on climate if he's also cozying up to fossil fuel power players."
nationofchange.org/2019/09/07/no-fossil-fuel-money-protests-outside-big-money-fundraiser-for-biden-co-hosted-by-natural-gas-executive/

CNN Town Hall Went Deep on Climate Crisis—But Was Anyone Listening?
Julie Hollar | commondreams.org | 2019-09-07
A protester is seen during a climate change demonstration holding a placard that says, 'There Is No Planet B.' (Photo by Ronen Tivony/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/climate_cnn_dems.jpg …
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Extinction Rebellion co-founder tackles the allegation she isn't challenging capitalism
James Wright | thecanary.co | 2019-09-07
In an interview with The Canary, Extinction Rebellion (XR) co-founder Gail Bradbrook tackled the allegation that XR, which is spearheading the climate movement, isn't fundamentally challenging free market capitalism. | "Where political power lies": | The Canary sat down with Bradbrook after her speech at Shambala festival 2019 to explore t…
thecanary.co/exclusive/2019/09/07/extinction-rebellion-co-founder-tackles-the-allegation-she-isnt-challenging-capitalism/

Trump Rakes in Fossil Fuel Money While Some Democrats Skirt Donation Pledge
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-07
| Against the backdrop of intensifying global heat waves, a burning Amazon forest, and melting arctic ice caps, the question of how to respond to the global climate crisis, and a candidate's relationship to the fossil fuel industry, are assuming center stage in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. | At one end, you have Donald Trump, the near-certain Republican nominee, who has taken huge amounts of money from the fossil fuel industry. The Trump administration has rolled back climate regu…
truthout.org/articles/trump-rakes-in-fossil-fuel-money-while-some-democrats-skirt-donation-pledge/

Climate Minimizers Don't Deny Climate Change—But Find Endless Reasons to Reject Sanders' Plan to Stop It
Esha Krishnaswamy | commondreams.org | 2019-09-07
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks to the crowd during the 2019 South Carolina Democratic Party State Convention on June 22, 2019 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo: Sean Rayford/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bernie_sanders_media.jpg …
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Tax the rich before the rest
Chuck Collins | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-07
Presidential candidates should take a pledge: The middle class should not pay one dollar more in new taxes until the super-rich pay their fair share. | Already candidates are outlining ambitious programs to improve health care, combat climate change, and address the opioid crisis — and trying to explain how they'll pay for it. | President Trump, on the other hand, wants to give corporations and the richest 1 percent more tax breaks to keep goosing a lopsided economic boom — even as deficit hawks moan about the exploding national debt and annual deficits topping $1 trillion. | Eventually someone is…
nationofchange.org/2019/09/07/tax-the-rich-before-the-rest/

NYT remembers David Koch more as 'philanthropist' than polluter
Olivia Riggio | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-07
David Koch may be dead, but his legacy of support for far-right politics and climate change denial lives on. The New York Times, however, chose to focus more on his love for the ballet than on his pollution and profiteering. | In its obituary ( 8/23/19), "David Koch, Billionaire Who Fueled Right-Wing Movement, Dies at 79" the Times called Koch a "man-about-town philanthropist." On the same day, the Times ( 8/23/19) published an affecti…
nationofchange.org/2019/09/07/nyt-remembers-david-koch-more-as-philanthropist-than-polluter/

Portents of 21st Century Global Warming
Dr. Andrew Glikson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-07
Global Research has decided to publish different perspectives and competing viewpoints regarding Climate Change, with a view to promoting debate and critical analysis. | *** | "We will be in a position where we set off an irreversible chain reaction beyond human …
globalresearch.ca/21st-century-global-warming/5688105

New Report: ABC, CBS, NBC Covered Climate Crisis Connection to Hurricane Dorian Only Once in 216 Segments on Storm
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-09-07
"Climate change is fueling storms like Hurricane Dorian. But you wouldn't know that from watching broadcast TV news." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/dorian_bahamas_0.jpg …
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Livestream: The Right to a Future — With Naomi Klein and Greta Thunberg
The Intercept | theintercept.com | 2019-09-06
The Intercept invites you to watch a special event in New York City hosted by Intercept senior correspondent Naomi Klein, author of the forthcoming book "On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal," and headlined by trailblazing climate activist Greta Thunberg, author of "No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference." Together with youth leaders Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Xiye Bastida, and Vic Barrett, as well as Indigenous Amazon leader Tuntiak Katan, Thunberg and Klein will help us envision a just and sustainable future, confront our climate emergency, and discuss the emerging cross-generational, transnational mov…
theintercept.com/2019/09/06/greta-thunberg-naomi-klein-climate-change-livestream/

9/11 and the American Orwellian Nightmare
James Bovard | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
Next week will mark the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Politicians and bureaucrats wasted no time after that carnage to unleash the Surveillance State on average Americans, treating every citizen like a terrorist suspect. Since the government failed to protect the public, Americans somehow forfeited their constitutional right to privacy. Despite heroic efforts by former NSA staffer Edward Snowden and a host of activists and freedom fighters, the government continues ravaging American privacy.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/9-11-and-the-american-orwellian-nightmare/

Extinction Via Rugged Individualism
Kathleen Wallace | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
I was recently amused by a train of thought on Twitter excoriating Henry David Thoreau for his experiment in self-sufficient living. True, he was on the land of his wealthy neighbor, his mother did his laundry (and brought him old-timey donuts to eat), but it was rugged, dammit. Okay, it was something akin to a…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/extinction-via-rugged-individualism/

Extinction Rebellion: What is it?
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
The climate crisis is turning average law-abiding people into raging law-breaking eco rebels, by boatloads. Extinction Rebellion (ER) is at the forefront, demanding that governments declare climate emergencies and take urgent action. In that regard, ER, which started in the UK, says government must reduce carbon emissions to Net Zero by 2025, or else! Social…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/extinction-rebellion-what-is-it/

Climate Forum Shows Candidates' Key Differences
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-06
At CNN's seven-hour climate town hall, ten Democratic candidates disagreed about fracking, nuclear power, and how much to fund the Pentagon. TRNN's Marc Steiner, Dharna Noor, and Steve Horn discuss.
therealnews.com/stories/climate-forum-shows-candidates-key-differences

Mitigating climate change in Asia-Pacific could give region an economic boost
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-06
The urgent need to move towards a low carbon economy and build resilience, would not only mitigate the worst impacts of climate change in the Asia-Pacific, but also lift the region economically, according to the body overseeing the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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With hurricane destruction as backdrop, Democratic aspirants address climate change
John Bachtell | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-06
Hurricane Dorian, with its decimating fury unleashed on the Bahamas and the Southeastern U.S. seacoast, became the latest red alert warning of the rapidly mounting effects of climate change. It was also the backdrop for a historic Democratic presidential town hall forum on the climate crisis. The forum was nationally televised on Sept. 4 by …
peoplesworld.org/article/with-hurricane-destruction-as-backdrop-democratic-aspirants-address-climate-change/

The Problem With Our Climate Debate Is That Only Democrats Are Showing Up
Jeet Heer | thenation.com | 2019-09-06
The Problem With Our Climate Debate Is That Only Democrats Are Showing Up…
thenation.com/article/climate-change-democrats-townhall/

Climate Organizers Aren't Letting Candidates Off the Hook
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-06
CNN's seven-hour town hall was far from perfect, but it was the best climate conversation we've had yet–and it would never have happened without youth-led movements.
therealnews.com/columns/climate-organizers-arent-letting-candidates-off-the-hook

Candidates Don't Agree On How Much To Spend on Climate Plans
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-06
At CNN's marathon climate town hall, candidates detailed environmental plans that range from $1.3 to $16.3 trillion, but moderators failed to address the cost of inaction…
therealnews.com/stories/candidates-dont-agree-on-how-much-to-spend-on-climate-plans

Over 450 Climate Strikes Planned in U.S. on September 20th; Global Climate Strikes to Take Place in 117 Countries
commondreams.org | 2019-09-06
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CNN Town Hall Went Deep on Climate Crisis–but Was Anyone Listening?
Julie Hollar | fair.org | 2019-09-06
Given the Democratic National Committee's refusal to allow its party's presidential hopefuls to take part in a televised climate debate, CNN (and, later this month, MSNBC) agreed to host "town halls" on the climate crisis–events with one candidate at a time on stage, fielding questions from network hosts as well as network-selected audience members. | CNN's climate crisis town hall ( 9/4/19) showed that, when it's not setting up mock combat among candidates, the network can actuall…
fair.org/home/cnn-town-hall-went-deep-on-climate-crisis-but-was-anyone-listening/

Exxon Mobil Is Funding Centrist Democratic Think Tank, Disclosures Reveal
Kate Aronoff | theintercept.com | 2019-09-06
The Progressive Policy Institute, a centrist Democratic think tank that grew out of the party's pro-business wing in the 1980s and '90s, received $50,000 from Exxon Mobil in 2018 via its parent organization, the Third Way Foundation, according to the oil giant's 2018 Worldwide Giving Report. | Exxon Mobil did not return The Intercept's multiple requests for comment. In an email, PPI Executive Director Lindsay Lewis said the money was used for general support and that "we only accept general support funding from corporate interests, we do not do paid for work/research or have any donor run programs." | Lewis also…
theintercept.com/2019/09/06/exxon-mobil-progressive-policy-institute-climate/

How Do You Hold Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable? Candidates Disagree
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-06
Ten candidates at CNN's climate town hall explained how they'd hold industry accountable for climate change–but can we trust them?
therealnews.com/stories/how-do-you-hold-fossil-fuel-industry-accountable-candidates-disagree

Climate Minimizers Don't Deny Climate Change–but Find Endless Reasons to Reject Sanders' Plan to Stop It
Esha Krishnaswamy | fair.org | 2019-09-06
Climate change is an existential threat to human civilization. If only corporate media acted like it. | While the majority of corporate media do not outright deny the reality of the human-caused climate crisis, they are filled with another brand of insidious ideologues that I call climate minimizers. These downplay the threat that climate change poses to all of us by ignoring scientific data, avoiding discussion on the actual impact of climate change, and hyper-focusing on trivial details. | These tendencies were on display…
fair.org/home/climate-minimizers-dont-deny-climate-change-but-find-endless-reasons-to-reject-sanders-plan-to-stop-it/

Funerals for glaciers: Is it too late for Europe's Green New Deal?
Conn Hallinan | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-06
On Aug. 18, several dozen people gathered around a patch of snow in Iceland to commemorate the demise of the Okjokull glacier, a victim of climate change. Further to the west, Greenland shed 217 billion tons of ice in the month of July alone. Paris reached 108.7 degrees on July 25, and normally cold, blustery …
peoplesworld.org/article/funerals-for-glaciers-is-it-too-late-for-europes-green-new-deal/