A Real Extinction Rebellion Means the End of Colonialism, Imperialism, and Capitalism
Jessica Garraway | commondreams.org | 2019-09-22
In 2011, as a 20 year old activist new to the environmental movement I joined up with other like-minded people for a retreat in rural Wisconsin to plan and strategize our next steps. As a Black woman, it was painfully obvious that amongst the scores of people in attendance that there were very few people of color present.
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Young Climate Activists Held World Leaders Accountable at UN
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-22
Young climate change activists delivered a strong message to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Saturday: If elected officials do not take strong actions to combat climate change, they will be voted out of office. | RELATED: | Thousands Join World Climate Strike as UN Summit Approaches | Guterres gave around 500 youth activists the floor at the U.N.'s first youth climate change summit, an informal event aimed at connecting young activists and entrepreneurs with glob…
telesurenglish.net/news/Young-Climate-Activists-Held-World-Leaders-Accountable-at-UN-20190922-0005.html
Climate Week: Faith in Our Future: Interfaith Conversation on Climate Change (Santa Cruz)
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826538.php
As the climate emergency worsens, poor people will suffer the most
Afroze Fatima Zaidi | thecanary.co | 2019-09-22
The worldwide climate strikes on Friday 20 September showed enormous public will towards addressing the climate crisis. Ahead of the UN climate change summit to take place on 23 September, protesters from all over the world took to the streets to demand action from world leaders. | I…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2019/09/22/as-the-climate-emergency-worsens-poor-people-will-suffer-the-most/
SF Climate Strike: Amazon Protest Contingent outside Brasilian Consulate
Brasil Solidarity Network and others | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
Brasilian Consulate, 300 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94104-1901…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/22/18826600.php
Climate Strike: Sidewalk Protest for Climate Crisis in Santa Cruz, Sept. 24
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
Sidewalk along Pacific Garden Mall, 1424-1498 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826535.php
Youth Leads In Global Climate Strike
Photos and Text | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
Demonstrations throughout the Bay Area and the world in emergency climate protest…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826541.php
Climate Strike: Sidewalk Protest for Climate Crisis in Santa Cruz, Sept. 26
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
Sidewalk along Pacific Garden Mall, 1424-1498 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826536.php
Climate Week: Nonviolent Direct Action Training in Santa Cruz
Extinction Rebellion Santa Cruz | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
El Rio Mobile Home Park, 2120 N Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060-2706, United States…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826540.php
Climate Policy Q & A Session with Senator Feinstein's State Director
Indivisible East Bay | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St, Berkeley, CA 94704…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/22/18826601.php
We Need Biodiversity-Based Agriculture to Solve the Climate Crisis
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-22
| The Earth is living, and also creates life. Over 4 billion years the Earth has evolved a rich biodiversity — an abundance of different living organisms and ecosystems — that can meet all our needs and sustain life. | Through biodiversity and the living functions of the biosphere, the Earth regulates temperature and climate, and has created the conditions for our species to evolve. This is what NASA scientist James Lovelock found in working with Lynn Margulis, who was studying the pro…
truthout.org/articles/we-need-biodiversity-based-agriculture-to-solve-the-climate-crisis/
Climate Week Talk: Author Jonathan Safran Foer, "We Are the Weather"
Climate One | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
Climate One, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco 94105…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826565.php
Banks worth $47 trillion adopt new UN-backed climate, sustainability principles
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-22
Banks collectively with more than $47 trillion in assets, or a third of the global industry, signed up on Sunday to new United Nations-backed responsible banking principles in a massive boost for climate action and the shift from "brown to green" models of economic growth.
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Ahead of UN summit, leading scientists warn climate change 'hitting harder and sooner' than forecast
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-22
Top climate scientists issued a report on Sunday showing that over the last several years, sea-level rise, planetary warming, shrinking ice sheets and carbon pollution have accelerated; a sobering call to action for political leaders headed to New York for summit-level climate change talks tomorrow at the United Nations.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046972
Climate Week: Real Democracy Teach-in & Free Veg Dinner (Santa Cruz)
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
Louden Nelson Auditorium, 301 Center Street, Santa Cruz 95060…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826534.php
Hundreds of academics declare support for Extinction Rebellion
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-22
Extinction Rebellion climate emergencyIssue 1239 AustraliaSeptember 22, 2019We, the undersigned, represent diverse academic disciplines, and the views expressed here are those of the signatories and not their universities. | While our academic perspectives and expertise may differ, we are united on one point: we can no longer to…
greenleft.org.au/content/hundreds-academics-declare-support-extinction-rebellion
'An Obligation to Make Radical Change': At Youth Climate Summit, Young Leaders Say Merely Listening to Science Is Not Enough
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-09-22
At the first-ever Youth Climate Action Summit at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Saturday, climate leader Greta Thunberg was joined by more than 600 young activists who were able to appeal directly to the U.N. secretary-general a day after helping to galvanize an estimated total of four million people at the Global Climate Strike—and the campaigners in attendance did not mince words. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11700037101.jpg …
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A New Generation of Activists Put Their Bodies on the Line to Defend California's Forests
Leighton Akio Woodhouse | theintercept.com | 2019-09-21
The deforestation of the Amazon is recognized around the world as a catastrophe for global climate change. Far less recognized is the threat of deforestation of temperate rainforests, such as the enormous coastal forest that stretches from Northern California to Alaska. By some estimates, temperate rainforests sequester from 2 to 7 times as much carbon per acre as tropical rainforests like the Amazon. Keeping these ecosystems healthy and intact is an imperative part of avoiding a future of cataclysmic global warming. | In Humboldt County, California, activists have been fighting for decades to preserve the forest…
theintercept.com/2019/09/21/environmental-activists-logging-trees/
At UN, youth activists press for bold action on climate emergency, vow to hold leaders accountable at the ballot box
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-21
Students and young activists on Saturday threw down the gauntlet to world leaders heading to United Nations Headquarters next week for high-level climate talks, demanding that they "stop wasting time" and work harder to curb carbon emissions, "or we will vote you out."
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Climate strike protesters speak out: "There's willful blindness on this issue, because fixing it conflicts with capitalism"
wsws.org | 2019-09-21
WSWS reporters spoke with climate strike protesters in cities around the globe.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/21/ints-s21.html
Highlights From the Biggest Climate Strike the World Has Ever Seen
Michael Nigro | truthdig.com | 2019-09-21
truthdig.com/photo-essays/greta-thunberg-leads-climate-strike-in-new-york-city/
Millions march against climate change, capitalism and war
wsws.org | 2019-09-21
"Any talk about climate change must include socialism and the economic system."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/21/clim-s21.html
Bushfires in Australia: Another symptom of climate change
wsws.org | 2019-09-21
Early spring fires are an "omen" of an unprecedented and disastrous season ahead due to hot, windy and dry conditions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/21/fire-s21.html
Chicagoans demand climate justice in massive #GlobalClimateStrike
Aaron Cynic | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-21
Thousands of Chicagoans marched and rallied across the city Friday as part of a massive global day of action to demand governments take action on climate change. | "My generation deserves a sustainable future. We are calling on the government to fight for us," said Lauren, a senior at Illinois science and Math Academy. "We need to act fast. We can't wait for policy to come. Our futures, our lives, are on the line." | Image credit: Aaron Cynic/NationofChange | Actions began as early as 7: 00am in the city, with several morning demonstrations feeding into a large march that began in Grant Park near noon, culminat…
nationofchange.org/2019/09/21/chicagoans-demand-climate-justice-in-massive-globalclimatestrike/
4 Million People Strike for Climate Action
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-21
Organizers say this was the largest youth-led demonstration in history. TRNN spoke to demonstrators in New York and…
therealnews.com/stories/4-million-people-strike-for-climate-action
Why Detroit Could Be the Engine for the Green New Deal
Eleanore Catolico | commondreams.org | 2019-09-21
Labor rights advocates joined the climate strike in Detroit on Friday. (Photo: SEIU Local 1/Twitter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/ee7r5j7x4aex9to1.jpg …
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Beyond coping: How to find the strength to take on climate change
Stephanie Van Hook | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-21
It's hard to ignore not just the scientific reports, but also the on-the-ground reality of climate disruption. It's getting hotter and drier, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates we have about 12 years to reverse this direct trend. It's a challenge requiring us to come together as a mature and functional human family. | It's a tall order because at its root, the climate crisis is also the crisis of human relationship–how we relate to our own emotional states, those of others, and, ultimately, conflict. To solve problems with–not for–human beings, which is what this cris…
nationofchange.org/2019/09/21/beyond-coping-how-to-find-the-strength-to-take-on-climate-change/
Extinction Rebellion blockades Melbourne bridge
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-21
climate emergencyIssue 1238 Australia Extinction Rebellion MelbourneSeptember 21, 2019Extinction Rebellion activists blockaded Princes Bridge in Melbourne's CBD for several hours on September 14. | Several dozen people were arrested. | Extinction Rebellion activis…
greenleft.org.au/content/extinction-rebellion-blockades-melbourne-bridge
Extinction Rebellion debates stance on police: friend or foe?
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-21
climate emergency Sarah HathwayIssue 1238 Australia Extinction Rebellion climate action policeSeptember 21, 2019On September…
greenleft.org.au/content/xr-vic-debates-stance-police-friend-or-foe
'We're Not Through': After Biggest Climate Protest in History Draws 4 Million Worldwide, Campaigners Prepare for Week of Action
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-09-21
As organizers behind Friday's Global Climate Strike reported that four million children and adults attended marches and rallies all over the world—making it the biggest climate protest ever—they assured leaders who have been reticent to take bold climate action that the campaigners' work is far from over. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/picmonkey_image1_0.jpg …
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Climate emergency 'a new danger' to peace, youth activists hear ahead of World Day
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-20
Among the efforts to build a sustainably peaceful world, "urgent climate action is needed" to curb environmental threats to all our well-being and security, the Secretary-General told the annual peace gathering in New York on Friday, addressing a largely youthful crowd.
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Over One Million to Take Part in Youth Climate Strike
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-20
Activists are taking part in 5,000 actions across 157 countries to demand immediate action to address climate change. We'll bring you updates throughout the day including on-the-ground reporting from Baltimore and New York…
therealnews.com/columns/over-one-million-to-take-part-in-youth-climate-strike
The Environmental Left Is Softening on Carbon-Capture Technology. Maybe That's OK
Rachel M. Cohen | theintercept.com | 2019-09-20
At the start of this year, more than 600 environmental groups — including Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and Sunrise Movement — sent a letter to Congress saying they will "vigorously oppose" federal climate legislation that promotes "corporate schemes" like carbon-capture and storage. | Congress was not chastened. This past July, tucked in the Senate's $287 billion highway reauthorization bill, was a bipartisan measure to support carbon-ca…
theintercept.com/2019/09/20/carbon-capture-technology-unions-labor/
Friday's Daily Brief: World youth call for climate action and peace, record food needs met in Yemen, exclusive sit down with UN chief
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-20
A recap of Friday's top stories: Climate emergency threatening peace progress; Guterres urges States bring concrete answers to GA; Migrant shooting in Libya signals danger; Xenophobia attacks rise in South Africa; Record number get UN food aid in Libya.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046932
Germany Advocates to Reduce Greenhouse Gases in Half
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-20
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Friday a list of measures the government will take attain the nation's climate targets: 55 percent fewer greenhouse gases by 2030 than the country created in 1990. | RELATED: | Germany Accepts Climate Protection Deal Amid Worldwide Protests | From Berlin, the nation's leader said from Berlin that from 2021 on, national transport and construction sectors will see a fixed price on carbon for petrol, diesel, heating oil and natural ga…
telesurenglish.net/news/angela-merkel-stop-greenhouse-effect-pollution-germany-20190920-0017.html
Documentary "Blowout" Follows Climate Cost of Oil Boom from Fracking to Exports
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-20
The new film follows the U.S. oil supply chain, covering health, climate and environmental justice impacts. And it points to the president who was central to creating the current reality: Barack Obama.
therealnews.com/stories/documentary-blowout-follows-climate-cost-of-oil-boom-from-fracking-to-exports
The Rising Monopoly of Monsanto-Bayer
Valerie Reynoso | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-20
Monsanto was an agrochemical and agricultural biotech company established in the US that became a large producer of GMO crops, with their main GMO crop having been corn. Monsanto was bought by Bayer, a German multinational pharmaceutical company, in late 2016 for $63 billion dollars. This deal was approved in early 2018 by the European Union…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/the-rising-monopoly-of-monsanto-bayer/
Strike for the Environment, Strike for Social Justice, Strike!
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-20
A very large chasm exists between those in power, including most of the 2020 presidential candidates, and environmentalists and scientists intent on acting now to resolve growing environmental crises. To reiterate what is known, the United Nations, through its IPCC and the IPBES committees, has provided comprehensive evidence that little time remains to avert catastrophic global warming. And the world is already in the midst of the sixth mass extinction.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/strike-for-the-environment-strike-for-social-justice-strike/
Green Strategy: Building the movement to stop climate change
Marc Brodine | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-20
The following is an excerpt from Marc Brodine's new book, Green Strategy: Path to Fundamental Transformation, available from International Publishers. The key to creating fundamental change is to create a movement broad enough, diverse enough, powerful enough, and sophisticated enough to embrace billions of people the world over. We can confidently predict that the environmental …
peoplesworld.org/article/green-strategy-building-the-movement-to-stop-climate-change/
Capitalism and climate change
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-20
The week from September 20 till September 27 has been designated as the week of the 'Climate Strike'. It is an unprecedented event in its ambition to disrupt business as usual. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/20/capitalism-and-climate-change-3/
UN staff support youth-driven global action on climate crisis
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-20
Staff at UN Headquarters in New York joined untold numbers of students, scientists, organized labour, and everyday people worldwide, who took to the streets on Friday, demanding action to address climate change.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046872
World's 1.8 billion youth must 'have a say in the future of the planet'
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-20
It is "crucial" that the world's 1.8 billion young people have a say in the fight against climate change and ultimately "the future of the planet" according to the UN Youth Envoy Jayathma Wickramanayake.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046882
Save the planet or save capitalism; we can't do both
Jimmy Doran | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-20
The world in which we live is finite. It does not possess infinite, everlasting resources. And it is fast approaching the point of no return as we face imminent climate catastrophe. If we are to save humanity and protect the world for future generations, we have to radically change the way we live–immediately. We're not …
peoplesworld.org/article/save-the-planet-or-save-capitalism-we-cant-do-both/
'I'm Only 6 Years Old. I Don't Want the World To End Yet.'
Alice Markham-Cantor | thenation.com | 2019-09-20
'I'm Only 6 Years Old. I Don't Want the World To End Yet.'…
thenation.com/article/climate-strike-nyc/
Two Years After the Hurricane, Puerto Rico's "Generation Maria" Leads a Climate Strike
Alleen Brown | theintercept.com | 2019-09-20
One of the most important moments in 16-year-old Tristán Queriot Rodríguez Vélez's climate activism came at the international airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in mid-July. Puerto Rico's former secretary of education, Julia Keleher, was flying back to the island from Washington, D.C. to stand before a federal judge and confront corruption charges. Rodríguez Vélez and…
theintercept.com/2019/09/20/climate-strike-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria/
Ten-Year-Olds Sound Off on Climate Inaction
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-20
At New York City's climate strike, elementary schoolers tell Dharna Noor how they think adults should take on the climate crisis…
therealnews.com/stories/ten-year-olds-sound-off-on-climate-inaction
Burning Amazonia, Denying Climate Change, Devastating Syria, Starving Yemen, Ignoring Kashmir
Richard Falk | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-20
The World Order Backdrop | Arguably, even before the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, there was a widespread sense that a state-centric form of world order was morally and functionally deficient in certain fundamental respects. Political actors were indifferent to …
globalresearch.ca/burning-amazonia-denying-climate-change-devastating-syria-starving-yemen-ignoring-kashmir/5689716
Around the world, millions strike demanding climate action
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-20
WASHINGTON–For Daniel Goldman of Arlington, Va., the reason for battling to reverse climate change is very simple. "I don't want to die," he says. Marching with a hand-drawn sign declaring "The wrong ICE is melting" — uniting two controversies on one piece of cardboard — the high school student from Arlington, Va., was one of …
peoplesworld.org/article/around-the-world-millions-strike-demanding-climate-action/
With Trump, We're in the Realm of 'The Handmaid's Tale'
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2019-09-20
With Trump, We're in the Realm of 'The Handmaid's Tale'…
thenation.com/article/health-medicaid-climate-housing/
Outrage and lawsuits arise from Trump's attempt to ban emissions control
Eric A. Gordon | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-20
LOS ANGELES, FORMER SMOG CAPITAL OF THE WORLD–On Wednesday of this week, in the lead-up to the Global Climate Strike this weekend, President Donald Trump upped the ante on his satanic attempt to end civilized life on Earth. In a series of three tweets, he announced his "Administration is revoking California's Federal Waiver on emissions …
peoplesworld.org/article/outrage-and-lawsuits-arise-from-trumps-attempt-to-ban-emissions-control/