Metropolitan Police impose London-wide ban on Extinction Rebellion protests as arrests top 1,600
wsws.org | 2019-10-16
The ban was followed by the despatch of hundreds of police to clear tents from Trafalgar Square, the one area where protests have previously been sanctioned.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/16/exti-o16.html
Extinction Rebellion Sweeps the World
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-16
Extinction Rebellion, XR est. October 31, 2019, has become a powerful force across the globe, almost overnight!!! It is the fastest-growing environmental movement ever. As such, it is only too obvious that "people get it" when it comes to climate change/global warming because they're jumping aboard like swarms of locusts. In fact, XR's truthful exposure…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/16/extinction-rebellion-sweeps-the-world-stage/
Jedediah Purdy Has an Idea That Could Save Us From Capitalism and the Climate Crisis
Aaron Bady | thenation.com | 2019-10-16
Jedediah Purdy Has an Idea That Could Save Us From Capitalism and the Climate Crisis…
thenation.com/article/jedediah-purdy-interview-this-land-book/
Climate Change, Disability and the Politics of Survival
University of San Francisco | indybay.org | 2019-10-16
Maraschi Room, Fromm Hall, USF, 2497 Golden Gate Ave, San Francisco, CA 94118…
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Climate Positive Speaker Series: Cool Effect
CANOPY | indybay.org | 2019-10-16
CANOPY Jackson Square, 595 Pacific Avenue #F4, San Francisco, CA 94133…
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Both conservatives and liberals can agree on action on climate change
Christian Elliott | nationofchange.org | 2019-10-16
We tend to assume that democracies, over the long arc of history, work towards progress and justice. But with an issue like climate change, we're running out of time. It may come as a surprise, but at the moment, democracy may be an obstacle to the rapid action we need on climate change. Democratic governments …
nationofchange.org/2019/10/16/both-conservatives-and-liberals-can-agree-on-action-on-climate-change/
What would a people's impeachment look like?
Makasi Motema | workers.org | 2019-10-16
Our news cycle is dominated by one overwhelming, all-encompassing story. While millions of people in the U.S. suffer without medical coverage, while police in Texas make a habit of entering Black people's homes and murdering them, and while our climate catastrophe looms, it is the palace intrigue of Trump's White . . . | Continue reading What would a people's impeachment look like? at Workers.org…
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How Cotton Became a Headache in the Age of Climate Chaos
Chitrangada Choudhury — Aniket Aga | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-16
"The more we buy, the more we are in debt." That's Kunari Sabari, a farmer in her 40s, speaking to us in Khaira, a village mainly of her own Saora Adivasi community. "The gobarakhatachaasa, halaachasaa [farming with cow dung and ploughs], which was ours, nobody is doing that anymore," she said. "Now we run to the market for everything. Seeds, pesticides, fertiliser. Unlike before, even what we eat, we have to buy."
counterpunch.org/2019/10/16/how-cotton-became-a-headache-in-the-age-of-climate-chaos/
Are We Blocking Out the Sun?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-16
Climate change is real. However, serious scientific evidence is pointing to a very different causality than most discuss. Climate is a huge subject, an immensely complex one. There is controversy around whether we must implement drastic new taxes on fuels …
globalresearch.ca/are-we-blocking-out-sun/5692152
State Endangered Species Protection Sought for California's Joshua Trees
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2019-10-16
Iconic Desert Plant Threatened by Climate Change, Habitat Loss…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/15/18827324.php
Bayer Shareholders: Put Health and Nature First and Stop Funding This Company!
Colin Todhunter | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-16
Campaigner and environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has just written an open letter to Bayer Crop Science shareholders and Chairman of the Board Werner Wenning. She has also sent them a 13,000-word report. Mason is appealing to shareholders to put human health and nature ahead of profit and to stop funding Bayer. In her report, she…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/16/bayer-shareholders-put-health-and-nature-first-and-stop-funding-this-company-2/
It Was the Longest Debate So Far, But CNN & NYT Asked No Questions on Climate Crisis & Immigration
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-10-16
Despite ongoing climate chaos and a sustained humanitarian disaster at the southern border, The New York Times and CNN failed to ask candidates directly about immigration or the climate crisis at Tuesday night's Democratic presidential debate. We speak with Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, who says the lack of attention to immigraton "was a major gap in the three-hour debate." We also speak with journalist Kate Aronoff about the debate's failure to address the climate crisis.
www.democracynow.org/2019/10/16/no_immigration_questions_in_democratic_debate
'An Absolute Joke': Debate Moderators Condemned for Asking About Ellen and George Bush After Completely Ignoring Climate Crisis
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-10-16
"CNN thought it was more important to use Ellen hanging out with a war criminal as a jumping off point to ask about bipartisan friendships than ask about the largest existential threat facing humanity." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/moderators_democratic_debate.jpg …
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UK Police Orders Extinction Rebellion to Halt Protests
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-15
British police have ordered a halt to Extinction Rebellion protests in London after a week of civil disobedience by climate change activists who have targeted government building and major financial institutions. | RELATED: | Extinction Rebellion Protesters Try to Occupy London Airport | "Any assembly linked to the Extinction Rebellion 'Autumn Upr…
telesurenglish.net/news/UK-Police-Orders-Extinction-Rebellion-to-Halt-Protests-20191015-0006.html
London police face criticism and resistance over 'heavy-handed' ban on protests
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-10-15
Police are facing growing criticism and resistance over a "heavy-handed" London-wide ban on climate crisis protests. | 'Police protecting the banks': | The Metropolitan Police imposed conditions under Section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986, requiring any protest assembly in the capital to cease by 9pm on Monday. It claimed this was to "prevent serious disruption to the life of the community". As of 5pm on Monday, police said there had been 1,445 arrests in connection with the eight days of Extinction Rebellion (XR) climate protests in London. Officers also made more than 90 arrests on Monday as protester…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/10/15/london-police-face-criticism-and-resistance-over-heavy-handed-ban-on-protests/
Just 100 Companies Will Sign Humanity's Death Warrant
Lee Camp | mintpressnews.com | 2019-10-15
The 100 corporations actively suffocating us in a blanket of global warming emissions are the same ones that run our government. They have wrapped their tentacles around our politicians, the regulatory agencies and the criminal justice system.
mintpressnews.com/just-100-corporations-causing-most-climate-change/262383/
A Recession Is Coming. When It Does, We Need to Demand a Green New Deal
Yanis Varoufakis, David Adler | commondreams.org | 2019-10-15
With the climate strikers marching on their front feet—and the old guard caught retreating on its heels—we have a clear opportunity to achieve a true systems change. (Photo: Peg Hunter/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/greennewdeal_2.jpeg …
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Rural women a 'powerful force' for global climate action: UN Secretary-General
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-15
Rural women and girls across the world are a "powerful force" in global action to respond to climate change, according to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
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Hands off Greta Thunberg!
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-10-15
Defenders of capitalism, joined by some on the left, are attacking the young woman who has become the symbol of a mass movement. Our place is by her side. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/10/14/hands-off-greta-thunberg/
After Shell CEO Claims 'We Have No Choice' But to Invest in Fossil Fuels, McKibben Says, 'We Have No Choice But to Try and Stop Them'
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-10-15
Climate activists and experts underscored the necessity of fighting to urgently end the use of fossil fuels worldwide after Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben van Beurden claimed Monday that "we have no choice" but to invest in long-term oil and gas projects. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/shell_2.jpg …
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Stop the waste: UN food agencies call for action to reduce global hunger
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-14
With one-third of food produced for human consumption lost or wasted, and millions still going hungry, the UN's food-related agencies are shining a spotlight on the issue: on Monday, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) published its annual State of Food and Agriculture report with findings that could lead to a reduction in food loss and waste, and, earlier in October, the World Food Programme (WFP) launched its awareness-raising #StopTheWaste campaign.
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Brexit will 'hold back' climate change action, SNP conference told
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-10-14
Brexit will "hold back" efforts in Scotland to tackle the global climate emergency, the country's environment secretary said.Roseanna Cunningham announced new measures to help in the fight against global warming — but warned of the impact leaving the European Union could have on the environment.Speaking at the SNP annual conference in Aberdeen, she said: "Brexit will hold back Scotland's environmental ambitions."We cannot allow Brexit to happen. Scotland voted to remain in the EU and we must do all we can to keep Scotland in the EU."But if it does happen — I promise this — we will protect Scotland'…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/10/14/brexit-will-hold-back-climate-change-action-snp-conference-told/
Human Violence: Pervasive, Multi-dimensional and Extinction-threatening
Robert J. Burrowes | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-13
Violence is pervasive throughout human society and it has a vast range of manifestations. Moreover, some of these manifestations — particularly the threat of nuclear war (which might start regionally), the climate catastrophe and the ongoing ecological devastation, as well as geoengineering and the deployment of 5G — threaten imminent human extinction if not contained. …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/human-violence-pervasive-multi-dimensional-and-extinction-threatening/
Reducing disaster risk is a good investment, and 'the right thing to do', says Guterres
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-13
There is a strong economic case for climate resilience and reducing the risk of disasters, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a message to mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, which falls on Sunday.
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UN chief praises Japanese climate resilience, as Typhoon Hagibis cleanup begins
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-13
With Typhoon Hagibis causing destruction and loss of life in Japan, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has praised the leadership role the country is playing in climate resilience, and its "extensive and efficient preparation for this latest extreme weather event".
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Bayer Shareholders: Put Health and Nature First and Stop Funding This Company!
Colin Todhunter | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-13
Campaigner and environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has just written an open letter to Bayer Crop Science shareholders and Chairman of the Board Werner Wenning. She has also sent them a 13,000-word report. Mason is appealing to shareholders to put human health and nature ahead of profit and to stop funding Bayer. In her report, she …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/bayer-shareholders-put-health-and-nature-first-and-stop-funding-this-company/
Can Extinction Rebellion Build a U.S. Climate Movement Big Enough to Save the Earth?
Alleen Brown | theintercept.com | 2019-10-12
To members sincere in their belief that a mass-appeal movement is what's needed to quell catastrophe, drawing in front-line communities is life or death.
theintercept.com/2019/10/12/extinction-rebellion-climate-movement-direct-action/
After this year's Climate Action Summit, what happens next?
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-12
People across the world need to embrace "fundamental change" in order to combat climate change and meet the target of restricting the increase in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius, Claudio Forner, from UN Climate Change in Bonn, told UN News in an interview that took place following the Climate Action Summit.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1049141
It is time to try out an "ecological Leninism" — Interview with Andreas Malm
Andreas Malm | mronline.org | 2019-10-12
Andreas Malm interviewed about Marxist approaches to the climate movement. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/10/12/it-is-time-to-try-out-an-ecological-leninism-interview-with-andreas-malm/
Colossal WASTE in US healthcare spending surpasses military budget at nearly $1 trillion per year, study says
rt.com | 2019-10-12
Waste and needless spending in America's healthcare system could amount to almost $1 trillion each year, topping total US military expenditures in 2019 — the world's largest defense budget — according to new research. | Encompassing administrative overhead, fraud and abuse, inflated pricing and other inefficiencies, a study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association found the cumulative waste in US healthcare ranged from $760 billion to $935 annually, or 25 percent of what Americans spend each year o…
rt.com/usa/470752-medical-waste-bigger-defense-budget/
Friday's Daily Brief: Day of the Girl Child, mayors lead on climate emergency, Turkey Syria offensive, new statelessness pledges, extremism in social media
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-11
Our top stories for Friday: Day of the Girl Child celebrated around the world; city mayors lead on climate fight; humanitarian alarm rising over Turkey's Syria offensive; history's made as countries step forward to tackle global statelessness; Burkina Faso violence forces 500,000 from their homes; 'white extremist' use of social media in attacks must be curbed.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1049101
Climate emergency: City mayors are 'world's first responders', says UN chief
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-11
City bosses are "the world's first responders to the climate emergency" UN chief António Guterres declared on Friday, at an international mayors' summit in Copenhagen.
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Extinction Rebellion protester: Why we got arrested for climate change
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-10-11
climate emergency Duncan RodenIssue 1240 Australia Extinction Rebellion SydneyOctober 11, 2019More than 38 people, including myself, were arrested during an Extinction Rebellion (XR) protest i…
greenleft.org.au/content/extinction-rebellion-protester-why-we-got-arrested-climate-change
Cops aren't tops
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-10-11
Fighting Fund Sam WainwrightIssue 1240 Australia climate emergency Extinction Rebellion fossil fuel mafiaOctober 1…
greenleft.org.au/content/cops-arent-tops
To defend jobs, unions must take lead on climate emergency
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-10-11
climate emergency Crimson CoconutIssue 1240 Australia unions jobs employmentOctober 11, 2019Some unions have been rightfully criticised for sen…
greenleft.org.au/content/defend-jobs-unions-must-take-lead-climate-emergency
Thursday's Daily Brief: Updates on Syria, refugee data centre, billions raised to fight global diseases, Colombia's peace process
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-10
A recap of Thursday's stories: Guterres calls for military de-escalation in Syria's north-east; the role of cities in the climate crisis; new UN data resource to support refugees; reintegration of Colombia's ex-rebels; global community raises billions to eliminate diseases.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1049011
Demand More from Transportation Bill
Steven Higashide | progressive.org | 2019-10-10
The new bill "acknowledges" climate change in the same way that sending a pallet of bottled water to Flint, Michigan "acknowledges" the lead crisis.
progressive.org/op-eds/demand-more-from-transportation-bill-higashide-191010/
Extinction Rebellion: Hundreds Arrested in Protest of Climate Crisis
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-09
Thousands are taking part in two weeks of civil disobedience aimed at forcing governments to address climate change…
therealnews.com/stories/extinction-rebellion-arrested-climate-crisis
Vista high school students demand climate action
Juliana Musheyev | liberationnews.org | 2019-09-30
Students from Rancho Buena Vista High School organized a sit-in at Vista City Hall Sept. 27 to demand a stronger climate action plan.
liberationnews.org/vista-high-school-students-demand-climate-action/
StrikeDC — Friday, September 27
patrick | strikedc.org | 2019-09-24
On Monday, 2,000 of us took to the streets of Washington, DC shutting down key intersections and disrupting business as usual to demand an immediate end to the age of fossil fuels, and a swift and just transition to renewable energy. A broad coalition of climate and social justice groups fanned out across downtown D.C. … | Continue reading "StrikeDC — Friday, September 27"
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