March 11, 2011: Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War: The Unspoken Crisis of Worldwide Nuclear Radiation
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-20
The dumping of highly radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean constitutes a potential trigger to a process of global radioactive contamination… Eventually all major regions of the World will be affected.
globalresearch.ca/fukushima-nuclear-war-worldwide-nuclear-radiation-2/28870

Celebrity Protesters and Extinction Rebellion
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-20
Benedict Cumberbatch. Olivia Colman. Fine actors. They believe in Extinction Rebellion, or perhaps, rebelling against the prospect of extinction. The environment thing, humanity as a damnably scandalous, ecologically damaging species. But they also believe in taking sponsorship from the very | …
globalresearch.ca/celebrity-protesters-extinction-rebellion/5692484

A UN Treaty Guarantees Youth Rights Everywhere on Earth—Except the United States
Jessica Taft | commondreams.org | 2019-10-20
Greta Thunberg, Iris Duquesne, and Alexandria Villase√±or attend a press conference where 16 children from across the world presented their official human rights complaint on the climate crisis to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child at the UNICEF Building on September 23, 2019 in New York City. (Photo: Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/youth_climate_suit.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/20/un-treaty-guarantees-youth-rights-everywhere-earth-except-united-states?cd-origin=rss

Natural Gas vs. Renewable Energy: Beware the Latest Gas Industry Talking Points
Derrick Z. Jackson | commondreams.org | 2019-10-20
With the plummeting costs of renewable energy now calling even the modest benefit of natural gas into question, along with its risky methods and risks to the climate, it should be debated whether gas should be called "natural" at all. (Photo: Max Pixel, Creative Commons) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/natural-gas-pr.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/20/natural-gas-vs-renewable-energy-beware-latest-gas-industry-talking-points?cd-origin=rss

Data-Driven Insights for Meaningful Climate Solutions
Churchill Club | indybay.org | 2019-10-20
Computer History Museum | 1401 North Shoreline Boulevard | Mountain View, CA 94043…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/17/18827378.php

Why Taking Responsibility for Our Carbon Emissions Means Promoting the Right to Repair
Janet Gunter | commondreams.org | 2019-10-20
We must take responsibility for our emissions, wherever they occur. Likewise, we must take responsibility for the raw materials that are extracted for the stuff we buy. (Photo: Wil C. Fry/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/right-repair-climate.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/20/why-taking-responsibility-our-carbon-emissions-means-promoting-right-repair?cd-origin=rss

A UN treaty guarantees youth rights everywhere on Earth — except the United States
Jessica Taft | nationofchange.org | 2019-10-19
Young activists fighting to advance climate justice, end gun violence and increase racial equity should all have the convention behind them when they speak out.
nationofchange.org/2019/10/19/a-un-treaty-guarantees-youth-rights-everywhere-on-earth-except-the-united-states/

Our Tax System Rewards Polluters
Charlie Simmons | commondreams.org | 2019-10-19
Climate justice activists gathered outside a forum attended by fossil fuel executives in New York City on Sunday, September 22, 2019 ahead of the U.N. climate summit. (Photo: 350.org/Twitter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/tax-system-oil-gas.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/19/our-tax-system-rewards-polluters?cd-origin=rss

The War on Weed: Monsanto, Bayer, and the Push for "Corporate Cannabis"
Ellen Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-19
Monsanto now appears to be developing genetically modified (GMO) forms of cannabis, with the intent of cornering the market with patented GMO seeds just as it did with GMO corn and GMO soybeans.
globalresearch.ca/the-war-on-weed-monsanto-bayer-and-the-push-for-corporate-cannabis/5534771

Will the public end up paying to clean up the fracking boom?
Justin Mikulka | nationofchange.org | 2019-10-19
The so-called fracking revolution in America has resulted in many new records, most of which involve the climate and human health concerns.
nationofchange.org/2019/10/19/will-the-public-end-up-paying-to-clean-up-the-fracking-boom/

Reducing climate change will prevent future deadly epidemics says new study
Ruth Milka | nationofchange.org | 2019-10-19
"Recent outbreaks of animal-borne emerging infectious diseases have likely been precipitated by a complex interplay of changing ecological, epidemiological and socio-economic factors."
nationofchange.org/2019/10/19/reducing-climate-change-will-prevent-future-deadly-epidemics-says-new-study/

Bill McKibben on How Climate Crises and New Technologies Will Change What It Means to Be Human
Murtaza Hussain | theintercept.com | 2019-10-19
"Just as we had long taken for granted the stability of the planet, we have likewise taken for granted the stability of the human species."
theintercept.com/2019/10/19/bill-mckibben-falter-book-human-game/

Fracking study shows toxic chemical exposure 2,000 feet from drilling sites
Jordan Davidson | nationofchange.org | 2019-10-19
"Secret exposure to chemicals that our own EPA reports as a potential hazard to human health is unconscionable."
nationofchange.org/2019/10/19/fracking-study-shows-toxic-chemical-exposure-2000-feet-from-drilling-sites/

Greta the Disturber
Daniel Warner | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-18
Greta Thunberg has become an international figure. The sixteen-year-old Swedish environmental activist has gone from a lonely student skipping school on Fridays to protest for more action on global warming to being nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. Greta has become a global player. The New York City Board of Education officially excused over…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/18/greta-the-disturber/

Extinction Rebellion climate protester scales Big Ben scaffolding
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-10-18
An Extinction Rebellion protester has scaled the scaffolding surrounding Big Ben and draped two banners from the structure.Footage of the stunt circulated on social media showed the climber, who appeared to be dressed as Boris Johnson complete with a blond wig, shirt, tie and jacket.A spokesperson for the group said the climber was 42-year-old tree surgeon Ben Atkinson.He said Atkinson was climbing the tower to "highlight Government inaction on the climate and ecological emergency".The protester, who was also wearing green leggings, draped two signs carrying the group's slogans.The protester scaled the scaffoldin…
thecanary.co/discovery/environment/2019/10/18/extinction-rebellion-climate-protester-scales-big-ben-scaffolding/

Canadian election: How long can Trudeau's Liberals wear a left disguise?
C.J. Atkins | peoplesworld.org | 2019-10-18
TORONTO–Justin Trudeau won in 2015 on a left-leaning platform filled with pledges to tax the rich, make elections more democratic, and save the world from climate change. But four years, a number of scandals, and several broken promises later, it's getting harder for his Liberal Party to make Canadians think it's the modern progressive force …
peoplesworld.org/article/canadian-election-how-long-can-trudeaus-liberals-wear-a-left-disguise/

G7 summit at Trump's Miami resort: Climate change "not on the agenda"
Olivia Rosane | peoplesworld.org | 2019-10-18
Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney made two controversial announcements about the 2020 Group of Seven (G7) summit: it will be hosted at one of President Donald Trump's golf resorts in Miami and it won't feature any discussion of the climate crisis. "Climate change will not be on the agenda," Mulvaney told reporters, as The Guardian reported. Mulvaney's …
peoplesworld.org/article/g7-summit-at-trumps-miami-resort-climate-change-not-on-the-agenda/

Inside Trump's War on Climate Science
Liza Featherstone | thenation.com | 2019-10-18
Inside Trump's War on Climate Science…
thenation.com/article/rod-schoonover-climate-science/

Nuclear Weapons are an Existential Threat
Olivia Alperstein | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-18
There's a growing awareness now that climate change is an existential threat to humanity. Inspiring movements are demanding solutions, and politicians are scrambling to offer them. That's good. But there's another existential threat that gets a lot less attention: nuclear war. And a new study suggests it's time to pay attention — and eliminate nuclear…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/18/nuclear-weapons-are-an-existential-threat/

Roaming Charges: Where's the Beef With Billionaires?
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-18
Another Democratic debate, another wasted day and wasted night. These episodes of tedium and mental torment might be more tolerable on LSD. The problem is that they last longer than the average acid trip and you wouldn't want to risk coming down to the sound of Kamala Harris' hectoring voice. That would be a hard landing, indeed.
counterpunch.org/2019/10/18/roaming-charges-wheres-the-beef-with-billionaires/

Danish Red-Green Alliance congress: Organising for climate and social justice
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-10-18
Dick NicholsIssue 1241 DenmarkOctober 18, 2019Denmark's Red-Green Alliance (RGA) held its 30th congress in Copenhagen on October 5-6, in a political context that contrasted strongly with that of its previous congress. | Eighteen months ago the party's 300-plus congress delegates were preparing for a general election they hoped would lift the RGA into the role of main challenger to the Social Democrats for he…
greenleft.org.au/content/danish-red-green-alliance-congress-%E2%80%94-organising-climate-and-social-justice

Denmark's Red-Greens: what answers when the climate crisis shakes up politics?
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-10-17
In 2007, Sà∏ndergaard was elected as a Member of the European Parliament for the People's Movement against the European Union (EU). After resigning this position in 2014, he won election to the Danish parliament in 2015 as an RGA MP for Gladsaxe: he was re-elected in the June 5 general election this year. Sà∏ndergaard spoke with Green […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/10/16/denmarks-red-greens-what-answers-when-the-climate-crisis-shakes-up-politics/

What the New Deal can teach us about winning a Green New Deal: Part V–summing up the New Deal experience
Martin Hart-Landsberg | mronline.org | 2019-10-17
Growing awareness of our ever-worsening climate crisis has boosted the popularity of movements calling for a Green New Deal. At present, the Green New Deal is a big tent idea, grounded to some extent by its identification with the original New Deal and emphasis on the need for strong state action to initiate social-system change […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/10/16/what-the-new-deal-can-teach-us-about-winning-a-green-new-deal-part-v-summing-up-the-new-deal-experience/

Spring Rebellion disrupts Melbourne
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-10-17
Climate Jacob AndrewarthaIssue 1241 Australia Extinction Rebellion MelbourneOctober 17, 2019About 5000 people participated in a week of disruptive actions organised by Extinction Rebellion (XR)…
greenleft.org.au/content/spring-rebellion-disrupts-melbourne

Science and the student fight against climate change
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-10-17
Climate Neville SpencerIssue 1241 AustraliaOctober 17, 2019Climate scientist James Hansen has put forward a succinct guide to current climate science in Climate Change in a Nutshell: The Gathering Storm. | It was written as an expert report for Juliana v United Sta…
greenleft.org.au/content/science-and-student-fight-against-climate-change

#ShutDownDC — What's Next? We've got some ideas
patrick | strikedc.org | 2019-10-16
Over the past several months we have seen an unprecedented escalation in our movements for climate justice. On September 20, millions of young people all over the world skipped school to join one of the largest youth-led protests in history. Then on September 23rd, we shut down traffic into the nation's capital during the morning … | Continue reading "#ShutDownDC — What's Next? We've got some ideas…"
strikedc.org/index.php/2019/10/16/shutdowndc-whats-next-weve-got-some-ideas/

Where are the Young Voices in the Media?
Uma Menon | progressive.org | 2019-10-16
Youth activism is clearly on the rise today, particularly in regard to gun control and climate change. Yet the stories about these involvements are hardly ever told by young people.
progressive.org/op-eds/young-voices-in-the-media-menon-191016/

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/

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…
workers.org/2019/10/44049/

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

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/

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/

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"
strikedc.org/index.php/2019/09/24/strikedc-friday-september-27/