Johnson tells ministers to 'root out waste' in focus on manifesto pledges
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-07
Boris Johnson has told senior ministers they must "root out waste" in their departments as the government focuses on the priorities set out in the Tories' general election manifesto. | At the weekly meeting of the cabinet in Downing Street, the prime minister and chancellor Sajid Javid said the Budget on 11 March would be a time for "tough decisions" by spending ministers. | Government sources acknowledged that there would be "squeals of protest" within Whitehall, with some programmes facing the axe. | It is thought that "hundreds" of "legacy projects" — some dating back to the coalition government under Da…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/01/07/johnson-tells-ministers-to-root-out-waste-in-focus-on-manifesto-pledges/

Australia Is on Fire — Its Government Must Stop Denying Climate Crisis
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-07
After years studying the climate, my work has brought me to Sydney where I'm studying the linkages between climate change and extreme weather events. | Prior to beginning my sabbatical stay in Sydney, I took the opportunity this holiday season to vacation in Australia with my family.
truthout.org/articles/australia-is-on-fire-its-government-must-stop-denying-climate-crisis/

Meditation & Prayer for Climate
Extinction Rebellion South Bay | indybay.org | 2020-01-07
Beside the Circle of Palms, in downtown San Jose, between the San Jose Museum of Art and the Fairmont. Type "110 S Market Street" into Google Maps.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/06/18829489.php

Climate change: The race for survival requires global cooperation
John Bachtell | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-07
Humanity faces a planetary emergency, and survival of all life is at stake. Four years ago, the Paris Climate Accords were adopted. The Accords, signed by 197 nations including the U.S. under the Obama administration, marked an unprecedented level of global cooperation to fight the climate crisis. Despite the agreement, the climate and ecological crises …
peoplesworld.org/article/climate-change-the-race-for-survival-requires-global-cooperation/

Turkey sends humanitarian aid to flood-hit Indonesia
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-07
A Turkish aid group has reached out to Indonesians affected by severe floods and landslides, it said Tuesday.Istanbul-based Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) dispatched food aid, hygiene packages and kitchen tools to 3,000 people.At least 66 people were killed and tens of thousands fled their homes after severe flooding and landslides struck the capital Jakarta over the New Year.A total of 169 areas across Indonesia were reported to have been inundated.Located in the equatorial belt, Indonesia with its tropical climate often suffers from flash floods and landslides, mainly triggered by monsoon rainfall betwee…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkey-sends-humanitarian-aid-to-flood-hit-indonesia-3509043

Vigil calls for action on fire emergency
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-07
climate emergency Jim McIlroyIssue 1248 Australia bushfires firefighters SydneyJanuary 7, 2020Around 100 people formed a circle at the Q…
greenleft.org.au/content/vigil-calls-action-fire-emergency

We're saved! Golden Globes serving plant-based meals to 'send a signal' about climate change
rt.com | 2020-01-06
The Golden Globes will be serving its first exclusively vegan menu at its ceremony on Sunday night, and many are wondering if it's another empty, virtue-signaling move from the limousine and private jet loving stars. | The goal of serving an en vogue meatless menu to guests before the televised ceremony is to "send a signal" about the potential dangers of climate change. | "If there's a way we can, not change the world, but save the planet, maybe we can get the Golden Globes to send a signal and draw attention to the issue about climate change," Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Lorenzo Soria said…
rt.com/usa/477538-golden-globes-climate-change/

After another weekend of devastation, Australia faces weeks more of unprecedented fires
wsws.org | 2020-01-06
A discernable shift is underway in how masses of people view the political parties and institutions that have downplayed or denied the reality of climate change.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/06/fire-j06.html

Australia's climate change-denying prime minister tries to dodge blame for fires
Morning Star | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-06
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison insisted that "blame doesn't help anybody" on Sunday among increasing uproar over Australia's apocalyptic wildfire outbreak. "Now is the time to focus on the response," he said. "Overanalysis of these things is not a productive exercise." Morrison also denied that his government had not acknowledged the link between climate change …
peoplesworld.org/article/australias-climate-change-denying-prime-minister-tries-to-dodge-blame-for-fires/

Australia wildfire coverage is long on koalas, short on causes
Neil deMause | nationofchange.org | 2020-01-06
Though coverage of the Australian fires was slow to take off, it's begun to capture more international attention, while highlighting the effects of climate change.
nationofchange.org/2020/01/06/australia-wildfire-coverage-is-long-on-koalas-short-on-causes/

"Stop Making a Killing at the Planet's Expense": Climate Advocates Call for Fossil Fuel Companies to Foot Australia Fires Bill
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-06
"'Whatever it takes' needs to include serious and ambitious action to reduce Australia's and global emissions." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/scomo.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/01/06/stop-making-killing-planets-expense-climate-advocates-call-fossil-fuel-companies?cd-origin=rss

Firefighter: 'We are being kicked in the teeth by government'
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-06
climate emergencyIssue 1248 Australia bushfires climate changeJanuary 7, 2020As the catastrophic fires raged over several states from late December into early January, Green Left's Pip Hinman asked Shaun McDonald, a professional firefighter currently based in Tasmania about…
greenleft.org.au/content/firefighter-we-are-being-kicked-teeth-government

Tragic fires must lead to climate action
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-06
climate emergency Alan BroughtonIssue 1248 Australia bushfires East Gippsland East GippslandJanuary 7, 2020East Gippsland i…
greenleft.org.au/content/tragic-fires-must-lead-climate-action

'We Have to Bust In and Insist That Power Be Shared in a Different Kind of Way' – Best of CounterSpin 2019
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-01-05
The December 27, 2019, episode of CounterSpin was the Best of CounterSpin 2019–featuring excerpts of Janine Jackson's interviews with Carey Gillam on Monsanto's manipulation of science, Arun Gupta on normalizing concentration camps, Sasha Abramsky on…
fair.org/home/we-have-to-bust-in-and-insist-that-power-be-shared-in-a-different-kind-of-way/

Read All About It!
Peter Kuper | thenation.com | 2020-01-03
Newsflash: The climate crisis is upon us.
thenation.com/article/read-all-about-it/

"This Country Is a Tinderbox": Australia Braces for More Devastation as Gov't Denies Climate Crisis
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-03
Australia is bracing for what is expected to be the worst weekend yet in an already devastating climate-fueled wildfire season that has ravaged the southeastern part of the country, killed at least 18 people and nearly half a billion animals, and destroyed 14.5 million acres of land. As thousands of evacuees fled to the beaches, conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison is facing growing outrage for his inaction on climate and close ties with the coal industry. As fires blazed in December, the prime minister went on a holiday to Hawaii. He told reporters this week that fighting the fires — not climate chan…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/3/this_country_is_a_tinderbox_australia

Australia Wildfire Coverage Is Long on Koalas, Short on Causes
Neil deMause | fair.org | 2020-01-03
by Neil deMause Fires making their own weather are interesting (The Hill, 12/30/19)–but not as important as humans making their own climate. | If you've only been following the bushfires ravaging Australia through the headlines popping up on your social media feeds — which, let's face it, is more popular than reading newspapers these days [md…
fair.org/home/australia-wildfire-coverage-is-long-on-koalas-short-on-causes/

Australia Wildfire Coverage Is Long on Koalas, Short on Causes
Neil deMause | fair.org | 2020-01-03
Fires making their own weather are interesting (The Hill, 12/30/19)–but not as important as humans making their own climate. | If you've only been following the bushfires ravaging Australia through the headlines popping up on your social media feeds — which, let's face it, is more popular than reading newspapers these days — it's proba…
fair.org/home/australia-wildfire-coverage-is-long-on-koalas-short-on-causes/

Greta Thunberg, Eco-Warrior
Béatrice Coron | thenation.com | 2020-01-02
We have our work cut out for us.
thenation.com/article/greta-thunberg-eco-warrior/

Fossil Fuel Industry Shifts from Climate Denial to "Youthwashing"
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-12-31
For decades, the fossil fuel industry funded climate change denial campaigns aimed toward young people to sow seeds of doubt on climate science. As the climate crisis has worsened, it has made a subtle shift to what critics call "youthwashing.".
therealnews.com/stories/fossil-fuel-industry-shifts-from-climate-denial-to-youthwashing

Farewell to Australian hero Bill Ryan 1922-2019
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-12-28
obituary David LoweIssue 1248 Australia coal seam gas Environment climate emergencyDecember 28, 2019One of Australia's foremost env…
greenleft.org.au/content/farewell-australian-hero-bill-ryan-1922-2019

Climate Conference Was a Great Success–for the Fossil-Fuel Industry
David Kupfer | progressive.org | 2019-12-27
Despite growing evidence of global climate disruption, little was accomplished beyond a watered-down text that kicks most of the big issues down the road.
progressive.org/dispatches/climate-conference-was-a-great-success-for-the-fossil-fuel-industry-kupfer-191227/

Year in Climate Crisis: Fossil Fuels Expansion, Scary Science and Global Activism
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-12-26
The Real News Network's Steve Horn and Dimitri Lascaris talk about the 2019's biggest climate stories.
therealnews.com/stories/year-in-climate-crisis-fossil-fuels-expansion-scary-science-and-global-activism

Millions Wasted on Charter Schools
Jeff Bryant | progressive.org | 2019-12-16
The Network for Public Education calls the findings in its recent report "nothing short of a national scandal."
progressive.org/op-eds/millions-wasted-on-charter-schools-bryant-191216/

A New Report Finds Massive Waste and Abuse in Federally Funded Charter Schools
Jeff Bryant | progressive.org | 2019-12-12
During the eight years that these federal grants were available, $504,517,391–28 percent of the total amount given out–went to charter schools that never opened or that have already closed.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/new-report-waste-abuse-charter-bryants-191212/

The Case for a Green New Deal
Naomi Klein | zcomm.org | 2019-12-10
Interview on the case for a Green New Deal that tackles the causes and impacts of climate change while confronting racial and economic inequality…
zcomm.org/zvideo/the-case-for-a-green-new-deal/

Real climate action requires cutting coal exports
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-12-10
climate emergency Zane AlcornIssue 1248 Australia coal exports Adani Carmichael coal mineDecember 10, 2019On December 9, Labor leader Anthony Albanese reaffirmed his party's support f…
greenleft.org.au/content/real-climate-action-requires-cutting-coal-exports