Everyone needs to hear this important message about the domestic extremism scandal
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2020-01-27
In recent weeks, counter-terrorism policing has been in the spotlight after revelations that it included a range of protest groups in counter-terror and extremism documents. | Home Office minister Brandon Lewis stated in parliament that protest groups, including Extinction Rebell…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/01/27/everyone-needs-to-hear-this-important-message-about-the-domestic-extremism-scandal/
Genetically Modified Seeds: Bayer Builds Latin America's Largest Seed Factory in Chile
GMWatch | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
Following is an English translation of an article from the German newspaper Deutsche Welle (DW), translated by from the Spanish version circulated by Network for a Latin America Free of Transgenics (RALLT). | "Bayer-Monsanto: Get Out of Chile", was the slogan …
globalresearch.ca/environmentalists-alarmed-bayer-builds-latin-americas-largest-seed-factory-chile/5701821
Auschwitz: IG Farben and the History of the "Business with Disease"
Dr. Rath Health Foundation | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
January 27, 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops (27 January 1945). Rarely mentioned by the media, the I. G Auschwitz concentration camp was a private undertaking owned by I. G. Farben
This is Really Happening
Christopher Packham | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-27
I'm alarmed. I'm afraid. I'm sad. I'm a teacher, and it terrifies me to think of what the future will become for our children if we don't stop and act right now on the climate disaster. *** I'll be as clear as I can, and start with an analogy. The train is coming. We are…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/27/this-is-really-happening/
Could the climate crisis be "The Good News of Damnation"?
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2020-01-27
The climate crisis, like the prospect of nuclear annihilation, really is "the good news of damnation." And we can only overcome it by working together…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/could-the-climate-crisis-be-the-good-news-of-damnation/
Black Farmers Are Embracing Climate-Resilient Farming
Leah Penniman | zcomm.org | 2020-01-27
Communities of color are on the frontlines of climate change…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/black-farmers-are-embracing-climate-resilient-farming/
The major threat to polar bears that no-one's even talking about
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2020-01-27
Polar bears have become a gut-wrenching symbol of the breakdown of our planet. But the climate crisis isn't the only major threat they face. Speaking at a recent event in parliament, Norwegian conservationist Ole Liodden pointed out that something else is killing around 1,000 polar bears a year and yet no-one's even talking about it. | Ban trophy hunting: | The Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting (CBTH) organised th…
thecanary.co/feature/2020/01/27/the-major-threat-to-polar-bears-that-no-ones-even-talking-about/
Australian fires and drought: Government cut climate change research, ignored scientists
Anna Pha | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-27
The catastrophic nature of the bush fires in Australia these past months in all likelihood could have been prevented or been less severe if governments had listened to scientists and acted on their advice. Instead, funding was cut to the very organizations that are critical to our understanding of bush fires and climate change, and …
peoplesworld.org/article/australian-fires-and-drought-government-cut-climate-change-research-ignored-scientists/
This is Really Happening
Christopher Packham | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-27
I'm alarmed. I'm afraid. I'm sad. I'm a teacher, and it terrifies me to think of what the future will become for our children if we don't stop and act right now on the climate disaster. *** I'll be as clear as I can, and start with an analogy. The train is coming. We are…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/27/this-is-really-happening/
SFUSD Speak-out: Protect our Children from Contamination and Cancer
Defend Public Education NOW! | indybay.org | 2020-01-27
San Francisco Unified School District | 555 Franklin St. San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/23/18830048.php
Blocking Trains and Removing Coal, Climate Activists Fight to Close One of New England's Largest Power Plants
Sarah Freeman-Woolpert, Arnie Alpert | commondreams.org | 2020-01-26
Four #NoCoalNoGas campaign activists block a coal train near Worcester, Massachusetts on Dec. 7. (Twitter/Jay O'Hara) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/nocoalnogas-blocktrain.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/01/26/blocking-trains-and-removing-coal-climate-activists-fight-close-one-new-englands?cd-origin=rss
Could the Climate Crisis Be "The Good News of Damnation"?
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2020-01-26
On August 12, 1945, six days after the U.S. government obliterated the city of Hiroshima with a single atomic bomb, Robert Hutchins, the president of the University of Chicago, delivered a remarkable public address. Speaking on his weekly radio program, the Chicago Roundtable, Hutchins observed that Leon Bloy, a French philosopher, had referred to…
zcomm.org/zblogs/could-the-climate-crisis-be-the-good-news-of-damnation/
2020 Is Off to a Terrifyingly Hot Start
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-26
The year is less than four weeks old, but scientists already know that carbon dioxide emissions will continue to head upwards
Greta Thunberg Needs No Defense: Why We Must Keep Climate Striking
Massimo Paciotto Biggers , Jeff Biggers | commondreams.org | 2020-01-25
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attends a session at the Congres center during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 21, 2020. (Photo: Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/greta_thunberg_defenders.jpg …
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Cropping out a Black climate activist from a press photo was no accident
Afroze Fatima Zaidi | thecanary.co | 2020-01-25
The Associated Press (AP) has come under fire for cropping a Black activist out of a group photo taken at the Davos 2020 climate summit. | Vanessa Nakate, a 23-year-old climate activist from Uganda, was heartbroken by the incident, as she told Buzzfeed: I cried because it was so sad not just that it was racist, I was sad because of the people from Africa. | It showed how we are valued. It hurt me a lot. It is the worst thing I have e…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/01/25/cropping-out-a-black-climate-activist-from-a-press-photo-was-no-accident/
A Climate Time Bomb With Trump's Name Inscribed
Robert Hunziker | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-25
Thwaites, in West Antarctica, is the world's most dangerous glacier. As of January 15th, scientists have labeled it: "A Climate Time Bomb." Thwaites is crumbling apart on the underneath side where warm ocean currents circulate, which is clear evidence that global warming is really, truly hitting its stride even as America, obeying President Trump's orders, …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/a-climate-time-bomb-with-trumps-name-inscribed/
Doomsday Clock Closer Than Ever to All-Out Global Annihilation
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-25
The Doomsday Clock was reset Thursday to just 100 seconds before midnight, marking the closest humankind has ever been to total nuclear annihilation and extinction of life due to climate change, according to the researchers who set the metaphorical time. | RELATED: | UK, France Reiterate Commitment to Maintain Iran Nuclear Deal | "It is 100 seconds to midnight. We are now expressing how close the world is to catastrophe in seconds
World's super rich meet in Davos to discuss the climate change problem they created
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-01-25
Research has shown that the people most responsible for a warming planet were disproportionately the same people attending the summit and an increasing number of observers see climate change, inequality and capitalism as bound together. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/25/worlds-super-rich-meet-in-davos-to-discuss-the-climate-change-problem-they-created/
Closer than ever: It is 100 seconds to midnight
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-25
Humanity continues to face two simultaneous existential dangers–nuclear war and climate change–that are compounded by a threat multiplier, cyber-enabled information warfare, that undercuts society's ability to respond. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/25/closer-than-ever-it-is-100-seconds-to-midnight/
Doomsday clock moves to 100 seconds before midnight due to threats of nuclear war and climate change
Olivia Rosane | nationofchange.org | 2020-01-25
"We ask world leaders to join us in 2020 as we work to pull humanity back from the brink."
nationofchange.org/2020/01/25/doomsday-clock-moves-to-100-seconds-before-midnight-due-to-threats-of-nuclear-war-and-climate-change/
A Climate Time Bomb With Trump's Name Inscribed
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-24
Thwaites, in West Antarctica, is the world's most dangerous glacier. As of January 15th, scientists have labeled it: "A Climate Time Bomb." Thwaites is crumbling apart on the underneath side where warm ocean currents circulate, which is clear evidence that global warming is really, truly hitting its stride even as America, obeying President Trump's orders,…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/24/a-climate-time-bomb-with-trumps-name-inscribed/
At Davos, UN chief urges 'big emitters' to take climate action
news.un.org | 2020-01-23
The world is "doomed" in the face of climate change unless major industrial nations reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/01/1055871
What are toxic 'forever chemicals' & should Americans be worried there are more of them in the water supply than we thought?
rt.com | 2020-01-23
American drinking water is far more contaminated than previously estimated
'Abolish the billionaires' say high school climate activists
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-23
Climate Pip HinmanIssue 1250 AustraliaJanuary 23, 2020″It is time to abolish billionaires … because we cannot afford them, the planet cannot afford billionaires," Kenyan climate activist Njoki Njoroge Njehu told 10,000 protesters in Lausanne, Switzerland on January 17. She is right. It is the billionaire class that is blocking moves to make t…
greenleft.org.au/content/abolish-billionaires-say-high-school-climate-activists
Smoke in the city: The dire health implications
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-23
climate emergency Meghan StreetIssue 1250 Australia bushfires Doctors for the Environment MelbourneJanuary 24, 2020Looking o…
greenleft.org.au/content/smoke-city-dire-health-implications
Fund manager signals change, but can it be believed?
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-23
Climate Margaret GleesonIssue 1250 AustraliaJanuary 23, 2020 Larry Fink, CEO of the world's biggest fund manager BlackRock, made a pitch on January 14 for a "more sustainable and inclusive capitalism" because of the threat posed by global climate change.
greenleft.org.au/content/fund-manager-signals-change-can-it-be-believed
Open letter to Anthony Albanese: what would Labor do about climate change?
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-23
Climate Illawarra Knitting Nannas Against GreedIssue 1250 Australia Anthony AlbaneseJanuary 23, 2020The following open letter to Antony Albanese is being circulated by Illawarra Knitting Nannas Against Greed. They are asking people to sign-on an…
greenleft.org.au/content/open-letter-anthony-albanese-what-would-labor-do-about-climate-change
World's Super Rich Meet in Davos to Discuss the Climate Change Problem they Created
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-22
Research has shown that the people most responsible for a warming planet were disproportionately the same people attending the summit and an increasing number of observers see climate change, inequality and capitalism as bound together.
mintpressnews.com/worlds-super-wealthy-davos-discuss-climate-change-problem/264269/
UN chief outlines solutions to defeat 'four horsemen' threatening our global future
news.un.org | 2020-01-22
The start of the New Year finds the world facing four looming threats to human progress: surging geopolitical tensions, the climate crisis, global mistrust and the downsides of technology, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/01/1055791
Why Australia's 1.3% emissions matter
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-22
climate emergency Alex BainbridgeIssue 1250 Australia carbon dioxide emissionsJanuary 23, 2020Prime Minister Scott Morrison is fond of saying that Australia only produces 1.3% of global greenhouse emissions. He says this to bolster his climate deniali…
greenleft.org.au/content/why-australias-13-emissions-matter
Pushing for climate action is the alternative to eco-fascism
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-22
climate emergency Alex BainbridgeIssue 1250 Australia eco-fascism bushfires our common causeJanuary 23, 2020News that the Austr…
greenleft.org.au/content/pushing-climate-action-alternative-eco-fascism
Greta Thunberg: 'My generation will not give up without a fight'
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-22
climate action Greta ThunbergIssue 1250 Switzerland World Economic Forum climate emergency DavosJanuary 22, 2020Followi…
greenleft.org.au/content/greta-thunberg-my-generation-will-not-give-without-fight
Greta Thunberg Addresses Global Elite at Davos: Our House Is Still on Fire
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-21
The 17-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg delivered a speech Tuesday to the world leaders and global elite gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum, one year after she first condemned the forum for its inaction on climate change. "We don't need a 'low-carbon economy.' We don't need to 'lower emissions.' Our emissions have to stop," Thunberg said. "And until we have the technologies that at scale can put our emissions to minus, then we must forget about net zero. We need real zero."
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/21/greta_thunberg_davos_speech_2020
FROM THE FIELD: Weeding out Mexico's unwanted beach invader
news.un.org | 2020-01-21
An invasive species of seaweed which has blighted tourist beaches in Mexico has become more aggressive due to the heating effects of climate change. But now, thanks to support from the UN Development Programme (UNDP), efforts are underway to hold back its advance and protect local ecosystems.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/01/1055691
UN human rights ruling could boost climate change asylum claims
news.un.org | 2020-01-21
The UN Human Rights Committee has determined that countries cannot deport people who have sought asylum due to climate-related threats.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/01/1055671