(2020-02-02). Climate Groups Target JPMorgan Chase "Money Pipeline" indybay.org Extinction Rebellion SF Bay Area and climate activists in SF financial district demonstration…
(2020-02-02). Time to juggle the groceries: Looming paper bag shortage shows you can't save the planet by banning plastic ones. rt.com 
The plastic bag has become anathema to the effort of saving Mother Nature from humans' toxic ways. But humans are now being blindsided by a shortage of paper bags — which have proven to be an even worse alternative. | With the old-fashioned single-use plastic bags sent to an extinction rebellion fiery hell, we are being told that the only way forward is recycling, and using environmentally-friendly alternatives made of paper, cotton, polyester or other suitable materials. | Seventy-four countries have banned single-use plastic bags made from low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plastic with varying degrees of…
(2020-02-02). Johnson's government must get its 'house in order' ahead of crucial climate talks. thecanary.co The eyes of the world will be on the UK — and its efforts to end its contribution to the global climate crisis — as it gears up to host crucial climate talks in Glasgow. | The meeting in November is the most important set of UN climate talks since the Paris Agreement to curb global warming was secured in 2015. | Under the Paris Agreement, this year countries are expected to deliver more ambitious domestic plans for cutting greenhouse gases by 2030 — as current proposals are not enough to prevent dangerous temperature rises. | Pressure is also on countries to set out long-term plans for cutting e…
(2020-02-02). Is Your Rep Invested in Fossil Fuels? truthout.org This article was produced by At least 100 members of the House of Representatives and their spouses own fossil fuel company stocks or mutual funds despite the conflicts of interest the investments pose for addressing climate change. | Use the interactive map below to see if your represen…
(2020-02-02). Bernie Sanders and Why Socialism Should Be Fun. zcomm.org Interview on why Sanders is her choice for 2020, the joys of radical politics and why there's no time to wait on capitalism to solve the climate crisis…
(2020-02-02). Descendants of extinct tortoise species found in Galapagos. thecanary.co Conservationists working around the largest volcano on the Galapagos Islands say they have found 30 giant tortoises partially descended from two extinct species, including that of the famed Lonesome George. | The Galapagos National Park and Galapagos Conservancy said that a young female has a direct line of descent from the Chelonoidis abingdonii species of Pinta Island. | The last of those tortoises was Lonesome George, who died in June 2012 and was believed to be more than 100 years old. | Another 11 males and 18 females were from the Chelonoidis niger line of Floreana Island. | The 45-member expedition was wor…
(2020-02-02). Brexit-fuelled nationalism is only one step removed from fascism. It has to be confronted. Now. thecanary.co A poster, put up in a block of flats, told residents "we do not tolerate" people speaking languages other than English. A sign bearing the title "Happy Brexit Day" was found stuck to fire doors on Winchester Tower in Norwich on 31 January. The discovery came hours before the UK officially left the European Union. | But this is only one such incident in a climate of Brexit influenced: | Addressing Winchester Tower residents,…
(2020-02-01). Media on Climate Crisis: Don't Organize, Mourn. commondreams.org The media has changed its coverage of the climate crisis. (Photo: mrhyata/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/wasteland_0.jpg …
(2020-02-01). Critics: Trump EPA's formal assertion glyphosate poses no risk to human health indication of 'troubling allegiance' with Bayer/Monsanto. nationofchange.org "The EPA's pesticide office is clearly willing to bend over backwards, including disregarding its own guidelines for evaluating cancer risks, to give the industry what it wants."
(2020-02-01). Latest UN plan to address catastrophic decline in biodiversity—more empty platitudes. wsws.org Earth faces the sixth mass extinction of life on the planet, and all the capitalist system can provide is another toothless document.
(2020-01-31). Media on Climate Crisis: Don't Organize, Mourn. fair.org 
While US media have indeed ramped up their coverage of the climate crisis, they continue to give short shrift to what are arguably the most important factors for determining our future: what specific human practices are responsible for the changing climate, why carbon emissions continue to rise, and what we can and should be doing about it.
(2020-01-31). Climate activists from Africa speak out about the marginalisation of African voices. thecanary.co 
Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate and peers from other African nations have made an urgent appeal for the world to pay more attention to the continent that stands to suffer the most from climate breakdown despite contributing to it the least.The Fridays For Future movement and activist Greta Thunberg held a news conference with the activists in Sweden to spotlight the marginalisation of African voices."African activists are doing so much": Nakate — along with Makenna Muigai of Kenya, Ayakha Melithafa of South Africa, and climate scientist Ndoni Mcunu of South Africa — pointed out the challe…
(2020-01-31). Mexico Leads Greenhouse Tech Limiting Water Waste in Farming. telesurenglish.net Mexico has become a world leader in protected agriculture, using greenhouses and covering materials to grow tomatoes, peppers, and other crops and thereby combat ecosystem degradation. | RELATED: | Ecosystem degradation and depletion from industrial agriculture – particularly evident in the northern part of Guanajuato. Fifty percent of that central Mexican state's overexploited 2,500 water wells – is a primary con…
(2020-01-31). Suriname's climate promise, for a sustainable future. news.un.org Suriname has become the second nation globally to outline updated plans to fight climate change in the hope of ensuring that any future increase in the temperature of the planet does not exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
(2020-01-31). Building a climate movement that can win. greenleft.org.au 
I am one of the initiators of a broad-based clim…
(2020-01-31). Answering the Coalition's climate trickery. greenleft.org.au 
Claim 1: "We will be…
(2020-01-31). Union motion: Support real action on the climate. greenleft.org.au 
It also seeks to build support for the February 22 national day of action…
(2020-01-30). What Does It Mean to Be a Climate Refugee? thenation.com What Does It Mean to Be a Climate Refugee?
(2020-01-29). India: Climate emergency message resonates at world's largest literature festival — UN News special report from Jaipur. news.un.org Against the backdrop of India's famed "pink city" of Jaipur, the world's largest literature festival hosted the UN's top representative in the country on Monday, who told audience members attending a special session on the climate emergency, that the Organization is working flat out to slow the pace of damaging climate change.
(2020-01-29). Could the Climate Crisis Be "The Good News of Damnation"? dissidentvoice.org 
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 "the …
(2020-01-28). Dystopia in the land of Oz: A climate change story. greenleft.org.au 
(2019-11-07). Take Action — Some actual, SANE legislation. peaceaction.org Trump has plans to spend nearly $2 TRILLION over the next 30 years on unneeded and unnecessary nuclear weapons and delivery systems. This makes no sense. This is insane. That's nearly $100 million wasted every day for thirty years on weapons we are supposed to be getting rid of. To put that amount in perspective, …