UNIDO to launch biomedical waste project in Iran: Gharibabadi
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-10
TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA)

Ancient Volcano Eruptions that Killed Almost 90 Percent of Species Offer Warning on Global Warming
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-10
Life on Earth has faced several catastrophic mass extinction events in the last 500 million years that killed off 75 – 90 per cent of all species on Earth, with the events triggering these cataclysms possibly able to send a message to mankind today.
sputniknews.com/science/202004101078908025-ancient-volcano-eruptions-that-killed-almost-90-percent-of-species-offer-warning-on-global-warming/

Cruel Immigration Policies Make the Pandemic Worse
Basav Sen | commondreams.org | 2020-04-09
If conditions are this cruel now, imagine what it will be like as climate change accelerates. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/shutterstock_1229072188-722×482.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/04/09/cruel-immigration-policies-make-pandemic-worse?cd-origin=rss

UN Seeks $130 Million To Prevent Hunger Catastrophe in Zimbabwe
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-09
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said Wednesday it needed US$130 million to fund emergency operations in Zimbabwe until August and prevent a catastrophe in the southern African nation, as climate- and recession-induced food shortages deepened. | RELATED: | Uganda: Unqualified Woman Ran Health Center, 105 Children Died | The WFP added 7.7 million Zimbabweans, half the population, need food aid after a devastating drought and cyclone last year. A lack of predictable…
telesurenglish.net/news/UN-Seeks-130-Million-To-Prevent-Hunger-Catastrophe-in-Zimbabwe-20200409-0020.html

Coronavirus Is a Dress Rehearsal for Climate Change
Ana María Archila, George Goehl, Maurice Mitchell | thenation.com | 2020-04-08
Ana María Archila, George Goehl, Maurice Mitchell Coronavirus Is a Dress Rehearsal for Climate Change…
thenation.com/article/politics/coronavirus-climate-change-rehearsal-for-climate-change/

Silence of the Climate Watchdogs
Mark Hertsgaard | thenation.com | 2020-04-08
Silence of the Climate Watchdogs…
thenation.com/article/environment/climate-coronavirus-media-watchdogs/

First U.S. Union-Authorized Climate Strike?
Jeremy Brecher | zcomm.org | 2020-04-04
If Local 26 is forced to strike again, one thing is clear: It will do so not only as the representative of its own members, but as the champion of everyone who knows they are threatened by climate change…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/first-u-s-union-authorized-climate-strike/

Civil Disobedience in the Time of Climate Crisis
H. Patricia Hynes | zcomm.org | 2020-04-04
What we–citizens, corporations, courts and government–do about the climate crisis will determine life on earth within the next few decades…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/civil-disobedience-in-the-time-of-climate-crisis/

[Correspondence] Racism and discrimination in COVID-19 responses
Delan Devakumar, Geordan Shannon, Sunil S Bhopal, Ibrahim Abubakar | thelancet.com | 2020-04-01
Outbreaks create fear, and fear is a key ingredient for racism and xenophobia to thrive. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has uncovered social and political fractures within communities, with racialised and discriminatory responses to fear, disproportionately affecting marginalised groups.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30792-3/fulltext?rss=yes