On COVID-19 And Internationalism Or Extinction
Noam Chomsky | zcomm.org | 2020-04-14
Interview on the coronavirus pandemic in the context of neoliberal capitalism's failures, climate change, potential nuclear disaster, and Donald Trump's authoritarianism…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/on-covid-19-and-internationalism-or-extinction/

'Can I Keep You Safe? Your Future Is Uncertain': Climate and the Fate of Humanity
Media Lens | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, the most immediate objective is to slow its spread, minimise the death toll and help people through the crisis. But, despite government promises to support citizens who are now losing their jobs and …
globalresearch.ca/climate-fate-humanity/5709605

COVID-19 and Climate: Economic Impacts (livestream)
The Commonwealth Club | indybay.org | 2020-04-14
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/14/18832362.php

Legionnaires Disease Death Linked to Home Water Contamination
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-14
An immunocompromised Wisconsin man in his 70s died from an infection with a strain of Legionella bacteria traced to water supplies in his home, according to a CDC report.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764467

Coalition slams Newsom administration for approving 24 new fracking permits
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2020-04-14
The issuing of new fracking permits took place less than two months after Consumer Watchdog and the FracTracker Alliance reported that the total number of oil and gas well permits issued in 2019 under the Newsom Administration rivals the number issued during the last year in office of former Governor Jerry Brown.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/11/18832287.php

Fire in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Put Out, Several Days Needed to Douse Afterburn – Emergency Service
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-14
Hundreds of Ukrainian firefighters and local volunteers have been involved in extinguishing forest fires in the abandoned regions surrounding the site of the infamous nuclear disaster.
sputniknews.com/europe/202004141078948607-fire-in-chernobyl-exclusion-zone-extinguished/

Israeli Settlers Flood Palestinian Crops with Waste Water in Hebron
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-04-13
Several armed Israeli colonial settlers reportedly caused flooding of Palestinian-owned grape farms, on Monday, in north of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Local Palestinian media activist, Mohammad Awwad, told media outlets that for the second time in a week, several armed settlers from the nearby illegal colonial settlement …
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Biden Must Become the Climate-Commander-in-Chief
Karyn Strickler | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-13
Now that Bernie Sanders has suspended his run for President Joe Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee. But not so fast. Sanders' voters are going to support Biden when he earns it. Sanders blazed new trails of climate leadership, making it compulsory to have multi-billion dollar plans to decarbonize. He defined the terms of the…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/13/biden-must-become-the-climate-commander-in-chief/

As media warns of WARRING CANNIBAL RATS in US cities, (human) food production quietly crashes from Covid-19 closures
rt.com | 2020-04-13
Rats living in major US cities are resorting to war and cannibalism to survive the coronavirus lockdown, a rodent expert has told the media. But as closures hamper food production, humans may also find themselves in trouble. | While rats feeding off residential waste in places like New York City and Los Angeles are doing just fine, those relying on restaurants

Wildfire rips through Chernobyl's exclusion zone, raging just TWO MILES from crippled nuclear plant (PHOTO, VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-04-13
Ukrainian firefighters are struggling to contain a blaze raging near Pripyat, in the contaminated area heavily hit by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, as a wall of fire creeps dangerously close to its abandoned nuclear power plant. | Due to strong winds on Monday, the flames crossed over a firebreak and reached Yanov railway station near the town of Pripyat, the agency in charge of the exclusion zone said in a statement. Maps show that the station is located just three kilometers (1.9 miles) away from the ill-fated power plant. | Yaroslav Emelianenko, a member of the public council at that agency, described the…
rt.com/news/485714-chernobyl-wildfire-exclusion-zone-nuclear/

Indigenous celebrate victory against Dakota Access Pipeline, but remain wary of Judge Boasberg
Albert Bender | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-13
On March 25, tribal nations won a notable victory in their long-standing war with the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) when U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg for the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must develop a full environmental review of the much-maligned project. This was a historic triumph for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, which with the support …
peoplesworld.org/article/indigenous-celebrate-victory-against-dakota-access-pipeline-but-remain-wary-of-judge-boasberg/

Neoliberalism, Climate Change and the Future of Architecture
Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-11
Introduction What is the future for architecture in these times of climate change and economic crises? Should sustainability and affordability be a major factor in the design and development of future buildings? What about aesthetics? There are many individual examples of modern buildings today that have positive aesthetic qualities, but can major future problems, like …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/neoliberalism-climate-change-and-the-future-of-architecture/

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