Electoral Triumph Spurs Green New Deal in South Korea
Tim Shorrock | thenation.com | 2020-05-01
Electoral Triumph Spurs Green New Deal in South Korea…
thenation.com/article/world/south-korea-elections-climate/

Video: Planet of the Humans. Michael Moore's Documentary
Michael Moore | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-01
Michael Moore presents Planet of the Humans, a documentary that dares to say what no one else will this Earth Day

Watsonville: International Workers' Day Action
Regeneration-Pájaro Valley Climate Action | indybay.org | 2020-05-01
Watsonville Plaza | 350 Main St, Watsonville…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/30/18832706.php

Hole in the Ozone Layer Over Arctic Is Closed, WMO Confirms
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-01
The United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that the hole in the ozone layer, which meteorologists detected in the Arctic in March, is closed now. | RELATED: | Global Climate Fight Continues Despite Isolation | "The ozone depletion levels were worse than those detected in 2011, but it has already returned to normal, due to weather factors, and the ho…
telesurenglish.net/news/Hole-in-the-Ozone-Layer-Over-Arctic-Is-Closed-WMO-Confirms-20200501-0001.html

Leading scholar says current pandemic could be a tipping point in the climate crisis
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-05-01
The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has brought economies across the globe to a standstill. As The Canary has previously argued, this has forced both political leaders and the public to confront fundamental questions about how we live and how we organize society. Now, in an…
thecanary.co/video/2020/05/01/leading-scholar-says-current-pandemic-could-be-a-tipping-point-in-the-climate-crisis/

No Going Back–The COVID-19 pandemic theses
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-01
We live in the age of the pandemic. We live in an age of environmental destruction and climate change. None of these are natural disasters–they all result from the way society and production is currently organised.
mronline.org/2020/05/01/no-going-back-the-covid-19-pandemic-theses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-going-back-the-covid-19-pandemic-theses

Greta Thunberg launches campaign to support UNICEF protection efforts against COVID-19
news.un.org | 2020-04-30
Climate activist Greta Thunberg along with Danish NGO Human Act, on Thursday launched a child rights-driven campaign to support the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in protecting young lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1062942

What's Michael Moore's Actual Agenda?
Alison Rose Levy | commondreams.org | 2020-04-30
In erasing both the Green New Deal, and the Sunrise Movement and its diverse group of energized young people across American, Moore and company vilify climate leaders and remedies, boosting population control, and chooses consumerism over systemic change. (Photo: Screenshot) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/michaelmoore_0.jpg …
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The Federal Reserve Should Not Bail Out the Failing Fracking Industry
commondreams.org | 2020-04-30
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/04/30/federal-reserve-should-not-bail-out-failing-fracking-industry?cd-origin=rss

How to explain climate change? With comic books
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-04-29
If you are reading this, you probably already know a lot about climate change. But what images come to mind if I asked you to visualize climate change?>…
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How to explain climate change? With comic books
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-04-29
If you are reading this, you probably already know a lot about climate change. But what images come to mind if I asked you to visualize climate change?>…
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FROM THE FIELD: Women act as 'agents of change' in climate emergency
news.un.org | 2020-04-29
Women around the world can act as "agents of change" and find solutions to the challenges provoked by the global climate crisis, according to the UN's specialized gender agency, UN Women.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1062852

Parallel threats of COVID-19, climate change, require 'brave, visionary and collaborative leadership': UN chief
news.un.org | 2020-04-28
To combat the COVID-19 pandemic and the "looming existential threat of climate disruption", the only credible response is "brave, visionary and collaborative leadership" anchored in mutilateralism, the UN Secretary General António Guterres, said on Tuesday, during an international discussion focused on climate change.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1062752

Canada should Treat Climate Change With Same Urgency as COVID-19
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-28
While governments' responses to the Covid-19 pandemic proves significant resources can be marshalled quickly in a crisis, there is little evidence official Canada sees global warming as a comparable emergency. Even though Justin Trudeau's Liberals say they take climate change seriously, Canadian greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are actually increasing. According to the inventory report the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/canada-should-treat-climate-change-with-same-urgency-as-covid-19/

Climate Crisis: Oil Below Zero, Planet of the Humans, Earth Day At 50
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-25
Earth Day turns 50, the price of oil falls below zero, Michael Moore's new film "Planet of the Humans" generates controversy. And San Diego had big mass transit plans–then COVID-19 happened.
therealnews.com/columns/climate-crisis-oil-below-zero-planet-of-the-humans-earth-day-at-50

Earth Day, Then and Now
Tia Nelson | progressive.org | 2020-04-22
The threat of climate change is as great or greater than that of the coronavirus.
progressive.org/op-eds/earth-day-then-and-now-nelson-200422/

'Planet of the Humans' Breaks Down Climate Crisis
Ed Rampell | progressive.org | 2020-04-22
Michael Moore returns with a free eco-documentary.
progressive.org/dispatches/planet-of-the-humans-climate-crisis-rampell-200422/

The world becomes cleaner, as emissions fall in April
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-01
The global lockdown to stem the spread of the coronavirus or COVID-19 led to a massive drop in carbon emissions in April. Besides the fall in industrial production and closure of transportation, new commitments by some countries like Japan and Chile also contributed to reduce carbon imprints.Although the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) originally scheduled in Glasgow in the UK in November has been postponed due to the pandemic, many environmentalists have cautioned that the fight against climate change should not be interrupted.Turkey's Environment Ministry in a circular has enumerated steps…
yenisafak.com/en/news/the-world-becomes-cleaner-as-emissions-fall-in-april-3518392

Greta Thunberg: 'We need to tackle two crises at once'
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-04-29
Environment Jim McIlroyIssue 1263 Australia COVID-19 climate crisis fossil fuel recoveryApril 29, 2020Swedish environmental activis…
greenleft.org.au/content/greta-we-need-tackle-two-crises-once

Greta Thunberg Advances Fight Against Another 'Child-Rights Crisis' With UNICEF Campaign to Support Kids Impacted by Covid-19
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-30
Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg joined with the Danish development organization Human Act on Thursday to launch a global funding campaign that aims to help "save and protect the most vulnerable children" affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/uni3254471.jpg …
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Slashing US Meat Consumption by Half Could Cut Diet-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 35%: Study
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-30
"While a diet shift isn't a silver bullet, it could play an important role in curbing climate change." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/halve-meat-consumption-climate.jpg …
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Ahead of May Day, 500+ Groups Worldwide Demand Just and Visionary Recovery From Covid-19
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-30
Ahead of the annual International Workers Day on Friday, over 500 groups from across the globe reiterated their joint demand for a "just recovery" from the coronavirus pandemic and called on governments to pair economic relief policies that prioritize working people with ambitious climate action. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12106387701.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/04/30/ahead-may-day-500-groups-worldwide-demand-just-and-visionary-recovery-covid-19?cd-origin=rss