(2020-05-02). Amazon Tech Workers Join Warehouse Workers in Protests. zcomm.org Home-office climate activists and warehouse employees across the nation find common cause mobilizing against Amazon's policies…
(2020-05-02). Watsonville: International Workers' Day Action. indybay.org Watsonville Plaza | 350 Main St, Watsonville…
(2020-05-02). COVID-19 and Climate: The Future of Energy. indybay.org Online via livestream (FREE)…
(2020-05-02). Blood of Hashd al-Sha'abi Martyrs not to be wasted: al-Kazemi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA) — In response to the martyrdom of a number of Hashd al-Sha'abi forces by ISIL, Iraqi Prime Minister designate Mustafa al-Kazemi swore to God that their blood will not be wasted.
(2020-05-01). Electoral Triumph Spurs Green New Deal in South Korea. thenation.com Electoral Triumph Spurs Green New Deal in South Korea…
(2020-05-01). No Going Back—The COVID-19 pandemic theses. mronline.org 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.
(2020-05-01). The Recent History of GDP Growth, CO2 Emissions, and Climate Policy Paralysis, All in One Table-Runner. counterpunch.org Note: I began designing this table-runner just before the COVID-19 pandemic blew up in the United States. In the time I have been embroidering it, rates of death and misery have soared while wealth generation and carbon emissions (the two subjects of this work) have ended their decades-long rise and have plummeted. A deadly virus
(2020-05-01). Leading scholar says current pandemic could be a tipping point in the climate crisis. thecanary.co The coronavirus (Covid-19)
(2020-05-01). Video: Planet of the Humans. Michael Moore's Documentary. globalresearch.ca Michael Moore presents Planet of the Humans, a documentary that dares to say what no one else will this Earth Day — that we are losing the battle to stop climate change on planet earth because we are following leaders …
(2020-04-30). Greta Thunberg launches campaign to support UNICEF protection efforts against COVID-19. news.un.org 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.
(2020-04-29). How to explain climate change? With comic books. mronline.org 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?>
(2020-04-29). FROM THE FIELD: Women act as 'agents of change' in climate emergency. news.un.org 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.
(2020-04-28). Parallel threats of COVID-19, climate change, require 'brave, visionary and collaborative leadership': UN chief. news.un.org 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.
(2020-04-25). Climate Crisis: Oil Below Zero, Planet of the Humans, Earth Day At 50. therealnews.com 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.
(2020-04-22). 'Planet of the Humans' Breaks Down Climate Crisis. progressive.org Michael Moore returns with a free eco-documentary.
(2020-04-04). First U.S. Union-Authorized Climate Strike? zcomm.org 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…
(2020-04-04). Civil Disobedience in the Time of Climate Crisis. zcomm.org What we—citizens, corporations, courts and government—do about the climate crisis will determine life on earth within the next few decades…
(2020-03-23). [Correspondence] COVID-19: mitigating transmission via wastewater plumbing systems. thelancet.com By its very design, the wastewater plumbing system is a harbinger of pathogenic microorganisms with, under some circumstances, the potential to enable airborne transmission of viruses such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
(2019-07-24). MPP National Director Nick Brana arrested with XR. peoplesparty.org with Extinction Rebellion climate activists | MPP National Director Nick Brana arrested with Extinction Rebellion climate activists after supergluing themselves to Congress in mass civil disobedience: | Washington, D.C. — Movement for a People's Party National Director Nick Brana was arrested during a protest to block Congress and demand that they join the countries of the UK and Canada and declare a climate emergency. | Brana and 15 people affiliated with the climate action group Extinction Rebellion (XR) glued themselves to three underground tunnel entrances leading to the Capitol, blocking access…
(2020-04-29). Greta Thunberg: 'We need to tackle two crises at once'. greenleft.org.au
(2020-05-01). 'A Complete Waste of Money': Fossil Fuel Industry Takes At Least $50 Million in Covid Aid Despite Financial Struggles Long Before Outbreak. commondreams.org Three coal companies with ties to President Donald Trump are among the fossil fuel firms which have taken millions in dollars in coronavirus relief, according to new reporting by The Guardian and corporate watchdog Documented. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/oilpumps_0_1.jpg …