COVID-19: Global Pandemic & Climate Disruption With Mike Davis
Speak Out Now | indybay.org | 2020-05-13
Online Zoom meeting, see details here: speakoutsocialists.org/townhall-davis-5-16/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/10/18832968.php
The Covid-19 Stimulus Debate Is a Pivotal Climate Story
Mark Hertsgaard | thenation.com | 2020-05-13
The Covid-19 Stimulus Debate Is a Pivotal Climate Story…
thenation.com/article/environment/covid-stimulus-climate-change/
78 Percent of Mountain Areas Are Undergoing a Snow Decline
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
Italy's applied research center EURAC holds that the snow surface of the world's mountain areas has decreased by 78 percent as a result of global warming. | RELATED: | Hole in the Ozone Layer Over Arctic Is Closed, WMO Confirms | Using data from 2000 to 2018, this scientific institution created a map of global snow coverage using high-resolution satellite imagery, field measurements, and simulation models. | The result reveals a worrying situation because the duration of the snow s…
telesurenglish.net/news/78-Percent-of-Mountain-Areas-Are-Undergoing-a-Snow-Decline-20200513-0006.html
Can we simultaneously oppose Bayer/Monsanto's biotechnology and support Cuba's Interferon Alpha 2B?
Don Fitz | mronline.org | 2020-05-13
Technology reflects social factors throughout its development and use. Genetically engineered crops allow mega-corporations to patent seeds, lure farmers into buying them with visions of high yields, and then destroy small farmers. Cuba's drugs are shared throughout the world. Making a distinction between the biotechnology of agro-industry and Cuba requires understanding the difference between bioimperialism …
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Striking sanitation workers in New Orleans replaced by prison laborers
wsws.org | 2020-05-13
A private waste management company in New Orleans has used inmates to replace striking workers demanding hazard pay and safer working conditions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/13/nola-m13.html
COVID-19: Global Pandemic & Climate Disruption With Mike Davis
Speak Out Now | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
Online Zoom meeting, see details here: speakoutsocialists.org/townhall-davis-5-16/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/10/18832968.php
Stir Crazy! Episode #32: Don't Make Us Regret This!
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-12
On today's show: TRNN climate reporter Aman Azhar, co-host of "By Any Means Necessary" Jacqueline Luqman, and TRNN managing editor Marc Steiner. Hosted by Kim Brown.
therealnews.com/stories/stir-crazy-episode-32-dont-make-us-regret-this
The Scourge of Authoritarianism in the Age of Pseudoscience
Colin Todhunter | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-12
Following the court decision in the US to award in favour of Dewayne Johnson (exposure to Monsanto's Roundup weed killer and its active ingredient, glyphosate, caused Johnson to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma), attorney Robert Kennedy Jr said at…
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/the-scourge-of-authoritarianism-in-the-age-of-pseudoscience/
Can We Simultaneously Oppose Bayer/Monsanto's Biotechnology and Support Cuba's Interferon Alpha 2B?
Don Fitz | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-12
Genetically engineered crops are a form of food imperialism. This technology allows mega-corporations like Bayer/Monsanto to patent seeds, lure farmers into buying them with visions of high yields, and then destroy the ability of small farmers to survive. Genetic engineering produces an artificial combination of plant traits which often results in foods with less nutritional …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/can-we-simultaneously-oppose-bayer-monsantos-biotechnology-and-support-cubas-interferon-alpha-2b/
Who's Protecting the Moon?
Nina Beety | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
"Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth,"
Trump Labor Dept. Pushes States to Help Employers Report Workers Who Stay Home
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-12
With the stated goal of rooting out " waste and fraud" in the unemployment insurance system, President Donald Trump's Department of Labor is openly encouraging ongoing state efforts to help employers report workers who refuse to return to their jobs out of fear of contracting the cor…
truthout.org/articles/trump-labor-dept-pushes-states-to-help-employers-report-workers-who-stay-home/
Vote Climate U.S. PAC Urges Americans to Vote Climate and Vote-by-Mail
commondreams.org | 2020-05-11
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/11/vote-climate-us-pac-urges-americans-vote-climate-and-vote-mail?cd-origin=rss
How will coronavirus shape our response to climate change?>
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-11
The global response to the COVID-19 crisis could inform the fight against climate change, Imperial College London experts say.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197473/how-will-coronavirus-shape-response-climate
COVID-19 and the parallel nuclear war and climate change threats
Karl Grossman | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-11
We can create a new and better world–but we must fully commit ourselves to it and work for it, "pressing, making changes."
nationofchange.org/2020/05/11/covid-19-and-the-parallel-nuclear-war-and-climate-change-threats/
Studies Reveal Climate Tipping Points Could Be Here Much Sooner Than We Thought
Shanna Hanbury | commondreams.org | 2020-05-11
A coral reef in Indonesia. Coral reefs—especially Australia's Great Barrier Reef—have proven to be very sensitive to climate change. Now scientists are trying to determine the mechanisms for climate ecosystem tipping points, and how fast they will occur around the world. (Photo: HereIsTom on VisualHunt.com / CC BY-NC-ND) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/ecosystem.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/11/studies-reveal-climate-tipping-points-could-be-here-much-sooner-we-thought?cd-origin=rss
Planet of the Humans Backlash
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-11
The backlash may be more revealing than the film itself, but both inform us where we are at in the fight against climate change and ecological collapse. The environmental establishment's frenzied attacks against Planet of the Humans says a lot about its commitment to big money and technological solutions. A number of prominent individuals tried …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/planet-of-the-humans-backlash/
Debunking Trump's Nonsense
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-11
Conspiracy theorists never let a crisis go to waste. When something truly terrible happens, the conspiracy theorist sets to work to determine the dark, hidden forces at work behind the scenes that have produced the crisis. Some people might see God or the Devil as the prime mover behind a catastrophe. Others throw up their…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/11/debunking-trumps-nonsense/
Daily average CO2 levels reach 418.12ppm
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-12
Environment Jessica CorbettIssue 1265 COVID-19 climate change global warmingMay 12, 2020Climate scientists and campaigners reiterated their demands for urgent global action to dramatically reduce plane…
greenleft.org.au/content/daily-average-co2-levels-reach-41812ppm
Oil companies should be denied a bailout
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-12
Climate crisis Rupen SavoulianIssue 1265 Australia COVID-19 oil industry bail-outsMay 12, 2020Oil corporations have been environmentally…
greenleft.org.au/content/oil-companies-should-be-denied-bailout
Vowing to Be 'Fully Accountable' to Movement, Ocasio-Cortez Joins Biden's Climate Crisis Task Force
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-13
Following her call for former Vice President Joe Biden to reach out to progressives in order to win the 2020 general election against President Donald Trump, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accepted an invitation to co-chair the Biden campaign's "unity task force" on the climate. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1209895367_1.jpg …
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House Democrats Denounced for Covid-19 Relief Bill That Leaves 'Door Wide Open' for Fossil Fuel Bailouts
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-12
Climate action advocacy groups on Tuesday blasted Democratic congressional leadership for introducing a 1,815-page, $3 trillion coronavirus relief package that fails to close loopholes for fossil fuel corporations that are lobbying for federal bailouts under the cover of the pandemic. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/steny_hoyer_fossil_fuel_bailout.jpg …
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