UN's Guterres: World is losing the race against climate change
aljazeera | aljazeera.com | 2019-01-24
UN chief says political will needed to make governments understand this is the 'most important priority of our times'.
aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/guterres-world-losing-race-climate-change-190124140215139.html

Tackling the Twin Challenges of Climate Change and Inequality
Jennifer Morgan | commondreams.org | 2019-01-24
People walk upstairs at the Davos Congress Centre where the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum 2019 takes place, January 20, 2019 (Photo: Markus Schreiber/AP) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/annual.jpeg…
commondreams.org/views/2019/01/24/tackling-twin-challenges-climate-change-and-inequality?cd-origin=rss

What Makes America Great?
Wim Laven | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-24
On Saturday January 18th, 2019 during the Indigenous People's March in Washington D.C. Nathan Phillips showed what makes America great. The videos of his experience show the Native American elder singing a healing song to defuse a conflict brewing between four young African Americans and a much larger group of white youth from Covington Catholic…
counterpunch.org/2019/01/24/what-makes-america-great/

What Would MAGA-Jesus Do? (Video)
Mark Fiore | truthdig.com | 2019-01-24
The firestorm that erupted after a group of MAGA-hat-wearing high schoolers taunted a Native American man on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial has yet to die down. | The post What Would MAGA-Jesus Do? (Video) appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/cartoons/what-would-maga-jesus-do-video/

Pentagon Climate Change Report Ignores Its Own Role in Fueling the Crisis
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-01-24
The U.S. Department of Defense produces more hazardous waste than the five biggest U.S.-based chemical companies combined and is the biggest contributor to global pollution in the world. | The post Pentagon Climate Change Report Ignores Its Own Role in Fueling the Crisis appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/pentagon-climate-change-report-ignores-its-own-role-in-fueling-the-crisis/254183/

A Disturbing Number of Missouri Towns Evict Residents for Calling the Police
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-01-24
The ACLU is urging towns across Missouri to repeal unjust 'nuisance ordinances.' | Over the last few decades in towns and cities across America, local authorities have passed laws that punish people for calling 911 with steep fines and eviction, even when they are seeking police protection. Known as nuisance ordinances, these laws present victims of crime with an impossible choice. As a domestic violence survivor in St. Louis put it: "If I…
aclu.org/blog/womens-rights/violence-against-women/disturbing-number-missouri-towns-evict-residents-calling

We Don't Need a New Deal: We Need a Whole New Deck
Frank Scott | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-24
The gap between the earth's wardens of wealth and the nearly eight billion humans under their control has grown wider and more dangerous but is beginning to be understood by some as a systemic problem and not simply a matter … | The post We Don't Need a New Deal: We Need a Whole New Deck appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/we-dont-need-a-new-deal-we-need-a-whole-new-deck/5666352

With Corporate Interests at the Helm, EPA Polluter Fines Down 85%, Hitting Lowest Level in 25 Years
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-01-24
With a former coal lobbyist at the helm of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the past six months—and a self-described "advocate" against the agency's work prior to that—the EPA has drastically reduced the fines it's levied against pollution-causing industries and companies since President Donald Trump took office. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/emissions_0.jpeg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/01/24/corporate-interests-helm-epa-polluter-fines-down-85-hitting-lowest-level-25-years?cd-origin=rss

'March Now or Swim Later': As Elites Chit-Chat in Davos, Climate Strike Swells With 35,000 Students Marching in Brussels
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-01-24
Thursday's student demonstration in Brussels confirmed that the global climate strike movement is showing no signs of slowing down, with an estimated 35,000 young people marching through the European Union capital to demand that world leaders take bold action to stem the climate crisis. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-01-24_at_9.17.42_am1.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/01/24/march-now-or-swim-later-elites-chit-chat-davos-climate-strike-swells-35000-students?cd-origin=rss

Welcome to 'The New Abnormal': Apocalypse Still Looms as Doomsday Clock Stays at 2 Minutes to Midnight
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-01-24
Thanks to world leaders' failures to adequately address the threats posed by nuclear weapons and the climate crisis—in spite of mounting public pressure for bold action on both fronts—the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced Thursday that the Doomsday Clock remains at two minutes to midnight, "the closest it has ever been to apocalypse." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/doomsday_clock.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/01/24/welcome-new-abnormal-apocalypse-still-looms-doomsday-clock-stays-2-minutes-midnight?cd-origin=rss

Ocasio-Cortez engages Huckabee Sanders in environmental policy debate of biblical proportions
RT | rt.com | 2019-01-24
A bible-thumping back-and-forth between White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) took the climate-change debate to new heights, sparking a theological row across social media. | …
rt.com/usa/449620-ocasio-cortez-huckabee-sanders-bible-debate/

Egypt 'more dangerous than ever' for peaceful critics
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2019-01-24
Eight years after the start of Egypt's revolution, the Egyptian people are facing an unprecedented attack on freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today. Tens of thousands took to the streets to demand greater protections for human rights during the 25 January revolution of 2011, but under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi the space for dissent is being crushed out of existence. | Over the course of 2018, the Egyptian authorities arrested at least 113 people simply for peacefully expressing their views. Many were detained without tria…
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/01/egypt-more-dangerous-than-ever-for-peaceful-critics/

Mexico: Caught Between Bullets and Neglect: Lack of Protection for Defenders of the Territory in the Tarahumara Sierra
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2019-01-24
This document addresses the Mexican State's failure to effectively protect the defenders of the land, territory and environment in the Sierra Tarahumara, specifically the members of the Rarámuri Coloradas de la Virgen indigenous community. Amnesty International documented the case of Rarámuri defender Julián Carrillo who was killed in October 2018 despite having protection measures from the Mechanism for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists.
amnesty.org/en/documents/amr41/9554/2018/en/

Mexico: State protection measures were not enough to prevent the killing of environmental defender Julián Carrillo
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2019-01-24
The Mexican state failed in its obligation to ensure the effective protection of the environmental human rights defender Julián Carrillo, said Amnesty International in the report Caught between bullets and neglect: Lack of protection for defenders of the territory in the Sierra Tarahumara, published today, three months after his death. | "The Indigenous Rarámuri people of the community of Coloradas de la Virgen have for years faced a series of attacks and threats because of their work defending human rights and their ancestral territory," said…
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/01/mexico-state-protection-measures-were-not-enough-to-prevent-the-killing-of-environmental-defender-julian-carrillo/

Portraying the MAGA Teens as Victims Is an Extension of Native American Erasure
Nick Estes | theintercept.com | 2019-01-24
A woman speaks during the Indigenous Peoples March on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 18, 2019. | of dozens of Catholic schoolboys sporting "Make America Great Again," or MAGA, hats tomahawk-chopping and mocking a Native elder, who was drumming and singing at the feet of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Nathan Phillips, the military veteran and water protector from the Omaha Nation, waded into the crowd of high school students,…
theintercept.com/2019/01/24/covington-maga-hat-native-american/

Eviction protection proposals for renters affected by government shutdown in San Jose
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2019-01-24
Earlier today, Sam Laccardo, the Mayor of San Jose, sent out a memorandum to the City Council proposing to protect renters being affected by the partial federal government.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/01/23/18820662.php

'I had every right to stand there': Covington Catholic student says he has nothing to apologize for
RT | rt.com | 2019-01-23
Nick Sandmann, the MAGA hat-wearing student at the center of the viral staredown with Native American campaigner Nathan Phillips, says he did nothing wrong during the clash in Washington. | …
rt.com/usa/449494-covington-catholic-maga-sandmann-indian/

Fox News guest compares Ocasio-Cortez to Stalin, Hitler & Mao
RT | rt.com | 2019-01-23
Calling for taxing the super-rich and fighting climate change are signs that the person doing it wants to send political opponents to a gulag, exterminate millions and make the country starve, Fox News guest Ben Stein implied. | …
rt.com/usa/449499-aoc-hitler-stalin-mao/

US: Protect Right to Asylum for Domestic Violence
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2019-01-23

| January 23, 2019 Video | Video: She Escaped Brutal Domestic Violence — Now the US Government Wants to Send Her Back: | The US government should uphold refugee protections for survivors of domestic violence. |

| (Washington, DC) — The United States government should uphold refugee protections for survivors of domestic violence, the Cen…
hrw.org/news/2019/01/23/us-protect-right-asylum-domestic-violence

MALAYSIA: FULLY RECOGNISE AND PROTECT INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2019-01-23
Amnesty International welcomes the Government of Malaysia's pledges to recognise and protect the rights of Indigenous peoples, and the announcement that it will "seriously" consider the recommendations made by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) on Indigenous land rights.
amnesty.org/en/documents/asa28/9723/2019/en/

There Still Is Time to Limit Global Temperature Rise To 1.5 ∞C
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2019-01-23
Dr. Christopher Smith of Leeds University explains that meeting the goals of the Paris climate accord remains possible if we end meat consumption and build no new fossil fuels infrastructure | The post There Still Is Time to Limit Global Temperature Rise To 1.5 ∞C appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/there-still-is-time-to-limit-global-temperature-rise-to-1-5-c

"The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee": David Treuer on Retelling Native American History
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-01-22
We end today's show with "The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee," a stunning new book by David Treuer that looks at Native America from 1890 to the present day. The book's powerful mix of memoir, extensive interview and storytelling presents decades of indigenous history that have been sidelined by the mainstream. David Treuer is Ojibwe from the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota. He teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Southern California.
www.democracynow.org/2019/1/22/the_heartbeat_of_wounded_knee_david

"I Was Absolutely Afraid": Indigenous Elder on "Mob Mentality" of MAGA Hat-Wearing Students in D.C
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-01-22
On Friday, thousands took part in the Indigenous Peoples March in Washington, D.C. The next day, video went viral of an interaction that took place soon after the march ended between an indigenous elder and a group of Catholic high school students from Kentucky who had attended a March for Life protest the same day. In the video, Omaha elder Nathan Phillips is seen peacefully playing his drum and singing while being encircled by the students–some of whom were wearing red "Make America Great Again" hats. The video appears to show the students taunting and mocking Phillips. Some of the students are seen makin…
www.democracynow.org/2019/1/22/i_was_absolutely_afraid_indigenous_elder

Chase Iron Eyes: Trump's Mocking of Native Americans Gives License to Others to Denigrate My People
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-01-22
As we continue to look at the video that has gone viral showing a group of Catholic high school students apparently mocking an indigenous tribal elder near the Lincoln Memorial, we speak to Chase Iron Eyes, an activist and lead attorney for the Lakota People's Law Project. He is a spokesperson for the Indigenous Peoples March.
www.democracynow.org/2019/1/22/chase_iron_eyes_trumps_mocking_of

Native American Communities Bear Brunt of Shutdown with Medicine Shortages & Suspended Food Programs
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-01-17
We look at the widespread impact of the government shutdown on Native American communities, as the Indian Health Service goes understaffed and a federally funded food delivery program to Indian reservations has halted. Democratic members of Congress held a hearing Tuesday on the effects of the shutdown on health, education and employment in Native communities. We speak with Mark Trahant, editor of Indian Country Today and member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.
www.democracynow.org/2019/1/17/native_american_communities_bear_brunt_of

The Fox in Charge of the Henhouse: Activists Decry Trump's EPA Pick, Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-01-17
Senate confirmation hearings began Wednesday for former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler, whom President Trump has nominated to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Wheeler has been the acting head of the EPA since Scott Pruitt resigned in July amid an onslaught of financial and ethics scandals. We speak with Heather McTeer Toney, national field director for Moms Clean Air Force and former Southeast regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency during the Obama administration. We also speak with Mary Anne Hitt, director of the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign.
www.democracynow.org/2019/1/17/the_fox_in_charge_of_the

Jay Inslee's Climate Change Gambit
James Nickerson | progressive.org | 2019-01-14
The issue of climate change was barely even mentioned during the last presidential race. Hopefully, Inslee's presence as a candidate will keep that from happening again.
progressive.org/op-eds/jay-inslee-climate-change-gambit-nickerson-190114/

A "Massive Outlaw"
Ralph Nader | zcomm.org | 2018-12-24
Interview on Single Payer, Climate Devastation, Impeachment…
zcomm.org/zvideo/a-massive-outlaw/