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A Sequel to Our Climate Change Dystopia
Staff | truthdig.com | 2018-11-14
Like any politically engaged dystopian novel, my 2016 book "Splinterlands" was meant to be a warning. I knew things could get that bad. I just didn't think they would–not so quickly anyway. | The post A Sequel to Our Climate Change Dystopia appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/articles/a-sequel-to-our-climate-change-dystopia/

Ocasio-Cortez Joins Environmental Activists in Protest at Pelosi's Office
Ryan Grim | zcomm.org | 2018-11-14
Protesters with the environmental group Sunrise marched on Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi's office on Tuesday. The group, made up of young people pushing for urgent action on climate change, planned to send a clear message to party leadership just one week after Democrats regained control of the House…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/ocasio-cortez-joins-environmental-activists-in-protest-at-pelosis-office/

Calls for Transition to 100% Renewable Energy Economy
May Boeve | zcomm.org | 2018-11-14
"We are really daunted by the reality of the climate impacts that are facing us."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/calls-for-transition-to-100-renewable-energy-economy/

US troops erect barricades & razor fence in San Diego as first migrants arrive in Tijuana (VIDEOS)
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-14
US military and border protection agents have extended razor wire and erected barricades at the point of entry near San Diego, California, as the first groups of migrants arrived at the US-Mexico border. | …
rt.com/usa/443908-san-diego-troops-migrants-fence/

Alternatives to Wilderness?
George Wuerthner | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-14
In recent years it has become fashionable for conservationists to substitute and promote other land classification in place of wilderness designation. Wilderness is "passé" so we are told, even though it is the "gold standard" for land protection. In a recent white paper, The Wilderness Society outlined some of these alternatives such as National Recreation…
counterpunch.org/2018/11/14/alternatives-to-wilderness/

Alamedans Say Protect Mueller's Investigation
TRPLL | indybay.org | 2018-11-14
On November 8, a rapid response action in Alameda called for the protection of Special Counsel Robert Mueller who is overseeing the investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Photos by Lynn LaRocca, please credit the photographer.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/11/18818996.php

Woolsey Fire Burns Nuclear Meltdown Site that State Toxics Agency Failed to Clean Up
Physicians for Social Responsibility, Los Angeles | indybay.org | 2018-11-14
The Woolsey Fire began on the property of the contaminated Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), a former nuclear and rocket engine testing site. | SSFL is one of the most contaminated sites in the nation, subject of a promised but long-delayed state and federal cleanup; it is heavily contaminated with well documented nuclear and chemical contamination, from, among other things, a partial nuclear meltdown.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/11/18819023.php

Opponents of Keystone XL Pipeline Praise Judicial Order Blocking Construction
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-11-13
On Thursday, a federal judge in Montana temporarily halted the construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry oil from Canada's tar sands region in Alberta to refineries as far away as the Gulf of Mexico. The court's decision will require the Trump administration to review more thoroughly the potential negative impacts of the pipeline on the surrounding environment and climate change. President Obama halted the construction of the pipeline, which is being built by TransCanada, in 2015 following mass public protests, but Trump reversed the order shortly after he came into office. Envi…
truthout.org/video/opponents-of-keystone-xl-pipeline-praise-judicial-order-blocking-construction/

"An Incredible Victory": Opponents of Keystone XL Pipeline Praise Judicial Order Blocking Construction
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-13
On Thursday, a federal judge in Montana temporarily halted the construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry oil from Canada's tar sands region in Alberta to refineries as far away as the Gulf of Mexico. The court's decision will require the Trump administration to review more thoroughly the potential negative impacts of the pipeline on the surrounding environment and climate change. President Obama halted the construction of the pipeline, which is being built by TransCanada, in 2015 following mass public protests, but Trump reversed the order shortly after he came into office. Environ…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/13/an_incredible_victory_opponents_of_keystone

As Fires Devastate California, 350.org Calls for Transition to 100% Renewable Energy Economy
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-13
California's Camp Fire has become the state's deadliest fire on record, decimating the town of Paradise, killing 42 people and destroying 7,200 structures. The fires in California are so large they can be clearly seen from space. Smoke and ash have left millions of Californians exposed to air quality rated at "unhealthy" or "very unhealthy" levels, with residents of Los Angeles, Sacramento and the Bay Area warned against spending time outdoors. We speak with May Boeve, executive director of 350 Action, who says, "We are really daunted by the reality of the climate impacts that are facing us."
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/13/as_fires_devastate_california_350org_calls

Israel to Police European Coastlines — Protecting the Continent from Refugees?
Peter Koenig | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-13
This sounds like a bad joke. It ain't. Its real. One fascist government helps another fascist government. Yes, I have written about fascism invading the west before — warning that the European Union (non-union) is being gradually, but ever faster turned into a fascist dictatorship under the guise of democratic protection of 'Democracy'; and this by her unelected European Commission (EC) leaders (sic). EU citizens are being brainwashed with neoliberal lie-propaganda into believing that they are living in the heart of democracy — that they are free and protected by police and military, 24àó7. | I…
mintpressnews.com/israel-to-police-european-coastlines-protecting-the-continent-from-refugees/251786/

Climate and the Infernal Blue Wave: Straight Talk About Saving Humanity
Carol Dansereau | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-13
Let me tell you about why I woke up crying today. It has to do with just how close we are to full-blown climate disaster. I was thinking about children who are already experiencing the horrible consequences of global warming, and I was thinking about particular children I love and what's in store for them.
counterpunch.org/2018/11/13/climate-and-the-infernal-blue-wave-straight-talk-about-saving-humanity/

Pipeline Opponents Make Gains in Midterms as Federal Judge Halts Keystone XL Pipeline
Alleen Brown | theintercept.com | 2018-11-13
As pipeline opponents made electoral gains in South Dakota and Nebraska, a U.S. district court ordered a halt to work on the Keystone XL pipeline. | The post Pipeline Opponents Make Gains in Midterms as Federal Judge Halts Keystone XL Pipeline appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/11/13/keystone-xl-pipeline-midterm-elections/

The Interior Department Is Sidelining Environmental Justice
Adam Federman | thenation.com | 2018-11-13
In early September, the DOI quietly rescinded two memos that provided guidance on protecting vulnerable communities and Native American sacred sites. | The post The Interior Department Is Sidelining Environmental Justice…
thenation.com/article/interior-department-environmental-justice-arctic-drilling-energy-dominance/

Amazon's Billion-Dollar Shakedown of America's Cities
Jacob Sugarman | truthdig.com | 2018-11-13
If one required reminding of the Democratic Party's complete capitulation to corporate interests, to say nothing of the country's as a whole, he or she need only have listened to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's address on Tuesday. "One of the biggest companies on earth next to the biggest public housing development in the United States," he told reporters during a joint press conference with Gov. Andrew Cuomo. "The synergy is going to be extraordinary." | The company in question is Amazon, which confirmed earlier that morning that Long Island Cit…
truthdig.com/articles/amazons-billion-dollar-shakedown-of-americas-cities/

Welcome to the Life-or-Death Escape Room
John Feffer | thenation.com | 2018-11-13
Welcome to the Life-or-Death Escape Room…
thenation.com/article/dystopia-climate-change-escape-room/

Climate Scientist Who Fled CA Wildfire: We're Going to Keep Paying Price If We Ignore Climate Change
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-13
At least 44 people are dead and more than 200 remain missing as two massive wildfires, fueled by easterly winds and a historic drought, continue to rage in California. In Northern California's Butte County, the Camp Fire has become the state's deadliest fire in history, after the blaze swept through the town of Paradise, killing 42 people and destroying nearly 6,500 homes. In Southern California, a quarter-million residents of Los Angeles and Ventura counties were ordered to evacuate the Woolsey Fire–including the entire city of Malibu and parts of the San Fernando Valley. Governor Jerry Brown said Sunday t…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/13/climate_scientist_who_fled_ca_wildfire

Jeff Sessions Was the Worst Attorney General in Modern American History
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-09
From immigration to transgender rights, Attorney General Jeff Sessions showed contempt for American civil rights and liberties. | On Wednesday, the Trump administration bid farewell to one of its most infamous members: Attorney General Jeff Sessions. In his brief tenure, Sessions managed to dismantle and rescind an astounding range of efforts by prior administrations to protect civil rights and civil liberties and introduced new policies that endanger some of the most vulnerable citizens in the U.S. | From his draconian approach to immigration policy to his efforts to erase protections for transgender people to h…
aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/jeff-sessions-was-worst-attorney-general-modern-american-history

Zombies against the climate apocalypse
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-08
Zombies raised concerns over climate change on Halloween in Newcastle. The demonstrators sought to raise awareness about the coming "climate apocalypse." | Climate change Kerry Smith Issue 1203 Australia NewcastlePhoto: Newcastle Climate Justice UprisingNovember…
greenleft.org.au/content/zombies-against-climate-apocalypse

Vic Liberals can't hide from lack of climate policy
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-08
Faced with a handful of climate activists marching on his Bulleen electorate office on November 7, state Liberal opposition leader Matthew Guy decided to lock the door and pull the shutters down. | According to protesters, which included a number of babies and more than a few with grey hair, what Guy feared most was that their action, just weeks out from the November 24 state elections, would expose the Liberals' complete lack of a climate policy. | Repower Victoria North East spokesperson Giuseppe Scelsi told the protest: "The scariest part in all this is not the bleak scenarios depicted in the [Intergovernmenta…
greenleft.org.au/content/vic-liberals-cant-hide-lack-climate-policy

Deb Haaland, One of Nation's First Native Congresswomen, Calls for Probe of Missing Indigenous Women
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-08
Two Native American women have made history in the midterms, becoming the nation's first Native congresswomen. Democrat Sharice Davids won the 3rd Congressional District in Kansas, unseating Republican Kevin Yoder. In New Mexico, Democrat Deb Haaland won in the 1st Congressional District, defeating Republican Janice Arnold-Jones. They will join more than 100 women in the U.S. House of Representatives–another historic first. We speak to Deb Haaland about her plans for Congress, the crisis of missing and murdered Native American women around the country, and whether she'll attempt to impeach Donald Trump.
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/8/deb_haaland_one_of_nations_first

Why we're striking from school for climate action
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-08
It seems ridiculous that children have got to the point where they realise that the adults who are supposed to be in charge are not doing enough to protect our futures from dangerous climate change. So, together with kids from Kindergarten to Year 12 we have decided to strike from school to show them that this simply isn't good enough. | There are already so many solutions to climate change but politicians are not doing enough to put them in place. Instead, they are approving huge new coalmines that will wreck our future. | Us kids are going to be living in this hot world far longer than the adults. This is just…
greenleft.org.au/content/why-were-striking-school-climate-action

Five Questions For: Youth Climate Activist Jamie Margolin on #WalkoutToVote
Alexandra Tempus | progressive.org | 2018-11-06
"We can't just go through their system as normal, trusting that they'll take care of us. So we're walking out."
progressive.org/dispatches/five-questions-for-youth-climate-activist-jamie-margolin-on-/

Maduro: Venezuela Sitting on 2nd Biggest Gold Reserve on Earth
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-11-05
President Nicolas Maduro described the U.S. sanctions on Venezuela as "crazy" and "criminal."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14133

Trump Plays Pocahontas Card Again. . . And Takes the Trick!
Mark Anthony Rolo | progressive.org | 2018-10-29
When I hear people like the Cherokee Nation's Hoskins Jr. bashing Warren for her claim, it occurs to me that Trump's racism has found a footing in tribal politics.
progressive.org/dispatches/trump-plays-the-pocahontas-card-181029/

Nuclear Power & Climate
Don Fitz | zcomm.org | 2018-10-18
The great environmental challenge of our time is to understand that the many sources of biodestruction are interconnected and must be confronted simultaneously, rather than disparaging one danger to focus on another…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/nuclear-power-climate/

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2018-11-13: News Headlines

Carol Dansereau (2018-11-13). Climate and the Infernal Blue Wave: Straight Talk About Saving Humanity. counterpunch.org Let me tell you about why I woke up crying today. It has to do with just how close we are to full-blown climate disaster. I was thinking about children who are already experiencing the horrible consequences of global warming, and I was thinking about particular children I love and what's in store for them. More

Physicians for Social Responsibility, Los Angeles (2018-11-13). Woolsey Fire Burns Nuclear Meltdown Site that State Toxics Agency Failed to Clean Up. indybay.org The Woolsey Fire began on the property of the contaminated Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), a former nuclear and rocket engine testing site. | SSFL is one of the most contaminated sites in the nation, subject of a promised but long-delayed state and federal cleanup; it is heavily contaminated with well documented nuclear and chemical contamination, from, among other things, a partial nuclear meltdown.

TRPLL (2018-11-13). Alamedans Say Protect Mueller's Investigation. indybay.org On November 8, a rapid response action in Alameda called for the protection of Special Counsel Robert Mueller who is overseeing the investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Photos by Lynn LaRocca, please credit the photographer.

Staff (2018-11-12). Scientists: Wind, Drought Worsen Fires, Not Bad Management. truthdig.com WASHINGTON — Both nature and humans share blame for California's devastating wildfires, but forest management did not play a major role, despite President Donald Trump's claims, fire scientists say. | Nature provides the dangerous winds that have whipped the fires, and human-caused climate change over the long haul is killing and drying the shrubs and trees that provide the fuel, experts say. | "Natural factors and human-caused global warming effects fatally collude" in these fires, said wildfire expert Kristen Thornicke of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany. | Multiple reasons exp…

Stephen Lendman (2018-11-12). Raging California Wildfires. globalresearch.ca Extreme weather related events are becoming more common in America and elsewhere, including severe hurricanes, droughts, and blazes like what's ravaging California. | They're likely related to global warming, a reality Trump and regime hardliners ignore. According to bioclimatologist Park Williams: …

Andre Vltchek (2018-11-12). Poverty and Extreme Poverty: Filming in the Most Depressing City on Earth — Jakarta. globalresearch.ca It stinks, it is the most polluted city on earth, but that is not the most terrible thing about it. | You can drive for ten or even twenty kilometers through it, and see only ugliness, fences and broken pavements. But …

Democracy Now! (2018-11-12). Headlines for November 12, 2018. democracynow.org Over 30 Killed and 200 Missing in California Wildfires, Gov. Brown Blames Climate Change for Fires as Trump Blames California, Thousand Oaks Evacuated for Wildfires Days After Deadly Mass Shooting, Florida Recounts Underway in Contested Senate and Governor Races, Senate Race in AZ Still Uncalled as CA District Flips to Democrats, MS Senate Candidates Head to Runoff as GOP Incumbent Under Fire for Racist Joke, FBI Probing "Scam Company" Where Acting AG Matt Whitaker Once Served, Trump Continues Attacks on Black Women Reporters, In Final Act as AG, Sessions Limits Police Abuse Consent Decrees, Trump Skips Paris Pea…

350 (2018-11-12). Federal Judge Rejects Trump's Approval of Keystone XL Pipeline. globalresearch.ca Last night, a federal judge invalidated Trump's "presidential permit" for Keystone XL, ruling that the Administration violated key laws when it approved the pipeline. | This momentous ruling is a major delay that sends the Trump administration and TransCanada back to …

Democracy Now! (2018-11-09). Headlines for November 9, 2018. democracynow.org SoCal Mass Shooter Was Veteran with History of Mental Health Issues, Wildfires Rage In Northern and Southern California, Judge Halts Construction of Keystone XL Pipeline, Congressional Responses to Sessions Firing Seek to Protect Mueller, Protesters Take to the Streets to Call for Protection of Mueller Probe, Trump to End Asylum for Migrants Entering U.S. Outside of Ports of Entry, Court Rules Trump Cannot End DACA, Key Midterm Races Still Uncalled, FL Races Likely Headed to Recounts, WH Press Secretary Shares Doctored Video of CNN Reporter Acosta, North Korea-U.S. Talks Postponed, Gaza: Israeli Forces Shoot and…

aclu (2018-11-09). Jeff Sessions Was the Worst Attorney General in Modern American History. aclu.org From immigration to transgender rights, Attorney General Jeff Sessions showed contempt for American civil rights and liberties. | On Wednesday, the Trump administration bid farewell to one of its most infamous members: Attorney General Jeff Sessions. In his brief tenure, Sessions managed to dismantle and rescind an astounding range of efforts by prior administrations to protect civil rights and civil liberties and introduced new policies that endanger some of the most vulnerable citizens in the U.S. | From his draconian approach to immigration policy to his efforts to erase protections for transgender people to h…

Fred_F (2018-11-08). Vic Liberals can't hide from lack of climate policy. greenleft.org.au Faced with a handful of climate activists marching on his Bulleen electorate office on November 7, state Liberal opposition leader Matthew Guy decided to lock the door and pull the shutters down. | According to protesters, which included a number of babies and more than a few with grey hair, what Guy feared most was that their action, just weeks out from the November 24 state elections, would expose the Liberals' complete lack of a climate policy. | Repower Victoria North East spokesperson Giuseppe Scelsi told the protest: "The scariest part in all this is not the bleak scenarios depicted in the [Intergovernmenta…

Fred_F (2018-11-08). Zombies against the climate apocalypse. greenleft.org.au Zombies raised concerns over climate change on Halloween in Newcastle. The demonstrators sought to raise awareness about the coming "climate apocalypse." | Climate change Kerry Smith Issue 1203 Australia NewcastlePhoto: Newcastle Climate Justice UprisingNovember…

Fred_F (2018-11-08). Under pressure, Adani scales down its coalmine project. greenleft.org.au Strong support for climate action is adding to the nationwide pressure on proponents of the controversial Adani coalmine in central Queensland. | On November 1 new Adani chief executive Lucas Dow (formerly of BHP Billiton) announced that its proposed mega coalmine for Queensland's Galilee Basin would be "scaled down" and "staged". | Dow was coy about a starting date saying it was "not too far away". Asked about the still-to-be-secured finance, he gave the same reply. | Adani now plans to export an initial 10-15 million tonnes a year, with a capacity to expand up to 27 million tonnes. This is less than half of wha…

Fred_F (2018-11-08). Why we're striking from school for climate action. greenleft.org.au It seems ridiculous that children have got to the point where they realise that the adults who are supposed to be in charge are not doing enough to protect our futures from dangerous climate change. So, together with kids from Kindergarten to Year 12 we have decided to strike from school to show them that this simply isn't good enough. | There are already so many solutions to climate change but politicians are not doing enough to put them in place. Instead, they are approving huge new coalmines that will wreck our future. | Us kids are going to be living in this hot world far longer than the adults. This is just…

Democracy Now! (2018-11-08). Deb Haaland, One of Nation's First Native Congresswomen, Calls for Probe of Missing Indigenous Women. democracynow.org Two Native American women have made history in the midterms, becoming the nation's first Native congresswomen. Democrat Sharice Davids won the 3rd Congressional District in Kansas, unseating Republican Kevin Yoder. In New Mexico, Democrat Deb Haaland won in the 1st Congressional District, defeating Republican Janice Arnold-Jones. They will join more than 100 women in the U.S. House of Representatives—another historic first. We speak to Deb Haaland about her plans for Congress, the crisis of missing and murdered Native American women around the country, and whether she'll attempt to impeach Donald Trump.

Democracy Now! (2018-11-07). In Rebuke of Trump, Democratic Women Help Seize House & 7 Governorships in Historic Midterm. democracynow.org In a historic midterm election, Democrats have seized control of the House of Representatives, flipping more than two dozen seats. This gives Democrats subpoena power for the first time since President Donald Trump was elected two years ago. While the Democrats will control the House, the Republicans picked up two more seats in the Senate. The midterms were a groundbreaking election for women. At least 100 women will serve in the U.S. House for the first time in U.S. history, including the first two Native American women and the first two Muslim women. We speak with Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of…

Alexandra Tempus (2018-11-06). Five Questions For: Youth Climate Activist Jamie Margolin on #WalkoutToVote. progressive.org "We can't just go through their system as normal, trusting that they'll take care of us. So we're walking out."

Democracy Now! (2018-11-06). Women of Color Hope to Make History in 2018 Election with Wins in Congress and Governor's Races. democracynow.org A historic number of women of color are running for public office in today's election. At least 255 women are on the ballot as congressional candidates, including a record number of women of color. In Georgia, Stacey Abrams hopes to become the state's first black governor—and the country's first black woman governor. Meanwhile in New Mexico, Deb Haaland could become the nation's first Native American woman to serve in Congress. Amid a rash of racist ads by Abrams's opponent Brian Kemp, there is something "deeply transformational about the electoral organizing and the campaign that Stacey Abrams represents,"

Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet (2018-11-06). NAACP Organizes Voter Protection Command Center at Baltimore Headquarters. naacp.org Volunteers, Attorneys and Staff Provide Answers and Resources for Voters on Election Day BALTIMORE (ELECTION DAY)—Volunteers ranging from local members, sororities and fraternities to both volunteer and staff attorneys, are taking calls, responding to email and sharing website resources for voters all around the nation on Election Day. The NAACP has incorporated the latest SMS […]

splcenter (2018-11-05). SPLC urges Trump administration to preserve measures that protect immigrant children from detention. splcenter.org Jenny Lisette Flores came to America at 15, fleeing civil war in El Salvador to find protection with family members in the U.S.

TeleSur English (2018-11-05). Maduro: Venezuela Sitting on 2nd Biggest Gold Reserve on Earth. venezuelanalysis.com President Nicolas Maduro described the U.S. sanctions on Venezuela as "crazy" and "criminal."

Mark Anthony Rolo (2018-10-29). Trump Plays Pocahontas Card Again. . . And Takes the Trick! progressive.org When I hear people like the Cherokee Nation's Hoskins Jr. bashing Warren for her claim, it occurs to me that Trump's racism has found a footing in tribal politics.

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