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2022-04-18: News Headlines

UC Santa Cruz Climate Coalition (2022-04-18). Friday 4/22: UC Santa Cruz: Earth Day Teach-In & Climate Rally. indybay.org UC Santa Cruz: Rally 12: 15 PM at Quarry Plaza, then march to Kerr Hall…

Confronting Climate Change Conference (2022-04-18). Thursday 4/21: Responding to the impacts of climate change in Santa Cruz County. indybay.org Webinar Registration: | ucsc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IlPSj22hROewZs65deiCfg

UCSC Climate Coalition, UC Green New Deal (2022-04-18). University of California Campuses Rally in Support of UC-wide "UC Green New Deal" indybay.org Students, faculty, and staff who are part of the UC Green New Deal Coalition, along with members of environmental organizations, campus Sustainability Offices, and concerned individuals on all ten UC campuses, conceived of the idea of an "Intercampus Earth Day" to draw inspiration from each other and to share resources and events that promote more climate awareness and climate action. Nine UC campuses are rallying on Earth Day to promote climate action. Several campuses, in addition to their rallies, have more elaborate plans, like UC Merced's Shakespeare in Yosemite and UC Santa Cruz's full day of Climate Teach-…

Climate Justice Crew (2022-04-18). Thursday 4/21: Chase: Stop Funding Fossil Fuels! Santa Cruz Passover Action. indybay.org Chase Bank | 730 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz…

UC Green New Deal Coalition (2022-04-18). Friday 4/22: UC-Wide Earth Day Climate Rally. indybay.org UC San Diego: 12: 00 PM Geisel Library | UC Berkeley: 11: 00 AM Upper Sproul | UC Santa Cruz: 12: 15 PM Quarry Plaza | UC Irvine: 11: 30 AM Flagpoles | UC Santa Barbara: 12: 00 PM Stork Tower | UC Los Angeles: 11: 30 AM Murphy Hall | UC Merced: 12: 00 PM Kolligan Library | UC Riverside 12: 00 PM Belltower…

WSWS (2022-04-18). Strike wave in Northern Ireland against below inflation pay offers. wsws.org Sections of workers involved in or preparing strikes include Translink bus workers, local authority classroom assistants, waste and recycling workers and school bus drivers, fast food delivery workers, university lecturers and construction machinery workers at Caterpillar.

Justin (2022-04-17). Friday 4/22: silicon valley climate strike city hall 4/22 @ 4pm. indybay.org San Jose City Hall | Plaza de Cesar Chavez…

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2022-04-17: News Headlines

UC Santa Cruz Climate Coalition (2022-04-17). Friday 4/22: UC Santa Cruz: Earth Day Teach-In & Climate Rally. indybay.org UC Santa Cruz: Rally 12: 15 PM at Quarry Plaza, then march to Kerr Hall…

Justin (2022-04-17). Friday 4/22: silicon valley climate strike city hall 4/22 @ 4pm. indybay.org San Jose City Hall | Plaza de Cesar Chavez…

UCSC Climate Coalition, UC Green New Deal (2022-04-17). University of California Campuses Rally in Support of UC-wide "UC Green New Deal" indybay.org Students, faculty, and staff who are part of the UC Green New Deal Coalition, along with members of environmental organizations, campus Sustainability Offices, and concerned individuals on all ten UC campuses, conceived of the idea of an "Intercampus Earth Day" to draw inspiration from each other and to share resources and events that promote more climate awareness and climate action. Nine UC campuses are rallying on Earth Day to promote climate action. Several campuses, in addition to their rallies, have more elaborate plans, like UC Merced's Shakespeare in Yosemite and UC Santa Cruz's full day of Climate Teach-…

UC Green New Deal Coalition (2022-04-17). Friday 4/22: UC-Wide Earth Day Climate Rally. indybay.org UC San Diego: 12: 00 PM Geisel Library | UC Berkeley: 11: 00 AM Upper Sproul | UC Santa Cruz: 12: 15 PM Quarry Plaza | UC Irvine: 11: 30 AM Flagpoles | UC Santa Barbara: 12: 00 PM Stork Tower | UC Los Angeles: 11: 30 AM Murphy Hall | UC Merced: 12: 00 PM Kolligan Library | UC Riverside 12: 00 PM Belltower…

_____ (2022-04-16). We're Failing To Prepare Our Children For The Climate Fight. popularresistance.org Climate change is hurtling forward at frightening speed. And the American K-12 system still isn't remotely prepared to teach children about what they'll soon face. Today, the majority of students in U.S. schools get between zero and two hours of instruction per year about climate change—hardly enough time to discuss the political, cultural, and environmental ramifications of greenhouse gas emissions, let alone make space for the emotions elicited by such an existential threat. In some districts, climate education is actually disinformation, as teachers rely on materials created by the fossil fuel industry t…

_____ (2022-04-16). Biomass Industry Pushes Back Against Europe's Plans To Protect Woodlands. popularresistance.org A powerful US biomass lobby group is pushing for a raft of changes that would weaken European renewable energy rules geared to better protect biodiversity and tackle climate change, DeSmog can reveal. | Leaked documents shared with DeSmog show that Yorkshire wood-burning power plant Drax is at the heart of the effort to water down EU sustainability criteria. | Campaigners say that the proposed amendments pose an "existential threat" to the company, which in 2021 produced nearly 13 percent of the UK's renewable electricity through burning wood pellets.

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