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Labor and Climate Activists Are Teaming Up to Push for Green New Deal
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-18
| As UAW workers stand on picket lines across the country, teachers prepare to strike in Chicago, and thousands of healthcare workers with Kaiser Permanente plan to strike in October, we speak with longtime labor reporter Steven Greenhouse, author of the new book Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor. Among other issues, Greenhouse discusses how labor and climate activists are teaming up to push for a Green New Deal. | TRANSCRIPT: | JUAN GONZÁLEZ: W…
truthout.org/video/labor-and-climate-activists-are-teaming-up-to-push-for-green-new-deal/

Why You Should Care About #ShutDownDC and the Global Climate Strike
Zhivko Illeieff | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-18
Today's news cycle suggests that climate activism is no more than showing up to a protest once in a while. Wave a sign around, believe in science, and you're set. Politicians and people of note are given credit simply for acknowledging the fact that global warming is happening. This type of rhetoric is dangerous. It…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/18/why-you-should-care-about-shutdowndc-and-the-global-climate-strike/

Global Climate Strike: Kids Are Demanding Action, But Will Adults Act?
Reynard Loki | commondreams.org | 2019-09-18
Fighting for a future: Young protesters at the Global Climate Strike in London on March 15, 2019. (Photo: Garry Knight/Flickr) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/47334840292_fa37a41eed_o_1.jpg …
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Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin: If We Want a Future, Green New Deal Is Key
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-18
| Climate change is by far the most serious crisis facing the world today. At stake is the future of civilization as we know it. Yet, both public awareness and government action lag way behind what's needed to avert a climate change catastrophe. In the interview below, Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin discuss the challenges ahead and what needs to be done. | Noam Chomsky is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at MIT and Laureate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona. Robert Polli…
truthout.org/articles/noam-chomsky-and-robert-pollin-if-we-want-a-future-green-new-deal-is-key/

Climate Week: "Blowout" Fracking Screening & Film Maker Talk (Santa Cruz)
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network | indybay.org | 2019-09-18
Santa Cruz Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz, California 95062…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/17/18826357.php

Environmentalists demand explanations for "secret" fracking chemicals in Ohio
Ruth Milka | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-18
"People need to know. People have a right to know, and first responders have a right to know if they might be exposed to those types of chemicals."
nationofchange.org/2019/09/18/environmentalists-demand-explanations-for-secret-fracking-chemicals-in-ohio/

Land Without Bread: the Green New Deal Forsakes America's Countryside
Catherine Tumber | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-18
Days after the heart-stopping Notre-Dame Cathedral fire in April, Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg trained her eyes on the United Kingdom's parliament and chastised its meager response to climate change. "I want you to panic," the baby-faced sixteen-year-old quietly instructed the adults in the room.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/18/land-without-bread-the-green-new-deal-forsakes-americas-countryside/

Trump Upends Law, Undermines Climate and Clean Air by Rescinding California's Clean Air Authority
commondreams.org | 2019-09-18
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/09/18/trump-upends-law-undermines-climate-and-clean-air-rescinding-californias-clean?cd-origin=rss

Climate Strike: Big Strike Day & Student Walk-outs in Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network | indybay.org | 2019-09-18
Kicks-off at Wells Fargo, 74 River St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, then ends at the Farmers Market site on Cedar Street…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/16/18826313.php

Saudi Arabia Denies Its Key Role in Climate Change Even as It Prepares for the Worst
Lee Fang | theintercept.com | 2019-09-18
Saudi Arabia, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, remains a principal funder of climate denialism even as it prepares for climate extremes.
theintercept.com/2019/09/18/saudi-arabia-aramco-oil-climate-change/

Support the Climate Strike, Not a Military Strike
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-18
The propaganda campaign has begun. The New York Times dutifully published photos of an attack on ARAMCO oil processing facilities in Saudi Arabia. Accompanying the photos are descriptions provided by the warmongers in Washington, DC. Naturally, the photos don't look like much of anything. This gives those describing them the leeway to provide a narrative…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/18/support-the-climate-strike-not-a-military-strike/

Climate Week: Eat for the Earth Climate Dinner & Presentation
Eat for the Earth | indybay.org | 2019-09-18
National Street & Pelton Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 | Exact Westside Santa Cruz address given upon registration…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/17/18826353.php

Indicting the Pentagon as climate criminal
Sara Flounders | workers.org | 2019-09-18
Why is the vast global movement that focuses on the imminent crisis facing the planet — the climate crisis — so consistently steered away from any attention to the largest and most dangerous polluter in the world? If today every single person in the U.S. stopped driving all of the . . . | Continue reading Indicting the Pentagon as climate criminal at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/09/18/indicting-the-pentagon-as-climate-criminal/

TV Weathercasters Who Are Shifting Public Opinion on the Climate Crisis
Pam Radtke Russell | thenation.com | 2019-09-18
TV Weathercasters Who Are Shifting Public Opinion on the Climate Crisis…
thenation.com/article/weather-climate-meteorologist/

Climate Change Expected to Accelerate Spread of Sometimes-Fatal Fungal Infection
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-18
| Valley fever is endemic to hot and dry regions like the southwestern United States and California's San Joaquin Valley, but a new study predicts climate change will cause the fungal infection's range to more than double in size this century, reaching previously unaffected areas across the western U.S. | In a new study published in AGU's journal GeoHealth, scientists at the U…
truthout.org/articles/climate-change-expected-to-accelerate-spread-of-sometimes-fatal-fungal-infection/

NYC public schools to excuse climate strikers
Olivia Rosane | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-18
The New York City public schools will allow their 1.1 million students to skip school for Friday's global climate strike, The New York Times reported Monday. Students will need consent from their parents to attend, and younger students will only be able to leave the school with a parent, the New York City Department of Education (DOE) …
nationofchange.org/2019/09/18/nyc-public-schools-to-excuse-climate-strikers/

Labor and climate activism
Sue Davis | workers.org | 2019-09-18
The prevailing myths about U.S. workers and the organized labor movement — that labor and climate action are in conflict, that jobs are more important than the environment — will be in the trash bin of history after the Sept. 20 Global Climate Strike. U.S. labor is coming forward to . . . | Continue reading Labor and climate activism at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/09/18/labor-and-climate-activism/

Fossil fuel ad campaigns emphasize 'positives' after climate science denial PR lands industry in hot seat
Sharon Kelly | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-18
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. Public relations experts keep a careful eye on the multitude of ways that PR can go wrong: tracking the year's biggest "PR blunders," assessing flopped ads for lessons learned, and noting when to remain silent and when to circulate a …
nationofchange.org/2019/09/18/fossil-fuel-ad-campaigns-emphasize-positives-after-climate-science-denial-pr-lands-industry-in-hot-seat/

Parents, Time to Misbehave and Climate Strike With Your Kids
Jeff Biggers | commondreams.org | 2019-09-18
Isn't time for parents and adults to "misbehave," walk out of our offices and join our kids in the streets for the crisis of our times? (Photo: Nicol√≤ Campo/LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/climatestrikes.jpeg …
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Climate Week: Novasutras Equinox Meditation at Santa Cruz City Hall Plaza
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network | indybay.org | 2019-09-18
Plaza of Santa Cruz City Hall, 809 Center St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/17/18826354.php

The UN Secretary General Urges Public Pressure to Address the Climate 'Emergency'
Mark Hertsgaard | thenation.com | 2019-09-18
The UN Secretary General Urges Public Pressure to Address the Climate 'Emergency'…
thenation.com/article/un-climate-secretary-general/

Centrist Democratic Bills Lack Leadership and Action on Climate Crisis
commondreams.org | 2019-09-18
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/09/18/centrist-democratic-bills-lack-leadership-and-action-climate-crisis?cd-origin=rss

The incredible belief that corporate ownership does not influence media content
Alison Rose Levy | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-18
As Sen. Bernie Sanders (CJR, 8/26/19) has recently noted, corporate ownership of media interferes with the core societal function of the press: reporting and investigating key issues at the intersection of public need and governance. And nowhere is that more critical than when it comes to climate. Due to their corporate conflicts of interest, trusted news …
nationofchange.org/2019/09/18/the-incredible-belief-that-corporate-ownership-does-not-influence-media-content/

ACTU announces its support for September 20 climate strike
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-18
climate action Climate Strike School Strike 4 ClimateIssue 1238 Australia Australian Council of Trade UnionsSeptember 18, 2019The following statement was published by…
greenleft.org.au/content/actu-announces-its-support-september-20-climate-strike

Greta Thunberg Just Delivered Her Testimony to US Lawmakers: It Was a Landmark UN Climate Report
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-09-18
Rather than delivering prepared remarks, 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg submitted a landmark United Nations report on global warming as testimony at a U.S. House hearing Wednesday and urged federal lawmakers to heed experts' warnings about the necessity of ambitious, urgent efforts to address the planetary emergency. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/greta_thunberg_c-span.jpg …
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Ahead of Climate Strike, Greta Thunberg Tells US Lawmakers to Their Faces: Sorry, You're Not Trying 'Hard Enough'
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-09-18
"Don't invite us here to just tell us how inspiring we are without actually doing anything about it because it doesn't lead to anything." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/greta_thunberg_3.jpg …
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'This Really Is Something': UN Chief Praised for Move to Block Coal-Backing Nations From Speaking at Climate Summit
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-09-18
The U.N. had already announced that only leaders with a clear climate action plan would be allowed to speak, and it appears the secretary-general is following through on that directive. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/guterres-praised-block-countries-climate-summit.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/09/18/really-something-un-chief-praised-move-block-coal-backing-nations-speaking-climate?cd-origin=rss

WATCH: Coalition of 10,000 Farmers and Ranchers Call On Congress to Pass Green New Deal
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-09-18
Challenging the narrative that the agricultural industry opposes bold action to combat the climate crisis, a coalition of nearly 10,000 farmers and ranchers on Wednesday demanded that Congress support the Green New Deal. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1589151902.jpg …
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"Beaten Down, Worked Up": Steven Greenhouse on the Past, Present and Future of American Labor
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-18
As UAW workers stand on picket lines across the country, teachers prepare to strike in Chicago, and thousands of healthcare workers with Kaiser Permanente plan to strike in October, we speak with longtime labor reporter Steven Greenhouse, author of the new book "Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor." Among other issues, Greenhouse discusses how labor and climate activists are teaming up to push for a Green New Deal.
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/18/steven_greenhouse_past_future_american_labor

Tuesday's Daily Brief: Hope for Myanmar, UN News sits down with new Assembly President, youth speak out on climate crisis
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-17
A recap of Tuesday's top stories: Hope for justice in Myanmar rights violations; First major interview with new Assembly President; Youth activists want a platform in solving climate crisis; Five deaths every minute due to unsafe health care; Number of migrants outpacing world population growth.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046612

The Far Right's Embrace of White Supremacy Is Tied to Climate Crisis
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-17
| Renowned climate activist and author Naomi Klein addresses the rise of ecofascism, the marrying of environmentalism and white power, which she says manifested in the Christchurch, New Zealand, white supremacist terrorist attack, where the shooter identified himself as an eco-fascist. In her latest book, On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal, Klein writes, "My fear is that, unless something significant changes in how our societies rise to the ecological crisis, we are going to see this k…
truthout.org/video/the-far-rights-embrace-of-white-supremacy-is-tied-to-climate-crisis/

Over 800 climate strikes planned in U.S. on September 20th; Global Climate Strikes to take place in 132 countries
350 | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-17
5 days ahead of strikes, Activists of all ages, labor groups, faith leaders, businesses gear up for youth-led climate strikes in intergenerational demand for climate action…
nationofchange.org/2019/09/17/over-800-climate-strikes-planned-in-u-s-on-september-20th-global-climate-strikes-to-take-place-in-132-countries/

Naomi Klein: The Green New Deal is the Last Best Hope to Save the Planet
Ilana Novick | truthdig.com | 2019-09-17
Canadian author, social activist and filmmaker Naomi Klein is done with "tinkering and denial" as solutions to climate change. As she explains in her new book, " On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal," America, and the world, is way past the point where a single policy, or even market-based solutions, can cut carbon emissions, increase production of renewable energy, repair broken ecosystems and generally prevent the kinds of climate catastrophe that will hurt the earth and the humans on it. | "We're all ali…
truthdig.com/articles/naomi-klein-the-green-new-deal-is-the-last-best-hope-to-save-the-planet/

Naomi Klein: Greta Thunberg Is a "Prophetic Voice" in Fight for Climate Justice
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-17
| Renowned activist, author and professor Naomi Klein discusses the importance of youth voices, including 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, in communicating the urgency of the climate justice movement. Klein's new book, On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal, addresses the necessity of structural change to combat rising global temperatures and climate injustices. Klein praises Greta for her "moral clarity" as one of many youth voices that "burst through the bure…
truthout.org/video/naomi-klein-greta-thunberg-is-a-prophetic-voice-in-fight-for-climate-justice/

New York Students Miss School to Protest Climate Change
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-17
Over a million students from public schools in New York can participate in Friday ¥s demonstrations against climate change without worries after the Education Department of the city granted them permission to miss classes. | RELATED: | Report Presents 10 Changes to Fight Climate Crisis | Parents and teachers were initially concerned about the consequences of participating in those activities. However, not everybody is happy with the idea. | New York Mayor Bill de Blasio ¥s op…
telesurenglish.net/news/students-public-schools-protests-climate-change-new-york-20190917-0024.html

The Danger of Inspiration: A Review of On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal
Robert Jensen | commondreams.org | 2019-09-17
In this photo taken on May 1, 2019 shows environmental campaigners holding a protest against the development of the India-backed Adani coal mine at the entrance of Abbot Point port near the Queensland state town of Bowen, where the commodity will be shipped. (Photo: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/on_fire_climate_emergency.jpg …
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Reasons for optimism
Robert Reich | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-17
If stagnant wages, near-record inequality, climate change, nuclear buildups, assault weapons, mass killings, trade wars, opioid deaths, Russian intrusions into American elections, kids locked in cages at our border, and Donald Trump in the White House don't at least occasionally cause you feelings of impending doom, you're not human. | But I want you to remember this: As bad as it looks right now — as despairing as you can sometimes feel — the great strength of this country is our resilience. We bounce back. We will again. | Not convinced? | First, come back in time with me to when I graduated coll…
nationofchange.org/2019/09/17/reasons-for-optimism/

'The Silenced': Meet the Climate Whistle-Blowers Muzzled by Trump
Oliver Milman | thenation.com | 2019-09-17
'The Silenced': Meet the Climate Whistle-Blowers Muzzled by Trump…
thenation.com/article/trump-climate-whistleblowers/

Climate Strikes to the Green New Deal: Arts Organizing to Protect the Planet
David Solnit | commondreams.org | 2019-09-17
IHP Climate Change Program Students volunteer, making art for Climate Strikes. (Photo: Peter Menchini) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/climate_strike_art_kit_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/17/climate-strikes-green-new-deal-arts-organizing-protect-planet?cd-origin=rss

Naomi Klein: We Have Far Less Time Than We Think
Ilana Novick | truthdig.com | 2019-09-17
In a new interview with Truthdig, the author of "On Fire" explains why the next year could determine the future of U.S. climate policy.
truthdig.com/articles/naomi-klein-we-have-far-less-time-than-we-think/

Investment Giants BlackRock and Vanguard Fail to Live Up to Climate Commitments by Voting Against Shareholder Resolutions
commondreams.org | 2019-09-17
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/09/17/investment-giants-blackrock-and-vanguard-fail-live-climate-commitments-voting?cd-origin=rss

UN climate summit aims to speed up transition to cleaner, greener future
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-17
New measures to speed up the transition to clean energy and green economies are among the initiatives to be unveiled during the UN Climate Change Summit next week.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046602

Reparations for Bahamian climate refugees
Editor | workers.org | 2019-09-17
The callous, white-supremacist response of Trump to the plight of tens of thousands of Bahamians was recently recognized by one of today's most high-profile athletes. Klay Thompson is considered one of the greatest shooters in the history of the National Basketball Association and is a three-time NBA champion with the . . . | Continue reading Reparations for Bahamian climate refugees at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/09/17/reparations-for-bahamian-climate-refugees/

Expanding Carbon Offsets Will Not Solve the Climate Crisis or Protect Tropical Forests
Alberto Saldamando, Jim Walsh | commondreams.org | 2019-09-17
The purpose of TFS, like all colonial purposes is economic: to sell the carbon sequestered by indigenous trees. (Photo: Creative Commons) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/1-tropicalfore.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/17/expanding-carbon-offsets-will-not-solve-climate-crisis-or-protect-tropical-forests?cd-origin=rss

Being Arrested Scares Me, But the Climate Crisis Is Pushing Me to Act
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-17
| My eyes are glued to a walk sign before I cross a road. I was never told not to run with scissors because, as if by instinct, I wouldn't dare. I have never been arrested. I have a safe day job that involves writing about the climate crisis for news desks. For most of my life, I had not been one to take any risks. | But something changed after I began to grasp the increasingly dire circumstances the planet is facing. I went part-time and took a pay cut in order to devote more of my life to acti…
truthout.org/articles/being-arrested-scares-me-but-the-climate-crisis-is-pushing-me-to-act/

Germany poised to spend nearly $50 billion on climate protections
Alexandra Jacobo | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-17
The German government has approved a ‚Ç¨40 billion ($44.6 billion) climate package to abandon coal in the country in order to cut its greenhouse gas emissions 55% by 2030. | The ‚Ç¨40 billion package will need to be funded over the next four years, leaving some governmental officials skeptical as to how it will be paid for. "We agree that something needs to be done, but it is still open which form this will take," one person involved in the deal told Reuters. | Over the next few months Germany's ruling coalition, which include German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democr…
nationofchange.org/2019/09/17/germany-poised-to-spend-nearly-50-billion-on-climate-protections/

How the youth-led climate strikes became a global mass movement
Nick Engelfried | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-17
The Global Climate Strike is the result of a whole new generation taking bold action and could be the turning point for grassroots resistance to fossil fuels.
nationofchange.org/2019/09/17/how-the-youth-led-climate-strikes-became-a-global-mass-movement/

Meet the Climate Whistleblowers Muzzled by Trump
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-17
| From weakening vehicle emissions to blocking warnings about how coastal parks could flood or the impact on the Arctic, the Trump administration is accused of muzzling climate science. | Here six whistleblowers and former government scientists describe being sidelined by the administration — and why they won't be quiet. | Jeff Alson: | Role: A former senior engineer…
truthout.org/articles/meet-the-climate-whistleblowers-muzzled-by-trump/

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-09-18 20:11 GMT (16:11 EST)

2019-09-17: News Headlines

commondreams (2019-09-17). Greta Thunberg and Fridays for Future Receive Amnesty International's Top Honor. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Jody Thomas (2019-09-17). Greta Thunberg Wall Mural. thenation.com Greta Thunberg Wall Mural…

Oliver Milman (2019-09-17). 'The Silenced': Meet the Climate Whistle-Blowers Muzzled by Trump. thenation.com 'The Silenced': Meet the Climate Whistle-Blowers Muzzled by Trump…

Party for Socialism and Liberation (2019-09-17). Climate Strike Action: Shut Down Climate Profiteers! indybay.org Powell and Market Sts.

Santa Cruz Climate Action Network (2019-09-17). Climate Strike: Big Strike Day & Student Walk-outs in Santa Cruz. indybay.org Kicks-off at Wells Fargo, 74 River St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, then ends at the Farmers Market site on Cedar Street…

Staff (2019-09-17). On Climate and Food, What's the Lesson We Insist on Missing? truthout.org | | "Food will be scarce, expensive and less nutritious," CNN warns us in its coverage of the UN's new " Climate Change and Land" report. The New York Times announces that "Climate Change Threatens the World's Food Supply." | Reading these headlines,…

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-09-17). 'Young People Are Correct to Be Outraged': Seattle City Council Urges Public Schools to Let Students Join Global Climate Strike. commondreams.org "Seattle Public Schools should stand with the global climate justice movement and excuse students so they can participate in the global climate strike." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/climate_strikes_seattle.jpg …

Staff (2019-09-17). Naomi Klein: Greta Thunberg Is a "Prophetic Voice" in Fight for Climate Justice. democracynow.org Renowned activist, author and professor Naomi Klein discusses the importance of youth voices, including 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, in communicating the urgency of the climate justice movement. Klein's new book, "On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal," addresses the necessity of structural change to combat rising global temperatures and climate injustices. Klein praises Greta for her "moral clarity" as one of many youth voices that "burst through the bureaucratic language with which we shield ourselves from the reality of the stakes, the extraordinary stakes, of our moment in h…

Staff (2019-09-17). "On Fire": In New Book, Naomi Klein Makes the Case for a Green New Deal to Save the Planet. democracynow.org Amid mounting climate disasters across the planet, from the fires ravaging the Amazon to Hurricane Dorian's destructive path through the Bahamas, we speak with renowned journalist, author and activist Naomi Klein. In her new book, "On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal," Klein looks unsparingly at the rise of ecofascism, as Western countries fortify their borders and white supremacy surges around the world in response to the climate crisis. But she also lays out another path forward in which mankind meets the challenge of global warming with radical and systemic transformation. "We do know that if we a…

Staff (2019-09-17). Ecofascism: Naomi Klein Warns the Far Right's Embrace of White Supremacy Is Tied to Climate Crisis. democracynow.org Renowned climate activist and author Naomi Klein addresses the rise of ecofascism, the marrying of environmentalism and white power, which she says manifested in the Christchurch, New Zealand, white supremacist terrorist attack, where the shooter identified himself as an ecofascist. In her latest book, "On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal," Klein writes, "My fear is that, unless something significant changes in how our societies rise to the ecological crisis, we are going to see this kind of white power eco-fascism emerge with much greater frequency, as a ferocious rationalization for refusing to liv…

Staff (2019-09-17). Naomi Klein: The Climate Crisis Demands Radical Change. Paper Straws Are a Distraction, Not Solution. democracynow.org Renowned climate activist and author Naomi Klein says responses to the climate crisis have for too long focused on individual consumer choices rather than the collective action needed to save the planet. In a new video for The Intercept, Klein argues, "So many environmental responses have just been minor tweaks to an economy based on endless consumption — take your electric car to the drive-thru for an Impossible Burger and a Coke with a paper straw. Look, of course it's better than the alternative. But it's nowhere close to the depth of change required if we hope to actually pull our planet back from the b…

Staff (2019-09-16). Naomi Klein Says Climate Barbarism is Here. therealnews.com The author says she is energized by Greta Thunberg and other youth climate activists, the movement for a Green New Deal, and other struggles for systemic climate solutions, but her views on hope are complicated…

Marcus Nells (2019-09-16). U.S. war machine pushes the planet toward climate catastrophe. liberationnews.org Is a "green war machine" possible?

Alison Rose Levy (2019-09-16). The Incredible Belief That Corporate Ownership Does Not Influence Media Content. fair.org by Alison Rose Levy | As Sen. Bernie Sanders (CJR, 8/26/19) has recently noted, corporate ownership of media interferes with the core societal function of the press: reporting and investigating key issues at the intersection of public need and governance. And nowhere is that more critical than when it comes to climate. Due to their corporate conflicts of interest, trusted news authorities have diverted us from our primary responsibility—assuring a viable habitat for our children and grandchildren. | As a journalist who has wor…

Moira Cassidy (2019-09-16). The evil twins: Climate change and ocean acidification. liberationnews.org "We have no choice but to fight the capitalist system that has brought our planet's ecosystem to the brink of collapse."

Eds. (2019-09-16). Over 500 climate strikes planned in U.S. on September 20th; global climate strikes to take place in 117 countries. mronline.org Activists of All Ages, Labor Groups, Faith Leaders, Businesses and More Join Youth-Led Climate Strikes in Intergenerational Demand for Climate Action | Source

Staff (2019-09-16). Covering Climate Now. therealnews.com The Real News is one of over 200 outlets pledging to double-down on coverage of the climate crisis in the lead up to the UN Climate Action Summit on September 23.

Josue De Luna Navarro (2019-09-16). Immigration Is a Climate Issue. progressive.org The United States, the top historic contributor to carbon emissions, has been treating climate refugees from its own pollution as threats. We can do better.

Rick Reinhard (2019-09-16). Greta Goes to Washington. progressive.org Hundreds of young people and their supporters rallied near the White House in a Friday Student Climate Strike protest. What has been a small weekly gathering grew exponentially in size last week as Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg joined them.

teleSUR (2019-09-16). Report Presents 10 Changes to Fight Climate Crisis. telesurenglish.net A new study released Monday attests that 10 global changes over the next 10 years could help to counter the climate crisis and to feed around nine billion people. | RELATED: | Teenage Activist Greta Thunberg Takes Climate Protest to Trump | The study was conducted by the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU),…

teleSUR (2019-09-16). Montreal Protocol: UN Celebrates Recovery Of The Ozone Layer. telesurenglish.net Thanks to the Montreal protocol, signed 32 years ago on this date, 99 percent of all the chemical products that once polluted the Ozone Layer have been eliminated, according to the UN. | RELATED: | Australia: Police Arrest Extinction Rebellion Climate Activists | During the celebration of the Ozone Layer preservation day, the UN called the Montrea…

Staff (2019-09-16). It's Time for Universities to Stop Being "Neutral" About the Climate Crisis. truthout.org | | A massive climate action is coming up this week, with strikes and protests planned from September 20 to 27. College students — along with younger students — are playing a central role in organizing this climate action, but they largely are not receiving explicit support from school administrators. Given the magnitude of the climate crisis we are facing, it is time for university administrators to drop their policy of "neutrality" and throw their support behind this youth climat…

Rachel Plotkin (2019-09-16). Why Greta Thunberg Inspires Me. commondreams.org The Swedish teen Greta Thunberg has become an inspiration to millions of people for a multitude of reasons. (Photo: Ernesto Ruscio/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/greta_thunberg_ocasio_cortez.jpeg …

Tim Butterworth (2019-09-16). Socialism Made America Great. counterpunch.org From single-payer health care to climate change, the 2020 Democrats have ambitious plans. But these new, grand, and green deals aren't as radical as some make them sound. In fact, big public projects are what made America great. When President Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower took office in 1953, America had been buffeted by the Great Depression More

Mark Hertsgaard (2019-09-16). Why Next Monday's UN Climate Action Summit Matters. thenation.com Why Next Monday's UN Climate Action Summit Matters…

commondreams (2019-09-16). Over 800 Climate Strikes Planned in U.S. on September 20th; Global Climate Strikes to Take Place in 132 Countries. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Staff (2019-09-16). From Allergies to Heart Disease, Climate Crisis Is Making People Sicker. truthout.org | | The climate crisis is making people sicker — worsening illnesses ranging from seasonal allergies to heart and lung disease. | Children, pregnant people and the elderly are the most at risk from extreme weather and rising heat. But the impact of the climate crisis — for patients, doctors and researchers — is already being felt across every specialty of medicine, with worse feared to come. | "There's research suggesting that our prescription medications may be causing harm be…

Mark Hertsgaard, Kyle Pope (2019-09-16). A New Beginning for Climate Reporting. thenation.com A New Beginning for Climate Reporting…

Emily Holden (2019-09-16). 'Like a Sunburn on Your Lungs': How Does the Climate Crisis Impact Health? thenation.com 'Like a Sunburn on Your Lungs': How Does the Climate Crisis Impact Health?

commondreams (2019-09-16). Over 1,000 Websites and Major Companies Plan to Join 'Digital Climate Strike' Next Week. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Evaggelos Vallianatos (2019-09-16). The Democrats and the Climate Crisis. counterpunch.org CNN performed a public service with its Climate Crisis Town Hall in late August 2019. Democratic presidential candidates facing the climate change monster Democratic presidential candidates (Joe Biden (D-former vice president in the Obama administration), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Mayor More

Staff (2019-09-16). The Danger of Opening Alaska's Arctic Refuge to Oil and Gas Drilling. truthout.org | | The Trump administration is finalizing plans to open one of the world's last pristine wilderness regions, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, to oil and fracked gas drilling. Trump is pushing the drilling at a time when climate change is permanently altering the Arctic and devastating local communities. The plan calls for the creation of landing strips, drill pads, pipeline supports, a seawater treatment plant, 175 miles of roads, and other infrastructure in Alaska's north coast. On Thursday, the…

Ilana Novick (2019-09-16). The U.S. Military Is Destroying the Environment. truthdig.com The increasingly horrific warning signs on climate change include the suggestion that the Earth already has warmed 1.5 degrees Celsius since the start of the Industrial Revolution and that we have only 12 years at which we can sustain this level, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). | The goals to ward off irreparable harm, however, are as Sisyphean to accomplish as they are necessary for human survival. That's partially because of who is doing the polluting, in particular fossil fuel companies. Ho…

stuart_m (2019-09-16). Five new books for ecosocialists. greenleft.org.au books ecosocialism Ian AngusIssue 1238 Australia ecosocialist bookshelfSeptember 16, 2019 Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus takes a look at five new…

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (2019-09-16). Facing State Felony Charges for Disrupting 'Critical Infrastructure,' Greenpeace Activists Denounce Fossil Fuel 'Bullying Tactic'. commondreams.org "The most dangerous thing about that shipping channel wasn't the activists—it was and continues to be fossil fuel executives' reckless plans to push us further towards climate chaos." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/greenpeace_houston.jpg …

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-09-16). Demanding 'Fair Wages and Basic Dignity' for All Workers in Changing Economy, Climate Action Campaigners Back UAW Strike. commondreams.org Days before the Global Climate Strike, a top climate action advocate called on all campaigners and backers of the Green New Deal to offer their full-throated support also to the 50,000 auto workers who went on strike Monday, highlighting the solidarity between the two movements. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11274237851.jpg …

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2019-09-16). New Report Details 10 'Critical Transitions' to Tackle the Climate Crisis and Feed the World. commondreams.org The ways humanity produces and consumes food cause up to 30 percent of planet-warming emissions, generate widespread malnutrition, and perpetuate poverty and inequality—but a new report released Monday claims that 10 global transformations over the next decade could help the international community tackle the climate crisis and feed over nine billion people. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/seedling-pixabay.jpg …

Staff (2019-09-16). "We in the Media Have Not Been Doing Our Job": 250+ News Outlets Pledge to Focus on Climate Crisis. democracynow.org A major new project from The Nation and the Columbia Journalism Review hopes to improve global coverage of the climate crisis, with more than 250 media outlets around the world — including Democracy Now! — signing on to the effort to publish or broadcast stories on climate. Organizers say this is one of the most ambitious efforts ever to organize the world's media around a single topic. The week of coverage, which leads up to next week's U.N. Climate Action Summit, kicked off on Sunday. As part of the effort, CBS News released a new poll of over 2,000 U.S. residents that measured attitudes around clim…

Staff (2019-09-16). "Biological Annihilation": The Danger of Opening Alaska's ANWR to Oil & Gas Drilling. democracynow.org The Trump administration is finalizing plans to open one of the world's last pristine wilderness regions, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, to oil and fracked gas drilling. Trump is pushing the drilling at a time when climate change is permanently altering the Arctic and devastating local communities. The plan calls for the creation of landing strips, drill pads, pipeline supports, a seawater treatment plant, 175 miles of roads, and other infrastructure in Alaska's north coast. On Thursday, the House of Representatives voted to block the Trump administration from opening up Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Re…

CP Editor (2019-09-16). Greta Thunberg on the Climate Fight: "If We Can Save the Banks, Then We Can Save the World" counterpunch.org …

Robert Hunziker (2019-09-16). Fukushima's Radioactive Water Crisis. counterpunch.org Tokyo Electric Power's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, which experienced three massive meltdowns in 2011, is running out of room to store radioactive water. No surprise! But now, what to do about phosphorescent water? Addressing the issue, Japan's environmental minister Yoshiaki Harada held a news conference (September 2019). Unfortunately, he proffered the following advice: "The More

Robert Hunziker (2019-09-16). Fukushima's Radioactive Water Crisis. dissidentvoice.org Tokyo Electric Power's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, which experienced three massive meltdowns in 2011, is running out of room to store radioactive water. No surprise! But now, what to do about phosphorescent water? Addressing the issue, Japan's environmental minister Yoshiaki Harada held a news conference (September 2019). Unfortunately, he proffered the following advice: "The …

Murtaza Hussain (2019-09-15). Industrialized Militaries Are a Bigger Part of the Climate Emergency Than You Know. theintercept.com Not only do conflicts leave a poisoned landscape in their wake, but the U.S. military has a larger carbon footprint than most countries on earth.

Natalie Hanman (2019-09-15). Naomi Klein: 'We Are Seeing the Beginnings of the Era of Climate Barbarism'. thenation.com Naomi Klein: 'We Are Seeing the Beginnings of the Era of Climate Barbarism'

RT (2019-09-15). Presumption of innocence? Dems call for Kavanaugh's impeachment amid new sex assault allegations. rt.com A number of 2020 Democratic nomination hopefuls didn't waste time before taking a shot at Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh just as new harassment allegations surfaced. And they hardly see a place for the benefit of the doubt. | The new storm around Kavanaugh, who was accused of past sexual misconduct last year, started with a New York Times feature on one of the accusers. | Deborah Ramirez, who went to Yale University with the future Justice, insists that he thrust his penis at her at a drunken party in 1980s. The paper wrote that it uncovered a similar incident of penis pushing into a female's hand based…

RT (2019-09-14). Bolton resurrects pair of PACs to prop up Congress' top warmongers. rt.com Former National Security Advisor John Bolton has wasted no time relaunching his political action committees and endorsing five Republican congressmen, all of whom appear to love war almost as much as he does. | The John Bolton PAC has endorsed Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Cory Gardner (R-Colorado), and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), along with Reps Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois) and Lee Zeldin (R-New York), according to its first post-resurrection press release on Friday, which referred to the now-unemployed hawk as "Ambassador John Bolton" despite the fact that he has not held a diplomatic position in year…

Eds. (2019-09-14). STRIKE FOR CLIMATE: WILL IT BE SOCIALISM OR EXTINCTION? mronline.org We must act now. | Source

Saul Foster (2019-09-14). Green Fascism: A Far-Right Ecology Movement is on the Rise in Germany, And It's Spreading Here. mronline.org Using green sensibilities to rally people around a nationalist ideology is also at the core of the AfD's agenda. The party, which does not seem to see a contradiction in its embrace of "a healthy environment" and climate-change denial, fuels fears that climate politics could threaten Germany's national sovereignty — for example, if ending fossil-fuel […] | Source

Eds. (2019-09-14). Marx's lessons for today's climate rebels. mronline.org Call it "socialism" or something else — but that is the future we need. | Source

Alexandra Jacobo (2019-09-14). More Americans than ever agree: climate change is a crisis and Trump needs to do more. nationofchange.org The number of Americans that believe climate change is a crisis is growing, according to a new poll by The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation. | Nearly 80% of respondents stated that "yes, human activity is causing the climate to change." 38% of respondents described climate change as "a crisis" and the same percentage described it as "a major problem." Five years ago only a quarter of poll participant…

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