2019-06-21: Social Media Postees

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Permafrost Collapses 70 Years Early
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-21
Fasten your seat belt! Global warming is on a rampage. As a consequence, many ecosystems may be on the verge of total collapse. In fact, recent activity in the hinterlands surely looks that way. Over time, the backlash for civilized society, where people live in comfort, could be severe, meaning extreme discomfort. But still, nobody…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/21/permafrost-collapses-70-years-early/

Climate crisis: We are not all in this together
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-21
Long-time climate campaigner David Spratt and former fossil fuel company executive Ian Dunlop have issued a bold call for unlikely partners to work together to avoid climate catastrophe. | In particular, their policy paper, Existential climate-related security risk: A scenario approach appears to call on the national security sector to step in and save the day. | The 10-page paper put out by the climate-focused think tank Breakthrough is a succinct warning of the dire consequences of not acting on the climate science now and spells out possible scenarios…
greenleft.org.au/content/climate-crisis-we-are-not-all-together

'We do not approve!' Stop Adani sit-in
AlexBainbridge | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-21
Two thousand people took over a major roadway in Brisbane on a Friday night, standing and sitting in. The action is likely to be the prelude to future disruption in the city if approval for the Adani coal mine is not withdrawn. | The rally first heard from a range of speakers, including Wangan and Jagalingou spokesperson Adrian Burragubba; MUA Qld state secretary Bob Carnegie; and organisers with University Students for Climate Action, Front-Line Action on Coal and others. | Numerous community groups were visible in the rally, noticeably some bearing Extinction Rebellion signs announcing a day of disruption to be…
greenleft.org.au/content/we-do-not-approve-stop-adani-sit

Union solidarity motion for September 20 climate strike
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-21
School Strike 4 Climate is encouraging unionists to move the following motion at meetings of their trade unions. | We, Positive Universe: Earth Protection Team | a. Recognise that climate change: | Presents an existential threat, being a "global emergency" according to the 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report; | Has already had negative impacts both internationally and in Australia, as evidenced by the breaking of heat records, prolonged and more aggressive bushfire seasons, bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef and increased droughts; | Is the product of corporate greed and profiting off the environment, with 70% o…
greenleft.org.au/content/union-solidarity-motion-september-20-climate-strike

Mark Field called for 'much firmer grip' on climate protests two months before he grabbed a protester
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-06-21
Mark Field, the Conservative minister facing criticism for grabbing an environmental protester, sent a letter in April urging police to "take a much firmer grip" on climate change demonstrations.In the letter to Metropolitan Police chief Cressida Dick, the MP for the Cities of London and Westminster — who is facing a party investigation over the incident — complained that constituents were "quite rightly fed up" with the travel disruption caused by Extinction Rebellion protests. | Activists brought parts of the city to a standstill throughout the month in a call for net carbon emissions to be reduced to…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2019/06/21/mark-field-called-for-much-firmer-grip-on-climate-protests-two-months-before-he-grabbed-a-protester/

Extinction Rebellion: 'Our movement must be global or it will fail'
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-21
Green Left Weekly's Rachel Evans and Jonathan Lockhart spoke to Extinction Rebellion Sydney spokesperson Caz Chattin to find out more about this growing international movement. | When did Extinction Rebellion come about and why? | Extinction Rebellion was established in mid-2018 after all previous attempts to enact systemic change failed. It is based on studies on effective protest movements and focuses on non-violent direct action or civil disobedience to put pressure on the media and government. | What is Extinction Rebellion's understanding about the cause, nature and extent of the environmental crisis?
greenleft.org.au/content/extinction-rebellion-our-movement-must-be-global-or-it-will-fail

Food companies are still selling products contaminated by Monsanto weedkiller
Ruth Milka | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-20
Popular foods contaminated by glyphosate are still being sold by major companies in the United States. | New samples tested by the Environmental Working Group revealed that glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, Monsanto's popular herbicide, is still present in children's cereal and snack products. | EWG tested 21 oat-based products. All 21 showed traces of glyphosate and all but four had levels of glyphosate that are higher than what EWG scientists consider safe for children. | The newest tests are a follow up from EWG's findings last year when the group tested samples in July and October and found consi…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/20/food-companies-are-still-selling-products-contaminated-by-monsanto-weedkiller/

'Huge victory' for grassroots climate campaigners as NY lawmakers reach deal on sweeping climate legislation
Julia Conley | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-20
Grassroots climate campaigners in New York applauded on Monday after state lawmakers reached a deal on sweeping climate legislation, paving the way for the passage of what could be some of the country's most ambitious environmental reforms. The legislature reached an agreement just before midnight Sunday on the Climate and Communities Protection Act (CCPA), one of several climate bills …
nationofchange.org/2019/06/20/huge-victory-for-grassroots-climate-campaigners-as-ny-lawmakers-reach-deal-on-sweeping-climate-legislation/

A report on economic impacts of climate change by norvergence
George Stacey | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-20
Scientists have been doing comprehensive research over the past decade about the impact of climate change on economies of different countries. Till now, what they found that climate change badly affects the growth rate of the global economy and the number of people will get poorer in the upcoming years. At the same time, due …
nationofchange.org/2019/06/20/a-report-on-economic-impacts-of-climate-change-by-norvergence/

The Dangerous Methane Mystery
Robert Hunziker | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-06-20
The East Siberian Arctic Shelf ("ESAS") is the epicenter of a methane-rich zone that could turn the world upside down. Still, the ESAS is not on the radar of mainstream science, and not included in calculations by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), and generally not well understood. It is one of the biggest …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/06/the-dangerous-methane-mystery/

The Dangerous Methane Mystery
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-20
The East Siberian Arctic Shelf ("ESAS") is the epicenter of a methane-rich zone that could turn the world upside down. Still, the ESAS is not on the radar of mainstream science, and not included in calculations by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), and generally not well understood. It is one of the biggest…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/20/the-dangerous-methane-mystery/

Greenpeace activists halt Philip Hammond's speech at black tie event in London
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-06-20
Climate change protesters have disrupted chancellor Philip Hammond's Mansion House speech.Hammond had barely started his address when the activists interrupted the black tie event in the City of London.The activists were quickly escorted from Mansion House (Greenpeace/PA)The disruption lasted several minutes. Hammond got back to his feet at 9.05pm.Greenpeace later said 40 of its activists, some of whom wore red evening dresses with sashes that read "climate emergency", had interrupted the event, which was being broadcast live on television.In a statement, Greenpeace UK climate campaigner Areeba Hamid said: "This…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2019/06/20/greenpeace-activists-halt-philip-hammonds-speech-at-black-tie-event-in-london/

'Our Climate Is Breaking Down. Business As Usual Is Over': Campaigners Interrupt Televised Speech of UK Treasury Official
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-20
"The people in this room have been funding climate change, and we're not giving the banks and hedge funds a pass for their unethical investment decisions anymore," said one Greenpeace campaigner | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-06-20_at_4.49.55_pm.png…
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/20/our-climate-breaking-down-business-usual-over-campaigners-interrupt-televised-speech?cd-origin=rss

The Dangerous Methane Mystery
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-20
The East Siberian Arctic Shelf ("ESAS") is the epicenter of a methane-rich zone that could turn the world upside down. | Still, the ESAS is not on the radar of mainstream science, and not included in calculations by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), and generally not well understood. It is one of the biggest mysteries of the world's climate puzzle, and it is highly controversial, which creates an enhanced level of uncertainty and casts shadows of doubt.
counterpunch.org/2019/06/20/the-dangerous-methane-mystery/

US States, Industry Push Action on 'Green New Deal'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-20
Individual states and industry groups are charting their own course towards achieving climate goals defined in the Green New Deal legislation introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives as Resolution 109 in February but which remains unresolved and stuck in House committees. | RELATED | AOC, Naomi Klein Predict the World's Future With Green New Deal | In one example of independent action by industry groups, The Architecture Lobby (TAL) recently issued a public memo providi…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-States-Industry-Push-Action-on-Green-New-Deal-20190620-0023.html

Europe Also Suffers From US Worldwide Sanctions: Putin
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-20
Russian President Vladimir Putin points out that United States sanctions against other world countries means that Europe suffers billions in lost trade. This follows news that some European countries are keen to end U.S. dollar-dominance in global trade, something Russia and China see as a priority to reshape international relations. | RELATED: | Russia: Putin Promises China-Friendly Investment Climate | On Thursday, during Putin's annual live "Direct Line Q&A" event, he laid out the…
telesurenglish.net/news/Europe-Also-Suffers-From-US-Worldwide-Sanctions-Putin-20190620-0009.html

New shadow climate justice minister demands fracking ban
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-06-20
Labour's new climate justice minister has demanded a ban on fracking.Danielle Rowley, who has been appointed as shadow climate justice and green jobs minister, also wants to see more onshore wind turbines and free bus travel for under-25s.The Midlothian MP plans to meet climate justice activists, including the climate school strikers, to formulate Labour policy.Pushing for an 'immediate ban on fracking' and 'kickstarting a Green Industrial Revolution': Rowley said: As a campaigner I'm really excited that I'll be working more closely with the climate movement, including the inspiring youth climate strikers,…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/06/20/new-shadow-climate-justice-minister-demands-fracking-ban/

National week of action: Consumers demand an end to foods grown with bee-killing pesticides
NationofChange Staff | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-20
In honor of National Pollinator Week (June 17-June 23), thousands of people across the US are participating in a week of action to demand that the retail food giant Kroger eliminate pollinator-toxic pesticides from their food supply chain and increase their organic food offerings. | World insect decline has been rapidly increasing, with more than 40% of insect species declining and a third endangered. Bees are particularly affected. The main reasons for global bee-decline or the "bee apocalypse" is industrial agriculture, parasites/pathogens, and climate change. Loss of biodiversity, destruction of habitat, an…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/20/national-week-of-action-consumers-demand-an-end-to-foods-grown-with-bee-killing-pesticides/

LaborFest: Fukushima, The Olympics and Labor
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2019-06-19
518 Valencia, San Francisco, near 16th St | BART at 16th and Mission…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/18/18824050.php

Capitalism = Extinction?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-19
In her Jacobin article 'Socialism or Extinction,' TRNN's climate bureau producer Dharna Noor boils down the UN's IPBES report to help us see what could lie ahead and how it is related to our economic system…
therealnews.com/stories/capitalism-extinction

Chorus of Outrage as Trump Admin. Throws Climate, Public Health Under Bus by Killing Obama-Era Clean Power Plan
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-19
"This is an immoral and an illegal attack on clean air, clean energy, and the health of the public." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/powerplant.jpeg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/19/chorus-outrage-trump-admin-throws-climate-public-health-under-bus-killing-obama-era?cd-origin=rss

'We Need to Ban Fracking': New Analysis of 1,500 Scientific Studies Details Threat to Health and Climate
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-19
"The data show that fracking impairs the health of people who live nearby, especially pregnant women, and swings a wrecking ball at the climate." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/fracking_14.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/19/we-need-ban-fracking-new-analysis-1500-scientific-studies-details-threat-health-and?cd-origin=rss

New Analysis of Fracking Science (~1,500 Studies) Finds Serious Harms to Public Health, Environment, and Climate
commondreams.org | 2019-06-19
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/06/19/new-analysis-fracking-science-1500-studies-finds-serious-harms-public-health?cd-origin=rss

For Not Mentioning Climate Crisis or Soaring Inequality, Sanders Calls Trump 'Man Living in Parallel Universe' Who 'Must Be Defeated'
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-19
"Our job is to keep our eyes on the prize, which is creating a decent life for all people," Sanders in video response to the president's official 2020 kickoff speech. "Our job is to resist Trump's effort to divide us up." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bernie_sanders_9.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/19/not-mentioning-climate-crisis-or-soaring-inequality-sanders-calls-trump-man-living?cd-origin=rss

Arctic warming & climate change 'should be the number one urgent conversation right now'
Andy Rowell | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-19
The news coming out of the Arctic over the last few days is further | evidence of our rapidly evolving climate emergency, which has | ramifications for all of us. | Arctic scientists are speaking out with increasing alarm at what they | are seeing, and as they keep repeating "what happens in the Arctic | doesn't stay in the Arctic." | Indeed, what happens in the Arctic will affect you and I. And what is | happening in the Arctic is not good. And its getting worse. By the day. | As I write, there is a "record challenging" melt | occurring in Greenland, where soaring temperatures were recorded last | week which…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/19/arctic-warming-climate-change-should-be-the-number-one-urgent-conversation-right-now/

Trump Administration's Replacement to Clean Power Plan Sends U.S. in the Wrong Direction on Climate Change
commondreams.org | 2019-06-19
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/06/19/trump-administrations-replacement-clean-power-plan-sends-us-wrong-direction?cd-origin=rss

Scientists urge regulations to limit risk of GMO crops to Africa
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-19
REUTERS — FILE PHOTO | African governments should establish solid regulatory frameworks to ensure that the introduction of genetically modified crops poses minimal risk to communities and the environment, scientists said at a forum in Nairobi on Wednesday. | Kenya is hosting a high-level conference to discuss innovative ways to harness nature-based assets to transform African agriculture amid threats linked to climate change, population pressure and shrinking arable land. | Scientists attending an organic farming conference underway in Nairobi urged African countries to embrace agricultural biotechnology wit…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/19/scientists-urge-regulations-to-limit-risk-of-gmo-crops-to-africa/

Carbon markets in a climate-changing capitalism
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-06-19
Carbon Markets in a Climate-Changing Capitalism offers an account of why these earlier expectations were not matched by experience. While the contradictions of market solutions have not gone away, the difference this time is that we are just over a decade away from the IPCC's 2030 benchmark for 1.5 ∞C. The concentration and centralisation of emissions […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/06/19/carbon-markets-in-a-climate-changing-capitalism/

Bureau of Land Management Sued Again Over Climate Impacts of Oil and Gas
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-19
An environmental group based in New Mexico is suing the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) over alleged violations of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) related to climate change. It's the second lawsuit the agency has faced over its approval of oil and gas leases on public lands in recent years. | WildEarth Guardians has filed a lawsuit against BLM and the Department of Interior, asking a federal court in New Mexico to vacate 210 oil and gas leases…
truthout.org/articles/bureau-of-land-management-sued-again-over-climate-impacts-of-oil-and-gas/

As Trump Nixes California High Speed Rail Money, San Diego Considers Mass Transit Plan
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-19
San Diego, with some of the worst ozone levels and highest population of any U.S. county, has unveiled a plan to massively restructure its public transit system in the name of tackling the climate crisis.
therealnews.com/columns/as-trump-nixes-california-high-speed-rail-money-san-diego-considers-mass-transit-plan

Inslee Maintains Slim Lead in Updated Greenpeace Climate Ranking
commondreams.org | 2019-06-19
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/06/19/inslee-maintains-slim-lead-updated-greenpeace-climate-ranking?cd-origin=rss

Trump's Bureau of Land Management Is Being Sued Again Over Climate Impacts
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-19
An environmental group based in New Mexico is suing the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) over alleged violations of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) related to climate change. It's the second lawsuit the agency has faced over its approval of oil and gas leases on public lands in recent years. | WildEarth Guardians has filed a lawsuit against BLM and the Department of Interior, asking a federal court in New Mexico to vacate 210 oil and gas leases…
truthout.org/articles/bureau-of-land-management-sued-again-over-climate-impacts-of-oil-and-gas/

Trump's Dirty Power Plan Will Aggravate the Climate Crisis
commondreams.org | 2019-06-19
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/06/19/trumps-dirty-power-plan-will-aggravate-climate-crisis?cd-origin=rss

Rwanda launches scheme to help promote energy efficient cooling systems
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-19
Rwanda on Tuesday launched a financial scheme that seeks to support the country's efforts to promote clean, environmentally friendly and energy efficient cooling systems. | "The financial scheme we have launched today is an important factor in Rwanda's journey to advance clean cooling, meet our obligations under the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and play our part to address climate change crisis," said Vincent Biruta, Rwandan minister of environment, at the launch in Kigali, capital city of Rwanda. | The innovative financial mechanism dubbed Coolease Finan…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/19/rwanda-launches-scheme-to-help-promote-energy-efficient-cooling-systems/

The Earth May Have Already Passed a Critical Tipping Point
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-19
Climate scientists sound the alarm after it is discovered that areas of the Arctic permafrost are thawing 70 years ahead of schedule.
truthdig.com/articles/the-earth-may-have-already-passed-a-critical-tipping-point/

The DNC Can't Be Allowed to Ignore the Climate Crisis
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-19
The Democratic National Committee continues to ignore the most pressing issue of our time — the global climate crisis — by refusing to allow presidential candidates to hold a debate focused specifically on the climate. Given that the president has launched a wholesale scorched earth attack on all things environmental, it's far past time for…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/19/the-dnc-cant-be-allowed-to-ignore-the-climate-crisis/

New York Is About to Pass One of the Most Ambitious Climate Bills in the Land
Raina Lipsitz | thenation.com | 2019-06-19
New York Is About to Pass One of the Most Ambitious Climate Bills in the Land…
thenation.com/article/new-york-climate-bill-cuomo/

350.org on New York's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act
commondreams.org | 2019-06-19
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EPA Defies Climate Warnings, Gives Coal Plants a Reprieve
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-19
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday completed one of its biggest rollbacks of environmental rules, replacing a landmark Obama-era effort that sought to wean the nation's electrical grid off coal-fired power plants and their climate-damaging pollution. | Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler, a former coal industry lobbyist, signed a replacement rule that gives states leeway in deciding whether to require efficiency upgrades at existing coal plants. | Wh…
truthdig.com/articles/epa-defies-climate-warnings-gives-coal-plants-a-reprieve/

Carbon Markets in a Climate-Changing Capitalism
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-06-19
Carbon Markets in a Climate-Changing Capitalism offers an account of why these earlier expectations were not matched by experience. While the contradictions of market solutions have not gone away, the difference this time is that we are just over a decade away from the IPCC's 2030 benchmark for 1.5 ∞C. The concentration and centralisation of emissions […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/06/19/carbon-markets-in-a-climate-changing-capitalism/

Community organisations come together to combat gentrification in West London
Mohamed Elmaazi | thecanary.co | 2019-06-19
On Saturday 22 June, residents and campaigners in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea will meet to discuss tackling homelessness, gentrification and climate change. Save Earls Court Supporters Club, T.H.I.N.K., Save Silchester, and Westway 23 will host the event which is supported by the Radical Housing Network (RHN). Attendees can expect "workshops, t…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/06/19/community-organisations-come-together-to-combat-gentrification-in-west-london/

Capitalism = Extinction?
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-19
counterpunch.org/2019/06/19/capitalism-extinction/

90,000 Comments Submitted Opposing Plan for New Drilling and Fracking on Public Lands
Los Padres ForestWatch | indybay.org | 2019-06-19
Monday, June 10 marked the end of the second and final public comment period on the Trump administration's plan to open more than 1 million acres of public land and mineral estate across the central coast region to new oil drilling and fracking. The 45 day period, which opened with the release of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, a study of the impacts that fracking would have on in the lease plan area, was the shortest allowed by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/17/18824025.php

The uphill battle for communities that ban pesticides
Meg Wilcox | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-19
WELLFLEET, Mass.–On a recent moonlit evening, with spring peepers in | chorus, a dozen Wellfleet residents gathered inside their town's | grey-shingled library for a public information session on the | controversial herbicide, glyphosate. | A bucolic, seaside town with | less than 3,000 year-round residents, Wellfleet is famed for its | picturesque harbor and sweet, briny oysters. | Its residents, like | the rest of Cape Cod, rely on a sole source of drinking water, a shallow | underground aquifer, and protecting that aquifer from pollutants such | as pesticides and septic wastes from household wastewate…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/19/the-uphill-battle-for-communities-that-ban-pesticides/

Mali's Civil War Fueled by Climate Crisis and Corporate Greed
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-18
Baba Aye discusses the failure of French and German peacekeepers in Mali and the real role they play, after almost one hundred people were killed in a Dogon village and Fulani are blamed for the attack…
therealnews.com/stories/malis-civil-war-fueled-by-climate-crisis-and-corporate-greed

'This Should Scare the Hell Out of You': Photo of Greenland Sled Dog Teams Walking on Melted Water Goes Viral
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-18
In yet the latest shocking image depicting just how fast the world's natural systems are changing due to the global climate emergency, a photograph showing a vast expanse of melted Arctic ice in Greenland—one in which a pair of sled dog teams appear to be walking on water—has gone viral. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/greenland_melted_ice_dogsled_team.png…
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/18/should-scare-hell-out-you-photo-greenland-sled-dog-teams-walking-melted-water-goes?cd-origin=rss

The Remorseless Working of Things: A Political Tragedy in Three Parts
John Atcheson | commondreams.org | 2019-06-18
An ambulance drives on a flooded street in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico on September 22, 2017. (Photo: RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/tragedy_climate_emergency.jpg…
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90,000 Comments Submitted Opposing Plan for New Drilling and Fracking on Public Lands
Los Padres ForestWatch | indybay.org | 2019-06-18
Monday, June 10 marked the end of the second and final public comment period on the Trump administration's plan to open more than 1 million acres of public land and mineral estate across the central coast region to new oil drilling and fracking. The 45 day period, which opened with the release of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, a study of the impacts that fracking would have on in the lease plan area, was the shortest allowed by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/17/18824025.php

Letter to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf Demands Fracking Permit Pause, Investigation of Cancer Crisis
Food & Water Watch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
Over a hundred groups and more than 800 individuals from Pennsylvania signed onto a letter to Governor Tom Wolf calling for an official investigation into recent reports of rare cancers in counties heavily impacted by shale gas development over the …
globalresearch.ca/letter-wolf-demands-fracking-permit-pause-investigation-cancer-crisis/5680980

The scary new math of factory farm waste
Tia Schwab | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-18
Factory farms are exempt from reporting requirements under the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. Now a new tool can provide solid evidence of the environmental harm they can cause.
nationofchange.org/2019/06/18/the-scary-new-math-of-factory-farm-waste/

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2019-06-20: News Headlines

Max Blumenthal (2019-06-20). This celebrated Western-funded nonprofit collaborated with al-Qaeda to wage lawfare on Syria. thegrayzone.com Mainstream reporting on Syria has relied heavily on the work of the Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA), a…

Anya Parampil (2019-06-20). Did Venezuelan coup leaders pocket $70 million from Citgo's stolen US assets? thegrayzone.com Venezuela's government has claimed the Department of Justice will investigate Citgo's opposition-appointed board for the theft of $70 million. But…

John W. Whitehead (2019-06-20). The Jackboots Are Coming: Mass Arrests, Power Grabs and the Politics of Fear. globalresearch.ca "Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common sense and self-interest— forces that look like sheer insanity, if judged by the …

Makia Freeman (2019-06-20). Video: US-Russia Relations and the Expiry of Nuclear Treaties. Global Security in Jeopardy. globalresearch.ca Nuclear treaties (mainly between the USA and Russia) have formed the cornerstone of world peace, stability and safety for decades. They have been an essential mechanism in the international security architecture. Nuclear treaties gave assurance to the world that the …

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2019-06-20). The 5G War — Technology versus Humanity. globalresearch.ca Exposure to electromagnetic field (EMF) and radiofrequency (RF) radiation is an ever-growing health risk in the modern world. The Cellular Phone Task Force website1 has a long list of governments and organizations that have issued warnings or banned wireless …

CGTN Africa (2019-06-20). Namibia seeks $1 billion in investments. cgtn.com Namibia is to host a two-day economic summit which is expected to attract at least $1 billion worth of investments over the next two years, the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology said on Wednesday. | FILE PHOTO | View of downtown Windhoek, Namibia | Namibia's economy has contracted for the last two years, and the southwest African nation has been ravaged by a drought which the meteorological services estimate to be the deadliest in 90 years. | The economic summit, which will take place from July 31 to Aug. 1 in the capital Windhoek, is aimed at reviving and growing the Namibian economy, creatin…

Gary Leupp (2019-06-20). Japanese and German Doubts on U.S. Drumbeat Towards Iran War. counterpunch.org Japan since 1945 has been the most abjectly deferential of U.S., even more so than the U.K. Tokyo rarely strays far from Washington's line on any global issue. It notoriously supported the Iraq wars if 1991 and 2003-present, both based on lies. Japan's loyalty, like Britain's is strategic; while all alliances with the U.S. are More

teleSUR (2019-06-20). Iran Shoots Down US Drone Amid Heightened Tensions. telesurenglish.net The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran announced on Thursday that their forces downed a U.S. reconnaissance drone in the southern province of Hormozgan. | RELATED: | Rocket Hits Foreign Owned Oil Companies in Southeast Iraq | The state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported that the IRGC forces shot down an RQ-4 Global Hawk drone after it was spotted high above the Hormozgan Province on Thursday morning. | "It was shot down when it entered Iran's airspace near the…

WSWS (2019-06-20). Brazilian unions sabotage one-day general strike. wsws.org After telling workers to "stay home" during the general strike, union officials spoke in favor of the reactionary pension reform Bolsonaro sent to Congress.

susan_p (2019-06-20). Haiti uprising rekindled after latest corruption report. greenleft.org.au Thousands took to the streets in towns and cities around Haiti on June 9 to demand President Jovenel MoàØse's resignation and the prosecution of those responsible for looting about US$2 billion from the government's Petrocaribe Fund. | After two buildings and several vehicles were burned in the capital Port-au-Prince, a police spokesperson reported that gunfire killed two demonstrators and wounded four, and a police officer was injured by a thrown rock. But opposition figures and radio stations reported at least seven killed and more than 100 people wounded by gunfire from police and government-aligned gan…

CGTN Africa (2019-06-20). U.S. presses Zimbabwe to make political reforms. cgtn.com The United States on Wednesday pressed Zimbabwe for political reforms after it cracked down on protesters, in a rare high-level meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa. | Tibor Nagy, the top US diplomat for Africa, said he met Mnangagwa in Mozambique on the sidelines of a US-Africa business meeting. | "I stressed the urgent need to hold security forces accountable for acts of violence committed against Zimbabweans including in August 2018 and January/February 2019 and the importance of real political and economic reforms," Nagy wrote on Twitter. | At least 17 people were killed at the start of the year after…

By Okumu Langol Livingstone (2019-06-20). UGANDA: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) IS A TOOL BUILT FOR VETO POWERS AND ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE-SCHOLAR. blackstarnews.com Dr. Phil Clark, launching his new book; "Distant Justice" in Gulu recently | Dr. Phil Clark, a scholar, says his fear about is that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has lost its vision to the interest of powerful countries with veto powers that could have helped to bring peace in Northern Uganda during the failed Juba Peace Talks between 2006 and 2008 during. In northern Uganda the ICC was being used as a tool for the interests of world super powers like Russia, United State of America, Britain, Germany, Franc and China. | | GULU-UGANDA: In his new book, "Distant Justice",Dr. Phil Clark, of the African Ce…

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-06-20). Accusing US of 'Intrusion' Into National Airspace, Iran Shoots Down American 'Spy' Drone. commondreams.org "U.S. drone intrusion to the Iranian airspace is clear violation of the U.N. Charter and national sovereignty of the country," said one top Iranian national security official | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/drone_iran.jpg…

Jeet Heer (2019-06-20). Trump Administration Incoherence Could Lead to War. thenation.com Trump Administration Incoherence Could Lead to War…

RT (2019-06-20). Your tax dollars at work: Journalists, activists disturbed by State Dept's anti-Iran troll campaign. rt.com Victims of anti-Iran trolling campaign were shocked to learn it was taxpayer- funded by the State Department, but not so shocked to see the government attempting to cover it up or mainstream media giving it little coverage.

WSWS (2019-06-20). Growing war danger as Pentagon presents new "evidence" Iran struck tankers. wsws.org Testimony by top administration officials suggests that the Trump administration is preparing to invoke…

Trita Parsi (2019-06-20). America's Confrontation With Iran Goes Deeper Than Trump. thenation.com America's Confrontation With Iran Goes Deeper Than Trump…

duncan_roden (2019-06-20). Why the risks of war with Iran are real. greenleft.org.au Neither the United States nor Iran really wants war, we are told, because the reality of such a conflict is too horrific to contemplate. But the Gulf tanker crisis and the US response shows that we are alarmingly close to open hostilities. | It is true that there are voices in the US defence establishment calling for restraint. It appears to be the case, too, that the Iranian government is operating on the assumption that the US does not want a war. But there are several reasons why such assumptions are not a sound basis for judgement. | First, some do want military action against Iran. And they really are not ma…

WSWS (2019-06-20). US-Turkey conflict nears breaking point. wsws.org Ankara's S-400 purchase is a flashpoint for more significant and intractable geopolitical differences with Washington, including over the US war drive against Iran.

susan_p (2019-06-20). Centrists within US Democrats fear a leftward political slide if Trump impeached. greenleft.org.au No matter how reprehensible one considers former US president Bill Clinton's actions to have been in the Monica Lewinsky case, they dwarf in comparison to the actions of Donald Trump. The Republicans impeached Clinton and then moved to remove him from office. Hasn't Pelosi heard of tit for tat? | Similarly, Mitch McConnell, Republican leader of the Senate, has stated that if a Supreme Court vacancy occurs in 2020, the Republicans would fill it — the exact opposite of what the party did in 2016, with the argument that regardless of who former president Barack Obama chose to fill the court's vacancy, let vote…

teleSUR (2019-06-20). Global Study Finds Europeans Show Lower Trust in Vaccines. telesurenglish.net A global study on attitudes towards science and medicine reported findings Wednesday showing that vaccines, one of the world's most widely- used medical products, is being confronted by increasing skepticism in high-income countries, especially in Europe. | RELATED: | Japan Battles Country's Largest Measles Outbreak in Decade | Most people in the world think vaccines are safe and efficient at preventing infectious diseases including rubella, diphtheria, smallpox, polio, and whoopin…

CGTN Africa (2019-06-20). Chinese Ambassador: China values trade partnership with Ghana. cgtn.com Ghana is one of China's key trading partners on the African continent, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Wang Shiting said on Wednesday. | Delivering a keynote speech to open the third China Trade Week (CTW) event, Wang said China places a very high value on the bilateral trade relationship with the West African country. | "With the effort of the Ghanaian government to develop the manufacturing industry and the Chinese government to expand import, trade between the two countries is growing towards a more balanced and sustainable direction," the ambassador said. | Last year, bilateral trade between China and Ghana r…

teleSUR (2019-06-20). UK Broke the Law by Shipping Weapons to Saudi Arabia. telesurenglish.net The United Kingdom broke international law by allowing arms exports to Saudi Arabia that might have been used in Yemen's war, a court ruled on Thursday, after activists argued the weapons were likely operated in violation of human rights legislation. | RELATED: | Saudi Crown Prince Liable for Murder of Khashoggi: UN Expert | While the court's decision does not mean Britain must immediately halt arms exports to Saudi Arabia, it does mean that there is a stay on the granting of new…

WSWS (2019-06-20). Professor Stuart Rees to speak at SEP rally to defend Julian Assange. wsws.org "The rally must increase public awareness of the outrageous injustice if Julian is extradited to the US to face a possible 170 years in prison."

Christian Sorensen (2019-06-20). Raytheon Technologies and Industry Trends. dissidentvoice.org Last week two giant war corporations, Raytheon and United Technologies, announced they would merge in early 2020. The new behemoth, to be known as Raytheon Technologies, is expected to have a combined value of over $100 billion in capitalist markets. Recent history provides context to understand today's war industry and the nature of this merger. …

RT (2019-06-20). 87yo woman tasered by Georgia police, excessive force lawsuit pending (VIDEO). rt.com Harrowing footage has been released showing the arrest of an 87-year-old Syrian woman who was tasered by Georgia police, despite their dispatcher being made aware that she could not speak English.

Laborfest (2019-06-20). Laborfest: S.F. Living Wage Coalition Awards Dinner. indybay.org SEIU Local 1021's SF hall, 350 Rhode Island (enter from Kansas between 16th & 17th St.) , San Francisco. 16th St BART. Buses: 19, 22.

pip.hinman (2019-06-20). Capitalism makes fishing destructive and deadly. greenleft.org.au Environment, labour and capitalism at sea: 'Working the ground' in Scotland
| By Penny McCall Howard | Manchester University Press, 2018 | This is a compelling first-hand study that shows that fishing is a deadly occupation because capitalism forces workers to take terrible risks to survive. | Working at sea in the British fishing industry is 115 times more dangerous than the British average. It is a startling statistic, that is usually explained by the idea that the sea is "dangerous". Penny McCall Howard's important book is a detaile…

Sabri àñncຠ(2019-06-20). Thus Spoke the Bond Market. counterpunch.org The titles of a few recent articles give some idea about what has been going on in the bond market lately: "The Bond Market Is Giving Ominous Warnings about the Global Economy" (Irwin 2019), "History Tells Us Why the Fed Should Take the Inverted Yield Curve Seriously" (Coppola 2019), "Donald Trump's Beautiful Economy is Now More

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (2019-06-20). At House Hearing, Poor People's Campaign Demands End to 'Systemic Policy Violence Against the Poor'. commondreams.org Not addressing poverty "is constitutionally inconsistent, it is economically insane, and it is morally, morally, morally wrong," said Rev. Dr. William Barber. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/war-poverty-policy-violence.jpg…

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-06-20). 'These Are Huge Checks Being Written to Boeing and Lockheed': Rep. Rashida Tlaib Rips Endless War Budget as House Passes $733B in Military Spending. commondreams.org "We should be cutting checks to everyday people struggling to make ends meet." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/rashida_tlaib_military_budget.jpg…

Dr. Paris Williams (2019-06-20). Will Our Domination be Our Downfall? dissidentvoice.org For those of us who've been paying attention to the general state of the world and human society, it's readily apparent that we as a species have sent ourselves hurtling into the depths of a global crisis that has the potential to wipe ourselves out along with many of our fellow Earthlings. So how exactly …

Kim C. Domenico (2019-06-20). Lessons from D.H. : A Soul-based Anarchist Vision for Peace-making. counterpunch.org "You see, Mexico really is a bit horrible to me. And the black eyes of the people really make my heart contract, and my flesh shrink. There's a bit of horror in it. And I don't want horror in my soul." "Why not?" he said at last. "Horror is real. Why not a bit of More

Staff (2019-06-20). Venezuelan Opposition Scrambles in Wake of Humanitarian Aid Scandal. therealnews.com An opposition-oriented website uncovered a $125,000 corruption scandal involving associates of Venezuelan opposition leader and self-declared president Juan Guaidó. Independent journalist Dan Cohen tracked down the details of this story…

teleSUR (2019-06-20). Chinese President Makes Historical Visit to North Korea. telesurenglish.net Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in North Korea on Thursday as Beijing looks to bolster its neighbor, hit by U.N. sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs, a week before Xi and U.S. President Donald Trump meet amid a bitter trade dispute. | RELATED: | China Reiterates Support for North Korea's 'Correct Direction' | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife, Ri Sol Ju, greeted Xi at the airport, Chinese state TV said. Kim's sister, Kim Yo Jong, and officials who playe…

susan_p (2019-06-20). Denmark: Make Rojava Green Again activist challenges passport confiscation. greenleft.org.au Anne Dalum, a Danish activist planning to join the work of Make Rojava Green Again (MRGA) in Northern Syria had her passport seized and confiscated by the Danish state in December last year. Dalum objected and took the state to court. The hearing started on June 17 and according to MRGA, Dalum intends to travel to Northern Syria as soon as she gets her passport back. | Make Rojava Green Again is an ecological campaign comprising activists from around the world, inspired by the ecological, f…

RT (2019-06-20). FBI arrests ISIS sympathizer accused of plotting to blow up Christian church. rt.com A Syrian refugee, suspected of planning to bomb a church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been arrested and charged with an attempt to provide material support to the Islamic State and spreading manuals on explosives.

Binoy Kampmark (2019-06-20). The Fragility of Democracy: Hong Kong, China and the Extradition Bill. counterpunch.org It has been a history of turns and the occasional betrayal, but Hong Kong's experiment with democracy, incubated within the Special Administrative Region, was always going to be contingent on some level. Its colonial past is a poke, a reminder of British bullying, the corruptions of opium and a time when Qing China was torn More

Wim Laven (2019-06-20). We Need Evidence-Based Decision Making. counterpunch.org Imagine for a moment that political discussions can assume the same evidence-based knowledge as active components in decision making as treatment pathways do when responding to illness and disease. The impact of care is studied out of a need for protecting and preserving quality of life. Politics should also serve these same ends, but, indeed, More

Martha Rosenberg (2019-06-20). Humor: Stop These Language Abuses. counterpunch.org Phone Bots A decade ago, voice mail bots would say "I'll record your message now," and "I'll try that number" as if "they" were real people and there was really an "I." Now voice synthesized bots, especially with airlines and tech companies, want a whole conversation. Elevating the "I" that doesn't exist to a conversational More

Robert Hunziker (2019-06-20). The Dangerous Methane Mystery. counterpunch.org The East Siberian Arctic Shelf ("ESAS") is the epicenter of a methane-rich zone that could turn the world upside down. Still, the ESAS is not on the radar of mainstream science, and not included in calculations by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), and generally not well understood. It is one of the biggest More

Jesse Jackson (2019-06-20). Mobilizing the Poor People's Campaign. counterpunch.org This week in Washington, the powers that be are hearing from a vital new democratic force in this country. For three days, the Poor People's Campaign will bring poor and low-wage Americans to the nation's capital to call for a moral renewal in this nation. They will question many of those who are seeking the More

Jim Goodman (2019-06-20). Current Farm Crisis Offers Opportunity For Change. counterpunch.org JFK, as it turns out, was not correct when he noted 60 years ago that the word 'crisis' is a combination of the Chinese brush strokes meaning danger and opportunity. While he was linguistically incorrect, we get what he was saying. A crisis situation can be the impetus for change, an opportunity to figure out More

Cesar Chelala (2019-06-20). The Pope is Wrong on Argentina. counterpunch.org When Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the new Pope after the resignation of his German predecessor, a wave of euphoria shook Argentina. He was not only the first Latin American Pope but also a beloved member of the Argentine Catholic Church. Bergoglio was well-known and respected because of his work as cardinal. At present, however, his More

David Schultz (2019-06-20). The Intellectual Origins of the Trump Presidency and the Construction of Contemporary American Politics. counterpunch.org It is foolish to think that Trumpism and Trumpistas are merely a product of personality. To believe that is to assume that Donald Trump is sui generis, elected under unique circumstances and that the politics and polices produced under him are tied to him. Believing that means also that once Trump leaves office, be in More

Doug Johnson (2019-06-20). On the Morning Consult Poll, Margins of Error, and the Undecideds in the Democratic Primary. counterpunch.org Morning Consult regularly has Joe Biden a fair bit higher than every other polling firm at this point, and, as they usually have had throughout the 2020 Democratic primary cycle to date, also have Bernie Sanders a little higher than the average. Morning Consult also has, by far and away, the largest sample size each More

Cesar Chelala (2019-06-20). Health Consequences of Overwork. counterpunch.org Working for long periods under extreme stressful work conditions can lead to sudden death. "Burn out" is now described as an occupational phenomenon, resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. This is a phenomenon that in its most extreme manifestation is described by the Japanese as karàµshi, literally translated as "death from More

Laura Flanders (2019-06-20). In Barcelona, Being a Fearless City Mayor Means Letting the People Decide. counterpunch.org Losing Barcelona. That was the headline on the story in Jacobin this week. A local vote in a far-off city; had I not just returned from Barcelona, I might have left it at that. The truth is, US media give us so little coverage of goings-on elsewhere, and so little context as to why Americans More

Maj. Danny Sjursen (2019-06-20). Trump's America and Egypt's Dictatorship Deserve Each Other. truthdig.com He was the first duly elected president in the Arab world and the first in Egyptian history. Now Mohammed Morsi is dead, collapsing on June 17 in his glass cage during his show trial in Cairo—a victim, it seems, of criminal negligence during a brutal six-year stint in prison. His death only highlights the distinct malevolence of a military junta that (illegally) overthrew Morsi in a coup. He languished in an Egyptian prison system that's incarcerated thousands of others—critics of the regime, mostly—in a co…

The Canary (2019-06-20). Court victory for campaigners over UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia. thecanary.co Campaigners have won a landmark legal challenge against the Government over UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia.Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) argued that the decision to continue to license military equipment for export to the Gulf state, which is leading a coalition of forces in the Yemeni conflict, was unlawful.The group said export licences should not have been granted as there was a clear risk that the arms might be used in a serious violation of international humanitarian law.Protesters celebrate outside the court (Kirsty O'Connor/PA)Giving judgment in London on Thursday, the Court of Appeal ruled that "the p…

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