Climate Change

The Climate Movement Enters Phase III

July 1, 2019 Jeremy Brecher, Greattransition.org Strategize! Climate Change, Environment, Green New Deal, Reform

The climate movement in the US and around the world has gone through two main phases and is entering a third. The first, starting with the confirmation of man-made global warming, was a movement of environmental organizations in alliance with governments and the UN focused primarily on lobbying governments for legislation and international agreements. The second, which gathered steam after the breakdown of climate protection efforts at Copenhagen, was a direct action movement, largely initiated by indigenous movements and 350.org...

U.S. Costal Communities Face More Than $400 Billion In Seawall Costs By 2040

June 28, 2019 Staff, Igsd.org Educate! Climate Change, Sea level rise

20 June 2019– Coastal communities in the contiguous U.S. face more than $400 billion in costs over the next 20 years, much of it sooner, to defend coastal communities from inevitable sea-level rise, according to a new report released today by the Center for Climate Integrity in partnership with the engineering firm, Resilient Analytics. This is approaching the cost of the original interstate highway system and will require the construction of more than 50,000 miles of coastal barriers in 22 states by 2040, half the time it took to create the nation’s iconic roadway network.

‘Business As Usual Is A Death Sentence’: Hundreds Of Youth Activists Sit In At DNC Headquarters To Demand 2020 Debate On Climate Crisis

June 26, 2019 By Jake Johnson, Commondreams.org Resist! Climate Change, Democratic Party, Electoral Politics, Youth Activism

Hundreds of youth activists held a sit-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee on Tuesday to demand a climate-specific presidential debate that treats the planetary crisis with the urgency and seriousness it deserves. "People everywhere are hurting from pollution and climate disasters, yet our political and media establishment routinely ignores these crises," Destiney Lee, a 22-year-old Sunrise Movement activist who took part in the protest, said in a statement. Agreeing to host a debate centered around the climate emergency, Lee said, is "the absolute least" DNC chair Tom Perez can do.

‘Fund Climate Solutions, Not Endless War’: 22 Arrested Demanding US Build Windmills, Not Warships

June 25, 2019 By Jon Queally, Commondreams.org Resist! Climate Change, Protests, Wars and Militarism

The protest took place outside the General Dynamics-owned Bath Iron Works (BIW) where some of the U.S. Navy's most advanced and lethal warships are built. The group blocked traffic near the shipyard as buses carried guests to a ceremonial "christening" of a new Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. Holding signs that read, "Tell Congress: Fund Climate Solutions, Not Endless War" and "Bring Our War Dollars Home," supporters of the action stood on sidewalks nearby as those who risked arrest were taken into custody by local police.

70 Arrested Outside New York Times Demanding Paper Treat Climate Like The Crisis It Is

June 24, 2019 By Jon Queally, Commondreams.org Resist! Climate Change, Extinction Rebellion, New York Times (NYT), Protests

Hundreds of people descended on the headquarters of the New York Times on Saturday to demand the "paper of record" drastically improve its coverage of the global climate crisis and specifically demanded its reporters refer to the situation as a "climate emergency" in alignment with what the world's scientific community is warning. Coordinated by Extinction Rebellion NYC, 70 people were reported arrested after the group staged a sit-in on Eight Avenue in midtown Manhattan in order to bring attention to the failure of the paper—and that of the journalism industry overall...

Direct Action Shuts Down Coal Infrastructure In Germany

June 24, 2019 Staff, Unicornriot.ninja Resist! Climate Change, Coal Mining, Direct Action, Fossil Fuels, Germany, March

The marches from the Ende Gelände covered a fair amount of distance and stretched into the afternoon. As the marchers approached the train they were going to take to their destination, police turned them away from using transit, forcing them to begin a trek of several kilometers on foot. Police in riot gear pushed their way through the march at one point, which increased the feeling of tension in the crowd. The green and red “finger” combined during the journey, while the pink “finger” had reportedly already reached the site.

Because ‘Another World Is Possible,’ Tens Of Thousands Of Activists Stage Climate Mobilizations In Germany

June 24, 2019 By Andrea Germanos, Nationofchange.org Resist! Activism, Climate Change, Germany, Protest Demonstrations

Chanting “we are unstoppable, another world is possible,” thousands of activists in Germany set off Friday to occupy a coal mine as tens of thousands of other demonstrators mobilized in a separate German city as part of the swelling “Fridays for Future” climate actions. Activists Organizers with Ende Gelände (EG) mobilization say that roughly 4,000 people departed their protest camp in the western city of Viersen to head to the Garzweiler surface mine, operated by energy company RWE, some 12 miles (20 kilometers) away.

Names And Locations Of The Top 100 People Killing The Planet

June 24, 2019 Staff, Decolonialatlas.wordpress.com Organize! Capitalism, Climate Change

Just 100 companies are responsible for more than 70% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1988. The guys who run those companies – and they are mostly guys – have gotten rich on the backs of literally all life on Earth. Their business model relies on the destruction of the only home humanity has ever known. Meanwhile, we misdirect our outrage at our neighbors, friends, and family for using plastic straws or not recycling. If there is anyone who deserves the outrage of all 7.5 billion of us, it’s these 100 people right here. Combined, they control the majority of the world’s mineral rights...

Greenpeace Delivered The Truth About The Climate Crisis And Mark Field Couldn’t Cope

June 22, 2019 Caroline Lucas, Metro.co.uk Resist! Climate Change, Greenpeace

‘Climate change will be the biggest challenge to global security over the next few decades and we must tackle it together.’ Not my words – but those of foreign office minister Mark Field. Now we know what his idea of tackling it together is: grabbing Janet Barker, a peaceful young woman protester, by the neck and brutally frog-marching her out of the room. This is a minister who also tweeted only last month: ‘The UK remains committed to helping women all over the world to feel safe and protected in the work they do, so they can speak freely and be part of the change we all want.’

Addressing Sea Level Rise Through Citizen Science

June 22, 2019 Casey O'Brien, Shareable.net Create! Climate Change, Science, Sea level rise

Coastal communities across the United States are experiencing tangible impacts of climate change as sea level rise worsens. “Sunny day flooding”and “king tides” range from annoyance to serious danger in cities like Miami, San Francisco and Seattle. Coastal commissions and city planners are working against the clock to calculate and prepare for a future in which entire neighborhoods may disappear. In order to create effective plans, sea level rise and flood rates need to be carefully documented.

A Father’s Day Gift For Myself: Activism

June 20, 2019 Peter Certo, Intrepidreport.com Resist! Activists, Climate Change, Green New Deal, Reform

News about climate change has been so spooky for so long that it can feel like background noise. We find a way to carry on like normal, even when the news is disquieting. Well, let me tell you I’m having a moment when it’s hard to do that. For me the trigger was a recent report by Australia’s Breakthrough National Center for Climate Restoration, which warns of “a near- to mid-term existential threat to human civilization.”

Front Line Battles, Climate Change And Chaos Investors

June 20, 2019 Eleanor Goldfield, Occupy.com Resistance Report Climate Change, pollution

Updates from two front line climate fights – in the ancient forests of northern California and the harbor of New York City. Next, the biggest polluter on the planet is also the largest terrorist organization. Here's what we need to reckon with when it comes to legitimately fighting climate change, unifying across false divisions and really addressing the ills perpetuated by our system --- one of which includes BlackRock. Diana Best with BlackRock's Big Problem sits down with us to talk about the shadowy world of asset management and global chaos capitalism.

Global Inequality In A Time Of Climate Emergency

June 18, 2019 By Tom Athanasiou, Inequality.org Educate! Climate Change, Green New Deal, Inequality, Reform

Something has changed, as most everyone in the climate movement agrees, and we have plenty of signposts that track the shift, from David Wallace-Well’s 2017 New York Magazine piece, The Uninhabitable Earth, to last year’s Deep Adaptation: A Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy, a paper downloaded by the hundreds of thousands. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change made the shift official with its own dramatic contribution, the landmark Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C.

Activists Demand That Democrats Hold Debate On Climate Change

June 14, 2019 Ryan Schleeter, Greenpeace.org Resist! Activists, Climate Change, Electoral Politics

Washington, DC, June 12, 2019 — Last week, Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Tom Perez announced the party will not host an official primary debate on the climate crisis, and will restrict candidates from participating in third-party climate debates. Despite backlash, Perez remained committed to this stance in a lengthy statement posted to Medium yesterday. In response, activists gathered at the DNC headquarters in Washington, DC, today to demand the party reverse its stance and provide a forum for presidential hopefuls to debate one of the greatest threats facing humanity today.

Report: Department Of Defense Is A Massive Climate Polluter

June 14, 2019 Staff, Watson.brown.edu Educate! Climate Change, Department of Defense, pollution

Scientists and security analysts have warned for more than a decade that global warming is a potential national security concern. They project that the consequences of global warming – rising seas, powerful storms, famine and diminished access to fresh water – may make regions of the world politically unstable and prompt mass migration and refugee crises. Some worry that wars may follow. Yet with few exceptions, the U.S. military’s significant contribution to climate change has received little attention.

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