Climate Change

Genocide Of Native Americans So Devastating “It Literally Cooled the Planet”

February 3, 2019 Julia Conley, Commondreams. Educate! American genocide, Climate Change, Native Americans

The mass genocide of the Native American people by European colonizers during the 15th and 16th centuries—in which an estimated 56 million indigenous people, or 90 percent of the population, were wiped out by violence and disease—was so complete and devastating, new research shows,that it triggered a planetary cooling. According to scientists at the University College London,the Europeans' mass killing of natives in the Caribbean and the Americas led to the populations' agricultural systems to go untended, leading to an overgrowth of vegetation all over the region.

Pipeline Fighter Stops Mountain Valley Pipeline Work

February 1, 2019 Appalachians Against Pipelines. Resist! Climate Change, Mountain Valley Pipeline, Water

Pittsylvania County, VA — Friday morning, February 1, 2019, a pipeline fighter stopped work at a Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) worksite near Chatham, VA. The individual locked themself to a horizontal drill that is being used for ongoing construction of the pipeline. A banner at the protest site read “NO MVP,” and multiple supporters gathered on site with a banner that read “WATER IS LIFE - WE WON’T BACK DOWN.” “We do this for all life on earth, for the ones not yet brave enough to take a stand against the injustices of this world,” stated the anonymous pipeline fighter who took action today.

U.S. Intelligence Officials Warn Climate Change Is A Worldwide Threat

February 1, 2019 Neela Banerjee, Insideclimatenews.org Educate! Climate Change, Intelligence

The nation's intelligence community warned in its annual assessment of worldwide threats that climate change and other kinds of environmental degradation pose risks to global stability because they are "likely to fuel competition for resources, economic distress, and social discontent through 2019 and beyond." Released Tuesday, the Worldwide Threat Assessment prepared by the Director of National Intelligence added to a swelling chorus of scientific and national security voices in pointing out the ways climate change fuels widespread insecurity and erodes America's ability to respond to it.

Belgian Student Climate Protests Snowball

February 1, 2019 By Clare Roth, Thestar.com.my Resist! Climate Change, Protests, Students

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Thousands of Belgian students skipped classes for the fourth week in a row on Thursday to protest against global warming, part of a growing youth protest around the world. Beating drums, chanting and carrying signs, some 30,000 teenagers braved the cold in Brussels and other cities to call on local politicians for stronger action to prevent climate change. "It's our planet and the generation before us hasn't done anything," said Julian Rume, 17. "In 20, 30 years, we will all be migrants, we'll all be moved out of our planet." The demonstrations are part of a broader grassroots movement started by Swedish student Greta Thunberg, 16, last year.

Investors Join Calls For A Food Revolution To Fight Climate Change

January 30, 2019 Georgina Gustin, Insideclimatenews.org Create! Climate Change, Food and Agriculture

An influential group of investors has added its voice to a growing chorus of health professionals and scientists who are calling for radical changes to agriculture and food consumption in an effort to fight climate change, malnutrition and obesity. A handful of new reports emphasize that climate change and the world's worsening health are urgent, intertwined crises. One of them calls for an international treaty to address the problem. A scientific study published Monday also shows how "food production shocks" linked to climate change have been rising globally, putting food security at risk.

People Power: 160,000 European Protesters Demand Action On Climate Crisis

January 28, 2019 Staff, Commondreams.org Resist! Climate Change, Europe, Protests

At least 80,000 people marched in a cold rain in Brussels Sunday in another massive protest demanding that the European Union take urgent and far-reaching action to address the world's climate crisis. Sunday's march was the fourth climate march in the past three weeks—each one significantly bigger than the last—as students across Belgium and other European countries have skipped their high school and college classes in order to shame those in power who refuse to move urgently.

Extinction Rebellion Climate Shutdown Shakes New York

January 27, 2019 Erik McGregor. Resist! Climate Change, Extinction Rebellion, New York (NY)

New York, NY – Nine arrests were reported at the US Extinction Rebellion (XR), the first major New York City civil disobedience action of a dynamic, bold new environmental movement. A nonviolent action was organized on January 26, 2019 to temporarily shut down Rockefeller Plaza, a prominent New York City landmark to create awareness of the extreme peril of the climate change emergency through a nationwide day of nonviolent civil disobedience and protest. Extinction Rebellion is an international movement dedicated to raising the alarm about the dire threat of climate change and using mass nonviolent civil disobedience to force governments to take action.

Extinction Rebellion Climate Activists Block DC Streets

January 27, 2019 Alejandro Alvarez and Ford Fischer, News 2 Share. Resist! Climate Change, Extinction Rebellion, Washington DC

Washington —“Rest in peace to the birds and trees,” chanted a group on Saturday calling themselves Extinction Rebellion. “Rest in peace to you and me.” What researchers have dubbed the sixth mass extinction has activists scrambling to save a crumbling biosphere and make species preservation a central tenant of the emerging climate justice movement. One such group, Extinction Rebellion, first drew thousands to London on Oct. 31 to highlight environmental devastation, pollution and species loss. Blocking bridges and sitting-in on the Houses of Parliament, Extinction Rebellion now boasts chapters in 35 countries around the world, including 30 in the U.S..

Industrial Agriculture, An Extraction Industry Like Fossil Fuels, A Growing Driver Of Climate Change

January 26, 2019 Georgina Gustin, Insideclimatenews.org Educate! Climate Change, Food and Agriculture, Fossil Fuels

On his farm in southwestern Iowa, Seth Watkins plants several different crops and raises cattle. He controls erosion and water pollution by leaving some land permanently covered in native grass. He grazes his cattle on pasture, and he sows cover crops to hold the fertile soil in place during the harsh Midwestern winters. Watkins' farm is a patchwork of diversity—and his fields mark it as an outlier. His practices don't sound radical, but Watkins is a bit of a renegade. He's among a small contingent of farmers in the region who are holding out against a decades-long trend of consolidation and expansion in American agriculture.

Tackling The Twin Challenges Of Climate Change And Inequality

January 26, 2019 Jennifer Morgan and Sharan Burrow, Aljazeera.com Create! Climate Change, Inequality

We need the Davos elite to change the rules of the global economy to benefit people and the planet alike. As the elite descends on Davos for this year's World Economic Forum, the world faces a twin crisis of rising inequality and climate disruption. Already this year Thailand has seen its worst storm in 30 years rip through coastal areas. In the Alps, just east of Davos, extreme weather is causing snow chaos. Meanwhile, the world's richest one percent took home 82 percent of all new wealth last year and, according to the World Bank, almost half of all people worldwide are one medical bill or crop failure away from destitution. Inequality continues to rise as the world warms.

Fighting Climate Change With A Green TVA

January 25, 2019 By Matt Bruenig, Peoplespolicyproject.org Educate! Climate Change, Reform, Tennessee

In addition to these reforms to the TVA Act, the paper also proposes that the federal government authorize and appropriate money to the TVA so that it can subsidize the price of its carbon-free electricity in order to ensure that it is competitive with carbon-based energy sources. This would ensure that electricity ratepayers do not directly shoulder the costs of the proposed clean energy build out. The TVA, which was originally established during FDR’s New Deal, is the largest public power company in the country. In the last fiscal year, it produced and sold 160 billion kWh of electricity, which generated $11.2 billion of revenue and $1.1 billion of profit.

GAO: Climate Change Is A Critical Cause Of Migration

January 23, 2019 Neela Banerjee, Insideclimatenews.org Educate! Border, Climate Change, Migration

As the movement of refugees strains countries worldwide and becomes fuel for political clashes in the United States, the Trump administration has eliminated guidelines that the government once gave to American diplomats about how to plan for the impact of climate change on migration and global security. In a report released Thursday, the Government Accountability Office recommended the State Department restore the guidelines so U.S. diplomats are prepared for major population shifts that could destabilize a country or region. "Without clear guidance, State may miss opportunities to identify and address issues related to climate change as a potential driver of migration," the report said.

2019 Is The Year To Embrace Energy Democracy – Or Face Social And Climate Breakdown

January 21, 2019 Susann Scherarth and Sean Sweeney, Opendemocracy.net Strategize! Climate Change, Energy, New Economy

2018 was a thunderous year for the climate which gave us a glimpse of the new normal: record-breaking heat, a blazing Arctic, the northern hemisphere seemingly on fire. These, alongside a clanging alarm about the disastrous impacts of 1.5°C of global warming from the UN in October, contributed to growing public recognition that climate breakdown is very real and its effects serious. 2018 also saw growing momentum for climate movements in confronting political inaction. From the Extinction Rebellion movement in the UK, to thousands of school children on strike in Australia (and similar movements elsewhere). Climate demonstrations in Europe bigger than ever.

‘If the Water Is Rising, Then So Must We’: Indigenous Peoples March In Washington Against Global Injustice

January 19, 2019 By Jessica Corbett, Commondreams.org Resist! Climate Change, Indigenous Peoples, March, Water

"It's a collective cry for help because we're in a time of crisis," said one organizer. "Indigenous people from around the world are suffering from the same colonization." In an event described as "breathtaking, heartbreaking, strong, and beautiful," representatives from native communities around the world came together in Washington, D.C. on Friday for the first-ever Indigenous Peoples March. Organized as a rebuke to the violence and injustices that Indigenous Peoples often face—from the murder of native girls and women to police brutality to having unceded tribal lands torn away by colonizing governments and fossil fuel corporations—the march kicked off Friday morning outside the U.S. Interior Department.

Youth Climate Leaders Occupy Schumer’s Office To Demand Support For Green New Deal

January 18, 2019 By Jake Johnson, Commondreams.org Resist! Climate Change, Green New Deal, Youth

"Real climate leadership means a commitment to bold climate action and a just transition. It means a Green New Deal." Keeping up the pressure on the Democratic leadership to embrace bold and popular solutions that are aligned with the science, youth climate leaders on Thursday occupied the D.C. office of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y) to demand that he either show true leadership by supporting a Green New Deal or "step aside." "Real climate leadership means a commitment to bold climate action and a just transition.

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