Climate Change

Thousands Participate In Youth-For-Climate March In Brussels

January 18, 2019 Staff, Brusselstimes.com Resist! Climate Change, March, Youth

Some 12,500 demonstrators participated in a march organised in Brussels by students who stayed away from school on Thursday to press for a more ambitious policy on climate change, according to the spokesman of the local police. Thursday’s march dwarfed a first demonstration organised on Thursday last by the group, Youth for Climate, that attracted about 3,000 young Dutch-speaking participants. This time around, young French-speaking Belgians also joined the protest. “It’s great to see the number of people present here today,” said march organiser Anuna De Wever. “It’s an incredible signal. This cannot be ignored.”

See You In Court, Citizens Tell Governments On Climate Change

January 18, 2019 By Megan Rowling, News.trust.org Resist! Climate Change, Government

BARCELONA, Jan 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Environmentalists in France and Ireland are pushing forward with legal cases aimed at forcing their governments to step up action on climate change, motivated by a 2018 flagship ruling that the Netherlands must cut emissions faster to keep its people safe. In October, a Dutch appeals court said the government had "done too little to prevent the dangers of climate change and is doing too little to catch up", ordering it to ensure planet-warming emissions are at least 25 percent below 1990 levels by the end of 2020.

Global Commission Calls For A Food Revolution To Solve World’s Climate & Nutrition Problems

January 18, 2019 Georgina Gustin, Insideclimatenews.org Educate! Climate Change, Food and Agriculture

An ambitious report on the global food system from a commission convened by the prestigious medical journal The Lancet calls for a radical change in food production—or, as one of the authors put it: "Nothing less than a new global agricultural revolution." It's the latest research to emphasize that the futures of the climate and human health are deeply intertwined. In order to meaningfully reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stabilize the climate, the world needs a "comprehensive shift" in its diet, the authors say. "The dominant diets that the world has been producing and eating for the past 50 years are no longer nutritionally optimal, are a major contributor to climate change, and are accelerating erosion of natural biodiversity,"

Earth Strike Protests Build Toward Sept. 27th General Strike On Climate Change

January 16, 2019 Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance Resist! Climate Change, General Srrike

Climate protests under the label #EarthStrike were held all over the world on January 15. Earth Strike is a grassroots movement that focuses on building toward a general strike to tackle climate change through withholding our labor. The worldwide protests are important for to spread the message but are merely instrumental to their mission of building toward a worker's general strike. These protests and strikes are not people pleading for sympathy, but displaying political power. Earth Strike has scheduled protests throughout 2019 to raise awareness for a global general strike, which will begin on September 27.

The Green New Deal Is Happening In China

January 16, 2019 By Dean Baker, Truthout.org Educate! China, Climate Change, Global Warming, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry

One of the Trump administration’s talking points about global warming is that we’re reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while the countries that remain in the Paris accord are not. Well, the first part of this story is clearly not true, as data for 2018 show a large rise in emissions for the United States. The second part is also not very accurate, as most other countries are taking large steps to reduce emissions. At the top of the list is China. The country has undertaken a massive push to convert to electric powered vehicles and clean energy sources.

Uniting For A Green New Deal

January 13, 2019 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance. Newsletter Climate Change, Green New Deal, Inequality, Jobs and Wages, Wars and Militarism

Support is growing in the United States for a Green New Deal. Though there are competing visions for what that looks like, essentially, a Green New Deal includes a rapid transition to a clean energy economy, a jobs program and a stronger social safety net. We need a Green New Deal for many reasons, most obviously the climate crisis and growing economic insecurity. Each new climate report describes the severe consequences of climate change with increasing alarm and the window of opportunity for action is closing. At the same time, wealth inequality is also growing.

Raising The Bar On The Green New Deal

January 13, 2019 Bruce Dixon, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Climate Change, Democrats, Green New Deal, Green party

There’s a lot of talk lately about the Green New Deal. The phrase was first used in the US by Howie Hawkins , the Green party candidate for governor in New York state in 2010, 2014 and 2018. Howie says he stole it from the European Greens who’d been intrigued by the old American New Deal of the 1930s under Franklin Roosevelt. European Greens wanted to regulate the banking sector, something we can't seem to do here. They wanted to raise wages, to shorten working weeks, to stimulate the economy with massive infrastructure upgrades and repair, and to pay for the whole thing with higher taxes on the rich, all of that straight out of the playbook of the 1930s, plus putting the economies of their countries on a path to zero emissions .

Indigenous Leaders Support A Green New Deal

January 13, 2019 Kelsey Hill, Lakota Law Project. Educate! Climate Change, Congress, Green New Deal, Indigenous Rights

True environmental and historical justice necessitates that new climate policy not only ensure heavy investment in green jobs and infrastructure for Indigenous communities, but that it directly involve leadership and input from Native people. An Indigenized Green New Deal is our best legislative shot at creating an equitable and just transition to a climate-conscious future that both acknowledges and amends the errors of our country’s past. By ensuring that Indigenous values, voices, and lands are adequately represented, we can ensure a livable climate for the next seven generations and beyond.

More Than 600 Groups Tell Congress To Build Green Economy

January 11, 2019 Friends of the Earth. Organize! Clean Energy, Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Green New Deal

Washington, D.C. – More than 600 environmental groups today called on the U.S. House of Representatives to pursue ambitious climate legislation that matches the scale and urgency of the climate crisis. The groups’ letter calls for a thoughtful phaseout of fossil fuel production, a transition to 100 percent renewable energy by 2035, complete decarbonization of the transportation system, use of the Clean Air Act to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, a just transition to a new green economy and the adherence to treaties upholding Indigenous rights when pursuing these actions.

The Violence Of Bill Blocks & Shutdowns + Whimsical Resistance At The Border

January 10, 2019 Eleanor Goldfield, Occupy.com Resistance Report Border, Climate Change, Detention Centers, Immigration

Here's what climate refugees need to make it through a disaster. How would you fare? --- Next up, how the government shutdown targets survivors of domestic and sexual violence – plus the age-old story of colonial oppression gets a reboot via an outgoing Representative's bill block. Finally, Elizabeth Vega joins us to talk about the Tornillo occupation – and how to address the rise of imprisoned migrant children and families.

Democratic Leaders Failed Their First Big Test On Climate

January 10, 2019 By Basav Sen, Otherwords.org Educate! Climate Change, Electoral Politics

The science on climate change is clear: All countries desperately need to restructure fossil fuels out of their economies. Naturally, the Trump administration has recklessly ignored this evidence. In every way, it’s tried to make it easier to extract and burn fossil fuels — and harder to hold polluters of all stripes accountable. But what about the other side in Washington? Unfortunately, Democratic leaders are also acting like they don’t understand the urgency of the problem. After the election, youth activists occupied the offices of Democratic leaders to demand a special congressional committee to plan for a Green New Deal.

Supreme Court Denies ExxonMobil Effort To Conceal Climate Documents

January 8, 2019 Nate Raymond, Reuters.com Resist! Climate Change, Exxon, Supreme Court

(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the attorney general of Massachusetts to obtain records from Exxon Mobil Corp to probe whether the oil company for decades concealed its knowledge of the role fossil fuels play in climate change. The justices declined to hear Exxon’s appeal of a ruling by the top court in Massachusetts holding that state Attorney General Maura Healey, a Democrat, had jurisdiction to seek records to probe whether the company misled consumers and investors. The high court’s action marked the latest setback for Exxon in its efforts to halt the Massachusetts investigation and a similar one by New York’s attorney general, who in October filed a lawsuit against the company.

Sunrise Movement Plans National Tour To Build Grassroots Support For Green New Deal

January 8, 2019 Alexander C. Kaufman, Huffingtonpost.com Organize! Climate Change, Electoral Politics, Environment, Reform

It’s been a whirlwind two months since the youth activists of the Sunrise Movement staged protests in Democratic leaders’ offices, bringing into the mainstream calls for a Green New Deal ― a sweeping federal policy that would mandate 100 percent renewable energy and provide good-paying sustainable jobs to millions of Americans. Now the Sunrise Movement, likely the nation’s fastest-growing climate advocacy group, is planning a 14-stop tour meant to drum up grassroots support for a Green New Deal across multiple states, HuffPost has learned. It’s the first leg of the group’s effort to make the policy the defining issue of the 2020 election.

A Surge Of Climate Lawsuits Target Human Rights, Damage From Fossil Fuels

January 5, 2019 By Nicholas Kusnetz, Insideclimatenews.org Resist! Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Human Rights, Lawsuit

A climate denier is in the White House, pushing policies that will boost emissions. Congress is doing nothing to stop him. So citizens and local governments who are facing the impacts of rising seas, worsening heat waves and extreme weather are increasingly looking to the courts for help. The past year saw a surge in new lawsuits filed against fossil fuel companies, and major developments in cases pressing governments for action in the United States and abroad. And while the plaintiffs haven't secured any substantial victories in U.S. courts, they may be scoring a different victory by drawing attention to the inaction of Congress and the Executive Branch, said Michael Gerrard...

How Climate Change Forces Central American Farmers To Migrate

January 5, 2019 Edgardo Ayala, Towardfreedom.org Educate! Central America, Climate Change, Farmers, Migration

CANDELARIA DE LA FRONTERA, El Salvador (IPS) – As he milks his cow, Salvadoran Gilberto Gomez laments that poor harvests, due to excessive rain or drought, practically forced his three children to leave the country and undertake the risky journey, as undocumented migrants, to the United States. Gómez, 67, lives in La Colmena, in the municipality of Candelaria de la Frontera, in the western Salvadoran department of Santa Ana. The small hamlet is located in the so-called Dry Corridor of Central America, a vast area that crosses much of the isthmus, but whose extreme weather especially affects crops in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.

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