The Democrats’ Disastrous, Militarist Climate Plan By David Swanson, World Without War. July 5, 2020 The Democrats’ Disastrous, Militarist Climate Plan2020-07-052020-07-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/us-military-largest-climate-polluter-on-the-planet-protest-e1593981671899.jpg200px200px Above: US military largest climate polluter on the planet protest on the Potomac River, Washington, DC. From World Beyond War. The habitability of the earth and the viability of […]
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Luisa-Marie Neubauer of Fridays for Future takes part in a demonstration in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on June 2. The protest took place while government leaders discussed economic stimulus and other strategies in the fight against the coronavirus. Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption toggle […]
New Democratic Climate Action Plan Is Woefully Inadequate By Jessica Corbett, Commondreams. July 2, 2020 New Democratic Climate Action Plan Is Woefully Inadequate2020-07-022020-07-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/gettyima.jpg200px200px Above photo: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) joins other House Democrats before unveiling a climate change package proposal on June 30, 2020 on Capitol Hill in […]
(L to R): Sen. Heherson Alvarez, an environmental lawmaker from the Philippines; Durdana Rizvi, a doctor from Pakistan; Colombian actor Antonio Bolívar; ‘Nanī’ Nabi, a grandmother from Kashmir; Rocio Choque, a soup kitchen volunteer from Argentina. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters; Andaleeb Rizvi; Lucas Jackson/Reuters; Javaid Iqbal; Anita Pouchard Serra for NPR hide […]
The Swedish teen eco-activist, who has posed alongside Britain’s Prince Charles and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, believes that high-ranking figures use her to score political points. Greta Thunberg has put to shame politicians who use meetings with her as a media opportunity. “Presidents, prime ministers, kings and princesses came and […]
Democratizing Energy To Counter The Climate Catastrophe By Lavinia Steinfort, ROAR Magazine. June 25, 2020 Democratizing Energy To Counter The Climate Catastrophe2020-06-252020-06-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/12-som-energia-2-e1593105853543.jpg200px200px Above photo: Spanish energy cooperative. Resilience.org. For a just transition to green energy, we must take the whole energy sector out of the market and into democratic public […]
The Black Lives Matter protests across the world show the ‘necessary force’ people need to use when fighting global warming, teen activist turned climate change icon Greta Thunberg believes. “It feels like we have passed some kind of social tipping point where people are starting to realize that we cannot […]
President Franklin Roosevelt at the dedication of the spillway at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River in 1937. Library of Congress hide caption toggle caption Library of Congress President Franklin Roosevelt at the dedication of the spillway at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River in 1937. Library of Congress Around […]
Since the onset of the wave of Black Lives Matters protests, numerous monuments to historic figures proclaimed “racists” and “slave traders” have been vandalised or demolished across Europe. In a new twist to the crusade against undesirable monuments sweeping Europe, a case for removing the statues of one of Sweden’s […]
The global response and fallout from the coronavirus pandemic serves as a dress rehearsal for a worldwide climate catastrophe, the head of the UN’s sustainable business agency has warned. Lise Kingo, executive director of the UN Global Compact, insisted in an interview with The Guardian that there were “very, very […]
Human Rights Expert Hopes COVID-19, Climate Change And Racial Injustice Are A ‘Wake-Up Call’ By Ilana Cohen, Inside Climate News. June 14, 2020 Human Rights Expert Hopes COVID-19, Climate Change And Racial Injustice Are A ‘Wake-Up Call’2020-06-142020-06-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2015/08/Seattle-Racism-Protest-holding-the-elephant1-150×112.jpg200px200px Above photo: The US is facing up to one elephant in the room, racism, will […]
Hurricane Irma sends a storm surge crashing over a seawall at the mouth of the Miami River in Florida. The Army Corps of Engineers is proposing a network of more sea walls, gates and other barriers to protect the Miami waterfront from storms and hurricanes. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption toggle […]
A leading activist group on climate change had entered a phase of “pausing and reflecting” on how to carry out its next stage of protests, a top spokesman from the organisation said in an interview this week. The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has led Extinction Rebellion (XR) to review its progress […]
Climate Activists: Here’s Why Your Work Depends On Ending Police Violence June 4, 2020 Climate Activists: Here’s Why Your Work Depends On Ending Police Violence2020-06-042020-06-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/mural-e1591283827749.jpeg200px200px We live in a world where government agents can kill hundreds of people a year, without the whole system being held accountable. When the crisis […]
As Protests Rage Over George Floyd’s Death, Climate Activists Embrace Racial Justice By Ilana Cohen, Evelyn Nieves, Judy Fahys, Marianne LaVelle, James Bruggers, Inside Climate News. June 4, 2020 As Protests Rage Over George Floyd’s Death, Climate Activists Embrace Racial Justice2020-06-042020-06-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/black-lives-matter-protest-in-new-york-city-on-june-2-2020.-by-angela-weiss-for-afp-via-getty-images-e1591290520870.jpg200px200px Friends of the Earth tweeted #BlackLivesMatter, and the head […]
The ancient Gondwana Rainforests of Australia were damaged by recent wildfires. A new study finds the world lost roughly one-third of its old growth forest in the past century. Nathan Rott/NPR hide caption toggle caption Nathan Rott/NPR The ancient Gondwana Rainforests of Australia were damaged by recent wildfires. A new […]
Regime Change And Climate Change: Connecting The Dots By Popular Resistance. May 24, 2020 Regime Change And Climate Change: Connecting The Dots2020-05-242020-05-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/nowarnowarming.png200px200px On May 23, Popular Resistance hosted the webinar: Regime Change And Climate Change: Connecting The Dots. The goal of the webinar was to deepen the understanding of the […]
You just can’t make this up!Joe Biden tapped dopey bartender Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to lead his Climate Change task force. Advertisement – story continues below Ocasio Cortez is famous for her gin and tonics and for pushing a plan to trash the entire US economy. OAC’s Green New Deal would cost […]
Get a giant hard drive from the Filecoin team stuffed with data on climate, the world’s literature or the human genome and get ready to earn some crypto. “I think people don’t fully appreciate the enormous logistics involved with moving data at a massive scale,” Ian Darrow, head of operations […]