Young Climate Leaders Conclude Mock COP26 By Olivia Rosane, Nation of Change. December 5, 2020 Young Climate Leaders Conclude Mock COP262020-12-052020-12-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/mock-cop26-e1607176774218.jpg200px200px Call for green recovery, recognition of ecocide. “Mock COP26 sends a strong message to world leaders that young people can coordinate global negotiations and we have the solutions.” The youth-led Mock COP26 virtual conference concluded Tuesday with a treaty they hope world leaders will sign ahead of […]
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Framing Climate Change as a “National Security Priority” Isn’t A Clever Maneuver To Get People To Care By Adam H. Johnson, Medium. November 25, 2020 Framing Climate Change as a “National Security Priority” Isn’t A Clever Maneuver To Get People To Care2020-11-252020-11-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/kerry-1-e1606322761412.jpg200px200px It’s a Centrist Co-option Strategy to Bloat the Budgets of ICE and the Pentagon. Read the fine print before rushing to deem climate change […]
Destabilized By US Imperialism, Central America Faces Climate Catastrophes By Giovanni Batz, The Red Nation. November 21, 2020 Destabilized By US Imperialism, Central America Faces Climate Catastrophes2020-11-212020-11-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/iota.jpg200px200px Above photo: Iota considered the strongest hurricane in history to hit Nicaragua. At the moment, Central America is suffering from the acceleration of climate change fueled natural disasters. On the heels of the recent Hurricane Eta and a raging […]
Are We Really Past The Point Of No Return On Climate? By Olivia Rosane, Ecowatch. November 17, 2020 Are We Really Past The Point Of No Return On Climate?2020-11-172020-11-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/flood-e1605644673389.jpg200px200px Above photo: A flooded house south of Dhaka, Bangladesh. A new climate study has found we could be locked in for nearly 10 feet of sea level rise by 2500 even if we stop emissions today. Yann Arthus-Bertrand […]
Above photo: The earth’s warming is not immediate, but gradual, and without a direct or immediate impact on our everyday actions. wildpixel / Getty Images. The science is clear. If we continue to emit greenhouse gases at the same rate we have been doing for the past decades, 80 years from now, our planet will be at least four degrees warmer than pre-industrial levels. “And the warming won’t […]
United Kingdom – Garden centres and DIY stores are way off track on meeting a government target to end peat use by amateur gardeners, figures show. Green experts said the rate at which peat is still being dug up means the UK’s gardens are helping to accelerate the climate crisis. Stores including B&Q and Wickes, as well as numerous websites, all sell peat products. Between 2015 and 2019, the amount […]
One Of The Best Climate Solutions Is Giving Indigenous People Their Land Back By Eric Holthaus, The Phoenix. October 13, 2020 One Of The Best Climate Solutions Is Giving Indigenous People Their Land Back2020-10-132020-10-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/decol-e1602616876489.png200px200px Above image: Original art for The Phoenix by Laila Arêde. Decolonization means decolonization. On Indigenous People’s Day, we should remember that returning stolen land is a necessary step towards climate justice. The work […]
Climate Litigation Spreads Across The United States By Kathy Mulvey, Union of Concerned Scientists. October 13, 2020 Climate Litigation Spreads Across The United States2020-10-132020-10-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/exxonknew-e1602621490643.jpg200px200px With hurricanes in the Gulf South and wildfires in the West, the intensifying impacts of climate change have been inescapable as summer turns to fall. Summer 2020 also brought a wave of new climate lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry, including several firsts: the first suit […]
It was low tide on the north shore of Boston when Steve Kearns felt the mosquito bite that would land him in a hospital with West Nile Virus disease for a week. “For at least six months after that, I felt like every five minutes I was being run over by a truck,” Kearns says. “I couldn’t work, I couldn’t walk very well and I couldn’t […]
British coal drove the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century but the last deep mine, at Kellingley in Yorkshire, closed in 2015. But now plans are afoot to build a new pit in Cumbria, which could start producing coal as early as 2022. Climate change activists are urging government minister Robert Jenrick to block plans for Britain’s a new deep coal mine, the first to be built […]
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee, pictured in March, made climate change at the center of his presidential campaign earlier this year. Elaine Thompson – Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Elaine Thompson – Pool/Getty Images Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee, pictured in March, made climate change at the center of his presidential campaign earlier this year. Elaine Thompson – Pool/Getty Images The fires in Washington are […]
pinterest.com Joshua Tree Is First Plant to be Placed on the California Endangered Species Act Despite prevailing through many cycles of ice ages and warming periods, a study from last year suggests that at the current rate of climate change, only 0.02 percent of Joshua trees’ habitat will remain by the end of the century. https://t.co/ih52fmk88x — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 1, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: […]
youtube.com Flowers are Developing Their Own Sunscreen To adapt to climate change, some flowers are darkening their hue to protect themselves from the sun’s radiation, new research shows. https://t.co/fu535NnraI — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 2, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Ultraviolet pigments in flowers have increased over the past 75 years in response to increasing temperatures and thinning ozone layer. Humans cannot see this change but it […]
The Secret To Farming For The Climate By Nicholas Carter, A Well Fed World. September 30, 2020 The Secret To Farming For The Climate2020-09-302020-09-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/singing-frogs-e1601482982327.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Singing Frogs Farm. A major change to how we farm is not only necessary, it’s inevitable. The 2019 Climate Change and Land IPCC report described the need to focus on changing land use and current agriculture practices in order to address the […]
Many Superfund Sites Are Dangerously Threatened By Climate Change By David Hasemyer and Lise Olsen, Inside Climate News. September 29, 2020 Many Superfund Sites Are Dangerously Threatened By Climate Change2020-09-292020-09-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/superfund.jpg200px200px Barrett, Texas – Fred Barrett thought he’d wait out Hurricane Harvey at his home in this town outside Houston, founded by his great-grandfather in 1889. He prepared for heavy rain, wind and flooding. But when the […]
In August 2019, the world’s best-known teen environmentalist Greta Thunberg made a grand carbon-neutral journey to attend September’s UN Climate Action Summit in New York. After floating across the Atlantic Ocean for 15 days, the Swede appeared in front of the assembly to lambast the world’s leaders with her famous “how dare you” speech. A young climate change activist from Britain made an eye-catching trip to […]
Benji Backer, president of the American Conservation Coalition, testifies about climate change during a U.S. House hearing in 2019. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Benji Backer, president of the American Conservation Coalition, testifies about climate change during a U.S. House hearing in 2019. Alex Wong/Getty Images Think “climate change activist” and a young, liberal student may come to mind. A recent […]
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., is leading an effort to ensure climate is addressed at every presidential debate this cycle. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Green New Deal hide caption toggle caption Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Green New Deal Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., is leading an effort to ensure climate is addressed at every presidential debate this cycle. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Green New Deal When President Trump […]
Democrat’s Climate Change Lies By Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. September 20, 2020 Democrat’s Climate Change Lies2020-09-202020-09-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/fr__845x400.jpeg200px200px The Republicans lie about the harm they do to the planet, and the Democrats lie and pretend they’re not doing the very same things. “The Democrats have turned their backs on their own timid, mealy mouthed proclamations of concern.” In recent weeks a combination of drought and record breaking […]
Climate Change Will Force A New American Migration By Abrahm Lustgarten, Pro Publica. September 17, 2020 Climate Change Will Force A New American Migration2020-09-172020-09-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/fire1.png200px200px Above photo: Firefighter Zach Leisure working to contain the Ranch 2 Fire near Azusa last month. Meridith Kohut for The New York Times. Wildfires rage in the West. Hurricanes batter the East. Droughts and floods wreak damage throughout the nation. Life has become […]
Facebook Vice President Nick Clegg, pictured in 2019, tells NPR there’s “real appetite for people to find out more for themselves” when it comes to climate change and factual information. Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images Facebook Vice President Nick Clegg, pictured in 2019, tells NPR there’s “real appetite for people to find out more for themselves” when […]
PORTLAND—When Lucy Francisco of Medford, Oregon, learned that the Almeda fire had burned through two small towns and was racing toward her city, she didn’t wait to be evacuated. She knew what to pack. She had a list on her phone, which she’d gone through again and again over the years. She and her husband grabbed their two young children, jumped in the car, and headed […]
Ten Days Of Climate Extremes By Bob Berwyn, Inside Climate News. August 31, 2020 Ten Days Of Climate Extremes2020-08-312020-08-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/california-firefighters-august-2020.jpg200px200px Above: Firefighters work to protect homes surrounding residences engulfed in flames in Boulder Creek, California, on Saturday, August 22, 2020. Dylan Bouscher for MediaNews Group and The Mercury News via Getty Images. From Record Heat To Wildfires To The One-Two Punch Of Hurricane Laura. Around the world, global […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107869/93/1078699307_0:105:1201:780_1200x675_80_0_0_91ed5a2df4bcb5ae41f197d4c7d67957.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202008311080330811-lakes-help-protect-oceans-from-climate-change-by-holding-50-more-water-nasa-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Shrinking glaciers due to climate change have increased the volume of water stored in glacier-fed lakes by about half since 1990, buffering an anticipated rise in sea-levels from glacial melt, NASA reported in a press release on Monday. “In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using 30 years of NASA satellite data have found that […]
The five largest fires in California history have occurred since 2003, a sign that climate change is making extreme wildfires more frequent. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images The upshot of climate change is that everyone alive is destined to experience unprecedented disasters. The most powerful hurricanes, the most intense wildfires, the most prolonged heat waves and the […]
Overfunding The Military Drives Climate Crisis And White Supremacist Culture By Jack Delaney, Peace Data. August 26, 2020 Overfunding The Military Drives Climate Crisis And White Supremacist Culture2020-08-262020-08-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/pentagon1-e1598457390568.jpg200px200px Above photo: Ivan Cholakov / Shutterstock. As the U.S. now approaches the third month since protests erupted following the police murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless Black Americans calls to defund and abolish the police are resonating throughout […]
Climate Activists Are Closer Than Ever To Ending All Fossil Fuel Investments By Nick Engelfried, Waging Nonviolence. August 19, 2020 Climate Activists Are Closer Than Ever To Ending All Fossil Fuel Investments2020-08-192020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/divestment-protest-at-ny-capitol-albany-ny-e1597806879642.png200px200px Above photo: A group of NY2CL activists met in Albany to chalk pro-divestment messaging outside of the Capitol building when the legislative session began in May. NYYCL. Big Win Against Coal. When New York State […]
COVID-19, Climate Change, And Chaos By Mel Gurtov, Peace Voice. August 4, 2020 COVID-19, Climate Change, And Chaos2020-08-042020-08-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/fire.png200px200px Above photo: A bushfire rages in Australia’s Blue Mountains. Andrew Merry/Getty. Multiple Crises, Multiple Obstacles. COVID-19 and the protests for racial justice have drawn attention away from the mostly bad news about the environment. Yes, the skies in most parts of the world are a lot clearer these days as […]
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change met in Incheon, South Korea in October 2018. The pandemic has forced scientists around the world to write the latest U.N. climate report without meeting in person. JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change met in Incheon, South Korea in October 2018. The […]
Climate Justice Advocates Celebrate Important Victories But Big Oil And Gas Aren’t Giving In By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. July 20, 2020 Climate Justice Advocates Celebrate Important Victories But Big Oil And Gas Aren’t Giving In2020-07-202020-07-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/cjorcc-e1595257774856.jpg200px200px Climate justice advocates are justifiably celebrating recent victories such as stopping three major pipelines, a new court decision regarding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and national […]
On Using Our Power To Stop Climate Disaster And Create A Just World By System Change Not Climate Change. July 20, 2020 On Using Our Power To Stop Climate Disaster And Create A Just World2020-07-202020-07-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/jeremy-brecher-strike-e1595273202701.jpg200px200px What can the history of strikes teach us about our power in the present moment? An Online Conversation with Jeremy Brecher on July 26. Time is running out to prevent full-blown […]
Biden Climate Plan Will ‘Double Down’ On Oil; Dakota Access Lives On By Steve Horn, The Real News. July 19, 2020 Biden Climate Plan Will ‘Double Down’ On Oil; Dakota Access Lives On2020-07-192020-07-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/08/pipeline-hudson-river-900_erik-mcgregor-pacific-press-lightrocket-via-getty-e1565783946365.jpg200px200px Above photo: Three protesters arrested in Verplanck, NY as Spectra Pipeline faces opposition to their massive Algonquin Incremental Market Expansion project. Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images. Biden’s Climate Plan Presumptive Democratic Party nominee […]
Building On Victories For A Stronger Climate Justice Movement By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. July 19, 2020 Building On Victories For A Stronger Climate Justice Movement2020-07-192020-07-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/frontline.jpeg200px200px While the climate justice movement has been winning important victories, stopping and slowing pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure, and putting the future of fossil fuels in doubt, the political system, long connected to the fossil fuel […]
To Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, there’s always more than enough money. The presumptive Democratic presidential candidate on Tuesday put forward a $2 trillion plan to save the global environment. The plan “would attempt to eliminate carbon emissions from the power grid by 2035, put Americans into electric vehicles and zero-emission mass transit, and rebuild roads, bridges, and other infrastructure,” the Wall Street Journal […]
In his “Build Back Better” agenda, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden focuses largely on climate change, aiming at trying to “achieve the groundbreaking Paris Climate Accords”, a plan that sets a goal of significantly reducing carbon emissions around the world. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, during a speech in Wilmington, Delaware, announced his major $2 trillion climate change plan that aims to boost […]
The former vice president’s initiative calls to chart the United States on “an irreversible path” to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. (Image credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Source link
Burger King has pledged to do its bit to combat global warming by attempting to reduce cow farts through dietary changes – but only for a limited time. The move was instantly mocked on social media as superficial pandering. “Cow farts & burps are no laughing matter,” the restaurant chain tweeted on Tuesday, declaring that it will be changing its livestock’s diet “to reduce emissions” by […]
Historic Climate Liability Case In Colorado Against Exxon And Suncor By Earth Rights International. July 9, 2020 Historic Climate Liability Case In Colorado Against Exxon And Suncor2020-07-092020-07-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/olo.jpg200px200px Washington, D.C.–Today, the United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit ruled that a case launched by Boulder County, San Miguel County, and the City of Boulder will proceed in state, rather than federal court. Marco Simons, General Counsel of […]
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 lesser evilism are on the ropes, and incrementalism is thriving even in the current moment of […]
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 caption Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images Luisa-Marie Neubauer of Fridays for Future takes part in […]
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 Washington, D.C. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images. ‘Genocidal Negligence.’ The roadmap “underscores the establishment’s continuing refusal […]
(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 caption toggle caption Eduardo Munoz/Reuters; Andaleeb Rizvi; Lucas Jackson/Reuters; Javaid Iqbal; Anita Pouchard Serra for NPR […]
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 wanted to talk to me”, Thunberg said on Swedish public radio. “They saw me and suddenly […]
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 ownership. Youth climate activists have been striking to demand immediate climate action from political powers. They […]
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 keep looking away from these things. We cannot keep sweeping these things under the carpet, these […]
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 the world leaders see opportunity in the global pandemic to address the other big problem humanity […]
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 arguably best-known kings and replacing him with teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg was made. Citing riots […]
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 clear connections” linking the current health crisis, climate change issues and the Black Lives Matter protests […]
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 it face up to the climate crisis as well? New York University law professor and former […]
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 caption Wilfredo Lee/AP Hurricane Irma sends a storm surge crashing over a seawall at the mouth […]
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 and identify fresh protests for a green economy in a post COVID-19 world, spokesperson Prof Rupert […]
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 presents the opportunity for billionaires to extract even more wealth from people and the planet, how […]
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 of the NRDC promised: “to be fully and visibly committed to the fight against systemic racism.” […]
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 study finds the world lost roughly one-third of its old growth forest in the past century. […]
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 connections between US militarism and imperialism and the climate crisis and encourage greater collaboration between 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 over $600,000 per household. Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore weighed in on the “Green New Nightmare” saying […]
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 at Filecoin, told CoinDesk in an interview. The Filecoin Foundation is inviting anyone to join its […]