Climate Change

04/11/19
Author: 
Jessica Corbett
A child takes part in a Global Divestment Mobilisation (GDM) action in Davao, Philippines. (Photo: 350.org/Flickr/cc)
November 4, 2019

The world's leading asset managers, with trillions of dollars under their direction, continue to vote down efforts to address the crisis.

 
 
04/11/19
Author: 
Jake Johnson
Climate Crisis Summit Iowa Nov. 2019
November 4, 2019

"We've never seen something like this in U.S. history. In 2020, Green New Deal voters could determine who wins the Iowa caucuses, and from there the presidency."

 
Author and environmentalist Naomi Klein, U.S. Youth Climate Strike co-founder Isra Hirsi, and Sunrise Movement leader Zina Precht-Rodriguez are among those slated to join Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Iowa on Saturday for a "Climate Crisis Summit" focused on the urgent need for a Green New Deal.
04/11/19
Author: 
Jeremy Corbyn

November 4, 2019  •  

Today we are launching the most ambitious and radical campaign our country has ever seen to bring real change to our country.

If you want to live in a society that works for everybody and not just the billionaires, if you want to save our hospitals, schools and public services from Tory cuts and privatisation, if you want to stop the big polluters destroying our environment then this election is your chance to vote for it.

04/11/19
Author: 
Farhad Manjoo

NY Times Op-Ed, Nov. 3, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO — I have lived nearly all my life in California, and my love for this place and its people runs deep and true. There have been many times in the past few years when I’ve called myself a California nationalist: Sure, America seemed to be going crazy, but at least I lived in the Golden State, where things were still pretty chill.

04/11/19
Author: 
Michelle Chen
Hundreds gather in Amsterdam in solidarity with Carola Rackete, captain of the Sea-Watch 3 ship, who was arrested after a two-week standoff with Italian officials, in Amsterdam, July 4, 2019. ANA FERNANDEZ / SOPA IMAGES / LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAGES

[Editor: It is well known that climate change is increasing conditions causing world-wide migration.]

November 3, 2019

02/11/19
Author: 
Jillian Ambrose
Fracking at Cuadrilla’s site in Lancashire was out on hold after a major earth tremor. Photograph: Cuadrilla/PA
2 Nov 2019

Victory for green groups follows damning scientific study and criticism from spending watchdog
 

The government has halted fracking in England with immediate effect in a watershed moment for environmentalists and community activists.

02/11/19
Author: 
Maya Earls
Doctors for Extinction Rebellion in London, on October 12 2019.  Credit: Daniel Leal-Olivas Getty Images

Health professionals have joined climate protests and organizations have divested from fossil fuels

The editor-in-chief of one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious medical journals has said doctors and medical professionals should engage in nonviolent protests to address climate change.

02/11/19
Author: 
Will Dubitsky
 
NDP must push minority Parliament to accelerate transition to a green economy

The federal election results suggest that the first priority of the NDP must be electoral reform to bring to an end the politics of fear and the strategic vote, which favours the Liberals and Conservatives alike.

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