Climate Change

Noam Chomsky - 'In a couple of generations, organized human society may not survive.'

13/02/19

Author:

Robert Hackett

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February 12th 2019

The elegant simplicity of his campus office — a small round table with several straight-backed chairs, a laptop on an uncluttered desk — contrasts with his reputation as one of the world’s leading public intellectuals. Now aged 90, Noam Chomsky continues to write, and is co-teaching a course on politics and global crises at the University of Arizona.

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Climate Change

Global

Canada's new food guide fails to deliver sustainable diets

10/02/19

Author:

Trevor Rous

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National Observer

The new Canada's Food Guide recommends a variety of vegetables and fruit. Handout photo Government of Canada

February 4th 2019

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Response from Indigenous Environmental Network to the Green New Deal

09/02/19

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http://www.ienearth.org/

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Indigenous Environmental Network

TALKING POINTS ON THE AOC-MARKEY GREEN NEW DEAL (GND) RESOLUTION

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March 15 th Global Climate Strike For Future

08/02/19

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Global Climate Strike For Future

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Global Climate Strike For Future

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Climate Change

Global

Protest - Revolt

Governor says Washington will try to influence Trans Mountain 'every way' it can

08/02/19

Author:

Laura Kane

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National Observer

The Canadian Press

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says his state shares concerns with British Columbia about the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and will continue to voice its objections any way it can.

Inslee made the comments at a joint news conference in Seattle on Thursday with B.C. Premier John Horgan, who is visiting the state to discuss partnerships on endangered killer whales, clean energy and high-speed rail.

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Facing jail over Trans Mountain protest, this lawyer asks court to consider what 'no one wants to talk about'

08/02/19

Author:

Richard Littlemore

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National Observer

retired lawyer David Gooderham among his files on climate change at home in Vancouver, B.C. on Jan. 25, 2019. Photo by Michael Ruffolo

February 7th 2019

Retired lawyer David Gooderham, 73, may soon cap a distinguished career in law with a 28-day jail sentence for contempt of court for joining protesters who have gathered to block work on the Trans Mountain pipeline.

But he says it’s worth the risk if it gives him a chance to trigger the first-ever court hearing in Canada on the validity of the science of climate change and the implications of federal pipeline policy.

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A Green New Deal can give us the freedoms to allow humanity to flourish

08/02/19

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Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos

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The Guardian

A Green New Deal that is big and bold enough could end the arbitrary power of the few over the many. Photograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUM/Rex Shutterstock

Franklin Delano Roosevelt sought to redefine freedom in the face of war. The Green New Deal imagines goals for a colorful democracy

One of the biggest challenges of climate politics is that the solutions seem scarier than the problem. We worry that to truly decarbonize, we’d need an authoritarian government or endless austerity. But a big and bold enough Green New Deal could finally make us truly free.

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Climate Change

Social

USA

The Green New Deal Takes Its First Congressional Baby Step, As Pelosi Mocks “Green Dream or Whatever”

07/02/19

Author:

Kate Aronoff

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The Intercept

Sunrise Movement protesters advocate that Democrats support the Green New Deal inside the office of Rep. Nancy Pelosi in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 10, 2018. Photo: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

THE FIRST HAND of the Green New Deal has been dealt. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., on Thursday unveiled a five-page, nonbinding resolution that frames a 10-year “national, social, industrial, and economic mobilization” to confront the climate crisis.

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Climate Change

Protest - Revolt

USA

". . .Build a Massive Strike Starting on February 5th" - France

03/02/19

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First Assembly of Assemblies of the Yellow Vests

Representatives of the Yellow Vests taking part in a citizens' debate Jan. 26 2019 France

French General Strike Feb. 5?

2019-01-27_Appel-de-la-Assemblee_GJ.pdf

Call from the First Assembly of Assemblies of the Yellow Vests

We, the Yellow Vests of the roundabouts, of the parking lots, of the squares, of the assemblies, rallies and demonstrations, have gathered on January 26 and 27, 2019, as an "Assembly of Assemblies," bringing together a hundred delegations, in response to a call by the Yellow Vests of Commercy.

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