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Climate Crisis
I stand with the climate striking students – it’s time to create a new economy
By Julia K. Steinberger | – I initiated a letter of support to climate striking students – an English version of the German letter coordinated by ecologist Gregor Hagerdorn, signed by more than 1,000 academics – for many reasons. My role as a university lecturer means that I am committed to fostering better lives and […]
The 3.5% Rule: The next stage of the Global Climate Movement is Nonviolent Civil Disobedience
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On the heels of Friday’s mainly student-led global climate strike, some activists believe that they must next resort to Gandhian nonviolent civil disobedience, becoming disruptive of the fossil fuel normal. The research of Erica Chenowith finds that if 3.5 percent of a population joins protests in a concerted manner, they […]
Why Detroit Could Be the Engine for the Green New Deal
By Eleanore Catolico | – (Yes! Magazine ) – In Detroit, more than 8,000 residents live in what has been called one of the most polluted ZIP codes in the state. Located in the city’s southwest corner, 48217 is known for its persistently poor air quality, where hundreds suffer from asthma, cancer, and other related […]
‘Students Have Led and We Must Follow’: Thousands of Scientists From 40 Nations Join Global Climate Strike
By Julia Conley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org ) More than 2,000 scientists on Thursday pledged to take part in the Global Climate Strike and week of action beginning Friday, joining the labor movement, Amazon workers, and teachers in refusing to allow children to carry the burden of securing the planet’s future by demanding climate action. […]
Juan Cole is on strike today because he began warning you about the Climate Emergency in the Bush Era and you completely blew him off.
You only get a golden oldie today. Here’s what I was writing 11 years ago; apparently I may as well have printed it out and buried it in my garden. Carbon dioxide emissions and methane emissions are both up substantially in 2019. McCain is arguing for offshore drilling to lower US petroleum prices in the […]
Youth climate movement puts ethics at the center of the global debate
By Marion Hourdequin | – Even if you’ve never heard of Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish environmentalist who crossed the Atlantic on a sailboat to attend a Sept. 23 United Nations summit on the climate, you may have heard about the student-led Global Climate Strike she helped inspire, planned for Friday, Sept. 20. Embed from […]
Pakistani Students, Activists are marching to combat Climate Crisis: “Can’t be Ignored”
By Atika Rehman | (The Third Pole) | – As students and climate activists get ready to march for the climate in Pakistan, Atika Rehman finds out why Pakistanis find it impossible to ignore climate change impacts any longer University students in Karachi [image courtesy: FridaysForFuture Pakistan] Does the Pakistani public care about the climate […]
The Greatest Crime of All: Climate Emergency and Inter-Generational Genocide
(Tomdispatch.com) – Worlds end. Every day. We all die sooner or later. When you get to my age, it’s a subject that can’t help but be on your mind. What’s unusual is this: it’s not just increasingly ancient folks like me who should be thinking such thoughts anymore. After all, worlds of a far larger […]