Tag: Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis Critical Issue in 2020 Elections – Jane Sanders
Jane Sanders tells Paul Jay that voters shouldn’t support candidates who claim to be progressive, but don’t prioritize the fight against fossil fuel interests Visit…
At House Climate Committee Hearing to Discuss Youth Action, Kids Pushing Green New Deal Snubbed
The first House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis hearing featured several youth climate activists. Oddly missing: the group central to the renewed national youth…
Mueller and a Dangerous Moment in Human History – Jay and Curry
The threat of nuclear war; the climate crisis; Trump’s regime change plans for Iran and Venezuela; and confrontation with China are far more significant threats…
Study: As Climate Crisis Has Worsened, So Has Global Economic Inequality
In a new study out by Stanford researchers reviewing half a century of data, researchers found that as rich countries get richer, they also have…
Why Don’t the Dems Want A Climate Debate?
This week, Biden endorsed the proposal for a climate debate and activists delivered a 200,000 signatures in support to the DNC. Media Matters’ Lisa Hymas…
California Senate Shelves Bill Tying Affordable Housing to Climate Crisis, Public Transit
Senate Democrats have removed SB 50 from the docket for the 2019 legislative session. Aiming to tackle housing, public transit and wildfires, it came under…
G20 Members Dole Out Coal Subsidies Despite Climate Crisis Talk
A new report documents G20 member states giving $63.9 billion in subsidies per year to King Coal, while professing the urgency of the climate crisis….
The Green New Deal is Built on Decades of Climate Justice Organizing
At Netroots Nation 2019, Climate Justice Alliance’s Anthony Rogers-Wright talks about how movements—and candidates—can fight for frontline communities by scaling up and out solutions that…
Some Candidates Have Climate Plans, But Are They Climate Justice Plans?
At Netroots Nation 2019, 350.org’s Thanu Yakupitiyage says she’s looking for every presidential candidate to release tangible climate plans, bring frontline communities into the room,…
California Legalizes Public Banking
Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that lets municipalities sponsor public banks, and Los Angeles’ City Council is creating a proposal for one. David Jette…
Warming Oceans Are Rising at Alarming Rate, Says New UN Report
The IPCC report concludes that unfettered climate change will cause glaciers to melt, destroy oceanic ecosystems, accelerate sea level rise, and wreak havoc on the…
Sea Level Rise Could Be Three Times Worse Than Previous Estimates
A new study and mapping visualization tool by the organization Climate Central says hundreds of millions more people than previously thought live in coastal flooding…
PG&E Blackouts Spur Calls for Public Ownership
PG&E cut power to millions throughout California this month as fires blaze across the state. The move has prompted many to call to municipalize the…
Year in Climate Crisis: Fossil Fuels Expansion, Scary Science and Global Activism
The Real News Network’s Steve Horn and Dimitri Lascaris talk about the 2019’s biggest climate stories. Director: Dwayne Gladden Audio Engineer: Will Arenas Subscribe to…
