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Climate Change-Fueled Blaze Destroys 1,000 Homes in Colorado in Rare Winter Wildfire - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Jan 03, 2022) |
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Jan 03, 2022 · A devastating climate change-fueled wildfire destroyed nearly 1,000 homes outside of Boulder and Denver, Colorado, with little notice last Thursday. The fire was fanned by winds that gusted up to 110 miles per hour, and came after a year of drought across the western U.S. and amid an unusually warm December. We speak with Jennifer Balch, director of the Earth Lab at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who says the climate crisis is extending the scale and scope of wildfire season in the state. “We’ve known that there’s a link between climate change and wildfires for over a decade, and it takes just a little bit of warming to lead to a lot more burning,†says ... | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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“A Bigger Pictureâ€: Ugandan Activist Vanessa Nakate on Bringing New Voices to the Climate Fight - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Dec 13, 2021) |
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Dec 13, 2021 · We go to Kampala, Uganda, to speak to climate activist Vanessa Nakate on the occasion of her first book being published, “A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis.†In an extended interview, she describes the challenges of being a young Ugandan woman from a continent that contributes less than 4% of the world’s carbon emissions yet suffers the worst consequences of the climate crisis and is often ignored by the Global North. “There won’t be climate justice if specific groups of people are being left behind,†says Nakate, founder of the Africa-based Rise Up Movement. “We are facing the same storm, but we are definitely in different ... | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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Decolonization or Extinction: Indigenous Red Deal Lays Out Plan to Save the Earth - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Apr 22, 2021) |
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Apr 22, 2021 · On Earth Day, we speak with two of the more than two dozen Indigenous authors of a new book that looks at the history of resistance against colonialism and capitalism and lays out a vision for the future to address the climate crisis. \"The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth\" details the centuries of Indigenous resistance that created the movement at Standing Rock against the Dakota Access pipeline and what movements centering justice for Indigenous people must look like. The book offers a \"people's program to prevent extinction,\" says Melanie Yazzie, assistant professor of Native American studies and American studies at the University of New Mexico and co-author of \"The ... | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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Jackson Mayor Demands Help After Month of Water Crisis Amid Pandemic, Racism, Broken Infrastructure - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Mar 17, 2021) |
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Mar 17, 2021 · Residents in Jackson, Mississippi, have been facing a water crisis over the last five weeks, with many people lacking reliable access to clean drinking water after deadly February winter storms caused pipes and water mains to burst. While water delivery has largely been restored, 'boil water' orders remain in effect for most people. The city estimates it could cost '2 billion to fix the city's water system. The crisis in Jackson, which is 82$ Black, highlights how climate catastrophe threatens much of the nation's aging infrastructure. Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba says while the city 'contributes millions of dollars' in tax revenue to Mississippi each year, state leaders have refused to ... | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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\"A Big Deal\": Bill McKibben on Rutgers Fossil Fuel Divestment & the Future of Climate Justice - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Mar 10, 2021) |
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Mar 10, 2021 · Rutgers University has voted to begin divesting from fossil fuels, following a campaign by the student-organized Endowment Justice Collective that grew out of the Global Climate Strike in 2019. The organizing efforts led to a referendum vote in 2020 in which 90$ of students supported divestment. About 5$ of Rutgers's '1.6 billion endowment is invested in fossil fuels, and under the terms of the agreement, it will now cease new fossil fuel investment and divest from passive index funds with fossil fuel investments. It said it also plans to invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency and that the school's investment office will annually report on divestment progress. Author, ... | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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Pro-Fossil Fuel Senators Grill Deb Haaland as She Bids to Become First Indigenous Cabinet Secretary - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Feb 24, 2021) |
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Feb 24, 2021 · Indigenous communities across the United States are closely following the Senate confirmation hearings of Congressmember Deb Haaland, President Joe Biden's pick to lead the Interior Department, who would become the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary if she is confirmed. Haaland is a tribal citizen of the Laguna Pueblo, and the prospect of an Indigenous person leading the federal department with broad oversight of Native American affairs has galvanized support for her in Indian Country. Several Republican senators have grilled Haaland over her past comments opposing fracking, the Keystone XL oil pipeline and other fossil fuel projects, attempting to paint her as a ... | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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Fossil Fuel Shock Doctrine: Naomi Klein on Deadly Deregulation & Why Texas Needs the Green New Deal - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Feb 22, 2021) |
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Feb 22, 2021 · Millions of Texans are still suffering after severe winter weather devastated the state's energy and water systems. About 8 million Texans remain under orders to boil water, and 30,000 homes still have no power. Around 70 deaths have now been linked to the winter storms, including at least 12 people who died inside their homes after losing heat. Republican lawmakers in Texas are facing increasing criticism for their handling of the crisis, their decades-long push to deregulate the state's energy system, and their unfounded attacks on renewable energy and the Green New Deal. Naomi Klein, senior correspondent at The Intercept and a professor at Rutgers University, says Republicans' ... | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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Sunrise Movement's Varshini Prakash: Biden's Climate Agenda Must Go Beyond Undoing Trump's Damage - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Jan 27, 2021) |
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Jan 27, 2021 · President Joe Biden is expected to issue executive orders to suspend new oil and gas leasing on federal property, reestablish a White House council of science advisers, and set a goal to protect 30$ of federal land and water by 2030. He is also predicted to announce a number of initiatives prioritizing environmental justice by creating a White House interagency council on environmental justice and directing federal agencies to invest more in communities of color heavily impacted by pollution and the climate crisis. These actions, as well as executive orders to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline and put a moratorium on oil and gas permits in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, come after ... | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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Biden Taps Climate Team Focused on Environmental Racism & Science to Replace Industry Lobbyists - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Dec 21, 2020) |
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Dec 21, 2020 · Under pressure from progressives and communities of color, President-elect Joe Biden vowed Saturday to make environmental justice and science top concerns as he selects his climate team, which he formally introduced Saturday. If confirmed, many will represent historic firsts, including Michael Regan, who will be the first Black man to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Regan's selection comes after weeks of speculation Biden would instead tap Mary Nichols, head of the California Air Resources Board, but faced opposition for what critics called her \"bleak track record in addressing environmental racism.\" Biden also tapped Democratic Congressmember Deb Haaland of New Mexico to ... | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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Longtime Head of EPA's Environmental Justice Program: Biden's Climate Picks Show Power of Movements - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Dec 21, 2020) |
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Dec 21, 2020 · As President-elect Joe Biden unveils key members of his team who will tackle what he called the \"existential\" threat of the climate crisis, we speak to former Environmental Protection Agency official Mustafa Ali, who led the agency's environmental justice program until resigning in 2017 in protest of the Trump administration's policies. Biden's picks for the Climate Cabinet are the result of \"a transformational set of movements,\" says Ali, who is currently vice president of the National Wildlife Federation. \"It also speaks to all the hard, incredible work that environmental justice leaders have been doing to ensure that our president-elect is giving serious thought to vulnerable ... | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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The Pandemic Pipeline: Land & Water Defenders Continue Resistance to Enbridge Line 3 in Minnesota - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Dec 18, 2020) |
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Dec 18, 2020 · Indigenous and environmental activists have been holding daily protests against the construction of the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline, which would carry tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada, to a terminal in Superior, Wisconsin, cutting through Indigenous territory and running under more than 200 streams. Winona LaDuke, director of the group Honor the Earth, says the project's approval amid a historic slump in oil prices and accelerating climate crisis make it unsound on economic and environmental grounds. \"This is the end of the fossil fuel era,\" LaDuke says. \"The industry is ending, and there's certainly no reason to approve a new tar sands ... | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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Greta Thunberg: 5 Years After Paris Agreement, World Is 'Speeding in the Wrong Direction' on Climate - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Dec 14, 2020) |
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Dec 14, 2020 · Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who launched the global Fridays for Future youth climate movement, issued a stark warning on the fifth anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement that the world is not doing enough to keep global heating below 2 degrees Celsius -- the target set in the landmark 2015 deal. 'The gap between what we need to do and what is actually being done is widening by the minute. We are still speeding in the wrong direction,' Thunberg said in a video message posted on social media.
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Biden Be Bold: AOC & Cori Bush Join Climate Protest Outside DNC Urging Activists to \"Bring the Heat\" - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Nov 20, 2020) |
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Nov 20, 2020 · Indigenous, racial justice and climate activists staged an occupation outside the Democratic National Convention in Washington Thursday, calling on President-elect Joe Biden to take immediate climate action and to approve the Green New Deal. Advocates are also calling for a Cabinet free of lobbyists and others with close industry ties. A number of lawmakers spoke at the protest, including Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush from Missouri and Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.
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Progressives Demand 'Corporate-Free Cabinet' as Biden Taps Pharma & Fossil Fuel Allies for Top Jobs - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Nov 19, 2020) |
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Nov 19, 2020 · Climate and racial justice activists are mobilizing with union members and newly elected members of Congress at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee to call on President-elect Joe Biden to address the intersecting crises of the pandemic, economy and climate change. They're also calling for Biden to create a 'corporate-free Cabinet,' following his recent announcement of aides that included people with close ties to the pharmaceutical and fossil fuel industries. Waleed Shahid, spokesperson for the progressive group Justice Democrats, says it will be important to maintain pressure on the incoming administration in order to fulfill grassroots demands. 'Unlike President ... | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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Indigenous Communities on the Frontline as Two Climate Change-Fueled Hurricanes Slam Central America - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Nov 17, 2020) |
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Nov 17, 2020 · Hurricane Iota made landfall in Nicaragua Monday as a Category 4 storm, just two weeks after Hurricane Eta devastated communities across Central America and caused widespread destruction. Iota is the strongest November hurricane to ever hit Nicaragua. 'It's caused a lot of damages to the most vulnerable peoples, which tends to be Indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants and Black communities all across Central America,' says Giovanni Batz, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Native American Studies at the University of California, Davis, who has been in touch with people reeling from Hurricane Eta.
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South African Activist Kumi Naidoo: Trump is Attempting a Coup to Install Minority Rule - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Nov 12, 2020) |
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Nov 12, 2020 · We continue to look at the world's response to the U.S. election with South African activist Kumi Naidoo, a global ambassador for Africans Rising for Justice, Peace and Dignity, former secretary general of Amnesty International and former head of Greenpeace. Naidoo says President Donald Trump's loss to Joe Biden is good news, but notes that the world lost four crucial years to tackle the climate crisis and other issues because of the Trump administration. 'This is a relief, but it is not something for us to -- at this stage, anyway -- celebrate with any great enthusiasm,' he says.
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Amy Coney Barrett Won&t Say Climate Change Is Real; Forgets 1st Amendment Protects Right to Protest - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Oct 15, 2020) |
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Oct 15, 2020 · We air highlights from the second day of questioning of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, who faced eight hours of questions on Wednesday about her views on issues ranging from climate change to voting rights to gay marriage and abortion, as Republicans race to confirm her ahead of the election and secure a 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court for conservatives.
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Kate Aronoff: The Climate Crisis Can't Take 4 More Years of Trump. We Must Push Biden from the Left - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Sep 30, 2020) |
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Sep 30, 2020 · After massive outcry from activists and young voters, debate moderator Chris Wallace questioned President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden about the climate crisis at the first presidential debate. He did not include it in his initial list of debate topics. Kate Aronoff, author and staff writer at The New Republic, says she didn't expect climate change to come up, but was unsurprised by the responses. 'We've known for years that Donald Trump denies the science of climate change,' she says. 'And we know that Joe Biden doesn't support a Green New Deal.'
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The End of Oil? Pandemic Adds to Fossil Fuel Glut, But COVID-19 Relief Money Flows to Oil Industry - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Sep 02, 2020) |
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Sep 02, 2020 · As the coronavirus pandemic contributes to a glut of fossil fuels, groups like Greenpeace are calling on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden to ban fossil fuel interests from his campaign and administration, if he wins, even as he recently declared at a campaign stop that he 'will not ban fracking.' We discuss the politics of fossil fuels with reporter Antonia Juhasz, who says the end of oil could be near, and look at how the industry has profited from the COVID bailout. 'The pandemic has taken essentially every weakness that already existed in the oil industry and then made each of them much, much worse, leaving the oil industry in a situation where I would argue it is at its ... | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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Hurricane Laura Devastates Gulf Coast, Laying Bare Climate Crisis, Environmental Injustice - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Aug 28, 2020) |
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Aug 28, 2020 · Hurricane Laura has slammed ashore as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm, bringing sustained winds of 150 miles per hour to the Gulf Coast. The strongest storm to hit Louisiana in over a century, Laura made landfall near the border of Louisiana and Texas. At least six people have been killed. Residents near Lake Charles were told to stay indoors with windows and doors shut when a chemical fire broke out at a Biolab plant. Hilton Kelley, the executive director of the Community In Power and Development Association, says local communities are dealing with multiple crises amid the devastation of the hurricane. 'People are ingesting all of these dangerous toxins and at the same time ... | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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\"A Human Tragedy\": Wildfires Reveal California's Reliance on Incarcerated Firefighters - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Aug 25, 2020) |
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Aug 25, 2020 · As climate-fueled wildfires engulf California, tens of thousands of firefighters have been deployed across the state to combat the blazes amid a record heat wave and deadly pandemic. We look at how more than 1,300 incarcerated firefighters - who are annually deployed to the frontlines in California for just $1 an hour - are fighting back the blazes as coronavirus outbreaks in state prisons limit how many are available to fight the fires, and lay bare the state's reliance on prison labor to control its ever-growing wildfire season with an exploitative system many have called slave labor. \ | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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Sunrise Movement: Dems Must Address Climate Crisis as DNC Drops Pledge to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Aug 19, 2020) |
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Aug 19, 2020 · The Democratic National Committee has dropped a pledge to eliminate tax breaks and subsidies for the fossil fuel industry from its party platform, after a DNC spokesperson said the amendment was originally included in 'error,' despite both Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris supporting it on the campaign trail. Varshini Prakash, co-founder and executive director of the Sunrise Movement, says it is 'disappointing to see' Democrats back away from the pledge, but adds that as long as social movements sustain pressure, 'it will be a priority for the Biden administration, should they win in November.' Prakash also discusses hopes for a Green New ... | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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'Frightening Moment': On Earth Day, Kumi Naidoo on Africa's Twin Pandemics of Coronavirus & Hunger - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Apr 22, 2020) |
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Apr 22, 2020 · Some 265 million people are expected to face acute hunger as the coronavirus crisis could trigger a second pandemic of hunger. The crisis is projected to disproportionately affect Africa, where there is already widespread hunger. This comes as the World Health Organization estimates the number of COVID-19 cases in Africa could rise to 10 million in the next three to six months. Ten African countries don't have a single ventilator. 'This is an extremely terrifying and frightening moment for the people of Africa. â€%A6 We were already facing a major food crisis -- that was before the coronavirus hit,' says lifelong South African human rights and climate justice activist Kumi Naidoo, ... | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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Bill McKibben on Earth Day at 50: We Must Stop Subsidizing Fossil Fuel Industry Wrecking the Planet - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Apr 22, 2020) |
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Apr 22, 2020 · April 22 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, when more than 20 million Americans joined in actions to protect the environment -- 10$ of the U.S. population at the time. Half a century later, in the middle of a pandemic, protests planned around the world have moved online, and the Trump administration has gutted the Environmental Protection Agency -- established not long after Earth Day -- rolled back fuel economy standards and eased the enforcement of pollution regulations. 'The countries that flattened the coronavirus curve early on are doing far better than those like ours, which delayed,' says Bill McKibben, author, educator, environmentalist and co-founder of 350.org. 'That's ... | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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Chileans Who Took to Streets Against Inequality & Climate Crisis Say Virus Lockdowns Won't Stop Them - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Apr 22, 2020) |
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Apr 22, 2020 · Months ago, the streets of Santiago and other Chilean cities were alive with a vibrant mass protest movement that drew hundreds of thousands and even led the U.N. climate summit to be relocated to Madrid, Spain, last December. Now the public spaces of Santiago are largely empty as citizens shelter in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. But the protest movement against austerity and right-wing President Sebasti%C3%A1n Pi%C3%B1era lives on as activists find new ways to organize online. We go to Santiago, Chile, to speak with Angela Valenzuela, a 350.org organizer who has been active both in the country's uprising and in the global youth climate strikes and is a former coordinator ... | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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Greta Thunberg: Climate Activists Have Not Lost Hope Amid Pandemic. We're Changing How We Organize. - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Apr 22, 2020) |
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Apr 22, 2020 · Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke in an Earth Day live stream hosted by the Nobel Prize Museum about how the Fridays for Future school strikes movement she launched is responding to the coronavirus pandemic. 'Within the Fridays for Future movement, there's still this sort of big sense of resistance, and people are thinking, &We will get out of this. And when we do, we will continue, and we will do everything we can that is possible in that situation to continue to push even harder,&' says Thunberg. 'I feel like many people have not lost their sense of hope. We have just changed the way we do things. We are maybe just saving it for later at the moment.'
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Why the COVID-19 crisis won&t stop grassroots activists in Chile - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Apr 22, 2020) |
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Apr 22, 2020 · Just months ago, the streets of Santiago were alive with a vibrant anti-austerity mass protest movement. Now, city streets are largely empty as citizens shelter in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. But that won&t stop those protesters from continuing to organize, according to Chilean climate activist Angela Valenzuela, who says that their concerns still have not been addressed and the COVID-19 crisis has only exacerbated pre-existing problems. "This system of extreme neoliberal policies â€%A6 is failing to protect people when a crisis like COVID-19 shows up, " says Valenzuela. "Another way to fight is to stay home and take care of each other, strengthen our networks through ... | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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How human activity impacts the planet's ecology and leads to viral outbreaks - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Mar 21, 2020) |
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Mar 21, 2020 · COVID-19 cases are spiking around the world, with more than 250,000 cases as of Friday and more than 10,000 deaths. Dr. Michele Barry, director of the Center for Innovation in Global Health at Stanford University, says the coronavirus and other similar outbreaks are a result of humans changing the planet's ecology. She says the destruction of natural habitats and people moving into closer contact with animal species leads to such deadly pathogens jumping to humans. The coronavirus wreaking havoc on the world, officially known as SARS-CoV-2, is believed to have originated in bats. "We have changed the ecology of how we live with animals, " Dr. Barry says. "Climate change, ... | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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Trump's New Budget Funds Endless War & Nuclear Weapons While Slashing Aid to Poor & Hungry Americans - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Feb 11, 2020) |
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Feb 11, 2020 · President Trump unveiled his 2021 budget request Monday, proposing massive cuts to Medicaid and food stamps while increasing spending on the military and his border wall. The '4.8 trillion budget would slash Environmental Protection Agency spending by more than a quarter while allocating '18 billion for Trump's newly established Space Force. Trump is also requesting billions more for nuclear weapons, including a new submarine-launched nuclear warhead. Experts and Democratic lawmakers warn that increasing the nuclear stockpile will increase the likelihood of nuclear war and defy international agreements. Democrats are expected to reject the budget. We speak with Pulitzer Prize-winning ... | By Democracy Now! Read more ...
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Greta Thunberg Addresses Global Elite at Davos: Our House Is Still on Fire - Climate Crisis (Democracy Now - Playlist) (Jan 21, 2020) |
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Jan 21, 2020 · The 17-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg delivered a speech Tuesday to the world leaders and global elite gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum, one year after she first condemned the forum for its inaction on climate change. 'We don't need a &low-carbon economy.& We don't need to &lower emissions.& Our emissions have to stop,' Thunberg said. 'And until we have the technologies that at scale can put our emissions to minus, then we must forget about net zero. We need real zero.'
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