‘The United States will switch course on climate change and pull out of a global pact to cut emissions, said Myron Ebell, who headed U.S. President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) transition team until his inauguration.’

Source: Donald Trump to Withdraw from Paris Agreement on Climate Change | Fortune.com

‘Amid a growing state-level crackdown on civil disobedience, climate activist Ken Ward appeared at the Skagit County Superior Courthouse in Washington state on Monday resolute in the face of a potential 30-year sentence because, he says, Americans now have no option but to take radical action to defend our planet.’

Source: Facing Decades in Prison, Climate Activist Says We Have ‘No Choice But Direct Action’ | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

‘…At a time when President Trump’s new administration is ordering federal government scientists to stop communicating with the public, the array of data depicting carbon sequestration, ocean acidification and water temperatures at a conference on climate change was for some a political act of defiance. ‘

Source: As the White House changes course on climate change, California stubbornly presses forward – LA Times

‘…As his Cabinet appointments have made entirely clear, he’s going to gut the EPA and turn the Department of Energy into a playground for the oil industry. (And who knows what he and Rex Tillerson and Vladimir Putin are cooking up for Russia.)’

Source: Is it game over on the climate? – Rutland Herald

‘They’ve discovered a new way in which warming increases levels of the toxin in sea creatures…  In experiments, they found that extra rainfall drives up the amount of organic material flowing into the seas.’

Source: New mercury threat to oceans from climate change – BBC News

‘Scientists moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock 30 seconds closer to midnight on Thursday amid increasing worries over nuclear weapons and climate change.’

Source: Doomsday Clock ticks closer to midnight amid nuclear fears, climate change

Extraordinary turnout for the Oakland Women’s March as women and supporters joined in a colorful display of support for a broad spectrum of causes including women’s rights, education, black lives matters, the environment, and to generally denounce the Trump administration’s agenda.

This women’s march was one of many across the United States and around the world, where millions participated in what has been reported as the largest coordinated single day United States demonstration in history.

The Age of Aquarius Nefarious

Presenting a satirical Trump inauguration song by the Sore Losers, aka the Troubadours and friends. Political satire band from Berkeley. Studio produced and orchestrated. Duration. 2:32

Clean radio friendly versions (Trump’s “bomb the sh… out of them” quote cleaned up for radio)
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To download (Windows: right click link, save as or Mac: command click on the link, save target as)

Dirty versions (Trump’s “bomb the sh… out of them ” quote as spoken)
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Short versions: 53 seconds,  71 seconds

‘ExxonMobil has lost a key battle in an investigation into whether the oil giant misled the public about the dangers of climate change.’

Source: Exxon ordered to turn over 40 years of climate change research – Jan. 12, 2017

‘ “I don’t see [climate change] as the imminent national security threat as others do,” former Exxon chief Rex Tillerson said. He also declined to make any direct links between an increase in natural disasters and climate change, calling the scientific literature “inconclusive.” ‘

Source: Update: What Trump’s nominees said Thursday about science and climate at their Senate hearings | Science | AAAS