AOC: “We don’t have time to wait. We don’t have time for five years for a half-baked, you know watered down compromise position…this is urgent, and to think that we have time is such a privileged and removed from reality attitude that we cannot tolerate”

‘Around three-quarters of US coal production is now more expensive than solar and wind energy in providing electricity to American households, according to a new study.’

Source: ‘Coal is on the way out’: study finds fossil fuel now pricier than solar or wind | The Guardian

‘…THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO supports a Green New Deal or similar effort that provides career opportunities for people of color, low-income communities and women utilizing labor-supported preparation and apprenticeship programs and a skilled and trained workforce that simultaneously protects existing union jobs; ‘

Source: LOS ANGELES COUNTY FEDERATION OF LABOR RESOLUTION THAT SUPPORTS UNION JOBS AND DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN CLIMATE CHANGE FIGHT | thelafed.org

‘Every year, the world’s five largest publicly owned oil and gas companies spend approximately $200 million on lobbying designed to control, delay or block binding climate-motivated policy. This has caused problems for governments seeking to implement policies in the wake of the Paris Agreement which are vital in meeting climate change targets. Companies are generally reluctant to disclose such lobbying expenditure and late last week, a report from InfluenceMap used a methodology focusing on the best available records along with intensive research of corporate messaging to gauge their level of influence on initiatives to halt climate change. ‘

Source: Oil And Gas Giants Spend Millions Lobbying To Block Climate Change Policies | Forbes

‘This research finds that the five largest publicly-traded oil and gas majors (ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron, BP and Total) have invested over $1Bn of shareholder funds in the three years following the Paris Agreement on misleading climate-related branding and lobbying. These efforts are overwhelmingly in conflict with the goals of this landmark global climate accord and designed to maintain the social and legal license to operate and expand fossil fuel operations.’

Source: Big Oil’s Real Agenda on Climate Change | influencemap.org

‘…The enormous cost of the military machine in both the US and the UK gives the lie to claims that dealing with climate change would be unaffordable for Western governments. When proposers of a Green New Deal in US are told that ‘there’s no money to pay for it’, it’s natural to look to the $716bn of US military spending as a potential source of those elusive funds. Similarly, in the UK, we should not forget that a government which apparently can’t find money for the NHS, public services or green infrastructure can find £205bn for renewing Trident. ‘

Source: Why stopping wars is essential for stopping climate change | Counterfire.org

‘…Most communities were submerged with all communication lines cut off. Deaths have been reported along with massive human displacement and destruction of buildings in Beira.’

Source: 90% of Mozambican city of Beira destroyed by Cyclone Idai – Red Cross | Africanews.com

‘Up to 1.4 million children around the world took part in a global climate strike on Friday to demand world leaders do more to address the dangers of climate. ‘

Source: A Global Strike for Climate Change: 1.4 Million Students Walk Out of Class Demanding Action | DemocracyNow.org

‘…If that permafrost stayed permanently frozen, as the word itself suggests it should, we could continue worrying about other stuff. But researchers expect Arctic permafrost to shrink 45 percent compared to today. Unleashing that stored-up carbon dioxide and methane would obviously “derail efforts” to limit warming to 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F) as outlined in the Paris Agreement, the report says. But then again, it would derail pretty much everything.’

Source: THE ARCTIC’S ‘CARBON BOMB’ COULD SCREW THE CLIMATE EVEN MORE | Wired

‘Sharp and potentially devastating temperature rises of 3C to 5C in the Arcticare now inevitable even if the world succeeds in cutting greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris agreement, research has found.’

Source: Sharp rise in Arctic temperatures now inevitable – UN | The Guardian