‘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

‘From Sydney to Seoul, London to Berlin, thousands of children skipped school on Friday to demand action on climate change.’

Source: Pictures From the Youth Climate Strikes Worldwide | The New York Times

‘Hundreds of thousands of children are expected to walk out of their classrooms on Friday for a global climate strike amid growing anger at the failure of politicians to tackle the escalating ecological crisis.’

Source: Youth climate strikes to take place in more than 100 countries | The Guardian

March 15, 2019 Videos from the Youth Climate Strike are already starting to be posted from around the world

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Cambridge, outside Shire Hall

‘…It was 30 years ago that scientists first explained that burning fossil fuels was changing the composition of the atmosphere and driving the rapid warming of the Earth. That is enough time to educate a student all the way from preschool to a PhD, but it hasn’t been time enough for our politicians to learn how serious a climate catastrophe we are facing. The American government, in particular, is a study in inaction. Our federal government has reversed course on every effort to change laws and regulations. Our current president has taken steps to drop out of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, the only international effort to combat global warming. Young people see that their future is on the line, which is why they’ve been at the front fighting against oil companies, pipelines and fracking wells.’

Source: Students are striking for action on climate change — a truancy everyone should applaud | LA Times

‘Senator Cristina Castro and Representative Ann Williams have introduced The Clean Energy Jobs Act, which would raise the state’s RPS to 45% renewable energy by 2030 and 100% renewable energy by 2050.’

Source: Nukes not included: 100% renewable energy proposed in Illinois | PV Magazine

‘Plans to have Washington commit to 100 percent clean electricity by 2045 passed a major hurdle today after the state Senate passed Senate Bill 5116 by a vote of 28-19 with two excused. The measure now moves to the House.’

Source: 100 percent clean energy bill passes Washington state Senate, now moves to House | Inlander

‘…While McConnell and other critics seem to think that they can defeat the Green New Deal by repeating a tired mantra – “we can’t afford to do it” – the real question is: how can we afford not to? Without bold action to tackle climate change, toxic pollution and economic and racial inequity, our society will only see rising fiscal burdens. A Green New Deal would not only help us avoid mounting costs – it also would stimulate broad-based demand in the economy by investing in real drivers of economic prosperity: workers and communities. That’s in stark contrast to the GOP’s expensive recent policy priority – the nearly $2tn tax cuts of 2018 – which did little more than enrich stateless mega-corporations and the wealthiest investors.’

Source: A Green New Deal is fiscally responsible. Climate inaction is not | The Guardian