Posted on 14 March 2020 by John Hartz

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'Coronavirus Isn't Stopping Us!': Youth Activists Adapt to Global Pandemic With Digital #ClimateStrikeOnline

"In the face of a crisis we act according to science and fact."

"In a crisis," said climate activist Greta Thunberg, "we change our behaviour and adapt to the new circumstances for the greater good of society." (Image: Fridays4future via Twitter)

Fridays for Future strikers around the world shared their demands for bold climate action online Friday as many youth activists heeded public health experts' recommendations in the face of the coronavirus pandemic by eschewing public protests in favor of digital demonstrations.

The online displays followed the call earlier this week from school strike for climate pioneer Greta Thunberg to #ClimateStrikeOnline.

In a Friday tweet as Thunberg marked her 82nd week of school strikes, she reiterated the basis for her call.

"In a crisis we change our behaviour and adapt to the new circumstances for the greater good of society," she wrote.

'Coronavirus Isn't Stopping Us!': Youth Activists Adapt to Global Pandemic With Digital #ClimateStrikeOnline by Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, Mar 13, 2020

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Sun, Mar 8, 2020

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• Conservation nation: How Palau protects its reefs and waters, Commentary by Ed Warner, Mongabay, Mar 6, 2020
• Koalas Face Extinction Threat After Wildfires: New Report by Jordan Davidson, EcoWatch, Mar 6, 2020
• Why I Quit Being a Climate Activist by Karin Louise Hermes, Vice News, Mar 7, 2020
• Data from glaciers around the world show most are shrinking as a consequence of global warming, Edited By Clara Deck, Climate Feedback, Feb 26, 2020
• The young conservatives who believe Greta Thunberg and want to bring Republicans with them by Bill Weir, CNN, Mar 6, 2020
• Coronavirus Could Slow Efforts to Cut Airlines’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Brad Plumer & Hiroko Tabuchi, Climate, New York Times, Mar 6, 2020
• Plastic Pollution May Be Spreading Antibiotic Resistance by Hannah Thomasy, Hakai Magazine, Mar 4, 2020

Mon, Mar 9, 2020

• Power structures over gender make women more vulnerable to climate change by Adelle Thomas, Climate Home News, Mar 8, 2020
• 10 folks who have influenced the environmental landscape—for better or worse by Peter Dykstra Environmental Health News, Mar 8, 2020
• U.N. cancels some meetings ahead of climate summit due to coronavirus by Valerie Volcovici, Reuters, Mar 6, 2020
• U.S. oil boom vs Europe's renewables focus? Big Oil's gap widens - in words by Jennifer Hiller & Ron Bousso, Reuters, Mar 5, 2020
• From climate grief to climate action: Young people need hope, concrete goals by Randy Shore, Vancouver Sun, Mar 7, 2020
• Stony Corals Seem to Be Preparing for a Mass Extinction, Scientists Report by Jordan Davidson, EcoWatch, Mar 4, 2020
• Inside Clean Energy: An Energy Snapshot in 5 Charts by Dan Gearino, InsideClimate News, Mar 5, 2020
• Big Oil: Forget about climate change. We love women! by Kate Yoder, Grist, Mar 9, 2020

Tue, Mar 10, 2020

• Oregon Gov. Kate Brown takes first executive steps to enact carbon-cutting climate plan by Hillary Borrud, The Oregonian/OregonLive, Mar 9, 2020
• Global CO2 emissions from power sector fell 2% last year - study by Nina Chestney, Reuters, Mar 9, 2020
• Oil Crash Sends New Shock Through World Crippled by Virus by Verity Ratcliffe, Akshat Rathi & Enda Curran, Finance, Bloomberg News, Mar 8, 2020
• What Could Warming Mean for Pathogens like Coronavirus? by Chelsea Harvey, E&E News/Scientific American, Mar 9, 2020
• The Energy 202: Three charts that explain what coronavirus is doing to climate emissions by Dino Grandoni, Power Post, Washington Post, Mar 9, 2020
• Honolulu Sues Petroleum Companies For Climate Change Damages to City by David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, Mar 10, 2020
• 5 Climate Skepticism Tactics Emerging With Coronavirus by Marshall Shepherd, Science, Forbes, March 10, 2020
• Stratospheric Final Warming* The unusually strong Polar Vortex is awaiting judgment! A bi-modal warming wave develops, which could initiate the Final Warming collapse sequence by Andrej Flis, Severe Weather Europe, Mar 8, 2020

Wed, Mar 11, 2020

• Why the coronavirus outbreak is terrible news for climate change by James Temple, MIT Technology Review, Mar 9, 2020
• Why China’s CO2 emissions grew less than feared in 2019, Guest Post by Jan Ivar Korsbakken & Glen Peters, Carbon Brief, Mar 9, 2020
• Ban short-haul flights for climate? In EU poll 62% say yes by Kate Abnett, Reuters, Mar 10, 2020
• The Hidden Toll Of Wildfires by Kyle Dickman, Sustainability, Scientific American, March 2020 Print Edition
• Multi-agency report highlights increasing signs and impacts of climate change in atmosphere, land and oceans, Press Release, World Meteorological Association, Mar 10, 2020
• Coronavirus 'Really Not the Way You Want To Decrease Emissions' by Dan Gearino, InsideClimate News, Mar 11, 2020
• Salt Lake City to building developers: Go electric by Heather May, The Salt Lake Tribune, Mar 10, 2020
• Greta Thunberg Urges Strikers to 'Unite Behind Science' and Join #DigitalStrike for 'Best Interest of Our Common Society' by Julia Conley, Common Dreams, Mar 11, 2020

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

• Amazon and other large ecosystems at risk of rapid collapse - study by Matthew Green, Reuters, Mar 10, 2020
• Climate emergency: global action is ‘way off track’ says UN head by Damian Carrington, Environment, Guardian, Mar 10, 2020
• Australia Faces Worsening Bushfires Without Climate Change Action: Report by Rob Verdonck, Insurance Journal, Mar 11, 2020
• Bill Nye: From Ebola to Climate Change, Science Illiterate Leaders Endanger Us All, Video & Transcript, Big Think, Not Dated
• Polar ice caps melting six times faster than in 1990s by Damian Carrington, Environment, Guardian, Mar 10, 2020
• Coronavirus crisis hits ice-locked Arctic research expedition by Giuliana Viglione, Nature, Mar 11, 2020
• What Climate Change Can Teach Us About Fighting the Coronavirus by by Somini Sengupta, Climate, New York Times, Mar 12, 2020
• 'Time is fast running out': World Meteorological Organization warns climate efforts are falling short, Denise Chow, Science, NBC News, Mar 10, 2020

Fri, Mar 13, 2020

• Nearly $640 bln coal investments undercut by cheap renewables - research by Nina Chestney, Reuters, Mr 12, 2020
• Time to put the Commonwealth to work on the climate emergency, Opinion by Michael Sippitt, Reuters, Mar 9, 2020
• For richer or poorer: coronavirus, cheap oil test climate vows, Analysis by Ross Kerber, Matthew Green & Simon Jessop, Reuters, Mar 12, 2020
• Coronavirus poses threat to climate action, says watchdog by Jillian Ambrose, Environment, Guardian, Mar 12, 2020
• Heartland Launches Website of Contrarian Climate Science Amid Struggles With Funding and Controversy by Nicholas Kusnetz, Inside Climate News, Mar 13, 2020
• There is no evidence that ‘global warming’ was rebranded as ‘climate change’ by Giulio Corsi, The Conversation UK, March 12, 2020
• Q&A: A Harvard Expert on Environment and Health Discusses Possible Ties Between COVID and Climate by Neela Banerjee, InsideClimate News, Mar 12, 2020
• 11 tips for coping with climate and coronavirus anxiety by Sam Perry, EDF Voices, Environmental Defense Fund, Mar 13, 2020

Sat, Mar 14, 2020

• Virginia becomes the first state in the South to target 100% clean power by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Mar 12, 2020
• As Investors and Insurers Back Away, the Economics of Coal Turn Toxic, Analysis by Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360, Mar 10, 2020
• Pollution is plummeting in Italy in the wake of coronavirus, emissions data show by Chris Mooney, John Muyskens, Brady Dennis & Andrew Freedman, Climate & Environment, Washington Post, Mar 13, 2020
• Coronavirus Spurs Mass Cancellation of Climate Meetings by Nathanial Gronewold, Coronavirus, E&E News/Scientific American, Mar 13, 2020
• 'Coronavirus Isn't Stopping Us!': Youth Activists Adapt to Global Pandemic With Digital #ClimateStrikeOnline by Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, Mar 13, 2020
• Coal-Fired Power Plants Hit a Milestone in Reduced Operation by Dan Gearino, InsideClimate News, Mar 9, 2020
• What winter? Earth just had its second-warmest December-February on record by Doyle Rice, USA Today, Mar 13, 2020
• The coronavirus pandemic shows how governments could respond to climate change by Eamon Barrett, Newsletters, Fortune, Mar 12, 2020