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EcoUnionist News #77
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, November 24, 2015
The following news items feature issues, discussions, campaigns, or information potentially relevant to green unionists:
Lead Stories:
- "Environmental Goods." Really? - By Lee Anderson, Blue Green Alliance, November 23, 2015
- Obama’s trade deal is in trouble - By Ian Swanson and Bob Cusack, The Hill, November 17, 2015
- Thanksgiving and the Slanderous Myth of the Savage Savage - By John Horgan, Scientic American, November 24, 2014
Ongoing Mobilizations:
- Flood the System - Fall 2015: Flood, blockade, occupy and shut down the systems that jeopardize our future! | #FloodTheSystem
- Jobs, Justice, Climate: Rally to Defend New England's Future! - December 12, 2015
- People’s Climate Strike - November 26 - December 12, 2015
- Railcon15 - Next Conference TBA | #Railcon15
The Road to Paris:
- Prelude to Paris: Four Tragic Tactics by President Obama and Four Climate Justice Proposals He Must Support - By Eric Mann, Huffington Post, November 23, 2015
- France Cancels Major Climate March, Groups Say They Won’t Be Silenced - By Nadia Prupis, EcoWatch, November 19, 2015
- The Paris attacks make climate protests more important than ever - By Nick Dearden, The Ecologist, November 19, 2015
- Climate Activists Vow to Continue with Protests Ahead of Paris Talks - Alix Mazounie interviewed by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzáles, Democracy Now, November 18, 2015
- France forbids massive climate march in wake of Paris attacks - By James West, Grist, November 18, 2015
- Paris Attacks Complicate Upcoming UN Climate Talks - By Kieran Cooke, EcoWatch, November 18, 2015
- Climate Movement, Don't Back Down at Paris #COP21 - By Tim DeChristopher, timdechristopher.org, November 17, 2015
- Climate Activists Vow to Demonstrate During Paris Talks - By Katherine Bagley, Inside Climate News, November 16, 2015
- After the massacres of Paris: dread, revolt, action: statement from Attac France - By Attac France, Reclaim the Power, November 14, 2015
- 'False Solutions' Won't Save Mother Earth: Tom Goldtooth on COP21 - By Dominique Godrèche, Indian Country Today, November 5, 2015
Bread and Roses:
- Costco Warehouse in Sacramento Target of Pre-Thanksgiving Protest - By Staff, Boycott Sakuma Berries, November 21, 2015
- Kao Bart Village, Thailand: Peasant Women in Struggle for Land Rights and Well Being - By Staff, La Via Campesina, November 20, 2015
- Let’s talk about the rights of women farmers! - By Maria Vogt and Monika Thuswald, La Via Campesina, November 20, 2015
- Farmworkers, allies march on Big Apple Headquarters of Wendy’s Board Chairman, Nelson Peltz! - By Staff, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, November 19, 2015
- Syngenta convicted in Brazil - By Staff, La Via Campesina, November 19, 2015
- A chance for the EU to amend bad policies in the milk sector - By Genevieve Savigny and Jose Miguel Pacheco Gonçalves, La Via Campesina, November 18, 2015
- Greek Farmers Protest Austerity Measures - By Jennifer Baker, Revolution News, November 18, 2015
- Unlikely bedfellows on the Liverpool Plains - By Tom Morton, Australian Broadcasting Company, November 17, 2015
- After Decades in a Food Desert, These Neighbors Are Building a $2 Million Co-op—And They Own It - By Liz Pleasant, Yes!, November 12, 2015
An Injury to One is an Injury to All:
- Morale Charades at Chemical Safety Board: Managing Director Scapegoated as CSB Stalls Mandatory Morale Survey Analysis - By Kirsten Stade, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, November 20, 2015
- When Temp Workers Die While Being Taken to the Job, Who’s Responsible? - By Spencer Woodman, In These Times, November 20, 2015
- Manslaughter charges filed in deadly 2012 platform blast - By Associated Press, FuelFix, November 19, 2015
- Second train worker sues BNSF over Casselton oil train explosion - By Emily Welker, Inforum, November 19, 2015
- USDA Sued to End Scientific Censorship: Unconstitutional Restraints on Publishing and Weak Integrity Protections at Issue - By Kirsten Stade, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, November 19, 2015
- [TRIGGER WARNING] Mongolian trade unionist burns himself alive in a shocking act of protest (VIDEO) - By Staff, Russia Times, November 17, 2015
Carbon Bubble:
- Union Pacific to close Burnham repair yard in Denver - By Alicia Wallace, The Denver Post, November 17, 2015
- Worldwide oil job losses climb to 233,000, recruiter says - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, November 17, 2015
- Enbridge to cut 5 percent of workforce amid slump - By Robert Grattan, FuelFix, November 16, 2015
Just Transition:
- Major Poll Shows African Americans Support Clean Energy, Clean Jobs, & Clean Power Plan - By Cynthia Shahan, Clean Technica, November 23, 2015
- Is your pension fund in climate denial? - By Marc Lee, Rabble.Ca, November 19, 2015
- New Report on "Connecticut’s Clean Energy Future" - By Marc Lee, Labor Network for Sustainability, November 19, 2015
- Blockade of Chicago Petcoke Facility Calls for Green Jobs Instead of Toxic Fossil Fuels - By Will Reynolds, Huffington Post, November 16, 2015
Other News:
- The Ticking Climate Bomb - By Jay Youngdahl, East Bay Express, November 18, 2015
- ‘Keep It in the Ground’ Victory: BLM Utah Halts Oil and Gas Lease Sale - By Sage Grouse Rebel, Canyon Country Rising Tide, November 17, 2015
- Big Coal Comes to Oakland - By Catherine Schuknecht, Sierra, November 16, 2015
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