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EcoUnionist News #11
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, December 18, 2014
Disclaimer: The views expressed here are not the official position of the IWW (or even the IWW’s EUC) and do not necessarily represent the views of anyone but the author’s.
The following news items feature issues, discussions, campaigns, or information potentially relevant to green unionists:
Lead Story:
- We must fight for clean energy the same way we fight for healthcare for all - By Erin Carrera, National Nurses United, December 12, 2014
Dispatches from Lima COP20:
- 'A Roadmap to Global Burning': COP20 Closes With Even Weaker Climate Pact: Climate campaigners lament: "It sucks. It is taking us backwards." - By Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams, December 15, 2014
- Burning the Planet, One Climate COP at a time - By Mary Louise Malig, Global Forest Coalition, December 13, 2014
- Emissions-Cutting Deal Reached at COP 20 Lima, But Will It Help Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change? - Suzanne Goldenberg, U.S. environment correspondent for The Guardian; in London, Asad Rehman, head of international climate for Friends of the Earth; and in New Delhi, Nitin Sethi, associate editor at Business Standard interviewed by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, December 15, 2014
- “If the energy source requires a smoke stack, then it isn’t clean.” - By Lara Norkus-Crampton, National Nurses United, December 12, 2014
- Lima agreement fails humanity and the earth - Climate and Capitalism, December 14, 2014
- Lima Climate COP Fails (of course) - By Anne Petermann, Global Justice Ecology Project, December 15, 2014
- The UN climate talks just failed: now for the real battle - By Assaad W. Razzouk, The Ecologist, December 15, 2014
Other News of Interest:
- 'The Alarm Bells are Ringing': From Athletes to Environmentalists, a Universal Call for Racial Justice Emerges - By Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams, December 9, 2014
- California communities fight back against crude by rail - By Tara Lohan, Faces of Fracking, December 13, 2014
- Gold Miners Join Class Action Suit in South Africa Over Lung Disease - By Emilie Iob, Voice of America, December 11, 2014
- Update: Three contractors dead, two hospitalized in workover rig fire - By Jennifer Hiller, Jennifer Hiller, December 12, 2014
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