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EcoUnionist News #22
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, January 14, 2015
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:
- To Save the Planet, We Need to Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground—but Oil Companies Have Other Plans: They say no to any "stranded assets" - William D. Cohan, The Nation, December 10, 2014
IWW Campaigns:
- I dreamed I saw Joe Hill with a safe crack use kit: Some harm reduction workers in Toronto have just joined the (Industrial) Workers of The World - By Joe Fiorito, The Toronto Star, January 13, 2015
- On the Beaches of Santa Monica, Temp Workers Organize - By Shyolanda Montana, Labor Notes, January 12, 2015
Carbon Bubble:
- Could Global Tide Be Starting To Turn Against Fossil Fuels? - By Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360, January 13, 2015
- 2015: the fossil fuel endgame begins - By Melanie Mattauch, The Ecologist, January 12, 2015
- Halliburton cuts jobs in Houston - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, January 13, 2015
- Investment firm lays off 150 employees from oil field companies - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, January 12, 2015
- Oil price debacle likely to drive Alberta into recession - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, January 13, 2015
- Sand boom headed for uncertainty, Moody’s says - By Robert Grattan, FuelFix, January 12, 2015
Other News of Interest:
- Coal Companies Dodging Royalty Payments + Manipulating Government Subsidy Programs By Selling Coal To Themselves, Report Says - By James Ayre, Clean Technica, January 13, 2015
- Good riddance to Vermont Yankee - By Steve Ramey, Socialist Worker, January 12, 2015
- 9 Job-Creating Clean Energy Policies That Trump Keystone XL - By NGC Team, Next Gen Climate, January 12, 2015
For more green news, please visit our news feeds section on ecology.iww.org; Twitter #IWWEUC
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