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EcoUnionist News #83
Submitted by x344543 on Mon, 12/21/2015 - 20:13
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, December 22, 2015
The following news items feature issues, discussions, campaigns, or information potentially relevant to green unionists:
Lead Stories:
- Tyson Foods' Secret Recipe for Carving Up Workers' Comp - By Michael Grabell, Truthout, December 18, 2015
- 2015: The year the coal industry woke up from a nightmare … and found it was real - By Bob Burton, Coal Wire, December 17, 2015
- South African Power Plants Roiled By Water Scarcity and Global Pivot Away From Carbon - By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue, December 16, 2015
- And the Unjust Transition Award Goes to … - By Aaron Mair, EcoWatch, December 15, 2015
- Labor Advisory Committee Report on TPP Synthesizes Everything Wrong
- About the Trade Deal - By David Dayen, Naked Capitalism, December 14, 2015
Ongoing Mobilizations:
- Flush the TPP - Spring 2016: | #FlushtheTPP
- Railcon15 - Next Conference TBA | #Railcon15
COP21 and Paris:
- COP21: in spite of the show, the glass is 80% empty - By Daniel Tanuro, International Viewpoint, December 19, 2015
- The COP 21 is over… Or is it only just beginning? - By Michel Genet, Green European Journal, December 17, 2015 [originally in French]: Je COP, tu COP – c’est FINI ! Ou ça commence juste? - By Michel Genet, Eutopia, December 17, 2015
- ‘Indigenous people were silenced and erased’ - Editorial, New Internationalist, December 17, 2015
- COP21 agreed to a climate-changed world - By Nnimmo Bassey, New Internationalist, December 15, 2015
- An initial analysis of the COP21 climate agreement - By Brent Patterson, Rabble.Ca, December 15, 2015
- Opposition Isn’t Enough - By Kate Aronoff, Jacobin, December 15, 2015
- The Paris Climate Talks: a Victory for President Obama, a Defeat for the Planet and a Challenge to the Climate Justice Movement - By Eric Mann, CounterPunch, December 15, 2015
- Solidarity with those on the front lines of climate change - By Liam Barrington-Bush, London Mining Network, December 15, 2015
- Claim no easy victories. Paris was a failure, but a climate justice movement is rising - By Martin Lukacs, The Guardian, December 14, 2015
- Climate Fraud in Paris - By John Reimann, Oakland Socialist, December 14, 2015
- Protest in Paris: Climate Justice Activists Decry Accord as "Death Sentence" for Millions - By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, December 14, 2015
- Anti-nuclear climbers defy Paris protest ban, four arrested - By staff, Nuclear Resister, December 4, 2015
The Thin Green Line:
- Cities Transitioning To A Fossil Fuel Free Economy - By Roy L Hales, The EcoReport, December 20, 2015
- Christmas Comes Early for Big Oil as Congress Agrees to Lift Crude Oil Export Ban - By Mark Hefflinger, Bold Nebraska, December 16, 2015
- Dirty deal lubricates the path to oil exports - By Greg Muttitt, Oil Change International, December 16, 2015
- Is The Cost Of Extending Renewables Too Much? - By Roy L Hales, The EcoReport, December 16, 2015
- Meet the Lobbyists and Big Money Interests Pushing to End the Oil Exports Ban - By Steve Horn, DeSmog Blog, December 16, 2015
- What the Northwest Needs to Know about the Crude Oil Export Ban Lift - By Tarika Powell, Sightline Daily, December 16, 2015
- Community Activists Help Kill Big Oil Terminal in East Bay - By Jean Tepperman, East Bay Express, December 10, 2015
Bread and Roses:
- Latest: Arizona forest restoration project falls short - By Jodi Peterson, High Country News, December 21, 2015
- Europe’s Dirty Little Secret: Moroccan Slaves and a ‘Sea of Plastic’ - By Gary Wockner, EcoWatch, December 18, 2015
- Family farmers in the US and EU affected by WTO and FTAs - By staff, La Via Campesina, December 18, 2015
- Modern Farmer article traces history of Fair Food movement… - By staff, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, December 18, 2015
- Unofficial Draft of Agriculture Text at MC10 Big Disappointment - By staff, La Via Campesina, December 18, 2015
- WTO favours developed countries, not the peasants and poor people - By staff, La Via Campesina, December 18, 2015
- WTO kills farmers and destroys communities in Thailand and India - By staff, La Via Campesina, December 18, 2015
- COP21: La Via Campesina brings peasant voices to People’s Climate Summit - By staff, La Via Campesina, December 17, 2015
- Wolf in sheep skin: WTO reinvents and seeks legitimacy in Africa - By staff, La Via Campesina, December 16, 2015
- AP Investigation: Supermarkets Selling Shrimp Peeled by Slaves - By John Hocevar, EcoWatch, December 15, 2015 [related]: From Whole Foods to Red Lobster: Stores, restaurants sell shrimp peeled by slaves, AP finds - By Tribune wire reports, Chicago Tribune, December 14, 2015
- COP21 and "4 per thousand": Storing Carbon in the Soil - By Chris Rhodes, Energy Balance, December 14, 2015
An Injury to One is an Injury to All:
- Citgo will pay back wages to workers at Corpus plant - By Don Mason, FuelFix, December 21, 2015
- Mystery Evacuation Highlights Inept EPA Crisis Management - By Kirsten Stade, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, December 21, 2015
- NTSB Reports Tired Train Workers Caused 2011 Iowa Crash - By George Hatcher, Bus, Train, Trolley, Ship & Pipeline Impact News, Headlines & Alerts, December 21, 2015
- Environmentalist gunned down by illegal miners in Peru - By Rhett A Butler, Mongabay, December 20, 2015
- Ship Builder Settles $5 Million Lawsuit After Forcing Indians To Work And Live in Awful Conditions - By Esther Yu-Hsi Lee, Think Progress, December 18, 2015
- Hope fades for 19 trapped coal miners in China - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, December 17, 2015
- How Flint, Michigan, Saved Money and Poisoned Its Children: City Declares Water Emergency - Curt Guyette and Melissa Mays interviewed by Nermeen Shaikh and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, December 17, 2015
- Blame Anyone but the Corporations: GOP Fear-Mongering Distracts from the TPP - By Leo Gerard, In These Times, December 16, 2015
- If Coal Companies Had to Show What They Pay Miners For - By Nick Mullins, The Thoughtful Coal Miner, December 16, 2015
- Federal officials order Metro to fix more than 200 safety issues - By Lori Aratani, Washington Post, December 15, 2015
- In Flint, Mich., there’s so much lead in children’s blood that a state of emergency is declared - By Yanan Wang, Washington Post, December 15, 2015
- Flint mayor declares 'manmade disaster' over lead-tainted water supply - By Joanna Walters, The Guardian, December 15, 2015
- Michigan City Declares State Of Emergency Over The Amount Of Lead In Children’s Blood - By Alex Zielinski, Think Progress, December 15, 2015
- U.S. To Increase Worker Protection From Deadly Silica Dust for First Time in More Than 40 Years - By Elizabeth Grossman, In These Times, December 15, 2015
- Dear Signet, don’t let Rio Tinto take the sparkle out of Christmas - By staff, IndustriAll, December 14, 2015
- Fukushima Amplifies Murphy’s Law - By Robert Hunziker, CounterPunch, December 14, 2015
- Siemens And RWE Fined After Fatal 2009 Wind Farm Accident - By staff, North American Windpower, December 14, 2015
- Capitalism’s Cult of Human Sacrifice - By Chris Hedges, Truthdig, December 13, 2015
- Pilot error: After SMART-TD tip, FRA cites Union Pacific for assigning unqualified manager to serve as a pilot - By staff, BLET Western Region General Committee of Adjustment, November 26, 2015
Carbon Bubble:
- Coal Mining's Financial Failures: Two Thirds of World's Production Now Unprofitable - By Sharon Kelly, DeSmog Blog, December 21, 2015
- Houston’s unemployment rate climbs to 4.9 percent amid energy slump - By Rhiannon Meyers, FuelFix, December 18, 2015
- End of an era as Britain's last coal mine closes - By Juliette Rabat, Yahoo News, December 16, 2015
- Unions continue fight to end Walter Energy bonuses, regain benefits - By Ryan Phillips, Birmingham Business Journal, December 16, 2015
- Displaced CSX employees say company owes them $8 million collectively - By Nate Morabito, WJHL 11, December 14, 2015
Just Transition:
- NYU Divest Sit-in Has Immediate Response - By Joshua S Hill, Clean Technica, December 18, 2015
- UK Slashes Renewable Energy Subsidies, Costs Thousands Jobs - By Joshua S Hill, Clean Technica, December 18, 2015
- Coal mine approvals do not provide jobs - By staff, Lock the Gate Alliance, December 16, 2015
- SACE Testimony shows why Clean Power Plan means jobs for Tennessee - By staff, Clean Energy Footprints, December 16, 2015
Other News:
- Mount Polley Mine Disaster: MiningWatch Canada Shocked by Report from Chief Inspector of Mines - By Ugo Lapointe, Mining Watch Canada, December 18, 2015
- And this is austerity? Central banks have trillions for speculation, none for people - By Pete Dolack, The Ecologist, December 17, 2015
- Charles Koch: the intersection of racial, climate, and economic justice - By Ralph Wilson, We Are Power Shift, December 17, 2015
- No to surveillance: Unions push Liberals to repeal Bill C-51 - By Cory Collins, Rabble.Ca, December 17, 2015
- Waste Isolation Pilot Plant USW Members Approve New Four-Year Pact - By Lynne Hancock, United Steelworkers, December 17, 2015
- Why capitalism is addicted to oil and coal - By Martin Empson, Climate and Capitalism, December 17, 2015
- Why Living in a Poor Neighborhood Can Make You Fat - By Andrew Curry, Nautilus, December 17, 2015
- Why We Fight Uber - By Michal Rozworski, Jacobin, December 16, 2015
- Seattle first U.S. city to give Uber, other contract drivers power to unionize - By Daniel Beekman, Seattle Times, December 14, 2015
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