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EcoUnionist News #86
Submitted by x344543 on Mon, 01/11/2016 - 22:58
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, January 12, 2016
The following news items feature issues, discussions, campaigns, or information potentially relevant to green unionists:
Lead Stories:
- Wilderness and Economics - By Thomas Power and George Wuerthner, CounterPunch, January 8, 2016
- 1,500 Groups Urge Congress to Oppose the TPP - By Staff, Citizens Trade Campaign, January 7, 2016
- Demanding the Impossible: Saying "No Compromise" in the Climate Movement, And Meaning It - By Scott Parkin, CounterPunch, January 6, 2016
- COP21: Oil Sands Worker Urges Smooth Transition Off Fossil Fuels - By Staff, National Observer, December 8, 2015
Ongoing Mobilizations:
- Break Free 2016 - May 2016 |
- Flush the TPP - Spring 2016 | #FlushtheTPP
- Railcon15 - Next Conference TBA | #Railcon15
The Thin Green Line:
- Vancouver Businesses Join Overwhelming Opposition to Tesoro-Savage Oil-By-Rail Terminal - By Staff, Columbia River Keeper, January 7, 2016
- Activists in Pacific Northwest Face Off Against Largest Oil-By-Rail Terminal in North America - By Martha Baskin, Truthout, January 6, 2016
- Vast Majority Opposed Tesoro Savage - By Roy L Hales, The Eco Report, January 6, 2016
- Over 1,000 Attend Oil Terminal Hearing in Clark County, WA - By Staff, Columbia River Keeper, January 5, 2016
- Saturday Morning Talkies with Guest Host Carla West (Features No Coal in Oakland and the West Pittsburg, California campaigns) [audio] - By Carla West, KPFA 94.1 FM, January 2, 2016
Bread and Roses:
- African Women Organize to Reclaim Agriculture Against Corporate Takeover - By Mphatheleini Makaulele, Toward Freedom, January 7, 2016
- Monsanto Cuts 16% of Work Force as Sales in Roundup Herbicide Fall 34% - By Staff, Sustainable Pulse, January 7, 2016
- Philippines islanders unite to resist 'land grab' palm oil companies - By Rod Harbinson, The Ecologist, January 7, 2016
- As If Slavery Weren’t Enough, 6 Other Reasons to Avoid Shrimp - By Tom Philpott, Mother Jones, January 6, 2016
- Landworker’s Alliance and The Land magazine launch Rural Manifesto - By Staff, La Via Campesina, January 6, 2016
- Organic Farmers Score New Victory in 'David and Goliath' GMO Fight - By Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams, January 5, 2016
- Alberta's new farm legislation brings the province closer to international standards - By Nora Loreto, Rabble.Ca, January 4, 2016
The Oregon Standoff
- Toward an Anti-Fascist Analysis of the Malheur Rebellion - By Alexander Reid Ross, It's Going Down, January 9, 2016
- This rancher says the Bundys are idiots: but he too is worried about losing access to public land - By Darby Minow Smith, Grist, January 8, 2016
- Five Facts About Westerners’ Opinions on Land Management and the Economics of Public Lands - By Aaron Weiss, Center for Western Priorities, January 7, 2016
- The Point of the Spear: Nostalgia in Oregon’s Militia Movement - By Binoy Kampmark, CounterPunch, January 7, 2016
- The Rationality of the Malheur Gunmen: Fighting for the White Future of This Country - By Arthur Scarritt, CounterPunch, January 7, 2016
- Economic Interests Behind Malheur Occupation - By John Reimann, Oakland Socialist, January 6, 2016
- The Malheur Wildlife Refuge Occupation: a Skirmish Among Colonizers - By Kollibri terre Sonnenblume, CounterPunch, January 6, 2016
- The Many Hypocrisies of the Oregon Standoff - By Pete Dolack, CounterPunch, January 6, 2016
- Oregon Refuge Standoff Latest Extremist Jihad: Federal Inaction for 19 Months on Bundy Spawns More Militia Confrontations - By Kirsten Stade, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, January 5, 2016
- What the Vanilla ISIS Crisis in Oregon Says About the History of Wage Labor - By Charles Mudede, The Stranger, January 5, 2016
An Injury to One is an Injury to All:
- Gas line explosion in Orange County leaves worker severely burned - By E Cherney, Natural Gas Watch, January 7, 2016
- Gazette editorial: ‘Right to work’ dangerous for WV - Editorial, Charleston Gazette-Mail, January 7, 2016
- Compressor Station Explosion Raises Concerns - By Amy Robinson, Natural Gas Watch, January 6, 2016
- Coal industry seeks stay of new rule aimed at reducing miners’ exposure to dust - By Bill Estep, Lexington Herald-Leader, January 6, 2016
- Former Congressman Steven Horsford and CWP Release Petition Calling for an End to Threats of Violence Against Park Rangers and Public Lands Employees - By Aaron Weiss, Center for Western Priorities, January 6, 2016
- Mining deaths in the U.S. fell to historic low in 2015 - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, January 6, 2016; [related] Mining industry deaths at all-time low in 2015 - By Associated Press, FuelFix, January 6, 2016
- SFMTA denies Muni operators’ request for wage negotiations - By Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, San Francisco Examiner, January 6, 2016
- Heated Rhetoric by Politicians Encourages Violent Extremism on National Public Lands - By Greg Zimmerman, Center for Western Priorities, January 5, 2016
The Greenwash Report:
- Rice University’s Baker Institute and the Academic Cover It Provides for Fossil Fuel Interests - By Itai Vardi, DeSmog Blog, January 10, 2016
- UN climate summit sponsor EDF rapped for 'greenwashing' - By Alex Pashley, Climate Change News, January 8, 2016
- Anna from Glasgow Uni reporting from Paris COP 2015 - By Anna, People & Planet's Grassroots Blog, January 6, 2016
- A Paler Shade of Green: Obama and the Environment - By Jeffrey St. Clair and Joshua Frank, CounterPunch, January 6, 2016
- Why is the largest Earth science conference still sponsored by Exxon? - By Ploy Achakulwisut, Ben Scandella, and Britta Voss, Skeptical Science, January 6, 2016
- And don’t Dilley Dally on the way - By Staff, Focused Action on Fracking, December 30, 2015
- Power Struggle: Will Local-Energy Groups Come Clean? - By Judith Lewis Mernit, Capital & Main, December 14, 2015
Disaster Capitalism:
- How the huge gas leak is turning California’s Porter Ranch into a ghost town - By Alexander Nazaryan, Grist, January 9, 2016
- Porter Ranch Methane Leak: Business As Usual Leads to State of Emergency - By Justin Mikulka, DeSmog Blog, January 9, 2016
- Poisoned Democracy: How an Unelected Official Contaminated Flint's Water to Save Money | Amid State & Fed. Cover-Up, the Story of How Researchers & Residents Exposed Flint's Water Poisoning | "Gov. Snyder Should Be Arrested": Flint Residents Demand Justice over Water Poisoning - Nayyirah Shariff, Curt Guyette, and Marc Edwards interviewed by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, January 8, 2016
- Saudi Sell-off: A Step in the Wrong Direction - By Greg Muttitt, Oil Change International, January 8, 2016
- After At Least 2,300 Home Evacuations, Big Methane Leak Causes State Of Emergency - By Samantha Page, Think Progress, January 7, 2016
- 'About Time': Jerry Brown Declares State of Emergency Over Porter Ranch - By Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams, January 6, 2016
- California Methane Leak "Will Take Months" to Fix - By Andy Rowell, Oil Change International, January 5, 2016
- Residents Sue Over 'Negligent' Practices By Gas Company, As Pipeline Leak Goes Into Third Month - By Samantha Page, Think Progress, January 5, 2016
- California Drought and Global Warming - By Barry Sheppard, Solidarity, January 2016
Carbon Bubble:
- Oil falls near 12-year low amid volatility in Chinese markets - By Bloomberg, FuelFix, January 8, 2016
- Oil rig count plummets to start 2016 - By Jordan Blum, FuelFix, January 8, 2016
- Worst year for US mining jobs since 1986 - By Frik Els, Mining.Com, January 8, 2016
- Crude prices recover losses after plunging on China turmoil - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, January 7, 2016
- The Geopolitics of Cheap Oil - By John Feffer, CounterPunch, January 7, 2016
- Pittsburgh-area coke plant stops production amid shutdown - By Associated Press, WPXI News, January 7, 2016
- $30 oil just got closer as WTI slides to 12-year low - By Bloomberg, FuelFix, January 7, 2016
- Brent crude tumbles nearly 5 percent - By Bloomberg, FuelFix, January 6, 2016
- Canada’s Imperial Metals halts production, lays off 100 due to low copper prices - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, January 6, 2016
- New records show extent of damage from oil bust on North Dakota economy - By Associated Press, FuelFix, January 6, 2016
- Oil tumbles below $34 on fears over gasoline storage build - By Robert Grattan, FuelFix, January 6, 2016
- Will W.Va. look for some other baskets? - By Ken Ward Jr, Charleston Gazette-Mail, January 6, 2016
- Crude prices fall as OPEC tension not seen hitting supplies - By Matt Smith, FuelFix, January 5, 2016
- Iron ore price 16% rally off decade low comes to abrupt halt - By Frik Els, Mining.Com, January 5, 2016
- Moody’s: 2016 likely to see more oil and gas defaults - By Robert Grattan, FuelFix, January 5, 2016
- Oil holds losses below $37 - By Bloomberg, FuelFix, January 5, 2016
- Wall Street Kicks Off 2016 With a Faceplant - By Mike Whitney, CounterPunch, January 5, 2016
- Why oil markets are yawning as Mideast powers rattle sabers - By Bloomberg, FuelFix, January 5, 2016
Just Transition:
- Nevada Rooftop Solar Exodus Grows - By Glenn Meyers, Clean Technica, January 8, 2016
- Nevada’s Solar Job Exodus Continues, Driven by Retroactive Net Metering Cuts - By Jeff St. John, Green Tech Media, January 8, 2016
- Sunrun Joins Nevada Solar Exodus in Response to Utility Fees - By Alex Nussbaum and Chris Martin, Renewable Energy World, January 8, 2016
- Rooftop Solar Slides Downward In Nevada; SolarCity To Cut 550 Jobs - By Glenn Meyers, Clean Technica, January 7, 2016
- Climate Change: A Radical Primer - By Michael Gasser, Solidarity, January 2016
Other News:
- Aid slump for world’s poorest is bad news for climate fight - By Ed King, Climate Change News, January 8, 2016
- Rancher Rebels: the Rise of the Wise-Use Movement - By Jeffrey St. Clair and James Ridgeway, CounterPunch, January 8, 2016
- The Solar Singularity Is Getting Closer - By Tam Hunt, Green Tech Media, January 6, 2016
- How to Tell TPP Is a Bad Deal - By Stan Sorscher, Huffington Post, January 5, 2016
- Labour calls for renationalisation after 'staggering' rail fare rises - By Press Association, The Guardian, January 1, 2016
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