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EcoUnionist News #89
Submitted by x344543 on Sun, 01/31/2016 - 22:21
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, February 2, 2016
The following news items feature issues, discussions, campaigns, or information potentially relevant to green unionists:
Lead Stories:
- US Building Boom Fuels Spike in Construction Worker Injury and Death - By Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout, January 30, 2016
- New report shows mistreatment of garment workers by familiar brands - By Katie Herzog, Grist, January 29, 2016
- A successful climate summit, but no progress for climate justice? - By Staff, Global Justice Ecology Project, January 28, 2016
- System Change Grounded in Food Sovereignty at the 2015 Climate Talks in Paris - By Terran Giacomini, La Via Campesina, January 27, 2016
- The Wreck of Amtrak 188 - By Matthew Shaer, New York Times Magazine, January 26, 2016
- Fossil Fuel Spill Tracker 2015: A Map of Environmental Disasters - By Staff, onEarth, Truthout, January 25, 2016
Ongoing Mobilizations:
- Break Free 2016 - May 2016 |
- Flush the TPP - Spring 2016 | #FlushtheTPP
- Railcon15 - Next Conference TBA | #Railcon15
The Thin Green Line:
- Opponents of Crude-by-Rail Project Score a Key Victory - By Jean Tepperman, East Bay Express, January 28, 2016
- Crude-By- Rail Projects Face Key Votes - By Jean Tepperman, East Bay Express, January 27, 2016
- SLO County Staff Tells County to DENY Phillips 66 Oil Train Terminal - By Ethan Buckner, Forest Ethics, January 27, 2016
- County Admits Tarsands Plan: Proposes Rejecting San Luis Obispo Oil Trains Project - By Greg Karras and Andrés Soto, Communities for a Better Environment, January 26, 2016
- Troutdale Energy Center project abandoned - By Katy Sword, Portland Tribune, January 26, 2016
- WIRT Comments on Tesoro Savage Vancouver Energy Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement - By Helen Yost, Wild Idaho Rising Tide, January 22, 2016
- How to Stop an Oil Train: The Climate Defense That Won Over a Courtroom - By Valerie Schloredt, Yes Magazine, January 21, 2016
Bread and Roses:
- Monsanto to Cut 3,600 Jobs as Public Protests Continue to Stymie Profits - By News Desk, Mint Press News, January 29, 2016
- Sakuma Bros. CEO Refuses NFWM Supporters’ Postcards - By Gabriela Raquel Ríos, National Farm Worker Ministry, January 29, 2016
- Farm defenders lock down to halt farmland destruction in the East Bay - By Ground, Occupy the Farm, January 28, 2016
- Migrant farmworkers call on Trudeau for permanent residency - By Alyse Kotyk, Rabble.Ca, January 28, 2016
- WATCH: Profits Over People? Oppose ‘Right–to-Spray’ Bill in Hawaii - By Staff, Global Justice Ecology Project, January 27, 2016
- An invisible war is being waged on the working class: Devanur Mahadeva - By Kumar Buradikatti, The Hindu, January 25, 2016
- Malheur occupation could set conservation efforts back years - By Ben Goldfarb, High Country News, January 25, 2016
- No to evictions in Notre-Dame-des-Landes! - By Michele Roux, Laurent Pinatel, Elina Bouchet, La Via Campesina, January 25, 2016
- Solidarity with the courageous activists opposing airport expansion in France and the UK - By Jamie Henn, 350.org, January 25, 2016
An Injury to One is an Injury to All:
- Chinese miners rescued after 36 days trapped underground - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, January 28, 2016
- Ramu mine workers want executive out and better safety standards - By The National aka The Loggers Times, Papua New Guinea Mine Watch, January 28, 2016
- Coalition of Oystermen, Injured Workers and Waterkeepers Wins Hearing on Formosa Plastics’ Discharge into Lavaca Bay, Texas - By Diane Wilson, Bridge the Gulf, January 27, 2016
- Dispute Over Cattle Grazing Disrupts Patrols Of Federal Land - By Kirk Siegler, NPR, January 27, 2016
- ‘Google Bus’ future still uncertain - By Joshua Sabatini, San Francisco Examiner, January 27, 2016
- Ramu mine workers stage sit-in protest since Friday - By Post Courier, Papua New Guinea Mine Watch, January 27, 2016
- Simultaneous Melbourne and Sydney Rallies in Support of Sacked Crew - By Ashleigh Telford, Maritime Union of Australia, January 27, 2016
- Slaughter of Up to 900 Wild Bison at Yellowstone Park Sparks Federal Lawsuit to Protect First Amendment Rights - By Animal Legal Defense Fund, EcoWatch, January 27, 2016
- Detroit Public School’s Restraining Order To Stop Protests Over School Conditions Has Been Rejected - By Casey Quinlan, Think Progress, January 26, 2016
- Shareholder resolution filed against Exxon - By Finnegan Schick, Yale News, January 26, 2016
- Detroit Public School’s Restraining Order To Stop Protests Over School Conditions Has Been Rejected - By Aura Bogado, Grist, January 26, 2016
- PBS’s ‘The Mine Wars’ Shows West Virginia’s Militant, Radical Labor History - By David Moberg, In These Times, January 25, 2016
- Water Isn't the Only Source of Lead Contamination in Flint - By Pat Elder, WarIsACrime.org, January 25, 2016
- GE workers facing Fort Edward job loss push PCB health studies - By Brian Nearing, Times-Union, January 22, 2016
- Kennecott worker sustains ‘traumatic injuries’ in industrial accident - By Bob Mims, Salt Lake Tribune, January 22, 2016
- Today's Slaves Often Work For Enterprises That Destroy The Environment - By Fresh Air, NPR, January 21, 2016
- The Canadian Union of Public Employees and Blue Planet Project join call to end water privatization in Nagpur, India - By Staff, The Blue Planet Project, January 15, 2016
Whistleblowers:
- Grand Canyon park’s 15-year failure on sexual harassment - By Lyndsey Gilpin, High Country News, January 28, 2016
Greenwashers:
- Pro-Tunnels Group Bars Journalist from Media Teleconference - By Dan Bacher, Daily Kos, January 29, 2016
Disaster Capitalism:
- 10 Things They Won’t Tell You About the Flint Water Tragedy, But I Will - By Michael Moore, EcoWatch, January 30, 2016
- Tests Reveal A New Problem With Treating Flint’s Lead-Tainted Water - By Natasha Geiling, Think Progress, January 30, 2016
- Flint Residents Call For End To Outrageous Bills For Water They Can’t Even Use - By Bryce Covert, Think Progress, January 28, 2016
- Flint's water crisis is a blatant example of environmental injustice - By Robert D. Bullard, The Ecologist, January 28, 2016
- Michigan Officials Quietly Gave Bottled Water To State Employees Months Before Flint Residents - By Bryce Covert, Think Progress, January 28, 2016
- SoCal Gas Knew Aliso Canyon Wells Were Deteriorating a Year Before Leak - By Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, January 28, 2016
- These 4 Videos Expose the Horrific Reality of the Flint Water Crisis - By Cole Mellino, EcoWatch, January 28, 2016
- The Refugees of Flint's Water Crisis - By Michelle Chen, Culture Strike, January 28, 2016
- Another Lead Water Poisoning Scandal Has Erupted, This Time in Ohio - By Cole Mellino, EcoWatch, January 27, 2016
- Flint Ignored A Memo On How To Make Water Cheaper. Now Its Residents Are Paying The Price - By Bryce Covert, Think Progress, January 27, 2016
- The Flint Water Disaster: a Perfect Storm of Downplaying, Denial and Deceit - By Gregory Button, CounterPunch, January 27, 2016
- People of Flint Call for Pro-Democracy Revolt to Save Their Poisoned City - By Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams, January 27, 2016
- They poisoned a city and insulted the victims - By Dorian Bon, Socialist Worker, January 27, 2016
- Does The EPA Bear Responsibility For Flint? - By Emily Atkin, Think Progress, January 26, 2016
- Plumbers Help Install Filters - By Joy Wang, WILX TV, January 26, 2016
- The Flint disaster is Rick Snyder’s fault - By Dana Milbank, Washington Post, January 25, 2016
- This Would Not Happen If They Were White: Race, Class, and Politics in Flint, Michigan - By Lawrence Ware, CounterPunch, January 26, 2016
- Government Run Like a Business Poisons Kids - By Leo W. Gerard, Huffington Politics, January 25, 2016
- Leaked Documents Undermine Official Story Of Flint Water Crisis - By Josh Israel, Think Progress, January 25, 2016
- Michigan DEQ’s Responsibility to Ensure Public Safety Collapsed in Flint - By Codi Kozacek, Circle of Blue, January 25, 2016
- Rick Snyder Donor Picked To Lead Investigation Of Flint Water Crisis - By Josh Israel, Think Progress, January 25, 2016
- It’s not just Flint: Environmental racism is slowly killing blacks across America - By Jaimee A. Swift, The Grio, January 24, 2016
Carbon Bubble:
- Chevron delays big projects, plows the Permian Basin - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, January 29, 2016
- Copenhagen Set to Divest Funds Out of Coal, Oil and Gas Holdings - By TckTckTck, EcoWatch, January 29, 2016
- Oil rigs fall under 500 in latest count - By Robert Grattan, FuelFix, January 29, 2016
- Phillips 66 profits plummet 43 percent, still meet expectations - By Jordan Blum, FuelFix, January 29, 2016
- Australia, Japan, US coal burners face ‘utility death spiral’ - By Megan Darby, Climate Change News, January 28, 2016
- Big coal using bankruptcy law to make YOU AND ME pay for their cleanup costs - By Mary Anne Hitt, Red Green & Blue, January 28, 2016
- South Africa Sees 32,000 Possible Mining Job Cuts, Minister Says - By Kevin Crowley, Bloomberg, January 28, 2016
- U.S. Shale Gas Production Could Sharply Decline in 2016, World Bank Says - By Sophie Yeo, EcoWatch, January 28, 2016
- Vietnam Plans Move Away From Coal - By Glenn Meyers, Clean Technica, January 28, 2016
- Australia, Germany, Japan at high environmental risk due to reliance on coal - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, January 27, 2016
- NYC’s Biggest Pension Fund Lost $135 Million From Oil and Gas Holdings - By 350.org, EcoWatch, January 26, 2016
- Anglo American Platinum full-year loss to hit over $850 million - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, January 25, 2016
- Dozens of US Oil Companies Face Ratings Downgrade - By Andy Rowell, Oil Change International, January 25, 2016
- Energy stocks lead an early decline in U.S. as oil price falls - By Associated Press, FuelFix, January 25, 2016
- Halliburton sheds another 4,000 jobs - By Rhiannon Meyers, FuelFix, January 25, 2016
- Texas manufacturing declines fastest in 11 years, Fed says - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, January 25, 2016
- Vietnam to phase out coal, invest in gas and renewables - By Ed King, Climate Change News, January 25, 2016
- World’s Top Carbon Reserves That Must Be Kept in the Ground to Prevent Climate Chaos - By Climate Nexus, EcoWatch, January 25, 2016
- Volatility, oil and stock markets - By Kurt Cobb, Resilience, January 24, 2016
- Hexion closure will affect up to 100 workers - By Anna Thibodeaux, St. Charles Herald-Guide, January 22, 2016
Just Transition:
- Solar Energy Employs 3 Times More Americans Than Coal - By Jennifer Baker, Revolution News, January 28, 2016
- By 2030, Renewables Will Be The World’s Primary Power Source - By Joe Romm, Think Progress, January 27, 2016
- Climate and renewables strategy In Victoria will not work without a plan to retire coal - By David Spratt, Climate Code Red, January 27, 2016
- Tidal Power Industry Could Save Steelworkers' Jobs in South Wales - By Alex Morales, Bloomberg, Renewable Energy Network, January 25, 2016
The Man Behind the Curtain:
- Energy Lobbyists Gather, Blame Obama and the Pope for "War on Fossil Fuels" - By David Halperin, Huffington Post, January 26, 2016
- Exxon’s energy outlook PR stunt - By Lorne Stockman, Oil Change International, January 25, 2016
- Porter Ranch leak shows gas is a disaster for California - By Dan Bacher, Red Green & Blue, January 25, 2016
- New Report Reveals Electric Utility Industry's Influence at Universities - By Matthew Kasper, Republic Report, January 21, 2016
Wobbles:
- Seattle Uber Drivers Win Right to Bargain - By Sonia Singh, Labor Notes, January 28, 2016
- Bikeshare Union Has Wheels - By Joe Demanuelle-Hall and Nicholas Bedell, Labor Notes, January 27, 2016
- Growing Dissent: The Coming Year Of Protest - By Derek Royden, Occupy.Com, January 27, 2016
- Chicago Window Workers Who Occupied Their Factory in 2008 Win New Bankruptcy Payout - By Kari Lydersen, In These Times, January 25, 2016
- Labor Goes South - By Justin Miller, American Prospect, January 2016
Other News:
- Hinkley delayed again amidst fund shortage, union challenge and safety fears - By Damian Kahya, RENew Economy, January 28, 2016
- Act Now, Cry Later: Tim DeChristopher, Aria Doe & Josh Fox on Civil Disobedience & Climate Activism - Interviewed by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, January 26, 2016
- Interview With Noam Chomsky: Is European Integration Unraveling? - By C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout, January 25, 2016
- Crowdfunded solar energy for low-income housing - By Tim Wallace, Green Left Weekly, January 23, 2016
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