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EcoUnionist News #93
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, March 1, 2016
The following news items feature issues, discussions, campaigns, or information potentially relevant to green unionists*:
Lead Stories:
- Newsletter: Climate Justice Essential For Economic & Racial Justice - By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance, February 27, 2016
- The Fossil Fuel Thunderdome - By Brett Fleishman, Fossil Free, February 22, 2016
- Fukushima: Deep Trouble - By Robert Hunziker, CounterPunch, February 22, 2016
- Federal Contractors With History of OSHA Violations Battle New Safety Rules - By Mary Bottari, PR Watch, February 16, 2016
Ongoing Mobilizations:
- Appalachia Resist: Regional Action Camp for Social & Environmental Justice - March 18-21
- Break Free 2016 - May 2016
- Convergence In Support of Eco-Prisoners & Against Toxic Prisons - June 11-13, 2016
- Cove Point Spring Break - March 6-14
- Earth Day to May Day! - April 22-May 1, 2016
- Flush the TPP - Spring 2016 | #FlushtheTPP
- 2016 Labor Notes Conference - April 1-4, 2016
The Thin Green Line:
- Heathrow 13: We’re no heroes; what we want most is for you to take action too - By Alistair Tamlit, Red Pepper, February 26, 2016
- Port Rejects Plans to Build Oil Refinery and Propane Export Terminal - By Brett VandenHeuvel, EcoWatch, February 25, 2016
- Proposed Marcellus Gas Pipeline Sparks Protest At Prized Maple Farm - By Sharon Kelly, DeSmog Blog, February 25, 2016
- Fracking Cases in Pennsylvania Expose the Human Cost of Drilling - By Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch, February 24, 2016
- Longview Terminated Negotiations For Oil & Propane Facilities - By Roy L Hales, The Eco Report, February 23, 2016
Just Transition:
- Solar’s stunning rise is only just beginning - By Fereidoon Sioshansi, REnew Economy, February 29, 2016
- Across Canada and World, Climate Movement Prepares for Leap into 2016 - By Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams, February 28, 2016
- Repetition - By Nick Mullins, The Thoughtful Coal Miner, February 27, 2016
- Trident rally is Britain's biggest anti-nuclear march in a generation - By Mark Townsend, The Guardian, February 27, 2016
- Unions and Cooperatives: How Workers Can Survive and Thrive - By Brian Van Slyke, Truthout, February 27, 2016
- Water Management Industry Eclipses Oil & Gas as Jobs Leader in SE Louisiana, 2nd Across Coastal Zone - By Elizabeth Van Cleve, Restore the Mississippi River Delta, February 24, 2016
- Critical Self-Reflection as a Path to Anti-Capitalism: The Degrowth-Movement - By Dennis Eversberg and Matthias Schmelzer, DeGrowth, February 23, 2016
- ‘Ende Gelände’: Stop Coal; Protect The Climate - By Staff, Global Justice Ecology Project, February 22, 2016
- 100% Renewable Energy: What We Can Do in 10 Years - By Richard Heinberg, Yes! Magazine, February 22, 2016
Bread and Roses:
- Accountability comes calling for Wendy’s Board Chairman Nelson Peltz… - By Staff, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, February 29, 2016
- Farmers to Gov. Dayton: More Living Cover on Farmland Will Clean Our Water - By Loretta Jaus, Darrel Mosel, and Terry VanDerPol, Land Stewardship Project, February 27, 2016
- NFWM Meets with Sakuma Bros. CEO & Driscoll’s VP - By Staff, Boycott Sakuma Berries, February 27, 2016
- Make Monsanto Pay - By Vandana Shiva, EcoWatch, February 26, 2016
- The surreptitious arrival of the new “Living Modified Organisms” at the FAO - By Staff, La Via Campesina, February 26, 2016
- 1,500 farmworkers and families swamp CIW headquarters for annual Year of the Worker Party; Workers’ Voice Tour art production in full swing! - By Staff, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, February 24, 2016
- Coalition of Immokalee Workers Targets Wendy's for Rejecting Fairer Standards for Farmworkers - By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, February 23, 2016
- Drought in Southern Africa threatens millions with famine - By various, Socialist Worker (UK), February 23, 2016
- A Town Demands Protection from Pesticides - By Elizabeth Grossman, National Geographic, February 23, 2016
- Understanding Tribal Agriculture - By Bharat Dogra and Baba Mayaram, Vikalp Sangam, February 23, 2016
- One week out! Workers’ Voice Tour just around the corner… - By Staff, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, February 22, 2016
- Monsanto's Pesticide Is Top Suspect Behind Mysterious Kidney Disease - By Armin Rosencranz, Ashrutha Rai and Gaurav Bhawnani, Truthout, February 20, 2016
- Here’s how California could be missing pesticides’ cancer risk - By Andrew Donohue, Reveal, February 17, 2016
- Science Used to Regulate Monsanto's Roundup Is Outdated, Says New Study - By Elizabeth Grossman, Earth Island Journal, February 17, 2016
- From Farm To Table - By Kari Birdseye, EarthJustice, Winter 2016
An Injury to One is an Injury to All:
- Russian mining deaths: families denounce management safety cheats - By Gabriel Levy, People and Nature, February 29, 2016; [related] Death toll from Russia's mine disaster climbs to 36 as rescuers killed in new explosion - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, February 29, 2016
- Coal mine explosion in Russia kills 4, 26 missing - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, February 26, 2016
- Via Campesina supports the resistance of the people of Artvin against the mining project in Cerattepe - By Staff, La Via Campesina, February 26, 2016
- Fed workers are good neighbors - By Sanford Wilbur, High Country News, February 22, 2016
- Union wins multi-million-dollar aluminium smelter decision - By Evan Harding, Stuff, February 22, 2016
- CUPE supports the release of Leonard Peltier - Press Release, Canadian Union of Public Employees, February 17, 2016
Greenwashers:
- Climate change needs real solutions not more hot air - By Almuth Ernsting, New Internationalist, February 29, 2016
- National Parks Against People, America’s Best Idea? - By Stephen Corry, CounterPunch, February 26, 2016
- Greenwash at GreenBiz. Keep Your Brand Clear of SFI - By Jim Ace, Forest Ethics, February 22, 2016
- More Than 100 Scientists Ask Leading Science Association To Cut Ties With Exxon - By Natasha Geiling, Think Progress, February 22, 2016
Whistleblowers:
- USDA justifies scientific suppression as its policy - By Kirsten Stade, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, February 29, 2016
- Portrait of Florida coddling corporate pollution offenses - By Kirsten Stade, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, February 24, 2016
Disaster Capitalism:
- The Poorest Flint Children Have Been Hit Hardest By Lead Poisoning - By Bryce Covert, Think Progress, February 29, 2016
- Fukushima’s 5th Year of Full-Blown Crisis - By Robert Hunziker, CounterPunch, February 26, 2016
- When you ignore science, children get poisoned: the Flint Michigan disaster - By Meteor Blades, Daily Kos, February 26, 2016
- Michigan Officials Decided Not To Test Flint’s Water For Deadly Bacteria - By Alex Zielinski, Think Progress, February 24, 2016
- Former Snyder Aide Blames Flint Crisis On Misguided Conservative Philosophy - By Bryce Covert, Think Progress, February 23, 2016
- Who decides? - By Shea Howell, The Boggs Blogg, February 21, 2016
- No bliss in this ignorance: the great Fukushima nuclear cover-up - By Linda Pentz Gunter, The Ecologist, February 20, 2016
The Man Behind the Curtain:
- How an East Coast think tank is fueling the land transfer movement - By Lyndsey Gilpin, High Country News, February 26, 2016
- Trade Rules Trump Climate Action: U.S. Blocks India’s Ambitious Solar Plans - By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network, February 26, 2016
- Who really runs West Virginia? - By Ken Ward Jr, Charleston Gazette, February 26, 2016
- Nevada Residents Fight Energy Monopoly's Attempts to Control Solar Power - By Alexis Bonogofsky, Truthout, February 24, 2016
- Bankruptcy Filing Shows Arch Coal Funding for Climate Denial Group - By Nick Surgey, PR Watch, February 24, 2016
- EU told ExxonMobil that TTIP would aid global expansion, documents reveal - By Arthur Neslen, The Guardian, February 23, 2016
- Warren Buffett's Quieter Quest to Kill Solar in the West - By Ben Jervey, DeSmog Blog, February 21, 2016
Wobbles:
- Letter to Oregon Environmental & Climate Action Leaders - By Ken Ward, Climate Disobedience Center, February 25, 2016
- Five-day general strike in Guinea ends with workers winning many key demands - By Charlie Kimber, Socialist Worker (UK), February 23, 2016
- Greenpeace Activists Block Secret TTIP Talks - By Jennifer Baker, Revolution News, February 22, 2016
- TTIP talks resume today, but the wheels are wobbling! - By Guy Taylor, The Ecologist, February 22, 2016
Other News:
- BC Ferry Fares Will Not Rise This Spring - By Roy L Hales, The EcoReport, February 24, 2016
- TTIP's Dangerous Regulatory Duet - By Lora Verheecke and Max Bank, Green European Foundation, February 24, 2016
- Which way forward for climate movement? - By Christine Marie, Socialist Action, February 24, 2016
- Confessions of a Wastewater Operator - By Tara Lohan, Water Deeply, February 19, 2016
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* Due to the sheer volume of news items, we have given "Carbon Bubble" it's own, separate node this week, and will continue to do so for the forseeable future.
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