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EcoUnionist News #95
Submitted by x344543 on Sun, 03/13/2016 - 19:20
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, March 15, 2016
The following news items feature issues, discussions, campaigns, or information potentially relevant to green unionists*:
Lead Stories:
- Letter to U.S. Sec. of State Kerry Condemning the Honduran Assassination of Berta Caceras - By Various, Family Farm Defenders, March 12, 2016
- A Current Longshore Battle Shows that the NLRB Is Not a Friend of Organized Labor - By Joe Burns, In These Times, March 11, 2016
- Assassination of Berta Cáceres sparks outrage - By Raul Burbano, Rabble.Ca, March 7, 2016
- Poisoned, Marginalised, Bankrupt and Dead - By Colin Todhunter, CounterPunch, March 7, 2016
- Ten-second procedure might have averted Lac-Mégantic disaster - By Grant Robertson, Toronto Globe and Mail, March 7, 2016
- Today's Slaves Often Work For Enterprises That Destroy The Environment - By Kevin Bales, NPR, January 27, 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
- Earth Day to May Day! - April 22-May 1, 2016
- Flush the TPP - Spring 2016 | #FlushtheTPP
- March for a Clean Energy Revolution - July 24, 2016, Philadelphia | #CleanEnergyMarch
- 2016 Labor Notes Conference - April 1-4, 2016
The Thin Green Line:
- The Vermont gas pipeline: where do we go from here? - By Staff, Rising Tide Vermont, February 1, 2016
Just Transition:
- Clocking off: Can Wales’ steel heartland survive in a greener world? - By Alex Pashley, Climate Change News, March 10, 2016
- How many jobs do wind farms create? - By Guest, Clean Energy Footprints, March 9, 2016
- Change is in the air - By David Suzuki, Rabble.Ca, March 8, 2016
- Just How Democratic Are Rural Electric Cooperatives? - By John Farrell, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, March 7, 2016
- A Campaign to Demand Canada Post Deliver A New Green Economy - Katie McKenna and Mike Palecek interviewed by Nadia Kanji, The Real News Network, March 6, 2016
Bread and Roses:
- Support the Berrypickers Union!: March 18th & 19th - By Maralena, Rising Tide Portland, March 13, 2016
- Familias Unidas por la Justicia Newsletter - By Staff, Boycott Sakuma Berries, March 12, 2016
- Wendy’s Boycott wins key court battle for right to protest today in Palm Beach as Workers’ Voice Tour rolls into Florida with triumphant Day 9 action in Gainesville! - By Staff, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, March 12, 2016
- Day Six: The Mid- South stands up for Fair Food! - By Staff, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, March 10, 2016
- Review: Farmageddon, The True Cost of Cheap Meat - By Martin Empson, Climate and Capitalism, March 10, 2016
- The farm that grows climate solutions - By Eric Toensmeier, Ensia, March 9, 2016
- Union of Agricultural Work Committees' Statement on the occasion of March 8th; International Women's Day - By Staff, La Via Campesina, March 9, 2016
- Violence on the Factory Farm: How Not to Feed the World - By Colin Todhunter, Counterpunch, March 9, 2016
- “We are not tied down by slavery… we are embraced by freedom.” - By Staff, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, March 9, 2016
- West African Caravan for Land, Water and peasant seeds - By Staff, La Via Campesina, March 9, 2016
- Internationally Recognized Rights Defender Berta Cáceres Murdered in Honduras - By Shannon Young, Truthout, March 7, 2016
- Wendy’s Boycott takes Columbus by storm! - By Staff, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, March 7, 2016
- Food, hunger, health, and climate change - By Alistair Woodwardemail and John R Porter, The Lancet, March 2, 2016
An Injury to One is an Injury to All:
- Nabors Industries employee killed on the job in Gulf of Mexico - By Jordan Blum, FuelFix, March 11, 2016
- Rock fall at Papua New Guinea mine claims life of Ok Tedi worker - By Eric Tlozek, ABC News (AU), March 11, 2016
- “They Fear Us Because We Are Fearless:” The Life and Legacy of Berta Cáceres - By Bevrly Bell, Counterpunch, March 11, 2016
- Union campaign criticises Commission apathy towards hairdressers’ health - By Staff, European Trade Union Institute, March 11, 2016
- Death toll at Glencore's Katanga mine in Congo climbs to 3 - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, March 10, 2016
- VICTORY! Kent State Commits to Affiliate with WRC - By Carly Nelson, United Students Against Sweatshops, March 10, 2016
- Worker Wisdom in a Changing Climate, Marty Englander, AFSCME 444 - By Brooke Anderson, Climate Workers, March 10, 2016
- Blankenship may face $28 million fine for coal mine disaster - By Andrew Topf, Mining.Com, March 9, 2016
- California Widow Sues Monsanto Alleging Roundup Caused Her Husband’s Cancer - By Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch, March 9, 2016
- The Scotia Mine Disaster: 40 years later - By Nick Mullins, The Thoughtful Coal Miner, March 9, 2016
- Defend Erek Slater ATU Shop Steward Fired by CTA - By Richard Mellor, Facts For Working People, March 8, 2016
- Landslide at Glencore Katanga mine in DRC leaves 2 dead, 5 missing - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, March 8, 2016
- New report on cancer prevention at the workplace - By Staff, European Trade Union Institute, March 8, 2016
- Berta Cáceres: her fight for human rights in Honduras continues - By Verenice Bengtsson, The Ecologist, March 8, 2016
- Open Letter to Ambassador Mary Elizabeth Flores Flake, Permanent Representative of Honduras to the United Nations, Condemning the Assassination of Berta Cáceres - By various, Indigenous Environmental Network, March 8, 2016; [related]: Condemn the murder of Honduran indigenous leader! - By various, Climate and Capitalism, March 4, 2016
- She knew the risks and led the struggle anyway - By Sarah Blaskey, Socialist Worker, March 8, 2016
- Anderson Cooper Takes In-Depth Look at ‘The King of Coal’ - By Stefanie Spear, EcoWatch, March 7, 2016
- Florida nuclear plant that sucked in scuba diver has violated law for a decade - By Paul Gunter and Bob Musil, Beyond Nuclear, March 7, 2016
- #USAS2016 Conference Reportback - By Staff, United Students Against Sweatshops, March 7, 2016
- Hundreds turn out for rally as transit strike deadline nears - By Lindy Washburn, North Jersey News, March 5, 2016
- Unsafe working conditions continue to kill miners in Pakistan - By Staff, IndustriaAll, February 25, 2016
Greenwashers:
- Canadian university partners with foreign mining firm and its checkered, colonialist legacy - By Hanna Dahlstrom, Rabble.Ca, March 10, 2016
- Buffett Says He Loves Renewables, So Why Is His Company Trying To Kill Solar Energy? - By Joe Romm, Think Progress, March 7, 2016
Whistleblowers:
- Big Oil Faces Courtroom Showdown - By Jeremy Leggett, The Carbon War, March 11, 2016
- U.S. NRC engineers urge fix for nuclear power stations - By Timothy Gardner, Reuters, March 1, 2016
Capital Blight:
- Metropolitan Water District Authorizes Purchase of Four Delta Islands - By Dan Bacher, Fish Sniffer, March 9, 2016
- Inside The L.A. Juvenile Detention Center That’s Been Compared To A ‘Third World Country Prison’ - By Carimah Townes, Think Progress, March 7, 2016
Disaster Capitalism:
- Group Claims Snyder Is Illegally Using Millions In Taxpayer Money To Defend Himself Against Flint Lawsuits - By Bryce Covert, Think Progress, March 11, 2016
- "Here's to Flint": Broadcast Premiere of ACLU Documentary on the Fight for Democracy & Clean Water - Previewed by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, March 8, 2016
- Seven more lead-poisoned Flint families file another lawsuit over tainted water supply - By Meteor Blades, Daily Kos, March 7, 2016
The Man Behind the Curtain:
- Audit of Federal Railroad Administration Enforcement Reveals Serious Failures - By Justin Mikulka, DeSmog Blog, March 11, 2016
- Would Saving A Livable Climate Destroy Buffett’s Fossil Fuel Empire? - By Joe Romm, Think Progress, March 11, 2016
- Maine’s Governor Is Keeping The State From Adding Hundreds Of Solar Jobs - By Samantha Page, Think Progress, March 10, 2016
- Lawsuit Challenges Air Board's Failure to Protect Southern California From Oil Refinery Pollution - By Patrick Sullivan, et. al., Center for Biological Diversity et. al., March 9, 2016
- Upcoming Coast Guard Study on Offshore Wind Energy Raises Questions - By Evlondo Cooper, Renewable Energy World, March 9, 2016
- Following Sudden Death of Indicted Former Chesapeake Energy CEO, Justice Department Investigation into Collusion Continues? - By Sharon Kelly, DeSmog Blog, March 8, 2016
- Did Shell's Failure to Disclose Climate Risks Break the Law? - By David Hasemyer, Inside Climate News, March 7, 2016
- Southern California air-quality watchdog is protecting Big Oil - By Aura Bogado, Grist, March 7, 2016
- Southern California air board moves to weaken pollution regulation - By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times, March 4, 2016
- How DuPont Concealed the Dangers of the New Teflon Toxin - By Sharon Lerner, The Intercept, March 3, 2016
- Revealed: The Fossil Fuel Tycoons Trying to Buy the US Election - By Zachary Davies Boren, Truthout, March 3, 2016
Wobbles:
- May’s Planned Global Wave Of Civil Disobedience Is The Right Response To Fossil Fuel Industry - By Thom Mitchell, New Matilda, March 10, 2016
- Thousands march against water privatization in Peru as TPP and ICSID ruling looms - By Brent Patterson, Rabble.Ca, March 9, 2016
- After 116 days, MIT fossil fuel divestment sit-in ends in student-administration deal for climate action - By Geoffrey Supran, Skeptical Science, March 8, 2016; [realted]: 116 Day MIT Sit-in Ends In Mediocre Deal For Climate Action - By Joshua S Hill, Clean Technica, March 8, 2016
- Tomgram: Engler, The Transformative Power of Democratic Uprisings - By Mark Engler and Paul Engler, Tom Dispatch, March 6, 2016
Other News:
- Are Rural Electric Cooperatives Driving or Just Dabbling in Community Solar? - By Nick Stumo-Langer, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, March 11, 2016
- SunEdison Watches As Things Turn From Bad To Worse Then Jump Off A Cliff - By Joshua S Hill, Clean Technica, March 10, 2016
- Noam Chomsky: 2016 Election Puts US at Risk of "Utter Disaster" - By C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout, March 9, 2016
- Chile helping miners to stay afloat, but threat of labour reform, lower copper prices loom - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, March 7, 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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