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EcoUnionist News #101
Submitted by x344543 on Mon, 04/25/2016 - 16:57
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, April 25, 2016
The following news items feature issues, discussions, campaigns, or information potentially relevant to green unionists*:
Lead Stories:
- Climate Change Emergency Shakes Canada’s Corporate Establishment - By Roger Annis, Counterpunch, April 22, 2016
- Kuwaiti Oil Workers End Three Day Strike - By Homoud Halabi, Facts For Working People, April 22, 2016
- Why BP's $20 Billion Settlement is Business as Usual in the Gulf of Mexico - By Antonia Juhasz, The Real News Network, April 20, 2016
- An Insider’s Exposé of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster - By Katsuya Hirano and Hirotaka Kasai, Counterpunch, April 19, 2016
- NGO Releases Open Letter to UNFCCC Climate Secretariat & IPCC SEEKING IMMEDIATE SURVIVAL MITIGATION by Acknowledging of Global State of Climate and Oceans Emergency on Eve of Signing the Ineffectual Paris Agreement at UN Headquarters, New York - Media Release, GLOBAL CLIMATE & OCEANS EMERGENCY, April 18, 2016
- The Only Force That Can Combat Imperialism Today Is a Worldwide Struggle of Workers - John Bellamy Foster interviewed by Mohsen Abdelmoumen, Monthly Review, April 16, 2016
Ongoing Mobilizations:
- Break Free 2016 - May 2016
- Convergence In Support of Eco-Prisoners & Against Toxic Prisons - June 11-13, 2016
- Flush the TPP - Ongoing through 2016 | #FlushtheTPP
- March for a Clean Energy Revolution - July 24, 2016, Philadelphia | #CleanEnergyMarch
- TWAC Cascadia 2016 - August 8th-15th 2016
The Thin Green Line:
- Fabulous Win for Anti-Fracking Movement as Another Major Pipeline Bites the Dust - By Jon Queally, Common Dreams, April 23, 2016
- Constitution Pipeline Permit Denied - By Josh, Energy Justice Network, April 22, 2016
Just Transition:
- Leap Manifesto our best chance to start the national climate conversation we sorely need - By Miles Krauter, Rabble.Ca, April 23, 2016
- Declining prices, stable outlook drive utilities, large companies to wind power - By Herman K. Trabish, Utility Dive, April 21, 2016
- New Solar Jobs Could Surpass New Oil Jobs In 2016 - By Jake Richardson, Clean Technica, April 21, 2016
- On Earth Day, look -- then Leap - By John Dilllon, Rabble.Ca, April 21, 2016
- Until Nova Scotia looks seriously to renewable energy, it will remain a dying province - By James Hutt, Rabble.Ca, April 21, 2016
- Breaking Free, Free at Last - By staff, Northern Rockies Rising Tide, April 19, 2016
- Report supports need for ‘Future Fund’ - By Ken Ward Jr., Charleston Gazette-Mail, April 19, 2016
- This Kentucky Startup Employs Former Coal Miners And Teaches Them To Code - By Adele Peters, Co.Exist, April 18, 2016
- Dear Leap Manifesto critics: there will be no jobs on a dead planet - By Gary Engler, National Observer, April 14, 2016
- Green energy has opportunities for tradespeople, former oilsands worker says - By Liam Britten, CBC News, April 10, 2016
- Naomi Klein-inspired 'Leap Manifesto' shakes up Canadian left - By John Riddell, Links, April 3, 2016
- Report: The Clean Energy Future - By Amanda Koellner, GB&D, March & April 2016
Bread and Roses:
- Familias Unidas Supporters Participate in International Day of Peasants and Farmers Struggles - By staff, Boycott Sakuma Berries, April 23, 2016
- Ahead of Passover, Jewish community turns spotlight on Wendy’s for turning its back on human rights! - By staff, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, April 22, 2016
- Pay farmers their dues, demands Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) - By Staff, The Hindu, April 21, 2016
- “Enough with Wendy’s excuses…!” - By staff, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, April 20, 2016
- When Meaningful Work Means Healthy Food - By Sarah Burke, East Bay Express, April 20, 2016
- Repression Against Landless Peasants Movement in Brazil (video) - By Joaquin Pinero, The Real News Network, April 19, 2016
- USFSA Takes Action Across the Country for April 17: International Day of Peasants and Farmers Struggles - By Staff, U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance, April 19, 2016
- Every day should be international day of peasants' struggles - By Adrian Bebb and Ramona Duminicioiu, EU Observer, April 18, 2016
- International Solidarity on April 17th - By Staff, Landworkers Alliance, April 17, 2016
- 5 Latin American Campesino Movements You Really Need to Know - By Staff, Telesur, April 16, 2016
An Injury to One is an Injury to All:
- Workers Memorial Day Remember The Dead And Fight For The Living Defend Our Health & Safety Rights And Our Lives And Families - Press Release, Transport Workers Solidarity Committee, April 23, 2016
- Death toll rises in Mexican petrochemical plant explosion - By Associated Press, Fuel Fix, April 22, 2016
- Executive Summary Report of the International Mission “Justice for Berta Caceres” - By Staff, World Rainforest Movement, April 22, 2016
- Final Statement of the Berta Cáceres Lives International Peoples’ Summit - By Staff, World Rainforest Movement, April 22, 2016
- The Rana Plaza collapse: Three years on and still no justice for murdered workers (audio) - By Piergiorgio Moro, Rabble.Ca, April 22, 2016
- Chemical plant explosion kills 13, injures 136 in Mexico - By Associated Press, Fuel Fix, April 21, 2016
- Mexicans seek news of loved ones after deadly explosion - By Associated Press, Fuel Fix, April 21, 2016
- Scientists Confirm: 93% of Great Barrier Reef Now Bleached - By Tierney Smith, EcoWatch, April 21, 2016
- Kazakhstan. A young mother grieves, Tony Blair cashes in - By Gabriel Levy, People and Nature, April 20, 2016
- Six Years After Deepwater Horizon: Time For Serious Action - By Farron Cousins, DeSmog Blog, April 20, 2016
- Six Years After the BP Spill, Feds Plan to Lease More of the Gulf for Offshore Drilling - By Mike Ludwig, Truthout, April 20, 2016
- Berta Cáceres Lives On, And So Does Violence By Honduran Government and Dam Company - By Beverly Bell, Other World, April 19, 2016
- Federal Railroad Administration proposes "two-crew minimum" - By Caroline Hecker, WXOW ABC 19, April 19, 2016
- Six Years Later, Worried Gulf Residents to Hold Online Town Hall on BP Spill Health Impacts - By Dahr Jamail, Truthout, April 19, 2016
- State Fire Marshal says Republic Steel is ‘acting with due regard’ - By Katie Nix, Chronicle-Telegram, April 18, 2016
Whistleblowers:
- New Leak at Hanford Nuclear Waste Site is 'Catastrophic,' Worker Warns - By Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams, April 19, 2016
- Whistleblower: Bad Welds Will Cause More Tar Sands Pipeline Spills - By Mark Hefflinger, BOLD Nebraska, April 18, 2016
Greenwashers:
- Fuck Earth Day - By staff, Northern Rockies Rising Tide, April 22, 2016
- Can we shop our way to a better world? - By Umair Muhammad, Climate and Capitalism, April 20, 2016
- Prestige Investment Group Limited: More red flags than a Chinese military parade - By Chris Lang, REDD-Monitor, April 19, 2016
Capital Blight:
- Destiny Watford Wins Recognition for Work Fighting Curtis Bay Incinerator - By Neil Seldman, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, April 19, 2016
- Airbnb negotiations with powerful US labor union facing backlash - By Sam Levin and Julia Carrie Wong, The Guardian, April 18, 2016
- United Workers Youth Leader Receives Goldman Environmental Prize - By Greg Sawtell, United Workers, April 17, 2016
Disaster Capitalism:
- Michigan Officials Charged in Flint Water Poisoning, But Gov. Snyder Has Not Even Been Questioned - Curt Guyette interviewed by Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now, April 21, 2016
- Federal Offshore Drilling Plan: From Injury to Insult - By Genny Roman, 350.org, April 20, 2016
- Lawsuit Challenges Environmental Waivers That Led to Deepwater Horizon Disaster - By staff, Global Justice Ecology Project, April 20, 2016
- Steelworkers Deliver Truckloads of Water to Flint - By staff, United Steelworkers, April 15, 2016
The Man Behind the Curtain:
- Gulf states and Obama's visit. The vultures plan ahead - By Richard Mellor, Facts For Working People, April 21, 2016
- Republican State Attorneys General Trying To Kill The Clean Power Plan Have Taken Millions From Dirty Energy Interests - By Mike Gaworecki, DeSmog Blog, April 21, 2016
- EU dropped climate policies after BP threat of oil industry 'exodus' - By Arthur Neslen, The Guardian, April 20, 2016
- Vancouver Port Regulator Under Conflict of Interest Fire Over Coal Lobby Membership - By James Wilt, DeSmog Canada, April 20, 2016
- American Geophysical Union Sells Its Scientific Integrity For $35,000 In ExxonMobil Money - By Joe Romm, Think Progress, April 19, 2016
- Koch Brothers Help Fund Anti-Grand Canyon Monument, Pro-Uranium Mining Efforts in Arizona, Tax Documents Show - By Miriam Wasser, Phoenix New Times, April 18, 2016
- Petroleum Industry Climate Deceit Started Even Earlier Than We Thought - By Sandy Dechert, Clean Technica, April 18, 2016
- Scientists Asked to Boycott Major Conference After AGU Votes to Retain ExxonMobil Ties - By Graham Readfearn, DeSmog Blog, April 18, 2016
- World’s largest Earth science organization to continue accepting ExxonMobil sponsorship despite calls from 250+ geoscientists - By Geoffrey Supran, Ploy Achakulwisut, Ben Scandella, and Britta Voss, Skeptical Science, April 18, 2016
Wobbles:
- 2011: a year of occupations that changed the world - By Paolo Gerbaudo, ROARMag, April 22, 2016
- Tunnel Trio fined £305 each - By Paula, Plane Stupid, April 19, 2016; [related] Heathrow environmental activists fined for blocking airport tunnel - By Adam Vaughn, The Guardian, April 19, 2016
- The Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative: Membership for Individuals and Existing Groups - By Mike K, Ideas and Action, April 18, 2016
- Demanding an End to Citizens United, 300 ‘Democracy Awakening’ Protesters Arrested at U.S. Capitol - By Bruce Vail, In These Times, April 18, 2016; [related] Democracy Sleepwalking - By Arun Gupta, Counterpunch, April 19, 2016
Other News:
- Red Environmentalism - By Alyssa Battistoni, Jacobin, April 22, 2016
- SunEdison Files for Bankruptcy - By Brian Eckhouse, Tiffany Kary and Dawn McCarty, and Bloomberg, Renewable Energy World, April 21, 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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