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Capital Blight News #107
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, June 7, 2016
A supplement to Eco Unionist News:
Lead Stories:
- The Legacy of the Obama Administration: An Interview With Noam Chomsky - By C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout, June 2, 2016
- Ecuador: power from below amidst great adversity - By CROAR, ROARMag, June 1, 2016
- Boom: North America's Explosive Oil-by-Rail Problem - By Marcus Stern and Sebastian Jones, InsideClimate News, June 2016
The Man Behind the Curtain:
- Former FERC Official Hired By Company With $1.8 Million Stake In Spectra Energy Pipeline Project He Had Reviewed - By Itai Vardi, DeSmog Blog, June 6, 2016
- Attorney Generals Investigating ExxonMobil Refuse Congress - By Michael Virtanen, Associated Press, June 5, 2016; [related]: 'Illegitimate' Request Denied: GOP Gets Middle Finger for #ExxonKnew Ploy - By Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams, June 1, 2016
- Follow the Money: Republican Attorneys General Attack on the Clean Power Plan - By Americans United for Change, EcoWatch, June 3, 2016
- IOGCC Representatives Spout Climate Denial at ExxonMobil-Funded Meeting - By Steve Horn, DeSmog Blog, June 2, 2016
- Introducing America Rising Squared, U.S. Republicans' "Creepy" New Assault on Climate Action - By Graham Readfearn, DeSmog Blog, May 31, 2016
- IPA renews call to abolish ARENA. But does it know why? - By Giles Parkinson, REnew Economy, May 27, 2016
Green is the New Red:
- Mining, money and murder on the South African coast - By Richard, London Mining Network, June 5, 2016
- Hillary, Honduras, and the Murder of My Friend Berta - By Porfirio Quintano, Counterpunch, May 30, 2016; [related]: Global Action “Justice for Berta Caceres”: June 15, 2016 - By COPINH, World Rainforest Movement, June 5, 2016; [and]: Correspondence with the World Bank Regarding Berta Cáceres and Large Dams - By staff, World Rainforest Movement, May 15, 2016
Greenwashers:
- British banks backing coal - By Richard, London Mining Network, June 5, 2016
- An email trail of a carbon credit scam (part 2). Featuring 360 Invest Group, Carbon-ex, and Colemans-CTTS - By Chris Lang, REDD Monitor, June 3, 2016
- The virtual economy of REDD: Conflicts of interest, hot air, and dodgy baselines - By Chris Lang, REDD Monitor, June 2, 2016
- Obama Administration Approves Resumption of Offshore Fracking in California - By Dan Bacher, Daily Kos, May 28, 2016
Disaster Capitalism:
- Europe’s floods come as no surprise - By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network, June 5, 2016
- Luck Rides The Rails: Another Near Miss with an "Insane" Bakken Oil Bomb Train - By Justin Mikulka, DeSmog Blog, June 5, 2016; [related]: Fire Chief: “Its Insane” to Ship Bakken Crude by Rail - By Andy Rowell, Oil Change International, June 5, 2016; [and]: Mosier Fire Chief Calls Shipping Bakken Crude Oil By Rail 'Insane' - By Amelia Templeton, Oregon Public Broadcasting, June 4, 2016
- Fort McMurray residents rally together as families, workers return to 'devastated' city - By Teuila Fuatai, Rabble.Ca, June 3, 2016; [related]: Thousands of oilsands workers losing pay from Alberta wildfires - By Gordon Kent, Edmonton Journal, May 21, 2016
Other News:
- Peru: Chancayanos Vow Resistance to Port’s Construction - By Conflictos Mineros, Earth First! Newswire, June 5, 2016
- Victory in Guatemala for People Against Mining - By Conflictos Mineros, Earth First! Newswire, June 5, 2016
- Credibility of Brazil’s Interim President Collapses as He Receives 8-Year Ban on Running for Office - By Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, June 3, 2016
- Mexico: No Compromise Against Airport and Highway Construction - By Palabras Rebeldes, Earth First! Newswire, June 1, 2016
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