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Capital Blight News #110
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, June 29, 2016
A supplement to Eco Unionist News:
Lead Stories:
- IEA report says fossil fuels killing three million people a year - By Tim Buckley, REnew Economy, June 27, 2016
- It’s Not Just Crimes Against Nature, It’s Crimes Against People - By Terry Odendahl, EcoWatch, June 22, 2016
- Why some of America’s richest people are living in the middle of nowhere - By Kim Soffen, Washington Post, June 22, 2016
- Scale of climate damages "could dwarf tobacco lawsuits" - By Megan Darby, Climate Change News, June 21, 2016
- Why Mining Corporations Love Trade Deals - By Ben Beachy, Huffington Post, June 21, 2016
The Man Behind the Curtain:
- Brexiters, Climate Deniers and Trump: A Small World - By ClimateDenierRoundup, Daily Kos, June 27, 2016
- A Brief History of Fossil-Fuelled Climate Denial - By John Cook, The University of Queensland, June 23, 2016
- Australia’s big energy switch: from coal and gas to wind and solar - By Giles Parkinson, Deseret News, June 23, 2016
- How IOGCC Spawned the Lawsuit That Just Overturned BLM Fracking Regulations on Public Lands - By Steve Horn, DeSmog Blog, June 23, 2016
- U.S. coal giant owed money to Canadian climate change deniers - By Charles Mandel, National Observer, June 16th 2016
- Exxon, Koch Ties May Help Explain Rep. Lamar Smith's Probing Request of "Exxon Knew" Environmental Groups - By Steve Horn, DeSmog Blog, June 21, 2016
- Oil-Funded Groups Have Spent $2.7 Million To Defeat California Candidates Who Want Climate Action - By Mike Gaworecki, DeSmog Blog, June 21, 2016
- Proposal Sparks Monumental Debate At The Grand Canyon - By Doug Puppel, KNPR, June 21, 2016
- Buzz Kill: How the Pesticide Industry Blocks Bee Protections Nationwide - By Tiffany Finck-Haynes and Christopher D. Cook, EcoWatch, June 20, 2016
- Groups demand federal probe into Utah role in coal port - By Brian Maffley, Salt Lake Tribune, June 20, 2016; [related]: Groups write U.S. Attorney General asking for investigation of coal shipping terminal deal - By Ben Lockhart, Deseret News, June 20, 2016
- Koch Front Groups Are Defending ExxonMobil’s Anti-Science Campaigns - By Connor Gibson, Greenpeace, June 20, 2016
- Western States Petroleum Association wins the prestigious “Scummy” Award - By Dan Bacher, Red, Green, and Blue, June 18, 2016
- Hot Mess: How Radioactive Fracking Waste Wound Up Near Homes And Schools - By Glynis Board, Ohio Valley Resource, June 17, 2016
- Peabody Coal’s Unprecedented Support for Climate Denial - By Aliya Haq, NRDC, June 17, 2016
- Exxon Has No Free Speech Rights to Commit Fraud, say Climate Groups - By Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams, June 17, 2016
Green is the New Red:
- Berta Cáceres's name was on Honduran military hitlist, says former soldier - By Nina Lakhani, The Guardian, June 21, 2016; [related]: Appeal to the world's free people: UAWC condemns the killing of Berta Cáceres - By Union of Agricultural Work Committees, La Via Campesina, June 22, 2016
- 185 Environmental Activists Across 16 Countries Were Killed in 2015 - By Emily J. Gertz, EcoWatch, June 20, 2016; [related]: 2015 Deadliest Year for Environmentalists on Record, Finds Report - By staff, Yale Environment 360, June 20, 2016
Greenwashers:
- Obama Administration Approved Gulf Fracking During Deepwater Horizon Disaster - By Mike Ludwig, Truthout, June 24, 2016
- Some questions for WWF about its partnership with logging company Rougier in Cameroon - By Chris Lang, REDD Monitor, June 22, 2016
- FCA charges five people with £2.75 million boiler room scam, including Michael Nascimento and Jeannine Lewis - By Chris Lang, REDD Monitor, June 21, 2016
- Fracking, the Failure of Mainstream Greens and the Corporate Control of U.S. Energy Policy - By Mark Hand, CounterPunch, June 22, 2016
Disaster Capitalism:
- Railroad blamed for fiery oil train derailment along Columbia River Gorge - By KATU News and Matthew Brown and Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press, KOMO News, June 23, 2016
Other News:
- Sacramento Judge Rules Delta Plan Is "Invalid" - By Dan Bacher, Indybay, June 23, 2016; [related]: C-WIN, Senator Lois Wolk Praise Judge's Decision To Toss Delta Plan - By Dan Bacher, Daily Kos, June 24, 2016
- Movie Review: There’s a Vast Cowspiracy about Climate Change - By Doug Boucher, Union Concerned Scientists, June 10, 2016
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