Capital Blight News #113

Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, July 19, 2016

A supplement to Eco Unionist News:

Lead Stories:

• The corporate scramble for Africa's minerals: Britain's new colonialism - By Colin Todhunter, The Ecologist, July 14, 2016
• Taxpayer Groups, Environmentalists, Students Call on Congress to End $4 Billion Annual Oil Industry Subsidies - By Sharon Kelly, DeSmog Blog, July 14, 2016; [related]: Open Letter to Congress, various, July 14, 2016 [PDF]
• Being Present in this Moment: Climate Justice and Collective Dignity - By Everette R. H. Thompson, 350.org, July 13, 2016
• The Fight Against TTIP: a Green Pyrrhic Victory?  - By Georg Maisser, Green European Journal, July 11, 2016
• How Globalization Divides Us: Perspectives on Brexit from a Dual Citizen - By Kristen Steele, Local Futures, July 9, 2016

The Man Behind the Curtain:

• How the Right Wing Denial Machine Distorts the Climate Change Discourse - By Michael Mann, EcoWatch, July 15, 2016
• New Utah Lands Bill Includes Massive Gifts To The Cliven Bundy Land Seizure Movement - By Nicole Gentile and Matt Lee-Ashley, Think Progress, July 15, 2016
• New Rules Could Help Big Oil Escape Scrutiny at Fossil Fuel Auctions - By Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams, July 15, 2016; [related]: Legislation Would Marginalize Public Input on Offshore Fossil Fuel Leases - By Marissa Knodel, et. al., Friends of the Earth, et. al., July 13, 2016
• Lamar “McCarthy 2.0” Smith Subpoenas #ExxonKnew Investigators - By ClimateDenierRoundup, DeSmog Blog, July 14, 2016; [related]: Front Groups Attacking #WebofDenial Senate Action Took Over $92M in Dark, Dirty Money - By Cindy Baxter, Climate Investigations Center, July 14, 2016 | Republicans “Acting at Behest of Big Oil” Trying to Block Investigation of Exxon “Fraud” - By Andy Rowell, Oil Change International, July 14, 2016 | Republicans Escalate War on Attorneys General Over Exxon Climate Change Probe - By Climate Nexus, EcoWatch, July 14, 2016 | ExxonMobil Is Still Funding Climate Science Denier Groups - By Elliott Negin, EcoWatch, July 13, 2016 | The New Attack On Climate Scientists: Drain Their Funds With Frivolous Lawsuits - By Farron Cousins, DeSmog Blog, July 13, 2016 | How US Senators’ #WebofDenial Helped Spawn and Sustain Climate Science Denial in the UK - By Graham Readfearn, DeSmog UK, July 13, 2016 | State Attorneys General Subpoenaed by Rep. Lamar Smith for Exxon Fraud Probe - By David Hasemyer, Inside Climate News, July 13, 2016 | #TimetoCallOut the Impressive McCarthy-Hypocrisy of the #WebofDenial Response - By ClimateDenierRoundup, DeSmog Blog, July 13, 2016
• Can A Once-Respected Science Group Give Up Exxon Funding? It Will Soon Have One More Chance - By Joe Romm, Think Progress, July 13, 2016

Green is the New Red:

• Cloc-Via Campesina Honduras statement on assassination of Lesbia Yaneth Urquía - By Cloc-Via Campesina, La Via Campesina, July 18, 2016 [related]: Murders of Activists Defending Safe Water and Environment Rise Sharply - By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue, July 13, 2016 | This Is Why You Could Lose Your Life Protecting Honduras’ Environment - By Alejandro Davila Fragoso, Think Progress, July 12, 2016
• Fear and uncertainty after Filipina anti-coal activist murder - By Megan Darby, Climate Change News, July 13, 2016; [related]: Murder of Filipina activist symptom of attempt to quash rising tide of anti-coal activism - By Bob Burton, CoalWire, July 13, 2016

Greenwashers:

• Decision on REDD in California postponed; for a couple of months - By Chris Lang, REDD Monitor, July 14, 2016; [related]: Five questions for Air Resources Board’s Dave Clegern about California’s REDD plans - By Chris Lang, REDD Monitor, July 15, 2016 | Governor Jerry Brown in talks with Big Oil over carbon trading program - By Dan Bacher, Indybay, July 12, 2016
• Snyder appoints former BP executive as MDEQ director - By Sam Inglot, Flint Rising, July 14, 2016; [related]: Former BP Executive Appointed to Direct Michigan Department of Environmental Quality - By staff, Fen Valley Earth First!, July 14, 2016
• “Conservationists, are you listening?” Baka Indigenous Peoples in Cameroon - By staff, World Rainforest Movement, July 13, 2016
• Land grabbing: Tactics used by European actors abroad - By staff, World Rainforest Movement, July 13, 2016
• Advocates Denounce Biased Delta Tunnels Event at Sacramento Bee - By Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla and Brian Smith, Restore the Delta, July 12, 2016; [related]: Delta Tunnels Opponents to Ask Hard Questions at Sacramento Bee Event - By Dan Bacher, Daily Kos, July 13, 2016
• A company calling itself “Novus Capital Markets” is running a recovery room scam - By Chris Lang, REDD Monitor, July 12, 2016
• Don’t Eat the Yellow Rice: the Danger of Deploying Vitamin A Golden Rice - By Ted Greiner, CounterPunch, July 12, 2016; [related]: GMOs, Greenpeace and Nobel Laureates - By Carmelo Ruiz, CounterPunch, July 13, 2016
• Monsanto, Bayer, and the Push for Corporate Cannabis - By Ellen Brown, CounterPunch, July 8, 2016
• Leaked: The strategy behind Shell’s low emissions PR push - By Georgie Johnson and Damian Kahya, Greenpeace Energydesk, July 7, 2016

Disaster Capitalism:

• War crimes in Syria must stop – stop bombing citizens, food crops and vegetable markets! - By staff, La Via Campesina, July 15, 2016
• Massive Fracking Explosion in New Mexico, 36 Oil Tanks Catch Fire - By Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch, July 13, 2016; [related]: Fire From New Mexico Fracking Site Explosion Keeps Burning Three Days Later - By Alejandro Davila Fragoso, Think Progress, July 14, 2016
• Do The Oil And Railroad Lobbies Have Too Much Influence On Oil Train Regulations? - By Natasha Geiling, Think Progress, July 13, 2016

Other News:

• Indian government makes dramatic U-turn after outcry over forest rights - By staff, Survival International, July 15, 2016
• Coal India, Gov't unfairly snapped up lands for mine expansions - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, July 12, 2016
• Don’t frack the rich? Comment puts focus on environmental justice; stop bombing citizens, food crops and vegetable markets! - By Marie Cusick, NPR, June 6, 2016

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