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Capital Blight News #114
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, July 27, 2016
A supplement to Eco Unionist News:
Lead Stories:
- Did Industry Ties Lead Democratic Party Platform Committee to Nix Fracking Ban? - By Steve Horn, DeSmog Blog, July 23, 2016
- Planned Gas Pipeline Construction on East Coast Puts Climate at Risk: Report - By Sharon Kelly, DeSmog Blog, July 22, 2016; [related]: Report: Gas pipeline proposals could threaten US carbon pledge - By Robert Walton, Utility Dive, July 25, 2016 | As Major Parties Embrace Fracking, Report Shows Natural Gas 'Bridge to Climate Disaster' - By Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams, July 22, 2016 | 19 Proposed Fracking Pipelines Would Push Us Past Point of No Return, Report Finds - By Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch, July 22, 2016
- Koch Brothers' Fingerprints Can Be Found All Over GOP Convention - By Mary Bottari, PRWatch, July 21, 2016
- The End of the Extraction Economy - By Cliff Moser, Strong Towns, July 18, 2016
The Man Behind the Curtain:
- Heartland Institute Tries To Reshape Its 'Unabomber Billboard' Image With Hyper Patriotism - By Farron Cousins, DeSmog Blog, July 24, 2016
- EIA AEO is DOA - By Steve Kretzmann, Oil Change International, July 21, 2016
- Rail Industry Requests Massive Loophole in Oil-by-Rail Safety To Extend Bomb Trains Well Beyond 2025 - By Justin Mikulka, DeSmog Blog, July 21, 2016
- Escalating Battle Over Exxon Investigation Subpoenas Could End Up in Court - By David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, July 20, 2016
- Murdoch media gets it hopelessly wrong on wind energy. Again. - By Giles Parkinson, REnew Economy, July 20, 2016
- Sen. Capito’s $15,000 worth of regulations - By Ken Ward Jr, Charleston Gazette-Mail, July 20, 2016
- Smoke and Fumes: Six Decades of Oil-Tobacco Nexus of Deception and Attacks on Science - By Brendan DeMelle, DeSmog Blog, July 20, 2016; [related]: Big Oil, Not Big Tobacco, Wrote the Public Skepticism Playbook: Report - By Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams, July 20, 2016 | Way back when, Big Oil taught tobacco companies a few tricks - By Katie Herzog, Grist, July 20, 2016
- The Koch and Exxon Funded Think Tanks Supporting, and Being Courted by, Britain’s Brexit Campaigners - By Kyla Mandel, DeSmog Blog, July 19, 2016
- The slippery slope just turned into a slippery cliff - By Mike Spille, The Cost of the Pipeline, July 19, 2016
- Three U.S. states sue Volkswagen, say executives covered up diesel cheating - By David Shepardson, Reuters, July 19, 2016 [related]: The 4 most scandalous charges against Volkswagen - By Heather Smith, Grist, July 22, 2016 | Volkswagen Emissions Scandal Just Got Worse - By Samantha Page, Think Progress, July 19, 2016 | VW execs covered up diesel cheating, state lawsuits allege - By David Shepardson, Automotive News, July 19, 2016
- While Reviewing Spectra Energy Gas Pipeline Project, FERC Contractor Did Not Disclose Its Hiring by Spectra for Five Other Projects - By Itai Vardi, DeSmog Blog, July 19, 2016
- Australia Appoints “Mr Coal” As New Climate Change Minister - By Graham Readfearn, DeSmog Blog, July 18, 2016
- Exxon Increases Funding to Energy Think-Tank Run By Former Top Obama Energy Aide - By Steve Horn, DeSmog Blog, July 18, 2016
- Golden Rice and Scientific Consensus - By Carmelo Ruiz, Food First, July 15, 2016
- Monsanto Tries to Build a Society of GMO and Pesticide Devotees, One Child at a Time - By Lorraine Chow, AlterNet, July 4, 2016
Green is the New Red:
- 'The Dam Builders Could Not Stop My Mother' So They Killed Her - By Salvador Edgardo Zuniga Cáceres, EcoWatch, July 19, 2016
- Federal Agents Went Undercover To Spy on Anti-Fracking Movement, Emails Reveal - By Lee Fang and Steve Horn, The Intercept, July 19, 2016
- Free Kara Wild! - By Free Kara Wild!, Earth First! Journal, July 19, 2016
Greenwashers:
- Big Food's Win Over GMO Labeling Bill Shows Failure of Democracy - By Ken Roseboro, EcoWatch, July 22, 2016
- Between Suruí and “Acapú”: REDD and scientists’ ethical dilemmas - By Michael F. Schmidlehner, REDD Monitor, July 21, 2016
- European Commission’s forest proposal weakens Paris climate commitment - By Chris Lang, REDD Monitor, July 20, 2016
- How the EPA Ignores the Dangers of Pesticide Cocktails - By Center for Biological Diversity, EcoWatch, July 20, 2016
- Beyond Cap-and-Trade: Many Environmentalists Say California Will Improve Climate Policy If It Reduces Emissions at Source - By Will Parrish, East Bay Express, July 19, 2016
- Dirtier than coal: burning forests for 'green' energy - By Matt Williams, The Ecologist, July 19, 2016
- So this is how it ends: Obama spends his last months in office shilling for the TPP - By Soapy, Libcom.org, July 15, 2016
- Bad news about low prices - By Craig Morris, Renewables International, July 14, 2016
Disaster Capitalism:
- Radiation Along Fukushima Rivers Up to 200 Times Higher Than Pacific Ocean Seabed - By Greenpeace, EcoWatch, July 22, 2016; [related]: 'Extremely High' Jump in Post-Fukushima Radioactive Chemicals - By Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams, July 21, 2016
- Enbridge's Kalamazoo Spill Saga Ends in $177 Million Settlement - By David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, July 20, 2016; [related]: Open Letter to AG Bill Schuette - By staff, Fen Valley Earth First!, July 25, 2016 | Enbridge Ordered to Pay $177 Million Over Disastrous Michigan Tar Sands Spill - By Mark Hefflinger, BOLD Nebraska, July 22, 2016 | This Ridiculously Low Oil Spill Fine Is What’s Wrong With Environmental Enforcement - By Samantha Page, Think Progress, July 20, 2016
- Fears of failing bolts on Gulf rigs continue to worry experts - By staff, FuelFix, July 20, 2016
- BP Announces Final Estimate Of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, But Are They Being Honest? - By Farron Cousins, DeSmog Blog, July 18, 2016
Other News:
- There is no Climate Change in Indiana - By Kirsten Stade, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, July 20, 2016
- City Forcing West Oakland’s Alliance Metals to Close on August 20, But Supporters Argue Recyclers Have No Safety Net - By Sam Lefebvre, East Bay Express, July 19, 2016
- Climate Activists And Labor Unions Unite To Stop Donald Trump - By Farron Cousins, DeSmog Blog, July 19, 2016; [related]: Labor, climate groups launch $10M anti-Trump campaign - By Tim Devaney, The Hill, July 15, 2016
- Increased Asthma Attacks Tied to Exposure to Natural Gas Production - By Lisa Song and Nicholas Kusnetz, InsideClimate News, July 18, 2016
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