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EcoUnionist News #118
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, August 24, 2016
The following news items feature issues, discussions, campaigns, or information potentially relevant to green unionists:
Lead Stories:
- Beyond Coal: Imagining Appalachia’s Future – By Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, August 17, 2016
- A World at War: We’re under attack from climate change—and our only hope is to mobilize like we did in WWII – By Bill McKibben, New Republic, August 15, 2016; [related]: Clean, Green, Class War: Bill McKibben’s Shortsighted ‘War on Climate Change’ – By Elliot Sperber, Counterpunch, August 22, 2016
- [Trigger Warning] Whipped, kicked, beaten: Illinois workers describe abuse of hogs – By David Jackson and Gary Marx, Chicago Tribune, August 4, 2016
Ongoing Mobilizations:
- Flush the TPP - Ongoing through 2016 | #FlushtheTPP
Power Shift Southeast - Orlando, FL: September 9-11, 2016 - Wendy’s Boycott Summit - Immokalee, FL: September 22-25, 2016
- Lucas Plan 40th Anniversary - November 2016
The Thin Green Line:
- Judge Upholds Oregon Denial of Coal Export Permit – By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press, August 15, 2016
Just Transition:
- California Climate Policies a $48 Billion Boon for State’s Economy, Analysis Finds – By Mike Gaworecki, DeSmog Blog, August 19, 2016
- The Fight for a Six Hour Workday – By Alex Richardson-Price, Counterpunch, August 19, 2016
- Alberta's solar-power sector can't keep up with demand for training courses – By Emma Graney, Edmonton Sun, August 15, 2016
- The End Is Nigh — Advocacy, Climate Change and Renewables Growth – By Joel B. Stronberg, Renewable Energy World, August 15, 2016
- Iron & Earth East to build renewable energy demonstration greenhouse in St. John’s – By Lyndsey Easton, Iron & Earth, August 15, 2016
- Work program trains unemployed oil and gas workers in solar technology – By Danika Worthington, Denver Post, August 14, 2016; [related]: Declining energy sector jobs switching to solar power – By staff, Associated Press, August 14, 2016
Bread and Roses:
- Rooted in the soil: the birth of agro-resistance in Palestine – By Jonathan Cook, The Ecologist, August 19, 2016
- The People of Vermont vs Monsanto and the Feds – By Paul Cienfuegos, Counterpunch, August 19, 2016
- Peasants are making a comeback – By Wayne Roberts, Rabble.Ca, August 17, 2016
- This Region Is Twice Flint’s Size—And Its Water Is Also Poisoned – By Tom Philpott, Monther Jones, August 17, 2016
- Change.org launches Wendy’s Boycott petition! – By staff, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, August 15, 2016
An Injury to One is an Injury to All:
- Citywide Ferry Operator Hornblower Has 'Pathetic' Labor Record, Union Says – By James Fanelli, DNA Info, August 17, 2016
- Railroads show little progress on key safety technology – By Joan Lowy, Phys.Org, August 17, 2016
- Tyson Foods Fined $263,000 Over Unsafe Working Conditions In Poultry Plant – By Bryce Covert, Think Progress, August 17, 2016
- Don Blankenship’s defense, appeal based on ‘intricate fantasies’ – By Ken Ward Jr., Charleston Gazette-Mail, August 16, 2016; Federal prosecutors defend Blankenship conviction – By Ken Ward Jr., Charleston Gazette-Mail, August 15, 2016
- How Massachusetts Nurses Are Reducing Workplace Violence – By Cady Spencer, and Erin Johnson, Labor Notes, August 16, 2016
- South Africa’s Marikana Massacre: Prompting the Longest Strike in the Country’s Mining History – By Luke Sinwell and Siphiwe Mbatha, Counterpunch, August 16, 2016; [related]: Amnesty International releases report on Lonmin’s broken promises for 4th anniversary of Marikana massacre – By Richard, London Mining Network, August 16, 2016
- Muni operator says she was beaten, but fended off attacker – By Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, San Francisco Examiner, August 15, 2016
Whistle Blowers:
- Mitsubishi Execs Were Warned By Employee About Fuel-Economy Fraud Back In 2005 – By James Ayre, Clean Technica, August 16, 2016; [related]: Employee warned Mitsubishi execs about mileage cheating in 2005 – By Brandon Turkus, AutoBlog, August 5, 2016
- Park Service Pours Bucket of Mush on Effigy Mounds Scandal – By Kirsten Stade, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, August 15, 2016
- Top U.S. Scientist Resigns & Announces GOP Water Poison Cover-Up Scandal – By Georgia Bristow, Bipartisan Report, August 15, 2016
Wobbles:
- Love, Resistance, and Solidarity from Standing Rock to the Gulf – By Genny Roman, 350.org, August 20, 2016
- Montreal hosts the World Social Forum – By Ashley Smith and Eric Ruder, Socialist Worker, August 18, 2016
- ALEC Under Attack: Activism Matters – By David Rosen, Counterpunch, August 16, 2016
- Strike on North Sea oil rigs suspended for more talks – By Raymie Kiernan, Socialist Worker UK, August 16, 2016
- Talks break down in Southern Rail dispute – By Raymie Kiernan, Socialist Worker UK, August 16, 2016; [related]: Take back our trains from the fat cats – By Raymie Kiernan, Socialist Worker UK, August 16, 2016
- Local Residents Force Monsanto to Tear Down GMO Seed Plant in Argentina – By staff, Sustainable Pulse, August 7, 2016
- Anti-Fracking Backlash Growing Across US Shale Operations – By Daniel Glick and Ted Wood, Colorado Independent, August 5, 2016
- Huge anti-Narmada dam rally in Badwani, MP, against "illegal" submergence, Gujarat oustees participate – By Our Representative, Counterview, July 30, 2016
Other News:
- Climate justice and the prospect of power – By John Riddell, Climate and Capitalism, August 21, 2016
- Green Stamps: A Climate Equity Proposal for the Pacific Northwest – By Kristin Eberhard and Alan Durning, Sightline Daily, August 16, 2016
- Waste picker co-ops aim to help recycle 3,500 tonnes of waste at Rio 2016 – By Anca Voinea, Cooperative News, August 16, 2016
- Oregon Finds Switching From Coal to Renewable Energy Is a Bargain – By John R. Platt, Take Action, August 11, 2016
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