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Capital Blight News #118
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, August 24, 2016
A supplement to Eco Unionist News:
Lead Stories:
- As Sirens Go Off, Richmond Residents Fear the Worst - By Isabella Zizi, Richmond Pulse, August 17, 2016
- Prepare for TPP’s Big Brother: The Trade In Services Agreement - By Paola Casale, Economy in Crisis, August 17, 2016
- Can a 'green growth' strategy solve climate change? - Samuel Alexander interviewed by Ian Sinclair, Open Democracy, August 16, 2016
- An Indiana City Is Poised To Become The Next Flint - By Alex Zielinski, Think Progress, August 15, 2016
- Political revolution can stop Trans-Pacific Partnership - By Larry Cohen, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, August 15, 2016
- We have almost certainly blown the 1.5-degree global warming target - By Andrew King and Benjamin J. Henley, The Conversation, August 15, 2016
- Free People from ‘Dictatorship’ of the 0.01% - By Vandana Shiva, Common Dreams, August 10, 2016
- As Coal Mining Declines, Community Mental Health Problems Linger - By Roberta Attanasio, The Conversation, August 1, 2016
The Man Behind the Curtain:
- Ohio Residents Clash With State and County Government in Fight to Ban Fracking via the Ballot - By Simon Davis- Cohen, DeSmog Blog, August 20, 2016
- British Columbia’s cynical new climate plan proposes new fossil fuel subsidies and banks on climate catastrophe - By Alex Doukas, Oil Change International, August 19, 2016; [related]: Christy Clark Hopes You’re Not Reading This - By Emma Gilchrist, DeSmog Canada, August 18, 2016
- Changing the Language of Renewable Energy, the Electric Monopoly’s Newest Ploy - By Nick Stumo- Langer, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, August 18, 2016
- Koch Brothers Waging War Against Local Effort to Expose Dark Money - By Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams, August 17, 2016
- Scott’s Undeclared Polluters’ Holiday Stains Florida - By Kirsten Stade, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, August 17, 2016
- The Steel Magnate Helping Trump Assail Pollution Regulations - By Marianne Lavelle, InsideClimate News, August 17, 2016
- Clinton Transition Team Headed by Anti-Climate 'Powerbroker' - By Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams, August 16, 2016; [related]: Clinton’s Transition Team: A Corporate Presidency Foretold - By Norman Solomon, Common Dreams, August 22, 2016 | Why Did Clinton Just Tap a Pro-TPP, Pro-KXL, Pro-Fracking Politician to Head Her Transition Team? - David Sirota interviewed by Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, August 17, 2016 | Clinton’s Salazar Pick Undermines Her Climate Promises, Putting Fracking Industry Before People - By Molly Dorozenski, EcoWatch, August 16, 2016
- Feeling Cornered, Coal Industry Borrows From Tobacco Playbook, Activists Say - By John Schwartz, New York Times, August 16, 2016
- Instead of Supporting Trump, Here's What the Koch Brothers Are Doing With Their $750 Million - By Climate Denier Roundup, EcoWatch, August 16, 2016; [related]: DeSmog Reporter Interviewed on Thom Hartmann About New Koch-Funded Initiative, Fueling U.S Forward - By Graham Readfearn, DeSmog Blog, August 18, 2016 | As Renewables Soar, Oil Industry Launches New PR Offensive - By Andy Rowell, Oil Change International, August 16, 2016 | Koch bros want you to think fossil fuels are great for the whole family - By Katie Herzog, Grist, August 16, 2016
- Environmentalists split over Jay Faison and his push for “conservative clean energy” - By Ben Adler, Grist, August 15, 2016
- WEA lawsuit appears to blame BLM for low oil prices - By Chris Saeger, Western Values Project, August 12, 2016
- Why Bill Gates Is Hugely Misinformed About Renewables & Loves Impractical Nuclear - By Zachary Shahan, Clean Technica, August 11, 2016
- Ending Tax Dodging by Utilities Can Prompt Clean Energy Transition - By Janet Redman, The Real News Network, July 21, 2016
Green is the New Red:
- The spirit of Berta Cáceres: The power and playful defiance of Indigenous women at the World Social Forum - By Rachel Warden, Rabble.Ca, August 17, 2016
- Did federal agents spy on offshore oil lease protesters in New Orleans? - By Sue Sturgis, Facing South, August 11, 2016
- In Latin America, environmentalists are an endangered species - By Lindsay Fendt, Mongabay, August 11, 2016
Greenwashers:
- "A Bridge to Nowhere": A Vision of Fracking Future in the US - By Jason Schwartz, Greenpeace, August 19, 2016
- Are the UK 'biomass sustainability standards' legitimising forest destruction? - By Almuth Ernsting, The Ecologist, August 18, 2016
- Will we soon have genetically engineered forests? - By Christoph Then, Test Biotech, August 17, 2016
- Big Timber Twists the Definition of Responsible Logging to Get LEED Credit - By Jim Ace, StandEarth, August 15, 2016
- CAFE May Encourage Larger, Less Fuel Efficient Cars - By Steve Hanley, Gas2, August 15, 2016
- Consumer Watchdog slams Jerry Brown over receiving $9.8 million in fossil fuel donations - By Dan Bacher, Indybay, August 15, 2016
- Uber and Lyft want to replace public buses - By Joshua Brustein, Chicago Tribune, August 15, 2016
- Brazil Gets Carbon Credits for "Methane Factory" Amazon Dams - By Helle Abelvik-Lawson, Greenpeace Energydesk, August 3, 2016
Disaster Capitalism:
- 80,000 Evacuated As Wildfire Burns Through Southern California - By Alejandro Dávila Fragoso, Think Progress, August 17, 2016; [related]: 82,000 Evacuated as ‘Once in a Lifetime' Wildfire Shocks California - By Climate Nexus, EcoWatch, August 18, 2016 | 82,000 Californias have fled a crazy, out-of-control wildfire - By Will Greenberg, Grist, August 17, 2016
- America Is Ignoring Another Natural Disaster Near the Gulf - By Russell Berman, The Atlantic, August 17, 2016 [related]: How Louisiana’s sinking coast is becoming Big Oil’s $100 billion nightmare - By Bloomberg, FuelFix, August 21, 2016 | Don’t Let Louisiana Become a Climate Change Sacrifice Zone, Help Now - By Staff, CleanEnergy Footprints, August 18, 2016 | Louisiana Flood 'Worst Natural Disaster' Since Hurricane Sandy, Red Cross Says - By Kevin Kalhoefer, EcoWatch, August 18, 2016 | Louisiana's Drowning: Follow our Photographer's Journey Capturing Hope and Loss in Historic Flood - By Julie Dermansky, DeSmog Blog, August 18, 2016 | 1,000 year flood in Louisiana - By Cherri Foytlin, 350.org, August 18, 2016 | Flooding forces Exxon to shut down Louisiana refinery - By Bloomberg, FuelFix, August 17, 2016 | 'Like nothing we've ever seen': Flood danger is not over in Louisiana - By Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, August 17, 2016 | Many of those hit hard by Louisiana rains don’t have flood insurance - By Katie Herzog, Grist, August 16, 2016 | Scientists Say Expect More 1,000-Year Events Like Louisiana Flood - By Nika Knight, Common Dreams, August 16, 2016 | Disastrous flooding in Louisiana is now normal flooding - By Katie Herzog, Grist, August 15, 2016 | Historic Flooding Swamps Louisiana: More Than 20,000 Rescued From Cars and Homes - By Climate Nexus, EcoWatch, August 15, 2016
- In Scathing Review, EPA's Science Advisors Tell Agency Not to Downplay Fracking-Related Water Contamination - By Sharon Kelly, DeSmog Blog, August 14, 2016; [related]: EPA's Fracking Finding Misled on Threat to Drinking Water, Scientists Conclude - By Neela Banerjee, InsideClimate News, August 12, 2016
- PG&E San Bruno case penalty a 'slap on the wrist,' critics say - By Robert Walton, Utility Dive, August 14, 2016
Other News:
- The Olympics Overspent In Rio And Stuck Taxpayers With The Bill - By Bryce Covert, Think Progress, August 19, 2016
- Climate change and colonial history make a toxic combination - By Alex Randall, New Internationalist, August 18, 2016
- Clyde River Inuit fight to protect territory and livelihoods from Big Oil - By David Suzuki, Rabble.Ca, August 16, 2016
- Energy East: Unnecessary Risks for Exaggerated Problems - By Felipe Guerrero, Ecology Ottawa, August 15, 2016
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