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EcoUnionist News #119
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, August 31, 2016
The following news items feature issues, discussions, campaigns, or information potentially relevant to green unionists:
Lead Stories:
- This. Means. WAR. – By Chris Dragon, Clean Technica, August 25, 2016
- Day After Obama Tours Louisiana Flood Damage, Gov't Holds Massive Gulf Oil & Gas Lease Auction – Antonia Juhasz interviewed by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, August 24, 2016; [related]: Historic Louisiana Flooding, Katrina Anniversary Serve as Stark Reminders of Need for Increased Resilience – By staff, Restore the Mississipi River Delta, August 25, 2016 | Bill Nye takes CNN to task on what really happened in Louisiana – By Katie Herzog, Grist, August 25, 2016 | Flood-Ravaged Gulf Coast Residents Ask President Obama To Cancel Federal Offshore Drilling Lease Auction – By Julie Dermansky, DeSmog Blog, August 24, 2016 | Four Arrested In Protest, But Feds Continue With Plan To Sell The Gulf To Oil Interests – By Samantha Page, Think Progress, August 24, 2016 | “President Obama: More Drilling = More Floods” – By Andy Rowell, Oil Change International, August 24, 2016 | Four Arrested at Louisiana BOEM Office Delivering Petitions Demanding President Obama Cancel Offshore Drilling Lease Sale – By Anne Rolfes, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, Dani Heffernan, 350.org, and Steve Jones, Center for Biological Diversity, August 23, 2016 | Gulf Residents Occupy BOEM office in Louisiana To Demand That President Obama Cancel Upcoming Fossil Fuel Lease Sale – By Jamie Henn, Common Dreams, August 23, 2016 | Louisiana Climate-Deniers Who Refused Sandy Victims Now Want Federal Flood Relief – By Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams, August 23, 2016 | Race and Class Gap Widening: Katrina Pain Index 2016 by the Numbers – By Bill Quigley, CounterPunch, August 23, 2016 | Louisiana’s flood couldn’t have been stopped, but it didn’t have to be so devastating – By Heather Smith, Grist, August 22, 2016
- Inaction on Climate Change Could Cost Millennials $8.8 Trillion in Lifetime Income – Heather McGhee interviewed by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, August 24, 2016
- Noam Chomsky Stars in New Documentary About the Major Risks Humanity Faces From Pesticides – By Alexandra Rosenmann, Alternet, August 22, 2016
- Beyond Social Movement Unionism – By Sam Gindin, Jacobin, August 2016
- Occupations, assemblies and direct action – a critique of ‘body politics’ – By Joseph A Todd, Red Pepper, August 22, 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
- Nyéléni Europe Movemet for Food Sovereignty - Cluj Napoca, Romania, October 26-30, 2016
- Lucas Plan 40th Anniversary - November 2016
The Thin Green Line:
- Mining Company Behind Oakland Coal Terminal Withdraws IPO Plans, Bogged Down in Lawsuit – By Darwin BondGraham, East Bay Express, August 23, 2016
Just Transition:
- Canadians are demanding a bold new future for our public postal system – By staff, Rabble.Ca, August 26, 2016
- New B.C. Climate Leadership Plan leaves carbon tax untouched – By Elizabeth Perry, Work and Climate Change Report, August 26, 2016
- Geothermal Picks Up Steam With Alberta Proposal to Retrofit Abandoned Oil Wells – By James Wilt, DeSmog Canada, August 25, 2016
- Queensland solar projects that could create 2,600 jobs at risk in federal cuts – By Michael Slezak, The Guardian, August 24, 2016
- Ukraine Crisis Can Be Solved With Its Own Energiewende – By Karel Beckman, Energy Post, August 22, 2016
- Bigger, better, cheaper: wind power is flourishing in the US – By David Roberts, Vox, August 19, 2016
Bread and Roses:
- 420 SAKUMA FARMWORKERS VOTE FOR FUJ UNION WITH THEIR VOICES & FEET – By staff, Boycott Sakuma Berries, August 28, 2016; [related]: Unrest Continues at Sakuma Berry Farm – By staff, Boycott Sakuma Berries, August 24, 2016 | With Berries in Demand, Local Co-ops Won't Budge to Support Driscoll's Boycott – By Victoria Bouloubasis, Indyweek, August 12, 2016
- Dicamba may threaten Missouri peach farm – By Bryce Gray, Missouri Farmer Today, August 26, 2016
- Over 15 years’ struggle for the recognition of peasants in the international human rights system – By Sandra Moreno Cadena, La Via Campesina, August 26, 2016
- Key Democrats Could Deny Farm Workers Overtime Pay as Battle Goes Down to the Wire – By David Bacon, Capital and Main, August 25, 2016; [related]: Emotions flare over legislation to expand overtime pay for California farmworkers – By Jazmine Ulloa, Los Angeles Times, August 25, 2016 | Is California really progressive? The vote on farmworker overtime is a test of our values – By Marcos Breton, Sacramento Bee, August 24, 2016
- Summer campers join Wendy’s Boycott, gather 100+ signatures to send to fast food hold-out! – By staff, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, August 25, 2016
- Dark days ahead for British agriculture? Or green shoots of a brighter future? – By Keith Tyrell, The Ecologist, August 25, 2016
- The Struggle for Democratic Representation in Quebec Gets a Boost at the 2016 World Social Forum – By Debbie Grunbaum, La Via Campesina, August 24, 2016
- Why Do Farmers Care About Climate Change: Extreme Precipitation – By Tom Driscoll, Ohio Farmers Union, August 24, 2016
- How the GE Food Venture Has Been Chronically Dependent on Deception – By Steven M. Druker, J.D, Independent Science News, August 21, 2016
An Injury to One is an Injury to All:
- Metro worker complains of sexual harassment, allegedly told ‘maybe this isn’t the job for you’ – By Martine Powers, Washington Post, August 27, 2016
- London bus strike rattles bullying boss – By Raymie Kiernan, Socialist Worker (UK), August 26, 2016
- Bolivian deputy interior minister beaten to death by miners – By Reuters, The Guardian, August 25, 2016; [related]: Striking Bolivian miners lift roadblock after killing country’s deputy minister – By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, August 26, 2016 (Web editor's note: the Bolivian Government shot and killed two striking miners prior to this incident).
- iPhone or iExploit? Rampant Labor Violations in Apple's Supply Chain – By Nicki Lisa Cole, Truthout, August 24, 2016
- The straw man argument against putting corporate CEOs in jail for safety violations – By Ken Ward Jr, Charleston Gazette-Mail, August 24, 2016
- Work resumes at Agrium's Vanscoy, Sask., potash mine after 2nd accident – By Riley Laychuk, CBC News, August 24, 2016
- Southern strikes are on the right track as bosses feel the heat – By Raymie Kiernan, Socialist Worker (UK), August 23, 2016
- Nuclear Accident in New Mexico Ranks Among the Costliest in US History – By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, August 22, 2016
- Pressure Works: Kazakh Opposition Leader Released on Parole – By Catherine Putz, The Diplomat, August 22, 2016
- Egyptian trade unionists call on global labour movement to support Alexandria Shipyard workers – By staff, Egypt Solidarity, August 18, 2016
- Sichuan detains dying miner fighting for compensation – By staff, China Labor Bulletin, August 11, 2016
Whistle Blowers:
- EPA Should Keep Oversight of Florida Drinking Water – By Kirsten Stade, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, August 24, 2016
- DOE Agrees to Hear Anthony Rivera’s Whistleblower Complaint – By staff, La Jicarita, August 23, 2016
- DOE Clarifies Whistleblower Protections In Proposed Rule Revision – By Lewis Csedrik, Andree Threet, and Morgan Lewis, Breaking Energy, August 22, 2016
- National Park Service Left With Centennial Hangover – By Kirsten Stade, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, August 22, 2016
Wobbles:
- Tripod Blockade Halts Coal Train in Bellingham, WA – By staff, Earth First! Newswire, August 27, 2016
- Banner Drop Against the Hydro Line and its World – By staff, It’s Going Down, August 23, 2016
- We Are Witnessing a New Age of Social Justice Movements—And That Includes Labor – By Shaun Richman, In These Times, August 23, 2016
- Degrowth and the Global Movement for Environmental Justice – By Antonio Cerrillo, translated by Nick Meynen, The Ecologist, August 22, 2016
- Totem Poles & Kayaks Against Fossil Fuels: Lummi Visit Sandpoint – By staff, Wild Idaho Rising Tide, August 22, 2016
- UAW backs Kurdish solidarity call – By Mik Sabiers, New Politics, August 19, 2016
- Day Laborers Leader on Right-Wing Hostility: "So Far, We Have Won This Fight" – By Peter Dreier and Mark Maier, In These Times, August 9, 2016
Other News:
- California’s big climate bills are a win for environmental justice – By Aura Bogado, Grist, August 25, 2016; [related]: Big Oil’s Nightmare Comes True – By Carl Pope, EcoWatch, August 26, 2016 | Landmark Climate Bill Passed By California Legislature – By Mike Gaworecki, DeSmog Blog, August 25, 2016
- Marx and the Earth: Why we wrote an ‘anti-critique’ – John Bellamy Foster interviewed by Christian Stache, Junge Welt, August 23, 2016
- The Importance of Exercising Transinclusive Dialogue in Environmentalist Movements – By Natalynne DeLapp, Environmental Protection Information Center, August 22, 2016
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