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Capital Blight News #122
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, September 20, 2016
A supplement to Eco Unionist News:
Lead Stories:
- Chevron PR Firm's Local "News" Site Draws Attention from Koch Industries, Alarm from Media Watchdogs – By Sharon Kelly, DeSmog Blog, September 18, 2016
- Challenging Rising Inequality – By Mark Goldring, The Ecologist, September 17, 2016
- Corporations rule the world? Not quite. But we must stop them while we still can! – By Aisha Dodwell, The Ecologist, September 13, 2016
- Chevron’s "Hell Freezes Over" Tour – By Paul Paz y Miño and Kevin Koenig, Amazon Watch, September 12, 2016
- Just 90 companies are to blame for most climate change, this 'carbon accountant' says – By Douglas Starr, Science, August 25, 2016
The Man Behind the Curtain:
- Australia's Climate Denialist Senator Malcolm Roberts Fails High School Science in Maiden Speech – By Graham Readfearn, DeSmog Blog, September 15, 2016
- ARENA is down – but not out – By Tristan Edis, REnew Economy, September 14, 2016; [related]: Myth of gas; has South Australia capitulated to fossil fuels? – By Dr David Shearman and Dr Graeme Mcleay, REnew Economy, September 14, 2016 | Turnbull marks 1st anniversary with act of clean energy vandalism – By Giles Parkinson, REnew Economy, September 14, 2016 | Australia Reaches Cross-Bench Agreement To Cut Renewable Energy Funding By $500 Million – By Joshua S Hill, Clean Technica, September 13, 2016
- Leaked documents reveal secretive influence of corporate cash on politics – By Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, September 14, 2016
- Sugar Industry Paid Harvard Scientists to Shift Blame to Fat – By Genna Reed, Union of Concerned Scientists, September 14, 2016
- Trump and the Republican Party are doing Big Oil's bidding – By Dana Nuccitelli, The Guardian, September 14, 2016
- Garbage in, garbage out: Why the CCA got it so wrong – By Giles Parkinson, REnew Economy, September 12, 2016
- Here Are All the Ways That Politicians Lie About Science – By Erica Langston, Climate Desk, September 12, 2016
Green is the New Red:
- Oil-Backed Lawmakers Accused of Orchestrating 'Charade' on Behalf of ExxonMobil – By Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams, September 14, 2016; [related]: N.Y. investigation looking at Exxon’s valuation of reserves – By Bloomberg, FuelFix, September 16, 2016 | Does Congress have authority to subpoena AGs over climate change? – By James Osborne, FuelFix, September 14, 2016 | The #ExxonKnew hearing was perfectly on brand for Congress right now – By Samantha Page, Think Progress, September 14, 2016 | Lamar Smith Hearing Attempts to Bolster Legal Argument for Subpoenas – By David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, September 14, 2016 | Lawyers told House Science Chair Lamar Smith his subpoenas are trash – By Emma Foehringer Merchant, Grist, September 14, 2016 | Is There a Legal Precedent for Fighting Lamar Smith Subpoenas? Try 1960 – By David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, September 13, 2016 | Constitutional Scholars Object to Lamar Smith's Exxon Subpoenas – By David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, September 12, 2016
- Six Months Without Berta, Six Months Without Justice – By Laura Carlsen, CounterPunch, September 14, 2016
Greenwashers:
- Contradictions in Wildlife Conservation Society’s Seima REDD project in Cambodia – By Chris Lang, REDD Monitor, September 16, 2016
- A glimpse inside a boiler room – By Chris Lang, REDD Monitor, September 14, 2016
- New Report Highlights Equity Flaws in California’s Cap-and-Trade Program – By staff, California Environmental Justice Alliance, September 14, 2016; [related]: Cap-and-trade? Not so great if you are black or brown – By Laurie Mazur, Grist, September 16, 2016
- Unreleased Economic Analysis Shows Delta Tunnels Will Require $6.5B Subsidy from State and Federal Taxpayers – By Brian Smith and Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, September 14, 2016
- Stop plantations expansion in Mozambique! – By staff, World Rainforest Movement, September 13, 2016
- Don’t Be Fooled by the Latest Smokescreen for Logging Forests – By Chad Hanson, CounterPunch, September 9, 2016
Disaster Capitalism:
- Environmental Concerns — and Anger — Grow in Month After Thousand-Year Flood Strikes Louisiana – By Julie Dermansky, DeSmog Blog, September 17, 2016
- Gasoline pipeline leaks 250,000 gallons, causing states of emergency in Alabama and Georgia – By Alejandro Dávila Fragoso, Think Progress, September 16, 2016; [related]: Alabama governor declares state of emergency over pipeline spill — but it’s over shortage fears – By Katie Herzog, Grist, September 16, 2016 | America’s OPEC: 6 States Declare Emergency Gas Shortages After Koch-Owned Pipeline Spill – By Tina Casey, Clean Technica, September 18, 2016 | Pipeline shutdown in Alabama could send gas prices higher – By Associated Press, FuelFix, September 16, 2016 | Alabama, Georgia declare state of emergency after pipeline spill – By Dennis Pillion, AL.Com, September 15, 2016
- Faster-than-expected corrosion led to Pa. pipeline blast, says Spectra – By Associated Press, FuelFix, September 14, 2016
- Fukushima Backlash Hits Japan Prime Minister – By Robert Hunziker, CounterPunch, September 12, 2016
Other News:
- It’s been a really bad week for fracking opponents in Ohio — but it’s over shortage fears – By Samantha Page, Think Progress, September 16, 2016
- Chevron vs. the Amazon – By Abby Martin, TeleSUR, September 16, 2016
- Indigenous communities mobilize to defend Guatemala’s forests from loggers – By Jeff Abbott, Waging Nonviolence, September 16, 2016
- Speeding Up Coal Phase-out Will Save Albertan Lives – By Pembina Institute, The ECOreport, September 14, 2016
- Why We Need a Carbon Tax, And Why It Won’t Be Enough – By Bill McKibben, Yale Environment 360, September 12, 2016
- Alberta’s New Rules May be Insufficient for Dealing with Sprawling Oilsands Tailings Ponds – By James Wilt, DeSmog Canada, September 7, 2016
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