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25/01/18
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Voters Taking Action on Climate Change
A disappointing decision from the court -- but still no US thermal coal exports down the Fraser River.
22/01/18
Author: 
Simon Davis-Cohen
Photo: Ty Campbell via The Red Line Salish Sea
NINE MONTHS AFTER pipeline opponents in Washington state staged a protest that blocked freeway traffic, Facebook ended a protracted legal standoff with a county prosecutor, turning over detailed records on the indigenous-led group behind the demonstration.
11/01/18
Author: 
Patrick Bond


From: Patrick Bond <pbond@mail.ngo.za>
Date: January 10, 2018 at 11:46:44 AM PST

11/01/18
Author: 
Bill McKibben and Naomi Klein
From: Bill McKibben and Naomi Klein for 350.org <350@350.org>
Date: Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 11:02 AM
Subject: The tide is turning against fossil fuels
 

Dear Friends,

11/01/18
Author: 
Laurin-Whitney Gottbrath
The indigenous group and their supporters are calling for the state to respect native treaty rights [Austin Smith/Courtesy of 350 Seattle]

 

Sitting in a tarpee erected outside the Capitol Building in the US state of Washington, seven Indigenous women and their supporters have vowed to stay put.

They will stay until they are either arrested or politicians take action on climate change and native treaty rights.

"We will be here as long as they let us be here," said Eva, a member of Santee Sioux Tribe.

11/01/18
Author: 
Carl Meyer
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, centre, holds a press conference Jan. 10, 2018 to announce a lawsuit against oil companies and a plan to divest from fossil fuel reserve owners. Photo by Benjamin Kanter / Mayoral Photography Office

Five years ago, Superstorm Sandy ripped through the most populous city in the United States, spreading destruction fueled by climate change. Today, New York City's mayor said it was time to "break the cycle" by suing the culprits — fossil fuel companies.

10/01/18
Author: 
Thomson Reuters
A bulldozer clears mud off the road near a flooded section of US 101 freeway in Montecito, Calif., on Tuesday. Mudslides unleashed by a ferocious storm demolished homes in southern California and killed more than a dozen, police said. ( Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)

Emergency workers have rescued dozens of survivors, search continues for the missing

The number of people killed by mudslides in Southern California is expected to rise, but rescue efforts should become easier Wednesday after a powerful rainstorm heads west and skies clear, authorities said.

The death toll from the powerful debris flows that hit the community of Montecito stood at 15 on Tuesday morning, as Santa Barbara County spokesperson Yaneris Muniz confirmed two more victims.

08/01/18
Author: 
National Observer

On Thursday, the Trump Administration moved to open up vast expanses of protected coastline for offshore drilling. The plan opens up 90 percent of U.S. offshore reserves to private companies: from 2019 to 2024, forty-seven new leases are planned for the waters off Alaska, California, the Eastern seaboard and Gulf of Mexico.

07/01/18
Author: 
Alleen Brown, Will Parrish, Alice Speri
Internal TigerSwan documents provide a detailed picture of how the mercenary firm surveilled Dakota Access Pipeline opponents and infiltrated protest camps.
07/01/18
Author: 
Heather Bellow

A discharge of 16,500 gallons of "hazardous wastewater" from pipeline testing in Agawam has prompted intervention by the two U.S. senators that represent Massachusetts.

In a letters to federal regulators, U.S. Sens. Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren said Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.'s release of pressure testing wastewater Nov. 20 poses a threat to public health and the environment in surrounding communities.

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