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​Youths suing US Gov't on climate change to get day in court​

09/03/18
Author: 
Oliver C​rook
Link: 
​WhoWhatWhy​
Young climate activists, between the ages of eight and nineteen, are fighting in court to force the US government to take action against climate change. Photo credit: Our Children's Trust

 March 8, 2018

A three-judge panel in California unanimously ruled that the lawsuit of 21 young people, who want to force the government to take action on climate change, can proceed.

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Category: 
Climate Change
USA
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‘Like Standing Rock’: Trans Mountain pipeline-expansion opponents plan B.C. protest

08/03/18
Author: 
Lynda V. Mapes
Link: 
Seattle Times

A mass demonstration is planned in the Vancouver, B.C., metro area Saturday against the expansion of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline project. Nearly 7,000 Coast Salish Water Protectors have signed up to participate.

Building in the courts and halls of Canadian government for years, conflict over the mammoth Trans Mountain tar- sands oil-pipeline expansion is expected to spill into the streets of British Columbia Saturday with massive civil disobedience demonstrations.

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Category: 
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Indigenous Peoples
Oil - Pipelines
Protest - Revolt
USA
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Facebook online video conference: How a grassroots effort in Washington fought big oil and won

23/02/18
Author: 
stand.earth
Link: 
stand.earth
Changing the Game: Lessons from Stopping the Tesoro Savage Terminal
 
Facebook online video conference: How a grassroots effort in Washington fought big oil and won
 
https://www.facebook.com/standearth/videos/10155675165739221/?notif_id=1519243401097471&notif_t=live_video
 
Speakers: 
 
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Category: 
Environmental Groups
Indigenous Peoples
Labour - Unions
Oil - Pipelines
Protest - Revolt
USA
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​Dennis Kucinich vows to end all oil and gas drilling in Ohio if elected governor and then take the industry to court​

20/02/18
Author: 
Zaid Jilani
Link: 
The Intercept
Dennis Kucinich

 February 19 2018

THE MAN WHO saved Cleveland — and paid the ultimate political price for it — now wants to do the same for Ohio.

Dennis Kucinich, the boy mayor of Cleveland who went on to serve nearly two decades in Congress, is running for governor on a platform of radical change to how the energy industry operates in the state.

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Category: 
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
USA
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'Game-Changer': Confirming Fears, Satellites Show Fast-Rising Seas

17/02/18
Author: 
Jessica Corbett
Link: 
Common Dreams
In a new study published Feb. 12, scientists found that global sea level rise is accelerating each year. (Photo: Andrew/Flickr/cc)

February 13, 2018


"This acceleration, driven mainly by accelerated melting in Greenland and Antarctica, has the potential to double the total sea level rise by 2100."

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Category: 
Climate Change
Climate Science
Global
USA
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Jackson Rising: At Last, a Real Strategic Plan

14/02/18
Author: 
Richard Moser
Link: 
Black Agenda Report
Jackson Rising: At Last, a Real Strategic Plan
​30 Jan 2018
 
Jackson Rising: At Last, a Real Strategic Plan

“When the bubble bursts we will need a network of worker cooperatives and people’s assemblies to sustain us.”

“Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality…. — Malcolm X

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Category: 
Ecology/Environment
Ecosocialism
Social
USA
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End NAFTA’s mandatory energy exporting rule

14/02/18
Author: 
Gordon Laxer
Link: 
The Vancouver Sun

We’ve heard lots of good reasons to fix or end NAFTA, but the most important one has been ignored. It’s the energy proportionality clause, a rule like no other in the world. Under it, Canada must make available for export to the US three-quarters of its oil production and over half its natural gas. If left in place in NAFTA 2.0, the rule can single-handedly prevent Canada from achieving its Paris climate promises.

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Category: 
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Oil - Pipelines
Oil by Rail
USA
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Militarism's Contribution to Climate Change

12/02/18
Author: 
Brett. S. Morris
Link: 
Medium.com
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Category: 
Capitalism
Climate Change
Global
USA
War/military
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Activists protest Trans Mountain outside Trudeau's hotel in San Francisco

09/02/18
Author: 
The Canadian Press
Link: 
CBC News
Protesters demonstrate outside the hotel where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is meeting with California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom Friday, February 9, 2018 in San Francisco. (Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press)

       Feb 09, 2018

SAN FRANCISCO — Opposition to Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline has followed Justin Trudeau to sunny California.

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Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Oil - Pipelines
USA
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FAILURE FOR GIANT OIL TRAIN SCHEME IN VANCOUVER (WASHINGTON)

02/02/18
Author: 
Eric de Place and Clark Williams-Derry
Link: 
Sightline Institute
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Category: 
Oil - Pipelines
Oil by Rail
USA
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