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Category: Climate Justice

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Postcard from Thermal: surviving the climate gap in Eastern Coachella Valley

From the Wire August 19, 2021

In the climate crisis, it’s possible to live in the same place but inhabit different worlds. by Elizabeth Weil and Mauricio Rodríguez Pons, ProPublica August 19, 2021   The first thing to know about Thermal, California,…

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Small Signs: A Protest In Flagstaff, Arizona

Last summer there were over 50 marches, actions, and demonstrations in Flagstaff, Arizona sparked as elsewhere in the country by the death last summer of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Documentarian Levi Stallings spent hours taking and compiling video from the Flagstaff actions and sit down conversations with residents from all walks of life. Read more, see the video here…

“Years of Repair”: video

The film— entitled "Message from the Future II: The Years of Repair"— is a sequel to last year's "A Message from the Future with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez" and runs with the idea that the year 2020 became an "historic turning point" for the world, one in which "the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and global uprisings against racism drive us to build back a better society in which no one is sacrificed, and everyone is essential." (Image: The Leap/The Intercept/Illustration by Moll Crabapple)
“Can you remember who you were,
before the world told you who
you should be.”
–Charles Bukowski

Be your life

“Your life is your life. Don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission. Be on the watch. There are ways out. There is light somewhere. It may not be much light but it beats the darkness. Be on the watch. The gods will offer you chances. Know them. Take them. You can’t beat death but you can beat death in life, sometimes. And the more often you learn to do it, the more light there will be. Your life is your life. Know it while you have it. You are marvelous. The gods wait to delight in you.”
Charles Bukowski

Small Signs reviews

‘Small Signs’, a powerful look at the underbelly of a tourist town
Meteor Staff 2020-10-23
by Madrone Kalil Schutten, Ph.D., Guest column for the Meteor Friday, October 23, 2020 Small Signs: A Protest in Flagstaff, Arizona is a documentary on the pulse of the second wave of the civil rights movement. Levi Stallings’ film hones in on the eruption of dissent incited by the murders of Ahmaud Arbery (February 23rd), Breonna Taylor (March 13th) and...

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From the Wire 2021-09-26
11 Felony Counts— 2020 Zogg Fire "PG&E has a history with a repeated pattern of causing wildfires that is not getting...
40 million people rely on the Colorado River. It’s drying up fast.
From the Wire 2021-08-27
One of the country’s most important sources of fresh water is in peril, the latest victim of the accelerating climate...
Postcard from Thermal: surviving the climate gap in Eastern Coachella Valley
From the Wire 2021-08-19
In the climate crisis, it’s possible to live in the same place but inhabit different worlds. by Elizabeth Weil and...
EPA bans all food uses of neurotoxic pesticide Chlorpyrifos
From the Wire 2021-08-18
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Mac England 2021-07-16
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Postcard from Thermal: surviving the climate gap in Eastern Coachella Valley
From the Wire 2021-08-19
In the climate crisis, it’s possible to live in the same place but inhabit different worlds. by Elizabeth Weil and...
America’s drinking water is surprisingly easy to poison
From the Wire 2021-03-17
The cyberbreach at a plant in Oldsmar, Florida, which could have resulted in a mass poisoning, was a reminder of...
‘It’s like nobody cares’: After two weeks without running water, Jackson, Miss. pleads for help
From the Wire 2021-03-02
"Water is a basic necessity and it just brought a lot of frustration, anger, and disappointment," said one of the...
Getting the lead out
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by Wade Rathke September 29, 2020 New Orleans   We have to take progress where we can get it in...
New report details flooding/contamination risks at uranium mine near Grand Canyon
Meteor Staff 2020-05-01
April 28, 2020 Flagstaff, Ariz.    The Grand Canyon Trust reports serious problems at the Canyon Mine uranium mine south of...
Climate change threatens drinking water quality across the Great Lakes
From the Wire 2020-04-30
Harmful algal bloom in Lake Erie, Sept. 4, 2009. NOAA/Flickr by  Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI and Joseph D. Ortiz, Kent State...

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Lake Mead, the nation’s largest freshwater reservoir, has been losing water because of epochal drought since 2000. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
40 million people rely on the Colorado River. It’s drying up fast.
2021-08-27
One of the country’s most important sources of fresh water is in peril, the latest victim of the accelerating climate crisis. by Abrahm Lustgarten Friday, August 27, 2021 [caption id="attachment_37584" align="aligncenter" width="2560"] Lake Mead, the nation’s largest freshwater reservoir, has been losing water because of epochal...
‘Keystone XL Is Dead!’: After 10-year battle, Climate Movement victory is complete
2021-06-10
"Keystone XL is now the most famous fossil fuel project killed by the climate movement,' said one veteran campaigner, "but it won't be the last." by Jon Queally, staff writer June 9, 2021 [caption id="attachment_31454" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaking at the southern...
Demonstrators attend a protest demanding climate action on November 18, 2020. (Photo: Getty Images)
2021-2030: The Renewal Decade
2021-06-06
Protecting and regenerating the viability of our blue-green home is the essential work of the next few years. Everyone is needed and we each have a role to play. by Diana Donlon June 5, 2021 [caption id="attachment_31417" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Demonstrators attend a protest demanding climate action...
Ending food insecurity in Native communities means restoring land rights, handing back control
2021-05-30
Since the 1980s, an influx of fast food restaurants and convenience stores and an exodus of supermarkets in poorer neighborhoods across the U.S. have led to chronic disease disparities in low-income communities and racial minorities. This is especially true among the U.S.‘s Native population. by Valarie...
Arizona’s current historic drought may be ‘baseline for the future’
2021-05-27
by Alyssa Marksz, Cronkite News May 27, 2021 [caption id="attachment_31317" align="aligncenter" width="2000"] Soybeans show the affect of a 2013 drought in Texas, near Navasota, in this USDA file photo. Officials say Western states remain locked in the grip of a historically severe drought, with the past year...
Engine No. 1’s big win over Exxon shows activist hedge funds joining fight against climate change
2021-05-27
by Mark DesJardine, Penn State and Tima Bansal, Western University One of the most expensive Wall Street shareholder battles on record could signal a big shift in how hedge funds and other investors view sustainability. Exxon Mobil Corp. has been fending off a so-called proxy fight...
Climate activists on Wednesday celebrated a Dutch court's ruling that Royal Dutch Shell must cut its carbon emissions 45% by 2030. (Photo: Friends of the Earth Europe/Twitter)
Court Rules Shell must cut CO2 emissions 45% by 2030
2021-05-26
'Landslide Victory for Climate Justice' "This is a turning point in history," said an attorney who noted that the ruling "may also have major consequences for other big polluters." by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Wednesday, May 26, 2021 [caption id="attachment_31311" align="aligncenter" width="955"] Climate activists on Wednesday...
Climate activists protest on the fist day of the ExxonMobil trial outside the New York State Supreme Court building on October 22, 2019 in New York City. (Photo: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
Activist Investors Score Surprise Win With ExxonMobil Board Seats
2021-05-26
'A Seismic Shift' for Big Oil "The outcome is a sign that Exxon's morally inept and fiscally questionable long-term climate strategy is finally catching up with it," wrote one journalist. by Kenny Stancil, staff writer Wednesday, May 26, 2021 [caption id="attachment_31307" align="aligncenter" width="955"] Climate activists protest...
Indigenous Rights groups join Michigan Gov. Whitmer in demanding shutdown of Enbridge’s Line 5
2021-05-11
The governor called the pipeline a "ticking time bomb" as her deadline of Wednesday, set last year for the Canadian company, fast approached. by Julia Conley, staff writer Tuesday, May 11, 2021 [caption id="attachment_31155" align="aligncenter" width="955"] Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at a rally on October 31,...
‘Generation on fire’: Sunrise Movement activists to march 400 miles from New Orleans to Houston
2021-05-10
"We're living in constant crisis: hurricanes, superstorms, jobs that break our bodies and could be taken away at any minute. This is an emergency, but it isn't an accident." by Brett Wilkins, staff writer May 10, 2021 [caption id="attachment_31162" align="aligncenter" width="955"] Members of the youth-led Sunrise...

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2020-12-06
Researchers continue to find new information about how widespread plastic pollution has become, but also how we can help stem the tide. by Tara Lohan, The Revelator December 3, 2020   [caption id="attachment_27986" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Plastic pollution lines a Singapore beach. Photo: Vaidehi Shah, (CC BY...

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[caption id="attachment_31168" align="alignright" width="414"] An excerpt of a letter penned by Guy Reffitt, sent to ProPublica from jail.[/caption] The material...
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America’s drinking water is surprisingly easy to poison
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Court stops police from blockading Line 3 protester camp
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2021-02-02
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Biden ban on new private prison contracts will not reach ICE detainees
2021-02-02
[caption id="attachment_29871" align="alignright" width="651"] President Joe Biden on Tuesday signs a memorandum strengthening nation-to-nation relationships and directing federal agencies to...
‘Know who didn’t get a F***ing Break? The children’: Outrage over Melania Trump’s recorded comments on imprisoned kids
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The first lady accused parents and children of lying about the violence they faced in their home countries and claimed...
Trump plan for pre-election ICE raids condemned as xenophobic and cruel ‘publicity stunt’
2020-09-30
"President Donald Trump, in need of another dose of fear to keep his sputtering reelection bid afloat, is now, officially,...
Activists help ICE detainee avoid deportation following alleged sterilization procedure at Georgia facility
2020-09-16
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Lawmakers demand probe into ‘horrifying’ allegations of neglect, mass hysterectomies at ICE Detention Center
2020-09-16
"These allegations are part of a larger pattern of reproductive injustices conducted by ICE officials." by Lisa Newcomb, staff writer...
ICE deported a woman who accused guards of sexual assault while the Feds were still investigating the incident
2020-09-16
The DHS and DOJ inspectors general are investigating allegations that ICE guards assaulted detainees in camera blind spots. DHS instructed...
Rights groups condemn ICE amid whistleblower’s allegations of unwarranted hysterectomies
2020-09-15
'Forced Sterilization Is Genocide' The complaint alleges numerous health and safety violations in regards to Covid-19 in addition a disturbing...
‘We sent 500 tests. They don’t answer calls’: Inside ICE’s coronavirus testing disaster
2020-09-11
Internal emails show ICE rebuffed New Mexico public health officials offering to help contain COVID-19. by Patrick Michels and Laura...
ICE guards “systematically” sexually assault detainees in an El Paso detention center, lawyers say
2020-08-14
Allegations include guards attacking victims in camera “blind spots” and telling them that “no one would believe” them in ICE...

Stories about the Border Wall

Despite Biden moratorium, ICE and CBP deport hundreds
2021-02-02
'Get These Agencies Under Control Immediately' "Don't. Look. Away. We can't trust ICE and CBP, even if their boss is...
Biden ban on new private prison contracts will not reach ICE detainees
2021-02-02
[caption id="attachment_29871" align="alignright" width="651"] President Joe Biden on Tuesday signs a memorandum strengthening nation-to-nation relationships and directing federal agencies to...
Biden’s path to citizenship for immigrants could face an uphill battle
2021-01-21
  by Ryan Knappenberger, Cronkite News Thursday, January 21 [caption id="attachment_29461" align="alignright" width="270"] President Joe Biden, shown here in a campaign...
New IG report, says ACLU, shows just how far Trump team ‘was willing to go to destroy’ immigrant families
2021-01-15
"Just when you think the Trump administration can't sink any lower, it does." by Brett Wilkins, staff writer Friday, January...
US detained migrant children for far longer than previously known
2020-11-29
Newly obtained data show that the U.S. government has detained nearly 1,000 migrant children for longer than one year since...
Trump races to weaken environmental and worker protections, and implement other last-minute policies, before Jan. 20
2020-11-27
The Trump administration is rushing to approve dozens of eleventh-hour policy changes. Among them: The Justice Department is fast-tracking a...
Lawyers can’t locate parents of 666 seized migrant children—121 more than previously believed
2020-11-10
[su_pullquote align="right"]This is an update from a previous story identifying 545 un-reunitable children.[/su_pullquote].    The children were separated from their families...
Trump got what he wanted at the border. Would Biden undo it?
2020-10-28
Democrats agree that Trump’s caused asylum-seekers unacceptable misery. But the goal of deterring people from migrating to the U.S. —...
‘Cruelty was always the plan’: pressed on mass family separations in final debate, Trump smears victims as ‘bad people’
2020-10-23
"The Trump immigration agenda is defined by cruelty: it's responsible for six children dying in cages, forced women into unnecessary...
Native American man shot protesting Trump border wall, others tear gassed, arrested by US agents on Indigenous Peoples’ Day
2020-10-13
"It's obscene and offensive to us that local and state governments move to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day while the federal...

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