Very cool air quality monitoring map: How can we replicate this in our region?

台灣空汙觀測地圖

This neat interactive map shows why renewables and natural gas are taking over the US

This neat interactive map shows why renewables and natural gas are taking over the US

#noDAPL: Resistance to illegal blockade of public roads by police. And amazing use of drones. Deep respect.

Oil for Arms, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the Cluster Bombs made by Textron in Rhode Island: Banned by 119 Countries, U.S. Cluster Bombs Continue to Orphan Yemeni Children

We talked about this last year, and we will do so again. Here is an update.



Banned by 119 Countries, U.S. Cluster Bombs Continue to Orphan Yemeni Children

Fossil Fuels, Climate Denialism, and Old White Men like Rex Tillerson: What’s More Troubling About Rex Tillerson Than His Ties to Putin

Russia is not the main problem, the willful acceleration of fossil fuel burning is the main problem.

Here’s What’s More Troubling About Rex Tillerson Than His Ties to Putin

St. Louis activists support Standing Rock, draw parallels with Ferguson protests

St. Louis activists support Standing Rock, draw parallels with Ferguson protests

EPA's Study of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas and Its Potential Impact on Drinking Water Resources | US EPA

EPA's Study of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas and Its Potential Impact on Drinking Water Resources | US EPA

Tillerson boosters have Russia, Exxon business ties

Tillerson boosters have Russia, Exxon business ties

How to Convince Your Neighbors Climate Change Is Real? Stop Calling Them Idiots, Says DeSmog Founder Jim Hoggan

I'll give my neighbors a pass, ok. But should we stop vilifying those in positions of power and influence who take no action or act to deepen our dependence on fossil fuels?  Are we to try to have a "dialogue" with folks like Pruitt, Tillerson, and Perry?



How to Convince Your Neighbors Climate Change Is Real? Stop Calling Them Idiots, Says DeSmog Founder Jim Hoggan

The Billionaire Fossil Fuel Investor Behind Trump's EPA Pick

The Billionaire Fossil Fuel Investor Behind Trump's EPA Pick

What does Housing have to do with Climate Justice? Everything: Hot & Bothered Podcast #8: Why Climate Justice Means Racial Justice, with Dawn Phillips | Dissent Magazine

Hot & Bothered Podcast #8: Why Climate Justice Means Racial Justice, with Dawn Phillips | Dissent Magazine

Thousands of Invisible Oil Spills Are Destroying The Gulf

Thousands of Invisible Oil Spills Are Destroying The Gulf

Pipeline Lies: DAPL Not Complete in Illinois: DAPL crosses St Louis water supply just north of here

Pipeline Lies: DAPL Not Complete in Illinois

Meet the Brave, Audacious, Astonishing Women Who Built the Standing Rock Movement

Meet the Brave, Audacious, Astonishing Women Who Built the Standing Rock Movement 

We do not have time for compromise, this is frightening: Remaining CO2-Budget

Remaining CO2-Budget

16 years until we burn out.

Fossil Fuels = Dirty Air, Poor Health. (St. Louis) Sierra Club: Missouri air quality regulators need to better represent metro areas

Sierra Club: Missouri air quality regulators need to better represent metro areas

#StandingRockSyllabus

#StandingRockSyllabus

Pipelines and Oil Spills: They happen all the time, industry just covers it up, suggests they are an "anomaly"

Mapping 2 decades of oil and gas pipeline accidents around the U.S. (red dots indicate deaths). See more: https://t.co/QLcrg0YAcd pic.twitter.com/vd0CQqILse

— CityLab (@CityLab) November 30, 2016

Fossil Fuels + Climate Denialism = Organized Criminality: The Koch brothers, big oil, and Texas utilities are already shaping Trump’s environmental agenda

The Koch brothers, big oil, and Texas utilities are already shaping Trump’s environmental agenda

'Shockingly Stupid' Attack on Science: Trump to Eliminate NASA Climate Research

'Shockingly Stupid' Attack on Science: Trump to Eliminate NASA Climate Research

#NoDAPL Drone Warriors: We Live There, Still, In the Snow

We Live There, Still, In the Snow

Activism: Don't ever let them tell you it doesn't work. Activism works: #noDAPL ‘Pipeline Purgatory’ the Goal for U.S. Activists

‘Pipeline Purgatory’ the Goal for U.S. Activists

#NoDAPL: This is one good use for drones...

And now, clogging supply lines to humans in blizzard = violence of fossil fuel #Co2lonialism. We are ready for #zerocarbon solutions #NoDAPL pic.twitter.com/H5sQiRUq2V

— IndigenousEnviroNet (@IENearth) November 30, 2016

#NoDAPL: Army Corps Commander Ordering Evacuation of Standing Rock Protesters Has Conflicting Heroes in Ayn Rand, Martin Luther King

Army Corps Commander Ordering Evacuation of Standing Rock Protesters Has Conflicting Heroes in Ayn Rand, Martin Luther King

WUSTL Medical School is one of the region's major contributors to global warming and dirty air

2015 data is out @WUSTL & @WUSTLmed still polluting at high levels

Top doctors or global warming hall of shame? https://t.co/dPLLCVtsBj

— Bret Gustafson (@bretgustafson) November 30, 2016

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reacts to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Eviction Notice: Your Letter Makes a Grave & Dangerous Mistake

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reacts to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Eviction Notice: Your Letter Makes a Grave & Dangerous Mistake

Levi Rickert, Native News Online

Via Native News Online
 http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/cheyenne-river-sioux-tribe-reacts-u-s-army-corps-engineers-eviction-notice-letter-makes-grave-dangerous-mistake/

Winona LaDuke, via Indian Country Today: The Beginning is Near: The Deep North, Evictions and Pipeline Deadlines

The Beginning is Near: The Deep North, Evictions and Pipeline Deadlines



In short, this is a moment of extreme corporate rights and extreme racism confronted by courage, prayers, and resolve. This moment has been coming. The violence and the economics of a failing industry will indeed unravel, and this is the beginning.

Fossil Fuels: As the struggle evolves, we will increasingly confront martial law. Perhaps that time is here now: Tyranny at Standing Rock. via John W Whitehead, Counterpunch

Tyranny at Standing Rock
John Whitehead - Counterpunch

"What we’re witnessing at Standing Rock, where activists have gathered to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline construction on Native American land, is just the latest incarnation of the government’s battle plan for stamping out any sparks of resistance and keeping the populace under control: battlefield tactics, military weaponry and a complete suspension of the Constitution.Militarized police. Riot and camouflage gear. Armored vehicles. Mass arrests. Pepper spray. Tear gas. Batons. Strip searches. Drones. Less-than-lethal weapons unleashed with deadly force. Rubber bullets. Water cannons. Concussion grenades. Arrests of journalists. Intimidation tactics. Brute force.This is what martial law looks like, when a government disregards constitutional freedoms and imposes its will through military force."

Photo by Patricia Hammel Isthmus | CC BY -NC-SA 3.0 US, via Counterpunch

The Violence Behind Dirty Fuels

The Violence Behind Dirty Fuels

Trump Appoints Big Oil Think Tank Director to Lead Interior Transition Team

Trump Appoints Big Oil Think Tank Director to Lead Interior Transition Team

Exxon Mobil Accuses the Rockefellers of a Climate Conspiracy

Exxon Mobil Accuses the Rockefellers of a Climate Conspiracy

Trump's view of Infrastructure: More Fossil Fuels, Private Enrichment based on Public Goods, and Carbon Lock-In: Should the U.S. spend $1 trillion on new infrastructure?

Should the U.S. spend $1 trillion on new infrastructure?

Canada unveils plan to phase out traditional coal generation by 2030

Canada unveils plan to phase out traditional coal generation by 2030

12 Coal Miners Died on This Man’s Watch in 2006. Now Trump Wants to Make Him Commerce Secretary.

12 Coal Miners Died on This Man’s Watch in 2006. Now Trump Wants to Make Him Commerce Secretary.

Nov 15 #NoDAPL Day of Action: Global solidarity movement, Nov. 15

Nov 15 #NoDAPL Day of Action

WUSTL & Global Energy Alum Janice Cantieri, now at Northwestern, writes: "Climate scientists emphasize high stakes of the 2016 election"

Climate scientists emphasize high stakes of the 2016 election

High stakes yes, and now with Trumpism the struggle must be deepened and intensified.

Fossil fuels, racism, and violence. Wisdom from those on the front lines.

“F*ck Donald Trump. I'll see you on the streets.” Native Americans on Trump's election win. #NoDAPL pic.twitter.com/bOosrXZlt7

— AJ+ (@ajplus) November 10, 2016

Fossil fuels, criminality, colonization: Take a few minutes to peruse these maps: A #NoDAPL Map via Northlandia.com

A #NoDAPL Map: In sum, white people didn't want the pipeline going by them, so they moved it over.  This is what we commonly refer to as environmental racism and colonialism.  Click image to see a national perspective.

SOURCE:  https://northlandia.wordpress.com/2016/11/01/a-nodapl-map/

Where electric utilities are putting their money in the 2016 election

Where electric utilities are putting their money in the 2016 election

Why everyone should be out on the highways supporting #NoDAPL (or find the front line nearest your home and go there), via Indian Country Today

Background to NoDAPL struggle:

http://ictmn.lughstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/DAPL-Magazine-2016_PREVIEW_r1.pdf