'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

Responsible Scientists for Climate Sanity: Our Chancellor should either stand up and speak out against the coal interests on our board, or resign. Seems pretty clear.

Responsible Scientists for Climate Sanity



One WUSTL scientist on this list.  They should all sign.  And then Chancellor Wrighton should either stand up to the fossil fuel people on the board of trustees or resign.  Or he should just acknowledge the fact that the university is a hypocrite, not a leader, when it comes to the crisis of global warming.

Oil, Arms, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and death in Yemen, local connections: Boeing jet deal means big boost for St. Louis jobs

Boeing jet deal means big boost for St. Louis jobs



Woo-hoo, more jobs, more dead civilians in places like Yemen.  And Blunt and Lacy Clay cheering for 'jobs'.    Can Boeing build something else besides killing machines?

Energy, climate change make brief appearance at second presidential debate

Energy, climate change make brief appearance at second presidential debate

3 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Efforts Against the Dakota Access Pipeline

3 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Efforts Against the Dakota Access Pipeline

Frequently Asked Questions - Camp of the Sacred Stones

Solidarity against the DAPL/#NODAPL.



Frequently Asked Questions - Camp of the Sacred Stones

Fracking Mother Earth: For-Profit Pipeline Company Claims "Public Benefit" in Seizing Private Lands in Pennsylvania

For-Profit Pipeline Company Claims "Public Benefit" in Seizing Private Lands in Pennsylvania

New Koch-Funded Group Aims to Promote the ''Positives'' of Fossil Fuels

New Koch-Funded Group Aims to Promote the ''Positives'' of Fossil Fuels

Hydrocarbons and the Illusion of Sustainability by Kent A. Klitgaard • Monthly Review

Hydrocarbons and the Illusion of Sustainability by Kent A. Klitgaard • Monthly Review

A Just Transition for U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry Workers

A Just Transition for U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry Workers

As we've been saying, there is not, nor will there ever be, 'clean coal': Piles of Dirty Secrets Behind a Model ‘Clean Coal’ Project

Piles of Dirty Secrets Behind a Model ‘Clean Coal’ Project

Exxon-Mobil is abusing the First Amendment

Exxon-Mobil is abusing the First Amendment

Dirty Coal, Dirty Politics: EPA Region 7 fails to do its job on Labadie sulfur dioxide pollution in Missouri

This is what happens when public institutions are corrupted by private utilities that manipulate the system (and this also may have to do with the fact that even the Democrats and their lobbyists in Missouri are bought and sold by the coal-fired utility industry).

EPA declines to adjust sulfur dioxide regulations in St. Charles, Franklin counties

http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/epa-declines-to-adjust-sulfur-dioxide-regulations-in-st-charles/article_7c360365-c7e2-5fc8-b91a-ee71f3f41e65.html

Dirty Coal: See how St. Louis 1% and top institutions (including our beloved Washington University) are implicated in the defense of Peabody Coal, hedge "vulture" funds, right-wing think tanks, and billionaires...

Here's a cool diagram - and walk-through guide – of the connections between the rich (and somewhat dirty) behind Peabody's coal bankruptcy:

http://littlesis.org/maps/1471-peabody-energy-bankruptcy-players

Criminal Coal: 13 minute documentary on alleged crimes of Drummond Coal, in Colombia, including assassination of union leaders

Biggest US coal company funded dozens of groups questioning climate change

Biggest US coal company funded dozens of groups questioning climate change

This Is What Insurgency Looks Like | Labor Network for Sustainability

This Is What Insurgency Looks Like | Labor Network for Sustainability

A grid of DERs: DOE program aims for 100% solar penetration on the distribution system

A grid of DERs: DOE program aims for 100% solar penetration on the distribution system

Analysis: Only five years left before 1.5C carbon budget is blown - Carbon Brief

Analysis: Only five years left before 1.5C carbon budget is blown - Carbon Brief

What Can be Done #9: Embrace a real vision for the future, here's one of several options: via Labor Network for Sustainability: Climate, Jobs, and Justice: A plan for a just transition to a climate-safe economy | Labor Network for Sustainability

Climate, Jobs, and Justice: A plan for a just transition to a climate-safe economy | Labor Network for Sustainability