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Colette Pichon Battle: Title VI and Environmental Justice (audio/mpeg 50.1mb) Collette Pichon-Battle, director of the U.S. Human Rights Network. Former Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy. Immigration Attorney by practice. Tulane Environmental Law Summit. Saturday, March 11, 2017.
The focus of the panel from which this was taken was how environmental justice cases are transforming into civil rights issues, becoming one in the same. We will also discuss how that has and will continue to affect title VI.... Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 7:23AM 
California’s Attorney General Asks EPA to Ban Brain-Harming Pesticide California Attorney General (AG) Xavier Becerra joined six other states in urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to follow through on a proposed ban for the brain-harming pesticide chlorpyrifos, in a legal filing made public today. Farmworker families and people living in agricultural communities urge state officials to follow the AG’s call for federal action with immediate steps to protect farmworkers and communities from contaminated air and water caused by continued use of ... Posted: Wed Jun 7, 2017 10:43AM
Total Gamma and Beta Radiation in 2006 YRTW 18X ”I actually Gasped when I saw the Rad Beta Count for Washington, D.C. for this issue on the EPA website. It was 2.1 Billion, yea, with a Capital B. Last issue Chicago had a 2.4 Million Rad Beta Count. DC is almost One Thousand Times Worse at 2.1 Billion. That’s a whole Lot of Worse.”... Posted: Thu Jun 1, 2017 12:16PM 
Israel Cuts Water Supply to Jordan Valley Village  On the morning of April 27, Israeli bulldozers destroyed all pipelines supplying water to Bardala village in the Jordan Valley, leaving approximately 3,500 villagers without water.... Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 6:44PM
A Generation is Lost Thousands upon thousands of researchers demonstrate for the freedom of science and research funding. Public policy isn't a wrecking ball or a sledgehammer. Democracy is different than following autocratic orders without compromise, negotiations, and countermeasures. Checks and balances often seem replaced by revolving doors, democratic legislation by lobbyists and democracy by neoliberal oligarchy. Progressives are fighting back. The EPA cut will only be 1%, not 31%.... Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 4:23AM
Trump Resurrects Controversial Fracking Project  The Trump Administration has resurrected a controversial fracking proposal in California’s Los Padres National Forest.... Posted: Mon May 8, 2017 9:47PM
Nuclear Shutdown News April 2017 Nuclear Shutdown News chronicles the decline and fall of the nuclear industry in the US and abroad, and highlights the efforts of this who are working to create a nuclear free world.... Posted: Tue May 2, 2017 4:47PM
Trump to Launch Unprecedented Attack on National Monuments 1 Billion Acres of Natural Wonders at Risk on Public Land, Oceans... Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 2:59PM
FEMA and Louisiana Present stats on Flooding Events of 2016 (audio/mpeg 161.6mb) Representatives from FEMA and Louisiana present information on the Floods of 2016, in preparation for their release of a report on the cost effectiveness of mitigating homes from flood damage.... Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 2:53PM
The Wests’ most famed wild horse herd is facing a round-up  One of the American Wests’ most famed wild horse herd may be rounded up and sold at an auction.
Pics and video of my observation of wild horses in Nevada.... Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 6:49PM
Lawsuit Targets Trump's Border Wall, Enforcement Program Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva Joins Center for Biological Diversity in Suit Against DHS... Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 2:13PM 
Governor Brown’s “Resistance” Fails to Protect California Communities  Real Climate Leadership Requires Actions like Maryland’s Ban... Posted: Sat Apr 8, 2017 5:09PM
Nuke Shutdown News March 2017 Nuclear Shutdown News chronicles the decline and fall of the nuclear industry in the US and abroad, and highlights the efforts of those working to create a nuclear free world. Here's our March 2017 report:... Posted: Sat Apr 1, 2017 4:25PM
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairman responds to oil in DAPL  Cannon Ball, N.D., March 28, 2017 — Today, we received word that oil is now present in the newly completed Dakota Access Pipeline. Chairman Archambault stated, “While we are disappointed that our pleas to the court and current administration have thus far fallen on deaf ears, we remain committed to fighting the transmission of dirty fossil fuels through our territory and putting a stop to the flow of oil in this pipeline.”... Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 2:11PM
No Funds for Border Wall in FY 2017? – Fight Shifts to FY 2018  Latino, Environmental, Civil Rights, and Border Communities hold their ground against Trump’s wall... Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 2:04PM
House Republicans Launch Effort to Repeal Endangered Species Act Infrastructure Project 'Impediments' Latest Fraudulent Claim to Rationalize Attack... Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2017 6:17PM 
Killing the Black Snake: Behind the Scenes of the #NODAPL Struggle (video/mp4 126.8mb) The first episode of Trouble, looks beyond the mainstream narratives surrounding the Standing Rock encampment to get a better understanding of some of the camp’s overlooked dynamics, including serious disagreements over which tactics to use to best stop the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).... Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2017 9:35PM
Getting Into Trouble with Franklin Lopez of SubMedia (audio/mpeg 63.1mb) SubMedia is releasing a brand new monthly show entitled Trouble. This month's featured struggle is the #NoDAPL fight at Standing Rock.... Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2017 1:19PM
Standing Rock Sioux Chairman responds to Keystone Pipeline permit approval  Cannon Ball, N.D., March 24, 2017 —Today, President Trump announced that the State Department has issued the final permit necessary to proceed with the Keystone Pipeline. On his second day in office, this President made it his priority to push through two controversial pipelines. The Dakota Access and Keystone lines are dangerous, and were previously halted due to their risks to public safety. Today the battle against Keystone begins again.... Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 5:02PM
Trump Approves Disastrous Keystone XL Pipeline  WASHINGTON, March 24, 2017 — Following an executive order signed by President Trump in January, the U.S. State Department approved the Keystone XL pipeline today. In approving Keystone, the State Department ignored its own previous environmental analyses concluding the pipeline would be a disaster for the climate and is not in the national interest.... Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 4:32PM |