Dispatches From the Culture Wars – May 9, 2023
Portside
A not-so-civil war continues
A not-so-civil war continues
A not-so-civil war continues
Groups Urge Biden to Invoke Defense Production Act to Counter Putin, Accelerate Green Transition
Common Dreams
"A renewable energy future," the groups wrote, "is a peaceful and ultimately more prosperous one."
For 15 Years, Energy Transfer Partners Pipelines Leaked an Average of Once Every 11 Days
DeSmogBlog
5,475 days, 527 pipeline spills: that's the math presented in a new report from environmental groups Greenpeace USA and the Waterkeeper Alliance examining pipelines involving Dakota Access builder Energy Transfer Partners (ETP). It's based on public data from 2002 to 2017.
Judge Fines Greenpeace after Portland Protesters Block Shell Vessel
The Seattle Times
A Shell icebreaker in Portland turned back Wednesday, avoiding a showdown with protesters dangling from a bridge. The company hasn't announced its next move.
labor
Labor's Plan B
The American Prospect
Faced with the very real threat of extinction, unions have largely put collective bargaining on the back burner, and instead must try to remind American workers of the basic concept of worker solidarity. “We start from the point of view that, because so few people are in unions these days, very few people have personal experience with collective power,” explains Karen Nussbaum, the executive director of Working America.
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