Coordination Between State-wide Authorities Preparing for Line 3 Pipeline Protests, Minnesota
From Unicorn Riot: Minnesota – Unicorn Riot has uncovered documents showing coordination between state-wide authorities to prepare for anti-pipeline protests. Emails obtained from Minnesota State Patrol under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act show close cooperation between state and local law enforcement, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, pipeline company security staff and a private police foundation. Read the full report here: https://tinyurl.com/y7q8uywj
Philadelphia Bail Watch Report
Just-published Philadelphia Bail Watch report:
https://tinyurl.com/yaqqnxx6 See the press release here: https://www.phillybailfund.org/bailreport Philadelphia Bail Fund: https://www.facebook.com/phillybailfund/ www.phillybailfund.org Philadelphia Bail Watch is a court watch initiative that invites members of the public to observe preliminary arraignment hearings (commonly known as bail hearings) in Philadelphia criminal court. Philadelphia Bail Watch was launched in April 201
PA House Bill SB652 Criminalizing Protest
URGENT: The House vote is still pending and the window to pass SB652 narrowing. It's the bill that criminalizes protest. Call your state reps to tell them to vote NO to SB 652. Then call them again. Find their contact info here.Keep calling! Talking points below. Find number of your legislator with link below, or use Earthwork's Take Action tool https://earthworks.org/take-action/pa-sb652/ It will track you to correct legislator. Call House Leadership: Mike Turzai, Speaker (7
Workshop: Water Ways Fracking Game for Physicians for Social Responsibility PA Health Check-Up
Water Ways is an interactive illustrated project created to tell the stories of water and the effects that the natural gas industry has on the area commonly known as Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Each illustration consists of dozens of small vignettes that highlight people's struggles as they strive to protect the water and land on which we all survive. In our interactive presentations, we discuss fracking, the dangers and perceived benefits, politics in Pennsylvania that supp
Surprise Acquittal in Minnesota Valve Turners Climate Trial
Photo from Shut It Down Today / Climate Direct Action More updated information please visit: http://www.shutitdown.today/blog On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClimateDirectAction/ "It has been a long, emotional week. Three days before trial, we were bitterly disappointed when the Judge appeared to eviscerate our case by prohibiting all of our expert witnesses from giving testimony. Then, at the last minute, some of them -- including a health professional, a climate scien
Update on Catastrophic Climate Change from New IPCC Report
GLOBAL WARMING OF 1.5 °C An Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty. Read the report here: http://www.ipcc.ch/report/sr15/ A1. Human activities are estimated to have caused approximately 1.
