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[equity] "The Dehumanization of My People" By Javier Sierra [more]
August 5, 2020
"A new heartbreaking documentary, which the Trump administration tried very hard to stop, provides a front-line seat to ICE’s culture of violence, cruelty and dehumanization of immigrants. According to a horrifying documentary titled "Immigration...
[lawsuit] Sierra Club's Big Canyon "Motion to Intervene" on Permit for Dam on the Little Colorado.. [more]
August 3, 2020
"This proceeding involves the third pumped storage project that Pumped Hydro has recently proposed in the vicinity of the lower Little Colorado River. -- All three projects would be located near one another on the Navajo Nation, just miles outside...
[hitched] Aug 3) "Women Are Awesome"...[more]
August 3, 2020
11 Articles on News of the Week) ~ ~ DISASTER PREP DURING COVID-19 ~ ~ HOW ARE YOU SHOWING UP AND DOING THE WORK THIS WEEK? ~ ~ FRIDAY DUMPSTER-FIRE NEWS ~ ~ CELEBRATE WITH CHILES ~ ~ WE’RE BIG FANS ~ ~ THIS IS HOW WE DO IT ~ ~ WHO ARE THE PLASTICS...
[borderlands] Sierra Club's Comment on Supreme Court Order in Border Wall Challenge... [more]
July 31, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC— The Supreme Court today left in place an earlier order that permits the Trump administration to temporarily continue construction of the border wall while the underlying legal challenge proceeds in court. The Supreme Court has not...
[newsletters] July 2020... [more]
July 30, 2020
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[energy] Three ACC Commissioners Block Clean Energy, in Arizona... [more]
July 30, 2020
The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) today missed a historic opportunity -- to put Arizona on a path toward a cleaner, healthier and more prosperous future -- by failing to strengthen the state’s antiquated energy rules. [CLICK TITLE ABOVE --...
[recycle] Yes, You Can Recycle Your Pizza Boxes ... [more]
July 28, 2020
New research reveals that, so long as you remove all the pizza, the cardboard container that held your Veggie Supreme can be readily recycled into something new. That’s good news, because all those pizza boxes add up. -- 3 billion pizza boxes are...
[insider] July 28) Reckoning With Our History, Bad News for Bears, Photographing Jaguars...[more]
July 28, 2020
11 Articles = Reckoning With Our History ~ ~ John Lewis’s Legacy Keeps Growing ~ ~ With Liberty, Justice, and Wildness for All ~ ~ What Do Air Pollution and Police Violence Have in Common? ~ ~ Trump Orders NEPA "Overhaul" ~ ~ Not So Fast on NEPA,...
[history] "On the Shoulders of G. Donald Kucera" by Lee Oler... [more]
July 28, 2020
(Article written by Lee Oler) "In 1970 when I went to my first Sierra Club meeting in Tucson, I met Don Kucera. -- He, along with Doug Shakel, had recently formed the La Sección del Rincón of the Sierra Club. -- And not surprisingly, Don was the...
[energy az] APS rate case - support just and equitable transition [more]
July 27, 2020
The Arizona Corporation Commission is holding two public comment sessions on the Arizona Public Service (APS) rate case on July 27 (today!) and July 28 (tomorrow) at 6pm. -- Here is some background information and talking points for commenting. It...