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Climate Scientists Exiled By Trump To Continue Research At Columbia [1]

"The Trump administration disbanded a federal advisory committee on climate change last year but the scientists on the panel won’t be deterred. They’re taking their research elsewhere."

Source: Independent [2], 01/16/2018

Huge Oil Spill Spreads in East China Sea, Stirring Environmental Fears [3]

"An oil spill from an Iranian tanker that sank in the East China Sea is rapidly spreading, officials said Tuesday, alarming environmentalists about the threat to sea and bird life in the waterway."

Source: NY Times [4], 01/16/2018

DOJ Helped Prosecutor Target Facebook Records of Anti-Pipeline Activists [5]

"Nine months after pipeline opponents in Washington state staged a protest that blocked freeway traffic, Facebook ended a protracted legal standoff with a county prosecutor, turning over detailed records on the indigenous-led group behind the demonstration."

Source: The Intercept [6], 01/15/2018

'Clean Energy Is a Fundamental Civil Right': NAACP [7]

"The NAACP is launching a major environmental justice campaign on Jan. 13 to mark the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service."

Source: EcoWatch [8], 01/15/2018

Harvey: ZIP Code & Race Determine Who Will Bear Climate Change Burden [9]

"Concern continues to grow over the environmental impact of Hurricane Harvey on the Houston area, home to more than a dozen oil refineries."

Source: Democracy Now! [10], 01/15/2018

Environmental Consortium Addressing Inequality Convenes In Houston Sat. [11]

"Like four other communities along the Gulf Coast, the Pleasantville neighborhood on Houston's east side is receiving some expert support to help residents address longstanding environmental justice issues."

Source: Houston Chronicle [12], 01/15/2018

"Environmental Justice: What We’re Watching As The Year Ends" [13]

"Last year ended with momentum. Flint — though still dealing with dirty water — had put environmental justice back on the map. It was no longer a topic tucked into academic papers and progressive media. National broadcasters and newspapers descended on mid-Michigan."

Source: EHN [14], 01/15/2018

"How a Team of New York City Inspectors Helped Puerto Rico After Maria" [15]

"Dozens of inspectors swarmed the streets of New York City in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, filling out piles of paperwork as they assessed the damage."

Source: NY Times [16], 01/15/2018

"Pope's Chile Visit To Cast Light On Mapuche Indians' Land Struggle" [17]

"The plight of Chile's indigenous Mapuche people and their struggle for land rights will come under the spotlight as Pope Francis travels to the country on Monday amid growing tension between the Mapuche and loggers and farmers."

Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn [18], 01/15/2018

"Beyond Standing Rock: Environmental Justice Suffered Setbacks in 2017" [19]

"Humvees with heavily armed county, state and federal agents rolled into what remained of the Oceti Sakowin protest camp in North Dakota in early 2017. With a U.S. Department of Homeland Security helicopter circling low overhead and heavy machinery preparing to topple anything in their path, the camp's last few holdouts torched their tipis and fled across the frozen Cannonball River to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation."

Source: InsideClimate News [20], 01/15/2018

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