Here are just a few of the Trump administration issues that have come into my email box in the last few days. Click the titles to read more and/or take action.
CALL YOUR SENATORS AND ASK THEM TO OPPOSE MORE SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA AND TO NEGOTIATE PEACE. Call the Capitol Hill switchboard at 202 224 3121. Popular Resistance
Gun Stocks Surge as Trump Pushes to Ease Export Regulations for Assault Weapons
Human rights expert warns against flooding “world with the American disease” of gun proliferation.
CALL NOW: Tell Congress to say NO to a dangerous gun silencers measure Everytown for Gun Safety
Harvey and Irma’s lasting lesson — America needs stronger flood policies The Hill
Outrage After Zinke Memo Reveals Unprecedented Assault on Public Lands Common Dreams
“We will not allow these special lands and waters to be handed over to private interests for drilling, commercial fishing, logging, and other extraction.”
Trade Panel Ruling Gives Trump Authority to Cripple Nation’s Solar Industry Common Dreams
ITC’s decision has appearance of a win for two American solar companies—but could harm larger industry.
Janine Jackson: Simply put, if an industry goes after people who seek to investigate it, it’s a pretty good indication that they’re doing something they don’t want you to know. This is certainly the case with the animal agriculture industry. The term “ag-gag,” introduced by New York Timesfood writer Mark Bittman, describes the slew of laws introduced to target undercover investigations and whistleblowing about the industry. Because, it turns out, when people don’t just hear about but see piglets having their heads bashed against cement floors, or cows too sick to walk being picked up by forklifts, it affects how they feel—and how they act.
What FERC Is And Why It Matters Huffington Post (Sent to Rise Up Times by Honor the Earth)
The Commission never factors into its decisions any climate impacts.
We have reviewed the information and analysis contained in the final [Environmental Impact Statement] regarding potential environmental effects of the Rover Pipeline, Panhandle Backhaul, and Trunkline Backhaul Projects. Based on our consideration of this information and the discussion above, we agree with the conclusions presented in the final EIS and find that the projects, if constructed and operated as described in the final EIS, are environmentally acceptable actions. ― Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, February 2, 2017
Decisions like these keep environmental advocates up at night. Headlines like this one from the “Washington Post” earlier this month explain why, “U.S. blocks major pipeline after 18 leaks and a 2 million gallon spill of drilling mud.” Turns out the Rover Pipeline, approved just one day shy of 15 weeks earlier, isn’t so “environmentally acceptable” after all.
ALEC’s Corporate Board Leads…in Federal Violations PRWatch
The federal government has slapped eight of the American Legislative Exchange Council‘s (ALEC) known corporate board leaders with more than $6.2 billion in federal fines and penalties for misconduct or corporate crimes since 2000.
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