How Corporate Greed Is Trashing the Commons & Harming Us

The Big Picture RT

Published on Jan 6, 2016

An atmospheric catastrophe of unprecedented proportions is unfolding just miles outside of Los Angeles. Engineers say it could be months before it’s brought under control – but it should have only taken hours.

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Worse Than TPP: Secret Economic Trade Deal Could Ruin Global Economy

The Ring of Fire

Published on Jul 21, 2015

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If you think the TPP will be a disaster for the American economy, just wait until you hear about the Trade in Services Agreement. This so-called economic free trade agreement has been negotiated for the last few years in complete secrecy, but thanks to Wikileaks, we’ve finally seen what our government has been hiding from us.

Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this terrifying agreement with attorney Michael Burg.

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21 Stories of Transition – with Rob Hopkins

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Published on Jan 6, 2016

These 21 Stories are a joyous and inspiring celebration of what the Transition movement has become and were compiled in the hope that this powerful and heady taste of what is bubbling up from the ground will enthuse decision-makers with new courage, new ideas and new possibilities. But regardless of decisions taken by world leaders, at COP21 and subsequently, 21 Stories can inspire us all to step up even more.

Something brilliant and historic is already underway, and the message to the current political leaders of this world is that it’s already happening with or without them, and that the best tack for them to take is to support and enable this groundswell. But even if they do nothing, this movement will continue to grow, because it’s the future.

That future is being written now, and these stories offer inspiration and clear direction, whether you’re reading this before, during or after the climate change negotiations in Paris.

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The TPP What You’re Not Being Told

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Published on Jun 11, 2015

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Tell the TPP what you think

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Published on Jan 6, 2016

Until January 13th, the USTR is taking public comments on the TPP. Think that doesn’t matter? Consider how the flood of comments on FCC’s website pushed them to uphold Net Neutrality. This shit matters – go tell ’em what you think of TPP.

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Why the poor face a higher cost of banking

PBS NewsHour

Published on Jan 6, 2016

It’s expensive to be poor, but perhaps the widest discrepancy is in the world of banking. Unable to maintain a minimum balance or provide the necessary ID to open a bank account, many poor people rely on fringe financial services like check cashing stores and payday lenders, which charge interest rates that can reach the triple digits.

It doesn’t have to be that way, says Mehrsa Baradaran, a University of Georgia law professor and author of “How the Other Half Banks,” about inequality in the banking system. Baradaran blames deregulation beginning in the 1970s, which lead to the megabanks we know today — banks so big they can no longer be bothered with the smaller transactions of low-income Americans. The solution, Baradaran says, is an old one — postal banking. Mainstream commercial banks have all but abandoned low-income Americans, leaving vast banking deserts in areas of concentrated poverty, she says. But there’s a post office for every zip code in the country. And because the post office isn’t controlled by demanding shareholders, it could offer services at much lower rates than commercial banks.

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Scientists warn of drug-resistant ‘super bug’ detected in Canadian beef

RT America

Published on Jan 6, 2016

A warning from Canadian health officials has been released after scientists found a deadly “super bug” in some of the nation’s beef supply. It has been found to be resistant to antibiotics and pan frying. RT’s Alex Mihailovich has the latest details.

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After a boom year, what’s down the road for the auto industry?

PBS NewsHour

Published on Jan 6, 2016

In 2015, Americans spent roughly $570 billion dollars on more than 17 million cars and trucks, breaking a record set 15 years earlier. But it was also a year of automaker scandal, including a probe into GM’s defective ignition switch problems, faulty airbags found in more than 19 million vehicles and Volkswagen’s emissions cheating. Judy Woodruff talks with David Shepardson of Reuters.

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The 20-year effort to draw a map unearthing Alaska’s treasures

PBS NewsHour

Published on Jan 6, 2016

In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, the U.S. Geological Service released its first-ever digital map of Alaska, revealing thousands of geological details that can be used to contribute to new scientific assessments of the northern-most state.

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The Climate Justice Project

This is a moment of intense struggle and fragile hope. Humanity is at a crossroads marked by economic collapse, corporate takeover of political processes, devastating wars and violence of all kinds. At the center of these crises looms the spectre of climate change, threatening our very existence.

The good news is that people all over the world are linking hands, both in real and virtual spaces, to stand up to the economically and politically powerful one percent who are causing the degradation of life. They are coming together in a network of hope and action that many are calling the Global Climate Justice Movement.

At this network’s core is the principle of climate justice: the desire that all humans claim responsibility for our impact on the world’s climate, so that communities may reclaim their rights to “live well” with healthy, creative lives rather than to simply “live better” or consume more, and that together we construct a future based on equity, deep democracy, and cooperation. This involves unlocking the creativity of every Earth citizen to re-imagine the world in which we live in order to make way for new possibilities.

The Climate Justice Project is a team of scholars and activists from the University of California, Santa Barbara. The project consists of several intertwined activities. We attended the COP 19 climate talks in Warsaw and are producing a film, Not Yet the End of the World that focuses on the actions and visions of the young activists of the climate justice movement for use in schools, community settings, and in movement organizations. We also edited a free of cost e-book, At the COP, based on interviews with youth activists.

On May 10th, 2014, We hosted a conference, Re-Imagining Climate Justice, at our home institution, the University of California, Santa Barbara. This gathering served as a space for envisioning ways to help make the many struggles for climate justice stronger and more creative as they scale up their efforts.

Several members of The Climate Justice Project will be present at the COP21 in Paris this year.

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