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Capitalism, Climate Crisis & Ecosocialist Solutions

Community Forum on the Climate Crisis, Capitalism, and Ecosocialism by David Klein The climate crisis is the greatest threat humanity has ever faced. At the current rate of greenhouse gas emissions, we are headed for 4°C to 7°C of warming above pre-industrial global averages within the lifetimes of young people. Temperature increases in this range would lead to a hothouse planet with devastating extreme weather events, and make most if not all [...]

By |2018-10-26T23:22:36-05:00October 30th, 2018|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Capitalism, Climate Change, Ecology, Economy, Energy, Environment, Events, Fracking, Indigenous, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Movements|0 Comments
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Frack-Free LA County

The mission of Frack-Free LA County is to ban fracking, acidizing and other extreme hydrocarbon extraction methods that cause adverse health and environmental effects in Los Angeles County, and to set the precedent for other cities or counties to follow in suit. What is "fracking"? Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” is the process of injecting millions of gallons of water, volumes of sand and gravel, and tens of thousands of gallons of known [...]

By |2018-01-03T01:49:59-05:00January 3rd, 2018|Climate Change, Ecology, Energy, Environment, Fracking, Health, Health, Los Angeles|0 Comments
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James E. Hansen and Me

by  Ron  Spriestersbach This is a free association stream of consciousness related to global warning. The hero of the story is Dr. James E. Hansen, generally accepted as the scientist-leader in the US in the field of climate change. Itís like the frog and the water. Throw it into boiling water, and it will jump out. Put it into a glass of cold water and gradually raise the temperature and it will [...]

By |2016-06-04T03:20:27-05:00April 5th, 2016|Climate Change, Environment, Fracking, Ron Spriestersbach|0 Comments
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Jerry Brown Allows Frackers to Pollute Our Drinking Water

by Lauren Steiner In February of this year, the Associated Press reported that California's Department of Oil and Gas and Geothermal Regulation (DOGGR) had authorized oil companies to inject toxic fracking wastewater into aquifers that may be used as a source of drinking water or irrigation 2500 times. DOGGR officials admitted that they had erred saying they were confused about aquifer or oil field boundaries or they misinterpreted water safety requirements. Yet [...]

By |2015-05-02T02:19:54-05:00May 2nd, 2015|California, Fracking, Lauren Steiner, Los Angeles|0 Comments
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