[Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Special Investigation: Fracking in the Ocean Off the California Coast]

[agnes at mcn.org]

Ellen,
     Maybe we should amend the fracking section to include ofshore fracking.
Agnes



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Subject: Special Investigation: Fracking in the Ocean Off the California
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t r u t h o u t | 07.25

Special Investigation: Fracking in the Ocean Off the California Coast
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/17765-special-investigation-fracking-in-the-ocean-off-the-california-coast
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Following a six-month investigation, Mike Ludwig
reports that the Pacific Ocean may be the next frontier for fracking
technology.

Matt Bors: Drawing Terrible Things Without Causing Despair
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/17778-matt-bors-drawing-terrible-things-without-causing-despair
Joe Macare, Truthout:Matt Bors makes the case for why independent media
should be paying attention to journalists who use the medium of comics and
cartoons.

Detroit: Donald Cohen Warns of Privatization, Calls for Bailout
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/17785-the-future-of-detroit-donald-cohen-warns-of-the-dangers-of-looming-privatization
Candice Bernd, Truthout: As Detroit prepares for a "fire sale" of its
public assets to private interests in the wake of its $18 billion Chapter
9 bankruptcy, Detroiters are threatened with losing democratic control
over public services in a city looking to infuse its budget with
much-needed revenue. Donald Cohen speaks with Truthout about the inherent
dangers of privatization.

Time to Send the Crony Banksters to Jail
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/17797-time-to-send-the-crony-banksters-to-jail
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program:
When are we going to put an end to the administration's  "too big to fail"
 and "too big to jail" policies?

Richard Wolff: Detroit a "Spectacular Failure" of System that
Redistributes Pay from Bottom to Top
http://www.truth-out.org/video/item/17793-richard-wolff-detroit-a-spectacular-failure-of-system-that-redistributes-pay-from-bottom-to-top
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: Economist Richard Wolff says that taking away
pensions from workers in Detroit is equal to theft.

With Voting Rights Act in Shambles, North Carolina Kicks Voter Suppression
Into High Gear
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/17780-with-voting-rights-act-in-shambles-north-carolina-kicks-voter-suppression-into-high-gear
Brendan Fischer, PRWatch: With the US Supreme Court decision to remove
federal pre-clearance requirements from the Voting Rights Act, North
Carolina Republicans are taking the opportunity to add dozens of
anti-voting measures to its already prohibitive voter ID legislation.

Political Dreaming in the 21st Century: Where Has It Gone?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/17795-political-dreaming-in-the-twenty-first-century-where-has-it-gone
Ira Chernus, TomDispatch: Chernus reminds us that the ability to dream is
the ability to imagine "what it might be like to escape the limits imposed
by corporations, the state, the media, the advertisers, powerful forces of
every kind."

Judicially Amended "Remedies" Fail to Promote Purposes of NLRA
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/17706-judicially-amended-remedies-fail-to-promote-purposes-of-nlra
Ellen Dannin and Ann C. Hodges, Truthout: In this 14th article of the
series on the National Labor Relations Act, we learn how judicial
amendments have nullified NLRA remedies that ensure a fired worker,
his/her co-workers and other employees feel free to choose representatives
for collective bargaining and to assert their other NLRA rights.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Alabama Lawmaker Moves to Change State's
Stand Your Ground Law, and More
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/17798-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-alabama-lawmaker-moves-to-change-states-stand-your-ground-law-and-more
In today's On the News segment: President Obama spoke at Knox College in
Illinois about his vision for the American economy; TEPCO workers in Japan
say more steam has been reported at Fukushima nuclear reactor no 3; a
Jefferson County, Alabama, lawmaker wants to change that state's Stand
Your Ground law so it won't let the next George Zimmerman get off for
taking another life; and More.

NSA Says It Can't Search Its Own Emails
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/17788-nsa-says-it-cant-search-its-own-emails
Justin Elliott, ProPublica: How powerful is the NSA if a recent freedom of
information request led to a statement by the agency that it had no way to
search its employees' emails?


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