Hi There GreenNewDealMakers!
We’re back with another episode of our #GenGND Conversations series this week—with Twitter’s most popular, and outspoken, meteorologist-turned-climate-journalist, Eric Holthaus!
Here’s a link to subscribe on your favorite pod-platform.
And here’s a direct link to the episode.
In the conversation, you’ll hear Eric talk about the results of the 2020 Elections, his book, THE FUTURE EARTH, as well as his new newsletter, THE PHOENIX.
We wanted to use today’s newsletter to highlight a story that Eric wrote about in Tuesday’s edition of The Phoenix.
Here’s the intro to the article (which we highly recommend you read in its entirety…)
Minnesota's Line 3 pipeline gets final permit
The proposed pipeline project is the first big test for the Biden campaign on climate, and a potential environmental justice disaster.
Before President-elect Joe Biden even takes office, his transition team is being faced with his first emergency on climate and environmental justice: The proposed Line 3 pipeline in Minnesota now has a green light.
On Monday, Minnesota’s Pollution Control Agency approved a construction stormwater permit, the final permit that Enbridge – a Canadian fossil fuel company – needs to begin construction. The proposed pipeline will have a capacity to transport 800,000 barrels of crude oil from the Canadian tar sands to a terminal in Wisconsin – roughly equal to that of the Keystone XL.
The fight to stop the construction of Line 3 is now at the forefront of US climate justice, given that it would pass through protected Ojibwe land, violating Ojibwe treaty rights. Going forward with construction signals a very clear practical choice favoring status quo and the extractive, exploitative fossil fuel industry over a just transition centered on workers and justice.
Finish reading the article (and subscribe for more from Eric) on The Phoenix, now!
As Eric says, stopping Line 3 “is a fight just as important as Keystone XL and Dakota Access.”
If you’re able to financially support the work of frontline and Indigenous water protectors fighting against Line 3 please visit: https://www.stopline3.org/take-action
And, please join us in telling the Biden-Harris Administration that the climate movement demands they make stopping this pipeline a TOP priority, by signing this petition: https://act.350.org/sign/tell-biden-no-line-3/
Now, for a few more pieces to check out, here’s this week’s Green New Reading (and Listening) List…
Emily Atkin’s HEATED newsletter is always a must-read, but we specifically wanted to highlight her piece from Monday—which wades into a Matthew Yglesias’ Tweet-inspired controversy from last week about whether or not donating to sunrise is a good use of money.
Here’s the original tweet in question:
And here’s Emily’s response (which we whole-heartedly agree with…)
Sunrise Movement Is Good Actually, by Emily Atkin for HEATED
Next, our pal Julian Brave Noisecat, who’ll be joining us on our next full episode of the GenGND Pod, wrote a great piece in Politco’s Magazine about how President-Elect Joe Biden’s possible pick for Secretary of the Interior, Congresswoman Deb Haaland, would be historic.
What a Joe Biden Cabinet Pick Might Mean For Native-Americans, and Democrats, by Julian Brave Noisecat for Politico Magazine
(If you want to read more from Julian, we’d also suggest checking out his incredibly powerful recent special report for the Columbia Journalism Review, Apocalypse Then and Now, about the challenging nuances of covering Indigenous stories as a Native American Journalist.)
We also recommend you dive deep into this massive, and important, new EARTHER feature from Brian Kahn and Dharna Noor, which explores how a Biden administration can ensure that each federal agency is fighting climate change…It’s a real doozy, so make sure you’ve got some time—or, bite it off in chunks. Just be sure and read it!
How Joe Biden Can Ensure Every Federal Agency Is Fighting Climate Change, by Brian Kahn & Dharna Noor for EARTHER
Our final recommendation is a listen from one of our favorite podcasts: The Ezra Klein Show. In the latest episode, Ezra interviews Kim Stanley Robinson, acclaimed sci fi writer and author of the new novel The Ministry for the Future. The book, which is very much grounded in real possibilities, imagines the world under climate dystopia… and humanity’s arduous path out of it. Ezra’s conversation with Robinson touches on both fiction and reality, and whether sci fi is your thing or not their conversation is really worth a listen!
The most important book I’ve read this year, by The Ezra Klein Show from Vox
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This newsletter was written by Nate Birnbaum & edited by Sam Eilertsen