NYT video

NYT, “Navajo Leader Drops His Support for Slaughter of Wild Horses on the Reservation”

NYT, “On Fate of Wild Horses, Stars and Indians Spar”

NYT, “The Wild Horses’ Troubled Rescue”

NYT, “Report Criticizes U.S. Stewardship of Wild Horses”

AgriPulse, “USDA grants permit to allow for horse slaughter facility”

Now you’ve all gotten me interested in gerrymandering, so I am going to do a little reading on the subject over the weekend.  If you are interested too, here are some links to check out:

Washington Post, “How redistricting could keep the House red for a decade”  **look at the map of PA in this article

New York Times, “The Great Gerrymander of 2012”

Washington Post, “Florida judge takes on gerrymandering; sets stage for Supreme Court cases in the fall”

and, of course, wikipedia, which gives a good rundown on the effects of gerrymandering

and if you are really ambitious or have absolutely nothing else to do, here is a law article on the legal history of partisan gerrymandering

In response to our discussion of the climate march on tuesday, here are a couple articles to check out:

David Roberts at Grist on “Why the (awesome) climate march won’t change American politics”

Huffington Post on  “TV News Misses Yet Another Opportunity to Cover Climate Change”

You can see pictures of the Wall Street climate protest on monday on Rainforest Action Network’s website.

Also, because I can’t resist, check out this daily show clip that covers the march and Stewart’s commentary on a hearing of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology:

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/8q3nmm/burn-noticed

Germane to our discussion in class today: From the NYT today, “With Eye on 2016, Christie Resists Climate-Change Plan for New Jersey”

Also, here is the Marco Rubio climate change denial comment: From the LA Times, “Marco Rubio Says Human Activity Isn’t Causing Climate Change”  and a video of him saying just this.

Check out these reports from the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication for stats and info on partisan affiliation and perceptions of climate change:

http://environment.yale.edu/climate-communication/article/republican-views-on-climate-change/

http://environment.yale.edu/climate-communication/article/climate-stability-as-understood-by-global-warmings-six-americas/

http://environment.yale.edu/climate-communication/article/public-understanding-v-scientific-consensus/

And this article, “Many Republicans Privately Support Action on Climate Change”

To get you all pumped for our section on radical environmentalism, here in an article about protesters in Everett, WA engaging in a direction action to prevent coal and oil transport trains from passing through WA.

http://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/2014/09/02/seattle-resident-suspends-herself-from-tripod-to-block-coal-and-oil-trains/

Welcome to our course blog!  Post comments, articles, videos, and anything else that you find relevant to the course.  Here’s to a stimulating online dialogue about environmental activism.

Happy blogging!

Jessica