Saturday, July 04, 2015

Left Side of the Aisle #210




Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of July 2-8, 2015

This week:

Good News: NY state bans fracking
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/01/05/some-states-confirm-water-pollution-from-drilling/4328859/
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/15/3567369/fracking-water-contamination-casing/
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/08/us/new-research-links-scores-of-earthquakes-to-fracking-wells-near-a-fault-in-ohio.html
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/oklahoma-earthquakes-linked-fracking-study
http://ecowatch.com/2015/04/24/usgs-fracking-earthquakes/
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2014/12/1845-update-so-much-for-democracy-texas.html
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2015/06/new_york_officially_bans_hydrofracking.html#incart_river

Global warming heats up
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/18/popes-climate-change-encyclical-calls-on-rich-nations-to-pay-social-debt?CMP=ema-60
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/01/16/scientists-react-to-warmest-year-2014-underscores-undeniable-fact-of-human-caused-climate-change/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/17/1393794/-Global-Temperatures-Soaring-2015-starts-off-the-top-of-the-chart-El-Nino-is-just-warming-up
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2015/jun/22/new-study-links-global-warming-to-hurricane-sandy-and-other-extreme-weather-events
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2015/jul/01/more-evidence-that-global-warming-is-intensifying-extreme-weather
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/01/weather-alerts-across-western-europe-as-heatwave-sets-in
http://www.ibtimes.com/pakistan-heat-wave-2015-death-toll-exceeds-1200-karachi-struggles-continued-extreme-1986866
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/05/science/noaa-research-presents-evidence-against-a-global-warming-hiatus.html
http://www.ibtimes.com/nasa-budget-cuts-2015-scientists-criticize-house-spending-bill-threatens-climate-1906459
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/keep-it-in-the-ground-blog
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/15/climate-change-un-backs-divestment-campaign-paris-summit-fossil-fuels
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/04/former-shell-chairman-advocates-fossil-fuel-divestment?CMP=ema-60

Hero Award: Girl Scouts of America
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America_membership_controversies
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/19/1385958/-The-Girl-Scouts-of-America-announce-they-will-accept-transgender-kids
http://www.themarysue.com/girl-scouts-indiegogo/

Clown Award: Arkansas pastor Tim Brooks
https://soundcloud.com/rightwingwatch/tim-brooks-warns-that-america-is-modern-day-sodom-and-gomorrah
http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Gen%2019.1%E2%80%9311
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+16%3A49&version=NIV
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+1%3A10-17&version=NIV

SCOTUS rules on same-sex marriage
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/06/26/supreme-court-extends-same-sex-marriage-nationwide/21201726/
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-556_3204.pdf
http://www.william-shakespeare.info/quotes-quotations-play-macbeth.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/opinion/a-profound-ruling-delivers-justice-on-gay-marriage.html?action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&module=RelatedCoverage&region=Marginalia&pgtype=article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._Virginia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education
http://www.pewforum.org/2015/06/08/graphics-slideshow-changing-attitudes-on-gay-marriage/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/30/1398038/-Poll-Strong-majorities-support-SCOTUS-rulings-on-both-Obamacare-and-gay-marriage
http://news.yahoo.com/same-sex-marriage-conservative-religious-colleges-lose-tax-135515793.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/29/1397660/-Texas-Louisiana-and-Mississippi-are-on-the-wrong-side-of-history-and-they-want-us-to-know-it
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/roy-moore-court-order-gay-marriage-alabama
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ken-paxton-clerks-refuse-gay-marriage
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/texas-clerk-marriage-religious-objections
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/28/gay-marriage-opponents_n_7682086.html
http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2015/06/27/for-obama-and-clinton-twisty-paths-to-yes-on-gay-marriage
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76109.html

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