Left Side of the Aisle #226

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of November 5-11,  2015

This week:

Good News: Keystone XL on life support
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/2/keystone-xl-pipeline-project-doubt-after-builder-a/
http://www.newsweek.com/keystone-xl-pipeline-isnt-dead-yet-heres-what-you-need-know-about-what-comes-390383
http://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-says-it-plans-to-complete-keystone-xl-review-despite-request-to-halt-1446591393

Update: Same-sex marriage, LGBTQ rights advance in Chile, retreat in Italy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognition_of_same-sex_unions_in_Chile
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/29/chile-same-sex-civil-unions-_n_6569912.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Brazil
http://www.care2.com/causes/nullified-italy-just-wiped-out-what-little-gay-marriage-recognition-it-had.html
http://www.thelocal.it/20150527/tide-turning-in-italy-over-gay-marriage

Update: Dismissal of discrimination suit and loss for HERO in Houston show continuing need for federal protection
http://www.care2.com/causes/a-missouri-court-ruling-proves-why-we-need-a-federal-lgbt-rights-bill.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/10/25/us/ap-us-gay-rights-next-battleground-states.html?_r=2
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/04/us/houston-voters-repeal-anti-bias-measure.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/houston-equal-rights-measure-in-hands-of-voters/2015/11/03/fc0b39ae-829c-11e5-8bd2-680fff868306_story.html
http://www.buzzfeed.com/dominicholden/why-is-the-lgbt-movement-struggling-to-uphold-a-simple-law-i#.vvbL6X3BA
http://biology.about.com/od/anatomy/a/aa042205a.htm

Boots on the ground in Syria
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/31/world/obama-will-send-forces-to-syria-to-help-fight-the-islamic-state.html?_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/world/middleeast/isis-is-target-of-turkish-bombing-raids.html?_r=0
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/30/politics/syria-troops-special-operations-forces/index.html?eref=rss_politics
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article39271314.html

Clown Award: Sen. James Inhofe
http://time.com/3725994/inhofe-snowball-climate/
http://www.care2.com/causes/snowball-throwing-climate-denying-senator-may-crash-paris-climate-talks.html
http://www.politico.com/story/2009/12/inhofe-gets-cool-reception-in-denmark-030769

Outrage of the Week: Promises on global warming fall short of minimum needed
http://newsroom.unfccc.int/unfccc-newsroom/indc-synthesis-report-press-release/
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/11/03/3718146/misleading-un-report-confuses-media-paris-climate-talks/
http://news.mit.edu/2015/study-persian-gulf-deadly-heat-1026
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2015/10/26/report-says-climate-change-could-push-persian-gulf-temperatures-lethal-extremes/8RvxLlDbgnl0co4PSywagP/story.html
http://www.boston.com/news/weather/2015/10/22/will-probably-the-hottest-year-ever-recorded/fSdg7KHBbenvlcOdhP8FcP/story.html

Move to investigate Exxon goes mainstream
http://www.thenation.com/article/even-hillary-clinton-thinks-its-time-to-investigate-exxon/
http://graphics.latimes.com/exxon-arctic/
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/18092015/exxon-confirmed-global-warming-consensus-in-1982-with-in-house-climate-models