Article Summary # 6
Landon Clow
3/21/14
The first article I found on Democracy Now this week is titled "Utah's Carbon Bomb." This article shines a light on how other states are trying to pass legislation to use the method of tar sands. For many months the main stream media has covered the Xl Pipeline story, but there are states trying to use the same method that has been found to be harmful to the environment. One of the states eagerly trying to pass legislation is the state of Utah. A recent study on the state has shown that they have the ability to hold up to 3 trillion barrels of oil. This startling number is more than the total amount we have used in are history. With the known harms to the environment the process of extracting from tar sands brings, many people in the state of Utah are coming together to fight the injustice. In the article James Hansen is being interviewed and revels the price of carbon is going to sky rocket. He also mentions that we have to reduce the amount of carbon we produce, so with that will bring higher regulations. Many governments are well aware that new regulations may be on the horizon, so they are trying everything in there power to pass laws now before it will be too late.
The second article I chose was, "Obama is Trying to Vanish Us." Among all of the articles from the past week I found this article to be the most interesting. Under president Obama the United States has been the most deportation of immigrants in its history. An astounding 2 million people have been deported and to bring awareness to the issue, undocumented immigrants are fighting back. Many acts of civil disobedience are taking place throughout the country. One example being a group of protesters gathering at the Mexico U.S. border. Also in the state of Washington more than 750 inmates held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement are on a hunger strike to try to bring notice of the social injustices going on. In the article two immigrants were interviewed about why they are on a hunger strike and what they are hoping to obtain with such acts. Both stated that they feel the one dollar a day they make is not nearly enough as well as better food. They felt what is happening within the detention system. After reading the article one quote stood out to me was when one immigrant said "Yes, we are immigrants, but what bounds us more is that we are all human beings."
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