yahoo news | Climate activists make gains in SRP elections jolted by Turning Point

Climate activists surged ahead in this year’s Salt River Project (SRP) elections, a contest that typically flies under the radar but this time drew unprecedented political spending and a four‑fold increase in voter participation. The race pitted a slate of “Clean Energy” candidates against SRP’s traditional leadership, which was backed by Arizona’s business community and the right‑wing group Turning Point Action. Because SRP elections are limited to property owners and voting power is weighted by acreage, the contests are uniquely partisan and have historically favored incumbents, but the influx of roughly 36,000 ballots (about four times the 2024 turnout) gave the climate coalition a decisive edge.

Preliminary tallies show the clean‑energy slate winning a majority on the utility’s power board and doubling its representation on SRP’s advisory councils. Activists flipped two new power‑board seats—Ken Clark in the 4th district and Lupe Conchas in the 6th—bringing the coalition to eight of the 14 power‑board seats, up from six. On the advisory councils, the climate bloc will control eight of 30 seats, up from four. Despite these gains, traditional candidates retained the board’s presidency (Chris Dobson) and vice‑presidency (Barry Paceley), and they continue to hold six of the ten water‑board seats, which remain entirely acreage‑based.

Turning Point Action quickly framed the results as a “huge victory” on social media, even as its own spokesperson Tyler Bowyer acknowledged that the clean‑energy slate fell short of total control. Board vice‑president‑elect Barry Paceley promised to prioritize affordable rates, reliability, and the expansion of clean‑energy generation, while lamenting the loss of several qualified activist candidates. The outcome underscores how intense campaigning, donor‑driven advertising, and the polarizing presence of Turning Point galvanized both left‑leaning voters and traditional stakeholders, setting the stage for a more contested governance of one of Arizona’s largest utilities.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/early-results-contentious-srp-election-180657555.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

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[Podcast] The return of Erik Prince - The comeback of America’s most infamous mercenary

Nov 1st 2025

"Erik Prince, America’s most infamous mercenary, is back.

"Mr Prince rose to prominence during the war on terror as the founder of #Blackwater, a private military company. The firm earned over a billion dollars providing armed personnel to various branches of the US government before becoming implicated in a number of scandals. In 2007 its contractors killed 14 Iraqi civilians, including a nine-year-old child. The massacre made Mr Prince the face of the Iraq fiasco. He sold the company and disappeared from the public eye.

"But in recent months Mr Prince has reemerged. He has popped up in some of the most dangerous, contested places in the world, from Ukraine to Haiti to the DRC. They are places the Trump administration is interested in too.

"For the Weekend Intelligence the Economist’s Africa Correspondent, Tom Gardner, flew to Cape Town to meet with Prince, the mercenary in CEO’s clothing. Prince is defiant after his years in the political wilderness. And he’s spying some big opportunities. The global mercenary business is on the brink of a new boom. States, across Africa and beyond, are fracturing. The international system is fraying. With UN peacekeepers drawing down, from Mali to Congo to Lebanon, mercenaries of different stripes can expect to fill the void."

Read more / listen:
https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2025/11/01/the-return-of-erik-prince

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/YYhBY

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MEMÓRIA 24 DE MAIO DE 2011

ZÉ CLAUDIO E MARIA DO ESPÍRITO SANTO

CASAL DE AMBIENTALISTAS ASSASSINADOS

José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva, 52 anos, e sua esposa, Maria do Espírito Santo, 51 anos, foram baleados e mortos em uma emboscada no dia 24 de maio de 2011. O ataque ocorreu em um assentamento chamado Maçaranduba 2, localizado perto de sua residência em Nova Ipixuna, no Pará .

Fonte: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A9_Cl%C3%A1udio

Foto: racismoambiental.net.br

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Why practicing #nonattachment might make us better #climateactivists

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/03/why-practicing-non-attachment-might-make-us-better-climate-activists/