Cross Posted from Indymedia McKenna, Long and Ostridge on K st is the main law firm representing Transcanada, the builder of the Keystone XL tar sands export pipeline. On the 5th of November, a march of about 50 protesters from Chesapeake Earth […]
Cross Posted from Davao Today Anti-mining advocates led by church, lumads and progressive groups in Socsksargen and Davao strongly condemn the brutal slaying of the family of a Blaan anti mining leader in Tampakan, South Cotabato. They are demanding the military to […]
BREAKING: Huge crowd occupies TransCanada lobby firm in DC solidarity action!The crowd is blockading the door and chanting: “No pipeline, No tar sands, No destruction of indigenous lands!” 4 arrests have been made so far. For live updates follow #NoKXL and @KXLBlockade on […]
Cross Posted from It’sGettingHotinHere By Daniel Rosen and Billy Parish, co-founders of Mosaic First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and communities devastated by Hurricane Sandy. We’ve seen the impacts of climate change in other parts of the […]
Cross Posted from PostNoon Brikesh Singh was all over the newspapers recently when he spent a month atop a tree in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, to protest rampant coal mining. Postnoon catches up with the young environmentalist. How did you get into environmental activism? […]
Cross Posted from Channel Online Some vineyards in Sark have been sabotaged. Support wires – some up to 200 yards long – have been cut and repairs will take up to six months. The cost is estimated at tens of thousands of […]
Cross Posted from Daily Herald Mexico is putting up wind power turbines at a breakneck pace and the expansion is pitting energy companies against the Indians who live in one of the windiest spots in the world. The country is posting one […]
Reflections from the EF! coal plant blockade during the Tampa RNC 2012 [*TECO blockader-modified version of Carly Rae Jepsen’s radio hit, as quoted in Tampa Bay Times] by panagioti, EF! Journal collective As the orgy of public relations nightmares for current and […]
Cross Posted from ClickGreen Science Minister David Willetts has ordered plans to wind down the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) to be shelved following a storm of protest. The proposed merger between the world-renowned centre for polar research and the UK’s National Oceanography […]
Cross Posted from The Hindu The alleged demolition of a portion of the nearly 150-year-old “Sir Arthur Cotton anicut” by the technical crew of a private firm for the upcoming 24 MW hydro power project across the Godavari at Dummugudem on Wednesday […]