Twin Cities Bank of America Attacked to Stop Cop City from Scenes from the Atlanta Forest January 31st, 2022 In solidarity with the 4 forest defenders arrested this week in the fight to #stopcopcity, autonomous vandals smashed the windows of Bank of […]
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The Hidden Story of a Notorious Guatemalan Nickel Mine
by Sandra Cuffe / The Intercept CRISTÓBAL POP VIVIDLY remembers when the lake suddenly turned red. Indigenous Maya Q’eqchi’ fishermen depend on Lake Izabal, Guatemala’s largest lake, for their livelihoods, and Pop had just been elected president of the local fishers guild when […]
Continue reading“Disastrous News”: Widespread Bleaching of Great Barrier Reef Underway
by Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams An assessment of the Great Barrier Reef’s health released Friday reveals widespread bleaching of the world’s largest coral organism, sparking fresh demands for the Australian government to ditch fossil fuels and finally commit to protecting both the […]
Continue readingDecades-Long Environmental Catastrophe in Imperial Beach, California
from Liberation News On Jan. 29, government officials lifted a water contact closure for San Diego County’s Imperial Beach shoreline. Some parts of the ocean shoreline were still closed until water sampling confirmed the water to be safe enough for contact. Then, […]
Continue readingOne of Europe’s Most Important Nature Reserves is Being Destroyed Due to Poland’s Racist Border Policies
from Freedom News Right now, the Polish state is building the largest barrier ever seen in Europe. The wall is to be built over 180 km along the border with Belarus. The planned height of it is 5.5 meters, of which 5 […]
Continue readingTrapped in the Floods: With Floodwaters Rising, Prisoners Wait for Help in Floating Feces
by Alleen Brown / The Intercept THE FLOODING IN Dixie County, Florida, began in July, brought on by Tropical Storm Elsa. Then the rains kept falling. By August, the ground was saturated, and the semirural county was underwater. At the Cross City Correctional […]
Continue readingScientists Fear Soaring Methane Levels Show Climate Feedback Loop Has Arrived
by Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Fresh U.S. government data spotlighting the rapid growth of atmospheric methane concentrations in recent years has scientists increasingly concerned that the human-caused climate crisis has triggered a vicious feedback loop, potentially resulting in unstoppable planetary warming. Research published in […]
Continue readingBurst Pipeline Sprays Crude Oil Into Ecuadorian Amazon
by Julia Conley / Common Dreams Indigenous environmental defenders in Ecuador on Sunday pointed to a pipeline rupture in the Amazon rainforest as “the exact reason why we oppose oil extraction” as the pipeline operator temporarily halted pumping crude oil. A pipeline constructed […]
Continue readingPipeline Near New Orleans Leaks Three Hundred Thousand Gallons of Oil
[Editorial Note: The existence of Pipelines, more than weak regulations, is what causes pipelines to leak. Instead of stronger regulations, perhaps a better solutions is no more pipelines.] by Cecelia Paz / Liberation News On Jan. 12, federal documents revealed an oil […]
Continue readingIllegal Logging Threatens Indigenous People in Cambodia
by Sarah Johnson / The Guardian Rampant illegal logging of protected forests is threatening the cultural survival and livelihoods of indigenous people in Cambodia, according to Amnesty International. Members of the Kuy people, one of the largest of Cambodia’s 24 indigenous groups, told […]
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