by Tom Phillips / The Guardian The surveillance plane eased off the runway and banked west towards the frontline of one of Brazil’s most dramatic environmental and humanitarian crises. Its objective: a clandestine 120km (75-mile) road that illegal mining mafias have carved […]
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South African Water and Electricity Supply Crises Grow After Deadly KZN Riots and Floods
by Dingane Xaba / Unicorn Riot As the global climate change steadily increases, so too have its negative effects on the overall health of the world’s living species and their environments. Global temperatures measured in the first-half of 2022 alone have only confirmed […]
Continue readingCoastal Gaslink workers ‘shaken’ following violent attack at Morice River drill site
from CKPG Today BRITISH COLUMBIA— Mounties in Houston, B.C. are investigating a violent incident that left Coastal Gaslink (CGL) workers “shaken.” It happened shortly after midnight this morning (Feb.17) on the Marten Forest Service Road. “It was reported approximately 20 people, some […]
Continue readingRoad-Paving Project Threatens a Wildlife-Rich Reserve in Papua
by Asrida Elisabeth / adapted by Hans Nicholas Jong / Mongabay The Indonesian government plans to pave a stretch of highway running through an ecologically important wildlife reserve in the country’s Papua region. Experts warn the paving will encourage greater encroachment into […]
Continue readingBreaking: 2nd Fairy Creek Blockade Established
by BC Blackout August 17, 2020 — Grassroots forest defenders from across Vancouver Island have successfully prevented Teal Jones Group from blasting logging roads into the unlogged headwaters of the Fairy Creek watershed for the past week. On Monday August 10th, a […]
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