cross posted from Environment News Service. MIRI, Sarawak, Malaysia, February 19, 2012 (ENS) – Malaysian communities are asking the government to stop all 12 planned mega-dam projects in the state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo and to hold a referendum […]
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Greenwashed Certifications of Longlines Kill Sea Turtles, Sharks
cross posted from global animal. The Marine Stewardship Council allowed two eco-certifications for the use of longlines for swordfish fishing that will effect sea turtles and sharks drastically. For every swordfish caught, two sharks are killed. Every year 1,200 endangered sea turtles […]
Continue readingCascadia Forest Defenders Mic Check Oregon Governor
On Valentines Day, the Cascadia Forest Defenders mic checked Governor Kitzhaber of Oregon for his decision to allow the transition of the Elliott State Forest into private ownership. The unilateral decision has outraged many Oregonians, due to the harsh methods of deforestation […]
Continue readingBear Bile Practice Draws Criticism in China
Cross Posted from the Spokesman-Review A storm of criticism in China over share listing plans by a company that sells tonics made with bear bile is highlighting the increasingly affluent country’s changing attitudes toward the environment and wildlife. Reports Friday said dozens of […]
Continue readingLebanese Activists Sit-in to Protest Environmental Destruction
Cross Posted from The Daily Star Tripoli residents organized a sit-in Wednesday to protest against the recent felling of several trees in the city and to demand answers on who was ultimately responsible for the decision. Inhabitants of the northern city’s Al-Mina […]
Continue readingLongest Tree Sit in Tasmanian History Stays Strong
Cross Posted from The Coffs Coast Advocate TODAY marks the beginning of a global 24 hours of action in support of Miranda Gibson, who has now broken the Tasmanian record for the longest time spent at the top of a tree. Miranda […]
Continue readingMassive Protests Block Pan-American Highway for Six Days, Leave Police Station in Ashes
Cross Posted from The Guardian As she stands among villagers in the highlands of western Panama, their chosen leader, Silvia Carrera, is an image of bucolic harmony. Then Carrera, elected chief or general cacique of the Ngäbe-Buglé community, gestures to a woman […]
Continue reading2,000 Protesters March on Capitol to Protest Mining in Peru
Cross Posted from The Toronto Star The deep lines and dark, tanned skin of Segundo Huaman’s face tell of a life spent toiling in the fields. A potato, maize and barley farmer in Cajamarca, one of Peru’s northernmost regions, the 37-year-old took […]
Continue readingBlair Mountain Defenders Protest Logan County Coal Companies
Cross Posted from KMOV Activists trying to save the Blair Mountain battlefield from coal mining protested Friday in West Virginia and Missouri, at the offices of two companies that control access to much of the land where unionizing coal miners fought authorities […]
Continue readingNRC Licences First Nuclear Reactor in 30 Years
From HuffingtonPost Here we are almost a year away from the nuclear meltdown in Fukushima that happened as a result of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami on March 11th of last year, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announces that it is approving […]
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