By Karlen Aslanian, from Azatutyun Police used force on Friday against more than a dozen environmental activists who were camped in a public park in downtown Yerevan to protest against the construction of several shops there. The Yerevan municipality authorized the construction […]
Japanese whalers asked a US federal court in Seattle to make the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society stop harassing them during their whale hunt in the Southern Ocean. Based out of Friday Harbor, Washington, Sea Shepherd and its lawyers argued the Japanese had […]
Van Eck Global, a New York-based money management firm with $35 million in assets from dirty energy, today launched an energy Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) focused on companies that look for and produce “unconventional” sources of oil and gas, such as oil […]
*Cross Posted from Mickey Z at Infoshop News* “We know we cannot be kind to animals until we stop exploiting them—exploiting animals in the name of science, exploiting animals in the name of sport, exploiting animals in the name of fashion, and […]
Almost six years after Nova Scotia imposed a moratorium on 13 surface coal mining projects in Cape Breton, the province is about to release a report that can reopen operations. Next month, the ministers of environment and natural resources will be handed […]
Cross Posted from Charlotte Observer Six Greenpeace protesters were arrested after unfurling a sign in front of the Duke Energy building Wednesday morning, protesting the company’s recently-approved rate hikes. The protesters ascended 20-foot-tall tripods and hung a banner between them that read […]
Cross Posted from ABC News Hundreds of protesters blocked streets and burned tires in eastern Venezuela on Wednesday to demand clean water after a recent oil spill polluted rivers and streams that supply local storage tanks. “We have not had water […]
A group of mainstream enviros are protesting a State Senator in Pennsylvania for helping to pass zoning ordinances that forbid regulation of natural gas drilling. In a press release, the Sierra Club, Clean Water Action, Penn Environment, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, and Conservation […]
from quitcoal.org On Monday, 16 Greenpeace activists were arrested after unfurling a banner at the Progress Asheville Power Station hang a banner on a smoke stack at the plant. Activists secured themselves to the coal loader and conveyers, which prevented coal from […]
Indigenous leaders from Ecuador’s Amazonian lowlands are calling for the government to drop plans to auction 21 leases near the Peruvian border for oil drilling. After a two-day meeting on February 7 and 8, the leaders delivered a statement to the Ministry […]