cross posted from UPI A British company says genetically modified moths it has developed could be used to reduce the population of the vegetable-eating insects. Oxitec says its modified male diamondback moths, carrying a lethal gene, could be released into the countryside, […]
Continue readingHere it goes! Retreat of Arctic sea ice releases deadly greenhouse gas
Russian research team astonished after finding ‘fountains’ of methane bubbling to surface by Steve Connor cross posted from the Independent Dramatic and unprecedented plumes of methane – a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide – have been seen bubbling […]
Continue readingTreesitter Denied Witnesses in PreTrial Hearing
by Squirrel, crossposted from RAMPS I was immensely disheartened to hear the magistrate’s flat-out denial of my lawyer’s request that our witnesses be allowed to testify on my behalf. During the past few weeks, I had been strengthened and moved by the […]
Continue readingMassive Indonesian offensive displaces thousands of West Papuans in Paniai as helicopters attack and raze villages
cross posted from Intercontinental Cry Thousands of people have reportedly fled in terror from a large area in Paniai, West Papua as a massive combined Police and military offensive attacked villages on December 13, attempting to break armed resistance from pro-independence guerrillas. […]
Continue readingActivists protest against Devada power plant in India
HYDERABAD – The 1,040 MW Hinduja Thermal Power Plant coming up at Devada village in the coastal district of Visakhapatnam has run into trouble again, with locals and activists staging mass protests against the mega project on grounds of environmental pollution and […]
Continue readingBulgaria and the Fight Against Genetically Modified Food
Genetically modified animal feed without GMO labeling is being sold on the Bulgarian market, according to reports of the Public Environmental Center for Sustainable Development/ PECSD/ in Varna and environmental NGO ‘Za Zemiata’ (For the Earth). A team of experts conducted the […]
Continue reading(Un)Occupy: Occupy Wall Street Stirs Up Radical Ideas in Indian Country
By Dina Gilio-Whitaker, Indian Country Media Network The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement may be the most significant social movement in the U.S. since the pre–Iraq War protests in 2002, which saw tens of thousands of people take to the streets in […]
Continue readingDurban Deal will not Avert Catastrophic Climate Change, say Scientists
Scientists and environmental groups warned that urgent action was still needed to rescue the world from climate change, despite the deal sealed on Sunday morning in Durban after two weeks of talks. Andy Atkins, executive director of Friends of the Earth, said: […]
Continue readingUS plans its first megadam in 40 years
by Fred Pearce It reads like a fairy tale from the brothers Grimm: a giant US state is planning a giant hydroelectric dam that could flood a tiny shrew out of its idyllic home. Later this month, Alaskan authorities will file plans […]
Continue readingMontana Using Unmanned Drones Against Wolves
Cross Posted from LA Times In early November, Sen. Max Baucus, a Montana Democrat, made his own political contribution. Thrilled at the testing of a drone aircraft manufactured in Montana, Baucus declared: “Our troops rely on this type of technology every day, […]
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