December 11, 2011: a day of struggle to defend our future translated by Lilac At the beginning of October 2010, significant efforts had taken place to combat the megaprojects of our country in Messina, Florence, and the Val di Susa had launched […]
Continue readingOil Executive Calls Anti-Fracking Movement an Insurgency, Applies Psy-Ops
By: Eamon Javers Last week’s oil industry conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Houston was supposed to be an industry confab just like any other — a series of panel discussions, light refreshments and an exchange of ideas. It was a […]
Continue readingFBI Informant speaks alongside anti-immigrant sheriff at Tea Party conference in Orlando this weekend
That’s right, government informant Brandon Darby and border-loving sheriff Joe Arpaio are scheduled to speak side by side at the Choose Liberty 2012 conference hosted by the Eastern Orlando Tea Party, a group based in central Florida. This event will take place […]
Continue readingProtests Continue Against Iron Mining
By Karlen Aslanian Cross-posted from here Opposition politicians and environmental activists joined on Wednesday about two hundred residents of the central Armenian town of Hrazdan in protesting against the opening of an iron mine which they believe would have grave ecological consequences. […]
Continue readingNigeria: Ogonis Protest Non-Implementation of UNEP Report
Cross-posted from here More than 2,000 Ogoni people in Rivers State yesterday staged a peaceful protest in Port Harcourt against the non-implementation of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report on the oil impacted sites in Ogoniland. The UNEP had conducted an environmental […]
Continue readingActivists face court over Opera House climb
By Angela Lavoipierre Cross-posted from here A court has heard three people charged for climbing the Sydney Opera House during an environmental protest will plead guilty. But two women who were allegedly involved with the action by conservation group The Last Stand […]
Continue readingThreatened animals suffer for Chevron’s gas project in Western Australia
Native animals are being killed almost daily on Barrow Island by workers on the controversial Gorgon gas project. Documents obtained under Freedom of Information reveal “specially protected” species on the nature reserve off the Pilbara coast are being mown down, sometimes several […]
Continue readingThousands of protesters surround White House in opposition to TransCanada Pipeline
By Katarzyna Klimasinska Environmentalists opposed to TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline encircled the White House, urging President Barack Obama to reject the project even if it means overruling his own State Department. “It will be the real test of his character, you […]
Continue readingProtest against planned cyanide-process gold mine in Romania
CLUJ, Romania — About a dozen people occupied a historic building in the Romanian city of Cluj on Monday to protest a plan to mine gold using the controversial cyanide process in a nearby heritage area. “We call on the Romanian president […]
Continue readingPlans for Gold Mine Meet Resistance in Bulgaria
The New York Times published an excellent expose by Dimiter Kenarov last week on rural opponents of a proposed open pit gold mine near Krumovgrad, Bulgaria, along the border with Greece. The industrial project, spurred by the rising worldwide demand for gold, […]
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