cross posted from here Indo-Asian News Service June 22, 2011 Shimla, June. 22 — Four government functionaries associated with a mega hydropower project in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district [India] were taken hostage by villagers protesting over environmental issues and released after a […]
Continue readingEnvironmentalists protest against Danbei expressway project
By Hermia Lin Cross-posted from here Taipei, June 22 (CNA) Environmentalists and residents of Danshui in northern Taiwan gathered in front of the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) Wednesday to protest against the proposed construction of an expressway along the north bank of […]
Continue readingMultinationals eager to jump into the multibillion-dollar biosimilar business
By John Carroll There’s a new breed of corporate player jumping into the biotech business. Reuters takes a close look at an unlikely lineup of multinational companies like Samsung, Hanwha Chemical and Fujifilm which are weighing in with new pacts on biosimilars to compete […]
Continue readingNew plant disease linked to GM crops and pesticides
US scientists claim to have discovered a dangerous new plant disease linked to genetically modified crops and the pesticides used on them. The research, which is yet to be completed, suggests the pathogen could be the cause of recent widespread crop failure […]
Continue readingMurder in El Salvador Calls Canadian Mining Interests Into Question
By Mining Watch Yet another anti-mining activist has been murdered in El Salvador. Canadian civil society organizations are calling for a full investigation into the murder of Juan Francisco Durán Ayala, the fourth such death in two years that local organizations believe […]
Continue readingHackers crash web sites to protest Orlando’s homeless feeding restrictions and Food Not Bombs arrests
Computer hackers shut down the Orlando Chamber of Commerce’s web site for most of the day Monday and posted a “boycott Orlando” message on a major theme park’s Internet page to protest the homeless-feeding policies of Mayor Buddy Dyer. Orlando’s restrictions on […]
Continue readingLead ELF informant Jake Ferguson in custody, awaiting hearing
Jake Ferguson was arrested in April on Oregon drug charges which violated his probation. After several court hearings this month, there is a June 28, 2011 trial date set. Although it maybe subject to change. More background can be found below, in […]
Continue readingPipeline Sabotage Costs Shell 300,000 Barrels Per Day
Shell Petroleum Development Company has suffered a major economic and production setback after the sabotage of one of its main pipeline conduits that run through Nigeria’s oil-rich swamps and mangrove forests. Shell declared force majeure on its supply agreements, which frees the […]
Continue readingGreen light for GMOs to be planted in national wildlife refuges
Cross-posted from NaturalNews.com: A battle is raging over whether or not it should be legal to plant genetically-modified (GM) crops in US wildlife refuges. A little over a month after various conservation and food safety groups achieved a unified legal victory that […]
Continue readingFlorida ADL reports Earth First! Journal and local group as “animal rights extremists”
By Earth First! Journal editorial collective A new report from the Anti-Defamation League titled Dark Side of the Sunshine State, which deals primarily with racist, right wing organizations, also includes a section subtitled Animal Rights Extremism. Before readers get any further, we […]
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