cross-posted from Reuters Thousands of protesters opposed to mining and energy projects in southern Peru took over a commercial airport on Saturday, officials said, as the government struggled to restore calm a day after five died in a clash with police. Herbert […]
by Nicole Allan – Nicole Allan is an associate editor at The Atlantic. She covered the 2010 midterm elections for TheAtlantic.com’s Politics Channel and has also written for Slate and The New Republic. In the midst of panic over an impending government […]
Some 60 people were injured when police and protesters clashed over the construction of a high speed rail link between France and Italy. Environmentalists say the railway would destroy a picturesque Alpine valley. Scores of people were injured in northern Italy as […]
Greenpeace protesters dumped five tons of coal at the headquarters of South Africa’s power utility company Monday to draw attention to their calls for the country to embrace clean energy. Greenpeace’s Melita Steele said at Monday’s protest in Johannesburg that her environmental […]
Source: Xinhua by George Bao Thousands of people joined hands at the weekend across beaches from Florida to California to form a human chain to protest offshore oil drilling and promote clean energy. This is the second annual “Hands Across the Sand” event […]
From News24 Montreal – About 3,000 people marched on Saturday to call for an end in Quebec to shale gas exploitation and a technique known as “fracking” that has triggered strong opposition from environmental groups. The demonstrators marched through downtown Montreal, chanting slogans […]
From Bangor Daily News A statement by Maine Earth First! followed the Tuesday conviction of two of its associates for their role in a Franklin County demonstration last summer. Maine Earth First!’s Jessie Dowling says the group feels strongly that industrial wind […]
Cascadia Forest Defense 2011 Action Camp, July 22nd-25th This July activists are invited to to support meaningful action in defense of our beloved, ancient coastal rainforest, the Elliott State Forest. Under the watchful mismanagement of the Oregon Department of Forestry, timber barons […]
LifeMosaic, a Scottish-based non-profit, has launched a new series of short films to help raise awareness and build knowledge about climate change and the struggles of indigenous peoples around the world. LifeMosaic officially launched the new series, Fever – A Video Guide, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — This may come as no surprise to residents of New York City and other big urban centers: Living there can be bad for your mental health. Now researchers have found a possible reason why. Imaging scans show that […]