An interview with Will Potter, author of “Green is the New Red.” By Michael May Published on: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 in Texas Observer For Will Potter, the subject matter behind Green is the New Red is personal. While working at the […]
Continue readingRossport Solidarity Camp celebrating a decade of resistance to Shell in Ireland
By Earth First! Journal For a decade, local residents of Rossport and international solidarity activists have been fighting and organizing against a disastrous proposal by Shell, the Corrib gas project (Irish: Ghás Aiceanta na Coiribe), which entails the extraction of a natural […]
Continue readingVideo Round-up of Rising Tide’s Week of Action Against Extraction
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Continue readingEnvironmental Review of Ocean Current Energy Production on Florida’s Atlantic Coast
by Phil Taylor of the New York Times The Interior Department today said it is beginning an environmental review for a first-ever leasing proposal to turn ocean currents off Florida’s Atlantic coast into renewable baseload electricity. As part of its review, Interior […]
Continue readingUK Panels Says Hydrofracking Poses No Risk to Water, France Disagrees Barring Shale-Gas Exploration
from the Wall Street Journal By GUY CHAZAN A U.K. parliamentary committee said it had found no evidence that hydraulic fracturing, the much-debated process used to extract natural gas from dense shale rocks, poses any risk to water supplies and rejected calls […]
Continue readingSusquehanna River is the most Endangered River in the US–Hydrofracking is the culprit
A recent report by the conservation group American Rivers declares that the 444 mile Susquehanna River, which runs through New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland is the most endangered in the US. The cause: hydraulic fracturing (aka, hydrofracking, gas drilling, fracking). Fracking involves […]
Continue readingCall from Support from Algonquins of Barriere Lake: Video
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/23103527 w=400&h=225] Algonquins of Barriere Lake vs Section 74 of the Indian Act from Barriere Lake Solidarity on Vimeo. Please visit www.barrierelakesolidarity.org for more information on what’s going on and how you can help.
Continue reading‘Native land claims scare the hell out of investors’: energy expert
By Geoff Dembicki May 19, 2011 Source: the Tyee. Fierce First Nations opposition could very well topple Enbridge’s west coast pipeline proposal, a Washington-based energy expert argues. “Native land claims scare the hell out of investors,” Robert Johnson told an Alberta energy conference, according […]
Continue readingThe Right to Arm Bears: 592 Bears Killed in New Jersey, Another Winter Hunt Scheduled
In New Jersey, call in complaints about “nuissance bears” are down to a measly 90 whining reports between March 21 and April 20. Compare that to the 305 calls the state Department of Environmental Protection recieved in the same period the year […]
Continue readingGoldcorp AGM confronted on human rights and environment abuses
by David P Ball on the Vancouver Media Co-op Canadian mining company Goldcorp – accused of human rights & environmental abuse in Guatemala – faced what may be its largest protest yet at its annual general meeting in Vancouver today. The colourful march […]
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