Cross Posted from Boise Weekly By ZACH HAGADONE Protester: “It’s never wise to trade your children’s futures and environment for jobs.” A plan by some of the globe’s biggest mining companies to ship hundreds of millions of tons of coal by rail through Idaho’s […]
Continue readingHow the war against the mega quarry was won
Cross Posted from National Post Jason Van Bruggen, Special to National Post In early 2011, while visiting our relatives’ farm near Melancthon in Dufferin County, Ont., my wife and I learned about the now infamous “mega quarry” proposal tabled by The Highland […]
Continue readingGreenpeace and Ecodefense Refuse to Register in Russia
Cross Posted from Bellona.org Charles Digges, 23/11-2012 The entrances to the offices of Memorial and For Human Rights, two prominent civil rights groups headed by veteran activists, were spray-painted with the words “Foreign Agent,” along with a heart shape next to “USA,” according […]
Continue readingHunger Strike against Trinidad Highway Reaches Critical Stage
Concern mounts as Wayne Kublalsingh nears organ failure after eight days without food or water BY DAWN PALEY Cross Posted from Media Co-op Dr. Wayne Kublalsingh, who I interviewed for the piece below, is currently on his eighth day of a hunger strike, […]
Continue readingEnvironmentalists protest against end of ecological reserve
Cross Posted from Algarve Resident By ANA TAVARES news@algarveresident.com The four largest environmental organisations in Portugal have issued a joint statement protesting against the government’s decision to scrap the National Ecological Reserve (Reserva Ecológica Nacional – REN), following an interview the […]
Continue readingTurkey Scraps Construction of TPP near Bulgarian Border
Cross Posted by Standart News Turkey has given up plans for the construction of a thermal power plant (TPP) in the town of Igneada, near the border with Bulgaria. The Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning has rejected the proposal of […]
Continue readingSurveyors, Pipeline Blocked by B.C. First Nation
Cross Posted from CBC Members of a First Nation in northern B.C. have evicted surveyors working on a natural gas pipeline project from their territory and set up a roadblock against all pipeline activity. A group identifying itself as the Unis’tot’en clan […]
Continue readingRising Tide-Vancouver Coast Salish Territories Solidarity Statement with the People of Gaza
Cross Posted from Its Getting Hot In Here Rising Tide Vancouver Coast Salish Territories opposes the recent attacks on the people of Gaza and the ongoing military occupation of Palestinian Territories. Rising Tide has been working with Indigenous peoples on Turtle Island, […]
Continue readingFood Bank Stocks Dry Up in Wake of Great Drought
Cross Posted from Commondreams The insufferable drought of 2012 continues to wreak havoc as food banks across the country feel the pinch. As the season of feasting gets underway, soaring food prices have cut government donations to the banks and soup kitchens […]
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