Cross Posted from Asia One Police estimated that some 3,600 social welfare activists yesterday waged the annual “Autumn Struggle” protest, which ended with some participants throwing eggs toward the Presidential Office. With the theme “The people turn left”, this year’s demonstration called […]
From Root Force An article from Bloomberg is floating around local newspapers and the internet about the vulnerability of the electric grid to anyone armed with a .22 rifle. “An attack on the power grid by terrorists — even ones armed with […]
Cross Posted from Global Post.com Nearly 10,000 people took to the streets in Kuala Lumpur Sunday to protest the opening of Australia-based mining company Lynas’ new rare earth plant. The plant, which is the largest outside China, has already received its […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]