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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Cross Posted from Workers World Nov. 22 will mark 13,439 days of incarceration for Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier. This year’s commemoration of the National Day of Mourning, to be held in Plymouth, Mass., will once again honor Peltier, a hero-in-the-struggle who […]
Cross Posted from The Tee By Yves Engler [Editor’s note: This is the second of two pieces drawn, with permission, from Chapter 2 of The Ugly Canadian: Stephen Harper’s Foreign Policy by Yves Engler, newly published. The first part is here. Engler’s next author’s event is […]
Cross Posted from The Guardian Environmental activists protest against the Keystone XL pipeline on 18 November 2012. Photograph: 350.org Hundreds of people who say they worry oil that would be carried theKeystone XL pipeline will accelerate climate change marched around the White House on Sunday, hoping […]
Cross Posted from Tar Sands Blockade November 19, 2012 UPDATE: 2:00 pm – From coast to coast, solidarity against the Keystone XL In Burlington, Vermont, and Fairfax, California, activists displayed banners decrying Keystone XL’s role in the ongoing climate crisis. “As communities […]
Four arrested as concerned Florida residents demonstrate opposition to investments in Transcanada/ Keystone XL Pipeline See corporate media coverage from Palm Beach Daily News here. West Palm Beach, FL – Monday, November 19, 2012 – Dozens of protesters with Everglades Earth First! […]
By: Jenée Desmond-Harris (The Root) — It’s not news that coal-fired plants cause pollution, and it’s not surprising that it’s low-income people and people of color who tend to live closest to them. But “Coal Blooded: Putting Profits Before People,” a new […]