Cross Posted from The Guardian Climate change protesters perched 91m (300ft) up two power station towers have repeated promises to stay for as long as possible, in spite of derisive criticism from the local Labour MP and police estimates that local taxpayers […]
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Tim DeChristopher Released to a Halfway House
Tim DeChristopher has safely arrived at a halfway house in Salt Lake City, UT where he will serve out the remainder of his two year sentence. Contrary to recent media reports, DeChristopher has not been “released” and remains an inmate of the […]
Continue readingFor the Next Seven Generations Trailer
In 2004, thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers from all four corners, moved by their concern for our planet, came together at a historic gathering, where they decided to form an alliance: The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers. This is their story. Four years […]
Continue readingExxonMobile Executive Assassinated in the Streets of Brussels
from NBC News Police in Belgium are investigating the murder of a British oil executive who was shot and killed in front of his wife in Brussels in mid-October. Nicholas Mockford, a 59-year-old executive for ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil company, was […]
Continue readingIn Hurricane Sandy’s Fury, The Fingerprint Of Climate Change
Cross Posted from Huffington Post Federal disaster declarations are up, the pamphlet declared. Average winter storm losses have doubled since the 1980s. Thunderstorms last year caused over $25 billion in damages, more than double the previous record. “That flier was astonishing,” said […]
Continue readingDispatches from the Tar Sands Blockades
Cross Posted from Tar Sands Blockade Here are two updates from blockaders in East Texas resisting the tar sands pipeline. We will keep you posted as events proceed. Below is a diary excerpt from Cat Ripley, whojoined the tree blockade several days ago. Here […]
Continue readingAnti-Coal Protests Continue in New Zealand
Cross Posted from TVNZ Campaigners are protesting outside the environment court in Christchurch as a legal bid to stop coal mining on the West Coast’s Denniston Plateau has got underway. The coalmining debate has gotten louder today with the start of a four-week Environment […]
Continue readingPenan Blockade Remains Strong Against Murum Dam
Cross Posted from Free Malaysia Today A local NGO has slammed Assistant Minister of Culture and Heritage Liwan Lagang for lying to Senior Minister-cum-Land Development Minister James Masing on the situation with the Penans who were protesting the Murum Dam construction. Liwan […]
Continue readingTasmania: Ongoing Forestry Protests Marked by Fatigue
Cross Posted from ABC Only 10 people turned out for the first protest since peace talks fell over last week. The Huon Valley Environment Centre targetted timber veneer processor Ta Ann in Hobart this morning claiming it misleads its Japanese customers about […]
Continue readingChinese Protests Over Chemical Factory Reflect Government Mistrust
Cross Posted from Seattle Times By GILLIAN WONG After three days of protests by thousands of citizens over pollution fears, a local Chinese government relented and agreed that a petrochemical factory would not be expanded, only to see the protests persist. The standoff […]
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