Hsinchu magistrate protests river pollution

The China Post news staff–Hsinchu County Magistrate Chiu Ching-chun  yesterday led county residents in a protest at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei against the pollution of the water source of Hsinpu Township, and called for the central government to do something about […]

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Fracking: ACT 13, The Worst Is Coming

Article by Steven Rosenfeld, from Alternet.org Pennsylvania, where the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were signed and where the U.S. coal, oil and nuclear industries began, has adopted what may be the most anti-democratic, anti-environmental law in the country, giving gas […]

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Strip Coal Mines Resurfacing in Nova Scotia

Almost six years after Nova Scotia imposed a moratorium on 13 surface coal mining projects in Cape Breton, the province is about to release a report that can reopen operations. Next month, the ministers of environment and natural resources will be handed […]

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Fracking debate heating up in New Zealand

Heated debate over fracking, the mining process which could be used to extract gas in western Southland, is raging in the gas heartland of Taranaki. A protest group, Climate Justice Taranaki, has called for a ban or moratorium on the practice, which […]

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