Category Archives: Energy
Coal protest movement hits Wyoming
By JEREMY PELZER Thursday, May 17, 2012 Cross-Posted from Star-Tribune CHEYENNE— It started as street theater in Cheyenne on Thursday, but by the end of summer, the group organizing the event said it will likely lead to confronting mine operators … Continue reading
Filed under Actions, Climate Change, Coal, Corporate Globalization, Energy, Pollution
EU is investing in toxic waste projects in developing world, GAIA claims
Cross-posted from the Guardian UK. The EU is threatening waste-pickers’ livelihoods and backing projects that may actually increase emissions, says report The EU’s clean development mechanism (CDM) is supporting
Indonesia: Destroying Tripa peat swamp forest is “an act of criminal vandalism”
By Chris Lang, 15th May 2012 Cross-Posted from REDD-Monitor “Now is the time for action not words here in Tripa. To destroy one of the last great areas of peat swamp forest in Sumatra is an act of criminal vandalism.” … Continue reading
No more evictions! Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala in defense of nature, lands and territories.
Note: Evictions of community farmers from UC Berkeley land, peasants thrown off of their land all over the world for agrofuel feedstock production, deforestation, forest “protection,” large-scale hydroelectric projects, etc. It’s time for the end of neoliberalism, private property and … Continue reading
Petro Plutocracy: Oil Tycoons Force Firing of EPA Fracking Enforcer
Cross-Posted from EcoWatch Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Last week, the world got a preview of America’s new post Citizens United petro plutocracy with the oil lords flexing their political muscles like oil soaked body builders pumped up on a steroid drip of … Continue reading
Amid Brazil’s Rush to Develop, Workers Resist–Strikes and sabotage at new hydroelectric dam
Note: Social and Ecological injustice united under the greenwashed banner of so-called “sustainable development” and “clean energy”. Brazil will be home to the upcoming Rio+20 Earth Summit–where the so-called “Green Economy” (more of this unjust business as usual development cloaked … Continue reading
Filed under Actions, Climate Change, Energy, False Solutions to Climate Change, Greenwashing, Water
TransCanada’s New Permit Still Threatens Nebraska’s Water and U.S. Energy Security
Cross-posted from BOLD Nebraska News broke today that TransCanada plans to re-apply for a Presidential Permit for the cross-border Keystone XL tar sands pipeline sometime tomorrow. However, all indications show that the new application breaks its promise to Nebraska consumers and landowners … Continue reading
Xstrata wins approval for Australia’s biggest coal mine
Cross-posted from Mining Weekly PERTH – An Australian court ruled in favour of global miner Xstrata on Tuesday in a case which sought to halt the company’s plans to build the country’s largest coal mine on the grounds that it … Continue reading
Developing countries face up to synthetic biology challenges
By Yojana Sharma, from SciDevNet 27 April 2012 | EN – Debate about the governance of the emerging field of synthetic biology is likely to see disagreements among developing countries at ameeting of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological … Continue reading
The Bioeconomy is Bad for Biodiversity, Global Forest Coalition Warns
NOTE: This morning, the White House released its National Bioeconomy Blueprint.The press release from the White House announced the Obama Administration’s “commitment to strengthening bioscience research as a major driver of American innovation and economic growth.” The National Bioeconomy Blueprint outlines steps that agencies … Continue reading
