Category Archives: Victory!
Brazil: judge suspends Teles Pires dam, upholds indigenous rights
Cross-Posted from WW4 Report on Tue, 04/10/2012 – 13:26. A Brazilian federal judge on March 30 suspended the construction license of the Teles Pires hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rainforest, saying the permitting process violated the riights of the Kayabi, Apiaká and … Continue reading
Victory? Bolivia: Evo Morales cancels contract for controversial Amazon highway
Cross-Posted from WW4 Reporton Wed, 04/11/2012 In a surprise move, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced April 10 he is rescinding the contract of the Brazilian firm OAS to build a controversial highway through the Amazon rainforest. Morales had already suspended … Continue reading
Victory! Richmond, BC (Canada) poised to take stand on genetically modified crops & trees
BY RANDY SHORE, APRIL 10, 2012 Cross-Posted from the Vancouver Sun This file photo from 2006 shows the Steves Farm, the last farm in the residential area of Richmond is still home to Harold and Kathy Steves. Every morning … Continue reading
Climate Activist Tim DeChristopher Out of ‘Isolated Confinement’
Note: As a follow up to the earlier story we posted about activist Tim DeChristopher getting thrown into isolated confinement for being an anti-oil and gas activist, here is finally some good news. Public pressure got the action reversed. Tim … Continue reading
Filed under Actions, Climate Change, Political Repression, politics, Victory!
Historic Victory Won with Retirement of Chicago’s Two Coal Plants!
A decade-long grassroots campaign against two of the oldest and dirtiest coal-fired power plants in the nation Today, Midwest Generation, a subsidiary of Edison International, will announce the retirement of its Fisk and Crawford coal plants, two of the oldest and dirtiest … Continue reading
Filed under Actions, Climate Change, Climate Justice, Coal, Energy, Victory!
Longshore workers name Occupy movement as crucial in EGT settlement
Coordinated action by West Coast Occupys proves effective as ILWULocal 21 ratifies contract Longview, WA, Feb. 11, 2012 – Members of the ILWU (longshoreman’s union) and the labor community named the Occupy Movement as key to the settlement reached Thursday between ILWU Local 21 … Continue reading
Filed under Actions, Climate Change, Corporate Globalization, Occupy Wall Street, Victory!
Monsanto Guilty: Paul Francois, French Farmer, Poisoned By Biotech Giant’s Chemicals
By Catherine Lagrange and Marion Douet Cross-Posted from Huffington Post LYON/PARIS, Feb 13 (Reuters) – A French court on Monday declared U.S. biotech giant Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer, a judgment that could lend weight to … Continue reading
Peru: Illegal loggers seized days after photos of uncontacted Indians released
Peru has raided an illegal logging site in the Manú National Park, just days after the world caught its first detailed glimpse of the uncontacted Mashco-Piro tribe. The discovery followed Survival International’s release of close-up pictures of the tribe to raise awareness … Continue reading
Filed under Biodiversity, Climate Change, illegal logging, Indigenous Peoples, Latin America, Victory!
Second Circuit allows Ecuador court’s $18 billion judgment against Chevron
Cross-Posted from Wall Street Journal, JANUARY 26, 2012 by Associated Press NEW YORK — A judge overstepped his authority when he tried to ban enforcement around the world of an $18 billion judgment against Chevron Inc. for environmental damage in Ecuador, … Continue reading
Filed under Energy, Indigenous Peoples, Pollution, Victory!, Water
