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by | 2010-12-02 · 16:53

Photo Essay: First 2 Protests at Cancún UN Climate Convention

Two Photo essays by Orin Langelle/GJEP-GFC:

Wastepickers protest outside of UN Negotiations, 1 Dec

Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) and Global Alliance of Wastepickers and Allies (GAWA) stage protest in front of the entrance to the Exposition Center where the UN climate negotiations are taking place.  All photos by Orin Langelle/ GJEP-GFC

GAIA’s Ananda Tan negotiates with security to allow the protest to continue

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Indigenous Peoples Protest Canada’s Tarsands Gigaproject on 2 December

The Indigenous Environmental Network and allies protest the Tar Sands gigaproject scheme in front of the Moon Palace where UN climate negotiations are taking place.  All photos by Orin Langelle/ GJEP-GFC

Canada’s massive tarsands gigaproject draws protest from Indigenous Peoples who come from the communities it is and will impact

Maude Barlow, of the Council of Canadians, speaks out against Canada’s toxic tarsands gigaproject

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by | 2010-07-07 · 21:39

Tune in tomorrow morning to KPFK’s “Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod” featuring Monique Harden, co-director and attorney of Advocates for Environmental Human Rights (AEHR)


monTomorrow morning at 10am EST/7am PST, Margaret Prescod will interview Monique Harden of Advocates for Environmental Human Rights based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Click here for the link to listen live on KPFK

On behalf of African Americans living in the historic community of Mossville, Louisiana, Ms. Harden and AEHR legal staff filed the first ever human rights petition that seeks fundamental change of the United States environmental regulatory system. The Mossville human rights/ environmental justice case is currently pending with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States. In the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, AEHR is spearheading training workshops and advocacy efforts aimed at establishing recovery as a legal right, not an empty promise, in accordance with the United Nations’ Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. Ms. Harden has coordinated international coalitions advocating for human rights.

Click here to watch Monique Harden call for health protection in the BP oil waste clean up on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann

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by | 2010-06-01 · 15:42

The Earth Minute on KPFK’s Sojourner Truth Radio Show

This week’s Earth Minute discusses self-replicating living organisms created through synthetic biology. This new technology is now being put into the hands of BP and Exxon. Click the link below to listen!

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