Macroasia Lies: Indigenous Peoples Challenge Mining Company Propaganda Posted 29 August 2011, by Ahni, Intercontinental Cry, intercontinentalcry.org Indigenous Peoples in Palawan are challenging a mining company’s latest attempt to mislead government officials and the public so it can gain access to mineral resources on indigenous ancestral lands. Below, a press release from the [...]
Archive for August 31st, 2011
31 Aug
Reconnecting with Mother Earth
Reconnecting with Mother Earth Posted 28 August 2011, by Sam Dickson, Daily O’Collegian (Oklahoma State University), ocolly.com The past few years have brought us a frenzy of overzealous work-out gurus and nutrition Nazis, all spewing information at us about how we’re not healthy enough, thin enough or defecating enough. Well, I say [...]
31 Aug
Biosphere’s influence on cloud formation larger than previously thought
Biosphere’s influence on cloud formation larger than previously thought Posted 28 August 2011, by Jorn van Dooren, Bits of Science, bitsofscience.org Clouds can have a large impact on global climate. Depending on conditions they can either trap or reflectthe sun’s heat. Scientists at CERN have now determined that organic vapours released by Earth’s [...]
31 Aug
Rewards for tips on damage to ecology
Rewards for tips on damage to ecology Posted 26 August 2011, by Cai Wenjun, The Shanghai Daily, shanghaidaily.org STARTING next Thursday, local residents who give tips about illegal behavior impacting the environment can get up to a 10,000 yuan (US$1,565) reward, the Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau said yesterday. The violations include starting construction without environmental [...]
31 Aug
The Latest from Iran (28 August) It’s the Ecology, Stupid
The Latest from Iran (28 August) It’s the Ecology, Stupid Posted 28 August 2011, by James Miller, EA WorldView (Enduring America), enduringamerica.com . An overview of the ecological problems facing Lake Orumiyeh in northwest Iran 1420 GMT:The US Hikers. The lawyer for US citizens Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer, sentenced earlier this month to [...]
31 Aug
BRIDGES builds a community of leaders to advance racial, economic, educational and environmental justice.
BRIDGES builds a community of leaders to advance racial, economic, educational and environmental justice. Posted 29 August 2011, by Staff, BRIDGES, bridgesusa.org Environmental justice exists when all people equitably share the environmental risks and benefits of industrial society and have equal access to natural resources, and when the entire community can depend on [...]
31 Aug
Environmental Justice in Detroit
Defending the Commons: Environmental Justice in Detroit Posted 29 August 2011, by Tom Stephens, Counterpunch, counterpunch.org Here’s what we said before they got here: The Environmental Justice Task Force of the Detroit City Council welcomes the United States Environmental Protection Agency and national Environmental Justice (EJ) activists to Detroit. In recognition of the historic EPA conference [...]
