February 22, 2012
- by Jeff Biggers 02-21-2012 - As millions of pounds of explosives from mountaintop removal strip mining operations continue to devastate historic mountain communities in central Appalachia, a powerful new music video released this week by the beloved American Roots band Magnolia Mountain … Continue reading ...
- Note: This article frames biomass energy as ‘renewable’. It’s not. — GJEP Operator of Britain’s largest coal-fired power station blames lack of financial help from government for decision which involved £1.4bn investment By Richard Wachman, Cross-posted from the UK Guardian guardian.co.uk Tuesday 21 … Continue reading ...
February 21, 2012
- by Ted Glick, cross-posted from EcoWatch “This country needs an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy. . . that develops every available source of American energy. . . We have a supply of natural gas that can last America nearly one hundred years. . . … Continue reading ...
- Comments Needed This Week! Toxic Herbicide 2,4-D Linked to Cancer, Lower Sperm Counts, and Parkinson’s Disease 2,4-D Drift Causes More Crop Injury than any Other Herbicide, Threatening American Farms Biotech Companies Only Winners in Chemical Arms Race as Herbicide Resistant Crops Fail … Continue reading ...
- Cross-Posted from Common Dreams, Monday, February 20, 2012 - Common Dreams staff UN-Sponsored Papers Predict Sustained Ecological and Social Meltdown “The current system is broken,” says Bob Watson, the UK’s chief scientific advisor on environmental issues and a winner of the … Continue reading ...
February 20, 2012
- By Daphne Wysham, cross-posted from Other Words. I recently returned to my childhood home in India with my siblings for a final walk down memory lane with my elderly mother. As expected, it was a powerfully emotional experience. But in … Continue reading ...
- by Erika Eichelberger, cross-posted from EcoWatch Ohio is the latest state hit by fracking mania. The process, which requires pushing millions of gallons of water, sand and industrial chemicals into shale wells to fracture rock and push out oil and … Continue reading ...
- Cross-posted from WW4Report A committee composed of deputies from Panama’s National Assembly, representatives of the Ngöbe-Buglé indigenous group, and observers was to meet on Feb. 10 to discuss a possible ban on hydroelectric projects in Ngöbe-Buglé territories. The negotiations resulted … Continue reading ...
- Portland, Ore. Three activists with Cascade Climate Network and Portland Rising Tide occupied a billboard at the corner of SE 12th and Sandy Blvd. Sunday afternoon to protest proposals for coal export terminals across the Northwest. The activists altered the billboard with … Continue reading ...
- Note: The implementation of free trade agreements like NAFTA resulted in the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Mexican peasants and farmers from their homes and lands and forced many to leave their families to make the dangerous and often … Continue reading