first accidentally and now on purpose. by John Upton / Grist What has 92 protons, deforms growing children, sickens adults, and is being squeezed out of its underground lair by frackers operating in Pennsylvania? U, uranium! The toxic and radioacti...
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by Claude Arpi / Niti Central On March 29, China’s State media reported that 83 miners had presumably died following a major landslide at the site of a gold mine in Gyama Valley, near the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. A few days later, 66 miners were confirmed dead and 17 were declared missing despite massive...
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by Kevin Robinson-Avila / from the Albuquerque Journal FARMINGTON — Preliminary results from Mancos shale wells in northwestern New Mexico are boosting industry excitement about a new oil and gas boom in the region. Companies must learn a lot more about the shale formation before any gushers explode, but some of the 22...
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by Gerry Smith / the Huffington Post FinSpy surveillance software, marketed worldwide to law enforcement agencies as a way to monitor criminals, is widely used by repressive governments to spy on human rights groups and dissidents, according to a repor...
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by Juliet Eilperin / the Washington Post The Senate voted 62 to 37 Friday in favor of constructing the Keystone XL pipeline, the controversial project that would transport heavy crude oil from Hardisty, Alberta, to Gulf Coast’s refineries. The bipartisan amendment to the Senate budget resolution, authored by Sens. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Max...
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by Russ McSpadden / Carbon-based humanoid correspondent for the King Ludd & John Connor Institute of Anti-Technology Genetically Modified Cat Nip Won’t Save You The Pentagon has announced that it is currently investigating new mobility technologies that include a robo-cheetah that has already surpassed the fastest recorded speed of any human on Earth. According...
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from Survival International Penan from the Long Seridan region have mounted a blockade to protest against the building of a gas pipeline which is cutting through their ancestral land and destroying their source of drinking water. The 500km pipeline is ...
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If you are anywhere near Mendocino County, get out there and help! Willits, CA-Opponents of the Caltrans Willlits Bypass through endangered wetlands are converging on the site to protect a tree-sitter as dozens of California Highway Patrol vehicles arr...
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by Survival International Indigenous Amazonians from Peru and Brazil have joined together to stop a Canadian oil company destroying their land and threatening the lives of uncontacted tribes. Hundreds of Matsés gathered on the border of Peru and Brazil last Saturday and called on their governments to stop the exploration, warning that the work...
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from the AP The University of Tennessee wants to allow hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas on a state-owned tract of rolling woodland, raising the hackles of environmentalists who question its stated goal of raising funds to research the environmental impact of such drilling. With debate over “fracking” continuing, the unique proposal is being...
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from Press TV The Canadian government continues to prevent the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, James Anaya, from making an official visit to the North American country. Anaya says that the federal government continues to disregard his year-old request to visit Canada in an attempt to investigate the “human rights...
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from the Asian Human Rights Commission Several peaceful protests took place in the Northeast states of India over the past month to address concerns over the implications of the EU-FTA with India. Protestors are concerned over the lack of transparency ...
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