Dec 7, 2018 | Bioenergy, Climate Justice, COP24, Featured, Social Media News, UN Climate COPs
By Jessica CorbettCommonDreams.org As world leaders are meeting at the COP24 in Poland to discuss how to achieve goals outlined in the 2015 Paris climate agreement, scientists and activists are raising alarm about “brutal” new research published by the...
Apr 21, 2017 | Bioenergy, Featured, Fracking, Tar Sands & Pipelines, Social Media News
The company behind the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is under fire in Ohio, where construction of a separate pipeline resulted in spills of millions of gallons of drilling fluids into nearby wetlands. “These disasters prove that the fossil fuel...
Nov 1, 2016 | Featured, Fracking, Tar Sands & Pipelines, Indigenous Peoples, Protests & Resistance, Social Media News, Videos
Originally published by CommonDreams.org: By Nika Knight As Dakota Access Pipeline construction quickly approaches the Missouri River, the Standing Rock Sioux and allies are vowing to continue their resistance against the pipeline—standing strong despite the violent...
Jul 11, 2016 | False Solutions, Featured, GMOs, Latin America, Monsanto & Glyphosate, New and Extreme Technologies, No GE Trees News, Protests & Resistance, Social Media News, Tree Plantations, UN Climate COPs, Uncategorized, Zapatistas / Chiapas / Mexico
Originally published on CommonDreams.org By Vandana Shiva “Amaranth, Amaranto, love-lies-bleeding, tassel flower, Joseph’s coat, or ramdana (gods own grain) is the grain of well-being,” Shiva writes. (Photo: Elizabeth Weller/flickr/cc) A...
Jan 21, 2016 | Social Media News, UN Climate COPs
“It’s getting to the point where breaking record is the norm.” By Nadia Prupis, staff writer at CommonDreams.org The final tally is in: 2015 was the hottest year in recorded history—by a record-breaking margin. On Wednesday, NASA and...