Jun 19, 2018 | Climate Justice, Featured, Social Media News
Large-scale hydro-electric dams are a false solution to climate change. Besides the ecological and social devastation they cause, the methane emitted by hydro-electric dams make them another contributor to climate change. With all of the evidence of their dangers,...
Jul 12, 2017 | Climate Justice, Featured, Forests, Latin America, Protests & Resistance, Social Media News, Tree Plantations, Videos, Zapatistas / Chiapas / Mexico
The Sixth Great Extinction and the Fight to Save the Ancient Bialowieza Forest in Poland BY ANNE PETERMANN In this Guardian article Earth’s Sixth Mass Extinction Event Under Way, Scientists Warn, and associated video, a recent study warns that we are in...
Oct 31, 2016 | Featured, GMOs, Social Media News
The New York Times, one of the most widely read mainstream newspapers, is reporting what many readers here may already know – GM crops do not result in better yields or lower chemical usage. “Doubts about the promised bounty of genetically modified...
Oct 17, 2016 | Featured, Honduras, Indigenous Peoples, Social Media News
The New York Times reports that indigenous Miskito people of Nicarauga are under attack by settlers who are taking over their ancestral territory, lured by the promise of gold and lucrative timber. With the law on their side, and a bitter history of war, the Miskitos...