Apr 20, 2020 | all other, Featured, Forests, Indigenous Peoples, Rainforest, Social Media News
Photo courtesy of Creative Commons Nobel laureates condemn ‘judicial harassment’ of environmental lawyer The Guardian 18 April 2020 Johnathan Watts Twenty-nine Nobel laureates have condemned alleged “judicial harassment” by Chevron and urged the release of...
Sep 25, 2017 | Bioenergy, Climate Justice, Featured, Fracking, Tar Sands & Pipelines, Protests & Resistance, Social Media News, Uncategorized
In an attempt to highlight and bolster the “groundswell of resistance” against fracking wells, pipelines, and other fossil fuel projects throughout the United States, a coalition of environmental groups on Thursday launched the Fossil Fuel Resistance...
Aug 8, 2017 | Latin America, Social Media News, Uncategorized, Zapatistas / Chiapas / Mexico
Via Food and Water Watch: The Trump administration is putting energy industry special interests ahead of public health. Its latest awful proposal? Open up more of our coasts to offshore drilling, including Florida’s coasts. The Department of the Interior is...
Apr 28, 2017 | Bioenergy, Climate Justice, Featured, Social Media News
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Trump administration will begin the process of allowing drilling off the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic coasts, according to reports. The executive order will allow Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to roll back protections on drilling for fossil...
Apr 21, 2016 | Fracking, Tar Sands & Pipelines, Social Media News
Originally published in DeSmog Blog. By STEVE HORN Earthquakes caused by injection of shale oil and gas production wastes — and methane leakage from shale gas pipelines — have proliferated in recent years, with both issues well-studied in the scientific...