Nov 20, 2017 | Climate Justice, Featured, Social Media News
Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain that held an independence referendum on the 1st of October, despite being ruled illegal by the Spanish courts. Four weeks later, Catalonia unilaterally declared independence from Spain. The following petition demands the...
Sep 18, 2017 | Climate Justice, Featured, Indigenous Peoples, Social Media News
Originally published at CommonDreams.org Armed conflicts and climate change are key factors being blamed for a rise in worldwide hunger—the first in over a decade, according to a new United Nations report. Malnutrition and food insecurity affected 815 million...
Mar 8, 2016 | Honduras, Latin America, Political Repression & Murder, Social Media News
Today, March 8th is International Women’s Day. We celebrate the memory of Berta Caceres, a woman who dedicated her life to the people and land of Honduras. Caceres was murdered last week, with TreeHugger reporting the following: Unfortunately, as Cáceres’...
Jan 4, 2016 | Environmental Justice, Fracking, Tar Sands & Pipelines, Social Media News, UN Climate Blog, UN Climate COPs
By Steve Horn Just over a week before the U.S. signed the Paris climate agreement at the conclusion of the COP21 United Nations summit, President Barack Obama signed a bill into law with a provision that expedites permitting of oil and gas pipelines in the...
Dec 18, 2015 | Climate Justice, Social Media News, UN Climate Blog, UN Climate COPs
Counterpunch.org recently published Eric Mann’s piece titled, “The Paris Climate Talks: a Victory for President Obama, a Defeat for the Planet and a Challenge to the Climate Justice Movement.” Mann’s organization, the Labor/Community Strategy...