In the post-Gandhian era, environmental problems surfaced at a breakneck speed with large-scale and indiscriminate industrialisation leading to environmental hazards and degradations. Mahatma Gandhi’s critique … Relevance of Gandhian environmentalismRead more
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Posted inLatin America / Mining / News
El Salvador becomes first country to ban metals mining
Legislators in El Salvador made history Wednesday, passing a bill to ban all metallic mining activities in the country. passing the bill, El Salvador becomes … El Salvador becomes first country to ban metals miningRead more
Posted inBank / Protest / ToMl / USA Empire
Boycott the Banks, the Funders of Dakota Access Pipeline
Those are water protectors with the Red Warrior Camp near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota, singing at a protest at the Chase … Boycott the Banks, the Funders of Dakota Access PipelineRead more
Posted inPesticide / ToMl
Poison Fruit
On Mondays, Magda and Amilcar Galindo take their daughter Eva to self-defense class. Eva is 12 but her trusting smile and arching pigtails make her … Poison FruitRead more
Posted inBiodiversity / ToMl
U.S. Lists First Bumble Bee Species as Endangered
The rusty patched bumble bee, a prized but vanishing pollinator once familiar to much of North America, was listed on Tuesday as an endangered species, … U.S. Lists First Bumble Bee Species as EndangeredRead more
Posted inAssassination / Latin America / News
Indigenous Environmental Leader Isidro Baldenegro López Assassinated
in Mexico, Goldman Environmental Prize winner Isidro Baldenegro López has been assassinated. The indigenous leader has long organized against illegal logging and deforestation in the … Indigenous Environmental Leader Isidro Baldenegro López AssassinatedRead more
Posted inMultimedia / Protest
Resist USA
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Posted inNews / Pollution / USA Empire
The Top-22 Air Polluters Revealed
A mere 100 facilities, out of 20,000, produced one third of U.S. industry’s toxic air pollution in 2014. Another 100 released one third of industry’s … The Top-22 Air Polluters RevealedRead more
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Japan’s Biggest Coral Reef Devastated by Bleaching
Almost three-quarters of Japan’s biggest coral reef has died, according to a report that blames its demise on rising sea temperatures caused by global warming. … Japan’s Biggest Coral Reef Devastated by BleachingRead more