Monsanto Employee Admits An Entire Department Exists to “Discredit” Scientists
by Christina Sarich / Natural Society Dare to publish a scientific study against Big Biotech, and Monsanto will defame and discredit you. For the first time, a Monsanto employee admits that there is an...
View ArticleGulf South Rising: Demonstrations Across US on Fifth Anniversary of BP Oil Spill
Rising Tide NYC shuts down a BP station / Photo courtesy Colin Kinniburgh (Twitter) from Earth First! Newswire Responding to a call from Gulf South Rising, groups in Louisiana, Texas, and New York rose...
View ArticleIsraeli Soldiers Deploy Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets against Pollution Protestors
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA from International Solidarity Movement Around fifty Palestinians and international activists gathered today in Tulkarem, east of Nablus, to protest the presence of 11 Israeli...
View ArticleAbandoned Uranium Mines Plague Navajo Nation
by Sonia Luokkala / Earth Island Journal Navajo Nation’s Monument Valley. Photo by Sonia Luokkala The mesas of Monument Valley rise deep red on the horizon. We are in Diné Bikéyah, land of the Navajo....
View ArticleThousands Protest PX Chemical Plant in Jinshui, China
by Jennifer Baker / Revolution News Thousands marched on Jinshan District Government building Monday afternoon to protest the construction of another PX chemical plant. The march chanted “PX Get out of...
View ArticleBetween Sludge Pond and Old Growth:
A Look at Glaring Oversights in the Proposal for New Federal Prison in Eastern Kentucky A towering hemlock tree deep in the heart of the Lilley Cornett Woods. Photo by J. Mazurek by Jordan E. Mazurek /...
View ArticleRising Tide Chicago, Community Members Blockade Koch-Owned Terminal
by Willinois / DailyKos Seven community members and concerned citizens are blockading entrances to the Koch Carbon Transfer Terminal (KCBX) on Chicago’s Southeast side. The blockade began at 8am Monday...
View ArticleCoal Baron Found Guilty: “Justice” Not Enough
Jeff Biggers / EcoWatch Reposted with permission from EcoWatch The landmark conviction of former Massey Energy CEO and coal baron Don Blankenship yesterday on a misdemeanor conspiracy charge to violate...
View ArticleSouth Florida’s Turkey Point Nuclear Plant is Pumping Polluted Water Into...
by Tim Elfrink / New Times Turkey Point’s cooling canals are leaking radiation into Biscayne Bay, a new study confirms. As Florida Power & Light finalized plans to expand its nuclear reactors at...
View ArticlePhospine Gas Releases on Fort Hall Indian Reservation go Unnoticed by EPA
from Native News Online The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes continue their work to ensure tribal members and residents living on the Fort Hall Reservation are protected from unnecessary environmental...
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