Showing posts with label Activism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Activism. Show all posts

Thursday, March 16, 2017

How Protecting Native Forests Cost a Southeast Asian Activist His Life

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Logging in Malaysia. Photo credit: Stephen Codrigtonn
Malaysian activist Bill Kayong fought to save native forest lands from logging and oil palm development. Like a troubling number of environmental campaigners around the world, he paid for it with his life. Second in a series.


















Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Friday, January 22, 2016

Mumbo-Jumbo Jets

Georges Monbiot - the Guardian








PinP photo.
I see the people on trial for occupying a runway at Heathrow as democratic heroes. More here.

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

"Limit to Growth" Was Right. New Research Shows We're Nearing Collapse

TheGuardian

Four decades after the book was published, Limit to Growth’s forecasts have been vindicated by new Australian research. Expect the early stages of global collapse to start appearing soon. Story here.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Massive B.C. coal mines are about to get a new owner. Why some are worried about Glencore’s record

THE NARWHAL Coal mine at Tumbler Ridge, B.C.  Jeffrey Wynne ,      If the sale goes through, the company will inherit a contamination proble...