Dahr Jamail - Al Jazeera 09 Mar'11
Nearly a year after the oil disaster began, Gulf Coast residents are sick, and dying from BP's toxic chemicals. Full story here.
PLANET in PERIL - WHERE SCIENCE GETS RESPECT. DENIED HER NATURAL INSTINCTS T0 ROOT & FORAGE, THIS YOUNG SOW GOES MAD, BITING THE STEEL BARS THAT CONFINE HER.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Chevron Wins Halt to $18 Billion Judgment in Ecuador Pollution Case
NEW YORK, New York, March 7, 2011 (Environment News Service)
Crude oil in a Chevron oil waste pit in the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador. (Rainforest Action Network photo)
In a New York courtroom today, oil giant Chevron Corp. won a halt to enforcement of an $18 billion judgment for oil pollution of the Ecuadorian Amazon imposed by a court in Ecuador. Full story here.
PUBLISHER'S COMMENT: To the US judge who made this ruling - "do da word 'sovereignty' ring a bell to ya?" l.p.
PUBLISHER'S COMMENT: To the US judge who made this ruling - "do da word 'sovereignty' ring a bell to ya?" l.p.
California's Regulators Turn Blind Eye to Groundwater Pollution From Dairies
In the Central Valley of California cows generate the same amount of fecal waste as a city of 21
million people, much of which goes untreated and pollutes waterways. Full story here.
million people, much of which goes untreated and pollutes waterways. Full story here.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Clean Fuel Worsens Climate Impacts in India's Capital, Canadian University Team Finds
A pioneering program by one of the world's largest cities to switch its vehicle fleet to clean fuel has, in some cases, actually made things worse. Full story here. Saturday, March 5, 2011
World's Sixth Mass Extinction May be Underway -- Study
Richard Ingham & Laurent Banguet AFP News 3 Mar Mankind may have unleashed the sixth known mass extinction
in Earth's history, according to a paper released on Wednesday by the science journal Nature. Full story here.
in Earth's history, according to a paper released on Wednesday by the science journal Nature. Full story here.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Texas Activists Ready to Fight Over $7bn Canadian Oil Pipeline in the Home of Black Gold
US landowners along the proposed route – from Alberta to the Gulf coast – accuse oil firm TransCanada of bullying. Full story here.
Pipeline about to be installed in Manitoba, presumably to link to Alberta Tar Sands. Photo Credit: Loozrboy
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