Manitoba's Bi Pole III Debate: Where The Rubber Hits The Road
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Mar 11-'11 Sustainable development and the precautionary principle must not be forgotten in this debate. Full story here.
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More Insights Into Tar Sands Attitudes
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Please read an updated vesion of my earlier article, "How Ethical Are Ethical Funds," here, on the online magazine, The Dominion. OBSERVATION: If anything, this latest version affords an insight into how some can rationalize that how they invest is "really OK," because they can somehow make change from within - sort of like defending the indefensible. l.p.
On the Brink of Meltdown: The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
March 11, 2011 · By Robert Alvarez - IPS The devastating Japanese quake and its outcome could generate a political tsunami here in the United States. Full story here. Footnote: An explosion has now destroyed the building housing the reactor. l.p.
Gulf Spill Sickness Wrecking Lives
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.
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.
California's Regulators Turn Blind Eye to Groundwater Pollution From Dairies
by Jaymi Heimbuch, Treehugger - San Francisco - 02.28.11 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.
Clean Fuel Worsens Climate Impacts in India's Capital, Canadian University Team Finds
ScienceDaily (Mar. 5, 2011) 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. Courtesy of Panoramio