DeSmogBlog's Steve Horn recently spoke with the Real News Network about who is financially backing the Dakota Access Pipeline project that is threatening sacred land and water sources for Native people. Through his investigation, Horn found that "an army of oil...
In a guest commentary published by MongaBay.com, Aura Tegría, legal advisor to the Association of U’wa Councils and Authorities – ASOU’WA in Colombia, describes her experience at the IUCN Conservation Congress, currently being held in Hawaii. MongaBay.com provided...
Steffan Browning, Member of Parliament for the Green Party of Aotearoa, New Zealand recently published photos of genetically engineered trees being grown in his country by the Scion company to his Facebook page. According to the Scion website, "Scion has been...
Originally published at CommonDreams.org: In a last ditch attempt to protect burial and prayer sites, North Dakota's Standing Rock Sioux late Sunday filed for a temporary restraining order to halt construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which they say has already...
Originally published at DeSmogBlog: U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) recently came out in support of the Dakota Access pipeline, the hotly contested Energy Transfer Partners-owned pipeline envisioned to move oil obtained via hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) from...
Genetic “Extinction” Technology Rejected by International Group of Scientists, Conservationists and Environmental Advocates OAHU, HAWAI'I — As thousands of government representatives and conservationists convene in Oahu this week for the 2016 World Conservation...
Via IndianCountryTodayMediaNetwork.com: By Rick Kerns Brazil's environmental officials said that the license for the largest hydro-electric dam project on the Amazon River was canceled in early August due to the projected removal of the indigenous Munduruku...
TimesColonist.com reports that City councillors have unanimously agreed to a motion last week calling for a set of rules to restrict genetically modified plants in B.C. and Canada. Canadians worried about the potential effects include Victoria councillors Ben Isitt...
Originally published by Common Dreams.org By Nadia Prupis As Indigenous activists maintained resistance to a proposed oil pipeline in North Dakota this week, allied groups on Thursday sent an open letter to President Barack Obama asking him to urge the U.S. Army Corps...
Originally published at Redd Monitor: The Borneo Case is a new film that documents the destruction of more than 90% of Sarawak’s forests and investigates where the profits from the destruction went. As the Bruno Manser Fund notes, “Vast illicit assets have been...