Polluting Industries Cash In On COVID-19, Add To Climate Crisis April 1, 2020 Polluting Industries Cash In On COVID-19, Add To Climate Crisis2020-04-012020-04-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2013/11/Air-pollution-150×96.jpg200px200px Airlines, farmers and plastic bag makers look for relief amid the pandemic. But the coal industry, and wind and solar energy concerns, lose out in the relief bill. With the attention of lawmakers and government agencies focused on the global coronavirus pandemic, polluting […]
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Rights Of Nature Law Forces Revocation Of Fracking Permit March 27, 2020 Rights Of Nature Law Forces Revocation Of Fracking Permit2020-03-272020-03-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/58dec40a1400002000072b0b-e1585313401291.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Signs in Grant Township, Pennsylvania, oppose a fracking wastewater injection well and advocate for “home rule,” which gives the township broad power to legislate. Keith Boyer, The Contently Foundation. Grant Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania – In an extraordinary reversal, last week, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) […]
A review by an ex-lead prosecutor into the Windrush Scandal has resulted in a damning indictment of UK government policies, over a number of years, which led to thousands of mostly elderly people who were lawfully in the UK being stripped of their jobs, benefits, housing and property. In many cases British residents and citizens were even deported. Priti Patel, the UK’s Home Secretary, has apologised […]
With the recent publication of Evicted for Carbon Credits: Norway, Sweden, and Finland Displace Ugandan Farmers for Carbon Trading, the Oakland Institute has brought forward irrefutable evidence that villagers were forcibly evicted to make way for the Norwegian company, Green Resources’ tree plantation in Kachung, Uganda. The establishment of the plantation on land previously used by subsistence farmers has precipitated an on-going food security crisis that the […]
WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity joined hundreds of conservation groups to file formal comments today with the Trump administration opposing its plans to gut the rules that govern the landmark National Environmental Policy Act. In documents submitted today, the Center said the proposed rules governing environmental reviews of federal activities will threaten critical safeguards for air, water and wildlife. “These rules would hand the keys to our […]
Is XR America Going To ‘Make XR Great Again,’ Or Is It An XR EXIT? By Staff, Acherrifoytlinblog.com March 11, 2020 Is XR America Going To ‘Make XR Great Again,’ Or Is It An XR EXIT?2020-03-112020-03-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/32713944487_6d2556b8a9_c-e1583960447862.jpg200px200px Above Photo: From Acherrifoytlinblog.com Before that hot, muggy, South Louisiana summer of 2016, I had considered myself more of a witness to the climate movement than affected community. I mean sure, Louisiana […]
Constitution Pipeline Project Discarded March 5, 2020 Constitution Pipeline Project Discarded2020-03-052020-03-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/constitution_image_1.jpg200px200px Above Photo: From Nationofchange.org This is a huge victory for environmental activists, pro-development advocates, and clean water advocates. One of the major companies behind the Constitution Pipeline has abandoned the project altogether. According to Common Dreams, the proposed 124-mile gas pipeline was slated to run through Pennsylvania and New York, threatening water quality, wildlife, and public health. […]
Hundreds of people led by Indigenous land defenders and a coalition of environmental groups worked to shut down a large mining industry convention in downtown Toronto on Sunday, blockading the entrances to the building where the meeting was taking place as they protested against “the extractive industry’s violence, ongoing colonization, and complete disregard for the future of life on this planet.” Sunday’s action—aimed at the Prospectors […]
Ecosocialist Alternatives In Africa By Vishwas Satgar, Roape.net February 29, 2020 Ecosocialist Alternatives In Africa2020-02-292020-02-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/02/climatecrisis_cover-hr-1336×2048.jpg200px200px Above Photo: From Roape.net Introducing an important book series on Democratic Marxism in Africa, Vishwas Satgar explains that the project is premised on a rejection of the authoritarianism of vanguardist politics and the need to learn critical lessons from all the left projects of the 20th century. There is a rich inheritance of […]
The Indigenous Wet’suwet’en land defenders protecting their territory in northern British Columbia from the construction of the TC Energy Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline are experiencing many of the situations, risks and dynamics that environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) around the world encounter. Challenging extractivism — EHRDs are commonly at risk for opposing destructive extractive projects such as mining, hydroelectric dams, logging and agribusiness. The Wet’suwet’en oppose a […]
Joaquin Phoenix has lived up to his surname. Rising from the flames – or, in this case, emerging from the bright white stage lights – he stood before the world: exposed, authentic, vulnerable. Phoenix at Sunday’s Oscar awards ceremony treated us to a uniquely raw, real and rare moment. Arguably the hottest person on our worryingly overheated planet right now, the world hangs on his every word. His […]
The Russian envoy to Ankara has said that Turkish social media is flooded with hatred against Russia, and revealed that he has received threats. Security for Moscow’s diplomats has now been increased amid the flare-up in Idlib. “Look at the terrible madness on social media. I will read out some of the comments: ‘Say goodbye to your life,’ ‘No one will cry for you,’ ‘It’s time […]
British PM Boris Johnson has made changes to his top team in light of his Tory party’s landslide victory in the general election, sacking a number of high profile ministers, including Julian Smith, the Northern Ireland secretary. Smith was the first cabinet member to fall victim to Johnson’s reshuffle, having only been in his role for 204 days. It’s a move that has surprised many after […]