Forget the Black Gold, Just Clean Water Please
I’m sitting opposite the ‘Hotel Black Gold’ as the sun goes down over Lago Agrio and the streets start to hum with evening traffic, people returning home from work and…
Tar Sands Threaten Canada’s Rainforests
October 12-18 is World Rainforest Week. Every year, we take this opportunity to highlight rainforest destruction around the world – and what we are doing to stop it. And RAN…
Could Chevron Have a Change of Heart?
Fabiola is a beautiful thirteen-year old girl with sparkling bright eyes and an infectious smile. As we approached her house in the village of Taracoa in Ecuador, she marched right…
Seeing the Rainforests for the Trees in the Senate Climate Bill
Senators Kerry and Boxer have said that they are on track to introduce the first step for Senate version of the ACES climate bill next Wednesday, September 30th. The draft…
A little effort….
A fun video put together by youth producer John Cooney to start off the holiday weekend – A little effort can go a long way towards reversing global warming. [youtube…
Peru blockades called off but controversy remains
Here is the latest on the Peru conflict. As of Friday, June 19th, the BBC reported that due to the repeal of the two most controversial presidential decrees, the blockades…
Sorting Global Warming Fact from Fiction
> Original story at Center for American Progress. Cattle graze in front of wind mills of the Spanish utility Endesa in the Eolico Park, Spain. SOURCE: AP/Javier Barbancho. By Vanessa…
Air Pollution Endangers Lives of Six in 10 Americans
One of the biggest culprits behind air pollution is – you guessed it – dirty coal plants (that would be all of them.) Global warming, acid rain, massive amounts of…
The “Green” Hypocrisy: America’s Corporate Environment Champions Pollute The World – 24/7 Wall Street
The “Green” Hypocrisy: America’s Corporate Environment Champions Pollute The World – 24/7 Wall Street. “Green is green as in the color of money” – Brand director of General Electric, Brandweek,…
Australian logger drops lawsuit against protesters
Great news from Australia! A logging company has settled its lawsuit against its activist critics, and believe it or not the logger is the one who has to pay the…