Visit http://www.thestruggle.org/xldissent.htm for videos from the March 2 march in Washington against the Keystone XL pipeline. Click on this story for more links to TheStruggle.org.…
On Sunday, 398 opponents (the same number as carbon particles per million that are in the atmosphere) of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline were arrested in front of the White House in what could be the largest youth sit-in on the environment…
Following on from last week’s food riots post, some wider context. The news is full of protests (Kiev, Caracas, Cairo), but to what extent is it really ‘all kicking off everywhere’ as Paul Mason claims? Just come across a pretty crude, but thought-provoking paper that…
"If all that energy and passion was devoted to changing the laws, perhaps real change would’ve occurred by today," said U.S. District Judge Amul Thapar.…
Muslim civilians in the Central African Republic were targeted for "ethnic cleansing" by primarily Christian "anti-Balaka" militias, says an Amnesty International report. While Africa and French peacekeepers have deterred some of the violence, more troops need to be deployed to protect civilians, the group says.…
An anti-drone activist and journalist has gone missing in Pakistan just days before he was due to travel to Europe to speak with Parliament members about the impact of the U.S. drone wars. …
The South Sudanese government has signed a peace agreement with a rebel group in Jonglei state, ending nearly three years of the rebellion that has left hundreds of people dead. The deal with the South Sudan Democratic Movement was agreed in the Ethiopian capital Addis…
The Bureau is today publishing a leaked official document that records details of over 300 drone strikes, including their locations and an assessment of how many people died in each incident. The document is the fullest official record of drone strikes in Pakistan to have…
By Danny Bradbury 28 Jan 2014 Air quality around the world is plummeting, according to the latest version of an annual report, issued at the Davos Summit over the weekend. Watch a video of the news conference here. Produced by researchers at Yale and Columbia…
Across Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, the Obama administration has launched more than 390 drone strikes in the five years since the first attack that injured Qureshi – eight times as many as were launched in the entire Bush presidency. These strikes have killed more than…
President Obama’s New Budget Is Peppered With Efforts To Tackle Climate Change | ThinkProgress
Yesterday, President Obama unveiled his proposed national budget for fiscal year 2015, and it includes…
Native Americans Prepare a ‘Last Stand’ Against Keystone XL | McClatchy.com
In South Dakota, home to some of the nation’s poorest American Indians, tribes are busy…
Youth Plan Mass Civil Disobedience to Protest Keystone XL March 2, D.C. | The Nation
Hundreds of students and young people are expected to risk arrest March 2 in an…
Amy Goodman: Mayor Chokwe Lumumba: A Life of Struggle, a Legacy of Progress | Truthdig
By Amy Goodman The world lost a visionary activist this week, with the death of…
Pretending Keystone XL Politics Is Science | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network
The State Department's Keystone XL review isn't science. It's politics, and dirty politics at that.…
Defense bill allows for secret, indefinite imprisonment of citizens | The UConn Daily Campus
On Dec. 31, 2011 President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012…
CT Environmental Headlines
- Annual Ecumenical Lenten Carbon Fast March 5-April 20, 2014
- Show your love for the Canal Trail April 27
- There are several major ‘asks’ in today’s Headlines to consider.
- Please support legislation to protect 575 acres of state-owned farmland in Lebanon known as Savin Farm
- Shoreline Greenway Trail: ‘Successful Town Meeting in Branford’
- Malloy to power up new microgrid in Middletown today
