The organisation’s support of a marine reserve in the Chagos islands displays a lack of regard for islanders wanting to return Greenpeace International is a fine organisation. It uniquely combined the aims of promoting “peace” – including enhancing human rights – and, as an element of that, protecting the green (and blue) environment. Remember the [...]

In Rochester, New York, activists are fighting to win control of Catherine Lennon-Griffin’s foreclosed, bank-owned home as a community land trust, at her request — making this one of the first examples in the country of a neighborhood winning back a bank-owned residence and designating it for community use. Lennon-Griffin has been re-occupying her home [...]

The controversial gas drilling technique known as “fracking” is quickly changing the landscape in Washington and our own backyards. Last week, Truthout launched a new section called “Gas Rush: Fracking In Depth,” where they try to blog all the groundbreaking coverage of America’s gas boom and the environmental problems caused by fracking. From well blowouts [...]

David Cameron should speak about environment, he says in letter revealing frustration over UK’s lack of low carbon strategy The government should do more to help green industries boost economic growth, stop the UK falling behind international rivals, and avoid losing its global leadership on the environment, William Hague has told cabinet colleagues, in a [...]

By DANIELA BERRETTA and DANIELLA CHESLOW RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) – After years of neglect, the Palestinians are going green. In a society preoccupied with the struggle for independence from Israel, protecting the environment has often been sidelined – as evidenced by the ubiquitous sight of burning trash and piles of garbage bags on sidewalks [...]

Bashing Japan and Germany Over Nuclear Exit by LINDA PENTZ GUNTER With audacious hypocrisy, American pro-nuclear pundits have been indulging in the familiar sport of losers – the relentless bashing of the more successful. With nuclear energy rapidly losing favor around the globe, the industry’s boosters have taken to blaming countries that have rejected it [...]

Fortnight of inconclusive UN preparatory committee talks leaves delegates frustrated and raises doubts about Rio+20′s outcomes After two weeks of closed-door negotiations, the UN preparatory committee PrepCom has failed to reach consensus on a global plan of action, entitled The Future We Want, to be adopted at the Rio+20 summit meeting of world leaders in [...]

More than 1.5 million people have petitioned Dilma Rousseff to reject a bill that may lead to further destruction of the Amazon More than 1.5 million people in Europe, the US and elsewhere have petitioned the Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff, to veto a law that critics say could lead to the loss of 220,000 square [...]

Oil has brought money and jobs to this sparsely populated region – but residents fear a ban on fracking will stop the boom North Dakota sits on top of the largest continuous oil deposit in the lower 48 states. The Bakken shale formation covers about 200,000 square miles, extending through North Dakota and Montana into [...]

Exposure to chemical dispersants BP used in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill left a commercial diver with seizures, unable to walk and going blind – and two members of his dive team committed suicide, the man claims in Harris County Court. David Hogan and his wife sued BP and NALCO Co. – which made [...]