Tag: Environmental Justice
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Even Former Coal Miners Want to End Mountaintop Removal Mining
It's time to end this destructive practice, and Appalachian residents descended upon Washington, D.C., this week to demand action.
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Marathon Refinery Fire in Detroit Another Sign of Environmental Injustice
Last Saturday's Marathon Oil refinery explosion and fire was yet another dangerous, polluting event in a string of environmental injustices to plague the residents of the 48217 zip code in Detroit
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Tribal Activist's Clean-Energy Quest
A mother's fight to protect her children and her tribe
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I am tired of the damn trolls. This year I am turning out the lights for Earth Hour and you should too, Saturday night at 8:30.
I'm tired of every green initiative being hijacked by the negativism in this country. It's time to stand up and turn off.
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10 Environmental Victories of 2012
From clean air regulations to clean energy installations and requirements for better gas mileage, here's the year in environmental progress, according to the Sierra Club.
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Tim DeChristopher Barred From "Social Justice" Work While in Halfway House
Tim had planned on working at a Salt Lake City Unitarian church doing social outreach. That is, until the Federal Bureau of Prisons decided that wasn't a "safe" occupation for the climate activist.
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Did You Eat Today? Thank a Food Worker
The most under-reported and neglected aspect of the good food movement is the 20 million workers who toil every day harvesting fields, killing and cutting up animals, packing boxes, driving trucks, cooking meals, serving tables, and cleaning up the mess.
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The Jill Stein Presidential Campaign Was Both a Dismal Failure and a Remarkable Win
Stein may have gotten only 0.3% of the national vote, but that's actually a huge increase over what Greens have gotten in the past two elections.
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Maldives' Ousted Climate-Activist President to be Tried on Sunday
Mohamed Nasheed says his conviction is a foregone conclusion.
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Prestigious Prix Pictet Photography Competition Winner is Luc Delahaye
It's the most prestigious photography prize (and best paid) and here's this year's winner.
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Bangladesh's Leather Pollutes Environment, Harms Workers & Government Looks Away (Video)
A new Human Rights Watch report shows the horrific conditions, both environmental and social, that 90% of Bangladesh's leather is produced in—and exported from, to the US, China, Italy and elsewhere.
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5 Bits of Gandhi's Wisdom for the Green Movement
Mahatma Gandhi would've been 143 years old today. Going beyond his well-known maxims like being the change, here are five of my favorite bits of Gandhian wisdom and how I apply them to environmentalism.
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Ecocide Law Backed by Green Party of England & Wales
Such a law is a long way from passing, but this is exactly how we have to be thinking if we want lasting environmental protection.
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US and Canada Sign New Great Lakes Accord
It's been forty years since Nixon and Trudeau signed the original; it's time for an update.
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Public Health Versus A Nevada Coal Plant
The Moapa Band of Paiutes are coping with health problems caused by the Reid Gardner coal-fired power plant in Nevada.
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How Not to Convince People to Go Green: Throw More Facts At Them (Video)
Simran Sethi's recent TEDx talk offers some powerful advice on how to and how not to create environmental and social change.
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Prix Pictet International Environmental Photography Competition Short List Announced 2012
This competition for the best environmental photography never fails to be interesting and professional.
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Is Eurovegas Good for Spain? Its People, the Planet or Just Profit?
Las Vegas' Sheldon Adelson wants to build a Eurovegas in Spain. Madrid and Barcelona are competing for the project but Spaniards are demonstrating against it, due to the huge social and environmental impact the project would have.
