The Arctic 30 are leaving Russia. 14 have received exit stamps and all are due back home in time to celebrate the New Year. But their fight for the Arctic is only just beginning ...
… Arctic 30 coming home The Ecologist | 26th December 2013 News … received exit stamps and all are due back home in time to celebrate the New Year. But … "This was the final step. I'll be leaving for home in Wales as soon as possible now, …
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… and expanded it to within 20 feet of people's homes and the playground it had previously … succeeded in compelling Shell to buy their homes – some of which are as close as 15 feet … a concession from Shell of $120,000 for each home ($50,000 for trailer homes), plus moving …
Denton's 59-41 vote to ban fracking has got right up the nose of the state's fossil fuel elite, writes Julie Dermansky. The Texas city has already been hit with two lawsuits - but it's going to fight them all the way, with a $4 million legal fund ready and waiting.
… a favor and listen to concerned citizens." 'Home rule'? No problem - until you mess with … threatened to pass legislation to take away home rule powers from cities that stand up to the oil and gas industry. Home rule empower s local municipalities to …
There will be enough fossil fuel-burning stuff - cars, homes, factories, power plants - built by next year to blow through our carbon budget for a 2 degrees Celsius temperature rise. Never mind staying below a safer, saner 1.5 degrees of global warming, warns STEPHEN LEAHY
… be enough fossil fuel-burning stuff - cars, homes, factories, power plants - built by next … be enough fossil fuel-burning stuff - cars, homes, factories, power plants, etc. - built … climate study, “by 2018, no new cars, homes, schools, factories, or electrical power …
According to oil company executives, oil is going to be a major energy source to 2100 and beyond. So after hearing an oil man make his case, Chris Goodall went home and crunched some numbers. Money invested in solar power already produces more energy than if it's put into oil exploration and production, and the gap is only going to widen from here. Is this the new 'peak oil'?
… an oil man make his case, Chris Goodall went home and crunched some numbers. Money invested … it may be possible to reduce heat losses in homes, people would need "softening up" for a … they agreed to have contractors in their homes for six months of insulation work. More …
A trip to the Achuar Indians of the Ecuadorian Amazon proved life-changing for Stephen Wallace. Their only desire is to enjoy what they have, and ensure that their children can do the same. But the threat of oil is casting a dark shadow of fear over their lives.
… permission for me to enter the family's home. Their huts are tall impressive … The floors are dirt. For the most part the homes are open on three sides so friends can … Chickens and dogs walk freely through the homes. A welcome beyond gracious Once I was …
Yasuní National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon is home to a record number of species. Now that the Yasuni-ITT Initiative has failed the future of those species hangs in the balance.....
… National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon is home to a record number of species. Now that … species that call Yasuni National Park their home, and represent a tiny selection of the … taxonomic group. Yasuní National Park is also home to some of the last indigenous peoples …
The Russian Parliament has today granted amnesty to the Arctic 30. The Duma voted 446-0 in favour of the Kremlin-backed amendment that extends an Amnesty Act to those charged with hooliganism.
… the 26 non-Russians will be free to return home to their families as soon as they are … may even be in time to enjoy Christmas at home. Peter Willcox, Captain of the Arctic … no amnesty for the Arctic. We may soon be home, but the Arctic remains a fragile global …
It's the fossil fuel industry's latest stroke of genius - a coal substitute that's cheaper, dirtier and more toxic than coal itself, writes Ben Whitford. The waste product of refining heavy oil from Canada's tar sands, petcoke is stored in open mountains around Chicago's 'Slag Valley', sending plumes of sticky black dust over poor neighborhoods every time the wind blows.
… windows, over the rooftops of his students' homes, Limbeck could see, about a mile away, … streets, leaving dark, greasy stains on their homes and even on their children's faces. … uncovered mounds that dwarf the residential homes that stand just a few metres from the …
Friends of the Earth are calling on Prime Minister David Cameron, and Energy Secretary Ed Davey to wean the UK off fossil fuels and create a 'Clean British Energy Revolution'
… Energy campaign would switch the UK to home-grown clean power - we can't afford not … Turning our Victorian terrace into an ecohome: part one One family's journey to turn a … of eco efficiency GREEN LIVING Wrap up your home Insulating your home will save energy and …
Barring a miracle Marco Rubio is set to be Trumped in the Republican primary tomorrow in Florida, his home state, putting an effective end to his campaign. But it's not for want of support from one of the US's biggest frackers, Devon energy, and its politically active CEO Larry Nichols. And with or without Rubio, Nichols's influence on the red states' energy policy is only going to get bigger.
… Republican primary tomorrow in Florida, his home state, putting an effective end to his … a year. Oklahoma Let's start in Nichols' home-state, where Devon is especially … showed just how powerful Devon was in its home state, where its talking points were used …
As the price of oil increases again, Canada's tar sands once more look like a giant cash cow to the industry. Now, the only thing standing between the 400 ton bulldozers and rampant environmental destruction may be a small group of First Nations people...
… landscape was unspoiled boreal forest, home to moose and caribou and the Clearwater … gas in a day as could heat three million homes. There are even proposals to use nuclear … Nations’ people, who call this land their home, describe the tar sands development as …
The systemic failure of the Nigerian government and oil giant Shell to clean up the horrendous oil pollution in the Niger Delta has been branded 'shameful' by a group of Nigerian and international NGOs.
… to respond effectively. Nor have Shell's home states, the UK and the Netherlands … established. "Governments of Nigeria and the home countries of Shell, Netherlands and the … "The Nigerian government, Shell, and its home governments - the UK and the Netherlands …
A UNESCO mission to Virunga, home to 200 Mountain gorillas, has demanded an end to oil exploitation in the National Park, which it describes as 'extremely threatened'. London-based Soco International began seismic testing in the Park last month.
… A UNESCO mission to Virunga, home to 200 Mountain gorillas, has demanded an … of petroleum extraction in the park, which is home to the greatest variety of plants and …
A report by Alberta's energy regulator links emissions from tar sands oil production with serious health impacts in the Peace River region that have forced families to flee their homes, reports Carol Linnitt. The findings reveal 'a huge information gap'.
… that have forced families to flee their homes, reports Carol Linnitt. The findings … gap'. Families forced to evacuate their homes in Peace River, Alberta due to toxic …
BP's plans to explore for oil in the deep seas of the Great Australian Bight came under fire today at the company's Annual General Meeting in London, writes Graham Readfearn. The drilling would risk the ocean's rich marine wildlife - while blowing a massive hole in Australia's COP21 emissions targets.
… pristine waters, Hansen continued, were home to critical whale and sea lion nurseries as well as providing a home for dolphins, seals, orcas, great white …
Full credit to Peru for creating the Sierra del Divisor national park in one of the most precious areas of the Amazon, write Lewis Evans & Sarina Kidd. But not for leaving it open to oil drilling, risking the future of uncontacted indigenous tribes that depend on their pristine rainforest environment to survive.
… one of the Amazon's most intact areas - also home to several uncontacted tribes . The area, … straddling the Peru-Brazil border that is home to the largest concentration of …
The devastating human impact of Syria's civil war may persist for decades to come as heavy metals and carcinogens in munitions end up in the environment, along with chemicals from destroyed industrial plants and stores. A long-term public health crisis is in the making.
… residues from artillery, mortars and home-made weapons containing known … or ingested as they often end up inside homes, in water resources and on vegetables. … The Sheikh Najjar industrial city, home to thousands of Internally Displaced …
The Port of Seattle is violating its shoreline permit in allowing Shell to set up a 'home port' for its Arctic oil drilling fleet, according to Seattle officials. The finding could nix Shell's oil drilling plans for the 2015 season.
… permit in allowing Shell to set up a 'home port' for its Arctic oil drilling fleet, … Terminal 5 did not allow its use for as homeport for Shell's Arctic drilling fleet. … energy, electric cars and transit, green homes and an environmentally progressive …
The rights of nature and of indigenous communities are enshrined in Ecuador's constitution, writes Kevin Koenig. But down in the Amazon the government is going full speed ahead with oil extraction on indigenous territories whose owners are committed to keeping their forests and waters pollution-free. A mighty battle is brewing that looks certain to come to a head this year.
… of President Rafael Correa, and home of Kichwa indigenous people named for the … down the rivers throughout their ancestral homeland. Accompanied by our Executive … the most biodiverse places on the planet and home to indigenous peoples living in voluntary …
Pledges by investors to divest from fossil fuels have soared to $2.6 trillion - 50 times more than a year ago. 'Now is the time to divest', says Leonardo di Caprio, one of the latest to join the movement, which even includes Newcastle, Australia, home to the world's biggest coal port.
… which even includes Newcastle, Australia, home to the world's biggest coal port. The … In Australia, the city of Newcastle - home to the largest coal port in the world - …
The UK Government is to examine the activities of London-based oil company Soco over alleged violations of environmental protections and human rights abuses in Africa's first National Park, home to 200 Mountain gorillas.
… abuses in Africa's first National Park, home to 200 Mountain gorillas. The move was … Virunga is Africa's oldest national park and home to the critically endangered mountain …
The world lives under oil’s spell. Jeremy Smith reveals the extent to which the industry’s by-products have permeated our lives.
… treat? Here’s a simple trick you can try at home. Take an apple, any apple. Look at it, … put your shopping in – all plastic. Driving home in your car (look at the dashboard, the … pollution into the air. Finally, you arrive home, sit back and bite into your apple – a …
Amber Rudd's speech today exposes her total failure to assemble a coherent energy strategy, writes Oliver Tickell. It reveals the increasingly certain failure to meet EU renewable energy targets, proposes a new tax on wind and solar generation, and leaves the country facing the real prospect of lights going out in the next decade. The one hard policy? To maximise oil and gas recovery.
… gas exploration so we can add new sources of home-grown supply to our real diversity of … package and abandoning the 'zero carbon homes' requirement for new build that was due … of rooftop solar capacity on millions of homes and offices soon adds up to megawatts, …