Britain sent 22,000 soldiers to witness a total of 21 nuclear bomb tests in the Pacific between 1952 and 1958. Since then they and their descendants have suffered from severe health problems. Neil Kinnock believes the nuclear veterans deserve recognition and justice.
… Atom bomb veterans deserve justice! Neil Kinnock | 19th December 2013 … the nuclear veterans deserve recognition and justice. When I was Leader of the Labour … the NHS. But more advances are vital before justice is done. In recent months, the …
Holly and Harry Jonas explain how imagination is changing the international legal landscape for indigenous people
… Harry Jonas | 11th July 2013 Reviews natural justice image.jpg Holly and Harry Jonas … information, decision making and access to justice. In this context, Indigenous peoples … rights in international law constitutes an injustice in itself, as it inhibits communities …
Following a campaign of dirty tricks a decisive case in Britain's nuclear test veterans fight for justice will reach the High Court in June 2014, writes Chris Busby. The case will also put on trial the dominant risk model for radiation and human health.
… in Britain's nuclear test veterans fight for justice will reach the High Court in June … of some 900 veterans in the Royal Courts of Justice. This case (AB and others vs Ministry … that it was necessary for the vets to obtain justice. He ordered that a dumbed-down …
Big business, industry and finance, keen to set the agenda and shape the rules in the interests of their profits - and at the expense of climate justice - have infiltrated COP19.
… their profits - and at the expense of climate justice - have infiltrated COP19. The United … their profits - and at the expense of climate justice - have infiltrated COP19. Corporate … of social, environmental and climate justice. Leave big business polluters and …
The Awá have been driven to the brink of extinction as waves of illegal loggers, settlers and ranchers have flooded their land. Toby Nicholas reports that there is hope on the horizon ...
… bad that the loggers are stealing our food. Justice Minister: help us now, please. Send in the police now!" Brazil’s Minister of Justice has received over 54,000 letters from … Cup, the international spotlight is on the Justice Ministry - Brazil risks greatly …
Vandana Shiva challenges the violence against people and Nature in the name of progress
… no community, no society, no people, no justice, no place for equality, dignity and … and regulatory processes of equality and justice, of democratic participation and … are blocking the social reforms for gender justice, the land reforms, the economic …
A new fictional character who ‘fights pain' wherever he finds it is a kind of eco-Bond for our time, says Heathcote Williams. Few could resist this ripping yarn.
… the penitentiary. The defeat of the US justice system, with its laughable ‘justice', and its hundreds tortured on death … demobilising weaponry". Tempest champions justice for animals as well as for humans, and …
The New Zealand courts have refused to grant asylum to a 'climate refugee' from the Pacific island of Kiribati. But as Sandi Keane reports, the underlying problem is set to increase to a stupendous scale.
… Convention . However, in his judgment, Justice John Priestley said it was not the … executive of the London-based Environment Justice Foundation (EJF), governments are in … ... collective hot issue - one of fundamental justice and human rights." Australia could …
Every COP has been subject to the influence of polluting corporations - but none so completely as COP19 in Warsaw. Now 70 organisations are demanding new rules to protect future climate talks from the influence of the fossil fuel industry.
… in Brackets European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) Ecologistas en Acción, Spain … of Climate Action and Theory (iicat) Climate Justice Project Justiça Ambiental (Friends of … of the Earth Denmark Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace (OMJP) Ong AFRICANDO, Canary …
With the aid of Friends of the Earth Netherlands, Nigerian farmers whose lives and livelihoods were impacted by oil spilled from Shell pipelines took Shell Nigeria and its parent company Royal Dutch Shell to court.
… leader Ken Saro Wiwa, who had campaigned for justice in the delta. Although this shameful … people in their ongoing struggle to get justice after more than half a century of … disclosure rules can be an obstacle to justice; they can mean that deep power …
Dr. Glen Barry tells the Ecologist why he believes that ecology is far more than just the study of life and its environment......
… overconsumption, dead oceans, nationalistic injustice, and industrial agriculture - that … education and promoting a love of truth, justice, knowledge, wisdom, and fairness. For … of other peoples and species, nature, truth, justice, and equity are the only lasting basis …
Donnachadh McCarthy, former deputy chair of the Lib-Dems, speaks to The Ecologist about the collapse of British democracy and his hopes for reform.
… never create the social and environmental justice that so many of us dream and work so … ranged against our ecosystems and social justice are immense, but societies have … catastrophes and the destruction of social justice are in danger of overwhelming us if we …
On the 25th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing of Pan Am flight 103, Patrick Haseldine uncovers some salient facts that may shed light on the tragedy.
… unlikely to advance the search for truth and justice. But it is worth noting that 50 years … Sir Stephen Sedley, a recently retired Lord Justice of Appeal for England and Wales, to …
The battle against coal mining by Mountain Top Removal has been fought by the people of Appalachia over generations. The campaigners' target is now Swiss bank UBS, the main financier of the destruction.
… Eastern Connecticut for the HOA / Mountain Justice Fall Action Camp . Residents of … Appalachia and the Southeastern USA. Mountain Justice has set up a legal fund to support … at http://bit.ly/Ltg4zF . The Mountain Justice Spring Break 2014 takes place Sunday …
The return of the wolf to the USA's Northern Rockies has brought out some dark undercurrents in American culture and history. A spineless political establishment has fallen into line.
… of "Trying to make a statement! ... Frontier Justice! Wyoming hunters are fed up!". John … McCarthy was eventually brought to a kind of justice. McCarthy accused the US Army of … wolf snuff photo will bring a similar kind of justice and force the public to declare, in no …
Robin Millam from the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature is encouraged to by the progress being made by those countries and communities small and large who are seeking to give legal rights to nature.....
… Community Wild Law: A Manifesto for Earth Justice Rights of Nature: Planting Seeds of … frontline NEWS ANALYSIS Environmental Justice Studies have shown that while there is …
Robin Llewellyn reports on the ongoing violence surrounding the protests against the construction of the UN-condemned Barro Blanco Dam.....
… and although the country’s Supreme Court of Justice agreed to hear the case on 16th June, … general hearing on the right to environmental justice in Panama on 2nd November 2012, both …
A major US wind energy company is fined $1 million in the country's first-ever settlement over bird deaths caused by wind turbines, after 149 protected birds were killed.
… for the death of birds. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Duke Energy announced a $1 …
Environmentalists should support working class struggles, argues Stephanie McMillan. Ecocide is the inevitable outcome of capitalism - and only the working class has the power to bring the system down.
… then all human pursuits, including social justice, will also come to a screaming halt. …
The Ecologist's Lorna Howarth reports on news and action from the environmental frontline....
… and in parallel to these concerns, the Global Justice Ecology Project is raising the alarm … The STOP GE Trees Campaign; http://globaljusticeecology.org/stopgetrees.php Lorna …
Photographer Nonoko Kameyama tells the Ecologist how she brought her love of portrait photography and her concern about the impacts of nuclear energy together.
… the issues of peace, environment and social justice. When the invasion of Iraq happened, …
Russell Warfield talks to Satish Kumar about his views on our current education system and the opportunities he believes we should be creating for the next generation.
… “The world economy… is bringing social injustice, perpetuating poverty, perpetuating … and society and nature has brought social injustice, environmental injustice, exploitation, inequality and …