There are 48 mapped struggles against the fossil fuel industry in India And whilst families run from justice for trying to protect their lands, it's the coal mining companies and police chiefs that should be brought to justice writes NICK MEYNEN
… India's coal war heats up Nick Meynen | 13th October 2016 … ). It turns out that as the world's Cold War ended, a coal war was just getting started in India. And …
A crucial component of concrete, sand is vital to the global construction industry, writes Nick Meynen. China alone is importing a billion tonnes of sand a year, and its increasing scarcity is leading to large scale illegal mining and deadly conflicts. With ever more sand fetched from riverbeds, shorelines and sandbanks, roads and bridges are being undermined and beaches eroded. And the world's sand wars are only set to worsen.
… Meynen | 9th May 2017 News Mining Ecocide War India China Singapore Sri Lanka Dubai … and beaches eroded. And the world's sand wars are only set to worsen. Dubai is a … rushing to the scene of the crime, the police warned [off] the illegal sand miners" , said …
Corporations are busy weaponising obscure legal instruments to sue government for their actions to save lives and jobs during the coronavirus crisis.
… Polluting corporations are waging a quiet war against climate action that could cost … in their value chains.” Emissions Arnaud Schwartz, president of EEB member France Nature … latter out of our climate books. But global warming does not cook the books, it cooks the …
A recent academic study examined the data relating to growth in mining exports and the growth in environmental conflicts across Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. The correlation is almost perfect. MARIO PEREZ-RINCON and NICK MEYNEN examine how 'victims' of such conflict can become environmental ‘warriors’.
… of such conflict can become environmental ‘warriors’. Mining conflicts are not uncommon … Latin America, but the Andes now resembles a war zone. In Peru - the world's … on the frontlines of a global resources war. However, there's also another way to look …
Instead of leaching the world's resources to support out-of-control consumerism, EU leaders could do worse than ponder novelist Victor Hugo's claim that whilst "you can kill people, you can't kill an idea whose time has come", writes NICK MEYNEN
… fairness, for example for the people fleeing war in Syria. She stirred emotions far beyond … was one a week. No parliament that I'm aware of held a minute of silence for any of … this growing movement and better global awareness is the Atlas of Environmental Justice …
Multinationals may be powerful, but so is a rising multinational movement busy with resisting to environmental injustices.
… part of extraction, from underground chemical warfare to squeeze gas out of the earth (fracking) to above ground warfare against earth defenders. Powerful The … bedrock of the economic “success” of the post-war period. Not all is lost. To the contrary. …
Ancient Asian art gave jade gemstones a cult status. But today, nothing in the extraction of jade is even remotely morally correct or justifiable.
… army has been running for decades. A brutal war is paid for by both sides almost entirely … heavy-handed approach has taken over, both towards the stones and towards the communities who happen to live in …
More than 200 experts use Europe Day to call for systemic changes to deal with the climate crisis, species extinction and inequality
… concrete. We look beyond increasing GDP towards a positive plan for a post-growth … points on how to launch a transition towards a thriving society within planetary … people and planet alike, while policies towards well-being help us heal. Prosperity …
The building boom in China and worldwide demand for consumer goods containing ilmenite has enriched criminals who specialise in stealing sand - sometimes whole beaches. NICK MEYNEN investigates
… military forces in the area. This is how sand wars can start. Will you ever walk into a shop … of the poor” , a term coined by the award winning economist Joan Martinez-Alier . …
The alternatives to neoliberalism - including a new community type of agriculture and community-owned green energy, local currencies, peer-to-peer networks and a sharing economy - are already here and unfolding right now. All we need is a revolution writes NICK MEYNEN
… some words of caution: "The pragmatic way forward has so far sold the environmental … stupid ideas like pricing nature being put forward to solve the environmental crisis. … owed from ... Germany. Yes, that was an after-war measure, but if you think today's …