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.
… to take away home rule powers from cities that stand up to the oil and … points out that politicians trying to crush cities' rights to home rule goes against the …
As the toll of climate change rises, as the summers become hotter, we have the opportunity to link struggles for cooler cities with other progressive demands. From the SYMBIOSIS RESEARCH COLLECTIVE
… the opportunity to link struggles for cooler cities with other progressive demands. From … banned from using fountains in several parks. Cities that are already hot - built with … toll. The heat island effect means that cities may be 2-3°C hotter than the …
To save a small amount of money residents of Flint, Michigan, have been forced to consume hazardous levels of lead in their drinking water, writes Farron Cousins. Just the moment for the Republican House Speaker to attack the Clean Water Act.
Flint drinks lead-laden water; Republicans attack Clean Water Act Farron Cousins DesmogBlog.com | 22nd January 2016 News Water Politics USA Law Toxics Health fawcet-cut.jpg To save a small amount of …
'The diversity of habitats in Kyiv, especially on the banks of the Dnipro, is quite astonishing.'
… on each other in the thickets. Like other cities around the world, as Kyiv begins to … to home the displaced is likely in Ukrainian cities. Since 2014, many members of Ukraine’s … in the future. While rebuilding Ukrainian cities damaged by war, one challenge will be …
Air pollution in London and other British cities is intolerable, writes Caroline Allen. Faced with the same deadly problem Paris has just imposed restrictions on cars - but here politicians do nothing. It's time to elect some who will act for public health!
… British cities deserve clean air! Caroline Allen | … 2014 Comment Pollution Transport EU Law UK Cities nelsons-col.png Air pollution in London and other British cities is intolerable, writes Caroline Allen. …
The UK's nuclear deal with China makes no sense, writes Jeffrey Henderson - unless you factor in the simultaneous agreement to forge lucrative links between UK and Chinese financial markets. Lucrative, that is, for the City institutions whose interests the British government so assiduously represents. As for the rest of us, our task is simple: to bear the ever-growing cost.
UK's nuclear deal with China is a boon for bankers - and no one else Jeffrey Henderson University of Bristol | 6th November 2015 News Finance UK China Politics Nuclear Energy shanghai-pudong-cut.jpg …
In Kansas City, Missouri, people have lost jobs, schools have closed and hospitals have moved away. Now the government has subsidised a new federal nuclear weapons plant with $815 million in municipal bonds...
TAKE ACTION to stop nuclear weapons build in the US Matilda Lee | 31st August 2011 Activism Climate Change & Energy Nuclear Renewable Energy Fukushima Obama Start In Kansas City, Missouri, people …
Following the accidental fire in a transformer at the troubled Indian Point nuclear site last weekend, and the unplanned release of oil into the Hudson River, calls are growing for the two remaining power plants to be shut down, writes Karl Grossman. The NRC is likely to extend its expiring licenses for another 20 years - but New York State could still refuse it a water use permit.
… Grossman | 12th May 2015 News Nuclear USA Cities Energy Health …
Oxford Council's Executive Board meets today to decide whether to criminalise 'noncompliant' busking, pavement art, cycling and other activities in the City's vibrant public spaces, punishable with a £1,000 fine. Jonny Walker wrote them this Open Letter.
… art! Jonny Walker | 11th June 2015 Comment Cities Commons Music Transport Law UK Politics …
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.
Shell's Arctic oil setback - unlawful use of Seattle Port Oliver Tickell | 5th May 2015 News Transport Oil Arctic Law Corporations Energy polar-pioneer-cut.jpg The Port of Seattle is violating its …
Highly radioactive tritium has leaked into groundwater at the Indian Point nuclear site 40 miles north of Manhattan, New York, write Sam Thielman & Alan Yuhas. Governor Cuomo has ordered a review of safety at the site, where two reactors are operating with no NRC license.
Indian Point reactors contaminate New York groundwater Sam Thielman Alan Yuhas Guardian Environment | 8th February 2016 News Nuclear Radiation Pollution Regulation USA indian-point-cut.jpg Highly …
When we speak of WMD, we usually think of weapons - nuclear, biological, or chemical - that are delivered in a moment, writes Tom Engelhardt. But what of climate change: a WMD on a long fuse, already lit and smoking ...
… - the ones destined to rise over American cities if we didn't do something to stop … arsenal and flown over America's east coast cities with unimaginable results. President … D.C., Miami , and other east coast cities. It had its own efficient delivery …
Campaigners demand a 'no new nuclear' clause in climate emergency planning.
No new nuclear Radiation Free Lakeland | 6th February 2020 News Nuclear Energy Green New Deal Change Makers 20ff195633014c8db67ac8c57f41a549.jpg Campaigners demand a 'no new nuclear' clause in …
This day in 1945, the explosion of a nuclear bomb over Hiroshima, Japan, changed the world forever, writes Daniel Cordle. A remarkable article in the New Yorker by John Hersey has shaped the way the world perceives the event, and nuclear weapons generally, by illuminating the humanity of its victims in clear, simple prose.
… War II, but the extreme vulnerability of cities to a single device was a new horror. As …
UK police now have free rein to create 'dispersal zones' in public places, writes Josie Appleton. This allows them to exclude people for anything from street drinking to looking suspicious, being homeless, protesting, or merely 'congregating'. This represents a serious breach of our Common Law and Magna Carta rights.
Freedom of speech, assembly, protest? All are nixed by new police powers Josie Appleton | 26th June 2015 Comment Law UK Commons Human Rights wmp-patrol-cut.jpg UK police now have free rein to create …
Five years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster began to unfold, the searing psychological effects are still being felt among the 160,000 refugees who fled the fallout, writes Linda Pentz Gunter. But now there's growing pressure to return to contaminated areas declared 'safe' in efforts to whitewash the disaster's impacts. Why the rush? To clear the way for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, complete with events in Fukushima City.
The flight from Fukushima - and the grim return Linda Pentz Gunter | 11th March 2016 News Nuclear Energy Radiation Health Society Japan meiji-demo-cut.jpg Five years after the Fukushima nuclear …
More than 25 million Americans live within an 'oil train blast zone', writes Ralph Nader. But as volumes of tar sands and shale oil carried by train soar, the oil cars identified as a 'substantial danger to life, property, and the environment' in 1991 remain in use. We must ban those dangerous railcars - and put an end to all 'extreme oil'.
… This is why train tracks run through our cities and towns. Our rail system was never …
Israel's armed forces have destroyed vital water and sewage infrastructure in their bombing campaign of the besieged territory, writes Mohammed Omer. This constitutes a severe breach of the 1977 Protocol to the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the part of Israel and all those conceiving, planning, ordering and perpetrating the attacks.
Gaza: Israel bombs water and sewage systems Mohammed Omer | 16th July 2014 News Middle East Water Health War Law Human Rights gaza-children-cut.jpg Israel's armed forces have destroyed vital water …
Nuclear weapons are the ultimate evil that threatens us all, says Matsui Kazumi, Mayor of Hiroshima. We must listen to the message of Japan's atom bomb survivors and join their efforts to abolish nuclear weapons completely by 2020.
… for Peace , now with more than 6,700 member cities, Hiroshima will act with determination, … policymakers, please come to the A-bombed cities, hear the hibakusha with your own …
Brazil has suffered its biggest ever industrial disaster, write Ana Luisa Naghettini & Geraldo Lopes. Breached and overflowing dams have released a massive slug of toxic muds and tailings from iron mining into the country's fifth largest river system that provides drinking water for downstream cities, destroying ecosystems in rivers and vast areas of biologically fragile ocean.
… that provides drinking water for downstream cities, destroying ecosystems in rivers and …
As the new nuclear renaissance grows, so too does uranium extraction. In Niger, which boasts some of the world's richest deposits, NGOs say that the poor are being exploited for the West's 'clean energy'
… areas,’ says Kröpelin. ‘Once you approach the cities, you see the opposite effect. A tiny …
Thirty years ago today, Union Carbide's pesticide factory in Bhopal, India, released toxic gases that killed 3,787 people and injured over half a million, writes Vijay Prashad. The site is still contaminated, victims remain uncompensated, and the area suffers from a high rate of serious birth defects. Yet UC's CEO evaded justice, to die in a Florida nursing home this year at the age of 92.
Bhopal 30 years on - justice evaded, but the fight goes on Vijay Prashad | 3rd December 2014 Comment India USA Law Toxics Corporations bhopal-union_carbide_cut.jpg Thirty years ago today, Union …
A huge hotel development has been built on a pristine beach belonging to the 'Amis, one of Taiwan's indigenous tribes, despite numerous court rulings confirming its illegality. Glenn Smith met 'Amis campaigner Sinsing, whose fight for justice began when the government handed out eviction notices to her community - and will continue until the hotel is razed and the beach restored.
… hoping to curtail the exodus to the cities of young people from their villages. …