Nuclear power is neither beautiful, nor safe, nor cheap, writes Justin Keating - a message to the United States, where the Obama administration has pledged to waste over $200 million financing the 'Small Modular Reactor' (SMR).
Nuclear power - small isn't beautiful, safe, or cheap Justin McKeating Greenpeace | 22nd June 2014 Comment Nuclear USA Energy Technology hms-ambush-cut.jpg Nuclear power is neither beautiful, nor …
America might be better known for Calvin Klein and co but as Ally Boyd discovered, eco-designer Annie Le is giving them a run for their dollars
… and department stores that offer her clothing line. She wants to continue expanding … children. She hopes to continue building her clothing line so it becomes an internationally …
The Tea Party of Miami put up a convincing demo last week to oppose a 'land grab' that would see 46,000 acres of sugar farm land restored for Everglades conservation. Just one problem - the 'protestors' were actors each being paid $75 for the two-hour shift.
… banners or signs that will be provided. Clothing is almost anything!! Use common sense … banners or signs that will be provided. Clothing is almost anything!! Just wardrobe …
After a peaceful protest against nuclear weapons showed up shoddy security at a $19 billion nuclear bomb factory site, writes Kevin Alexander Gray, Uncle Sam got mad - against the protestors, now jailed for up to five years. Will Peace Prize winner Obama set them free?
President Obama - pardon the 'Oak Ridge Three' anti-nuclear activists! Kevin Alexander Gray | 19th March 2014 Activism Nuclear Weapons USA Religion y12.png After a peaceful protest against nuclear …
Jeremy Corbyn came under attack yesterday for his refusal to countenance the use of nuclear weapons, writes Commander Robert Green. But his stance is honourable and both legally and strategically correct - especially with his opposition to renewing the Trident nuclear missile system.
… government has needed to find intellectual clothing for what has always been a gut …
A orchard garden has taken root on a long-vacant lot in an economically and racially divided neighborhood of Boston, writes Orion Kriegman. In the making it has united a community, helped to heal deep scars of violence, and inspired a wider reclamation of the urban commons.
Making it happen - a community orchard in downtown Boston Orion Kriegman | 7th November 2014 Ethical Living Commons Cities USA Farming sunflower-cut.jpg A orchard garden has taken root on a …
The new Commission may have dropped environmental protection from its 2015 work plan - but it's pressing ahead with a new Directive to protect corporate secrecy, threatening consumers, journalists, whistleblowers, researchers and workers.
… to hide information on chemicals in plastics, clothing, cleaning products and other items …
The European Commission has proposed new rules on foods derived from GMOs that would allow EU countries to opt out from the Europe-wide approval system - a move that has attracted strong criticism from all parties in the GMO debate.
EuroComm proposes EU country opt-outs on GMO foods Euractiv | 23rd April 2015 News EU USA GMOs Politics Law norway-gmo-demo-cut.jpg The European Commission has proposed new rules on foods derived …
A voter initiative in Maui, Hawaii requires a suspension of GMO crops pending a safety review to be paid for by Monsanto and other corporations - although corporations spent almost $8 million trying to defeat the measure. Monsanto is now preparing a legal challenge.
… or send their kids to school or provide clothing for them. This will affect our …
President Obama's plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions may look like a climate victory, writes Tim Kruger - but it's no such thing. It's feeble because the US can meet its targets by reducing emissions to 2030 more slowly than it has since 2000. And it's fragile as any future President can scrap it at will.
Obama's 'clean power plan' is feeble and fragile Tim Kruger | 15th August 2015 Comment Climate Change USA Politics China EU COP21 navajo-power-plant-cut.jpg President Obama's plan to cut greenhouse …
After over a decade of fracking, oversight of the industry's radioactive waste is still lacking, reports Sharon Kelly. Over half of the 280 billion gallons a year of radioactive waste water from fracking ends up in rivers and streams.
… enough to potentially penetrate a person's clothing and skin, making it hazardous to …
Hunter Lovins is on a mission, writes Sophie Morlin-Yron: to put the transformational technologies we already have to work for the benefit of people and business - and to re-create the economy so it's no longer a machine for polluting the planet and devouring natural resources, but a mechanism for building and sustaining natural and human capital.
… sustainability pioneer Interface , Unilever, clothing company Patagonia and US retail giant …
Syria's surrender of its chemical weapons last autumn raised the question - where to dispose of the toxic agents? Felicity Arbuthnot reports on a toxic tale of chaos, corruption, grand theft, and a growing strategic imbalance in the Middle East.
… some wearing gas masks and protective clothing, protests also took place in …
Landfill sites, giant hog farms, incinerators and other 'bad neighbor' industries in the US tend to be situated in African American communities, writes Heather Kathryn Ross. The Environmental Protection Agency is legally obliged to prevent 'environmental racism', but from California to Michigan, low-income communities of color have been waiting years for it to take a stand. Now, backed by Earthjustice, they are forcing the issue - in the courts.
Environmental racism in the US - black communities fight for justice Heather Kathryn Ross Earthjustice | 11th November 2015 News USA Law Pollution Waste Society stones-throw_jeronimo-nisa-cut.jpg …
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.
Meet the Koch-affiliated fracker behind Marco Rubio's energy policy Zachary Boren Greenpeace Energydesk | 15th March 2016 Comment USA Politics Energy Fracking Oil Gas Corporations bye-folks-cut.jpg …
For John Muir, founder of America's national parks, immersion in nature was a blessing providing direct communion with divinity, writes Tim Flinders, and the cause of a spiritual awakening that inspired his life's work: to preserve wilderness and communicate the beauty, wonder and fragility of nature, sharing widely the source of his own enlightenment.
Divine wilderness: John Muir's spiritual and political journey Tim Flinders | 6th May 2016 Comment Natural World Conservation Religion USA Society yosemite-cut.jpg For John Muir, founder of America's …
The true nature of western civilization is hard to grasp from within, says Professor John McMurtry, because we perceive it through media whose primary purpose is not to convey the truth, but conceal it. What is actually playing out is a global war of empire and capital against the Earth and her people, backed up by the omnipresent threat of overwhelming force.
… its system cause. But banning Western ideas, clothing or music won't solve the problem. The …
If it wasn't climate change, was the real purpose of the Number 10 meeting of Theresa May's advisors and President Trump's environmental transition supremo Myron Ebell to plan the post-Brexit deregulation of UK farming, including pesticides? That's how it looks, writes Georgina Downs - and we had better begin now to fight for our health, wildlife and environment.
… them into his tank wears full protective clothing, then sits in a protected cab. Once, …
First corporations gained legal personhood, writes Don Fitz. Next they seized the right to force 'free trade' on unwilling populations. Now they are making sure that 'corporate rights' trump citizen rights - like the right to wholesome food and a healthy environment. That's where the 'Right to Farm' constitutional amendments come in ...
… would foot the bill when they bought food and clothing. But Amendment 7 defined a temporary …
This summer, the Smoky Mountains burned, writes Grant A. Mincy. The aftermath is terrible to behold. But with the autumn rains and winter snow, life is returning, and a new cycle of regeneration is under way. Once again we witness the beating heart of the forest: water travels the vascular tissue of the trees and transpires over the valley and ridge. The wilderness is breathing.
Fire, snow and mist: resilience and the way of the Smoky Mountains Grant A. Mincy | 13th December 2016 Ethical Living Wilderness Forest USA Deep Ecology smoky-cut.jpg This summer, the Smoky Mountains …