As Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy takes a strong lead in Burma's elections, Nafeez Ahmed warns that the military will remain the real power in the land. And as UK, EU, US, Chinese and Gulf state energy corporations compete to exploit Burma's hydrocarbons, don't expect them to denounce the ongoing genocide of the Rohingya, and anyone else in the way of their oil and gas infrastructure.
… Genocide: Burma's Rohingya sacrificed in … don't expect them to denounce the ongoing genocide of the Rohingya, and anyone else in … impunity it craves to accelerate the genocide of the Rohinga. Nafeez Ahmed PhD …
Pollution, poisoning and the loss of human life due to unsafe water are the accepted costs of doing business in America.
… below Botswana and Romania. Disease and genocide My journey here began on the Navajo … Nez believes this is part of the genocide the Navajo and other Indigenous …
Sir David King is credited with bringing climate change to serious political attention. But he is also a campaign of GM crops. How does that square?
… an 85 per cent cut is required to avoid genocide in Africa smacks of political … it has got to be 80 to 85 per cent, or it is genocide in Africa and we’re risking very …
Million dollar fines and compensation claims may dent the profits of BP and other companies admitting responsibility for ecological disasters but, on their own, are they enough of a deterrent?
… same way that individuals are prosecuted for genocide or war crimes. The International … to prosecution of individuals of four crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes …
Soco International PLC, a British oil company, plans to explore for oil in Virunga - Africa's oldest national park, in DRC-Congo. Local WWF campaigner Raymond Lumbuenamo reports on the threats to Mountain gorillas and other precious wildlife.
… in the region that followed the Rwandan genocide. Over 150 Virunga rangers have died …
Modern industrial capitalism is based on a simple premise, writes Derrick Jensen: our mother Earth is a great store of raw materials for us to pillage, and a vast trashcan for our endless volumes of waste, no matter how long-lived and deadly. How can this be changed? First we must regain our own sanity.
… the 'producers' commit, whether it's genocide, gynocide, ecocide, slaving, mass …
Lawyer Polly Higgins is spearheading a campaign to have 'ecocide' recognised by the UN as an international crime against peace. But how will this work in practice?
… of four Crimes Against Peace. They are: Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes …
The recent U-turn by of some of the UK's leading environmentalists - and one-time nuclear energy opponents - on the issue of nuclear energy, has caused vigourous debate in the media. Their reasoning is that we simply don't have the capacity to produce enough renewable energy to meet our needs. But as this comprehensive Ecologist report from 2007 shows the UK is really a renewable energy powerhouse.
The future of energy is renewable Jon Hughes Mark Anslow | 27th February 2009 News Renewable Energy Energy Oil UK Coal Gas Climate Change Global Warming Carbon Dioxide Carbon Dioxide Global Warming …
Campaign groups from Indonesia, Kenya and Peru have called on planners in the UK to turn down opencast coal mines in Co Durham and Derbyshire, write Anne Harris & Hal Rhoades. Not only do the mines damage local health and environment, say the activists. They also threaten global climate stability - and all countries must play their part in ending the world's coal addiction.
… linked to paramilitary killings , cultural genocide and the destruction of entire … from Siberia, Russia, who are facing cultural genocide as coal companies take over their …
The Midwest's largest ever anti-tar sands demonstration took place in Minnesota last weekend, writes David Goodner, cementing a new alliance of diverse communities united in resisting the pollution and destruction of tar sands exploitation, processing and transportation.
#NoTarSands resistance march draws thousands in Midwest David Goodner Waging NonViolence | 14th June 2015 News Fossil Fuels Tar Sands Indigenous Peoples Pollution Toxics Society Protest …
Illegal gold mining in the Amazon has a devastating effect on indigenous peoples, writes Sarina Kidd. First the miners bring disease, deforestation and even murder. Then long after they have gone, communities are left to suffer deadly mercury poisoning. Now the UN has been called on to intervene.
… elderly. Five miners were later convicted of genocide. The Brazilian authorities have known …
This autumn the Monsanto Tribunal will assemble experts from around the world to set out the evidence against the global mega-corporation, which will stand accused of monstrous 'crimes' against people and the environment. The Tribunal's verdict will not be legally binding - this time. But on a future occasion, it may be.
… perpetrators of crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes. Committing ecocide - …
Turkey's shooting down of a Russian jet near its border with Syria has just revealed the real nature of the war, writes Oliver Tickell, and sharply illustrates the dangers of getting involved in a conflict that is driven more by a battle of two gas pipelines than a clash of ideologies. The message for the UK - keep well out! Or if we are serious about crushing IS, best join in with Assad and Putin.
Russia's shot down jet is sending us a powerful message: keep well out of Syria! Oliver Tickell | 24th November 2015 News War Energy Oil Gas Politics Syria Turkey Russia US UK France su24-cut.jpg …
A month-long blockade of the Rio Tigre deep in the Peruvian Amazon has secured promises of compensation and cleanup for Peru's Kichwa communities who have suffered 40 years of contaminated waters from oil drilling operations in their remote Amazon region. But until the funds materialize, they are holding firm in their resolve.
… have destroyed Kichwa lands and committed "genocide" while "the state has never defended …
Christopher Nolan doesn’t want to 'make a didactic film - ever'. But with Oppenheimer he has made the most impactful anti-nuclear film for a generation.
Oppenheimer will blow you away Brendan Montague | 20th July 2023 | Comment Oppenheimer Nuclear Weapons Christopher Nolan Energy Editor’s Picks oppenheimer.jpg Christopher Nolan doesn’t want to 'make …
The enabling bill for Keystone XL failed yesterday in the US Senate. Supported by all 45 Republican senators, it fell one vote short of the required 60-vote threshold. But the victory will be a temporary one, writes Alexander Reid Ross. The final battle can only be won by massive grassroots engagement and protest in communities across North America.
… to secure the overcoming of exploitation and genocide. Real victory would mean transforming …
As the world’s poorest countries sink further and further into debt, Western corporations grow fat from government-backed projects that fuel conflicts, harm the environment and have built-in kickbacks.
… for purposes of oppression, violence and genocide. Why exactly are the governments of …
Stop Killing Cyclists are staging a protest in London on 27th April to demand an end to the UK's intolerable air pollution, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. With an estimated 40,000 people dying every year from filthy air, much of it caused by diesel cars, all are welcome to join in, denounce the government's 'polluters' friend' policies, and insist on swift action to stop the needless deaths.
… to call an end to this transport pollution genocide now! See you at the …
Australia's nuclear industry has a shameful history of 'radioactive racism' that dates from the British bomb tests in the 1950s, writes Jim Green. The same attitudes persist today with plans to dump over half a million tonnes of high and intermediate level nuclear waste on Aboriginal land, and open new uranium mines. But now Aboriginal peoples and traditional land owners are fighting back!
… Aboriginal people amounts to cultural genocide. Indeed it would be a statement of … Aboriginal people amounts to cultural genocide. Indeed it would be a statement of …