ClientEarth lawyers have put 100 local authorities across England on notice over climate inaction.
… Local authorities 'on notice' Brendan Montague … ClientEarth lawyers have put 100 local authorities across England on notice … Lawyers from ClientEarth are putting 100 local authorities across England on notice, …
Rio Tinto has finally admitted that its local operator QIT Minerals Madagascar has breached an environmental buffer zone at its Mandena site.
… Rio Tinto has finally admitted that its local operator QIT Minerals Madagascar has … Besaroy with the risk of toxic effects on local water sources. Accidents happen Rio … has identified elevated uranium levels in the local water as high as 50 times the World …
As Cuadrilla's application to frack in Lancashire goes to public inquiry today, protestors from Greenpeace have installed a full-size 'fracking rig' in Parliament Square, London, complete with flare and deafening sound effects, to let MP's know just how great it is to have a fracking well on your doorstep.
… the UK Parliament in London to "bring the local impacts of fracking to the heart of … countryside. Ministers are pushing aside local democracy to bulldoze through their … on a reluctant nation." Greg, ever heard of 'localism'? Oh yes, you invented it ... The …
Development secretary Justine Greening is facing questions over UK involvement in a massive land-grab in Nigeria that is evicting local farmers from 300 square kilometres of fertile farmland to clear the way for a rice farm owned and controlled from the US and Canada. A 45,000-strong community faces landlessness and destitution.
… massive land-grab in Nigeria that is evicting local farmers from 300 square kilometres of … are unanimous - this is our land! "The local people are united in their opposition to … families and the people of Nigeria." The local people were never consulted about the …
Women’s organising in Kyrgyzstan serves as an example of the inseparable linkages between gender, environmental and economic justice.
… food. With virtually no representation in local government and little power in household … of gold. The mine has had many impacts on local life, including changes in the landscape … their climate resilience and preserve local varieties of apple, apricot and …
The antidote to being powerless alone is taking action together.
… 2019, a place for the hundreds of voices in local activism to work together. The network … and pushing for positive change both locally and nationally. In just one year, … issue, but decisions made right down to a local level can and do have an impact. …
Fed up with being gouged by profit-driven corporations, let down by state neglect and under-investment, urban communities across the US are taking control of local services like public transport, energy, water, internet and telecoms, writes Max Holleran - bringing better service, lower prices and clean energy.
… revolution: cities seize control of essential local services Max Holleran | 9th May 2015 … Politics Cities Energy Water Solar we-love-local-power-cut.jpg Fed up with being gouged … across the US are taking control of local services like public transport, energy, …
Bolivian farmers have been resisting gas exploration in the invaluable Tariquía National Reserve - but they need international support.
… stands of sub-Andean mountain forests. Local resistance The forest is an important … in their state. All this has brought local activists powerful friends and vicious … small river Los Lapachos in Chiquiacá Norte, local farmer families gathered under a rugged …
Botum Sakor national park is one of Cambodia's biodiversity hotspots, where indigenous tribes have long lived in harmony with the forest and its wildlife, writes Rod Harbinson. But now they are being violently evicted as the park is being sold off piecemeal to developers for logging, plantations, casinos and hotels. Now local communities are defending themselves and their land.
… Cambodia: local people risk everything to defend … logging, plantations, casinos and hotels. Now local communities are defending themselves and … unloaded a large chainsaw with the help of local police, presumably to cut away the trees …
The Gond tribe of Hasdeo Arand, the largest and oldest stretch of forest land in central India, is on the verge of losing its home in the face of coal mining.
… supplies that serve as bus-stops for the locals on either side of the road, cleaving … office of the Chattisgarh Bachao Andolan, a local organisation formed to combat coal … only recently conceded, after years of local activism on the subject. It might be a …
Green Wedmore is a community group that has big ambitions when it comes to tackling climate change.
… has also run five produce markets; created a local cookbook; held repair cafe’s; launched a … pick-up days; written forty articles for the local magazine; organised a pass-it-on book sharing scheme; held talks for local groups and installed an electric car …
Shale gas company Cuadrilla will appeal Lancashire's decision to refuse permission to frack, write Kyla Mandel & Ben Lucas. The planning battle will last well into 2016, as campaigners prepare to fight all the way.
… heat UK homes and stimulate significant local economic growth." He added that the company was committed to engaging with local communities to reassure them that … A real test of Government's commitment to 'localism' The fracking company's plans for …
This day 20 years ago one of Britain's most committed and effective environmental campaigners died trying to save a coastal forest in southern Madagascar from mining, writes Yvonne Orengo. The world has been a poorer place without Andrew Lees - and his fears for the Petriky forest and local indigenous communities have been proved all too close to the mark.
… Mining Indigenous Peoples Corporations local flora in anosy-cut.jpg This day 20 years … - and his fears for the Petriky forest and local indigenous communities have been proved … when his body was finally found, was that local people living on the proposed mine sites …
Resistance is growing in Todos Santos, Baja California, to a tourism and University campus mega-development of 4,500 homes that claims to be 'free range and locally sourced', writes Viviane Mahieux. It has already grossly disfigured one of Mexico most gorgeous beaches, while locals fear it will drain their aquifers and obliterate a harmonious community.
… 4,500 homes that claims to be 'free range and locally sourced', writes Viviane Mahieux. It … one of Mexico most gorgeous beaches, while locals fear it will drain their aquifers and … location along the open Pacific Ocean where local fishing cooperatives can directly access …
The palm oil industry's repeated failure to keep its promises illustrates why global initiatives to achieve 'sustainable palm oil' must place communities centre-stage, writes FPP. Standard-setters like the RSPO must demand action, enforcement and accountability - not just lofty commitments that inspire hope, but rarely deliver.
… To make palm oil 'sustainable' local communities must be in charge Forest … Indigenous Peoples vb2_img_6748-cut.jpg Local community forest land cleared and … and dispossession of indigenous peoples and local communities from their lands, farms and …
The private banking system that dominates North America and Europe works very well indeed, writes Ellen Brown - for the bankers. As for us, it's a disaster, as the banks use their monopoly over the creation of money itself, at interest, as a tool to extract ever more value from us and the entire economy. But there is another way!
… Money revolution: making banks public and locally accountable Ellen Brown | 18th … Making banks public utilities can happen on a local level as well. States and cities can … banks to direct credit where it is needed locally; and they can reduce the costs of …
'We have local issues to tackle, a national role to play in providing best practice examples but also international responsibilities.'
… Strike Industrial Action demo.jpg 'We have local issues to tackle, a national role to … and the point of production and distribution. Locally we are moving in the right direction. … they lead to meaningful and radical change? Local issues And the issue isn’t just the …
Rio Tinto's QMM mine in Madagascar was meant to be an exemplar of 'corporate social responsibility' and environmental best practice. But the reality experienced by local communities is different, writes Yvonne Orengo, with uncompensated land seizures, food insecurity, deforestation and social deprivation. New concerns are emerging about the infringement of legal buffer zones and radiation exposure. Rio Tinto must be held responsible for its actions!
… best practice. But the reality experienced by local communities is different, writes Yvonne … is somewhat dissonant from the accounts of local communities and international activists … compensation stories have been shared by local people since the first displacement of …
Republican Nebraska's energy is all publicly owned or cooperative, writes Thomas M. Hanna, and prices are among America's lowest, with great service standards and a strong commitment to renewables. Decentralised and locally accountable, this could be the model that replaces inefficient, unresponsive monopolies - both nationalised and corporate.
… commitment to renewables. Decentralised and locally accountable, this could be the model … as the first and only all-public power state. Local democracy in action Local control and the possibility for …
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership trade deal would undermine environmental protections in Asia.
… legal systems that are disconnected from local and national realities. But in fact the … true. Trade and investment profoundly impacts local and national issues, and can undermine … In the rice paddy fields of Thailand, local farmers accused a gold mine of leaking …
As the G7 leaders prepare to meet in Bavaria this weekend, small-scale farmers from around the world call on them to abandon their disastrous plan for the corporate takeover of global agriculture and the extirpation of small-scale farmers everywhere - those who produce most of the world's food. True food security must be rooted in local control over land, seeds and water.
… food. True food security must be rooted in local control over land, seeds and water. … on human rights and food sovereignty through local control over natural resources, seeds, … control over land and seeds, marginalize local markets and contribute to loss of …
Call to ‘act local’ to stop plastics entering the UK’s rivers and canals & ending up in the world’s oceans.
… Makers 5868433_079bc0f1.jpg Call to ‘act local’ to stop plastics entering the UK’s … take action on their doorstep to make their local neighbourhood beautiful and help tackle … each year via its waterways. With the help of local communities this figure could be …
Last week's decision by the Romanian government to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for Rosia Montana, a historic Carpathian mountain village under threat of gold mining, is a massive victory for campaigners after a hard 15-year struggle, writes Alexandru Predoiu - one that has united farmers, city-dwellers and new-age protestors against cultural and ecological destruction.
… against cultural and ecological destruction. Local farmers and activists in the Romanian … week. Filling their glasses with palinca, a local homemade spirit, they toasted not the … years in the making, thanks to the efforts of local farmers, environmental activists and …
The months-old protest at Preston New Road, Lancashire, is no longer just about fracking, writes Mat Hope. This dispute is now about London versus the North. It is about the government failing 'the people' from which it has become detached. It is about people sensing hopelessness and helplessness and trying to find a means to resist. And it is about holding on, steadfast, in spite of it all, knowing this is the forgotten frontline of a far greater struggle.
… pro-activists, but we're not. We're local people that said 'no'." You wouldn't … on the court cases and the arrests . The local press mainly reports on how the protest … what happens when a central government tells local people what to do, what happens when the …