Global outcry as India’s Supreme Court threatens to evict over a million vulnerable people from forest under the guise of protecting wildlife.
… Indigenous Indian people face forest eviction Nick Meynen … April 2019 News India Tigers Forest Tribal Peoples Indigenous Peoples Thought Leaders Bengal Tiger Global …
The Sardar Sarovar Dam in India is already one of the world’s most controversial. With last month’s decision to forcibly displace another 40,000 families without proper relocation and compensation, Indian authorities seem eager to make it the worst dam ever. But an increasingly publicised hunger strike is putting pressure on India's prime minister, reports NICK MEYNEN
… (NBA) movement defending the interests of the people affected by several big dams in India’s … arrested hundreds of peacefully demonstrating people under what the protesters claim are … to India's long list of internally displaced people. Shoddy tin sheds In response, …
Gas-related earthquakes stirred Groningers into action a long time ago, but they are now joined by over 700 activists from all over Europe, who put their bodies before a crucial gate for tankers right now. NICK MEYNEN reports
… gives hope: direct environmental actions by people who carry out blockades or sabotages … is pushed to the ground by a police officer. People blocking the exit gate for gas tankers … There is a worldwide, below-radar mass of people whose patience ran out long ago. …
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
… Victor Hugo's claim that whilst "you can kill people, you can't kill an idea whose time has … come", writes NICK MEYNEN On 22 June, 100s of people came together in Brussels to mourn for … justice and fairness, for example for the people fleeing war in Syria. She stirred …
Multinationals may be powerful, but so is a rising multinational movement busy with resisting to environmental injustices.
… to environmental injustices. Two Indian people visit St Paul’s Cathedral in London. … to fire our stoves. For the least powerful people in the poorest countries on earth, the people who live from tropical rainforests to …
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
… . That's the tip of the iceberg. Pushing people off their lands accompanies 80% of … tear gas and 22 rounds of bullets, injuring 6 people, including a journalist (videos are … is today a country where almost 1.3 billion people compete for space and access to natural …
The Flemish highways agency this week admitted it was cutting down trees to stop migrants hiding behind them. NICK MEYNEN argues that the story is a perfect illustration of tunnel vision applied in and beyond Belgium
… it possible to start felling trees as soon as people start hiding behind them. … refugee-hunting, the real life stories of the people who slept in the few sleeping bags … Belgium and the UK - did not go unnoticed as people reacted to the story. The key function …
On 10 January 2017 a new emergency plan was presented in a commission in Belgium's Parliament. The evacuation perimeter was conveniently halved to 10km to avoid an evacuation of Belgium's second and third cities in case of a meltdown. The plan has been called totally inadequate. NICK MEYNEN reports
… the reactors down, as more than a million people requested a year ago. Belgium's … Doel, in the city of Antwerp (half a million people). But before you call us NIMBY (Not In … our backyard contains six to seven million people that in the event of a nuclear meltdown …
Ancient Asian art gave jade gemstones a cult status. But today, nothing in the extraction of jade is even remotely morally correct or justifiable.
… the jade mining activity in Myanmar killed 17 people . At least 113 - and maybe as many as … companies” while “very few revenues reach the people of Kachin State [...] or the population … passed. In 2017, a draft was published . But people in Kachin state say it still doesn't …
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
… by corporations, oppression of Indigenous people for fracking, oil shale, tar sands, … that instead of unemployment you have more people working less time each. Second, … a term and a set of ideas that 15-35% of the people - and 70-80% of your own political base …
Uranium mining is a dirty business that we didn't clean up but sourced out to less demanding countries, so why isn't this being discussed in any debate about nuclear energy asks NICK MEYNEN
… the real costs from uranium mining to the people and environment. As a matter of fact, … all to "protect" either your workers or the people living in the vicinity from dying from … by perpetual public losses. In Bulgaria the people are still lucky enough to be in the EU …
Thousands of protesters have occupied a coal mine near Cologne - the single largest emitter of CO2 in Europe. NICK MEYNEN argues that history is on their side, especially when politicians fail to take heed of climate science
… has now become an annual summer tradition, people from all over Europe packed their bags … They are beyond the imagination of most people today. In Earth’s history a rise of 5°C … i.e. the disproportionate use by rich people of the atmosphere, the oceans, and new …
Reporting from The 5th International Degrowth Conference in Budapest - which continues today and tomorrow - NICK MEYNEN explores the new narrative of ‘sufficiency' being discussed and and asks will it catch on before it's too late?
… has not necessarily meant improvement of people's living conditions. Think of … displaced while some 100 to 200 million people stayed in places where land was taken … only 3 million new jobs while 120 million new people needed a job." But Ashish Kothari has …
Corporations are busy weaponising obscure legal instruments to sue government for their actions to save lives and jobs during the coronavirus crisis.
… do wrong? They were trying to protect people’s lives and their jobs through … livestock ranching, violence to indigenous peoples and animals; increased pesticide use, … on trade deals undermines the desire of people in the EU to take more serious action …
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and US President Donald Trump are trying to give TTIP a second life in a different form.
… that are really listening to what the young people of Europe , many leading scientists and … lobbyists. Hard-won standards that protect people and the planet should come before trade … must be to protect the planet and to serve people. Radical transformation Europe needs to …
More than 200 experts use Europe Day to call for systemic changes to deal with the climate crisis, species extinction and inequality
… crisis. 1) Dethrone King GDP, elect WELLBEING People want to thrive in a living world. … catering to GDP growth often sacrifice people and planet alike, while policies … safety shortcuts and pollution drive both people and planet to burnouts. Examples from …
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
… author and expert Vince Beiser , hundreds of people were killed over sand extraction, in … 1.8km by 22km area – also the home of 20,000 people – the resistance went ballistic. Many … were jailed and police brutalities left 41 people injured. In The Gambia, an 11-year old …
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’.
… by Chinese companies - displaced thousands of people. But Peru is just one hotspot. A recent … embraced. Entire populations of indigenous peoples and farmers were forcibly displaced. …
Popular movements in Argentina are better than average at stopping the mining madness. The contrast with Bolsonaro's Brazil is striking.
… society went far beyond these movements. People went to demonstrations where the main … from the successes of the Argentinean people in stopping new mega-mining projects. … from the successes of the Argentinean people in stopping new mega-mining projects …
This year's prestigious Leontief Prize for economics has been awarded to Professors James Boyce and Joan Martinez-Alier for their ground-breaking theoretical and applied work integrating ecological, developmental, and justice-oriented approaches into the field of economics. They are worthy winners, says NICK MEYNEN
… Peter Nobel. He adds: "Nobel despised people who cared more about profits than … as the president of Econ4: Economics for People, the Planet and the Future . DrJoan …
The lockdown from one pandemic is being used in India to pave the way for the next, with a controversial plan to clear extremely valuable forests.
… Aside from the biodiversity and indigenous peoples, there is also the risk of creating a … are far away over unreliable roads. Many people die on their way to healthcare. The … of our natural world and the health of all people are. This Author Brototi Roy is a …
Social movements in Rosia Montana have been defending the village against a giant gold mine project for the last twenty years.
… mechanism to claim billions from Romanian people because of a loss in expected profits . … ask of the campaign. Since the “Rights for People, Rules for Corporations – Stop ISDS” …
The entrance to the headquarters of KBC bank in Brussels was taken by environmental activists Thursday concerned about the financial and climatic risks of coal investments in the Czech Republic. Hours later, the bank surprised the activists by announcing an end to all new coal investments. NICK MEYNEN reports in the inaugural post for our ENVJUSTICE series
… the slogan "We are the limits". Last year, people from all over Europe came together here … of not suddenly leaving 40 percent of Czech people out in the cold. By denouncing all new …
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.
… highway collapsed, killing at least 28 people, several activists including Abdulali … into sand? Nah ... ! Abdulali says that the people in control of the business usually make …