A deal to give up 500,000 acres of public lands in Utah to the tar sands industry in return for 1.5 million acres of industry is a sacrifice too far, writes Alexander Reid Ross, as it disclaims the wider costs of massive water use and contamination in the headwaters of the Colorado River, already seriously stressed by drought.
… Wilderness Society's 'Grand Compromise' is a … seriously stressed by drought. The Wilderness Society is celebrating with the Southern Utah … this, so it's not a surprise." The Wilderness Society is shy about discussing the impacts of …
Greenpeace India is to fight on for another month after a surge of support from allies, new donors and staff, who have pledged to work through June for no pay after the Indian government blocked its bank accounts.
… Greenpeace India will survive." Other civil society groups have also offered logistical … we have received from our allies in civil society, as well as many thousands of … home minister to end the crackdown on civil society groups and unfreeze Greenpeace India'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.
… reversed - for example the US orchestrating society-destroying wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, … Thus the most absolute conflict between society's common life interests and borderless … Western values for every invasion of another society. So we need a criterion to rule out …
Few groups have done more to further the US conservative agenda - and harm progressive causes - than the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC. But as Ben Whitford reports, civil society is fighting back.
… ALEC - civil society fights back Ben Whitford | 28th … or ALEC. But as Ben Whitford reports, civil society is fighting back. A shadowy but …
Scientists in the US have established that chemicals used in fracking to extract gas and oil could represent health and environmental hazards, writes Tim Radford. Among the greatest hazards: biocides and corrosion inhibitors.
… of the Pacific told the American Chemical Society meeting in San Francisco that they …
Gigantic global corporations are seizing ever more power, writes Aisha Dodwell, as they reshape the world to serve their quest for profit: corrupting politicians, subverting governments, and breaking international law on labour, environment and human rights with impunity. We need a new UN Treaty to force corporations to act within international law - wherever they may be.
… a world in which all of the main functions of society are run for-profit by private … power of corporations is so great within our society that they have undermined the idea that there is any other way to run society. We are all too familiar with hearing …
Prime Minister Modi's government has frozen the bank accounts of Greenpeace India, writes Praful Bidwai - provoking widespread protest from the environment and civil rights community. It's all part of a wider campaign against 'anti-national' movements that challenge India's development policies based on the aggressive exploitation of coal, minerals, big hydro and nuclear power.
… unfolding plans to intimidate numerous civil society organisations and bully people's … have provoked strong protests from civil society activists and public intellectuals, … the home minister on 21st April, says: "Civil society organisations in India have a long and …
On Monday the World Bank's Conference on Land and Poverty begins in the US. But farmer organizations, indigenous groups, trade unions and others denounce the whole exercise as a sham that, in tandem with other Bank initiatives, is all about accelerating corporate land grabs and robbing the poor that the Bank was founded to assist.
… together corporations, governments and civil society groups. This year the official theme … and decoy to feign dialogue with civil society. The Bank promotes a Western model of … 23rd to 27th March - and hundreds of civil society organizations are already denouncing …
Greenpeace India has barely three weeks left to fight for its survival following a broad government crackdown on civil society. The green NGO has been left with funds for staff salaries and office costs that will last no later than 1st June.
… a broad government crackdown on civil society. The green NGO has been left with … very dangerous precedent: every Indian civil society group is now on the chopping block." … that will go out to the rest of Indian civil society and the voiceless people they …
Air pollution from vehicles is killing tens of thousands of people every year in the UK alone, write Jean Lambert, Molly Scott Cato & Keith Taylor, an outrage set into stark focus by VW's 'test cheating'. The EU's response? To relax tests and allow cars to be more polluting - with the full support of the UK government.
… pollution, the health impacts of which cost society up to €940bn annually . Members of the … Parliament's Environment Committee and civil society organisations have been working to … the UK auto industry trade association, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders …
The organizers of tomorrow's International Monsanto Tribunal describe it as a 'moral trial', while the company dismisses it as a 'mock trial' and 'stunt'. The truth, writes Pete Dolack, is that it's about much more than this one company. On trial is the entire neoliberal system of 'free market' finance and monopoly capitalism.
… legal proceeding but instead a 'civil society initiative' that will provide moral … right to a healthy environment. They define society's expectations vis-à-vis businesses. … to shareholders, our customers, employees and society at large." That 'value' for …
Just as the humanitarian crisis of the Second World War gave birth to the swift implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60 years ago in 1948, we now have a planetary crisis that needs to be addressed with equal urgency. Now is the time to call for a Universal Declaration of Planetary Rights.
… Climate Change Climate Change Natural World Society TreeRights_MAIN.jpg Just as the … and the environment. Footnotes (1) Royal Society journal, Philosophical Transactions, …
Ample peer-reviewed science says that the number one threat to condor survival is lead poisoning from eating bullets and pellets in carcasses, reports Dawn Starin. But the powerful NRA is fighting hard against bans on lead ammunition.
… Recently scientists from the Zoological Society of London and Yale University assessed … executive director of the Ventana Wildlife Society, the first private non-profit in … ammunition." In fact the Ventana Wildlife Society believes that the literature linking …
Dow's teratogenic pesticide chlorpyrifos is a human and environmental disaster, writes Janette D. Sherman. It causes serious, irreversible damage to the human foetus even at low concentrations that may be harmless to the mother, resulting in severely and permanently disabled and mentally damaged children. But it's still sprayed in vast quantities on America's farms.
… for the child, but for the family, and for society in general. If the child survives … a child who can never live independently. For society the costs can be enormous - surgery … imposed upon this child, her parents, and society as a whole. I evaluated seven more …
Crippling costs of legal action prevents people mounting challenges over environmental damage, finds UN Committee
… August 2010 News Legal Activism Justice Law Society legalearth1.jpg The high costs of … justice Recently, the Marine Conservation Society was unable to mount a legal challenge …
Despite a raft of legislation to protect our wildlife, 60% of our key species are in decline, writes Jenny Jones. That's why we need a new and positive approach, going beyond protection to rebuilding flourishing, sustainable wildlife populations. And people too will see the benefits - in our own as is our health and wellbeing.
… came from The Wildlife Trusts and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, with … catastrophe catalogued by the Zoological Society of London and WWF in their Living …
Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) gives sweeping powers to transnational corporations to challenge democractic decisions.
… democractic decisions. An alliance of civil society groups has delivered nearly 70,000 … which is backed by more than 40 civil society organisations and trade unions in the …
The respected Russian campaign group Sakhalin Environment Watch is being forced to choose between registering as a 'foreign agent' label and closing down, writes Oliver Tickell. Environmental campaigning, it seems, is now a 'political activity'.
… Sakhalin Environment Watch (SEW), a civil society group in Russia's far east, has been … hinders the activities of independent civil society organisations. In the case of Sakhalin …
Lacking an official body to investigate and prosecute illegal cruelty to wildlife a unique charity, the RSPCA, took on that role almost 200 years ago, writes Lesley Docksey. But now it has ruffled high-ranking feathers by pursuing cases of illegal fox-hunting, and has been forced to leave prosecutions of such cases to the Crown Prosecution Service. But will the CPS do its job?
… the CPS do its job? Few know that the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to … horses, cows and other livestock. The Society even funded its own constables. The …
A 300-strong coalition of civil society groups is taking the European Commission to the European Court of Justice, claiming that its refusal to register a official 'Citizens Initiative' opposing the EU-US TTIP trade deal was unlawful.
… A 300-strong coalition of civil society groups is taking the European … TTIP coalition , consisting of over 300 civil society groups from across Europe, have filed …
Ruling would allow NGOs and individuals to challenge environmental damage in courts without prohibitive financial risks
… | 23rd September 2009 News Law Justice Society Protest pollution.jpg Ruling would … cases. Recently, the Marine Conservation Society was unable to mount a legal challenge …
Last week the UN General Assembly's Disarmament and Security Committee voted for negotiations to begin next year on a new international treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons, writes Rebecca Johnson, bypassing the stalled Non Proliferation Treaty. One immediate consequence is to make the UK's plans to replace its Trident nuclear missile system 'completely untenable'.
… international organisations and civil society will be actively encouraged. This … parliamentarians, religious groups and civil society, most notably the Hibakusha survivors … The UN vote is the product of civil society initiatives working in partnership …
‘The planet is currently enslaved to humans abusing its inherent rights – the right not to be enslaved or polluted,’ says environmentalist and barrister Polly Higgins.
… change and amend it,’ she says. ‘Law creates society, its framework and beliefs. At the … click on their link below: Introduction (Society) , Ann Pettifor (Finance), Derek Gow …