RT | October 3, 2015 Fukushima police have finally reacted to a criminal complaint filed against TEPCO and 32 of its top officials two years ago over the contamination caused by the 2011 nuclear disaster. They have referred the case to prosecutors. The Fukushima District Prosecutors’ Office will now determine whether to pursue criminal charges […]
Far from the expected development, forestry plantations and other carbon market initiatives in Uganda have severely compromised ecologies and livelihoods of the local people. By Kristen Lyons and Peter Westoby · The Conversation · September 19, 2015 In recent years there has been significant movement toward land acquisition in developing countries to establish forestry plantations […]
Pro-NATO, pro-U.S. ‘socialist’ scholar invited to speak at ‘Socialist Resistance’ conference in London. New Cold War | October 2, 2015 The political group ‘Socialist Resistance’ in England held an education conference in London on Sept 26, 2015 featuring a Ukrainian diaspora scholar, Marko Bojcun, who delivered a strong message that the rightist, neo-conservative regime in […]
“Global Goals” Is Lavishly-Funded Public Relations Endeavor “We the People” Never Voted For By James Tracy | Memory Hole | September 30, 2015 This month delegates to the United Nations ratified the so-called “Global Goals For Sustainable Development.” This will involve a radical, far-reaching social and economic transformation of everyday life that has been in […]
Sputnik – 29.09.2015 Aviation giant Boeing Co. is spending money on lobbyists and court cases in an effort to cover up one of the worst nuclear disasters in American history and avoid paying millions to clean up the still-contaminated site. In 1959, the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) north of Los Angeles leaked more than […]
By Amy Dickens | Ecologist | September 23, 2015 In Paraguay’s vast Chaco region, the familiar sounds of the forest are being drowned out by the rumble of heavy machinery. “Where jaguars once trod, now there are just the tracks of bulldozers”, protests Porai Picanerai, a member of the Ayoreo tribe. His people are being chased […]
teleSUR | September 2015 Three members from the Guatemala’s Council of Displaced Peoples, CONDEG, were kidnapped on Thursday in the palm oil producing town of Petén. Local human rights organization, UDEFEGUA, issued a press release Thursday denouncing inaction on the part of local authorities following the disappearance. “We reiterate and demand immediate action by the […]
Sputnik — 18.09.2015 Russia’s government has decided against producing genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said Friday. The deputy prime minister underscored the need to draw a “clear distinction” between this decision and science and research projects in fields such as medicine. “As for genetically modified organisms, we have decided […]
It seems to be all over the place! No Tricks Zone | September 13, 2015 Huffington Post – 27 February, 2015 By Seth Borenstein and Luis Andres “Glacial Melting In Antarctica Makes Continent The ‘Ground Zero Of Global Climate Change‘ …Parts of Antarctica are melting so rapidly it has become ‘ground zero of global climate […]
By Federico Fuentes – teleSUR – September 11, 2015 Recent statements by Bolivia’s Vice President Alvaro Garcia regarding nongovernmental organisations in Bolivia have triggered a heated debate on the left. At an Aug. 11 media conference, Garcia accused NGOs of acting like political parties seeking to interfere in Bolivia’s domestic affairs. While respecting their right […]
