Everyone has a role to play in protection of environment essential:JKCM
Region: India
Leh (Ladakh), June 16 (Scoop News) – Taking stock of various tourism related projects under implementation in Ladakh region, J&K Chief Minister, Omar ... more
Views: 2378The big trial for asbestos victims
Region: Italy
The main lawsuit in Europe related asbestos victims takes place in Italy, in the Court of Justice in Turin. A real record for a trial: 2052 victims between 1952 to 2008, between workers and citizens, where Eternit ha... more
Views: 1980Bitter Sweet or Toxic? Indigenous people, diabetes and the burden of pollution
Region: Canada
WINNIPEG—Diabetes is now widely regarded as the 21st century epidemic. With some 284 million people currently diagnosed with the disease, it’s certainly no exaggeration—least of all for Indigenous peop... more
Views: 1258Past Nuclear Testing Contributing To Natural Disasters?
Region: United StatesWith the continued discussions with respect to the monumental earthquake that occurred recently in Haiti, the largest recorded quake in the region for at least this past half century, a fundamental question has been posed ... more
Views: 2965“Avatar is real,” say tribal people
Region: California
Following the film Avatar’s win at the Golden Globes, tribal people have claimed that the film tells the real story of their lives today. A Penan man from Sarawak, in the Malaysian part of Borneo, to... more
Views: 1864SURVIVAL NAMES WINNER OF "GREENWASHING AWARD" 2010
Region: Paraguay
A Brazilian company bulldozing an uncontacted tribe’s land in Paraguay has won Survival International's "Greenwashing Award 2010." The company, Yaguarete Pora S.A., has won the award ... more
Views: 1276Aldo Leopold: An early environmental activist
Region: United States
Aldo Leopold was a visionary ecologist of the first half of the twentieth century. I’m reading his classic A Sand County Almanac (Oxford University Press, 1949), a then-radical view of the imbalance between human act... more
Views: 1960New Yorkers Tell DEC: ‘No Way' on Natural Drilling
Region: New York
It didn't take long for a New York City public hearing on natural gas drilling to descend into near chaos. Just seconds after the first speaker took the microphone at the Department of Environmental Conservation's hearing... more
Views: 1548Chesepeake Energy Won’t Drill in NYC Watershed
Region: New York
For now, New York City’s water appears to be safe from drilling [1]. Responding to mounting concerns that chemicals from natural gas drilling could contaminate drinking water, Chesapeake Energy Corporation declared i... more
Views: 1532Government Corruption Lets Illegal Deforestation Go Unchecked in India
Region: India*With the onset of militancy post-1989, even the symbolic checks disappeared *Forest Guards and Foresters did not go into the remote areas *Militancy used as shield by Forest Guards, Foresters *Irreparable dam... more
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