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Loomis Reef killed by human action

mardi 26 avril 2016 à 02:00

RIP Loomis Reef, the coral and the fish, killed by human action.

Extractivists keep saying, "Destruction is so far off that you shouldn't worry about it," until the destruction arrives. Then they say, "There's nothing left to destroy, so why not let us take all we wish?" But there are things elsewhere that we can still save, if we push it.

Koch brothers against protecting Grand Canyon

mardi 26 avril 2016 à 02:00

The Koch brothers have spent 1.5 million dollars to fight a plan to protect the Grand Canyon region from uranium mining.

Maxima Acuña blocks US mining company

mardi 26 avril 2016 à 02:00

Maxima Acuña has blocked a big US company from digging a gold mine on the spot where her farm is located. Lawsuits, violence, and sabotage of her crops didn't make her back down, and international support helped her stand up to them.

The mine would have poisoned the whole zone, not just her farm.

Cambodia bans Chut Wutty documentary

mardi 26 avril 2016 à 02:00

Cambodia has banned a documentary about assassinated Cambodian activist Chut Wutty, who resisted deforestation.

It appears that the government is thoroughly corrupt and will go to great lengths to protect extractivist business. Killing Chut Wutty was part of that, and this act of censorship is too. Other environmental activists there have been imprisoned.

UK construction industry's blacklist

mardi 26 avril 2016 à 02:00

Alan Wainwright, who exposed the UK construction industry's blacklist, is suing because now he seems to be blacklisted.