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Harvard law professor criticizes Spruce ruling | Appalachian Mountain Advocates

Cathie Bird wrote 1 week ago: In an article in the latest edition of The Environmental Forum, Harvard law professor Richard Lazaru … more →

Tags: watershed ecosystems, Environmental Justice, Mountaintop Removal Mining, Appalachia, coal mining

Resource extraction - what's on the horizon?1 comment

nzaia wrote 1 week ago: We are focusing on decision making frameworks for resource extraction in New Zealand, considering bo … more →

Tags: General Comments

Formative Assessment: What sorts of conclusions can we deduce from the coastal management presentations

Kenro wrote 3 weeks ago: The question: Why is coastal management important? Coastal management is critical for coastal cities … more →

Tags: Social Studies 10, Economics, Social Studies, Manage, coastal importance, Tourism, Balance, Settlement, Overfishing

Woman wins hard fought battle for information | Medicine Hat News

Cathie Bird wrote 1 month ago: An outspoken critic of coalbed methane fracking has won a comprehensive and long fought decision for … more →

Tags: aquatic systems, hydrofracking

Frackers Outbid Farmers for Water in Colorado Drought

Cathie Bird wrote 1 month ago: The drought comes after a record-breaking warm winter that left very low “snowpack levels … more →

Tags: aquatic systems, hydrofracking

Unregulated Fracking for Decades? Why California May Be a Disaster Waiting to Happen | | AlterNet

Cathie Bird wrote 1 month ago: Thanks to the smoking gun of Josh Fox’s sobering documentary Gasland, hydraulic fracturing has … more →

Tags: Energy, hydrofracking

Ben Jervey | Tar Sands in the United States: What You Need to Know

Cathie Bird wrote 1 month ago: Think that that dirtiest oil on the planet is only found up in Alberta? You might be surprised then … more →

Tags: Environment, Energy

Greater focus needed on methane leakage from natural gas infrastructure

Cathie Bird wrote 1 month ago: This is an open access paper and can be downloaded free at the link below. Abstract Natural gas is s … more →

Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver: It's "Ol-over" for environmental regulations

hungdrawnandcultured wrote 2 months ago: … more →

Tags: Current Events, Portraits, The Economy, Politics, Environment, northern gateway, Canadian Politics, oilsands, Joe Oliver

Supply Lines | Visions of Global Resource Circulation, Research Project 2011-2012

Sebastian Alvarez wrote 2 months ago: Cotton production, India. Courtesy of Uwe H. Martin Niger Delta States. Courtesy of George Osodi. SU … more →

Tags: art/aesthetics, Earthly/Geo/Astro, Theory, Social&Politics, Climatic, Geography, Art History, cultural theory, reframing resources

Resource Extraction In Western Canada - Should We Should Say No To Enbridge?

David Skelhon wrote 2 months ago: Placer mining, in this case for Yukon gold, destroys river valleys and in this cold northern climate … more →

Tags: northern canada, B.C., British Columbia, Enbridge Pipeline, Mining, logging, Tar Sands, oil sands, forests

The Problems With Habitat Fragmentation4 comments

xdhaas wrote 3 months ago: Fragmentation of habitat is a major program for many species.  It can result in group isolation, whi … more →

Tags: Explanations, ecosystem, déforestation, development, Habitat, Fragmentation, genetic bottlenecking, slash and burn, Road Kill

In the Path of the Mining-Energy Locomotive–Resisting Colombia’s Quimbo Hydroelectric Project1 comment

EF! J Collective wrote 3 months ago: By: Entre Aguas While the tone of Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos, is much more diplomatic t … more →

Tags: Pollution, indigenous, corruption, hydroelectric, Energy, damn, Displacement, Community consent, Locomotive

{not in my backyard}

Lacey Katelyn wrote 4 months ago: This post is in response to the Oregonian article: Malheur County Targeted for Gold, Uranium Mines S … more →

Tags: Environment, Oregon, Environmental Issues, Uranium Mines, High Dessert, gold mining, environment

Terra, oh Terra

Nina wrote 5 months ago: Terra, oh Terra, what shall we do? Strip you of your life giving values mine out all your mineral ti … more →

Tags: death, I feel so much more than others, I am so much smarter than everyone, Why Won't People Listen, teenage poetry, Poem, Poetry, Purple, overwrought

What price freedom for West Papua?1 comment

primalmovers wrote 6 months ago:   Today, December 1st 2011, one of the world´s forgotten tragedies has made the headlines at la … more →

Tags: Thinking, Anthropology, West Papua, Papua, Independence, Indonesia, Human Rights, Exploitation, Freeport

Call for Indigenous Convergence to Resist ALEC!1 comment

resistalec wrote 6 months ago: Call for Indigenous Convergence to Resist ALEC! – November 29-December 3 – Onk Akimel O … more →

Tags: indigenous

USDA Signs MOU with Rockefeller's Council on Foundations to Exploit Rural America32 comments

Rady wrote 9 months ago: By Food Freedom* On Friday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA has signed an agre … more →

Tags: Land rights, USDA, Water Rights, Agenda 21, Council on Foundations, landbase, obama, Rockefeller, Rural Council

Is this the most anti-conservation House in history?

Alan Gregory wrote 10 months ago: The answer has to be “yes.” President Richard M. Nixon, who signed the legislation creat … more →

Tags: endangered/threatened species, oil and gas industry, oil drilling, Endangered Species Act, endangered plants, Republican Party, endangered salmon, Republicans, EPA


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