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Posts Tagged ‘protests’
Politics, Pollution, Jul 15th, 2012,
Recent protests against a giant copper plant planned for the town of Shifang in Sichuan Province, China yielded a victory for the local people against what was seen as a ramming through of a major industrial project by the local and national governments. This was just the latest in a series of victories for local communities in China standing up against what they see as industrial projects that put economic concerns above those of the environment and human health. In recent years similar people power protests have been successful in Dalian, Shanghai and Guangzhou. What characterized the success of the…
Tags: Health, Pollution, protests, Shifang
Politics, Nov 3rd, 2011,
Protests movements often have trouble gaining the sympathies of the masses of people whom they actually represent. Corporate media, bragging politicians, the well-funded propaganda of big business and a pervading desire of most people to maintain the status quo (or at least not rock the boat) usually win out over principals of fairness, equality and even the self-interest of the masses themselves. My inner conservative (read: cynic) thinks that the middle classes as well as the ‘relatively comfortable poor’ will usually choose not to risk what security and wages they have, preferring to go it on their own and stay…
Tags: 99%, Cameron, Conservative, Greece, london, oakland, occupy, protests, robin hood tax, wall street
Conservation, Nature, Wildlife & Flora, Sep 28th, 2010,
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” -Mahatma Gandhi The beginning of September typically marks the beginning of the dolphin hunt in Taiji, Japan—where the award-winning documentary, The Cove, was based. However, this month proved to be much different. Ric O’Barry, his son, Lincoln, Sea Shepherd, and a whole group of activists have made their way to Japan to protest the dolphin hunt. It was basically believed that as long as they (the activists) maintained a presence in Taiji and kept at least some media attention on the…
Tags: activists, annual dolphin hunt, Blood Dolphins, dolphins, how you can help, japan, killed, Lincoln O'Barry, OPS, pilot whales, protests, Ric O'Barry, Risso's dolphins, save the dolphins, SaveJapanDolphins.org, Sea Shepherd, slaughtered, Taiji, The Cove
Politics, Aug 5th, 2010,
The Catalan parliament recently voted to ban bullfighting, a decision scheduled to go into effect in 2012. At the first bullfighting event in Barcelona since the ban, the industry and its supporters were out in full force to protest the ban and assert their ‘right’ to tease, abuse and stab young bulls to death for the amusement of the crowd. A manifesto by the group La Mesa del Toro was to be read out at all bullfighting events in Spain, France and Portugal and included these words: We demand respect for the individual freedom to take part in a spectacle…
Tags: ban, bullfight, bullfighting, Catalan, cultural, debate, parliament, protests, Spain, video
Climate Change, Nature, Politics, Science & Technology, Wildlife & Flora, Jun 11th, 2010,
The whaling issue is creeping back into the news more often again and this article is no exception. In recent news, Australia announced plans to take legal action against Japanese whaling, which includes the involvement of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). It has been known for a long time that Australia has an issue with Japan’s whaling, especially in the Southern Ocean and their decision comes after a series of rather critical events, including the Sea Shepherd incident, a 6-week scientific research study and countless failed negotiations through the IWC. Speaking of the IWC, their much anticipated Morocco meeting…
Tags: australia, Captain Pete Bethune, endangered species, Greenpeace-Japan, International Court of Justice, IWC, Japanese, prosecution, protests, Sea Shepherd, Tokyo Two, trial, update, whale hunt, whales, whaling
Climate Change, Nature, Pollution, Wildlife & Flora, May 31st, 2010,
The Gulf Coast Oil Spill has become nothing short of unspeakable incompetence. It’s been well over a month since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and the spill began and there is still no hope in sight of recovery and BP has yet to come up with a method that actually works. Their so-called “top kill” method more or less amounted to nothing more than plugging the well—a clogged drain or spout if you will and like all other efforts, that failed, too (big surprise). Needless to say, this has sparked more worries about the Gulf and areas beyond. Personally, I…
Tags: BP, clean up, containment, drugs, Exxon Valdez, failure, false reports, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, hair booms, protests, top kill, update, worst spill in US history
