EU PAVES WAY FOR CLIMATE KILLING TAR SANDS
Brussels, October 7 – Friends of the Earth Europe has criticised a proposal announced today to regulate fuel imports to Europe because it does nothing to penalise the most polluting fuels. {FRIENDS OF THE EARTH EUROPE} Press release For immediate release: Tuesday October 7, 2014 __________________________________________________ The European Commission today published plans to implement the ‘Fuel Quality Directive’ – a crucial piece...
Women Behind The Camera
Offering social change through knowledge and creativity -* MISSION Women Behind the Camera is a traveling participatory documentary highlighting the socio-environmental conflicts faced by the dynamic women of South America. Our mission is to both raise awareness about the struggle these women endure and act as a catalyst to connect them. The project began a few months ago with a short piece about Sapara’s resistance to oil...
Eight ways climate change is making the world more dangerous
Disasters including storms, floods and heatwaves have increased fivefold since the 1970s, UN finds [by Susanne Goldenberg on [The Guardian->http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2014/jul/14/8-charts-climate-change-world-more-dangerous]] Forget the future. The world already is nearly five times as dangerous and disaster prone as it was in the 1970s, because of the increasing risks brought by climate change, according to a new...
El Salvador’s Future to be Decided by International Tribunal?
On September 15th, an international tribunal began hearing arguments in the case of Pacific Rim vs. El Salvador – a case that will affect millions of Salvadoran people. At issue is whether the government and people of El Salvador should have to pay $301 million USD for upholding the nation’s social and environmental protections – in this case by refusing to allow Canada-based Pacific Rim Mining Corporation to operate a mine that does...
Colombia, more than three decades of toxic sprayings. Enough!
It is unfortunate that 35 years after the first chemical spraying in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, we are still writing about aerial sprayings in Colombia, demanding the current government to definitely defer an ecocide and incompetent policy. [by{ Amira Armenta} on [TNI->http://www.tni.org/article/colombia-more-three-decades-toxic-sprayings-enough]] It is unfortunate that 35 years after the first chemical spraying in the Sierra...
Cinergy – Citizens for Energy
The new publication by A Sud and the European network “Cinergy” { We are pleased to inform you that the e-book “Cinergy – Citizens for Energy” is now available, free to download. } This publication is the result of the European project CINERGY, carried out by A Sud, together with local authorities, civil society organisations, NGOs and training providers active in the energy field in Italy, Great Britain,...
