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Two Arrested Protesting Fracking Wastewater Injection Well
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on November 24th, 2013
EcoWatch: Two Youngstown, OH community members were arrested today at a nonviolent protest and rally at a fracking wastewater injection well site in Niles, OH. The two protesters were arrested for blocking trucks from entering the well site while holding a “Fracking Hurts Communities” banner. More than 50 people from Ohio and Pennsylvania attended the rally.
“The state of Ohio has refused to protect its communities from fracking," said Chris Khumprakob, who was arrested during the protest. "Hydraulic fracturing...
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Global war against indigenous intensifying as imperialists scramble for land and resources
Posted by Deep Green Resistance: Ron Corben on November 24th, 2013
Deep Green Resistance: A new report on minorities and indigenous people warns that the global 'intensification` in the exploitation of natural resources is leading to mounting conflicts for the world`s 370 million indigenous people.
The report for 2012 by the London-based human rights group, Minority Rights Group International (MRG), says indigenous peoples "in every region of the world" face the risk of being "driven from their land and natural resources."
The land and resources are all "vital for their livelihoods,...
Strict scrutiny for fracking
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 24th, 2013
LA Times: Gov. Jerry Brown has released draft regulations to govern fracking in California that very closely follow the lines of a ">bill passed this year by the Legislature. The problem is that the bill itself, though better than nothing, is not strong enough to ensure the safety of the state's air, water and ground stability in the face of this controversial and not-yet-fully-understood practice. Neither the bill nor the draft regulations make it clear whether the state will require environmental impact...
Before and After Satellite Images of Leyte Highlight Damage Caused by Haiyan
Posted by Nature World: None Given on November 24th, 2013
Nature World: Before and after NASA satellite images of the island of Leyte, Philippines reveals just how much havoc Super Typhoon Haiyan wreaked after making landfall Nov. 8.
One of -- if not the -- largest storms to ever make landfall, Haiyan pounded Leyte with winds of rougly 195 miles per hour. As of Nov. 23, the death toll for the entire country had reached more than 5,200.
The images were taken by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite....