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Shiva: The Killing Fields Of Multi-National Corporations
Commentary, July, 20 2010
Vandana Shiva
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The Bhopal gas tragedy was the worst industrial disaster in human history. Twenty-five thousand people died, 500,000 were injured, and the injustice done to the victims of Bhopal over the past 25 years will go down as the worst case of jurispruden...
McQuaig: Ignoring Nature’s Wake-Up Call
Znet Article, July, 20 2010
Linda McQuaig
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If there is a God, she's surely bewildered by the apparent determination of the human race to ignore the deafening wake-up call she's recently sent our way.
Cantarow: Big Oil Makes War on the Earth
Znet Article, July, 19 2010
Ellen Cantarow
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The Gulf Coast Joins an Oil-Soiled Planet
Edwards: Tectonic Tilting
Znet Article, July, 19 2010
David Edwards
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English football’s Premier League is a farce...
Solon: From Water Wars to the Fight for Climate Justice
Znet Article, July, 08 2010
Pablo Solon
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Bolivia’s UN ambassador gave this talk to the Shout Out for Global Justice, sponsored by the Council of Canadians and attended by nearly 3,000 people on June 25 in Toronto, during the ten days of protests against the G20 meeting.
Raina: Food Or Nutrition?
Znet Article, July, 07 2010
Badri Raina
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As the Indian government contemplates a Right-to-Food Act, whereby some rice and/or wheat might be given to those below the “poverty line” (which, in diverse computations by the “experts” ranges from some 27% of Indians to some 77%) at nominal r...
Prashad: BP, Obama and the Gulf
Znet Article, July, 06 2010
Vijay Prashad
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The oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico. It began to flow out of a hole that resulted from an explosion on April 20 on the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform. Once an oil seam has been tapped, it is hard to stop the flow, so the oil flo...
Quigley: Double Standard: BP and Bhopal
Znet Article, July, 03 2010
Bill Quigley
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When President Barak Obama went after BP and demanded a $20 billion dollar fund be set up for victims of the Gulf oil spill, the people of India were furious. They saw a US double standard. The US demonstrated it values human life within the US ...
Loeb: Unexpected Environmental Alliances Amidst The Oil Spill
Znet Article, July, 03 2010
Paul Rogat Loeb
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In the wake of the BP disaster, we've heard powerful stories from fishermen whose livelihoods may have been destroyed for decades or longer.
Surya: After the Bhopal Verdict
Znet Article, June, 24 2010
Radha Surya
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The Bhopal verdict has brought about an all but overnight transformation of the political situation for the ruling Congress.
Cooke: The Gulf Oil Disaster Will Not Change U.S. Energy Policy
Znet Article, June, 24 2010
Shamus Cooke
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As is typical with U.S. politicians and media, an extremely serious topic has nearly been reduced to absurdity. Once the urgency of the Gulf oil eruption has been fully sterilized, the stage will be set for business as usual politics — with the co...
Frank: Not All Environmentalists Pleased With Climate Legislation
Znet Article, June, 23 2010
Joshua Frank
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One would think that the environmental community would be united behind what is being hailed by some as the most significant and important piece of climate legislation to ever be introduced in the United States Senate.
Klein: Gulf oil spill: A hole in the world
Znet Article, June, 21 2010
Naomi Klein
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The Deepwater Horizon disaster is not just an industrial accident – it is a violent wound inflicted on the Earth itself. In this special report from the Gulf coast, a leading author and activist shows how it lays bare the hubris at the heart of ca...
Cockburn: No Energy in Obama's Energy Plan
Znet Article, June, 20 2010
Alexander Cockburn
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Every president since Nixon has tried to sell an energy plan, and the only one to yield any tangible results was Reagan's consummated pledge to rip the Carter-installed solar system off the roof of the White House. Carter wore his cardigan and Ame...
Weissman: Five Questions for Tony Hayward
Commentary, June, 19 2010
Robert Weissman
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BP CEO Tony Hayward today faces what is sure to be a tough inquisition before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Global Policy Forum: Afghanistan’s Minerals: Hope or Despair?
Blog Post, June, 17 2010
GPF Global Policy Forum
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Why we should view the discovery of Afghan minerals with a critical eye. Read the original news story on our website.
Hahnel: The Ecological Crisis And Libertarian Socialists
Commentary, June, 16 2010
Robin Hahnel
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There is a growing divide among Leftists over how to respond to the threat of climate change. On the one hand many progressive environmentalists are fighting to keep the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in control of ...
Flaherty: Cultural Extinction
Znet Article, June, 16 2010
Jordan Flaherty
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Louisiana’s coastal communities fear they may never recover from BP’s drilling disaster
Sainath: From Union Carbide to Exxon to BP
Znet Article, June, 16 2010
P. Sainath
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Bhopal marked the horrific beginning of a new era. One that signalled the collapse of restraint on corporate power.
Nevins: Greenwashing the Pentagon
Znet Article, June, 15 2010
Joseph Nevins
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As oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, just one of many manifestations of perilous ecological degradation across the planet, the need to challenge war and militarism—especially in terms of the United States—becomes ever-more pressing. T...
