December 27, 20130Comments

What is the TPP? And why should I be worried?

What’s all the fuss about this secretly-negotiated international trade agreement with the long name? The Trans-Pacific Partnership, as a name, has a positive ring to it. But...

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December 23, 20130Comments

Tibetans jailed for involvement over anti-mining protests

Tibetan singer Trinley Tsekar has fallen foul of a Chinese clampdown on anti-mining protests. Chinese authorities have sentenced three Tibetan men to prison on charges of...

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December 16, 20130Comments

Miranda and the Tasmanian forest crusade

It is now two years since Miranda Gibson climbed Observer Tree and began her 14 month long tree sit. Now she is back on the ground, working to protect Tasmania’s forests. The...

December 7, 20130Comments

Geeks measure Fukushima’s impact

Hundreds of ordinary people are contributing to a crowd-sourced effort to measure Fukushima’s impact, according to Erika Lundahl, writing in Yes! Magazine. In a story...

December 4, 20130Comments

The Fukushima video everybody needs to watch

Fears are growing over the Fukushima nuclear disaster clean-up operation and how the operation could go horribly wrong, affecting Japan and large areas of the Northern...

November 18, 20130Comments

Wikileaks puts the TPP’s feet to the flames—Can it take the heat?

After a major leak from the agreement’s secret text, people are talking about the TPP. What will it mean for the secretive trade deal’s future? writes James...

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November 13, 20130Comments

Typhoon Haiyan: A wake-up call for Warsaw climate talks?

Right before the latest round of climate talks began, the massive superstorm killed tens of thousands and displaced millions in the Philippines, writes Walden Bello. What will...

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November 9, 20130Comments

Fukushima – It could be worse than you think

Confusion might be the best way to describe the response to the nuclear power plant crisis at Fukushima, Japan, that has been played out in slow motion over the past two...

November 3, 20130Comments

Indigenous Elders – ‘Mankind has gone too far’

Maybe Facebook has provided a helping hand. All around the world, indigenous groups are finding voice, through Facebook and other non-mainstream media, with a message common...

October 27, 20130Comments

Will a secretive international trade deal ban GMO labeling?

The Trans Pacific Partnership is likely to be a setback for efforts to regulate and label GMO foods, writes James Trimarco. In a big week for food politics, a judge banned the...

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October 18, 20130Comments

The Japan nuclear meltdown threat

Japanese anti-nuclear protestors marched through Tokyo on October 13, calling on the government not to restart the nuclear power plants that were close in the wake of the...

October 6, 20130Comments

The Trans-Pacific Partnership and why you should be worried

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is being negotiated by the U.S. behind closed doors and for most people comes in under their radar. What is this TPP some of us may have...

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