International activists block Ilisu Dam construction site in Turkey
By Amazon Watch Today [May 21, 2013] representatives of dam-affected communities and organizations from South America, the Middle East, Europe, the US and Africa, including Brazilian indigenous leaders...
View ArticleIndigenous-led resistance forces regional court to freeze Belo Monte dam project
By Latin American Herald Tribune Brazil’s first regional federal court suspended the environmental permit for the massive Belo Monte dam project in Amazonia and ordered an immediate halt to...
View ArticleMichigan Coalition Against Tar Sands exposes Enbridge chemical cover up
By Michigan Coalition Against Tar Sands (MI-CATS) BATTLE CREEK, Noon, on December 13th: After activist and Kalamazoo resident Chris Wahmhoff’s felony pretrial, Michigan Coalition Against Tar Sands...
View ArticleCoal-processing chemicals spill into West Virginia river, polluting drinking...
By Ashley Southall and Timothy Williams / New York Times Nearly 200,000 people in Charleston, W.Va., and nine surrounding counties were without drinking water on Friday after a chemical spill...
View ArticleIllegal dam threatens to flood Ngäbe territory; Panama planning forcible...
By Richard Arghiris / Intercontinental Cry Having fought tirelessly against the unlawful Barro Blanco hydroelectric dam, the indigenous Ngäbe communities on the banks of Panama’s Tabasará river are...
View ArticleSunoco oil pipeline ruptures, spilling up to 10,000 gallons of crude into...
By Reuters A major oil pipeline owned by Sunoco Logistics Partners LP leaked thousands of gallons of crude oil into a nature preserve in southwest Ohio late on Monday. Between 7,000 and 10,000 gallons...
View ArticleIndigenous Activists Block Entry to the Barro Blanco Hydro Dam
By Richard Arghiris and Jennifer Kennedy / Intercontinental Cry June 14, 2015 NGÄBE ISSUE ULTIMATUM TO THE GOVERNMENT OF PANAMA: CANCEL THE PROJECT BY MONDAY A 30-strong splinter group of Ngäbe from...
View ArticleBarro Blanco Protesters Injured and Arrested During Crackdown in Panama
By Richard Arghiris / Intercontinental Cry Protests against the Barro Blanco hydro dam in western Panama turned violent last Saturday, July 25, when riot police, claiming to act in self-defense,...
View ArticleJudge sides with Hoopa Valley and Yurok Tribe scientists, preventing Klamath...
By Dan Bacher / Intercontinental Cry A federal judge on Aug. 26 denied a request by the San Luis Delta Mendota Water Authority and Westlands Water District for a temporary restraining order and...
View ArticleActivists March Against Nestlé On Bridge of The Gods
August 29, 2015 This morning, activists marched across The Bridge of the Gods to protest a proposed Nestlé bottled-water plant at Cascade Locks, Oregon. The bridge is only opened once a year for...
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