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THE WITNESS
Today we learned that the Brazilian oil giant Petrobras has handed back its licence to drill for oil in the deep waters off the East Cape. And this news has been welcomed by those communities whose beaches and livelihoods were at risk from an oil spill and the pollution that comes from oil drilling. The cultural and environmental heritage of this beautiful, pristine part of Aotearoa is now safe. Continue reading
Whale lovers it’s time to CELEBRATE and thank the California Coastal Commission (CCC) for protecting whales, dolphins, sea otters and a long list of other marine wildlife from the devastating impacts of a proposed seismic testing project by PG&E. Last Wednesday, the CCC voted unanimously to deny PG&E’s application to conduct seismic testing in California’s coastal waters adjacent to the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. Continue reading
I’ve been around fisheries in one way or another for more than 40 years now and would never have guessed that Senegal would set a world precedent in fisheries conservation and management. However they have and my hat’s off to President Macky Sall for his bold action of kicking out foreign trawlers from Senegalese waters. Continue reading
Earlier this week, Edison International announced that they would shut down the Fisk and Crawford coal plants – a victory for the books! After ten years of gritty and determined grassroots work, communities in Chicago triumphed over the corporate polluter in their back yard. On the same day, citizens in Ohio, New Jersey and Pennsylvania celebrated the announcement that Houston-based GenOn would shut an additional 7 plants, including the Portland Generating Station where Greenpeace worked with NJ and PA residents to demand clean air for their community. Continue reading
VIDEO: Leila Mendez, a member of the Pilsen Environmental Rights and Reform Organization (PERRO), speaking at today’s press conference on the closure of Chicago’s dirty coal plants.
Today, dozens of Pilsen and Little Village residents, along with members of the Chicago Clean Power Coalition gathered across the street from the Fisk coal plant to celebrate the news that two archaic coal plants in Chicago will soon shut down. Continue reading