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Expansion by Indonesia’s largest palm oil company frozen for disobeying RSPO standards

May 7, 2015, www.forestpeoples.org | “The RSPO’s Complaints Panel has upheld the Forest Peoples Programme in its complaint against Golden Agri Resources, which was seeking to expand 18 of its operations in Kalimantan. After concluding that it has ‘reasonable grounds’ to conclude that the company is in violation of several RSPO norms, the latest ‘determination’ by the Panel notes: ‘The Panel hereby prohibits GAR from acquiring or developing any new areas until this complaint has been dealt with to the satisfaction of the Complaints Panel.'”

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‘Expansion by Indonesia’s largest palm oil company frozen for disobeying RSPO standards’
This is a big story for Indonesia! The RSPO’s Complaints Panel has upheld the Forest Peoples Programme in its complaint against Golden Agri Resources, which was seeking to expand 18 of its operations in Kalimantan. After concluding that it has ‘reasonable grounds’ to conclude that the company is in violation of several RSPO norms, the latest ‘determination’ by the Panel notes:

“The Panel hereby prohibits GAR from acquiring or developing any new areas until this complaint has been dealt with to the satisfaction of the Complaints Panel.”

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Seattle mayor: Port needs new permit for Arctic oil fleet

May 4, 2015, www.omaha.com  | “Mayor Ed Murray threw a wrench into plans for a 400-foot oil-drilling rig to arrive in Seattle when he announced Monday that the Port of Seattle can’t host Shell’s offshore Arctic fleet until it gets a new land-use permit.”

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SEATTLE (AP) — Mayor Ed Murray threw a wrench into plans for a 400-foot oil-drilling rig to arrive in Seattle when he announced Monday that the Port of Seattle can’t host Shell’s offshore Arctic fleet until it gets a new land-use permit.
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Lower Brule Sioux Reject Keystone XL, Evict TransCanada

May 1, 2015, indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com | “The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe is celebrating the 147th anniversary of the signing of the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty by … enforcing it. Invoking their rights under article one of the treaty, the tribe voted to reject the Keystone XL pipeline and evict TransCanada from its lands ‘in direct response to the unethical business practices that TransCanada has demonstrated over the last six years,’ the tribe said in a statement.”

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Lower Brule Sioux Reject Keystone XL, Evict TransCanada
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe rejects Keystone XL pipeline, tells TransCanada to clear out.
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Pope Summons Scientists to Shape Climate Change Debate

April 27, 2015, www.bloomberg.com | “Pope Francis summoned scientists, government officials and religious leaders to a villa in the manicured Vatican Gardens on Tuesday as he stepped into the heated climate-change debate.  ‘Climate change is a defining issue of our time,’ United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon told attendees at the Vatican conference. ‘It is a moral issue, it is an issue of social justice, human rights and fundamental ethics.'”

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Today the Vatican hosts a major event to help move leaders to action on climate change.
Pope Summons Scientists on Climate Change, Seeks to Shape Debate
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End Nuclear Power Now, Says World Uranium Symposium

uraniumApril 25, 2015, ecowatch.com | “Uranium mining across the world should cease, nuclear power stations be closed and nuclear weapons be banned, according to a group of scientists, environmentalists and representatives of indigenous peoples.  Three hundred delegates from 20 countries that produce uranium for nuclear power, weapons and medical uses called for an end to all uranium mining in a declaration launched on Earth Day this week at a meeting in Quebec, Canada.”

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 End Nuclear Power Now, Says World Uranium Symposium » EcoWatch
Delegates from 20 countries producing uranium for nuclear power, weapons and medical uses called for an end to all uranium mining at World Uranium Symposium
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Six Environmentalists Each Win $175,000 Goldman Prize

winnersApril 20, 2015, ens-newswire.com | “The activists honored with the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize at a ceremony Monday evening have protected the planet by shutting down a lead smelter, blocking dam construction, stopping a proposed gold and copper mine, and safeguarding fisheries.”

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Six Environmentalists Each Win $175,000 Goldman Prize SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 20, 2015 (ENS) – The activists honored with the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize at a ceremony Monday evening have protected the planet by shutting down a lead smelter, blocking dam construction, stopping a proposed gold and copper mine, and safeguarding fisheries. – Six Environmentalists Each Win $175,000 Goldman Prize | ENS
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Woman defeats mine, saves wilderness, wins $175,000

Marilyn Baptiste, 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize winner for North America, led the Xeni Gwet'in community in defeating one of the largest proposed gold and copper mines in British Columbia that would have destroyed Fish Lake—a source of spiritual identity and livelihood for the Xeni Gwet’in. Photo courtesy of the Goldman Environmental Prize.April 20, 2015, news.mongabay.com | “When a huge open-pit mine threatened a pristine lake and surrounding forest in British Columbia, Canada, Marilyn Baptiste jumped into action, spearheading efforts to collect environmental impact data and even physically turning away construction crews. Because of her efforts, the Canadian government rejected the mine, leaving wild a part of the Canadian Rockies upon which First Nations communities have depended for generations. Today, Baptiste was honored for her work when she was presented the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize at a ceremony in San Francisco.”

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“When a huge open-pit mine threatened a pristine lake and surrounding forest in British Columbia, Canada, Marilyn Baptiste jumped into action, spearheading efforts to collect environmental impact data and even physically turning away construction…
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The City of San Diego is Suing Monsanto for Poisoning its Marine Life and Polluting its Bay

March 17, 2015, althealthworks.com | “The Monsanto Company produces a large volume of different chemicals, and many of them are also manufactured by competitors. But when it comes to the dangerously carcinogenic PCBs that have wreaked havoc on towns and waterways across the country, Monsanto stands (virtually) alone: 99 percent of PCB production in the United States was done by the agricultural giant according to this report from the Food & Water Watch.”

 

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The City of San Diego is Suing Monsanto for Poisoning its Marine Life and Polluting its Bay
The Monsanto Company produces a large volume of different chemicals, and many of them are […]
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Endorse the San Diego March for Mobilization

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March 9, 2015, www.theclimatemobilization.org | “On Sunday March 15th, at 2 PM, San Diegans will join a coalition of local groups for the first Walk & Rally for Climate Mobilization!  They will gather at City Hall Plaza, then walk to the San Diego Federal Building at Broadway and Front Street to petition the U.S. Government to immediately commence the WWII-style mobilization that’s necessary to rapidly transform the United States into a 100% clean energy economy by 2025.”

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endorsed by: San Diego County Democratic Party San Diego Labor-Council Sierra Club San Diego, Greenpeace San Diego SanDiego350.orgWomen Occupy – San Diego Blue Dot Refill Environmental Health Coalition Citizens Climate Lobby Ocean Beach Green Center La Jolla Democratic Club Peace Resource Center of San Diego, and more! –
San Diego March for CLIMATE Mobilization! … March 15
To petition the U.S. Government to immediately commence the WWII-style mobilization that’s necessary to rapidly transform the United States into a 100% clean energy economy by 2025.
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Nebraskans outraged over oil-waste well plan

Nebraska resident holds photo of abandoned oil wellMarch 2, 2015, rapidcityjournal.com | “Residents of northwestern Nebraska are protesting a proposal by a Colorado energy company to store liquid oil-field waste products in an abandoned oil well that resides within the Ogallala Aquifer.  Numerous residents and officials from local governments across the region are opposing the proposed injection well in southern Sioux County, not far from Crawford, Neb.”

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Mainstream Grassroots Resistance to Big Energy
Nebraskans outraged over oil-waste well plan
Residents of northwestern Nebraska are protesting a proposal by a Colorado energy company to store liquid oil-field waste products in an abandoned oil well that resides within the Ogallala Aquifer.
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