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Scotland Just Announced An Indefinite Ban On Fracking

shutterstock_217438459January 28, 2015, thinkprogress.org | “The Scottish government has announced that it will place a temporary ban on the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, the Guardian reported Wednesday.”

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Yes! Go Scotland!
Just moments ago we got word that Fergus Ewing, Scottish minister for energy, stood before the Scottish Parliament and said “I’m announcing today a moratorium [open-ended ban] on the granting of planning consents for all unconventional oil and gas developments.”
There’s still work to do to turn this temporary ban into an outright ban, but for now this is brilliant news!
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Poland’s shale gas revolution evaporates in face of environmental protests

Poland,Zurawlow,06.12.2014, place where people successfully within 400 days fought against drilling by chevron. text

January 12, 2015, www.theguardian.com | “‘Whenever Chevron organized anything, we demonstrated,’ said Barbara Siegienczuk, 54, one of the leaders of the local anti-shale gas protest group Green Zurawlow in south-eastern Poland. ‘We made banners and placards and put posters up around the village. Only 96 people live in Zurawlow – children and old people included – but we s

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Chevron’s Shale Gas Drilling in Poland Stopped by 400 days of Protests
Fear and loathing stalk Poland’s shale fields, where a 400-day site occupation stopped a Chevron drill earlier this year
theguardian.com|By Arthur Neslen
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Yankton Sioux Lead Fight Against TransCanada and Keystone XL in South Dakota

January 5, 2015, indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com | ” The Yankton Sioux, along with the Cheyenne River, Rosebud and Standing Rock tribes, are joining forces against TransCanada on January 6 as they continue to forestall attempts to run the Keystone XL pipeline through their lands in South Dakota.”

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  Yankton Sioux Lead Fight Against TransCanada and Keystone XL in South Dakota
The Yankton Sioux, along with the Cheyenne River, Rosebud and Standing Rock tribes, are joining forces against TransCanada on January 6 as they continue to…
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Mayan People’s Movement Defeats Monsanto Law in Guatemala

Pa'Ris'Ha's photo.

September 11, 2014, upsidedownworld.org | “On September 4th, after ten days of widespread street protests against the biotech giant Monsanto’s expansion into Guatemalan territory, groups of indigenous people joined by social movements, trade unions and farmer and women’s organizations won a victory when congress finally repealed the legislation that had been approved in June.”

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Pa’Ris’Ha
September 14 at 1:22am ·
YES!! Keep it going….
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Filed under: Business Policy, Earth Ceremonies, Farms & Gardens, GMO Bans, GMO Labelling, GMO Lawsuits, GMO set backs, GMOs, Local Food, Native Peoples, Native Peoples, Land, Organic Farming, People, Profiles, Protests, Urban Agriculture

Stop Cove Point Protest

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Let a thousand flowers of activism bloom!
BREAKING!
Two people with Chesapeake Earth First! have locked down in front of America’s Natural Gas Alliance to say #StopCovePointPhoto: BREAKING! Two people with Chesapeake Earth First! have locked down in front of America's Natural Gas Alliance to say #StopCovePoint
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THE PEOPLE’S CLIMATE MARCH

August 20, 2014, peoplesclimate.org | “This is an invitation to change everything. In September, world leaders are coming to New York City for a UN summit on the climate crisis. UN Secretary­ General Ban Ki-­moon is urging governments to support an ambitious global agreement to dramatically reduce global warming pollution.”

 

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Over 750 Groups Create the Biggest Climate Change Rally Ever on 9/21
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Scroll down to see the enormous participation in this invitation to change everything. September 21, world leaders are…
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Why conservationists need a little hope: saving themselves from becoming the most depressing scientists on the planet

August 19, 2014, news.mongabay.com | “Here’s a challenge: take a conservationist out for a drink and ask them about their work. Nine times out of ten—or possibly more—you’ll walk away feeling frustrated, despondent, and utterly hopeless. You’ll hear about rainforests being chopped down for palm oil or chopsticks; or a just-discovered species that probably just went extinct; or a government that is worse than ambivalent: corrupt; or a shadowy corporation that’s doing some horrific thing to ecosystems and local people just to make greedy shareholders happy.”

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Here’s a great article about why to support the kind of cheerleading that we do at Good News for the Earth —
interviews with top conservation biologists
Why conservationists need a little hope
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the human brain is wired to try harder only when there is reason to believe that those efforts will make a difference. — The Sword of Damocles over our head is not the right image
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Nebraska concert by Willie Nelson, Neil Young ‘will be telling the stories’ of Keystone XL pipeline foes

August 18, 2014, www.omaha.com | “Art Tanderup says he has the vinyl to prove he’s a Neil Young fan from way back.  The 62-year-old retired teacher said his esteem for Young grew when he learned the famous singer-songwriter opposed the Keystone XL pipeline. Tanderup’s family farm in northeast Nebraska lies in the path of the proposed crude oil pipeline.”

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“Willie Nelson, Neil Young to play Nebraska concert for Keystone XL pipeline opponents
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Nelson and Young, who for nearly three decades have headlined Farm Aid events, will play Sept. 27 on a family farm…”
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Kristi Wrigley says “no” to use of logging road

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Activism by a long-time watershed defender — on the job every day
Kristi Wrigley saying NO to HRC Forester Tom Schultz, Don’t use this old logging road across her property. With 18% slopes, clay soils, the road will contribute sediment in addition to the timber harvest it will lead to. NO, in fact, to the entire McCloud-Shaw THP, nearly 600 acres, in 3 parts: one directly adjacent to Headwaters Reserve, one directly above a dozen or so South Fork residences, and this one that will drain into the main stem just above Elk River Court. It’s got something for everyone!
Photo: Kristi Wrigley saying NO to HRC Forester Tom Schultz, Don't use this old logging road across her property. With 18% slopes, clay soils, the road will contribute sediment in addition to the timber harvest it will lead to. NO, in fact, to the entire McCloud-Shaw THP, nearly 600 acres, in 3 parts: one directly adjacent to Headwaters Reserve, one directly above a dozen or so South Fork residences, and this one that will drain into the main stem just above Elk River Court. It's got something for everyone!
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First Nations Take Their Last March Through Canada’s Dystopian Tar Sands

2014 Tar Sands Healing Walk

July 9, 2014, www.yesmagazine.org | “The fifth and final Tar Sands Healing Walk took place on June 28 in Fort McMurray, Canada. Hundreds of people joined First Nations leaders in a prayer-filled walk around the refineries and “land reclamation” projects operated by the oil company Syncrude.”

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“Hundreds of people joined First Nations leaders in a prayer-filled walk around the refineries and “land reclamation” projects operated by the oil company Syncrude. This isn’t protest or a rally,” organizer Crystal Lameman told the particip…
First Nations in Canada March Against Tar Sands
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Organizers agreed that the annual marches have helped raise awareness about the mining project. But their work is far from done.
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