‘Radicals’ working against oil sands, Canadian government claims
Environmental and other “radical groups” are trying to block trade and undermine Canada’s economy, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver says.
Profiles of three Canadian ‘radicals’
Viewed from the government’s perch in Ottawa, the pipeline’s opponents are agents of “environmental and other radical groups.’ But the faces of the opposition go well beyond the stereotype of anti-development tree-huggers
Japanese whalers issue jail threat to activists
Australian environmental activists who boarded the whaling security ship Shonan Maru No 2. risk being sent to prison in Japan, according to Tokyo’s Institute of Cetacean Research. The three men evaded defences overnight to board the ship off the coast of Western Australia in an attempt to force it to abandon its pursuit of the Sea Shepherd ship, Steve Irwin.
Ugandan tree planters out on a limb
Hundreds set to lose jobs following allegations of mass evictions to clear way for tree-planting projects.
