Kansas Takes Critical Step to Protect Kansas From World
United Nations, you’re on notice. Kansas in the USA recentlyy became the latest state to take proactive steps to avert a communist–environmentalist takeover. On May 7, a committee in the state house of representatives approved a resolution “opposing and exposing the radical nature of United Nations Agenda 21 and its destructiveness to the principles of the founding documents of the United States of America.” Agenda 21, a two-decades-old non-binding agreement that was never ratified by the Senate, is designed to promote sustainable development and responsible environmental stewardship, but in the eyes of conservatives it has morphed into a vehicle for a green dystopia.
Hundreds shutdown intersection in front of Bank of America to protest coal and foreclosures
Hundreds of people converged in Charlotte, NC in the USA on May 9 to protest Bank of America’s (BoA) annual shareholders meeting. Activists from Appalachia fighting mountaintop removal coal mining joined forces with housing rights activists, unions, immigrant rights groups, and the Occupy movement to call for an end to BoA’s destructive practices. Bank of America is the largest funder of the coal industry and also is a leader in home foreclosures.
McKibben: Activists should be ‘willfully naive’ in oil subsidy, climate battle
A prominent environmentalist is suggesting an outside-the-box political strategy for climate advocates seeking to end oil-industry tax breaks and stop the Keystone XL pipeline: naivete. Bill McKibben, founder of the climate group 350.org, stood in front of the Capitol on Thursday and warned against “taking it for granted that this is always how it has to be, that realism … is just people taking the money and doing the bidding of big industry.”
What an Egyptian environmentalist looks like
A few months ago Egypt was named the greenest country in the Middle-East by a Yale group, even topping neighboring Israel. It even turned out to be one of the best improving countries in the world. If you ever visited it, this might sound odd, and I in fact haven’t met an Egyptian that took the news seriously. But yet, the ranking seems credible. Maybe Egypt’s people care more about the environment than we think?
Reef protestor has no regrets
An Australian environmentalist who chained himself to a ship to protest against dredging in Gladstone Harbour says he does not regret his actions despite having to appear in court.
Cambodian villagers honor environmentalist slain by police after investigating illegal logging
A prominent environmentalist who was fatally shot last month by a policeman after investigating illegal logging was mourned Friday by more than 500 villagers who gathered in a forest that the activist had sought to protect.
Malaysian tribes face threat to ancestral land
