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State government and private developers trying to steal Tucson's birthplace
BY James Jordan | Tucson, AZ | 11/12/11
NAFTA and corporate lawyers, SB1070 Supporters, anti-ethnic studies activists and developers are threatening Tucson's birthplace - the original Chuk Shon - which is the land and communities on the Santa Cruz River at the base of Sentinel Peak.
Arizona, Chuk Shon, Rio Nuevo, Tucson
AIM leads march to stop the tar sands Keystone XL Pipeline
BY Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 10/27/11
About 150 people joined the American Indian Movement, the Indigenous Environmental Network and OccupyMN for a rally and march to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline, Oct. 27.
AIM, American Indian Movement, Clyde Bellecourt, Indigenous Environmental Network, Occupy Wall Street, OccupyMN, Tar Sands Keystone XL Pipeline
Japan nuclear disaster driven by corporate push for profits
BY Staff | Japan | 3/16/11
A nuclear catastrophe is unfolding in Japan. The information as of 2:00 p.m., March 16, is that two nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan have cracks in the shell designed to contain the radiation inside.
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Japan, Nuclear Crisis, nuclear energy
Nuclear disaster in Japan
BY Mick Kelly | Japan | 3/15/11
In the wake of Friday’s devastating earthquake, a fire in a cooling pond for spent fuel rods and three major explosions have hit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Eastern Japan.
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, General Electric, Japan, Nuclear Crisis, nuclear energy, Three Mile Island
Lawsuit filed to stop release of toxic metals at Wisconsin’s Flambeau Mine
BY Staff | Madison, WI | 1/19/11
The Wisconsin Resources Protection Council, the Center for Biological Diversity and Laura Gauger filed a Clean Water Act citizen suit Jan. 18 against Flambeau Mining Company over its partially reclaimed Flambeau Mine near Ladysmith, Wisconsin.
Flambeau Mine
Asheville SDS protests BP oil spill
BY Staff | Asheville, NC | 7/26/10
Leaders of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and community environmentalists gathered in Pack Square, downtown Asheville, on July 17 to demand that BP pay for the disastrous oil spill that continues to devastate the Gulf Coast.
BP, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Make BP pay! Florida protests Gulf Oil spill
BY Fernando Figueroa | Tallahassee, FL | 5/14/10
Thirty students and community members gathered outside the Old State Capitol in Tallahassee on Wednesday, May 12th to protest BP’s big Gulf oil spill. Four rallies took place across Florida in response to the devastating environmental destruction that BP caused in the Gulf of Mexico.
BP, Oil Spill
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