Crown court jury finds Scientist Rebellion co-founders Mike Lynch-White and Dr. Tim Hewlett not guilty of criminal damage for their non-violent September 2020 protest action at the Royal Society in London. The action – which saw paint daubed over the entrance to the...
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Scientists warn – “Glacier at the end of the world” is melting
Antarctica’s so-called “glacier at the end of the world” is melting. A group of scientists warned that Antarctica’s so-called “glacier at the end of the world” is unexpectedly melting rapidly. In two studies published Wednesday in the journal Nature, the researchers...
NASA reveals images of “extremely elongated” asteroid
The object passed close to Earth and its surface appears pitch black. NASA’s Goldstone radar used to investigate objects in the solar system, captured in detail one of the most elongated asteroids ever photographed, the US space agency said on Friday. The asteroid...
“No one can deny that agribusiness damages health, generates illness and death”.
An investigation in eight fumigated villages in Santa Fe, involving 27,000 people, confirmed the link between agrotoxins and cancer. Young people in these towns are 2.5 per cent more likely to get cancer than those living far from areas with pesticide use. An...
Scientist Rebellion co-founders not guilty of the group’s first action at the Royal Society
Crown court jury finds Scientist Rebellion co-founders Mike Lynch-White and Dr. Tim Hewlett not guilty of criminal damage for their non-violent September 2020 protest action at the Royal Society in London. The action – which saw paint daubed over the entrance to the...
EcoWaste Coalition to E-Commerce Sites: Block Online Sales of Mercury-Added Cosmetics, Go Mercury-Free
The EcoWaste Coalition, an advocate for a zero waste and toxics-free society, has decried the unabated sale of skin-lightening cosmetics containing mercury in online shopping platforms, which goes against the global ban on such products to protect public health and...
BAN Toxics warns Public against Unregistered and Unnotified Modeling Clay Toys
Toxic watchdog group BAN Toxics warns the public against the selling of unregistered and unnotified children’s products such as modeling clay toys in the market. BAN Toxics managed to purchase 8D Super Light Modeling Clay Toy, priced at P65 pesos per pack at M. de...
VISION & GRIT: Exceptional Zero Waste Women In the Asia Pacific Region (2nd in the series)
Jane Bremmer: At the forefront of environmental justice by Johanna Poblete When Jane Bremmer and her partner Lee bought a weatherboard cottage in the outer suburban area of Perth called Bellevue, they had plans to build a ceramics business from home. This was the...
Philippines Celebrates ‘Pandaigdigang Araw ng Wikang Kinagisnan,’ Highlighting Multilingualism
by Vhycent Andlen P. Cruz and Ma. Patricia Delos Reyes The Polytechnic University of the Philippines San Juan Campus (PUPSJ) through BSED EN 2-1 Class is wishing all nations a meaningful and delightful International Mother Language Day (IMLD) being celebrated...
Call for a humanitarian stance on the earthquake in Syria and Turkey
Humanity, where are you? What have we done with goodness? On Feb. 6, a strong earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing 45,000 in Turkey, 6,000 in Syria and injuring about 120,000 in both countries. Six departments (wilayas) in Turkey and four in Syria were...
If we pay attention to nonviolent struggles, they will multiply: the ball is in our court.
Are we incapable of imagining nonviolent alternatives? First, we invite you to watch the following video about monkeys, bananas and the ladder. It makes us think that many of the basic issues that we accept without any questioning or verifying, [are issues that] we...
ClientEarth files climate risk lawsuit against Shell’s Board with support from institutional investors
ClientEarth files world-first derivative action in High Court of England and Wales Claim alleges Shell Board mismanaging climate risk, breaching company law Institutional investors with over 12 million shares in the company support the claim ClientEarth has today...