Illinois illegally seizes Bees Resistant to Monsanto’s Roundup; Kills remaining Queens
OnIllinois illegally seizes Bees Resistant to Monsanto’s Roundup; Kills remaining Queens.
Month: May 2013
Another Volley Of Bullets For Bastar’s Tribals
OnLittle did the tribals know that death awaited them at the village temple. On the night of 17 May, they had gathered at Edesmeta village in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district to celebrate a local festival when the firing started. Eight villagers, including three…
Gonds rally round fellow tribals protesting Chutka nuclear plant
OnGond tribals and anti-nuclear activists took out a celebratory rally here after a public hearing, scheduled for Friday, on the Chutka Nuclear Power Project was indefinitely postponed by the Mandla Collector. They had threatened to picket the hearing on the environment impact…
Is it A Crime to Menstruate?
OnIn December 2010, Indian actress, Jayamala was investigated by the Crimes Branch of the police, on order of the Kerala state government in India, and then officially charged with violating Indian law. Her crime, it seems, is to belong to a gender…
ADB and the Odd International travel advisories for India
OnJudging by the travel guidelines issued by various countries to their citizens travelling to India - from being duped into marriage to being slain by our terrible driving skills or attacked by stray dogs - it seems that the foreign traveller has…
Ban Monsanto
OnUS Cities Which Banned GMOs Below are U.S. counties, cities and states which ban or call for restrictions on GMOs: Mendocino County, California - The ordinance, Measure H, was passed by referendum on March 2, 2004. Marin County, California Santa Cruz County,…
Shocking betrayal on Western Ghats - Madhav Gadgil
OnCourtesy: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/shocking-betrayal-on-western-ghats/article4724986.ece An open letter from Madhav Gadgil says Kasturirangan panel report will rob the region of its biodiversity Dear Dr. K. Kasturirangan, J.B.S. Haldane, the celebrated 19th-century scientist and humanist who quit England protesting its imperialistic invasion of Suez to become an…
Political Declaration on Extractives Assembly from the World Social Forum
OnThe following declaration is the result of the World Social Forum Extractives Assembly. Some EJOLT collaborators joined the discussions and EJOLT supports this declaration: We, organisations assembled here, bear witness to a global extractivist boom that is leading to great misery for…
Press Release: "Unburnable" fuels How to keep the oil in the soil
OnBrussels, May 21, 2022 Courtesy: http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=19d3da1852472c315fcece5dd&id=1e68eaa372&e=%5BUNIQID%5D Today, a global coalition of economists and activists release a 200p report on a variety of initiatives to leave “unburnable” fuels in the soil. The EU funded EJOLT network studied a range of campaigns and innovative proposals…
Join to Celebrate 22 June 2022 as Black Day
OnDear Friends, The PPSS invites you to join the ‘Black Day’ on June 22nd, 2013, the 8th anniversary of the day when the (now expired) MoU between the Government of Orissa and POSCO was signed at the behest of the Manmohan Singh government….