Tag: environmental activists
Climate activists victorious after using a necessity defense
“Zenith Energy Corporation, and the city’s inability to shut it down, is the poster child for what is wrong with our system.”
Environmental Activists Being Killed Globally: Why Are World Leaders Still Silent?
“Planet earth is a beautiful place and worth dying for”
This is not a quote; this was a belief...
Murder and intimidation of environmental activists hits record levels
As of this writing, nearly 60 activists and defenders are known to have been murdered this year.
4 people every week were murdered while protecting the environment in...
The killings of land defenders are growing and spreading.
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The US war on Cuba’s doctors
“Cuban eye doctors in Jamaica are the only reason why my grandmother didn’t go fully blind in one eye after she got a botched surgery. The work they’ve done for rural and poor Jamaicans is immeasurable.”
Supreme Court opens door to conversion therapy in free speech ruling
In an 8-1 decision, the Court struck down Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors, prioritizing a therapist’s First Amendment claim over state efforts to restrict a practice rejected by major medical organizations.
Mark Carney pledges $1B in taxpayer money for a ‘carbon bomb’ project
It’s a massive subsidy to Equinor, the Norwegian oil company behind the Bay du Nord offshore oil project.
Does not our ongoing, epic failure to obstruct immorality confirm America as an immoral...
What morally deficient country tolerates blatant wickedness without rising up to avert the next outrage? His re-election was bad enough; tolerance of evil is worse.
Why capitalism relies on nature and care work it does not pay for
Modern economies depend on unpriced ecosystem functions and undervalued care and reproductive labor—essential inputs that are difficult to commodify. This tension helps explain environmental degradation, social strain, and the limits of market systems.