The Power of Film: Indonesian Deforestation Exposed
Between major environmental campaigns, international policy negotiations, and increasingly critical threats to biodiversity and local communities, the issue of Indonesian rainforest destruction is gaining much needed recognition as a critical…
Questions Raised on Billion Dollar Indonesia-Norway Deal
Last week, Norman Jiwan of Sawit Watch, an Indonesian NGO ally concerned with the ongoing adverse social and environmental impacts of palm oil plantations, wrote an op-ed in the Jakarta…
RBC Tables an Offer on Tar Sands
A light at the end of the tunnel?Photo: . SantiMB . via Flickr The tar sands tide may finally be turning at Canada’s biggest bank. RBC is among the largest…
Syncrude Convicted, Yet More Crude Sin to Come
On Friday morning I attended the long awaited verdict of the Syncrude duck trial with high hopes and low expectations. After a two-and-a-half-month trial, Syncrude was found guilty of the…
G8 Madness
I spent the week of the G8/G20 in Edmonton following Twitter feeds, text messages, and Facebook updates as many of the people I have worked with over the years were…
The True Cost of Coal
My friend and mentor David Solnit often talks about “a movement of movements.” He describes them as a convergence space where we experiment with and test our resistance to power….
From Ecuador’s Rainforest to Louisiana’s Gulf Coast
On Tuesday morning Mariana Jiminez a 71-year-old grandmother from the region in Ecuador devastated by Chevron’s massive oil contamination, dipped her hand in the oil black water covering the precious…
Ecuadorean Indigenous Leaders Share Oil Spill Experiences with Gulf Coast Communities
Last night, four Indigenous and community leaders from Ecuador arrived in very steamy New Orleans to share their experiences with the long-term impacts of oil pollution with communities dealing with…
World Bank and IFC: The Big Bucks Behind Indonesia’s Rainforest Destruction
With oil gushing in the gulf, activists locking down in boardrooms, the ball of financial reform being thrown from Wall Street to Washington and back again, and Indonesia announcing a…
Chevron’s New Low: 20 Global Community Leaders Rejected, 5 Arrested at AGM
The Chevron Corporation and it’s CEO John Watson hit a new low in disrespecting human rights and showing it’s true colors to how they regard the communities they pollute and…