Ontario is planning on updating its 136 year old mining law to reflect current values and conditions. Preventing wildcat staking of personal and aboriginal property is one of its highest priorities.
New York City Gets Hybrid Police Cars
May 3, 2009 By 12 Comments
NYPD’s Blue just got a little greener by adding 40 new Nissan Altima Hybrids to their fleet of patrol cars. Of the forty cars, 18 of them are marked and 22 are unmarked. And while they cost the city $25,391 per vehicle, they get double the gas mileage compared to the current fleet.
West Virginia Mountain Top Removal Coal Protests Heating Up
May 3, 2009 By 8 Comments
Coal River Vally, WV, has become home to a civil disobedience campaign against Massy Energy company in an attempt to halt their destructive mountaintop renewal coal mining practices.
Kay Sexton, with her regular run down of environmental protests, has been examining the “imperatives and complexities” of protests that are unique to the environmentalist movement. Here’s another data point to add into the discussion.
Environmental Protest Round Up: 1 May
May 1, 2009 By 1 Comment
Environmental protest takes many forms and is as often defined by local culture as by the nature of the problem. This week’s round-up looks at how three different locations have been involved in very different forms of protest.
