Tag: environmental activists

Environmentalist Group Calls on Banks to Set ‘Deforestation’ Targets

The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) says banks should consider attaching “deforestation” conditions on loans in a proposal most likely to impact farmers. The ACF claimed that over 200,000 hectares of koala-inhabited habitat in Queensland, Australia, were destroyed in the past 10 years and that over 364,000 hectares of native vegetation were cleared from 2018 to…


LIVE NOW: Environmental Advocate Erin Brockovich Holds a Town Hall in East Palestine, Ohio

Erin Brockovich, an environmental activist and the subject of a Hollywood movie portrayed by Julia Roberts, holds a town hall at 6:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 24 in East Palestine after the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment, which involved toxic chemicals subsequently burnt. The train wreck caused health, safety, and environmental concerns among the…


Environmental Advocate Erin Brockovich Holds a Town Hall in East Palestine, Ohio

Erin Brockovich, an environmental activist and the subject of a Hollywood movie portrayed by Julia Roberts, holds a town hall at 6:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 24 in East Palestine after the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment, which involved toxic chemicals subsequently burnt. The train wreck caused health, safety, and environmental concerns among the…


Just Stop Oil Protests Cost London Metropolitan Police £7.5 Million

Disruptive protests by the Just Stop Oil climate group cost British taxpayers £7.5 million ($9 million) in policing costs in just nine weeks, newly released figures show. Just Stop Oil, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, has been staging disruptive protests in an attempt to highlight its call for the UK government to begin the process…


Environmetal Activist Freed From Charges Due To Trauma of ‘Climate Change’

An Australian woman who blocked a central Sydney route to protest against climate change entrance has had all charges dismissed after the court was told about her climate anxiety.   Mali Cooper, 22, was charged with disrupting traffic and obstructing drivers or pedestrians for locking her neck to her car on the Sydney Harbour Tunnel during peak hour…


Environmental Activist Freed From Charges Due To Climate Change ‘Trauma’

An Australian woman who blocked a central Sydney route to protest against climate change had all charges dismissed after the court was told about her climate anxiety.   Mali Cooper, 22, was charged with disrupting traffic and obstructing drivers or pedestrians for locking her neck to her car on the Sydney Harbour Tunnel during peak hour traffic in…


Op-Ed Argues That Biden Should Keep Gas Prices High to Fight Climate Change

A new opinion editorial argues that President Joe Biden should strive to keep gas prices at their current levels as a measure to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by disincentivizing the use of gasoline-powered private transportation. In the op-ed, “The Earth Wants Biden to Keep Gas Prices High,” originally published on Bloomberg, economics journalist Eduardo Porter argues…


Inquiry Into Alleged Foreign Funding of ‘Anti-Oilsands Campaigns’ Will Soon Deliver Report

Alberta’s public inquiry into the role foreign money may be playing in undermining the energy sector will deliver its report at the end of January. Accountant Steve Allan has been tasked with the inquiry’s mandate to examine “whether any foreign organization that has evinced an intent harmful or injurious to the Alberta oil and gas…