TOKYO -(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2016. Today, 350.org Japan and Green Peace Japan held a “#NoDAPL Japan” photo action to highlight the massive financing that Japanese banks are pouring into the Dakota Access Pipeline project in the U.S., a project that has endangered water access rights among minority populations in the country.[Read More…]
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2,000 Veterans Plan to be a ‘Human Shield’ for the North Dakota Pipeline Activists
NORTH DAKOTA–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016 By Walter Einenkel No justice. No Peace. As more and more signs point towards the government trying to strong-arm Dakota Access Pipeline protectors and activists in the coming days, a movement called Veterans Stand for Standing Rock plan on lending their help and their bodies. As[Read More…]
University of Chicago Dreyfus Award Boosts Development of Solar Cells with Atomically Thin Semiconductors
A Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation award will help Prof. Jiwoong Park (left) and postdoctoral fellow Yu Zhong develop advanced photovoltaic materials. Photo by: Jean Lachat CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016 By Greg Borzo Chemistry professor Jiwoong Park has won a $120,000 award over two years from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus[Read More…]
New Landmark Study: Tighter Pesticide Regulations Key to Reversing Pollinator Declines
Photo by Ano Lobb. PORTLAND, Ore.— (ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016. Tighter regulation of pesticides is the top recommendation issued by leading pollinator researchers to reverse dramatic declines in populations of bees, butterflies and other pollinators, according to a new paper just published in the journal Science.The researchers’ urgent recommendations for protecting[Read More…]
Endangered Species Mural at Standing Rock Supports Tribal Push to Protect Water, Sacred Land From Pipeline
Dakota skipper mural and photo by Roger Peet. Dakota Skipper Mural Is Tenth Installment in National Endangered Species Mural Project CANNON BALL, N.D.—(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2016. In support of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s campaign to protect their water and sacred grounds from the Dakota Access Pipeline, the Center for Biological[Read More…]
Water Protector Legal Collective Files Suit for Excessive Force Against Peaceful Protesters
Above: Law enforcement uses water canon, teargas, and other munitions against peaceful Water Protectors, November 20, 2016. (Photo: Shanna Merola) CANNON BALL, ND —(ENEWPSF)–November 29, 2016. Yesterday, the Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC-formerly Red Owl), an initiative of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), filed suit in US District Court against[Read More…]
Dave Matthews, Graham Nash, and Tim Reynolds Stand With Standing Rock (Video)
Tim Reynolds (left) and Dave Matthews headline the Stand With Standing Rock charity concert at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. Kyle Gustafson for Rolling Stone Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 28, 2016. On Sunday night, while Standing Rock Sioux Tribe water protectors stood their ground in North Dakota to oppose the Dakota[Read More…]
Sierra Club on Army Corps Plan to Evict Oceti Sakowin Camp
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 28, 2016. Last week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers notified the Standing Rock Sioux tribe that they will evict water protectors from the Oceti Sakowin camp, a primary location housing the resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline. In response, Lena Moffitt, director of the Sierra Club’s[Read More…]
Court Fails to Provide Redress for Beekeeper Damages Caused by Regulatory Gaps
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 28, 2016. Last week, a federal judge effectively rubber stamped U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) policies that allow seeds to be coated with bee-toxic pesticides known as neonicotinoids. These pesticides, persistent in water and soil, are associated with acute bee kills, widespread pollinator declines and environmental damage. The Judge’s Order[Read More…]
Army Corps of Engineers Tells ND ‘Water Protectors’ It Will Close Off Their Main Camp Dec. 5; How You Can Help
NORTH DAKOTA–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2016 By navajo After the militaristic forceful shutdown and raid of the Standing Rock North Camp on October 27, which I covered: Standing Rock Update: 100s arrested, video of mass pepper spraying, injuries from ‘non-lethal’ weapons, we can only dread what will be the eviction of the Oceti[Read More…]
