Oilsands Report Response
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010By: CBC News Environment Minister John Baird talks about the Oilsands Advisory Panel report that is critical of the government for not doing enough to monitor the environmental impact of oilsands development in Alberta. Watch Full Video. Source: http://video.ca.msn.com/watch/video/oilsands-report-response/16a0c0476?from=gallery_enca_News_Topstories_CBC
Oilsands Panel Calls for Critical Fixes
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010By: CBC News A high-level scientific panel has sharply criticized the water quality monitoring system in Alberta’s oilsands, going so far as to say ‘there is no system’ Read Full Article. Source: http://video.ca.msn.com/watch/video/oilsands-panel-calls-for-critical-fixes/16a0zsg6w?from=gallery_enca_News_Topstories_CBC
Dem. Rep. of Congo: Women Working in Gold mines
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010By: Georgina Cranston, in Guardian (UK) An audio slide show telling the story of women working in gold mines, their poverty & effects on their health. http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/1003387
James Cameron and Avatar Cast Shine Spotlight on Real Battles to Defend “Pandoras on Earth”
Friday, August 27th, 2010Timed with the re-release of Avatar in theatres today, highly acclaimed director James Cameron has teamed up with Amazon Watch to produce a short feature “A Message from Pandora.” The documentary spotlights the battle to stop the massive Belo Monte Dam on the Xingu River in the Brazilian Amazon, which thousands of local Indigenous people [...]