Peru tribe battles oil giant over pollution By Dan Collyns BBC News, Loreto, PeruAchuar’s spiritual leader, Tomas Maynas Tomas Maynas says fish died and crops wilted It is a familiar story. Big business moves into a pristine wilderness and starts destroying the environment and by turn the livelihoods of the… Continue reading

Kansas Governor Vetoes Plan For Coal Power Plants by Tom Doggett WASHINGTON – In a big win for environmentalists, the Democratic governor of Kansas on Friday vetoed legislation that would have allowed a huge coal-fired power plant to expand in the state and spew 11 million more tons of greenhouse… Continue reading