MEDIA RELEASE March 21, 2008 The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund 675 Mower Road Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 17202 www.celdf.org For Immediate Release Nottingham and Barnstead, NH Join Growing List of Communities Recognizing Rights of Nature Nottingham NH passed The Nottingham Water Rights and Local Self – Government Ordinance at Town Meeting… Continue reading
Public release date: 23-Mar-2008 University of California – San Diego Contact: Rob Monroe, Mario Aguilera scrippsnews@ucsd.edu 858-534-3624 Black carbon pollution emerges as major player in global warming Soot from biomass burning, diesel exhaust has 60 percent of the effect of carbon dioxide on warming but mitigation offers immediate benefits Black… Continue reading
Arkansas forecasters fear record flooding The Associated Press Published: 03.24.2008 LITTLE ROCK – High water pouring down the White River could cause historic flooding in cities along its path in eastern Arkansas, forecasters warned Sunday. The river could top levels recorded in a devastating flood 25 years ago, National Weather… Continue reading
Peru tribe battles oil giant over pollution By Dan Collyns BBC News, Loreto, Peru Achuar’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… Continue reading