by Nelson Bailey | Oct 23, 2016 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
Human Rights Abuses Escalate at DAPL Prayer Services in North Dakota | Huffington Post “It makes me so sad. I want to feel like what we have been fighting for over the past hundred years is our dignity and that we as Indigenous people will be accorded full human...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 23, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety
Statewide poll results released today show that, on the hot-button issues of fracked-gas pipelines and coal ash disposal, Virginia voters disagree with the approach being taken by Governor Terry McAuliffe by significant, bipartisan margins. The results of the poll,...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 22, 2016 | Events, Spiritual Ecology
Dear Friends, Rev. Fletcher of GreenFaith will be leading a session on 2017 DC Climate March mobilization at a venue near Yogaville community this coming Saturday, October 29, from 9:30am to 11:30am. Please note the optional activities starting with noon meditation at...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 22, 2016 | Politics of energy
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Basil Gooden are set to make “an important economic development announcement” Thursday at Rock Wood Products north of Dillwyn. Media outlets received invitations Friday afternoon from the...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 22, 2016 | Fossil Fuels
The modern internal combustion engine first came from Germany and now Germany wants to put a nail in its coffin. The Bundesrat has passed a resolution to ban the ICE beginning in 2030. Source: German Lawmakers Vote to Ban the Internal Combustion Engine