Environmental Laws That Bite Back

Is the Future of the Internet the Future of Knowledge?

"US-based panel speakers Lawrence M. Sanger, PhD and Andrew Keen discuss issues of legitimacy, credibility, regulation and censorship on the Internet. What role do truth, trust and expertise have to play in the creation and dissemination of knowledge and news through …

India court approves Vedanta to mine in tribal hills

Reuters: India's Supreme Court allowed Britain's Vedanta Resources Plc on Friday to mine bauxite in sacred hills in the east of the country where tribal people and voluntary groups strongly oppose it. "The application of Vedanta is allowed," the Supreme Court bench …

Emerald ash borer found in Wisconsin

Associated Press: Officials confirmed the first appearance of the emerald ash borer in Wisconsin, a finding that could put about 740 million trees in the state in jeopardy. State Department of Natural Resources foresters took samples from a group of dying ash trees …

Indian villagers burn Dow Chemical site

What if you could own your Internet connection?

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I-69 Ground Breaking Ceremony is Militarized

I-69 Treesit Begins

Construction on Interstate 69 looms closer every day. Already, four Hoosier families have been evicted and their homes demolished. With contracts for ...

G8 - Environment Nil!

When you're in the business of saving the future - and you give yourself a specific deadline, such as 2050 - you need to make sure that every single day between then and now counts. Unfortunately, the G8 Summit was a waste of three whole days. Gathering in Toyako, …

Occupation by Bureaucracy

OAuth for Google Data APIs

No ice at the North Pole

OK-Cancel or Cancel-OK?

"Should the OK button come before or after the Cancel button? Following platform conventions is more important than suboptimizing an individual dialog box." ()

OraPIG - Oracle Python Interface Generator Announced

Mark Harrison, from Pixar Animation Studios, recently announced the first release of "OraPig", which creates Python interfaces for PL/SQL packages. The documentation is a good place to get an overview: http://www.markharrison.net/orapig/

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International Paper Threatens to Violate Own Policy by Expanding Into Indonesian Rainforest

Rainforest Action Network and ForestEthics today condemned a proposal by U.S.-based International Paper to build a pulp mill and establish 1.2 million acres of plantation forest in the heart of the Indonesian rainforest.

Innu people threatened with evictions

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Illegal e-waste exposed

A container of electronic waste (e-waste) from Port of Oakland in the US was intercepted in Hong Kong by Greenpeace activists. After months of research, we determined that the container was destined for Sanshui district in mainland China meaning that - under Chinese …