08-08-28: Cambodia: Mass Evictions May Follow Lake Grab
Forests.org: Forest Protection Portal

Inter Press Service: A plan to redevelop Phnom Penh's largest remaining natural lake into a residential and shopping precinct has ignited a storm of protests and claims that it could result in the largest eviction in Cambodia's post-war history. Local and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) fear the redevelopment of Boeung Kak lake could be the precursor of a fresh round of evictions across the country and renewed pressure on communities involved in existing land disputes. The ...

08-08-27: No organic for me, please
Forests.org: Forest Protection Portal

Globe and Mail: I lost the household battle over organic foods years ago. I had argued that organic foods were outrageously expensive, that some of the fertilizers used on them?animal poop, to be precise?might be risky to our health, and that organic standards were flexible enough that I was never sure I was buying the real thing. The fact that a lot of organic food is delivered from afar by carbon-spewing trucks only bolstered my case. Or so I thought. My wife, a science-and-health writer and editor ...

08-08-22: Environmental Laws That Bite Back
unEARTHED | the Earthjustice forum on environmental issues

08-08-11: Is the Future of the Internet the Future of Knowledge?
InfoDesign: Understanding by Design

"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 the Internet? What (or who) should we believe and why? Is the Internet's role in shaping knowledge creation and dissemination broadly a force for good? Doesn't participation educate? Doesn't such an array of easily accessible knowledge and information have a potentially democratising effect? Should knowledge and news production by non-professionals on the Internet be limited in any way? This panel discussion was part of the Weidenfeld Scholars' Speaker Series in Oxford, sponsored by the Weidenfeld Institute for Strategic Dialogue (London) and organized in collaboration with the OII." ()

08-08-07: India court approves Vedanta to mine in tribal hills
Forests.org: Forest Protection Portal

Reuters: India's Supreme Court allowed Britain's Vedanta Resources Plc <VED.L> 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 said in a statement. Vedanta wants to dig open-cast mines in the Niyamgiri hills in Orissa state to feed an alumina refinery it has already built in the area, as part of an $800 million project. The local ...

08-08-05: Emerald ash borer found in Wisconsin
Forests.org: Forest Protection Portal

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 near the village of Newburg in Ozaukee County last week. A United States Department of Agriculture lab in Romulus, Mich., detected the insect in the samples, and a lab at the Smithsonian Institution confirmed the discovery late ...

08-07-29: Indian villagers burn Dow Chemical site
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08-07-23: What if you could own your Internet connection?
Google Public Policy Blog

08-07-22: visual comparison of online censorship
information aesthetics

08-07-17: I-69 Ground Breaking Ceremony is Militarized
Infoshop News