ENVIRONMENT These are articles previously published by Toward Freedom related to this category.
Justice for the Folks
An interview with Joshua Marcus, on his CD, This Land – an Environmental Justice Folk Recording.
Environment
Water vs. Gold Mining: How a Colombian City United Against Gold Greed
Joy ran high two weeks ago among students, environmentalists, businesspeople, and politicians as the news came in that Greystar Resources had revoked their application for a large-scale open-pit gold mine in the mountains of northeastern Colombia.
The Health Impact of Nuclear Meltdowns: From California to Chernobyl
As the nuclear meltdowns continue in Japan, it’s important to consider the history and health impact of similar meltdowns in the US and Ukraine.
Honduras: UN-Backed African Palm Plantations Leading to Oppression, Kidnapping and Murder
The promise of carbon credits and free money from schemes like the U.N.-backed Clean Development Mechanism, appear to be among the causes of renewed violence.
Fossil Fuel Fest: Obama and Climate Change
Only days before President Obama delivered this year’s State of the Union speech, a startlingly grim assessment of global climate change was released by the International Energy Agency which was as definitive as it was dramatic.
Rewriting the “Tragedy of the Commons”
It was two years before the first Earth Day in 1970 when Garrett Hardin penned the famous essay “Tragedy of the Commons,” and it fit a certain bleak and despairing mood of the time.