[posted by Rob Evans on The Guardian, March 7th, 2018] Another firm is seeking a sweeping injunction against environmental protesters, drawing accusations that the legal move is “draconian and chillingly anti-democratic”. UK Oil and Gas (UKOG) has applied for a broad injunction to prevent campaigners from mounting protests that it says would unlawfully interfere with its operations. The injunction, if granted by a judge, would cover...

[posted by Dom Phillips on The Guardian, March 7th, 2018] At least 7.7 million Brazilians, or one every minute, have been forced to leave their homes since 2000, a pioneering study has found. Of those, 6.4 million moved after large-scale flooding, droughts and other natural disasters, while 1.2 million were forced out by large-scale construction projects such as dams. The analysis was conducted by Forced Migration Observatory (FMO), a...

[posted by Arthur Neslen on The Guardian, March 5th, 2018] Officials from 24 Latin American and Caribbean states have signed a legally binding environmental rights pact containing measures to protect land defenders, almost two years to the day since environmental leader Berta Cáceres was killed in her home in Honduras. Last year almost 200 nature protectors were killed across the world, 60% of them in Latin America. The new treaty...

Concorso a premi Storie di Economia Circolare

Il Concorso Storie di Economia Circolare, promosso da CDCA ed ECODOM, è un concorso a premi dedicato al racconto di storie virtuose di economia circolare in Italia. Il concorso è rivolto a giornalisti, videomaker, fotografi, scrittori, storyteller e a chiunque voglia mettersi in gioco per raccontare attraverso video, fotografie, audio e scritti una piccola grande storia di cambiamento nel mondo dell’economia del nostro Paese. Finalità...

Veritas – Costruire comunità in Terra dei fuochi

IL CONTESTO La regione Campania è da decenni scenario di attività di sversamento o combustione, illegale o in deroga alle norme nazionali ed europee, di rifiuti industriali nocivi. I ripetuti studi epidemiologici sono concordi nell’individuare nella Terra dei Fuochi, a cavallo delle province di Napoli e Caserta, un’area in cui si riscontrano anomali livelli di criticità sanitarie per incidenza, ospedalizzazione, mortalità (relative a...