Monday, September 16, 2013

Anglo American has pulled out of the proposed Pebble gold mine in Alaska. / Documentary film about Fukushima’s children / Flooding in CO: Yet both situations illustrate how mining & drilling threaten our health and environment

EARTHWORKS
about an hour ago
BIG news: Anglo American has pulled out of the proposed Pebble gold mine in Alaska.

With clear science on the mine's devastating impacts and widespread community opposition, it's no wonder why.

Now it's up to the EPA to make the right decision. http://bit.ly/186Q5uY
Photo: BIG news: Anglo American has pulled out of the proposed Pebble gold mine in Alaska. With clear science on the mine's devastating impacts and widespread community opposition, it's no wonder why. Now it's up to the EPA to make the right decision. http://bit.ly/186Q5uY
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Documentary film about Fukushima’s children
Award-winning Filmmaker on Fukushima: “People have low white blood cell counts… children and adults experiencing more nosebleeds and rashes” -Japan Times http://enenews.com/award-winning-filmmaker-on-fukushima-people-have-low-white-blood-cell-counts-children-and-adults-experiencing-more-nosebleeds-and-rashes-japan-times
Title: Filmmaker revisits the children of Fukushima’s ‘Grey Zone’
Source: Japan Times
Author: Louise George Kittaka
Date: Sept. 9, 2013
For independent filmmaker Ian Thomas Ash, making documentaries is an organic process. “I’m not a journalist, and I don’t try to make judgments,” he says. “My reaction is to film what is going on around me and see where it leads.”
In Ash’s case, it has led to recognition and awards at film festivals around the world for “A2-B-C,” the second of a pair of documentaries about children living in towns a stone’s throw from the site of the nuclear reactor meltdowns in Fukushima Prefecture.

http://nuclear-news.net/2013/09/14/documentary-film-about-fukushimas-children/


EARTHWORKS shared a link via New Mexico Environmental Law Center.
18 hours ago
Flood in Colorado. Drought in New Mexico.

Yet both situations illustrate how mining & drilling threaten our health and environment. Go figure.

Help our friends New Mexico Environmental Law Center: take a stand against corporate pollution of public groundwater.
 
 
EARTHWORKS shared a link.
20 hours ago
No matter what the media is doing, the Colorado floods should force us to re-examine the risk of fracking-enabled oil & gas development.

If every oil/gas well is a potential toxic spill, how should that change the public debate?

There's no such thing as a toxic spill from conservation and renewables.