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AFP Photo / Tengku Bahar 24.04.2010, 06:27 1 comment

Coca-Cola still faces pollution disputes in India

Six years after Coca-Cola’s bottling plant shut down in India’s southern state of Kerala, the company continues to face allegations claiming it caused the depletion of groundwater and polluted the water resources.

13.05.2010, 16:59 22 comments

Is it time to give Capitalism a vacation?

Oil spills, global warming, species extinction and foreign wars in oil-producing countries all in the name of short-lived consumerism. How much more can the natural world handle?

A Russian man walks through downtown Moscow on December 16, 2009. Temperatures in Russia's capital city have dropped to -22 celsius (-11 fahrenheit) (AFP PHOTO / Natalia Kolesnikova) 17.12.2009, 08:57 5 comments

Copenhagen strives to forge climate change agreement

President Dmitry Medvedev is preparing to join over a hundred leaders at the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, which was stalled for nine-hours on Wednesday due to wrangles over the text to be used for the talks.

08.12.2009, 13:08 4 comments

Skeptics challenge Copenhagen global warming summit

While the UN Secretary General has told the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen that mankind is primarily to blame for global warming, 150 scientists have signed an open letter demanding hard evidence for that.

RIA Novosti / Mikhail Klementiev 12.10.2010, 20:04

Medvedev tunes into rock musicians

Dmitry Medvedev hit Moscow’s Rhythm ‘n Blues Cafe to meet with Russian musicians and chat about everything from favorite bands to ecology and copyright law. Music and beer were also on the menu.

19.04.2010, 17:07 3 comments

Mother Nature gives Globalized Man a volcanic spanking

Once upon a time, people were tossed into the mouths of active volcanoes in order to appease the wrath of the gods. Today, we throw scientists at volcanoes in order to appease the wrath of the people.

A warning sign seen near the logging area in the Khimki forest (RIA Novosti / Anton Denisov) 26.08.2010, 18:27 3 comments

Medvedev suspends disputed highway project

President Medvedev has ordered the suspension of the implementation of the government resolution to construct a highway through the Khimki Forest in the Moscow Region, which was fiercely opposed by environmentalists.

Abandoned construction machinery on the site of the suggested paid highway construction across the Khimki forest (RIA Novosti / Anton Denisov) 27.08.2010, 22:52 3 comments

Medvedev’s decision to stop Khimki forest logging arrives too late – mass media

As the president kick-starts the debate on the fate of Khimki forest motorway, some say there is nothing left to save.

30.08.2010, 17:24 3 comments

Russia’s brutal summer inspires green awakening

Blame it on this summer’s deadly heat wave or political brinkmanship, but Russian leaders appear more willing to provide space for green alternatives.

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AFP Photo / Ali Al-Saadi 23.10.2010, 09:36 14 comments

Poisonous US weapons in Iraq kill thousands and mar generations

US commanders in Iraq ignored evidence of torture and the murder of civilians. These are the major findings from the leak of 400,000 secret American military files from the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks.

Greens push for clean energy

Published: 03 March, 2009, 11:09


AFP Photo / Tim Sloan

Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Washington to urge Congress to reduce greenhouse gases. They’re targeting the government's own coal-burning power plant near Capitol Hill, which they want to see shut down.

 
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