What it took to win one small victory
ESSAY - May 11, 2010
By Ken Winkes
We won. The tiny town of Conway, Wash., will not have a cell tower looming over its one street. Thanks to hours of work and thousands of dollars, we won. But it shouldn’t have been that hard.
The 150-foot tower was to have been located behind the post office, where it would [...]
Giving Nature Constitutional Rights
Published by Yes! Magazine on March 2, 2010
Simply regulating pollution will never really stop it. Mari Margil of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund discusses why we need a fundamental change in the way we use law to protect nature.
The environmental movement, with its army of professional advocates, lawyers, grassroots campaigners, and dedicated funders, has [...]
Small Town Takes on Mining Giant
The governing council of Blaine Township, Pennsylvania, decided that they will not allow coal mining giant, Consol Energy, to come in and destroy the township’s farms and streams by doing underground longwall mining, a technique now banned in Germany, where it was invented.
The tool they’re using to fight Consol Energy is something called “democracy.” They [...]
Notes on Some Wild & Scenic Film Festival Free Workshops
Yesterday we attended two of the many free workshops offered at the Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival.
While waiting outside the council chamber in the Nevada City Hall for the first workshop to begin, we checked out the various displays by environmental organizations. We also chatted with the good people of Wildlife Rehabilitation & Release, where we picked up [...]
