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…
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…
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…