Writings on the wall

Greg Palast writes:
So, we’ve got both candidates hawking the nuclear snake oil. But there is one difference between them. A big big BIG difference.
McCain’s ready to spend a hundred billion dollars on nuclear power, no questions asked. But Barack Obama puts a crucial condition on his approval for building new nukes: an affordable method of [...]

The Weld Valley remains one of the most diverse areas of native ecology in southern Tasmania.

The Weld sits at the frontier of Europe’s “ecological empire”, between the ancient rhythms/landscapes of the western wilderness and the graduallty expanding radius of white settlement. Today indiustrial forestry pushes into the virgin forests of the lower Weld, while its [...]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service today announced its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to evaluate the use of genetically-engineered fruit flies and pink bollworm in certain plant pest programs. APHIS is inviting the general public to attend a series of public meetings aimed at soliciting comments [...]

A documentary about the dangers of GMO foods and the way the biotech industry has covered this up. Here is the trailer, and you can find more about the film at Roundup Ready Nation.

Huon Valley Environment Centre has made a video documenting the protest against logging in the Weld Valley, in Tasmania’s southern forests. It runs for an hour, and to watch it you’ll need at least 800kbps link speed and Quicktime 7.

More for more information about the campaign to save the Weld, see the Huon Valley Environment [...]