by Nelson Bailey | Dec 2, 2016 | Health & Safety, Pollution - Other Sources
The Huffington Post | By Chris D’Angelo Carnival Corp.’s Princess Cruise Lines will plead guilty to seven felony charges and pay $40 million for deliberately polluting the ocean and attempting to cover up the crime, the Department of Justice said...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 28, 2016 | Conservation, Spiritual Ecology
A new group has formed to preserve, restore and celebrate the history of Alexander Hill Baptist Church in Buckingham — the oldest and first African-American church in the county. A Buckingham Circuit Court judge recently appointed Joseph Scruggs, Mary E. Brown Shelton...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 26, 2016 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
Dakota Access oil pipeline protesters will not follow a government directive to leave the federal land where hundreds have camped for months, organizers said on Saturday, despite state officials encouraging them to do so. US news | The Guardian Protesters block Route...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 24, 2016 | Endangered Species, Health & Safety
Standing Rock: injured protester’s father says police account is ‘bogus nonsense’ | US news | The Guardian Officers claim protesters set off explosion but Sophia Wilansky’s father and on-site medical professionals say injury is ‘entirely consistent’...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 22, 2016 | Endangered Species, Health & Safety
A 21-year-old woman was severely injured and may lose her arm after being hit by a projectile when North Dakota law enforcement officers turned water cannon on Dakota Access pipeline protesters and threw “less-than-lethal” weapons. Sophia Wilansky was one of several...
