Moving Towards DDT-Free: Uganda and Beyond
As reported in a recent Reuters article, the United Nations has announced a plan to rid the world of DDT by 2020.
The Story of Stuff Makes the Headlines
Annie Leonard, one of the founders of Greengrants’ India Advisory Board and longtime member of the Greengrants network, is gaining fame for her video entitled ‘The Story of Stuff.’
Landmark Case against Texaco for Amazon Pollution Nears End
Sixteen years after the lawsuit was first filed by Ecuadoran residents of the Amazon rainforest against Texaco—now owned by Chevron—for polluting their lands and waters, the end is finally in sight. At stake is the largest damages award for an environmental case in history—more than $27 billion.
Greengrants Supporter Roy Young on Submarine Tailings Disposal Practices
Longtime Greengrants donor and friend, Roy Young, owner of Nature’s Own stores across Colorado, has co-authored an article on the impacts of the horrendous practice of submarine tailings disposal in the March/April 2009 edition of World Watch Magazine.
Concern over Climate Negotiations in Poland
Voicing their dissent to government efforts to derail climate change negotiations, 150 representatives of the International Youth Delegation gathered in Warsaw, Poland last month to protest a European Union Climate Package meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.