The endless struggle to clean up Rio de Janeiro’s highly polluted Guanabara Bay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRZlESe7hkQ&ab_channel=Mongabay
Once a nursery for marine life, Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro is now dying from the dumping of thousands of liters of sewage into its waters; artisanal fishermen now survive by picking up the garbage that floats in the bay.
#pollution #Brazil #RioDeJaneiro #guanabarabay #rawsewage #poisoned #ecosystem #struggle #cleanup #governmentinaction
#pollution #brazil #riodejaneiro #guanabarabay #rawsewage #poisoned #ecosystem #struggle #cleanup #governmentinaction
"So you cut all the tall #trees down
You #poisoned the #sky and the #sea
You've taken what's good from the ground
But you've left precious little for me
You remember the flood and the fall
We remember the light on the hill
There should be enough for us all
But the dollar is driving us still
The river runs red, black rain falls
Dust in my hand
River runs red, black rain falls
On my bleeding land
So we came and conquered, and found
Riches of commons and kings
Who strangled and wrestled the ground
But they never put back anything
Now I'm trapped like a dog in a cage
Wherever the truth is pursued
It must be the curse of the age
What's taken is never renewed
The river runs red, black rain falls
Dust in my hand
River runs red, black rain falls
On my bleeding land, oh yeah
The river runs red, black rain falls
Dust in my hand
A river runs red, black rain falls
On my bleeding land
Land, land, land, land
(On my bleeding land)
Land, land
The river runs red, black rain falls
Dust in my hand
(My hand)
The river runs red, black rain falls
On my bleeding land
The river runs red, the black rain falls
(The river runs red, the black rain falls)
Dust in my hand
(My hand)
The river runs red, black rain falls
On my bleeding land
Land, land, land, land
Land, land, land, land"
- #MidnightOil, 1990
#ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateActivism #ClimateCrisis #LandBack #Capitalism #GeneralStrike
#trees #poisoned #sky #sea #midnightoil #climatecatastrophe #climateactivism #ClimateCrisis #landback #capitalism #generalstrike
Gatti avvelenati in #viaLatina, è allarme
Un micio è stato soccorso da un cittadino e attualmente è ricoverato. Chi volesse contribuire alle sue spese veterinarie può contattare la volontaria Diana Santucci
#Poisoned cats in #viaLatina, alarm
A kitten was rescued by a citizen and is currently hospitalised. Anyone wishing to contribute to its veterinary expenses can contact volunteer Diana Santucci
28-5-2023 12:1 #IlPescara https://www.ilpescara.it/ https://www.ilpescara.it/animali/gatti-avvelenati-via-latina.html
#vialatina #poisoned #ilpescara
#PabloNeruda #ChileanPoet #Poisoned #DictatorPinochet https://www.science.org/content/article/pablo-neruda-was-poisoned-death-new-forensic-report-suggests
Pablo Neruda was poisoned to death, a new forensic report suggests
A toxicological report revealed the presence of a neurotoxin that experts say was likely administered intentionally
#pabloneruda #chileanpoet #poisoned #dictatorpinochet
Residents of #EastPalestine, Ohio were acutely #poisoned by the government’s “controlled burn” of #vinylchloride
https://newstarget.com/2023-04-05-cdc-epidemic-intelligence-service-fell-ill-east-palestine.html
#disaster #vinylchloride #poisoned #EastPalestine
Residents of #EastPalestine, Ohio were acutely #poisoned by the government’s “controlled burn” of #vinylchloride #disaster
#disaster #vinylchloride #poisoned #EastPalestine
https://youtube.com/live/UqJaWyLhvc8?feature=shares #eastpalestine still being #poisoned daily
#Poisoned students in #Iran to shut down #girls' #schools. Since the end of November, local media have reported cases of respiratory #poisoning of hundreds of girls aged around 10 years old in schools in #Qom.
Sorry that I had a doubt about these news, Bani @theysaybani. There has been a report in french by @afpfr now. (For myself, I always need to verify each information). The iranian justice does not seem to investigate very hard to find who is guilty.
#poisoned #iran #girls #schools #poisoning #qom
There is precedent for #ThackerPass resistance!
Navajo and Hopi tribes campaign to remain on Black Mesa lands and protect it from coal mining, United States, 1993-1996
"The land on the Big Mountain reservation has been disputed by the U.S. Government and the Navajo and Hopi tribes since 1882. This area in Black Mesa, Arizona, which was extremely rich in sulfur coal deposit, attracted mining companies and the government due to the potential profit. Mining began on the Navajo and Hopi land and started to increase greatly by the 1970s. Congress signed a relocation act in 1974, which would allow one company, Peabody Coal, to mine this area uninhibited. The reservation lands of Black Mesa were then to be used as strip mining sites for private U.S. mining companies.
"Since 1974, Navajo and Hopi peoples received a lot of pressure from the government and mining companies, Peabody Coal in particular, to relocate. The U.S. government issued laws reducing Navajo and Hopi ability to keep livestock on their land. They also offered $5000 to those who willingly gave up their homes and moved elsewhere. Despite all the government pressure, by the 1990s, there still remained about 300 Navajo and Hopi families who had refused to leave.
"Despite the government pressure, #Navajos and #Hopis, already sharing government protected land, lived amicably and struggled beside one another in order to protect the land their people shared. The struggle between the government and the #indigenous tribes continued through the '90s but escalated on 5 August 1993 when a federal judge ordered the remaining Navajo to either relocate or sign a lease that would give them squatter’s rights on the land for the next 75 years. The Navajo ignored the order and continued living on the land—neither relocating nor signing a lease.
"From 1993 to 1996, the 300 Navajo families stood their ground and occupied their land against government wishes. They also ignored the continued orders demanding that they either choose to relocate or to forfeit their rights to the land and become squatters. In response, in November of 1993, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) began daily raids of livestock in order to push out the remaining Navajo and charged increasingly large sums to release the livestock.
"In the meantime, #PeabodyCoal had #mined the area since 1968 and continued to do so as the tribes fought to stay on their land. To transport the coal, Peabody created a slurry pipeline that used natural reserves belonging to the natives. This act dried up fifty springs and #poisoned water, killing livestock and threatening the lives of the Navajo. Navajo elders took actions in order to combat the advancing mining. El Elders Pauline Whitesinger and Roberta Blackgoat, in particular, were known for their decades of resistance, for tearing down fences, for confronting the BIA, and for ignoring official demands and turning away government workers who tried to persuade them off their lands.
"In 1993, Peabody bulldozed at least four Navajo #burial grounds. The Navajo blocked bulldozers with their bodies, tore down fences, turned away government officials, wrote numerous letters and emails, lobbied for government attention, and raised awareness among the Navajo people using the internet and frequent meetings. It is unclear when several of these tactics were employed. In addition, Navajo peoples filed several lawsuits in response to unfair land use by Peabody, for water rights, and against Peabody’s violation of federal #mining laws. Peabody carried on with their normal practices despite objections. Peabody Coal cited studies backed by their own funding that indicated that their mining practices were in no way damaging the environment.
"On 11 March 1996, a federal judge ruled the activity of Peabody as an infringement on human and environmental rights of local residents. Peabody’s pipeline was found guilty of violating the National Environmental Policy Act and the Surface Ming Control Act. Thus, the judge revoked Peabody's mining permit. He found that the tribal councils, the OSMRE, and BIA were disregarding the basic rights of the people in this area for profit's sake. Peabody appealed the decision and continued fighting for reestablishing mining access after this ruling.
"When the deadline, 1 April 1996, finally arrived most of the remaining families had not complied with the courts. The Navajo remained in their original homes, though as many as fifty families had accepted the proposal by the government. The courts took no action against the remaining families.
"On 26 September 1996, the U.S Congress passed the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Act, which would require all Navajo to relocate by 2000. In 1996, a group of Hopi and Navajos travelled to the London Stockholders meeting of Hanson’s ltd. to protest Peabody Coal’s presence in Black Mesa. Lord Hanson ordered his security guards to throw out the tribe representatives. Before doing so, resistance leader, Roberta Blackgoat offered a prayer. Today, families still refuse to acknowledge the various land acts. In regard to Peabody Coal, the Department of Interior Office of Surface Mining (IOSM) granted a permit to Peabody Coal to allow the continuation of operations in Black Mesa on 22 December 2008. However, after reevaluation due to an appeal from Navajo and Hopi peoples, the Department of IOSM withdrew this permit granted to Peabody on 8 January 2010. This was a success for the tribal and environmental organizations."
#EnvironmentalRacism #CulturalGenocide #NativeAmericans
#ThackerPass #navajos #hopis #indigenous #peabodycoal #mined #poisoned #burial #mining #environmentalracism #culturalgenocide #nativeamericans
I dedicate this post to the memory of my dear friend and compañero #CristiánOrrego, who worked with me and many others in the NewEngland #ChileSolidarityMovement during the #PinochetDictatorship. Cristián was a geneticist who formed part of the international forensic team that conducted an investigation into the cause of death of the Chilean poet #PabloNeruda. You may be aware that the results of that investigation have just been made public after painstaking work during 10 years. They indicate that Neruda was indeed #poisoned not long after the coup d'état that overthrew the government of #PresidentSalvadorAllende. I am very proud of Cristián's many accomplishments and those of the entire team of scientists who doggedly pursued the truth about the real cause of Neruda's death. 🇨🇱
https://www.science.org/content/article/pablo-neruda-was-poisoned-death-new-forensic-report-suggests
#cristianorrego #chilesolidaritymovement #pinochetdictatorship #pabloneruda #poisoned #presidentsalvadorallende
The #wolves they howled for my lost #soul
I fell down a deep black #hole
He'd left me for another #lady
She poured the #drinks and she poured the #power
A #diamond #girl who could talk for #hours
He'd left me for another lady
Now I am on my own
He told me he was #leaving
And I was #pleading
And I had to let him go
Her name was #NewYork, New York
And she took his #heart away oh my
Her name was New York, New York
She had #poisoned his sweet #mind
#soul #lady #power #girl #poisoned #diamond #hours #pleading #music #wolves #leaving #newyork #heart #mind #PalomaFaith #hole #drinks
A court in #Tbilisi , the capital of #Georgia , has been told that the former president, Mikheil #Saakashvili, has been #poisoned with heavy metals while in prison. At a hearing to determine whether he should be temporarily released on humanitarian grounds, a US #toxicology expert said hair, nail and blood samples showed traces of #mercury and #arsenic. (cont.)
#tbilisi #georgia #saakashvili #poisoned #toxicology #mercury #arsenic
#Lukashenko told to fire all staff as Foreign Affairs Minister #poisoned
#StandWithUkraine #RussiaAggression #RussianCrimes #Dictatorship #Surveillance #Censorship #RussianWarCrimes #FreeNavalny #PutinsWar #Russia
#russia #PutinsWar #freeNavalny #RussianWarCrimes #censorship #surveillance #dictatorship #RussianCrimes #RussiaAggression #StandWithUkraine #poisoned #lukashenko
#Belarus #ForeignMinister Killed By #Russian #Assassins, Reports Say | #SaharaReporters
"New reports have claimed that the late Belarus Foreign Minister #VladimirMakei was #poisoned in a #Kremlin sting operation."
https://saharareporters.com/2022/11/28/belarus-foreign-minister-killed-russian-assassins-reports-say
#kremlin #poisoned #vladimirmakei #saharareporters #assassins #russian #foreignminister #belarus