New America Media: Environment

South China Sea: Détente vs. Deterrence

New America Media, News Analysis, Thi Quang Lam, Posted: Jul 26, 2011

When it comes to geopolitics, especially in the South China Sea, there’s a time for détente and then there’s a time for deterrence.

From Alaska to Alberta: Turning Oil Sands into Pop Cans

Corpwatch/The Tyee, News Report, Geoff Dembicki, Posted: Jul 17, 2011

How Canadian bitumen fuels the global thirst for billions of beverage containers.

South Sudan's Critical Question: Can Oil and Water Mix?

The Tyee, News Report, Cam Sylvester, Posted: Jul 15, 2011

What shapes the chances for the hopeful new nation that others call a 'pre-failed state'?

URGENT: Hunger Strikers’ Health Rapidly Deteriorating

San Francisco BayView, Commentary, Marilyn McMahon, Posted: Jul 13, 2011

According to advocates hunger strikers’ health rapidly deteriorating prisoners are about to die in California prisons, possibly by the dozens or even more.

The North Korean Food Dilemma

Koream Magazine, Question & Answer, Staff Report, Posted: Jul 11, 2011

How hungry is North Korea, and how conditional should food aid be? Korea specialist David C. Kang provides an overview of the North Korean food aid quandary.

One Year After BP Oil Spill, Asian Fishermen Struggle to Recover

Pacific Citizen, News Report, Nalea J. Ko, Posted: Jul 09, 2011

Gulf Coast fishermen and community groups voice their frustrations one year after the Gulf Coast oil spill.

California Utility Answers Ethnic Media on Green Energy, Smart Meters and Costs

New America Media, News Report, Liz Gonzalez, Posted: Jul 02, 2011

As home-energy use spike in the summer sun, Southern California Edison responded to concerns of ethnic media about rising bills, smart meters and more.

Praying for Dzil Ligai: Largest Fire in Arizona History Threatens White Mountain Apache Homelands

Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: Jun 17, 2011

The smoke from Arizona's largest wildland fire, the Wallow Fire, gently drifted over the mountains northeast of the White Mountain Apache tribal headquarters.

The True Cost of Oil: Revisiting the Conflict in the Niger Delta

New America Media, News Report, Khalil Abdullah, Posted: Jun 13, 2011

As uprisings in the Middle East send the price of petroleum soaring, a symposium addressed the much higher price paid by the Ogoni people in Nigeria's long relationship with Shell Oil.

Cause of Death: Consumption of Basa Fish

Talk.Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2011

Is it possible that the after-school fish stick snacks you have been feeding your child could possibly be contaminated with deadly metals such as mercury?! Unfortunately, the answer is YES.