Links
Here are some interesting links for each of the topics we work on:
Nuclear Energy
- CRIIRAD
Commission for Independent Research and Information about RADiation - Greenpeace – the nuclear section
Greenpeace has a long history of studywork and campaigns against nuclear energy - IPPNW
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War - Nucleare Heritage Network
Connecting anti-nuclear activists worldwide, providing information regarding nuclear issues and anti-nuclear activities in many countries and developping projects and campaigns. - SRIC
Southwest Research and Information Center – Uranium Impact Assessment - Wise Uranium
Covers the health and environmental impacts of uranium mining and nuclear fuel production:
Oil and Gas and Carbon Justice
- Article from Khadija Sharife
Who should pay for Climate Damage? - Enforcing climate justice by law
Enforcing climate change law by a group of lawyers working all over the world - ERA Action
Friends of the Earth Nigeria - Oilwatch
International network acting as watchdog for the oil industry - SOS Yasuni
A website dedicated to implementing the pioneering idea to keep the oil in the soil under the Yasuni ITT block - Texaco Toxico
Spanish site on the legacy of texaco (now Chevron) in Ecuador
Biomass and Land Conflicts
- African Environmental Justice films
A catalogue of online films on social and environmental justice issues in Africa - All the news on grabbing of farmland
Governments and corporations are buying up farmland in other countries to grow their own food or simply to make money - Oakland Institute – Land Rights
The purchase and lease of vast tracts of land from poor, developing countries by wealthier nations and international private investors has led to debate about whether land investment is a tool for development or force of displacement.
Mining and Ship Breaking
- Mines and Communities
Network of indigenous and solidarity NGOs, representing many thousands of people directly affected by the mining industry. - Mines, Minerals and People
Communities COmmand over Natural Resources – Indian network - Mining Justice Alliance
Holding Vancouver-based mining companies accountable through grassroots organizing - MiningWatch Canada
Changing public policy and mining practices to ensure the health of individuals, communities and ecosystems - OCMAL (Spanish)
El Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina (OCMAL) es una articulación de +40 organizaciones con el objetivo de defender las comunidades afectadas por la minería. Haga click en imagen para ver quienes somos - Shipbreaking Platform
An NGO specialised in the issue of shipbreaking – based in Brussels
Environmental Health & Risk Assessment
- Environmental justice in the US
The website of the environmental justice department in the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) of the US
Liabilities and Valuation
- EU Environmental Liability Directive
This Directive establishes a common framework for liability with a view to preventing and remedying damage to animals, plants, natural habitats and water resources, and damage affecting the land
Law and Institutions
- Climate Law Database
Climate Law Database provides you with information about climate change legislation, both existing and proposed, and gives you access to a wide range of related materials. - Enforcing climate justice by law
Enforcing climate change law by a group of lawyers working all over the world - The case of Chevron in Ecuador
Today, Chevron is a corporate criminal on the run. It has been found guilty by Ecuadorian courts and ordered to pay $19 billion. Here you’ll find all update on the hunt for this corporate criminal - The case of Shell in Nigeria
EJOLT partner BHR tracks events on all law and compensation cases of Shell in Nigeria
Consumption, Ecologically Unequal Exchange and Ecological Debt
- Growth and sustainable consumption: this FP7 project bridges the gap
RESPONDER; Linking sustainable consumption and growth debates - Make wealth history
Some great articles on why the earth can’t afford the wealthy
Other
- 70 ecological films reviewed
A catalogue of online films on social and environmental justice issues in Africa - Christopher Walker environmental justice documentaries
Award-winning director who made documentaries related to environmental justice - FP7 project on sustainable production and consumption
CORPUS; The Knowledge Hub on Sustainable Production and Consumption - Project on sustainable lifestyles
What is a sustainable lifestyle? This FP7 project digs rather deep into this