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Climate 9 say the real crime is Ecocide Climate 9 outside Aberdeen Crown Court June 14, 2010 on trial for vandalism, say the real crime is ecocide, not...
BP ecocide oil rig explosion This morning’s news that the BP oil rig has collapsed is a tragedy for both people and planet. 11 workers...
British campaigner urges UN to accept ‘ecocide’ as international crime Proposal to declare mass destruction of ecosystems a crime on a par with genocide launched by lawyer. Read the full...
Lessons UNlearned How the UN and Member States must do more to end resource-fuelled conflict. Drawing on Global Witness’ experience in Angola, Cambodia,...
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  • Lessons UNlearned

    Lessons UNlearned

    How the UN and Member States must do more to end resource-fuelled conflict. Drawing on Global Witness’ experience in Angola, Cambodia, DRC, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Sudan, this report aims to...
  • Ecocide

    Ecocide

    A CRIME AGAINST PEACE Ecocide is the extensive destruction, damage to or loss of ecosystem(s) of a given territory, whether by human agency or by other causes, to such an extent...
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    NeathlandNeathland: RT @AntoniaZ: No Safe Harbor on Gulf Coast; Human Blood Tests Show Dangerous Levels of Toxins http://huff.to/98qudy #oilspill #ecocide #green
    8 hours ago from bitly
    CineversityTVCineversityTV: #oilspill #gulf #oriskany #pensacola #ecocide #ToBeHonest #worldIwant actual again, but really sad to say http://tiny.cc/lygfb
    18 hours ago from web
    holiday_packageholiday_package: Caribbean Ecocide or Where Did the Cancun and Playa Del Carmen Beaches Go? http://bit.ly/arcg4o
    21 hours ago from Visibli
    AntoniaZAntoniaZ: The Impolitic: The largest chemical experiment in history http://bit.ly/atQvyT #BP #oilspill #Gulf #NOLA #ecocide
    24 hours ago from bitly
    AntoniaZAntoniaZ: No Safe Harbor on Gulf Coast; Human Blood Tests Show Dangerous Levels of Toxins http://huff.to/98qudy #oilspill #ecocide #green
    24 hours ago from bitly
    ecocideecocide: 『食べるラー油』ブームへの便乗だとしても、『飲むラー油』はやりすぎだと思う。http://www.excite.co.jp/News/bit/E1283134752626.html
    1 day ago from web
    AntoniaZAntoniaZ: #BP Says Curb on Drilling Would Imperil Payouts - NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/cQ7kWN #oilspill #ecocide
    1 day ago from bitly
    ecocideecocide: 今日はサーバセットアップ。これまで1サービス1サーバでやってきたけど、サービス単価が下がってきたので複数サービス1サーバで対応できるように作り直し。
    1 day ago from web
    ecocideecocide: 足が筋肉痛。でも、昨日1日で体重２ｋｇ減った。まあ、汗かいた分だけなので水分補給で元通りだけど。
    1 day ago from web
    jixie_2000jixie_2000: Criminalising Environmental Destruction: Ecocide | Movements ... http://surl.name/4gzm
    1 day ago from Ping.fm
    trasietrasie: RT @globepolitics: First Nations threaten violence over B.C. open pit mine: Prosperity Mine / Fish Lake http://tgam.ca/wnd #cdnpoli #ecocide
    1 day ago from TweetDeck
    trasietrasie: RT @Slif: Poverty of Imagination in an Age of Deminishing Resources http://bit.ly/9SBmTw #peakoil #ecocide
    1 day ago from TweetDeck
    BetrayedPlanetBetrayedPlanet: RT @elleprovocateur: This is why the Big Greens ask for a 'moratorium' on all NEW offshore #oil drilling is pathetic: http://bit.ly/9AJrDn | #Climate #Ecocide
    1 day ago from TweetDeck
    PixieMonaPixieMona: Smithsonian | A Crude Awakening in the Gulf of Mexico http://bit.ly/9XTZPS #ocean #oilspill #corexit #ecocide #p2
    1 day ago from AddToAny
    simonm223simonm223: RT @trasie: RT @MikeSoron: Another day, another terrible but completely anticipated fossil fuel disaster. #ecocide
    1 day ago from TweetDeck
    CompromisedNGOsCompromisedNGOs: RT @elleprovocateur: This is why the Big Greens ask for a 'moratorium' on all NEW offshore #oil drilling is pathetic: http://bit.ly/9AJrDn | #Climate #Ecocide
    1 day ago from TweetDeck
    elleprovocateurelleprovocateur: This is why the Big Greens ask for a 'moratorium' on all NEW offshore #oil drilling is pathetic: http://bit.ly/9AJrDn | #Climate #Ecocide
    1 day ago from TweetDeck
    trasietrasie: RT @MikeSoron: Another day, another terrible but completely anticipated fossil fuel disaster. #ecocide
    1 day ago from TweetDeck
    BetrayedPlanetBetrayedPlanet: RT @elleprovocateur: Happening now: One person injured as #oil platform explodes in #Gulf off Louisiana | http://bit.ly/d5471q | #Ecocide | #Climate
    1 day ago from TweetDeck
    elleprovocateurelleprovocateur: Happening now: One person injured as #oil platform explodes in #Gulf off Louisiana | http://bit.ly/d5471q | #Ecocide | #Climate
    1 day ago from TweetDeck
    DigiteyesDigiteyes: More leaks ahead? RT @AntoniaZ OH NO!! Coast Guard Reports Blast on Rig in Gulf of Mexico - NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/a68MxR #ecocide
    1 day ago from web
    CryBabyPrizeCryBabyPrize: RT @AntoniaZ: OH NO!! Coast Guard Reports Blast on Rig in Gulf of Mexico - NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/a68MxR #oilspill #NOLA #ecocide
    1 day ago from HootSuite
    AntoniaZAntoniaZ: OH NO!! Coast Guard Reports Blast on Rig in Gulf of Mexico - NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/a68MxR #oilspill #NOLA #ecocide
    1 day ago from bitly
    ecocideecocide: 今日は皇居ランの日。2週走ろうか・・どうしようか・・・。
    2 days ago from web
    ecocideecocide: ほすぃ・・。：Twitter連動企画！フォロー＆ツイートするだけで応募完了！新型iPod touch、nano、shuffleプレゼント | iStation http://t.co/Ekp2CgJ via @iStation_staff
    2 days ago from Tweet Button
    ecointernetecointernet: To be angry as fully aware Earth, her creatures & humanity dying no vice; ecocide avoidable, yet requires tranformative revolutionary change
    2 days ago from web
    SanlinSanlin: I want a world where ecocide & environmental devastation/harming indigenous populations are prosecuted meaningfully. #UNSummit! #worldIwant
    2 days ago from web
    AsakusaSenzokuAsakusaSenzoku: 大分遅くなりましたが、今年はよさこいやってません。もう中止の様です。千束通りのよさこいは。RT @ecocide: そういえば千束通りのよさこいは今年は見逃したか・・？うむー。@AsakusaSenzoku
    3 days ago from Echofon
    pheereepheeree: RT @cyberdoc73: 에코사이드(ecocide | http://goo.gl/ppSD )란 신조어가 있다. 위키 사례 설명처럼, 4대강 사업을 강행하는 MB 정부를 에코사이드로 국제형사재판소에 제소할 수 없나? ㅡㅡ+ (한국어 설명 : http://goo.gl/WI9O )
    3 days ago from HootSuite
    cyberdoc73cyberdoc73: 에코사이드(ecocide | http://goo.gl/ppSD )란 신조어가 있다. 위키 사례 설명처럼, 4대강 사업을 강행하는 MB 정부를 에코사이드로 국제형사재판소에 제소할 수 없나? ㅡㅡ+ (한국어 설명 : http://goo.gl/WI9O )
    3 days ago from HootSuite
    ecocideecocide: キャベツと納豆のパスタ。隠し味にたまり漬け。 http://yfrog.com/jkbymcj
    3 days ago from twicca
    kukekuke: It also locks-in #ecocide RT @australian Coal bid threatens QR viability, says boss | The Australian http://bit.ly/d25rZX
    3 days ago from TweetMeme
    elleprovocateurelleprovocateur: RT @BetrayedPlanet: China: Dalian #Oil Spill Analysis | http://bit.ly/aLEOKH | #Ecocide #Oilspill
    3 days ago from TweetDeck
    BetrayedPlanetBetrayedPlanet: China: Dalian #Oil Spill Analysis | http://bit.ly/aLEOKH | #Ecocide #Oilspill
    3 days ago from TweetDeck
    AntoniaZAntoniaZ: RT @oilflorida: Chemist: Oysters contain 1.25% (12,500 ppm) hydrocarbons near MS River Delta #oilspill http://bit.ly/d3AnFi #ecocide
    4 days ago from Osfoora for iPhone
    trasietrasie: RT @greenpeaceuk: Guardian: Greenpeace 'shuts down' Arctic oil rig http://ow.ly/2xgsz #ecocide
    4 days ago from TweetDeck
    BillNighBillNigh: MT @pdjmoo RT @AntoniaZ Oil Sands Pollute, New Study Shows http://bit.ly/cnIMDn #oilsands #ecocide #tarsands #cdnpoli
    4 days ago from web
    pdjmoopdjmoo: RT @AntoniaZ: Oil Sands Pollute with Fish-Killing Toxins, New Study Shows http://bit.ly/cnIMDn #oilsands #ecocide #tarsands #cdnpoli
    4 days ago from bitly
    greenroofsukgreenroofsuk: RT @AntoniaZ: Oil Sands Pollute with Fish-Killing Toxins, New Study Shows http://bit.ly/cnIMDn #oilsands #ecocide #tarsands #cdnpoli
    4 days ago from bitly
    ecocideecocide: 神保町 堅優(けんゆう)。最近できたラーメン屋らしい。魚介系のラーメン。こりゃうまいっす。魚介系苦手だったけどこれはあり。個人的には九段 斑鳩よりもいい。チャーシューもいい香り。もしかしてイベリコ？ http://yfrog.com/5usobnj
    4 days ago from twicca
    can_a_doescan_a_does: RT @AntoniaZ: Oil Sands Pollute with Fish-Killing Toxins, New Study Shows http://bit.ly/cnIMDn #oilsands #ecocide #tarsands #cdnpoli
    4 days ago from bitly
    theEARLofSWIRLtheEARLofSWIRL: RT @AntoniaZ: RT @duncankinney Is ocean acidification denial the next great right-wing fad? http://ht.ly/2wWWg #cdnpoli #ecocide #p2 #climatechange
    4 days ago from web
    macdademacdade: !Stop wearing gold too-toxic mines! RT @AntoniaZ #OilSands Pollute- New Study Shows http://bit.ly/cnIMDn #ecocide #tarsands #cdnpoli
    4 days ago from Tweetie for Mac
    jimleggejimlegge: RT @AntoniaZ: Oil Sands Pollute with Fish-Killing Toxins, New Study Shows http://bit.ly/cnIMDn #oilsands #ecocide #tarsands #cdnpoli
    4 days ago from bitly
    AntoniaZAntoniaZ: RT @duncankinney Is ocean acidification denial the next great right-wing fad? http://ht.ly/2wWWg #cdnpoli #ecocide #p2 #climatechange
    4 days ago from web
    QuaiaVoiceQuaiaVoice: RT @AntoniaZ: Oil Sands Pollute with Fish-Killing Toxins, New Study Shows http://bit.ly/cnIMDn #oilsands #ecocide #tarsands #cdnpoli
    4 days ago from bitly
    AntoniaZAntoniaZ: Oil Sands Pollute with Fish-Killing Toxins, New Study Shows http://bit.ly/cnIMDn #oilsands #ecocide #tarsands #cdnpoli
    4 days ago from bitly
    IDphilosopherIDphilosopher: RT @steph_mcmillan Some thoughts on what it'll take to build resistance to ecocide: http://ping.fm/54TFD //Enuf for all to find something
    4 days ago from HTC Peep
    steph_mcmillansteph_mcmillan: Some thoughts on what it'll take to build resistance to ecocide: http://ping.fm/54TFD
    4 days ago from Ping.fm
    JLinden667JLinden667: RT @elleprovocateur: Think or Swim | Six degrees to annihilation | #Climate | http://bit.ly/c3XwJ2 | #CO2 #Emissions #ecocide
    5 days ago from TweetDeck
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    • BP ecocide oil rig explosion
    • British campaigner urges UN to accept ‘ecocide’ as international crime
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    • Barry Larkman: When the Tar Sands was reaching fruition, President George Bush leaned on the Canadian Government to pull the research...
    • Agnes Rose: I am very curious to hear the answers to Jessica Isotta’s questions too. I realise that there are huge problems in...
    • Jessica Isotta: I’m trying to research ecocide as part of an extended project qualification and have come across some questions...
    • Mustafa: This is so disturbing!
    • Lawyers, Guns & Money: to remind us of the various other ecological disasters that may be getting less press. In perusing...
    • Lawyers, Guns & Money: 1) Ooh, looks like the BP oil spill is capped for now. At FP, Joshua Keating provides a sobering look of the...
    • Kate: A wise man once said “Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children....
    • OurWorld 2.0: is that establishing ecocide as an international crime would ensure that ecological crimes would come under the...
    • Krizpy99: We’ve got to get this idea of ecocide in the mindset of everyone. I’ve been trying to raise awareness and some...
    • LittleGreenBlog.com: Establishing Ecocide is an imperative we can not ignore. The earth is our cradle and grave, our Mother and provider....
    • So Fresh and So Green: like this need to be shown. Sadly this happens all the time and you can learn more about ecocide at...
    • Krizpy99: The crime of ecocide should be punished — and punished severly. Those who commit such devestation effect not only the...
    • Marcel: Dear Polly, You are a woman of my heart. Milieu Defensie in Holland refused to publish my writings about how serious I saw the...
    • kimber: The natives has said for years to preserve the earth…now look at us.
    • yeon kyong: I couldn’t agree more. Because I am worry about that . I feel relieved to hear that.
    • Paul: This is a great step towards sustainability. And people that are against this proposal are just selfish, deniers and are just...
    • Polly Higgins: Wayne, the poll counter has only accepted your vote once – but we appreciate your support for the Tar Sands!
    • Andy: “Time to get this straight. Ecocide is not a crime for prosecuting climate deniers. Belief or denial of whether climate...
    • Wayne: You need to fix your poll counter. I voted 240 times for Tar Sands.
    • Tina: BP should be charged with ecocide, and mass homocide- cuz that’s what’s gonna happen.
    • Stuart Mathieson: I support the general idea of the ICCJ being given the power to prosecute instances of ecoside (appropriately...
    • erica: Consider the Earth as our child, and the Unenlighted as our other child. Why choose between them? That is an unthinkable bitter...
    • erica: We must, in the first place help the earth ourselves, and help others peacefully and lovingly – if nescesary by means of...
    • Justin: I might have been able to forgive BP if they had displayed even the slightest hint of remorse over what has occured, but their...
    • Mohana: In the mid 70’s a group of us flower children tried to get an Emancipation Proclamation declared into law to protect the...
    • hipnoza online, jak śpisz.: Więcej o inicjatywie angielskiej prawniczki można znaleźć pod adresami: Polly Higgins i The ecocide 
    • Climate Church Heretic: You can tell that I used a thesaurus to write my last comment because, although my vocabulary is diverse, I...
    • Varity Sinning: It saddens me deeply to know that I too am part of the problem. I drive a car, and sometimes I drive long distances. Even...
    • Olga A: Agreed. Ecocide should be considered a Crime Against Nature and thus, a Crime Against Peace.
    • NeuWrlds4evr: I say let us make an example of bp. why not take them down? why protect them? filthy rich bastards… but we...
    • Lily: While any tool can be used for good or bad, for it’s original purpose or a newfangles one… at this stage it seems that...
    • AndyB: @ yaright “To Samantha: Spoken like a true fascist.” Why? Because you disagree with her? That’s fine, but...
    • Old Rag Man Reg: Green Arrow – i salute you! You make excellent points that i think most right minded individuals would agree with....
    • Mike S: It breaks my heart that it is necessary for wide scale destruction for us to learn, or even take notice of y our own doom. The...
    • Mephisto: Dear Alison, For the better part of your story I have to disagree. Do you know if a product is sealed by ecofriendly materials...
    • TexTeacher: The huge problem is that politics continues to undermine any progress towards such goals.Politicians have mastered the art of...
    • BettyBraastad: Hold those who destroy our planet accountable for their reckless actions!
    • Dwight Baker: Declare Criminal Corporate War BP is the offender. By Dwight Baker May 24, 2010 Dbaker007@stx.rr.com BP is a felon. BP has...
    • Bill Land: It is high time that these corporations were held accountable for all their destruction
    • Caroline: ABSOLUTELY! I am heartbroken and devastated by this reckless event motivated by a corrupt, greedy, incompetent corporation that...
    • Laurajhl: I like this idea. We need to give nature legal rights. I heard at the bioneers a wonderful women who is working on this. We all...
    • karen: War should be included in your poll for the worst case of ecocide.
    • Dadio: When you hear the pellets drop, count to ten and take a deep breath.
    • yaright: To Samantha: Spoken like a true fascist.
    • Samantha: Using the law in this way is ludicrous. You can make a company responsible for what they’ve done wrong, and then improve...
    • madman (ncj89): i like the way George Carlin the comiedian put it… “if you think a few plastic bags, and some tin cans are...
    • EcoHustler: is now happening all around the world. 10 ecocide hotspots include: Texaco Chevron dumping roughly 18.5 billion gallons...
    • EcoHustler: committing it, is bigger than anything ever achieved before by man, thus requiring a new word; Ecocide: the extensive...
    • Ms R.C. ten Veen: Are you involved with the International Court for the Environment (ICE, www.environmentcourt.com )? Sounds interesting...
    • Alison: ” BP announced on the 13th of April at their AGM that world energy demand will increase to 40% by 2030 and fossil fuel will...

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