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Nick Meynen

Nick Meynen

Nick Meynen is the policy officer for environmental and economic justice at the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Europe’s largest network of environmental citizens' organizations. Nick is also an investigative journalist, opinion-maker, and author of "Frontlines: Stories of Global Environmental Justice" (2020) and three other books.

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Remaining at the present level would imply a continued carnage at the “commodity extraction frontier” until so little is left that eternal warfare and collapse are inevitable. (Remko de Waal/Getty-AFP)

Never-Ending Growth?

The fatal flaw in the plan to end poverty and save the planet.

Joan Martinez Alier ·

It’s Not Just Drug Dealers That Need to Worry About Inspiration Trump Took From Duterte

The battle between autocratic leaders and the global movement for environmental justice heats up

Nick Meynen ·

Ashish Kothari, the chairman of Greenpeace India and a long-time NBA ally explained that the movement is not just about being against dams. “What the NBA stands for is an economy that ensures dignified livelihoods, social justice, and ecological sustainability, and in particular an economy that benefits the hundreds of millions of people who have been left behind or displaced by the kind of 'development' that the Sardar Sarovar Dam represents."

India’s Authorities Are Drowning 40,000 Families

The Sardar Sarovar Dam in India was already competing to become the world’s most controversial dam. Last month’s decision to forcibly displace another 40,000 families without proper rehabilitation or compensation is both cruel and criminal.

Nick Meynen ·

How This Earth Activist Risked All and Won Everything

The epic story of this Goldman Environment Prize winner from India

Nick Meynen ·

Shock and Awe, The Chevron Way

How the oil giant made itself a victim—and launched a nearly unprecedented legal offensive—after poisoning a region and its people

Nick Meynen ·

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