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Protest Brewing over Planned Mining in Naxalite “Liberated Zone”

Published on 2013-05-18 20:29:21

Cross Posted from The Hindu Suklal Baldir Topo, a Tribal of Jhajawandi village in Etapalli tehsil of Gadchiroli district, is a concerned man these days. Suklal is concerned about the proposed JSW ISPAT Iron Ore Mining project in Damkodvadavi hills, h

Taking Steps towards Trans Allyship

Published on 2013-05-18 16:30:55

By Hollis Many conversations have emerged in the wake of the DGR incidents at the Law and Disorder Conference. We have stood by as the DGR leaders have effectively shot themselves in the foot over an issue of trans inclusion, alienating potential all

Earth First! Anti-oppression Policy and Addendum to Statement on DGR Transphobia

Published on 2013-05-17 14:27:37

Earth First! Journal Collective We would like to offer up the Earth First! Journal editorial collective’s anti-oppression policy below. Its a working and living document which has been hard fought over. It is only a document and despite it, the

Sovereign Nations Walk Out of Meeting With U.S. State Department Unanimously Rejecting Keystone XL Pipeline

Published on 2013-05-17 13:37:27

Cross Posted from Huffington Post The State Department, still with “egg on its face” from its statement that Keystone XL would have little impact on climate change, sunk a little lower today as the most respected elders, and chiefs of 10

Alabama City Destroying Ancient Indian Mound for Sam’s Club

Published on 2013-05-17 13:16:27

from Facing South City leaders in Oxford, Ala. have approved the destruction of a 1,500-year-old Native American ceremonial mound and are using the dirt as fill for a new Sam’s Club, a retail warehouse store operated by Wal-Mart.{C}A University

Bulgarians Rise against Romania Shale Gas ‘Fracking’ Permit

Published on 2013-05-17 13:16:23

Cross Posted from Novinite Bulgarians in the northeastern city of Dobrich are going to stage a new wave of protest rallies against the use of the hydraulic fracturing technology in neighboring Romania. The organizers, quoted by Standard daily, s

Japanese Nuke Protestors Start Hunger Strike

Published on 2013-05-17 13:13:54

Cross Posted from JapanTimes Opponents of nuclear power started a hunger strike Thursday to press the government to drop a lawsuit demanding they remove their tents from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. They sat down in chairs in front of

Watch Bank Robbers Get Away

Published on 2013-05-17 13:05:45

from Earth First! News You’ve got to admit it, you’ve always wanted to rob a bank right? Its not just about the money either, its also about fucking over a bank and the cops like some modern day Robin Hood. It’s a total fucking do

Oil Companies Offices Raided by European Commission

Published on 2013-05-17 13:03:15

By Matt Tabibi, Rolling Stone We’re going to get into this more at a later date, but there was some interesting late-breaking news yesterday. According to numerous reports, the European Commission regulators yesterday raided the offices of oil

Michegan Politicians Vote to Designate Wolves as Game

Published on 2013-05-17 12:52:37

by Jim Bloch / the Voice The Michigan State Representatives and Senators from the area [of the Upper Peninsula] all voted to legalize the hunting of wolves in their current range, a portion of which falls in the state’s Upper Peninsula. A number of

No Room for Dissenting Opinions: Statement from a Former Member of Deep Green Resistance

Published on 2013-05-17 12:44:03

cross-posted from Facebook I am an ex-member of Deep Green Resistance. The entire chapter of DGR that I was a part of left in the spring of last year, largely in response to the trans-exclusive policy and the Radical Feminist position on gender that

‘People of Corn’ Protest GMO Strain in Mexico

Published on 2013-05-17 12:25:45

by Lauren Villagran / Christian Science Monitor Mexico has 59 strains of native corn. While the country has some GMO corn as well, activists are concerned about expanding its reach. Everywhere in Mexico, from the megalopolis of Mexico City to the sma

EF! Humboldt Drops Awesome Banner by Strawberry Rock on Hwy 101

Published on 2013-05-16 20:25:43

Cross Posted from EFHumboldt Deployed at about 9 am and riding high at about 100 feet, this banner is hard to miss heading north from Trinidad on Highway 101. Green Diamond Resource Company has been continuing their destructive clear-cutting legacy

UK Lulzsek Hacktivist Faces 15 Months in Prison, Jeremy Hammond Faces 42 Years

Published on 2013-05-16 19:28:49

Cross Posted from The Sparrow Project Three English co-defendants who plead guilty to being members of the Lulzsec hacktivist group were today sentenced by a UK court. Ryan Acroyd, the most technically experienced of the three, received the longest s

Deep Green Resignation and Reclamation

Published on 2013-05-16 18:32:53

by former members of DGR Portland We, former members of the Deep Green Resistance Portland chapter, are hereby severing our ties with Deep Green Resistance and especially with Derrick Jensen and Lierre Keith. We want to make it very clear that it is

Deep Green Transphobia II

Published on 2013-05-16 16:07:18

by Earth First! News Rarely do comments to internet posts warrant much attention. In many ways the comments section is where people go to blast their most anonymous and ugly thoughts. However, a recent comment posted on the Earth First! Journal colle

The 30 Billion Bug Bacchanal Erupting on the East Coast

Published on 2013-05-16 15:23:40

Help Fund the Ecosexual Revolution and End Mountain-top Removal Mining in Appalachia

Published on 2013-05-16 14:46:31

by Russ McSpadden / Earth First! News The film Goodbye Gauley Mountain weaves together the topics of sex, class, hillbillyism, queerness, capitalism and nature into a epic tale that will make you proud to be called a dirty environmentalist. This is,

How Grandma’s Pregnancy Test Spawned an Extintion Crisis: the Story of the African Clawed Frog

Published on 2013-05-16 13:53:56

by Russ McSpadden / Earth First! News Back in the 1950s African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) were imported to California by the pharmaceutical industry for pregnancy tests. The frogs, according to scientists, have a hormone system quite similar to

June 11th 2013 Call Out

Published on 2013-05-16 11:45:21

The third anniversary of the international day of solidarity with Marie Mason, Eric McDavid, and other longterm anarchist prisoners is quickly approaching! **June 11th 2013 Callout Statement ** June 11th is the international day of solidarity with Er

TransCanada Reps Kicked Out of Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation

Published on 2013-05-16 11:13:36

Cross Posted From Tar Sands Blockade “You’re not welcome here… We’ve said no from day one.” And with these firm words the TransCanada representatives were kicked out of Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation last week. The seemingly aloof Tran

Anarchists Claim Responsibility For Torching East Vancouver Home

Published on 2013-05-16 11:03:57

Communique Posted On AnarchistNews.org Last night we burned down a yuppie development on 1st ave near Victoria. We are tired of seeing our lives and memories being torn down one development at a time. We wish and will create fear for developers in Ea

Burrowing Owls Get Revenge as FAU Dean Resigns in Disgrace

Published on 2013-05-15 22:11:20

Or, A Lesson For University Bureaucrats Who Build A Stadium On Their Own Mascot’s Habitat, Then Try to Name The Stadium After Private Prison Profiteers, Then Try to Run Down Earth First! Activists With Their Fancy Subsidized Cars… by Pana

Deep Green Transphobia

Published on 2013-05-15 14:22:59

A statement from the Earth First! Journal Collective On several occasions the Earth First! Journal editorial collective has run pieces both online and in print either written by or about the Deep Green Resistance Movement. As a collective, we’ve co

New Report Finds Arctic Bears Face Grim Future in Warming World

Published on 2013-05-15 14:15:31

by the Center for Biological Diversity SAN FRANCISCO— On the fifth anniversary of polar bears’ placement on the endangered species list, the Center for Biological Diversity today launched federal litigation challenging the Obama administration’

Elephant Tramples Poacher To Death In Zimbabwe: Report

Published on 2013-05-15 12:19:03

Cross Posted From Huffington Post An elephant in Zimbabwe reportedly trampled a poacher who was attempting to kill the wild animal. Solomon Manjoro, a suspected poacher, was trampled to death by an elephant in Charara National Park in Gatshe-Gatshe,

Lobster Boat Blockades Coal Barge at Massachusetts Powerplant

Published on 2013-05-15 11:24:28

Cross Posted From CommonDreams Steering a lobster boat called the Henry David T., two climate activists on Wednesday attempted to blockade a shipment of West Virginia coal from arriving at Brayton Point Power Station in Massachusetts, New EnglandR

Amazing “Sea Butterflies” and Ocean Acidification

Published on 2013-05-15 10:47:16

by Emily Frost and Hannah Waters, Cross Posted from Smithsonian The chemistry of the ocean is changing. Most climate change discussion focuses on the warmth of the air, but around one-quarter of the carbon dioxide we release into the atmosphere disso

An Image from the Future: A Review of “The East”

Published on 2013-05-15 10:28:41

[Warning: Spoiler Alert] By Scott Parkin True Blood’s Eric Northman and Juno lead a state-smashing anarchist collective seeking justice against corporate crime lords? All I can say is “where do I sign up?” True Blood’s Alexander S

Bay Area Judi Bari Screenings and Q&As with Earth First! Activists

Published on 2013-05-15 09:31:04

There will be a weeks’ worth of events surrounding Judi Bari Day, May 24, the anniversary of the Oakland car bombing that nearly took her life and that she was almost framed for. Who Bombed Judi Bari?, the 93-minute documentary Directed by

In Russia’s South, Ecologists, Cossacks Team Up To Protect Nature Reserve

Published on 2013-05-15 01:03:46

Cross Posted from RFERL By Tom Balmforth and Svetlana Pavlova Ten activists were savagely beaten by private security guards this week, with three of them hospitalized, as confrontation ramped up over contentious plans to mine nickel in Russia’s

Students, Community Protest Utah Tar Sands Conference

Published on 2013-05-15 00:48:45

Cross Posted from PeoplesWorld Students and concerned citizens from a variety of organizations includingUtah Tar Sands Resistance, Mormons for Environmental Stewardship Alliance, Fossil Free U and the Revolutionary Students Union held a protest at a

Occupy the Farm Reoccupies Gill Tract

Published on 2013-05-14 17:04:00

Cross Posted from ABCLocal7 Early Monday evening, farm activists rushed back onto a plot of land owned by the University of California, where a few of them were arrested earlier in the day. It’s happening at the “Gill Tract” in Alba

Cross Timbers Earth First! Shuts Down KXL Construction Site

Published on 2013-05-14 09:10:50

Cross Posted from Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance UPDATE: 9:16am- Holly and Bailey have been extracted and are now in police custody. Show Holly and Bailey some love by donating to our bail fund. UPDATE: 8:42am-Holly and Bailey are still locked

Four Arrested; Crops Removed from ‘Occupy The Farm’ Site

Published on 2013-05-14 00:11:48

Cross Posted from KTVU University of California, Berkeley police arrested four people Monday morning and a plow turned under crops planted in protest at a makeshift farm encampment set up on university property. Activists had occupied a tract of farm

Activists Disrupt Unconventional Fuels Conference in SLC

Published on 2013-05-13 21:16:54

Cross Posted from Peaceful Uprising Peaceful Uprising, Utah Tar Sands Resistance and Deep Green Resistance Great Basin May 7 stormed the Unconventional Fuels Conference in Salt Lake City, piercing fossil fuel lies by speaking truth to power. The Conf

It is Dane’s Birthday next Sunday!

Published on 2013-05-13 16:46:43

From Support Dane Rossman So, hopefully Dane won’t get mad that we told y’all but it is his birthday next Sunday. Yes, on 5/19 Dane will be turning 26. Since we have no idea when he will be transferred into Canadian custody you can send b

Miners’ Union and Environmental Activists Stage Protests Against Peabody Coal in St. Louis

Published on 2013-05-13 16:12:47

Cross Posted from Socialist Organizer By Jim Hays In recent months, Peabody Coal Co. has been the subject of large militant protests by both environmentalists and the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Union. Peabody, the world’s largest and mos

Another Coal Port Dropped, Three More to Go

Published on 2013-05-13 15:54:32

by Scott Learn, Cross Posted from OregonLive Terminal developer Kinder Morgan on Wednesday dropped its proposal to export coal to Asia from a Columbia River port near Clatskanie. The company’s decision means three of the six coal export termina

DGR Meets Resistance at the Law and Disorder Conference

Published on 2013-05-13 14:55:31

Any critique of this article should be directed toward the author “Trashy,” whose manner and tone do not reflect Earth First! as a whole. Furthering infighting and divisions only benefit the ones destroying the planet. By Trashy DGR in T

67 Year Old Willits Man Locks Down To Machinery, Stops Work

Published on 2013-05-13 14:23:03

Cross Posted From Save Little Lake Valley Bob Chevalier, a 67 year old Willits resident, locked himself to an excavator this morning and stopped Caltrans work. He did this to protest and bring attention the Army Corps of Engineers’ (ACE) failure to

Stress From Human Activity Causes Birds to Abandon Nests

Published on 2013-05-13 13:28:51

by Robert Johns, Cross Posted from American Bird Conservancy Washington, D.C. – A new study from scientists at Boise State University shows that even bird species considered “tolerant” of human activity, such as American Kestrels, may be ad

Occupy the Farm Protesters Forcibly Removed from Encampment

Published on 2013-05-13 12:58:54

Press Release from Occupy the Farm Albany, CA – UC police moved in to break up the two-day Gill Tract Farm in the early morning hours of May 13. Despite a transformation of the vacant lot from abandoned field to blossoming community farm and democr

Military Biotech: Genetically Engineered Animals for War

Published on 2013-05-13 12:04:40

Excerpted from “Frankenstein’s Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech’s Brave New Beasts” In the 1960s, the Central Intelligence Agency recruited an unusual field agent: a cat. In an hour-long procedure, a veterinary surgeon transformed the furr

Quebec to Return Land to Mohawks

Published on 2013-05-12 10:38:34

by Christopher Curtis, Cross Posted from Montreal Gazette A group of South Shore mayors are reeling after the Parti Québécois government announced its decision Friday to give back 300 hectares of land to the Kahnawake Mohawks. The farmland was appr

This is Not a Demonstration – Actions, Constructions and Revolutionary Turns to Save the World

Published on 2013-05-12 10:18:34

By Earth Movement The Indignados are gathering again in Spain for today’s 12M rally. Thousands of people are “Taking the Square,” partying, and generally creating/fueling opposition to the false governments of Left and Right. The So

Uprooted: What Fuels Such an Absolute Commitment to a Cause?

Published on 2013-05-12 10:16:25

by Sarah Pike, Cross Posted from Aeon Magazine One day last summer, a young woman looked down on a small crowd of vocal supporters and police officers from her hammock or ‘sky pod’, 60ft above an old logging road in Moshannon State Forest in Penn

Resistance to the Nordic Mining Boom – Action Camp in Finland

Published on 2013-05-11 10:48:32

Resistance to the Nordic Mining Boom - Action Camp in Finnish North Karelia Starting 18 June 2013. Talvivaaras’ nickel-uranium mine has caused the most serious environmental damages in the finnish history in decades. The mine has been continuou

Abolish the Fossil Fuel Industry

Published on 2013-05-11 09:24:22

by Henia Belalia, Cross Posted from Peaceful Uprising How do activists use social movement history? What lessons can be learned from past movements for social change in our fight to stop climate change? We often rely on lessons and tactics from the

Hundreds Protest China Battery Plant

Published on 2013-05-11 09:06:32

by Jane Lee and Gabriel Wildau, Cross Posted from Reuters Police stood by as residents marched peacefully along a busy street in the Songjiang district of the city, gathering at an intersection near the site of a Carrefour hypermarket, chanting and h

FBI Names First Woman on the Most Wanted Terrorist List: Assata Shakur

Published on 2013-05-10 17:07:23

Earth First! News If you haven’t read the book Assata: An Autobiography then you’ve missed out on one of the most important books of all time. Through years of incarceration awaiting a “fair” trial in a racist nation in the 1

When Earth is Scarred Forever

Published on 2013-05-10 15:45:13

by Vincze Miklos / Io9.com Our planet is covered in pockmarks so deep that they can be seen from space. Some were caused by asteroid strikes, but most are the result of human meddling. Here are some of the most incredible examples of the scarred Eart

TransCanada files suit to prevent the “encouraging” of “resistance” to the KXL

Published on 2013-05-10 10:34:43

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: On Monday, May 6th, TransCanada filed a suit to prevent individuals from resisting the construction of the southern leg of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline which is being built to transport diluted bitumen from the Ath

Victory! Kinder Morgan Pulls the Plug on Coal Export

Published on 2013-05-10 10:04:57

Cross Posted from Columbia River Keeper Citizen across the Northwest can breathe easier today. Caving under the pressure of overwhelming public opposition, Kinder Morgan announced its decision to walk away from plans for a massive coal export term

On 400 PPM, Mass Stupidity, and the Suicidal Language of Climate Lemmings

Published on 2013-05-10 08:07:07

by John Atcheson, Cross Posted from Common Dreams OK, lemmings don’t commit mass suicide. But they do reproduce chaotically, and periodically consume their way out of sustainable habitats, and into mass migrations that result in most of their pop

UK Police Testing New Chemical Weapons for Crowd Control

Published on 2013-05-10 07:35:14

by Claire Carter, Cross Posted from The Telegraph Tests of the Discriminating Irritant Projectile (DIP) – a form of gun that will fire an irritant substance like CS gas or pepper spray – are believed to be in the late stages. The gun has

Greenwashing Senators Call for Increased Logging in National Forests

Published on 2013-05-09 18:15:27

From the Cascadia Field Office of the Earth First! Journal As part of the over-all land grab taking place for national resources in the US, the supposedly “green” Senator Ron Wyden from Oregon has joined with others to call for increased

Together, We Can Get Free: A Review of Towards Collective Liberation, by Chris Crass

Published on 2013-05-09 17:26:24

By Sasha Towards Collective Liberation: Anti-Racist Organizing, Feminist Praxis, and Movement Building Strategy, by Chris Crass (PM Press 2013), is a challenging collection of essays and interviews. The concept of collective liberation, gleaned initi

The Early History of the Robot Wars, Part IV

Published on 2013-05-09 12:13:49

In which we discuss the possibility of autonomous AI class warfare, mullets as resistance, Big Brother iPhones, the Kaczynski-bot and other shit of great and creepy importance. by Russ McSpadden / Carbon-based humanoid correspondent for the King Lu

Mercury Pollution in Marine Animals May Be Behind a Population Crash

Published on 2013-05-09 10:37:28

by Brian Owens, Cross Posted from Nature An isolated population of Arctic foxes that dines only on marine animals seems to be slowly succumbing to mercury poisoning. The foxes on Mednyi Island — one of Russia’s Commander Islands in the Bering Sea

1,000 Toxic Chemical Accidents You Have Not Heard Of

Published on 2013-05-09 10:30:55

by Mike Ludwig, Cross Posted from Truthout The April 17 explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, that killed 15 people and injured 200 was perhaps one of the most severe chemical accidents of its kind in recent memory, but it was by no means t

Sea Shepherd launches Operation Relentless

Published on 2013-05-09 09:46:11

Cross Posted from Sea Shepherd

Utah Tar Sands Action Camp July 21-28

Published on 2013-05-09 09:21:14

Cross Posted from Seeds for Peace This summer, people from across the country will come together to stop the first tar sands mine in the USA from ever breaking ground. Activists from Utah-based organizations Peaceful Uprising, Canyon Country Ris

83-year-old Nun and 2 Others Convicted of Sabotage

Published on 2013-05-08 21:59:05

Cross Posted from BBC News An elderly Catholic nun and two peace activists have been convicted for damage they caused while breaking into a US nuclear defense site. Sister Megan Rice, 83, Michael Walli, 64, and Greg Boertje-Obed, 56, admitted to cutt

Syria’s Internet Blackout: Sabotage or Collateral Damage?

Published on 2013-05-08 16:55:21

by Kirsten Salyer, Cross Posted from Bloomberg Syria’s peek-a-boo game with the Internet resumed yesterday, as Internet connections to the outside world were disrupted. Just before 3 p.m. Eastern Time yesterday, Google Inc.’s Web services

Corporate Colonialism: The Ethnic Cleansing of the Maasai People of Tanzania

Published on 2013-05-08 16:09:07

by Oliver Kelly Dean In late March 2013 it was announced that ‘the government of Tanzania is establishing a corridor of 1,500 sq Km for both public and international interests’. The “international interests” are the United Arab Emirate’s Ot

International Outcry against California’s Forest Offset Scam

Published on 2013-05-08 16:04:25

Cross Posted from Indigenous Environmental Network From Africa to the Amazon, from Chiapas to Siberia, global civil society is raising an international outcry to resoundingly reject California’s proposed forest offset scam called REDD, which would

White Power on the Salish Sea: The Wall Street/Tea Party Attack on Indigenous Land

Published on 2013-05-08 16:01:46

by Jay Tarber, Cross Posted from Intercontinental Cry When most people think of white power, they imagine men in white hoods burning crosses. While few would think of men in pinstripes burning cigars, in reality that is where white power resides. In

Why the TransPacific Partnership is a Scary Big (Trade) Deal

Published on 2013-05-08 15:17:12

by Kristen Beifus, Cross Posted from Yes! Magazine A super-sized NAFTA, the TransPacific Partnership is a free-trade agreement whereby countries give foreign corporations rights and privileges to encourage investment and global business. The TPP was

Utah Tar Sands Resistance Disrupts Energy Conference

Published on 2013-05-08 11:50:23

UPDATE: New video of Utah Tar Sands Resistance Action:

Sonora, Mex. Bans Bullfighting, a First for the Country

Published on 2013-05-08 11:33:38

By Phyllis M. Daugherty Sonora has become the first Mexican state to ban bullfighting, recently passing the long-awaited Animal Protection Law addressing cruelty to animals. In a statement on Formato 21 radio, Perez Rubio hailed the unanimous vote on

6,000 Coyotes Killed in Utah Bounty Program

Published on 2013-05-08 11:18:25

by Grant Olsen, Cross Posted from Exposing the Big Game SALT LAKE CITY — More than 6,000 dead coyotes have been redeemed by hunters since Utah’s Division of Wildlife Resources launched its coyote bounty program last September. The DWR hopes its a

Three Types of Butterflies Native to South Florida Have Gone Extinct

Published on 2013-05-07 22:53:38

By Barbara Liston / Reuters ORLANDO, Florida — After six years of searching, an entomologist has concluded that three varieties of butterflies native to south Florida have become extinct, nearly doubling the number of North American butterflies kno

Western Black Rhino Declared Extinct

Published on 2013-05-07 22:49:15

by Blake Deppe / People’s World According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, Africa’s western black rhino is now officially extinct. After being a victim of increasingly devastating poaching and seeing little to no con

Clouded Leopards Confirmed Extinct in Taiwan

Published on 2013-05-07 22:44:55

by John R. Platt / Scientific America Thirteen years, 1,500 infrared cameras, hundreds of catnip-baited hair traps and an almost incalculable number of hours in the field have confirmed what scientists have long feared: the Formosan clouded leopard (

Settlers, Palestinians, Unite to Trash Garbage Plan

Published on 2013-05-07 17:03:16

Cross Posted from Times of Israel Settlers and Palestinians posed a united front against a government plan to build a large refuse dump near Jericho that, they say, will pollute millions of cubic meters of spring water every year. Residents of the Pa

Will Lead Bullets Finally Kill Off the California Condor?

Published on 2013-05-07 14:25:09

by Ted Williams, Cross Posted from Yale Environment 360 It was almost like watching wooly mammoths parting tusk-high savannah. In the gusty air above the Grand Canyon relicts from the Ice Age wheeled and dipped. Through my binoculars I could make out

Cracks Widen in Nigeria’s Debate over Sabotage

Published on 2013-05-07 12:45:45

by Ajay Makan, Cross Posted from Financial Times According to Nigerian parlour talk, Bukola Saraki is a man with presidential ambitions. Little surprise then that the senator, a former governor of the western state of Kwara, has seized on the issue o

New Treesit Goes Up in Willits, CA

Published on 2013-05-07 07:04:06

Cross Posted from Save Little Lake Valley Early on Friday morning, a new tree sit began in the path of Caltrans’ proposed Willits Bypass route. A contingent of roughly 20 Save Our Little Lake Valley members would meet with several key legislative

New California Water Grab for Fracking and Agribusiness

Published on 2013-05-06 20:59:42

Cross Posted from Indybay by Dan Bacher Missed in the mainstream media coverage of the release of the revised Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) documents on March 14 was the alarming role the peripheral tunnels could play in increased fracking in

Military Sex Assault Monitor Arrested for Sexual Battery

Published on 2013-05-06 17:25:19

by No War! In a telling incident, the chief sexual assault prevention officer of the Air Force Jeffrey Krusinski was arrested yesterday for allegedly groping a woman while drunk. The timing of this incident is particularly incredible, considering tha

“Lockdown”: Tar Sands Blockade vs. Keystone XL Pipeline (Video)

Published on 2013-05-06 13:36:50

Facebook “Likes” Keystone

Published on 2013-05-06 12:24:09

Read all about it… Anti-Keystone Ads Banned by Facebook Mark Zuckerberg’s New Political Group Spending Big On Ads Supporting Keystone XL and Oil Drilling

Anti-Keystone Ads Banned by Facebook

Published on 2013-05-06 11:47:05

By John Upton / Grist Activist cell-phone company CREDO tried to run an advertisement on Facebook calling on Facebook’s founder to stop running TV ads that support the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Guess whether the social media giant liked that i

Canadian Think Tank: Aboriginal Uprising a Real Threat

Published on 2013-05-06 11:25:09

by Rabb!t / Earth First! Newswire The Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a public policy think tank based in Ottawa, released two reports Wednesday, both of which concluded that aboriginal groups in Canada have a tremendous amount of influence over the fut

Storing Natural Gas in a Spent Mine in the Finger Lakes

Published on 2013-05-05 22:10:14

By Intuit Fracking for natural gas, carbon sequestration for coal burning power plants, these are the new schemes that industrialists can choose to attain carbon credits. But what happens when industrialists get creative? In 2010, we reported on the

Chinese Government Raises Level of State Repression

Published on 2013-05-05 21:44:57

See previous article, Despite Government Repression, Hundreds Protests China Chemical Plant, for more info Cross Posted from Washington Examiner After word spread about an environmental protest that was planned for Saturday in the central Chinese cit

Awesome Banner Draws Attention to Industrialization of Coral Reefs

Published on 2013-05-05 21:40:32

Cross Posted from WA Today By Peter Hannam Protesters demanding an end to the coal industry and greater support for renewable energy have unfurled a giant banner at Melbourne’s Flinders Street railway station. Climbers scaled the landmark buil

New EU Seed Law Would Ban All Non-Registered Varieties

Published on 2013-05-05 14:27:03

Cross Posted from Real Seeds On Monday May 6th a draconian new law will be put before the European Commission, which creates new powers to classify and regulate all plant life anywhere in Europe. The “Plant Reproductive Material Law” will

Blast from the Past: “Give Up Activism”

Published on 2013-05-04 13:02:35

Cross Posted from Eco-Action.org An article from Do or Die Issue 9. In the paper edition, this article appears on page(s) 160-166. In 1999, in the aftermath of the June 18th global day of action, a pamphlet called Reflections on June 18th was produce

Despite Government Repression, Hundreds Protest China Chemical Plant

Published on 2013-05-04 12:40:46

Cross Posted from Al Jazeera Hundreds of people have protested against a proposed chemical plant in southwest China, state media said, while residents in another city accused authorities of preventing a similar protest. More than 200 demonstrators

Political Prisoner Birthday Poster For May 2013

Published on 2013-05-03 22:57:55

From Prison Books Hello Friends and Comrades, Here is the political prisoner birthday poster for May. The file is a little big this month so give it a second to open. As always, please post this poster publicly and/or use it to start a card writing n

Arianna Staiger Dedicates Song “Ashes” to Her Mother, Marie Mason

Published on 2013-05-03 19:00:24

by Clayton, Cross Posted from Support Marie Mason

Fearless Summer: Join a National Movement Against Extreme Energy

Published on 2013-05-03 14:10:40

Cross posted from We Are Fearless Summer Over the past few years we’ve witnessed a rising tide of courage from the frontlines; communities from the pinewoods of East Texas to the hollers of West Virginia have come together to defend the land and th

Rail Lines in Central Oregon Sabotaged in Solidarity with PNW Anarchists

Published on 2013-05-03 14:01:03

What sets Earth First! apart from others in the North American environmental/ecology/anti-extraction movement? Arguably it is EF!’s public presence and simultaneous idealogical support for clandestine actions. For more read this article fro

Montana Considering Extending Wolf Hunt, Upping Kill Limit

Published on 2013-05-03 13:26:41

Cross Posted from Great Falls Tribune HELENA — Montana wildlife commissioners may extend the hunting season for wolves and the number of predators that can be killed by a hunter or trapper. Fish, Wildlife and Parks is proposing a rifle season from

Fracking Ban Stands in New York Town; Victory for Local Communities

Published on 2013-05-03 12:45:15

Cross Posted from Root Force ALBANY, NY – May 2 – Local residents and elected leaders in Dryden, N.Y. are celebrating victory today in a closely watched case over local fracking bans. A state appeals court ruled in favor of the towns of Dryden an

Guatemala Declares Emergency In 4 Towns Following Kidnappings, Shootouts

Published on 2013-05-03 09:53:57

Cross Posted from Reuters: GUATEMALA CITY, May 2 – Guatemala declared an emergency in four southeastern towns on Thursday, suspending citizens’ constitutional rights in an area where deadly protests over a proposed silver mine have erup

Indigenous Peoples Stop Dam Construction With New Occupation at Belo Monte Site

Published on 2013-05-02 21:33:56

Cross Posted from Amazon Watch: Altamira, Brazil – Some 200 indigenous people affected by the construction of large hydroelectric dams in the Amazon launched an occupation today on one of the main construction sites of the Belo Monte dam complex on

Fearing Protestors, Tree Biotech Conference Cancels Visit to GE Tree Test Plot

Published on 2013-05-02 17:29:44

by Tricocca / Katuah Earth First! There is still a month to go before activists hit the streets of Asheville, NC to protest the 2013 Tree Biotechnology Conference, but the industry is already showing signs of retreat. Apparently fearing that protesto

Puerto Rico Struggles With Contamination 10 Years After Activists Expel U.S. Navy

Published on 2013-05-02 16:07:49

Cross Posted from Democracy Now!: “While the cleanup has taken 10 years so far, the U.S. military is only scratching the surface.” – Vieques activist On the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, thousands are commemorating the 10th annive

Ban Upheld: Avatar Tribe ‘To Decide’ Future of Vedanta Mine

Published on 2013-05-02 08:29:52

Cross Posted from Survival International: In a landmark ruling, the Indian Supreme Court today rejected an appeal to allow Vedanta Resources to mine the Niyamgiri hills. In a complex judgement, the court decreed that those most affected by the propos

In Arizona and Peru: Why Reform Won’t Work

Published on 2013-05-01 19:58:08

Cross Posted from Root Force: Two recent news stories highlight the fundamental problem with directing reformist efforts at a global economic system that is founded on colonialism, genocide and extinction. While of course it’s important to use a di

Exxon’s Pegasus Pipeline Spills Again

Published on 2013-05-01 14:47:37

by Edward McAllister and Robert Gibbons, Cross Posted from South Bend Tribune: Exxon Mobil Corp‘s near 70-year-old Pegasus oil pipeline spilled a small amount of crude on Tuesday into a residential yard in Ripley County, Missouri, a month after

Leaks, Rats and Radioactivity: Fukushima’s Nuclear Cleanup Is Faltering

Published on 2013-05-01 14:18:42

by Bryan Walsh, Cross Posted from Time: Honestly, if the consequences weren’t potentially so dire, the ongoing struggles to clean up the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northern Japan would be the stuff of comedy. In March, an extended blackout

Canada’s Aboveground Environmental Activists Seen as ‘Threat to National Security’

Published on 2013-04-30 13:44:01

by Stephen Leahy, Cross posted from The Guardian Monitoring of environmental activists in Canada by the country’s police and security agencies has become the “new normal”, according to a researcher who has analysed security document

Earth First! Round River Rendezvous, July 1-8, 2013, North Carolina

Published on 2013-04-30 13:36:08

“A gathering of wild hearts” The Round River Rendezvous is the annual gathering of the Earth First! Movement. Each Summer, this week-long camp-out attracts several hundred Earth First!ers from around the world. The gathering is coordinate

Celebrate Keith McHenry’s Birthday by Supporting Resistance to Mining in Indonesia

Published on 2013-04-30 12:56:52

Earth First! Newswire As all good eco-revolutionaries know, tomorrow is May Day, or Beltane for all you neo-pagan anarcho-hippy types like some of us at the EF! Newswire. But that’s not all. It’s also the birthday of Keith McHenry, a co-f

Fracking Industry Mining in New Form of Mountaintop Removal

Published on 2013-04-30 11:33:54

By Steve Horn and Trisha Marczak, Cross Posted from DeSmogBlog/Mint Press Within immediate vicinity of a central battleground of the Black Hawk War of 1832, land rife with a resource necessary for hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) is in the cross

Oregon House Passes Bills Targeting Tree-sitters, Environmental Activists

Published on 2013-04-30 10:13:24

by Yuxing Zheng, cross posted from The Orgonian SALEM — With talk about “environmental terrorism,” the Oregon House approved two bills Monday that target tree sitters and other environmental activists who interfere with logging in s

35 Arrested in Winona Frac Sand Protests

Published on 2013-04-29 20:19:55

Cross Posted from Winona Daily News Thirty-five people were arrested for trespassing during a large protest against frac sand Monday morning staged at two separate locations in Winona. The Winona Police Department arrested 19 people at the city

Bee-Harming Pesticides Banned in Europe

Published on 2013-04-29 16:54:11

Cross Posted from The Guardian Europe will enforce the world’s first continent-wide ban on widely used insecticides alleged to cause serious harm to bees, after a European commission vote on Monday. The suspension is a landmark victory for

Don’t Let Monsanto Kill the Humble but Wholesome Dandelion

Published on 2013-04-29 15:31:33

By Phreddy Wishusen, Cross post from The Michigan Citizen I was watching TV the other day. Commercial break. Cut to a lush green lawn. A single yellow dandelion springs up through the emerald expanse. The heroic protagonist appears left.

Russian Art Anarchists Explain Themselves

Published on 2013-04-29 13:46:01

Cross Posted from Don’t Panic Last week Banksy declared that all profits from his current print sale would be gifted to Russian art anarchist group Voina. Known for drawing an enormous cock on a bridge opposite the ex-KGB offices, and instiga

Ranchers Against Coal? Montana Does Things Diffrunt

Published on 2013-04-29 13:43:43

By Kim Murphy, Cross Posted from Los Angeles Times Out in these windy stretches of cottonwood and prairie grass, not far from where Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer ran into problems at Little Bighorn, a new battle is unfolding over what future energ

28,000 Rivers in China Have Died, Dried Up, Disappeared Completely

Published on 2013-04-29 13:18:08

Cross posted from the Atlantic / by Angel Hsu and William Mia As recently as 20 years ago, there were an estimated 50,000 rivers in China, each covering a flow area of at least 60 square miles. But now, according to China’s First National Censu

Radical Media and Earth First! without You?

Published on 2013-04-29 12:31:00

Hey all, the Earth First! Journal and Newswire have been pumping out that fresh front-lines news you won’t find together anywhere else. We are also, perhaps, the only editors and journalists that meet copy deadlines while also engaging in blo

Two Activists Lockdown to Protect Cross Timbers from Tar Sands

Published on 2013-04-29 12:02:11

Cross posted from Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance[Scroll down to the bottom of this post for a chronology of today's events, and be sure to visit www.gptarsandsresistance.org and donate to these folks bail funds! Oh yeah, did we mention that this

Climate Activist on Day 29 of Hunger Strike

Published on 2013-04-29 11:06:34

By Andy Rowell, Cross Posted from Eco Watch Earlier this month, 350.org founder Bill McKibben, wrote about the new movement of fossil fuel resistance that was spreading around the world. This resistance is needed now more than ever, as global t

Solidarity with Bangladeshi Garment Workers!

Published on 2013-04-28 14:45:34

by the Anarco Philosorapter S. Brian Wilson – “We are not worth more, they are not worth less.” What the hell is going on in Bangladesh? Earlier this week, a garment factory in Bangladesh collapsed which a day earlier was closed by

Solidarity with Bangladeshi Garment Workers!

Published on 2013-04-28 14:45:34

by the Anarco Philosorapter / Earth First! Newswire “We are not worth more, they are not worth less.” —S. Brian Wilson, activist, author of Blood on the Tracks What the hell is going on in Bangladesh? Earlier this week, a garment factor

Undercover Video, Ag Gag and Where We Get It Wrong

Published on 2013-04-28 12:39:43

How should the animal rights and environmental movement use undercover footage of illegal practices? This article argues that the current trend of using footage to prosecute individual workers may be taking blame and attention away from industries of

The Dirty Fossil Fuel Secret Behind Burma’s Democratic Fairytale

Published on 2013-04-27 22:00:06

Cross Posted from The Guardian By Nafeez Ahmed New evidence has emerged that the systematic violence against ethnic Rohingya in Burma – “described as genocidal by some experts” – is being actively supported by state agencies.

The Dirty Fossil Fuel Secret Behind Burma’s Democratic Fairytale

Published on 2013-04-27 22:00:06

Houston’s Most Polluted Neighborhood Draws the Line at Alberta Tar Sands

Published on 2013-04-27 13:41:50

Cross Posted from Truth-out.org By Kristin Moe, YES! Magazine If the Keystone XL pipeline is approved, 90 percent of the tar sands crude that flows through it will be processed near an embattled Houston neighborhood called Manchester. Residents are

Houston’s Most Polluted Neighborhood Draws the Line at Alberta Tar Sands

Published on 2013-04-27 13:41:50

Federal Protections Lifted from Fish & Wildlife Service

Published on 2013-04-27 10:11:05

by Rabb!t / Earth First! Newswire National delisting of endangered species is on the rise, and flowing up the food chain. As was reported yesterday, the Fish & Wildlife Service has proposed lifting all Endangered Species Act protections from the crit

Federal Protections Lifted from Fish & Wildlife Service

Published on 2013-04-27 10:11:05

Beekeeper Protest Calls for Pesticide Ban

Published on 2013-04-27 10:09:12

Cross Posted from BBC Beekeepers and their supporters have protested in Parliament Square to call for the government to support a ban on pesticides linked to the death of bees. Research suggests that neonicotinoid pesticides have significant adverse

Beekeeper Protest Calls for Pesticide Ban

Published on 2013-04-27 10:09:12

ALF Releases 29 Rabbits from Barcelona Factory Farm

Published on 2013-04-27 09:19:25

Cross posted from Bite Back: received anonymously (translation): 29 Rabbits Liberated From a Factory Farm in Barcelona On the night of April 13, 2013, Animal Liberation Front activists opened the cages of thirty rabbits who were to be killed in a few

ALF Releases 29 Rabbits from Barcelona Factory Farm

Published on 2013-04-27 09:19:25

Campesinos of Asoquimbo Liberate Lands under Control of Emgesa-Endesa-Enel

Published on 2013-04-26 16:40:42

Cross posted from Polinizaciones On April 14th, after closing the ballot boxes of the irregular elections for governor of the Department of Huila, the “Voto en Blanco”, the option against the regional political class received 80,000 votes compare

Campesinos of Asoquimbo Liberate Lands under Control of Emgesa-Endesa-Enel

Published on 2013-04-26 16:40:42

Mark Zuckerberg’s New Political Group Spending Big On Ads Supporting Keystone XL And Oil Drilling

Published on 2013-04-26 12:46:14

Cross Posted from Think Progress Mark Zuckerberg’s new political group, which bills itself as a bipartisan entity dedicated to passing immigration reform, has spent considerable resources on ads advocating a host of anti-environmental causes — in

Mark Zuckerberg’s New Political Group Spending Big On Ads Supporting Keystone XL And Oil Drilling

Published on 2013-04-26 12:46:14

BREAKING NEWS: National Wolf Delisting Plan Moving Forward!

Published on 2013-04-26 10:09:04

Cross Posted from Sunset One decision could forever change the future of gray wolves in our country. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is proposing to remove all Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for most of the gray wolves across the

BREAKING NEWS: National Wolf Delisting Plan Moving Forward!

Published on 2013-04-26 10:09:04

Hopi Tribe Wins Round in Snowbowl Lawsuit

Published on 2013-04-26 09:55:13

Cross Posted from MyFoxLA The Hopi Tribe has won a round in its bid to stop Flagstaff from selling reclaimed wastewater to Arizona Snowbowl. On Thursday, the Arizona Court of Appeals overturned a 2011 ruling by a former Coconino County Superior Court

Indiana Ag-Gag Bill Resurfaced, Democrats Ousted from Committee

Published on 2013-04-26 09:52:08

Cross Posted from Green is the New Red If you know anyone in Indiana, please share this immediately. Indiana’s ag-gag bill, which makes it illegal to expose factory farms, clearcutting, and fracking, has resurfaced and it is being rushed through t

Idle No More Leads Earth Day Events Against Keystone Pipeline in SF

Published on 2013-04-25 22:45:57

Cross Posted from Native News Network Some 700 people celebrated Earth Day in San Francisco on Monday. The event was a combination of celebrating Mother Earth and demonstrating against the dangers of contamination the environment. The marchers were l

New Documentary Debunks Monster Dams

Published on 2013-04-25 22:12:03

Damocracy the movie has been released, chronicling the struggles of communities a world apart to defend their rivers from monster dams masquerading as “clean” energy: the Belo Monte dam on the Xingu River in Brazil and the Ilisu Dam on the Tigris

RAMPS Campaigner Sentenced to 60 Days for KXL Action

Published on 2013-04-25 17:42:19

by Earth First! Newswire Glen Collins is in Smith County Jail in Texas tonight after pleading guilty to charges of trespassing and illegal dumping stemming from his blockade of the Keystone XL pipeline last December. In one of the most striking act

Multiple Houses in Olympia and Seattle Visited by the FBI This Morning

Published on 2013-04-25 17:00:44

Cross Posted from Committee Against Political Repression At least 2 houses in Olympia and 2 in Seattle were visited this morning by the FBI, looking for a few different people. At least one of the people is being sought because the FBI wants to inter

Tar Sands Pipeline Oil Spill in Minnesota

Published on 2013-04-25 16:29:18

Cross posted from Indigenous Environmental Network by Marty Cobenais Viking, MN – The small northern western Minnesota town of approximately 100 people was the site of the latest Alberta Canada tar sands pipeline oil spill. Enbridge Energy made t

Indonesian Military ‘Development’ Program Spreads Fear in West Papua

Published on 2013-04-25 16:14:24

Cross post from Survival International Papuan leaders have voiced their concern at plans for more than a thousand Indonesian soldiers to build 1,500 km of new roads in the next two years to accelerate ‘development’ in West Papua. The government c

‘Lost’ Report Exposes Brazilian Indian Genocide

Published on 2013-04-25 16:09:42

Cross posted from Survival International A shocking report detailing horrific atrocities committed against Brazilian Indians in the 1940s, 50s and 60s has resurfaced – 45 years after it was mysteriously ‘destroyed’ in a fire. The Figueiredo rep

Mt. Taylor Faces ‘Permanent and Severe’ Adverse Cultural Impacts

Published on 2013-04-25 14:21:08

Cross posted from IndigenousAction.org by Klee Benally GALLUP, NM — The Cibola National Forest Service (CNFS) has issued a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a mine proposed on Mt. Taylor that will violate the existing Forest Managemen

Maasai Women Taking Bold Stance to Protect Land Rights

Published on 2013-04-25 14:15:08

from Intercontinental Cry ARUSHA – More than 2,000 Maasai women are taking a bold political stand in a move aimed at protecting community land rights. From the 27th of March until the 7th of April, women gathered in Magaiduru village, one of the ni

Spilled Tar-Sands Oil Could be Creeping Toward the Arkansas River

Published on 2013-04-25 10:32:31

Cross Posted from Grist By Suzi Parker Rocker Neil Young wanted to see for himself the damage from ExxonMobil’s ruptured Pegasus oil pipeline, which recently spewed reeking, black goo into small-town Mayflower, Ark. So Young, a stalwart environmen

Animal Activists Conduct Mass Sabotage in Italy

Published on 2013-04-24 23:03:02

Cross Posted from Huffington Post via The Blaze Over the weekend animal rights activists entered a laboratory conducting animal studies, set loose some of the animals and switched cages, ruining years worth of research, according to lab officials. N

Harvard Announces Closure of Primate Research Center

Published on 2013-04-24 15:14:29

Cross Posted from SaenOnline Harvard Medical School has issued a statement announcing that the New England Primate Research Center will be closing within 24 months. Harvard’s New England Primate Research Center has been embroiled in an ongoing cont

Court Upholds EPA’s Power to Protect Communities from Mountaintop Removal Mining

Published on 2013-04-24 13:38:39

Cross Posted from EarthJustice Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s legal authority to veto a mining permit that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had issued. The decision reverses t

Indigenous Town in Mexico Celebrates Two Years of Autonomy and Defense of their Community Forest

Published on 2013-04-24 12:44:37

Cross Posted from Real News Network via Climate-Connections By Andalusia Knoll, April 23 2013.

Sabotage the Industrial Nightmare

Published on 2013-04-24 11:22:18

Wild Ass Sabotage Communiqués: Part I, the Spirit Train The following wild ass communiqué was sent out October 13, 2008, after the Canadian Pacific Rail way sabotage took place in Canada leading up to the Olympics. It is both a fierce anti-colonial

Long Live the Jane Jacobs Community Forest!

Published on 2013-04-24 11:21:10

Cross Posted from Mismanaging Perception In what has become an ongoing series of cycling tours aimed at shaming corporate polluters and exposing the greenwashing going on in our city, Monday, April 22nd, saw scores of activists gather in Holladay par

DEP Earth Day Protest in Pennsylvania

Published on 2013-04-24 10:57:27

Monday, April 22, people from across Pennsylvania descended upon Department of Environmental Protection offices in every district. In Williamsport a group of thirty concerned citizens rallied in front of the DEP office, and eventually a group of t

Defend Native Forests, Resist GE Trees: May 26-June 1, Asheville, NC

Published on 2013-04-24 10:50:06

Resist the Tree Biotechnology 2013 Conference May 26 – June 1 Asheville, NC Join Earth First!, Global Justice Ecology Project and the STOP GE Trees Campaign for a week of resistance to genetically engineered trees. At the end of May the Interna

A Call For More Meeting Disruptions!

Published on 2013-04-24 03:09:10

by Rabb!t, Earth First! Newswire As the saying goes: dress for the job you want [to undermine], not the one you have [been]. Lately, environmental activists have been shedding the flannels and camo and straightening their ties in order to infiltrate

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Unanimously Pass Resolution Urging Fossil Fuel Divestment

Published on 2013-04-23 22:55:52

Cross Posted from 350.org The San Francisco Board of Supervisors (SFERS) passed a unanimous resolution this afternoon calling on the San Francisco Employee Retirement System to divest over $583 million invested in the 200 corporations that hold the m

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Unanimously Pass Resolution Urging Fossil Fuel Divestment

Published on 2013-04-23 22:55:52

Evening Gumbo of Earth Day Action

Published on 2013-04-23 19:32:44

San Mateo County Residents Protest Toxic Jail In commemoration of Earth Day, community members from around San Mateo County gathered outside of the new jail site and the County Center wearing hazardous materials suits and gas masks to illustrate th

Washington Port Announces Crude Oil Deal

Published on 2013-04-23 16:43:44

Cross Posted from Earthfix By Bonnie Stewart The Port of Vancouver in southwest Washington could start handling crude oil from North Dakota under an agreement announced Monday. Spokeswoman Theresa Wagner says the Port of Vancouver has been negotiatin

Anti-Mining Activist Daniel Pedro Mateo Kidnapped and Murdered in Guatemala

Published on 2013-04-23 13:20:16

EF! Newswire In the midst of an ongoing genocide trial against a former president of Guatemala, which is now being suspended by the current president who is also implicated in the war crimes, violence against indigenous environmental activists contin

Morning Cup of Earth Day Protests

Published on 2013-04-23 09:48:04

Meadville group protests against oil and natural gas well fracking While chanting “DEP, can’t you see you’re the case of all this misery?” and “No fracking way,” a crowd marched peacefully from Diamond Park down Chestnut Street on Monday

No Dash for Gas—The Return

Published on 2013-04-23 09:37:57

Cross Posted from The Guardian By Fiona Harvey The government plans for a “dash for gas” are to come under renewed assault with a protest planned this summer at an EDF power station in Nottingham, the Guardian has learned. The choice of

Help Fund CWAC2013!

Published on 2013-04-23 09:32:49

Cross Posted from CWAC The Central Wisconsin Action Camp is an informal, completely free and non-commercial, and loosely organized event operating on a meager budget, formed entirely off of donated and scavenged supplies and sustained through 100% vo

Indonesian Forest Open for Mining, Logging

Published on 2013-04-23 09:29:11

Cross Posted from SMH A mining company has boasted of an Indonesian government decision to free up 1.2 million hectares of virgin forest in Aceh for commercial exploitation. The announcement to the Canadian stock exchange late on Tuesday was met wit

Activist Locks Himself to Keystone XL Heavy Machinery Launching a “Red River Showdown” Over KXL South

Published on 2013-04-22 23:07:54

Cross Posted from GPTarSandsResistance On Earth Day 2013, to mark the close of the State Department’s public comment period for TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL Northern Segment (KXL North) pipeline’s Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), an

Make History: Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline

Published on 2013-04-22 12:18:27

Keystone XL Pipeline Compilation by Earth First! Journal Collective Today, Monday, April 22, is the deadline for the last official public comment period on the Obama administration’s review on the Keystone XL Pipeline. It also happens to be Ear

Decolonize Earth Day!

Published on 2013-04-22 12:16:57

by an EF! Newswiree How about earth year? How about Earth century? How about planning a different future? An impossible futurism of environmental liberation. Like many other movements today, we in the ecology/environmental movement are offered our to

Why I Love TWAC

Published on 2013-04-22 01:49:36

…Even though I’ll never go to one by some cis-male, for the Earth First! Newswire If you travel in activist circles (or you read the EF! Newswire), you’ve likely heard of TWAC—the Trans and Womyns’ Action Camp—by now. And

Tsleil-Waututh First Nation Sign International Treaty to Oppose Tar Sands Development

Published on 2013-04-21 19:51:42

Cross Posted from Vancouver Observer In the latest step toward opposing oil pipelines at every port in Canada, the Tsleil-Waututh Nation of Burrard Inlet signed on to the International Treaty to Protect the Sacred yesterday. The nation held a press

Portland Pipeline at Center of Fierce Fight in Maine

Published on 2013-04-21 19:48:45

Cross Posted from Boston Globe Over seven decades, the Portland pipeline has propelled some 5 billion gallons of crude oil across the mountains and beneath the pristine waters of northern New England to refineries in Quebec. Aside from a few small

Concerns Grow about Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals in Wisconsin Water

Published on 2013-04-21 19:44:50

Cross Posted from The Cap Times In America’s Dairyland, steroid hormones from livestock have been found in the snowmelt runoff from large cattle-feeding operations. In the Shenandoah River (which starts in Virginia and feeds into the Potomac River)

The “Green” Fracking Revolution Is On The Way

Published on 2013-04-21 19:40:32

by Gal Fawkes / Earth First! News Wire Poisoned Water Supply Got You Down? Eco-Capitalism to the Rescue! What if there was a man, an environmentalist lets say—as well as an oil, gas, mining, double d-bag executive—that could turn the toxic natu

Video: Stand Tall with Julia

Published on 2013-04-21 16:16:36

Cross Posted from tarsandsblockade Julia Trigg Crawford has used every available legal avenue to keep TransCanada from seizing her family farm for its toxic Keystone XL pipeline. Her story is a classic David and Goliath struggle of a Texas farmer

Tohono O’odham: Pipeline Would Harm Cultural Sites

Published on 2013-04-21 15:56:31

Cross Posted from AZ Star The Tohono O’odham Nation is taking action to officially oppose a proposed pipeline project in the Altar Valley. The Sierrita Pipeline, a Kinder Morgan project, calls for 59 miles of 36-inch pipe to deliver natural gas

Hundreds Protest Sweden’s Mining Boom

Published on 2013-04-21 11:38:01

Cross Posted from The Local Around 700 people from across Sweden gathered in Stockholm on Saturday to demonstrate against the government’s minerals strategy and planned mining projects around the country. Around 30 organizations participated in

Florida Sues BP on Third Anniversary of Gulf Oil Spill

Published on 2013-04-21 11:34:33

Cross Posted from Huffington Post The state of Florida filed a lawsuit Saturday against oil company BP and cement contractor Halliburton over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, becoming the fourth state to seek damages for the 2010 disaster. The suit,

Tim DeChristopher’s Peaceful Uprising

Published on 2013-04-21 11:25:56

Cross Posted from EcoWatch By Wild Idaho Rising Tide At a time when the debate over climate change is finally gaining post-election traction and hot topics such as fracking and theKeystone XL pipeline have captured public attention, the documen

Some Oil Spill Damage Can’t Be Cleaned Up

Published on 2013-04-20 15:37:26

by Grayson A recent article in Newsweek outlines the shocking health problems, including neurological damage, that workers and residents at the 2010 BP oil spill disaster site have suffered in the three years since the incident. Considering the insan

Some Oil Spill Damage Can’t Be Cleaned Up

Published on 2013-04-20 15:37:26

by Grayson, Earth First! Newswire A recent article in Newsweek outlines the shocking health problems, including neurological damage, that workers and residents at the 2010 BP oil spill disaster site have suffered in the three years since the incident

Protesting for Human Rights, Environmental Abuses of Mining in London

Published on 2013-04-20 12:57:27

Cross Posted from Demotix Campaigners from four overseas countries visited London to protest alleged human rights and environmental abuses at the annual meetings of mining companies Rio Tinto and Anglo American which was held at The Queen Elizabeth C

Texas Fertilizer Company Didn’t Heed Disclosure Rules Before Blast

Published on 2013-04-20 12:49:27

Cross Posted from Reuters The fertilizer plant that exploded on Wednesday, obliterating part of a small Texas town and killing at least 14 people, had last year been storing 1,350 times the amount of ammonium nitrate that would normally trigger sa

Sri Lankans Protest Planned Deforestation

Published on 2013-04-20 12:42:26

Cross Posted from Colombo Page Director of Environment Conservation Trust (ECT) Sajeewa Chamikara says that the mass destruction of environment may take place if a forest reserve in Sri Lanka’s northeast Padaviya area is vested to Sri Lanka Mah

CSOs Protest Approval of Timber Disposal by Former PM

Published on 2013-04-20 12:38:05

Cross Posted from TheNews.com.pk By Farzana Ali Khan Civil society organisations have lodged a strong protest against the controversial approval by former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf to dispose of 4 million cubic feet of timber cut legally an

Groups March Against Taitung Miramar Resort

Published on 2013-04-20 12:33:31

Cross posted from Taipei Times By Lee I-chia More than 2,000 people, including many dressed in traditional Aboriginal garb, marched through the streets of Taipei yesterday afternoon protesting the controversial Miramar Resort Village construction pro

The Boston Marathon Bombing, Chechnya and Ecocidal Tendencies

Published on 2013-04-20 11:59:47

by Panagioti, Earth First! Newswire There a good chance that you are reading this now because of our initial post on the Boston Marathon bombing, “A Tale of Two Terrorisms,” going viral last week, catching the eye of a couple hundred thou

Showdown at Shell! Extreme Energy Development vs Indigenous Peoples

Published on 2013-04-19 16:36:53

Help send an Indigenous delegation to the Shell AGM The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation has joined forces with the UK Tar Sands Network and the Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign to attend the Shell Annual General Shareholder Meeting in the Hague, Nether

Cure “Terrorism”: Heal the Earth

Published on 2013-04-19 16:27:01

By Sasha, Earth First! Newswire Since the FBI “found their men,” the cause of the Boston bombing has been linked to Chechen separatism, Islam, and even immigration. However, the truth lies much deeper than any apparent motive (or lack the

Keystone XL Opponents Dominate Raucous Nebraska Hearing

Published on 2013-04-19 14:42:02

Cross Posted from Grist.org By John Upton More than 1,000 people traveled from far and wide to snowy Grand Island, Neb., on Thursday to tell the State Department what they think of plans to build the Keystone XL pipeline. Commenters had a maximum

Greenpeace Scales Syngenta for the Bees

Published on 2013-04-18 23:13:08

Cross Posted from GlobalPost Greenpeace activists scaled the headquarters of Swiss chemical company Syngenta AG in Basel to protest use of pesticides that affect the health of honey bees and have led to a decline in bee colonies. The environmental ac

Environmental Advocates Rally Outside Pipeline Conference

Published on 2013-04-18 23:10:26

Cross Posted from KPBS Waving signs and shouting chants, environmental advocates rallied outside a Coronado resort Wednesday to protest a pipeline conference hosted indoors. The American Petroleum Institute, a gas and oil industry trade association,

Dane Rossman to be Extradited to Canada

Published on 2013-04-18 23:01:33

Cross Posted from SupportDaneRossman.blogspot.com On the morning of April 17th, Federal Magistrate D. Thomas Ferraro ruled that Dane Rossman is to be extradited to Canada to face two charges stemming from the G20 protest in Toronto in 2010. The co

Dismantling the Plastic Straw Industrial Complex?

Published on 2013-04-18 13:57:48

EF! Newswire Five hundred million straws every fucking day!? Can you believe that shit. Yeah, it’s terrible. While plastic straws have been an item of convenience which keep ice cubes from hitting you in the teeth, a lot of them straws end up i

Action Photos: People SEIZE Tar Sands Field

Published on 2013-04-18 11:28:46

Cross Posted from TarSandsResist Dear Cameron Todd, Fighting the toxic stench of chemicals and exposed tar, people entered your tar sands test pit this weekend. The raid was to expose tar sands’ awful destructiveness and demonstrate resolve against

Three Arrested at Court Appearance for Protesting Fracking Infrastructure Storage Site

Published on 2013-04-18 11:05:20

Cross Posted from EcoWatch More than 150 people packed the Town of Reading Court in New York on April 17 to witness what they believe is a shocking miscarriage of justice. Three members of a group dubbed the “Seneca Lake 12”—massage therapist M

Snitch Alert: Co-operating witness in Green Scare cases released to Halfway House

Published on 2013-04-17 22:24:40

Cross Posted from Puget Sound Anarchist Chelsea Gerlach, one of the government’s star witnesses in the green scare cases, is currently listed by the Bureau of Prisons as being placed into the custody of “community corrections.” This typically m

Snitch Alert: Co-operating witness in Green Scare cases released to Halfway House

Published on 2013-04-17 22:24:40

Exxon After Arkansas: Greenwashing from Coast to Coast

Published on 2013-04-17 18:14:08

By Sasha Ross If you live in Oregon, you are familiar with the spectacle of greenwashing at the highest levels of political theater. As Portland gears up to host the UN’s World Environment Day, the international attention almost obscures the plans

Exxon After Arkansas: Greenwashing from Coast to Coast

Published on 2013-04-17 18:14:08

Filthy Dirty South: A Football Field of Marsh and Swamp Lost Every Half Hour

Published on 2013-04-17 12:55:28

by Rising Appalachia Due to the production and extraction of oil [in the U.S. South], a great deal of marshes and swamps are lost at an astonishing rate of a football field every 30 minutes… Be sure to check out the article Dirty South, Global Sout

Filthy Dirty South: A Football Field of Marsh and Swamp Lost Every Half Hour

Published on 2013-04-17 12:55:28

Right Wing Church Claims Victory in Boston Bombings, Anarchist Hackers Step In

Published on 2013-04-17 12:11:52

from the Earth First! Newswire According to tweets sent out by the Westboro Baptist Church shortly after two bombs killed three and injured hundreds near the finish-line at the Boston Marathon, it was “God” who brought on the carnage beca

Right Wing Church Claims Victory in Boston Bombings, Anarchist Hackers Step In

Published on 2013-04-17 12:11:52

Colorado Declared Most Endangered River in the U.S.

Published on 2013-04-17 11:20:21

by the Great Basin Water Network LAS VEGAS, Nev. — American Rivers organization today announced its annual list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers, naming the Colorado River the Most Endangered River in the country. The Colorado River is endange

Riot Police Attack Villagers During Mining Conflict

Published on 2013-04-17 01:58:52

Cross Posted from Epoch Times By Wang Liang In the small village of Buzhe, in Guizhou Province, around 600 villagers were beaten and dispersed with teargas by about 300 riot police on April 11. The villagers had come to assist a young couple being a

Paraguay: Protesters Block Access to Yacyreta Dam

Published on 2013-04-17 01:56:16

Cross Posted from Prensa Latina More than 1,000 people blocked the access to Yacyreta hydroelectric plant, in the bordering department of Misiones, demanding the payment of debts from months ago. Protesters include not only inhabitants of the area ne

Study Reveals GMO Corn to be Highly Toxic

Published on 2013-04-16 15:43:06

Cross Posted from rt A leaked study examining genetically-modified corn reveals that the lab-made alternative to organic crops contains a startling level of toxic chemicals. An anti-GMO website has posted the results of an education-based consulting

Study Reveals GMO Corn to be Highly Toxic

Published on 2013-04-16 15:43:06

Odd Alliance of Anarchists, Farmers Takes on French Gov’t in Occupy-style Airport Battle

Published on 2013-04-16 12:56:17

They hurl sticks, stones and gasoline bombs. They have spent brutal winter months fortifying muddy encampments. And now they’re ready to ramp up their fight against the prime minister and his pet project — a massive new airport in western Fra

Odd Alliance of Anarchists, Farmers Takes on French Gov’t in Occupy-style Airport Battle

Published on 2013-04-16 12:56:17

Meet the Woman Who Shut Down Chicago’s Dirty Coal Plants

Published on 2013-04-16 11:25:38

Cross Posted from Grist By Claire Thompson Last summer, clean-air activists celebrated the shutdown of Chicago’s notorious Fisk and Crawford coal power plants, which ended the Windy City’s distinction as the only U.S. metropolis to house two op

Meet the Woman Who Shut Down Chicago’s Dirty Coal Plants

Published on 2013-04-16 11:25:38

Two Lifelong Oklahomans Halt Construction of Keystone XL Work Site

Published on 2013-04-16 09:53:20

Cross Posted from gptarsandsresistance UPDATE 11:15 AM- Firefighters have extracted Gwen Ingram from the construction machinery. Gwen held strong in her nonviolent civil disobedience act for several hours. Follow more of our actions live on our Fa

Mock Wedding Illustrates Misguided Marriage Between Fracking Industry and Environmental Groups

Published on 2013-04-16 09:28:57

Cross posted from Ecowatch A coalition of Pennsylvania and Ohio students and residents staged a mock wedding today at the EQT Plaza in downtown Pittsburgh, PA, to condemn the misguided union of corporations and environmental nonprofits through the C

Halkidiki Gold Mine Protesters Lift Roadblocks

Published on 2013-04-16 00:31:10

Cross Posted from ekathimerini.com Road transport in the broader region of Mount Athos, Halkidiki, was largely restored on Monday after residents of Ierissos lifted roadblocks they had set up last week to protest the detention of two fellow villagers

Tiny Bulga Wins Day Against Mining Goliath

Published on 2013-04-16 00:29:42

Cross Posted from The Age “We’ve got a lot of happy people who were born and bred in Bulga”. Photo: Ryan Osland The tiny New South Wales town of Bulga has won a three-year battle against mining giant Rio Tinto when a court overturn

To Protest Arctic Oil Drilling, Greenpeace Plants Flag Under the Pole

Published on 2013-04-16 00:21:54

Cross Posted from NunatsiaqOnline Four young people with Greenpeace have planted a flag on the seabed beneath the North Pole, at the same spot where a submarine planted a Russian flag claiming the Arctic for Russia, Greenpeace said April 15. The youn

Protesters Disrupt Coal Industry-Funded “Science” Symposium

Published on 2013-04-16 00:18:15

Cross Posted from RampsCampaign.org Today two protesters disrupted the first symposium held by the Appalachian Research Initiative in Environmental Science (ARIES), a coal industry funded research consortium. Joe Solomon and David Baghdadi marched in

CYBER Anarchists To Attack Bahrain Once Again Over Human Rights

Published on 2013-04-15 23:54:57

CYBER anarchists Anonymous are again vowing to disrupt this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. from the Sun The internet hacking group successfully stopped the official Formula One website from working last year under the title of ‘Operation Bahrain

The Boston Marathon and U.S. Drone Attacks: a Tale of Two Terrorisms

Published on 2013-04-15 18:13:34

To murder several runners using bombs at a sporting event is terrorism. To murder 175 children using military drones is U.S. policy. We should accept neither. We should fight against both. List of children killed by U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan and

Fracking for Uranium

Published on 2013-04-15 17:43:56

first accidentally and now on purpose. by John Upton / Grist What has 92 protons, deforms growing children, sickens adults, and is being squeezed out of its underground lair by frackers operating in Pennsylvania? U[hh], uranium! The toxic and radioac

Basildon Council Orders Dale Farm Families to Pay for Their Own Eviction

Published on 2013-04-15 14:37:38

Cross Posted from Squat.net In October 2011, Basildon Council violently evicted 83 families from land they owned (at Dale Farm) because they did not have planning permission. Now, Basildon Council has told families who have virtually nothing left tha

Asphalt Lot Is Fine Substitute for Bulldozed Garden, Ed Department Says

Published on 2013-04-15 14:32:30

Cross Posted from DNAinfo Their field of dreams has turned into a field of pavement. Residents near the new P.S. 133 on Fourth Avenue say the School Construction Authority broke its promise to replace a beloved community garden that was bulldozed w

Keystone XL: The Art of NGO Discourse, Part I

Published on 2013-04-15 14:22:24

Cross Posted from WrongKindofGreen An investigative report by Cory Morningstar Gloat Like Rockefeller When Watching Trains March 5, 2013: Buffett Says Gloat Like Rockefeller When Watching Trains On Nov 3, 2009, Berkshire Hathaway, the investment ve

Chinese Authorities Squash Protests Against Land Grabs in Inner-Mongolia

Published on 2013-04-15 00:11:47

from Intercontinental Cry Authorities in northern China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region earlier this month blocked an attempted cross-country march by traditional Mongol herders, with police assaulting hundreds in two incidents. In the first in

China Mining Tibet To Death

Published on 2013-04-14 23:58:16

by Claude Arpi / Niti Central On March 29, China’s State media reported that 83 miners had presumably died following a major landslide at the site of a gold mine in Gyama Valley, near the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. A few days later, 66 miners were con

The Remarkable Biodiversity Of Belly Buttons

Published on 2013-04-14 23:50:09

from NPR Scientists at the Belly Button Biodiversity Project wanted to engage the public. They started to culture the bacteria in people’s navels as a way to remind them about the life living on their bodies. In the process, they discovered div

Protests against sand-gravel mafia

Published on 2013-04-14 23:48:40

Cross posted from Indian Express Youth Congress members from Phillaur Friday held a protest against the sand-gravel mafia by putting up stalls of sand and gravel in the area. Youth Congress president Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary said similar programmes

Thousands Protest in Greece against Canadian goldmine project

Published on 2013-04-14 23:38:45

Cross Posted from France24 Thousands of Greek protesters on Saturday rallied against a Canadian gold mining project under way in the northeastern region of Halkidiki, which locals say will cause irreversible damage to the environment. About 2,000 peo

Greenpeace hits back at protest crackdown

Published on 2013-04-14 23:36:48

Cross Posted from 3News By Jessica Rowe The Government is cracking down on protesters who are targeting offshore mining operations in New Zealand waters. Energy Minister Simon Bridges has proposed tougher penalties and hefty fines to prevent activis

Portland Animal Defense League Says Goodbye

Published on 2013-04-14 23:30:53

Cross Posted from PADL Facebook Page To our friends, allies, supporters, and collaborators, No doubt many of you have taken notice that the Portland Animal Defense League (ADL) has been inactive for well over a year. Because you all have taken a

Activist Silenced as China Island Forests Destroyed

Published on 2013-04-14 23:17:56

from the Saudi Gazette WANNING, China — Rumbling earthmovers carve out a seaside golf course among fallen palm trees on a Chinese island, after authorities silenced the man who spoke out against destroying the tropical forest. Vast swathes of Haina

Report: Statement from the Black & Green Forum & 2nd Solidarity Eco-Camp in the Philippines

Published on 2013-04-14 11:48:05

Cross posted from 325 ECO CAMP BACKGROUND Eco-Camp is an activity organized by Mobile Anarchist School with the help by Local Autonomous Network (LAN) both active in the Philippines. Last April 2012 was the first camping held in Tanay Rizal, Philippi

Trinity Industries- Closing Wind Power Manufacturing for Tar Sands

Published on 2013-04-14 09:00:50

from Root Force We recently reported that Trinity Industries is one of two companies scrambling to fill back orders for 48,000 tank cars to ship tar sands. Seems like Trinity has a great plan in mind to increase their manufacturing capacity- for ra

National Guard Prepares for Radiation Wielding Eco-Terrorist Attacks on Commercial Fisheries

Published on 2013-04-14 00:58:09

by Russ McSpadden / Earth First! Newswire The Alaska Army National Guard’s 103rd Civil Support Team underwent Exercise Orca earlier this week, preparing to handle a band of eco-terrorists equipped with a good deal of Earth lovin’ angst an

Irish Teens Toss 25 Molotovs at Loyalists, Police in N. Ireland

Published on 2013-04-13 17:08:39

from the Belfast Telegraph Twenty-five Molotov cocktails were hurled during street disturbances in Northern Ireland by children as young as 14, police have said. The disorder broke out at an interface area in Derry, when youngsters began throwing sto

Muskrat Falls Inuit Arrested Battling Churchill River Hydroelectric Project in Labrador

Published on 2013-04-13 13:33:15

Cross Posted From Indian Counrty Today Media Network A 74-year old Inuit elder has ended a hunger strike and been released from jail after being arrested along with seven others protesting the controversial Muskrat Falls hydroelectric dam on the Chu

13 Spills in 30 Days

Published on 2013-04-12 20:54:41

From TckTckTck Moving oil is a dirty business, and never has that been more clear than this past month. Since March 11, the global oil industry has had 13 spills on three continents. In North and South America alone, they’ve spilled more than a mil

Mountain Justice Action Camp, May 19-27

Published on 2013-04-12 17:10:29

Cross Posted from Mountain Justice: Join Mountain Justice this May 19th – 27th for our 9th Mountain Justice Summer Action Training Camp, near Damascus, VA. Mountain Justice has grown from a fast burning brush fire that helped push Mountaintop Remo

Montreal Anarchist Bookfair Coming Up

Published on 2013-04-12 17:07:13

from Anarchist Bookfair This May 25 and 16 is the next Montreal Anarchist Bookfair- “During the weekend, there is a Anarchist Film Room (this year for two days) screening alternative films and documentaries, while the walls of the Bookfair venu

How Obama Defanged the Environmental Protection Agency

Published on 2013-04-12 14:39:27

by Joshua Frank / Counterpunch It was a tumultuous tenure, productive by some accounts, lackluster by most, but one thing is for certain, Lisa Jackson’s short time as administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency was anything but dull. On De

Monsanto’s Dirty War

Published on 2013-04-12 14:31:30

by Zach Kaldveer and Ronnie Cummins / Counterpunch The biotech industry, led by Monsanto, will soon descend on the state of Washington to try their best to defeat I-522, a citizens’ ballot initiative to require mandatory labeling of foods that cont

Riots Over Baroness Thatcher’s Dead Body

Published on 2013-04-12 13:20:50

Anarchists and Police Warn of Full Scale Street Battles Tomorrow and at Margaret Thatchers Funeral Procession by Russ McSpadden / Earth First! Newswire Back in March of 1990, during the poll tax riots in London, more than 200,000 people engaged in pr

Global Noise Demo: Mother’s Day 2013

Published on 2013-04-12 12:58:12

From Prison Books Global Noise Demo: Mother’s Day 2013 outside & inside prisons, jails, and detention centers everywhere that hold women captive. Mother’s Day began not just as a day to honor mothers, but as a day for mothers to express solidarit

Protests, Lawsuits and Arson: South American Mine Resistance

Published on 2013-04-12 11:54:39

Maddie Pfeiffer, the Final Grand Jury Refuser (So Far), Has Been Released

Published on 2013-04-12 11:14:36

Cross Posted from Slog In last week’s paper, we wrote about Matthew Duran and Katherine Olejnik, two of several grand-jury refusers who were subpoenaed, hauled before a grand jury and a federal prosecutor (without a defense attorney in the roo

Exxon Oil Pipeline Breaks on Blackfeet Reservation In Montana

Published on 2013-04-11 21:56:49

Cross Posted from West coast native news Plenty of people have heard of the recent oil spill on the Yellowstone River in Montana. Few are aware, however, that three weeks ago another leak formed a creek of crude running down to Cut Bank River

New Ag-Gag Bill Introduced in North Carolina on Same Day Butterball Worker Pleads Guilty to Cruelty

Published on 2013-04-11 12:19:41

Posted from Green is the New Red North Carolina is the latest state to consider a new law targeting whistleblowers, undercover investigators, and journalists who expose factory farms. The legislation was introduced on the same day that a fifth Butt

Same Company Building Keystone and Tennessee Pipelines

Published on 2013-04-11 12:09:08

From Root Force Two projects are currently being fought on the ground (and in the trees) halfway across the country from each other, and various sources (including an article in the Ecologist ) have confirmed that the same company is doing on-the-gro

Chile suspends Barrick Gold mine on indigenous fears of pollution

Published on 2013-04-10 19:36:03

Cross Posted from Edmonton Journal A Chilean court on Wednesday suspended Barrick Gold Corp.’s Pascua-Lama mine after indigenous communities complained that the project is threatening their water supply and polluting glaciers. The appeals court in

In Memoriam: Joe Feller, Much More Than a Law Professor

Published on 2013-04-10 17:18:11

by Holly Doremus / Legal Planet Today I learned the sad news that Joe Feller, Professor of Law at Arizona State University, has died after being hit by a car. Joe was a fine scholar (coincidentally, I was reading a terrific piece he wrote on The Adju

Anarchist Beekeepers Claim Responsibility for U.S. Drone Attack

Published on 2013-04-10 16:10:13

The Earth First! Journal office received this short video in which a group of self described anarchist beekeepers take credit for a recent attack on a media drone by a swarm of bees. The video appears to come from a camera mounted on the drone itse

Daniel McGowan Forbidden From Publishing Articles Without Permission

Published on 2013-04-10 12:15:39

Cross Posted from Village Voice By Nick Pinto After more than seven years, the stack of dehumanizing and seemingly unconstitutional interactions between Daniel McGowan and the American prison system is now piled so high it is teetering over into a re

Alaska Oil Spill

Published on 2013-04-10 11:25:50

Cross Posted from Reuters A ruptured hose at an Alaska well on Tuesday sprayed about two-thirds of an acre of snow-covered tundra and forced Spanish oil firm Repsol to halt exploration tests briefly at the North Slope prospect, state environmental

Obama’s Energy Lackey

Published on 2013-04-10 03:28:17

Cross Posted from Counterpunch By Steve Horn Congress will review the Obama Administration’s nomination of Ernest Moniz for Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE) in hearings that start today, April 9. Moniz has come under fire for his outs

Political Prisoner Birthday Poster For April 2013

Published on 2013-04-09 20:50:18

From Prison Books Hello Friends and Comrades, Here is the political prisoner birthday poster for April. As always, please post this poster publicly and/or use it to start a card writing night of your own. Tragically, there are four more people on thi

Political Prisoner Birthday Poster For April 2013

Published on 2013-04-09 20:50:18

Environmentalists Deal Defeat to Fracking in California

Published on 2013-04-09 19:32:36

by Michael Bastasch / the Daily Caller A federal judge sided with environmental groups on Monday and ruled that the Obama administration wrongfully issued oil leases in Monterey County, Calif., by not considering the environmental impacts of hydrauli

Environmentalists Deal Defeat to Fracking in California

Published on 2013-04-09 19:32:36

Oklahoma Grandmother Locks Herself to KXL Heavy Machinery

Published on 2013-04-09 12:43:36

ALLEN, OK – Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 9:00 AM – Oklahoma grandmother Nancy Zorn, 79, from Warr Acres, has locked herself to a piece of heavy machinery effectively halting construction on TransCanada’s Keystone XL toxic tar sands pipeline. Thi

Oklahoma Grandmother Locks Herself to KXL Heavy Machinery

Published on 2013-04-09 12:43:36

Another Oil Pipeline Spill on the Weekend, Where’s the Media Attention?

Published on 2013-04-09 12:23:35

By Kevin Grandia While clean up continues on the Exxon oil spill in Arkansas, another oil pipeline burst was detected over the weekend – this time in Houston, Texas. The Shell Oil owned pipeline burst was detected Friday by the US National Response

Another Oil Pipeline Spill on the Weekend, Where’s the Media Attention?

Published on 2013-04-09 12:23:35

TWAC Storms Prison Industry Giant GEO Group’s HQ in Boca Raton

Published on 2013-04-09 09:38:29

[Update: As of 10:40 am, four TWAC folks who were occupying the GEO lobby have been arrested. The police removed the doors to the building to get them out. Sounds like that might be an inconvenience! We are told donations towards legal support can be

The Octypus-like Monsters in the Guts of Termites

Published on 2013-04-08 18:28:31

“That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.” – H.P. Lovecraft from The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by Russ McSpadden / Earth First! Newswire Ok, microorganisms aren’t really monsters

The Octypus-like Monsters in the Guts of Termites

Published on 2013-04-08 18:28:31

Central Wisconsin Action Camp May 17th-19th

Published on 2013-04-08 16:32:29

Coming to Stevens Point, Wisconsin, May 17th-19th, the Central Wisconsin Action Camp will bring together organizers and activists from the Great Lakes region to foster a culture of direct action through trainings, discussions, and workshops. We wish

Central Wisconsin Action Camp May 17th-19th

Published on 2013-04-08 16:32:29

April 15 Submission Deadline for Beltane 2013 Issue of the Earth First! Journal

Published on 2013-04-08 15:29:31

Print media may be dead, but its fungus-riddled zombie corpse is still kicking around. Despite our commitment to provide news of the brewing eco-rebellion via hyper-speed neural tech networks, we’re still churning out slow time paper publications f

April 15 Submission Deadline for Beltane 2013 Issue of the Earth First! Journal

Published on 2013-04-08 15:29:31

Robotic Bees to Pollinate Monsanto Crops

Published on 2013-04-08 13:35:27

by Russ McSpadden / Earth First! Newswire Pollinators participate in the sexual-reproduction of plants. When you eat an almond, beet, watermelon or sip on coffee, you’re partaking of an ancient relationship between pollinators and flowers. But sinc

Robotic Bees to Pollinate Monsanto Crops

Published on 2013-04-08 13:35:27

Florida Algae Bloom Leads to Record Manatee Deaths

Published on 2013-04-08 10:36:33

Florida’s endangered manatees, already reeling from an unexplained string of deaths in the state’s east coast rivers, have died in record numbers from a toxic red algae bloom that appears each year off the state’s west coast, state officials an

Florida Algae Bloom Leads to Record Manatee Deaths

Published on 2013-04-08 10:36:33

Taiwan Activists Praise “Tree-Top” Man

Published on 2013-04-08 10:02:56

BANGKOK: Taiwan activists are praising one man’s efforts to bring about change to the environmental policies of the East Asian country through his demonstration atop a tree. Dubbed the “tree-top” man, Pan Han-chiang has vowed to stay in his per

Fukushima Tank Springs Major Leak

Published on 2013-04-08 09:39:02

120 tons of radioactive water escape from underground facility Around 120 tons of contaminated water with an estimated 710 billion becquerels of radioactivity has probably leaked into the ground under the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, Tokyo Electric P

Stop Off-Road Vehicles from Tearing Up the Wild in Eastern Oregon

Published on 2013-04-07 17:22:02

Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project Action Alert A corporate-supported lobby is pushing for extensive ORV (or OHV, Off-Highway Vehicle) trail systems on the public lands of Ochoco National Forest. The Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project (BMBP) is mob

Arkansas town in lockdown after oil spill nightmare

Published on 2013-04-06 19:35:17

Cross posted from Grist There’s one Exxon gas station in Mayflower, Ark. Before last Friday, that’s likely as close as Mayflower residents got to the multinational oil and gas behemoth ExxonMobil. But after the Pegasus Pipeline burst last Frida

Tar Sands Blockader Disrupts Valero-Sponsored Golf Tournament, Demands Accountability for Manchester

Published on 2013-04-06 18:02:42

A Tar Sands Blockader disrupted the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio this afternoon during the PGA golf tournament. Douglas Fahlbusch was a standard bearer for the event and used the opportunity to bring attention to Manchester, a low income, predomi

Utah Federal Building Entrance Shut Down to Honor Climate Related Deaths

Published on 2013-04-06 16:08:34

Cross Posted from Peaceful Uprising This morning [Friday] in Salt Lake City a small direct action team of citizens from various organizationsdeployed at rush hour and closed an entrance to the Federal Building. Two were arrested during the hour long

Is Fukushima Radiation Causing the Epidemic of Dead and Starving Sea Lions In California?

Published on 2013-04-06 13:03:58

Painting by Jonathan Raddatz Cross Posted from ZeroHedge.com Associated Press reports: At island rookeries off the Southern California coast, 45 percent of the pups born in June have died, said Sharon Melin, a wildlife biologist for the National Ma

A Giant Poisonous Penis Stuck Off the Coast of Ireland

Published on 2013-04-06 08:40:03

or Climate Justice, Global Capitalism and Lingering Troubles of Colonial Occupation by Panagioti, EF! Newswire Yesterday began the weekend of events surrounding the Dublin Anarchist Bookfair in Ireland. I wasn’t planning to write an article abo

500 Years of Genocide and Colonialism Protested in St. Augustine

Published on 2013-04-05 23:28:41

by Panagioti, EF! Newswire This week marked one of the largest events of Florida’s “Viva 500″ celebrations, a symbolic landing of Ponce de Leon in St. Augustine. Despite being a despicable individual to honor, no records even indica

Daniel McGowan Released After Lawyers Confirm He Was Jailed For HuffPost Blog

Published on 2013-04-05 17:41:06

Cross Posted from Huffington Post Lawyers for environmental activist Daniel McGowan said in a statement Friday afternoon that he had been returned to his halfway house in Brooklyn. They added that they had confirmed McGowan was jailed by federal mars

CP oil spill in northern Ontario larger than first reported

Published on 2013-04-05 16:59:15

Cross Posted from The Globe and Mail A northern Ontario spill of oil from a derailed train is 100 times larger than Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. initially reported. The company said Wednesday that only four barrels spilled. On Thursday, it said some

Stand Behind Lakota Grandmothers!

Published on 2013-04-05 15:27:40

Cross Posted from Infoshop.org The Lakota Solidarity Project with the Lakota Cante Tenza Okolakiciye (Strong Heart Warriors) are issuing an International Call To Action for both Native and non-native Warriors, Activists, Artists, Culture-Jammers, Org

Third Major Oil Spill in a Week: Shell Pipeline Breaks in Texas

Published on 2013-04-05 15:09:34

Thousands of gallons of oil have spilled from a pipeline in Texas, the third accident of its kind in only a week. Shell Pipeline, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, shut down their West Columbia, Texas, pipeline last Friday after electronic calculation

NEW TransCanada Tar Sands Pipeline

Published on 2013-04-05 13:19:20

TransCanada is repurposing an existing filthy fracked gas pipeline to carry more TOXIC TAR SANDS. The pipe will run from Alberta to New Brunswick in the Canadian Maritimes – a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces, New Brunswi

Colorado Doctors Unite Against Energy Companies

Published on 2013-04-05 11:37:17

by Bruce Kennedy / MSN Money A controversy has placed Colorado doctors in opposition to oil and gas companies in the state. The issue concerns a confidentiality agreement physicians are supposed to sign that aims to protect those companies’ tra

Explosion at Gas Compressor Station in Oklahoma

Published on 2013-04-05 02:00:32

LOGAN COUNTY, Oklahoma - An explosion at a natural gas compressor station near the Logan and Lincoln County lines has forced the evacuation of homes within one square mile of the incident, Thursday night. The incident occurred near county road 3290 a

Exxon Refinery Spills Unknown Amount of Chemicals

Published on 2013-04-05 01:51:34

As ExxonMobil’s week from hell continues after a spill of Canadian crude oil and questions on why the energy giant is exempt from contributing to a federal cleanup fund, it is now dealing with a fresh chemical leak at a refinery in Chalmette, L

One of Us: On Animal Consciousness

Published on 2013-04-04 16:45:05

ByJohn Jeremiah Sullivan, Lapham’s Quarterly These are stimulating times for anyone interested in questions of animal consciousness. On what seems like a monthly basis, scientific teams announce the results of new experiments, adding to a preponder

Wild & Weird: The Navy’s New Jellyfish Spy Drone

Published on 2013-04-04 16:32:59

by the Center or Biological Diversity Next time your crazy uncle comes back from his seaside vacation ranting about being tracked by a six-foot jellyfish with a camera for an eye and a bundle of wires and electrodes wrapped under its bell, don’

Wildlife Services Employee Investigated Over Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf Death

Published on 2013-04-04 16:21:09

by Rene Romo / Journal South Reporter Federal officials have confirmed that a Wildlife Services employee is the subject of an investigation into the killing of an endangered Mexican gray wolf in January in the southwest corner of the state. Few detai

Daniel McGowan Sent Back to Prison

Published on 2013-04-04 14:18:13

Less than a week after Daniel’s article regarding being held in a CMU for his political speech was published by the Huffington Post, he has been sent back into custody. The following message is from a support site for Daniel McGowan: “Just wh

In Wyoming It’s Legal to Slaughter Wolf Pups in Their Dens

Published on 2013-04-04 13:14:35

by Maria Goodavage / Takepart.com The term “wolf denning” sounds kind of warm and fuzzy, doesn’t it? It conjures up images of a wolf mom with various members of the pack nurturing new pups that do nothing but sleep, eat, and play in the den. Bu

The Biocentric Kama Sutra: Oral Sex According to Indian Flying Foxes

Published on 2013-04-04 12:31:10

by Russ McSpadden Outside of the village of Nallachampatti in southern India, a colony of Indian flying foxes roost in a fig tree, tasting of the delicate figs, lighting off over forests and swamps in the night to hunt mangoes, bananas and to sup on

Is a “Nuclear Renaissance” Underway?

Published on 2013-04-04 12:10:53

By Michael Reilly, Cross Posted from New Scientist YOU could be forgiven for thinking a new era of nuclear energy is under way in the US. On 11 March, crews at the Virgil C Summer power plant in South Carolina completed a 51-hour marathon of pourin

The USA vs. Leslie James Pickering

Published on 2013-04-04 12:02:40

Cross Posted from ArtVoice By Geoff Kelly Last August, Leslie James Pickering received unsettling news from an old acquaintance he’d known in Portland, Oregon, where both had lived in the 1990s. Pickering’s friend, now living in the Southwest, ha

Keystone XL Pipeline Draws Broad Support

Published on 2013-04-04 11:57:25

Cross Posted from People-Press.org As the Obama administration approaches a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, a national survey finds broad public support for the project. Two-thirds of Americans (66%) favor building the pipeline, which would tr

A message from the Earth First! Warrior Poets Society

Published on 2013-04-03 01:22:36

The EF! Warrior Poets Society recently began keeping up a website, Armed With Visions.com which features hundreds of poems by dozens of biocentric poets. The site also includes videos and audio tracks of many new and classic EF! poems, and more. What

Exxon’s Duck-Killing Pipeline Won’t Pay Taxes To Oil Spill Cleanup Fund

Published on 2013-04-03 00:07:07

from Think Progress A technicality has spared Exxon from having to pay any money into the fund that will be covering most of the clean up costs of its Arkansas pipeline spill. The cleanup efforts themselves took a sobering turn as crews found injure

Tree sitters blocking Willits bypass route pulled from trees

Published on 2013-04-02 23:51:35

cross posted from The Willits News Early morning scene at tree sitter Amanda “Warbler” Senseman’s tree just after she had been taken away in a patrol car. Will Parrish is sitting in the middle of Highway 101 in protest. (Photo by St

Arkansas nuclear plant incident kills one, injures eight

Published on 2013-04-02 23:34:22

A 25-year-old man was killed on Sunday after part of a generator fell while being moved at the Arkansas Nuclear One plant. Eight others were injured during the industrial accident, but operators claim no nuclear material was released. “We are deepl

After Three Year Fight 14-Story Gas Tank Defeated

Published on 2013-04-02 22:54:40

From Bangor Daily News Developers withdraw proposed Searsport tank application SEARSPORT, Maine — Opponents of a controversial liquid propane gas terminal and storage tank project reacted with cheers and relief Tuesday to the news that the develope

Chesapeake Energy to Abandon Fracking in the Marcellus!?

Published on 2013-04-02 20:12:22

Cross Posted from NPR The nation’s second-largest natural gas producer, Chesapeake Energy Corp., is trying to reassure investors it can rein in costs and cover a budget shortfall. According to Reuters, the company will market acreage in the Marcel

Indiana Bill Would Make It Illegal to Expose Factory Farms, Clearcutting and Fracking

Published on 2013-04-02 19:11:33

Re-posted from Green is the New Red Indiana lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it illegal to photograph or videotape things like factory farming, clear-cutting forests, mining, and fracking. You read that correctly. Under Indiana’s S

FPL Nuclear Plant Trips Off-Line… Again!?

Published on 2013-04-02 17:49:20

Unit 1 of FPL St. Lucie Nuke Plant experienced another “auto trip” earlier this month. According to the TC Palm, everything is fine and dandy. How do they know? FPL said so. “Florida Power and Light Co. reported inspections results to t

Review: “The Evan Mecham Eco Terrorist International Conspiracy” by Leslie James Pickering

Published on 2013-04-02 15:37:04

Cross Posted from the Vegan Police We’ve followed, and been fans of Leslie’s writing on this site and I was excited recently to head over to Leslie’s radical book store – Burning Books – in Buffalo, NY to give a talk. The place is full

Mexico: 22 Injured in Oaxaca Wind Farm Protest

Published on 2013-04-02 11:23:17

from the World War 4 Report Some 1,200 agents from the police forces of the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca tried unsuccessfully on March 26 to remove local residents who were blocking a road leading to the Bii Yoxho wind farm, which is under constr

Natural Gas Pipeline Project Struck Down in Court

Published on 2013-04-01 23:28:45

By Sasha Ah, the epic story of infrastructure resistance! The Palomar Liquid National Gas (LNG) Pipeline wants to reconfigure zoning laws to build their pipeline, so the Clatsup County Board of Commissioners put to a referendum whether or not to alte

Last partner drops out of Coos Bay coal terminal project

Published on 2013-04-01 23:09:25

Cross Posted from TDN The last investor of a proposed Coos Bay coal terminal has dropped out, leaving three coal export terminal projects still alive on the Columbia River. According to the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay, negotiations on a lea

Activists suspect ride participant is an undercover Portland Police Bureau captain

Published on 2013-04-01 18:31:32

Sadly, but hilariously, this post is not an April Fools joke. This really just happened. Update: It appears there is a doppelganger here. The PPD has denied that this is the undercover officer—a person who has the same first name, same glasses, and

Hurricane Dana off the Gulf Coast Seen with Horns and Fangs

Published on 2013-04-01 15:37:12

Cross Posted from Witching Houre A new hurricane brewing off the coast of Florida was seen menacing residents with horns, fangs and claws. One scientist exclaimed, “This is unlike anything we at the Hurricane Watch Center have ever seen before!

Climate Change: An Extreme Sport?

Published on 2013-04-01 13:10:50

by SustainableBusiness.com Although human ingenuity has yet to be harnessed to stop the advance of climate change, its coming into play in the sports industry. Maybe as the ski industry dies off from lack of snow, it will be replaced by a new sport

Climate Change, Hurricanes and Squid in the Gulf

Published on 2013-04-01 13:05:24

by Dr. M / Deep Sea News Several news agencies are reporting today about an interesting phenomenon occurring in the Mississippi River. The Memphis Flyer reports… In the last several years hurricanes have ravaged the Gulf coast causing millions of

Hundreds Resume Letpadaung Mine Protest

Published on 2013-04-01 13:01:08

By ZARNI MANN / THE IRRAWADDY More than 300 farmers in northern Burma’s Sagaing Division have resumed their protests against a controversial Chinese-backed copper mine, saying they will refuse compensation and continue to push for the mine’s comp

Exxon Oil Spill In Arkansas Has Left Crude Lining The Streets

Published on 2013-04-01 12:56:42

by Michael Kelly / Business Insider A small central Arkansas town is reeling after what the EPA called a “major oil spill“ led to thousands of barrels of heavy Canadian crude oil being dumped in a residential neighborhood. On Friday afte

Earth Liberation Front Burns Down Earth First! Journal Office

Published on 2013-04-01 12:19:18

from KTIV / West Palm Beach Early this morning the Earth First! Journal office in Lake Worth, Fla. ignited in flames. Near the back of the building police found messages left in black and red spray paint that read: “If you print it, we will bur

Earth First! Bank of America Credit Card Offer: Apply Today

Published on 2013-04-01 11:40:22

Introducing EarthMother SmartPoints, the first card that automatically spreads your purchases into direct action, non-violent civil disobedience or good old fashioned eco-sabotage. Now you can shop for designer brands and pummel the earth brutalizi

What Love Looks Like: A conversation with Tim DeChristopher by Terry Tempest Williams

Published on 2013-03-30 16:19:06

Painting, Robert Shetterly, Americans Who Tell the Truth,http://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org Cross Posted from Orionmagazine.org FROM THE MOMENT I HEARD about Bidder #70 raising his paddle inside a BLM auction to outbid oil and gas companies in t

Unist’ot’en Supporters Deliver Message to Chevron Global Headquarters

Published on 2013-03-30 15:44:13

#NoPipelines #NoFrackingChevron In solidarity with a global day of actions happening all over North America on March 30, a group called Anti-Colonial Queer Action (ACQA) traveled from San Francisco to San Ramon, CA (Ohlone Territories), where Chevron

Tar Sands Bloopers Part 2!

Published on 2013-03-30 14:56:57

A crew cleaning 30,000 gallons of tar sands spilled in MN By: Carter If you missed the first edition it’s here The embarrassing industrial gaffs just keep coming! Earlier this week TransCanda had to wipe the toxic egg of their face whe

Smuggler Caught with More than 10 Percent of an Entire Species

Published on 2013-03-29 17:56:58

by P. Tanson / Traffic Ploughshare tortoises, native to Madagascar, are one of the most critically endangered species on the planet. And, while countless conservation groups are actively working to save them, the arrest of a wildlife smuggler in Thai

The Ecocidal Side of Florida Gulf Coast University, March Madness Sweetheart

Published on 2013-03-29 17:45:33

The university trampled over Florida panther habitat at the behest of a Big Ag benefactor. Cinderella who? by Tim Murphy /Mother Jones The Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles, the first 15-seed ever to reach the NCAA basketball tournament’s se

Indigenous group threatens collective suicide in Brazil

Published on 2013-03-29 17:08:34

Cross Posted from Revolucion 3.0 Una carta firmada por los líderes de la comunidad indígena Guarani-Kaiowá de Mato Grosso do Sul, anuncia el suicidio colectivo de 170 personas, (50 hombres, 50 mujeres y 70 niños), si se hace efectiva la orden de

Sierra Club Canada an “Ecoterrorist” Organization?

Published on 2013-03-29 15:30:41

“Ecoterrorist” slurs won’t scare Sierra Club Canada, executive director says by Carlito Pablo / Straight.com Getting branded an “ecoterrorist” is the least of John Bennett’s concerns. “We already have been. That’s the point!” the ex

Sabotage of Undersea Cables to Slow Internet Speed for 30 Days

Published on 2013-03-29 15:14:43

from the Economic Times NEW DELHI: Internet speeds in India, especially for customers of Bharti Airtel, Tata Communications and state-owned BSNL and MTNL are set to be disrupted for the next 20-25 days, after a key undersea cable, carrying data traff

Why Wind Power is a Sham

Published on 2013-03-29 14:42:12

From Root Force A series of recently released studies make it clear that wind power is not going to save us—not from global warming, not from high extinction rates, and not from the system of high-energy-consumption industrial exploitation that is

Action Camp to Defend Little Lake Valley!

Published on 2013-03-29 11:05:09

The California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) is attempting to construct a four-lane superhighway through Little Lake Valley, otherwise known as Willits. This project would destroy some of the Valley’s last remaining wetlands, drai

Residents of Houston’s Toxic East End Speak Out

Published on 2013-03-28 23:20:58

Call Out Keystone XL Pipeline Profiteers as Perpetuators of Environmental Racism Residents of Houston’s toxic East End have been organizing their communities to resist further industrial development, specifically the Keystone XL and the tar san

Lawsuit Filed to Protect Border-crossing Wolves Entering Arizona, New Mexico From Government Traps

Published on 2013-03-28 15:38:31

by the Center for Biological Diversity SILVER CITY, N.M.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today challenging a permit issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that will allow federal and state agencies to capture wolves that

Climate Criminals of the Democratic Party

Published on 2013-03-28 15:29:23

In case you were curious as to which of the Democratic U.S. senators voted in favor of the Keystone XL Pipeline, here you go: Baucus Max MT D (202) 224-2651 Begich Mark AK D (202) 224-3004 Bennet Michael CO D (202) 224-5852 Carper Thomas DE D (202) 2

GMObama and the Monsanto Protection Act

Published on 2013-03-28 15:18:27

by Lindsey Boerma / CBS News There’s no love lost between Washington and the American public, it seems, five days after Congress for the first time in years managed to handle a budget-related issue without reaching the brink of crisis. Proteste

Ecuador’s Amazon Rainforest May Be Auctioned to Chinese Oil Companies

Published on 2013-03-28 12:21:36

Indigenous groups say they weren’t consulted as required by constitution by Steven Nelson Ecuadorian officials met with the leaders of Chinese oil companies in Beijing this week to discuss plans to auction a large section of the Amazon Rainfore

Saboteurs Cut Undersea Internet Cable Near Egypt

Published on 2013-03-28 12:13:39

IDG News Service – Egypt said it has arrested three men suspected of slicing a crucial undersea Internet cable on Wednesday, causing widespread problems from Kenya to Pakistan. The South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe 4 (SEA-ME-WE 4) cable r

Why France Won’t Intervene in the Central African Republic

Published on 2013-03-28 11:45:10

By Sasha Ross The French seem to have taken an active interest in rescuing Africa from itself. They struck Libya in the name of democracy and moved to invade Mali a year later under the same premises. So now that former French colony, the Central Afr

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the TransCanada Luncheon.

Published on 2013-03-28 01:01:03

Cross posted from Mismanaging Perception By Hart Noecker Several weeks ago, the Portland Business Alliance (PBA) posted notice for one of their semi-regular luncheons where cherished bicycle infrastructure and livable cities proponent U.S. Congressma

Virtual Cage Match of the Eco-Revolution

Published on 2013-03-27 19:47:38

Stepping into the ring of online news media: Dick Cheney, Unobama, Sen. Heinrich, Young Dave Foreman and the Ghost of Judi Bari by Panagioti, Earth First! Newswire We’re flattered to see what seems to be a renewed international interest in Eart

Activist Climbs Flagpole Outside LyondellBasell, Hangs Banner Denouncing Investment in Tar Sands

Published on 2013-03-27 15:13:03

Cross Posted from Tar Sands Blockade Facebook Page BREAKING: Activist Perry Graham climbed a 50 foot flagpole in downtown Houston and unfurled a banner exposing LyondellBasell‘s plans to triple their tar sands refining capacity in Manchester. The

Oil Industry likely Triggered Big 2011 Oklahoma Earthquake, Scientists Find

Published on 2013-03-27 13:07:49

by John Upton / Grist A 2011 earthquake in Oklahoma, the most powerful ever recorded in the state, can probably be blamed on the oil industry, according to new research by university and federal scientists. The 5.7-magnitude quake and a string of sm

Tax-payer Funded Eco-saboteur Video Game Draws Controversy

Published on 2013-03-27 12:04:05

from CTV News (play the game here) An online video game funded by Ontario taxpayers is causing a firestorm of controversy in three provinces for depicting pipeline bombings. The game, called “Pipe Trouble,” was released by TV Ontario, the provinc

Yaquis Tribal-Farming Drying Up As River Is Diverted for Cities

Published on 2013-03-27 11:37:18

Nearly 20 years of drought and little help from the government has forced the Yaquis, a tribe in Mexico, to irrigate their lands with the only water source available – raw sewage. Over the past decade more than 4,000 hectares of once fertile l

Tar Sands Coal Trains: This Week’s Bloopers!

Published on 2013-03-27 10:41:19

The last two days has seen a series of woopsiedoodleses that must have made a billionaire or two blush over his lobster dinner. First, a coal train derailed—oops! According to Nola.com: “A train carrying coal derailed Monday afternoon while

NOLA Detournement in Solidarity Against Big Oil

Published on 2013-03-26 22:34:33

From an anonymous communique sent from the streets of New Orleans to the EF! Newswire: “With dawn approaching on the morning of March 24th, after a night of revelry involving freakshows and failed attempts at ordering broccoli sandwiches, we bi

MEND Rebel Leader Accused of Attacking Oil Companies, Sentenced to 24 Years

Published on 2013-03-26 21:18:08

by Christopher Torchia / the Star Tribune JOHANNESBURG – A South African court sentenced a Nigerian to 24 years in prison on Tuesday after finding him guilty of masterminding twin car bombings in Nigeria. Henry Okah was found guilty in January

Rat May Be Responsible for Outage at Fukushima Nuke Plant

Published on 2013-03-26 17:04:52

A rat may have been to blame for a power cut that knocked out cooling systems at the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, the operator said last week, in an episode that highlighted the jerry-rigged nature of the fix. Equipment keeping used nucle

Tibetan Forest Guard Sets Himself on Fire in Protest

Published on 2013-03-26 15:24:07

Reported by RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Karma Dorjee. Written in English by Parameswaran Ponnudurai. A Tibetan man who self-immolated in protest against Chinese rule in Gansu province on Monday has died, according to a source inside Ti

Schoolchildren Asked To Celebrate Fossil Fuels And Mining Through Art On Earth Day

Published on 2013-03-26 13:02:07

by Ryan Koronowski / Care2 Earth Day is April 22, and March 23 was the last day children in Utah couldn send in their submissions for the state-sponsored Earth Day poster contest lauding fossil fuel production. This year’s theme is “Where Would W

Awá Tribe’s Desperate Call to Evict Loggers

Published on 2013-03-26 12:11:32

Earth’s most threatened tribe has sent an urgent appeal to Brazil’s government to evict invaders from their forest, as Brazil soccer fans lend their support for the tribe. Despite a federal judge’s ruling ordering Brazil’s authorities to r

Chevron Diesel Spill in Utah is Larger than First Thought

Published on 2013-03-26 11:52:33

WILLARD, Utah — A Chevron fuel spill near a northern Utah bird refuge is much worse than originally thought as up to 27,000 gallons might have leaked, authorities said. A split in a pipeline that runs from Salt Lake City to Spokane, Wash., is suspe

Peru Declares Amazon Oil Contamination Emergency

Published on 2013-03-26 11:27:32

by The Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s government declared an environmental state of emergency on Monday in a remote Amazon jungle region it says has been affected by years of contamination at the country’s most productive oil

Indigenous Panamanians Protest Dams Which Could Displace Thousands

Published on 2013-03-25 21:39:09

by Jack Fischl / policymic Last week, indigenous groups in western Panamá once again clashed with police while protesting the construction of the Barro Blanco dam. In 2012, similar protests resulted in the deaths of several protesters and alleged hu

Murder of Indigenous Protester puts Ngabe ‘On Alert’ in Panama

Published on 2013-03-25 19:57:04

By Richard Arghiris / Survival International An indigenous Ngäbe protester, Onesimo Rodriguez, was killed last Friday 22 March 2013 in the hamlet of Las Nubes, Chiriquí province, after attending a rally against the controversial Barro Blanco hydroe

Russian Indigenous Victory: RAIPON Reopens

Published on 2013-03-25 18:01:09

Re-posted from Survival International RAIPON, the organization representing Russia’s indigenous peoples, has been given permission by the Russian authorities to reopen. It was forced to close by Russia’s Ministry of Justice in November last year.

The Earth First! Journal, Liberal Politics and Ted Kaczynski Walk Into a Bar…

Published on 2013-03-25 16:45:47

[Editors Note: The following article is re-posted for our readers enjoyment, and though we must recognize that it is a rather cheap and factually incorrect hit piece, it is, nevertheless, kinda interesting for us to appear in the UK Daily Mail, in a

Fracking Boom to Hit New Mexico

Published on 2013-03-25 16:17:42

by Kevin Robinson-Avila / from the Albuquerque Journal FARMINGTON — Preliminary results from Mancos shale wells in northwestern New Mexico are boosting industry excitement about a new oil and gas boom in the region. Companies must learn a lot

Last Member of 65,000-Year-Old Tribe Dies

Published on 2013-03-25 14:20:44

by Anny Shaw The last member of a 65,000-year-old tribe has died, taking one of the world’s earliest languages to the grave. Boa Sr, who died last week aged about 85, was the last native of the Andaman Islands who was fluent in Bo. Named after

Tibet Glaciers Melting Due to South Asian Pollution

Published on 2013-03-25 13:58:06

from the Economic Times BEIJING: About 90 per cent of glaciers in Tibet called the Third Pole region, are shrinking because of black carbon pollution “transferred from South Asia” to the Tibetan Plateau, a Chinese scientist has warned. Th

14 Religious Leaders Arrested at Climate Action in DC

Published on 2013-03-25 11:36:17

by Rabbi Arthur Waskow Dear friends, Yesterday, along with 14 other religious folk, clergy and committed “laity,” I was arrested for standing at the White House with signs and songs, reciting the names of more than 100 people who had been

Military Drones and Face Recognition Inevitable in NYC

Published on 2013-03-25 11:28:00

from the Verge Governmental use of unmanned surveillance drones has inspired a lot of concern about privacy, but New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg thinks the battle’s already over. In a radio interview this week, Bloomberg said essentially

Stop Tar Sands Profiteers Week of Action a Huge Success

Published on 2013-03-25 11:20:42

Over 50 grassroots organizations across the US and Canada held 50 actions from March 16th to March 23rd to demonstrate that TransCanada’s Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is a toxic investment. Here’s an overview of what happened every day along wi

A Big “Thanks!” From Florida TWAC Organizers

Published on 2013-03-24 11:26:01

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Us TWAC organizers are real proud of all of the people who came together to not only meet our goal of $3,000, but to actually EXCEED it. We cannot express how grateful we are. At the end of our indiegogo campaign we rai

FinSpy Software Used To Surveil Activists Around The World, Report Says

Published on 2013-03-23 23:07:05

by Gerry Smith / the Huffington Post FinSpy surveillance software, marketed worldwide to law enforcement agencies as a way to monitor criminals, is widely used by repressive governments to spy on human rights groups and dissidents, according to a rep

Istmeños siguen en lucha contra el Parque Eólico

Published on 2013-03-23 22:56:16

Cross Posted from Revolucion 3.0 Por: Natalia Antezana Bosques Tw: @Natalia3_0 En las comunidades del Istmo de Tehuantepec cada vez se unen más fuerzas para luchar contra los proyectos eólicos que se quiere desarrollar en la zona, afectando a los

Senate Approves Keystone Pipeline in Bipartisan Vote

Published on 2013-03-23 19:41:40

by Juliet Eilperin / the Washington Post The Senate voted 62 to 37 Friday in favor of constructing the Keystone XL pipeline, the controversial project that would transport heavy crude oil from Hardisty, Alberta, to Gulf Coast’s refineries. The bipa

Tim Sappington, Valley Meat Contractor, Films Himself Shooting Horse

Published on 2013-03-23 19:04:41

Hoping to “send a message to Animal Rights activists”: #Thesepeoplereallyhavenoshame/ #Can’twaittoseewhatALFmakesofthisguy By Jeri Clausing ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Internet video that shows a meat company employee swearing at anima

Military Robo-Cheetahs, Obamacare for Microchips and Other Dystopian Shit You Couldn’t Make Up

Published on 2013-03-23 19:00:06

by Russ McSpadden / Carbon-based humanoid correspondent for the King Ludd & John Connor Institute of Anti-Technology Genetically Modified Catnip Won’t Save You The Pentagon has announced that it is currently investigating new mobility technolog

Bicycle Raiders Redux: Blockade Solidarity In the Greenwash City

Published on 2013-03-23 17:30:24

Cross Posted from Mismanaging Perception Like this Monday’s previous Tar Sands Blockade solidarity ‘Worst Polluters‘ tour, Friday evening saw a second critical mass of activists taking to the streets to challenge the corporate status quo and

Kinder Morgan Also Pushing Controversial Pipeline in Arizona

Published on 2013-03-23 11:02:10

From Root Force

Everglades Earth First! cranks up the pressure on Kolter

Published on 2013-03-22 19:47:49

by Panagioti, EF! Journal Last month, Everglades Earth First! (EEF!) announced that it would be putting land developer Kolter in the cross-hairs of its campaign against Scripps Biotech and the destruction of Briger forest in northern Palm Beach Count

Katuah Earth First! Shuts Down TD Bank in Protest Against Kesytone XL

Published on 2013-03-22 17:50:54

The Penan Blockade Against a New Gas Pipeline in Borneo

Published on 2013-03-22 17:24:59

from Survival International Penan from the Long Seridan region have mounted a blockade to protest against the building of a gas pipeline which is cutting through their ancestral land and destroying their source of drinking water. The 500km pipeline i

New EF! Journal Office Phone number, at last!

Published on 2013-03-22 16:05:48

If you’ve been trying to call us at the Earth First! Journal office for the past few months, well, you probably haven’t had much luck. Our phone number keeps changing, thanks to the corporate sleaze of ATT and their new higher-tech U-Vers

The Tiger: An Ecology of Teeth, the Anthropocene and Wild Revenge

Published on 2013-03-22 12:41:33

review by Russ McSpadden There’s just something about a good tale of animal revenge: Moby Dick dragging the wretched Captain Ahab under the great shroud of the sea, yes! Or, Tyke the Elephant, who, following her abduction from Africa and 20 y

Eagles in the Wind (Turbines)

Published on 2013-03-22 11:33:05

by Thomas Mitchell / Elko Daily Free Press While making a presentation recently to a meeting of the Audubon Society in North Las Vegas, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service biologist Brian Novosak described the fowl carnage taking place at the Altamont Pass

GM Seeds and the Militarization of Food: An Interview with Vandana Shiva

Published on 2013-03-22 11:28:04

By Jon Letman /Truthout

Dear Invisible Liberation Front, How Can I Destroy Surveillance Cameras?

Published on 2013-03-22 10:52:26

If you’ve ever pondered the possibility of destroying all those invasive surveillance cameras you see all over watching you around town, well, you are in luck. Below is a pretty decent start to a tutorial gathered from various sources: METHODS

Dozens Arrested as Anti-Keystone XL Protests Erupt Across Country

Published on 2013-03-22 08:48:51

Over 30 protests as part of Week of Action to Stop Tar Sands Profiteers held by over 50 grassroots organizations take on corporate investors bankrolling the toxic Keystone XL tar sands pipeline WASHINGTON – March 20 – One month after the

Natural-gas liquid is gushing near a Colorado creek, and nobody can figure out how to stop it

Published on 2013-03-21 15:42:47

Reblogged from Croatan Earth First!: Reposted from Grist.org By John Upton Garfield County Parachute, Colo., near where a hydrocarbon spill potentially threatens water supplies. An unidentified “liquid natural-gas product” is flowing freely into

On the Rosemont Mine, Air Quality and Jaguars in Southern Arizona

Published on 2013-03-21 14:37:25

Randy Serraglio of Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity discusses the proposed Rosemont copper mine and jaguars in Southern Arizona on the Buckmaster radio show 3/20/2013. http://www.buckmastershow.com/

Lawmaker Calls for Stiffer Penalties for Forest Protesters and their “Reign of Terror”

Published on 2013-03-21 13:00:00

from KVAL.com A tree farmer serving in the Legislature wants to put tougher penalties on people who chain themselves to equipment and block roads to stop logging on state forests. “There’s been a 30-year reign of terror by these people

Biofuels Boom Threatens to Disrupt Global Biodiversity

Published on 2013-03-21 12:25:40

by Ulrike Gebhardt The rush around the world to plant crops used to produce biofuel has not only sparked a global food vs. fuel debate, but it’s also putting biodiversity at risk. Last fall, a group of more than 200 American scientists banded toget

Meet the Woman Leading a Dangerous Fight to Save Cambodia’s Prey Lang forest

Published on 2013-03-21 12:19:06

from DW Developers and loggers are threatening to permanently destroy Cambodia’s Prey Lang forest, one of Southeast Asia’s last remaining lowland evergreen woodlands. One rural woman is leading the fight to save the region. When people first

Breaking News: Cops Move in on Willits Treesit; Cutting and Construction to Follow

Published on 2013-03-21 12:03:56

If you are anywhere near Mendocino County, get out there and help! Willits, CA-Opponents of the Caltrans Willlits Bypass through endangered wetlands are converging on the site to protect a tree-sitter as dozens of California Highway Patrol vehicles a

Sierra Club: Call For A Ban on Fracking!

Published on 2013-03-20 20:50:02

Reblogged from Croatan Earth First!: green memes

Submissions Call Out for the Beltane 2013 Issue of the Earth First! Journal

Published on 2013-03-20 20:05:10

A Q&A with Jaguar Advocate and Jag Critical Habitat Opponent Alan Rabinowitz

Published on 2013-03-20 13:09:16

by Tony Davis / Arizona Star “You don’t know how frustrated I am,” says Alan Rabinowitz, the world-renowned jaguar biologist and protector who opposes U.S. government designation of jaguar critical habitat in Southern Arizona. “I don’t like

Amazon Indians unite against Canadian oil giant

Published on 2013-03-20 12:07:51

The abundant resources of their forest home provide the Matsés with a rich and varied diet. © James Vybiral/Survival Cross Posted from Survival International Amazon Indians from Peru and Brazil have joined together to stop a Canadian oil company de

The Truth About Radiation and the Fukushima Meltdowns

Published on 2013-03-19 12:39:12

by Joe Giambrone / Counterpunch I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news, and I’m going to have to point out some widespread – let’s say – untruths going around concerning the health impacts of radiation poisoning from the Fukushima meltdowns.

Genetically Engineered Trees for Bioenergy Pose Major Threat to Southern Forests

Published on 2013-03-19 12:18:32

by Anne Petermann / Global Justice Ecology Project In response to industry plans to develop eucalyptus plantations across the US South[1], environmental groups[2] are raising serious concerns about the impacts of eucalyptus plantations on forests, ru

Raytheon’s “Riot” Software Uses Facebook To Track Your Future Whereabouts

Published on 2013-03-19 12:10:16

by Pratap Chatterjee / CorpWatch. Raytheon, a U.S. military manufacturer, is selling a new software surveillance package named “Riot” that claims to predict where individuals are expected to go next using technology that mines data from social n

Daniel McGowan Spring Update

Published on 2013-03-19 10:18:11

From NYC Anarchist Black Cross It has been some time before we sent out a proper update about Daniel. The last 3 months have been busy with helping Daniel adjust to life outside of prison. His support crew recently sent a comprehensive update. We wan

Bat-eating Spiders are Everywhere (except Antarctica)

Published on 2013-03-19 01:34:06

by Robert T. Gonzalez / Io9 Today in nightmare fuel: scientists now believe bat-eating spiders to be more widely distributed around the globe than previously realized. According to newly published research, bat-predation by spiders has been observed

Badass Momma Takes on Coal Plant in Kosovo

Published on 2013-03-19 01:24:51

by Nate Tabak, Pristina / DW.de Jeta Xharra has long been been a thorn in the side of corrupt politicians. But as a mother of two babies, she’s embraced the role of environmental activist in trying to stop plans for a new coal-fired power plant. Th

Trains Will Move Tar Sands Oil, if Keystone XL Doesn’t

Published on 2013-03-19 01:11:40

by Eve Troeh / Marketplace.org The State Department’s latest environmental impact report says building the Keystone XL pipeline would have no additional impact on climate change, because that oil will simply flow by train instead. Michael Levi

Monsanto and the Arab Spring

Published on 2013-03-19 00:57:29

Biotechnology Report: 1000 hectares of genetically modified maize grows in Egypt by Louise Sarant / Egypt Independent’s weekly print edition. An international organization that promotes the use of agricultural biotechnology ranked Egypt third i

English Spy also Spied on NYC Activists and Tarnac 9

Published on 2013-03-19 00:51:35

Cross Posted from New York Times Mark Kennedy, a British police officer who spent seven years infiltrating environmental and activist groups while working undercover for the Metropolitan Police force in London, may have monitored an American computer

Bicycle Brigade Raid On Portland’s Worst Polluters

Published on 2013-03-19 00:43:48

Cross Posted from MismanagingPerception.com Today’s Tar Sands Blockade solidarity action consisted of some 60 cyclists touring the offices and headquarters of Portland’s worst polluters. While often lauded by the likes of the New York Times a

2013 Treehugger's Ball April 27th with the Roan Mountain Hilltoppers

Published on 2013-03-18 23:41:21

Reblogged from Croatan Earth First!: Presenting the acclaimed old-time, Southern Appalachian string band The Roan Mountain Hilltoppers & caller Anna Lena Phillips. Welcome in the Spring with a square dance benefit & silent auction with proceeds going

Climate Resistance in Bloom

Published on 2013-03-18 13:32:12

From Rising Tide North America’s March Update: UPCOMING ACTIONS AND ACTION CAMPS March 16th – 23rd – Tar Sands Blockade Week of Action March 18th – 22nd – Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance – Ponca City, Oklahoma March 24th – 30th

Week of Action Kicks Off With Creativity Across the Country

Published on 2013-03-18 13:29:24

Cross Posted from tarsandsblockade.com March 17 – New Orleans, Oil Execs Get a Big St. Patrick’s Day Surprise River Delta Resist! held a rally in protest of the Howard Weil Energy Conference, host to such big oil players as BP, Shell, Valero, and

The Real Cost of an Iron Mine in Wisconsin

Published on 2013-03-18 10:55:04

[Check out the EF! Newswire's feature article on Anti-Mining Struggles in the Penokee Hills and Lake Superior Region] By NEIL KOCH An iron mine in northern Wisconsin will bring 100s of jobs to the area and will result in more motels, restaurants, ga

Havasupai Tribe, Conservation Groups Challenge Uranium Mine Threatening Grand Canyon

Published on 2013-03-16 23:58:32

by the Center for Biological Diversity GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK— The Havasupai tribe and three conservation groups today sued the U.S. Forest Service over its decision to allow Energy Fuels Resources, Inc. to begin operating a uranium mine near G

Indigenous Amazonians Unite against Canadian Oil Giant

Published on 2013-03-16 23:40:19

by Survival International Indigenous Amazonians from Peru and Brazil have joined together to stop a Canadian oil company destroying their land and threatening the lives of uncontacted tribes. Hundreds of Matsés gathered on the border of Peru and Bra

Northern Ireland Police to Use Drones at G8 Summit

Published on 2013-03-16 23:32:16

from the Guardian The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is expected to buy two drones for the G8 summit in County Fermanagh in June, it emerged tonight. The aircraft can relay live pictures from high-quality cameras and are flown remotely. It

Protested Myanmar Dam to Undergo Environmental, Social Impact Analysis

Published on 2013-03-16 19:35:00

from ELEVEN Media Myanmar A 4000 mega watt hydropower dam project on one the four main rivers of Myanmar facing public protest will undergo environmental and social impact analysis, according to Minister of Kayah State. Experts from international org

Quebec Rally Against Police Violence Highlights Assault on Indigenous Women, Ends in Police Violence

Published on 2013-03-16 19:30:48

from Press TV Around 500 people took to the streets in the city of Montreal to participate in the 17th annual anti-police brutality march. Police used horses, pepper-spray and kettling tactics to disperse the protesters. Early reports also said that

University of Tennessee Wins Approval for Hydraulic Fracturing Plan

Published on 2013-03-16 19:24:03

by Ollie Deese and Robbie Brown / The New York Times NASHVILLE — The University of Tennessee faced protests here on Friday over its proposal to let a private company drill for natural gas across a forest controlled by the university. Environmentali

Red Lake Chippewa Blockade Enbridge Tar Sands Pipelines

Published on 2013-03-16 18:53:50

Cross-posted from Tar Sands Blockade For over two weeks now, Nizhawendaamin Inaakiminaan (We Love Our Land) has been occupying land directly above four pipelines across an easement that Enbridge has claimed since 1949 when the company, then called La

Deutsche Bags, the Keylime XL Pipeline and a Week of Eco-Action to Remember

Published on 2013-03-16 18:18:37

“…It was later learned that the group’s actions relate to their protest against the construction of the Keylime XL pipeline and finances for the project emanating from Deutsche Bank.” —Officer Rodriguez, Palm Beach Police Pr

Caltrans Bypass Battle in Willits Heats Up As Activists Sit Down to Block Equipment

Published on 2013-03-16 17:35:07

Willits, CA-Local residents say Caltrans tried to bulldoze their way through Federal and State regulations again in what has become a running battle over the planned Bypass highway around Willits in Mendocino County. Activists sat down in front of mo

Report from Shady Global Trade Talks in Singapore

Published on 2013-03-16 13:31:29

And a call to build resistance against the TPP Members and partners of Trans Pacific Partnership (known as TPP or TPPA) held the 16th-round of talks in Singapore last week. As usual, the talks were shrouded in secrecy. Hundreds of trade delegates a

U.S. Exporting Brutal Acoustic Crowd Control Devices to Dictatorships?

Published on 2013-03-15 15:34:49

by Arife Kazimova and Daisy Sindelar / Radio Free Europe Hours before Azerbaijani activists gathered in Baku last weekend for an unsanctioned protest against military violence, blogger Habib Muntezir sent out a word of warning: “Sonic weapons

University of Tennessee Proposes Fracking On its Own Land

Published on 2013-03-15 12:04:20

from the AP The University of Tennessee wants to allow hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas on a state-owned tract of rolling woodland, raising the hackles of environmentalists who question its stated goal of raising funds to research the envi

Canada Prevents UN Rapporteur Visit to Probe Natives’ Rights

Published on 2013-03-15 11:57:17

from Press TV The Canadian government continues to prevent the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, James Anaya, from making an official visit to the North American country. Anaya says that the federal government continues to di

Riot Police Attack Communities Protesting Oil Exploitation in Colombia

Published on 2013-03-15 11:53:24

from Upside Down World After two weeks of peaceful protesting against oil exploitation in Arauca, on February 12 that department’s social organizations began a strike announced a few days earlier as a response to the repeated broken promises by the

Protests Against the Indian-European Free Trade Agreement

Published on 2013-03-15 11:48:45

from the Asian Human Rights Commission Several peaceful protests took place in the Northeast states of India over the past month to address concerns over the implications of the EU-FTA with India. Protestors are concerned over the lack of transparenc

A Thank You from Marie Mason to All Who Wished Her Happy Birthday

Published on 2013-03-14 16:50:03

From Support Marie Mason Greetings Family and Comrades, Well-wishers, fellow activists, anarchists (and non-be/quantifiable),

A Thank You from Marie Mason to All Who Wished Her Happy Birthday

Published on 2013-03-14 16:50:03

From Support Marie Mason Greetings Family and Comrades, Well-wishers, fellow activists, anarchists (and non-be/quantifiable), I want to say thank you for all of the amazing and sweet greetings, cards, letters, photos and artwork that people sent me i

From Texas to Appalachia, Putting Our Bodies on the Line

Published on 2013-03-14 15:34:57

WED, 03/13/2013 By Eric Moll The directions take us just outside the New York City sprawl-zone: up through the hills and bare forests of late winter, the houses and yards getting bigger until they disappear altogether and suddenly we’re nearing the

From Texas to Appalachia, Putting Our Bodies on the Line

Published on 2013-03-14 15:34:57

Ozark Hellbenders Vs. the Robots: Infographic

Published on 2013-03-14 13:50:01

U.S. population trends in perspective: Ozark Hellbenders Vs. the Robots

Ozark Hellbenders Vs. the Robots: Infographic

Published on 2013-03-14 13:50:01

U.S. population trends in perspective: Ozark Hellbenders Vs. the Robots

Devastating Bat-killing Disease Reaches Georgia

Published on 2013-03-14 13:13:31

Second State Announced in Two Days By: The Center for Biological Diversity A lethal bat disease sweeping across North America has been discovered for the first time in Georgia, state and federal officials announced today. The announcement comes on

Devastating Bat-killing Disease Reaches Georgia

Published on 2013-03-14 13:13:31

WTF: Oil barge crashes into gas pipeline in Louisiana, triggers big fire

Published on 2013-03-13 20:48:13

By John Upton A grotesque collision of fossil-fuel-laden vessels happened in a bayou south of New Orleans on Tuesday evening, where tug-boat operators crashed a barge carrying crude oil into a submerged natural-gas pipeline. The result was predictab

WTF: Oil barge crashes into gas pipeline in Louisiana, triggers big fire

Published on 2013-03-13 20:48:13

Puget Sound Killer Whales Vs. Portland Hipsters

Published on 2013-03-13 18:43:46

Puget Sound Killer Whales RANGE: Puget Sound, Juan de Fuca Strait, Haro Strait, and Georgia Strait THREATS: Toxic chemicals, declines in salmon, general ecosystem deterioration, growing whale-watching pressure, collisions with ships, oil spills, Navy

Indians Protest Rail Line Through the Sathyamangalam Jungle

Published on 2013-03-13 15:49:11

from the Times of India COIMBATORE: A day after the Union railway budget revived the controversial proposal to lay a broad-gauge railway line through the jungles of Sathyamangalam, connecting Mettuppalayam with Chamarajnagar, the local community join

Forest Protest, Economic Sabotage

Published on 2013-03-13 15:43:14

from The Examiner A forest protest in the Central Highlands is costing contractors about $20,000 a day, according to the state Liberals. Opposition forestry spokesman Peter Gutwein described the protest, by up to 10 members of environmental group Sti

Animal Liberation Front Activist Arrested in France for Arson Attacks

Published on 2013-03-13 15:33:16

from La Nazione Firenze French authorities arrested Luca Bonvicini, an Italian animal rights activist, in Paris on Monday night. Luca is accused of taking part in at least four arson attacks in Tucsany. At each event “A.L.F” was spray pai

Thousands of Workers Protest Gold Mine in Athens

Published on 2013-03-13 15:14:54

ζήτω η οικολογική αντίσταση! from PressTV (video here) Thousands of protesters marched in central Athens against a disputable gold mining project in northern Greece which they say is ruining the natural environment in the regi

Phosphorus Used on Copper Mine Protesters in Burma

Published on 2013-03-13 15:10:06

from BBC Asia An official parliamentary report in Burma has found that police used smoke bombs containing phosphorus during a protest against a Chinese-backed mine. The panel, led by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, said protesters suffered “

Poll Finds Support to Delay Next Minnesota Wolf Hunt

Published on 2013-03-13 12:23:48

by John Myers, Duluth News Tribune A majority of Minnesotans surveyed last month favor a five-year delay before the state holds another wolf hunting and trapping season, according to a poll conducted for a pro-wolf group. The group Howling for Wolves

Lawsuit Challenging Wyoming Wolf Plan Draws Crowd

Published on 2013-03-13 12:19:40

from the Star Tribune The cast of characters is growing in a legal fight pitting environmental groups against the federal government’s recent decision to end protections for wolves in Wyoming. U.S. District Judge Alan Johnson of Cheyenne recently a

Submissions call out for the Beltane issue of the Earth First! Journal

Published on 2013-03-12 22:01:30

Washington State Senate Passes Wolf-killing Bill

Published on 2013-03-12 18:31:13

by the Center for Biological Diversity OLYMPIA, Wash.— Just as Washington’s wolf population is making a historic comeback, senators in the Washington legislature have passed one of several bills pending that aim to gut key portions of the state

Wild & Weird: Fossilized Lightning Tells an Ancient Story

Published on 2013-03-12 18:26:54

by the Center for Biological Diversity Even something as evanescent as lightning can tell a tale. “Fulgurites” are geological formations created when lightning pierces the earth, melting the sand to form a glassy, hollow, tubular cast of

Animal Torture Called ‘Regular Practice’ within Federal Wildlife Agency

Published on 2013-03-12 13:53:20

By Cristina Corbin It was a productive day for Gary Strader when he pulled his vehicle up to a remote site in northeast Nevada and found nine coyotes caught in leg hold snares set by the federal government. As was routine, Strader, a former trapper w

2012: A Deadly Year for Environmentalists

Published on 2013-03-12 12:29:37

With activists killed in Brazil, Cambodia, the Philippines, and elsewhere, 2012 may have been the worst year yet for violence against those working to protect the environment. So far, little has been done to halt this chilling development. by Fred Pe

Thai Environmental Activist Shot Dead in Broad Daylight

Published on 2013-03-12 12:22:12

by Kate Hodal / The Guardian An international rights group is pressing Thailand to investigate the recent murder of an environmentalist who exposed the dumping of toxic waste, and condemned the government’s “fundamental failure” to

Kazakh Environmental Activist Shot Dead

Published on 2013-03-12 12:15:57

by Radio Free Europe ALMATY, Kazakhstan — An environmental activist known for his campaign to save a forest near Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, has been shot dead. Sania Qandieva, a relative of the victim, told Radio Free Europe on March

State Repression Got You Feelin’ Chilly?

Published on 2013-03-11 19:12:56

“Come warm your hands by our fire!” While some eco-defenders in Oregon are getting worried about the chilling effect of proposed anti-activist legislation, others seem to have found a nice way of warming those liberties right back up̷

Over 100 Hold a “Funeral For Our Future” at TransCanada Office Outside Boston

Published on 2013-03-11 18:40:47

Cross Posted from Tar Sands Blockade Westborough, MA — Monday, March 11, 2013, 10:54am (EST) – over 100 students and community members have just marched into TransCanada’s Westborough office and held a funeral mourning the loss of their future

Wildfire forces exit from Observer Tree in Tasmania, campaign continues

Published on 2013-03-11 17:59:52

On Thursday March 7, Miranda Gibson reluctantly left her perch high up in the Observer Tree in Southern Tasmania, after 449 days, as a wildfire burned to within a kilometre and it became clear that predicted hot weather early next week could precipit

Earth First! Climbers Guild Camp in NY – 2 weeks away

Published on 2013-03-10 19:05:59

OUT OF YOUR HOUSES AND INTO THE TREES! Expand your ability to defend your home, your community, and the wild by learning the technical skills involved in creating effective aerial blockades. The EF! Climbers’ Guild will offer the North East a varie

Anarchists Killed Nanotech Scientist in “Feral Defense of Wild Nature”

Published on 2013-03-10 13:28:59

[eds. note: the following article is from a pro business, military and defense journal] by Geoffrey Ingersoll / Business Insider Military and Defense An Anarchist terror group calling themselves “Individuals Tending Toward Savagery” (ITS)

Canadian High Commissioner’s Visit to Oxford Tarred by Local Protest

Published on 2013-03-09 10:35:20

Cross Posted from No Tar Sands.org Canadian High Commissioner to the UK, Gordon Campbell, was greeted with protests at Oxford University on Friday. Local community members held a banner which read “Keep Tar Sands out of Europe” at the entrance

Canadian High Commissioner’s Visit to Oxford Tarred by Local Protest

Published on 2013-03-09 10:35:20

Red Lake Pipeline Blockade initiated in northern Minnesota – #RLBlockade

Published on 2013-03-09 10:28:06

Cross Posted from International Cry Enbridge Energy LP has been trespassing on Red Lake Nations Ceded lands in Minnesota by operating multiple pipelines without an easement. Nizhawendaamin Indaakiminaan, a group of grassroots Red Lake tribal members

Red Lake Pipeline Blockade initiated in northern Minnesota – #RLBlockade

Published on 2013-03-09 10:28:06

Greedy Lying Bastards, New Film Pulls No Punches To Expose Climate Denial Machine

Published on 2013-03-09 10:19:53

Cross Posted from desmogblog Greedy Lying Bastards is a new film hitting mainstream theaters nationwide in the U.S. this weekend. Here’s the Rotten Tomatoes review including theater times, etc. (Feel free to add your own star rating!) The f

Greedy Lying Bastards, New Film Pulls No Punches To Expose Climate Denial Machine

Published on 2013-03-09 10:19:53

Forest Defense in Oregon Faces Chilling State Repression

Published on 2013-03-08 18:34:10

By Erin Grady / Cascadia Forest Defenders When it comes to the fight for old growth forests in the state of Oregon, Cascadia Forest Defenders (CFD) have recently been enjoying the sensation of winning. The fight for the Elliott Sta

Forest Defense in Oregon Faces Chilling State Repression

Published on 2013-03-08 18:34:10

Support the Florida Trans and Womyns Action Camp

Published on 2013-03-08 18:20:06

The Trans and Womyn’s Action Camp (TWAC) is all about solidarity and the interconnectedness that binds the urgent struggles for all life on earth. At TWAC we will share campaign information and direct action skills in a conscientious, suppo

Support the Florida Trans and Womyns Action Camp

Published on 2013-03-08 18:20:06

Global Temperatures Highest in 4,000 Years

Published on 2013-03-08 13:11:33

By Justin Gillis Cross posted from The New York Times Global temperatures are warmer than at any time in at least 4,000 years, scientists reported Thursday, and over the coming decades are likely to surpass levels not seen on the planet since before

Global Temperatures Highest in 4,000 Years

Published on 2013-03-08 13:11:33

Day of Action Against Chevron and the Pacific Trail Pipeline

Published on 2013-03-07 18:52:29

Call for solidarity actions March 30 2013 “No consent? No fracking pipelines, no climate crimes!” American oil giant Chevron wants to build a destructive pipeline across unceded indigenous territory to carry fracked gas to the coast, and

Day of Action Against Chevron and the Pacific Trail Pipeline

Published on 2013-03-07 18:52:29

Four Directions Call to Action in Support of Traditional Lakota Grandmothers

Published on 2013-03-07 18:10:51

Genocidal warfare is still being waged against the traditional and full-blood Lakota people, and to end it, we need your attention and support right now! The Lakota Solidarity Project with the Lakota Cante Tenza Okolakiciye (Strong Heart Warriors) ar

Four Directions Call to Action in Support of Traditional Lakota Grandmothers

Published on 2013-03-07 18:10:51

Another Historic Victory in Mt. Hood

Published on 2013-03-07 16:31:32

Cross Posted from bark-out.org Last October Bark asked Cascadia to take action to protect the Zigzag recreation area from thousands of acres of proposed logging. It worked! The Horseshoe Timber Sale was withdrawn faster than any sale in Mt. Hood’s

Venezuela With and Beyond Chavez

Published on 2013-03-07 12:19:24

By Dario Azzellini “Chávez was one of us”, say the poor from the barrios in Caracas, the people throughout Latin America, and Bronx residents together with probably two million poor people in the US, who now have free heating thanks to the Cháv

550 Gray Wolves Killed This Season: Hunt Saboteurs Rise Up!

Published on 2013-03-07 11:38:53

by the Howling Monkeywrench Gang of the Anthropocene 550 gray wolves have been reported killed by hunters and trappers in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming this season. If you add in the number of wolves killed by federal Wildlife Service agents (who kill w

Monsanto University

Published on 2013-03-07 11:04:44

Is UC a University, or a Biotech Company? by Darwin Bond-Graham / Counterpunch Last month the University of California intervened in a high stakes U.S. Supreme Court case on the side of the agribusiness giant Monsanto Company by filing an amicus brie

Fort Collins Mayor: “Quit Drinking the Fracking Kool-Aid”

Published on 2013-03-07 10:57:01

AP FORT COLLINS, Colo.—The Fort Collins City Council has banned fracking within city limits, throwing down the gauntlet for possible legal action while other communities that are wrestling with the issue try to avoid confrontation. The council vote

New York Assembly Votes to Ban Fracking for Two More Years

Published on 2013-03-07 10:51:40

By Karen DeWitt : NYS Public Radio/WXXI The New York State Assembly has approved, by a 95 to 40 vote, a two-year moratorium on hydrofracking in New York. While it’s unlikely to be passed in the Senate, the action reflects state lawmakers’ growing

7th Annual NYC Anarchist Film Fest Coming Up

Published on 2013-03-07 10:16:17

[Check out the Earth First! Journal's table at this bookfair] Attention all Indymedia folks and radical filmmakers, 7th Annual NYC Anarchist Film Festival – Call for Contributions! The 7th Annual NYC Anarchist Film Festival in Honor of Brad Wil

Eco-prisoners Continue Exposing BOP’s Shady “Communications Management”

Published on 2013-03-07 08:33:09

Last weeks, the EF! Newswire reported on legal challenges filed by Susan Tipograph, an attorney representing imprisoned ELF activist Marie Mason, related to her placement in a “control-management”-type prison unit in Carswell, Texas, because of h

Venezuela: the killing of Sabino Romero

Published on 2013-03-06 22:35:03

Cross Posted from LibCom The official statement of the El Libertario collective following the murder of Sabino Romero, Yukpa indigenous rights activist, in Zulia, Venezuela last night. During the night of March 3, 2013 Yukpa Cacique Sabino Romero,

Gas pipeline treesitter arrested, resistance continues

Published on 2013-03-06 16:56:19

Milford, PA, March 1, 2013 – Yesterday, local hero and tree-sitter Gifford Pinchot was arrested on the ninth day of holding fast in a forest tree-sit meant to stop tree clearing for the Tennessee Gas Pipeline. This morning Pinchot was released

On Forming Martial Arts Societies

Published on 2013-03-06 16:51:27

by autonomouse We need martial artists in radical movements. I’m pretty sure everyone can attest to this, for community self defense and for the need to discipline radicals on a social as well as individual level. It is a shame so many radicals

‘Nintendo Medal’ for Military Drone Pilots

Published on 2013-03-06 11:45:22

by Russ McSpadden The U.S. has a growing corps of cyber-warriors and drone pilots who target human populations with bomb strapped drones. Now the Pentagon is commending their all-too-real virtual combat with a new medal. Last month, Defense Secreta

Fracking Industry Propaganda Battles Science in Obama’s New Energy Pick

Published on 2013-03-06 10:49:08

by By Peter Rugh / Occupy.com President Obama’s choice to appoint Dr. Ernest Moniz of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as the next Energy Secretary has placed new scrutiny on academics who promote hydraulic fracturing as well as on the

Anarchists Claim Responsibility for Seattle House Fire

Published on 2013-03-05 15:32:15

By Michael Harthorne / Komonews.com SEATTLE — Local anarchists have claimed responsibility for the fire that destroyed an under-construction townhouse last week in the Central District, stating they attacked the building in order to reject the

Anarchists Claim Responsibility for Seattle House Fire

Published on 2013-03-05 15:32:15

Sweat the Small Shit

Published on 2013-03-05 12:51:50

Near Daily Oil Spills Continuously Contaminate the Environment By: CDC Environmental degradation comes in all shapes and sizes- but no matter the size, it adds up. As people that give a shit, it is imperative we be critical of where and how much

Sweat the Small Shit

Published on 2013-03-05 12:51:50

Two Grand Jury Resisters Released; Maddy Pfeiffer Moved from Solitary

Published on 2013-03-05 11:59:50

Statement from the Committee Against Political Repression: Thursday Matt Duran and Katherine “Kteeo” Olejnik were released from the Sea-Tac Federal Detention Center where they spent the last five months for refusing to testify before a Se

Two Grand Jury Resisters Released; Maddy Pfeiffer Moved from Solitary

Published on 2013-03-05 11:59:50

Sri Lankans Protest Against Indian Nuclear Power Plant

Published on 2013-03-05 11:36:11

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lankan environmental activists protested Tuesday near the Indian embassy in Colombo, demanding a halt to a nuclear power plant being built in southern India. Dozens of protesters from Greens for Chenge, an environmental

Sri Lankans Protest Against Indian Nuclear Power Plant

Published on 2013-03-05 11:36:11

Arson Attack on Seattle “Green” Development

Published on 2013-03-05 11:01:36

From PudgetSoundAnarchists.org Just before midnight, Monday Feb 25, we strolled over to the townhouses under construction on 24th and Norman in the Central District. After slipping inside, we set one ablaze. Oh what ease! Oh what fun! Sustainable dev

Arson Attack on Seattle “Green” Development

Published on 2013-03-05 11:01:36

The arson of some townhouses under construction was recently claimed by anonymous Seattle Anarchists. This is the communique they left, citing their reasons and expressing their joy: “Just before midnight, Monday Feb 25, we strolled over to t

African Forest Elephant Population Plummeting

Published on 2013-03-05 10:42:18

By Sarah C. P. Williams The population of African forest elephants plummeted 62% in the past decade, according to a new study. The figure, which the authors blame on ivory poachers, comes as policymakers discuss ways to curb the ivory market at the C

When Forest Defense is Outlawed…

Published on 2013-03-04 14:49:02

Cross-posted from Cascadia Forest Defenders We just got wind that the Oregon House Committee on the Judiciary has introduced a bill that would felonize forest defense tactics on state forest lands, including our beloved Elliott State Forest. More upd

Start planning now for Bidder 70′s Global Release Party

Published on 2013-03-04 13:40:44

Message from Tim DeChristopher’s support crew, Peaceful Uprisings: As you may have heard, Tim gets released from the prison system on April 21st, 2013 — one day before Earth Day. And we think it’s only appropriate to celebrate and w

Attorney Claims FBI Violated FOIA in Marie Mason’s Case

Published on 2013-03-04 12:58:29

By Ryan Abbott, Feb 27 2013, Courthouse News Service WASHINGTON (CN) – An attorney whose client is serving 22 years for destroying private property claims the FBI denied her FOIA request, to cover up the government’s “Green Scare

Obama’s Fracking-friendly Energy Pick has Environmentalists Up in Arms

Published on 2013-03-04 10:28:59

by Michal Conger / the Washington Examiner President Obama this morning nominated physicist Ernest Moniz for energy secretary, to succeed outgoing secretary Steven Chu. Moniz, an MIT physicist, fits into President Obama’s stated “all-of-the-ab

Cascadia Forest Defenders march on campus and downtown Eugene

Published on 2013-03-03 23:33:41

Cross Posted from Daily Emerald An march organized by the Cascadia Forest Defenders took place on campus Sunday in an attempt to generate awareness in a campaign against industrial resource extraction. Around 1 p.m. participants gathered in the

Lakota People and Allies Block Access to Genocidal Liquor Sales in Whiteclay Again

Published on 2013-03-03 20:37:51

Oglala President Brewer involved in #ShutDownWhiteClay On the anniversary of the Occupation of Wounded Knee, February 27, 1973 and 40 years later, two bars in Whiteclay, Nebraska were shut down by about 60 activists of the Oglala Lakota Tribe and the

Political Prisoner Birthday Poster For March 2013

Published on 2013-03-02 22:03:22

Cross-posted from: Prison Books Hello Friends and Comrades, Here is the political prisoner birthday poster for March. As always, please post this poster publicly and/or use it to start a card writing night of your own. We’re still experimenting wi

Political Prisoner Birthday Poster For March 2013

Published on 2013-03-02 22:03:22

Shell Consortium Gets Nod for 25-year LNG Export Licence

Published on 2013-03-02 19:07:52

Cross-posted From The Canadian Press, February 25, 2013 The federal government has approved a 25-year export license for shipping liquefied natural gas from a West Coast terminal proposed by a consortium headed by Shell. Natural Resources Minister Jo

Shell Consortium Gets Nod for 25-year LNG Export Licence

Published on 2013-03-02 19:07:52

From Warrior Publications The Canadian Press, Feb 25, 2013 The federal government has approved a 25-year export licence for shipping liquefied natural gas from a West Coast terminal proposed by a consortium headed by Shell. Natural Resources Minister

Greenwasher Given “Cars Rejuvenating Carbon” Award

Published on 2013-03-01 17:26:55

Representative Cross Posted from Portland Mercury Jules Bailey—a longtime skeptic of the $3.4 billion Columbia River Crossing (CRC) highway-bridge-and-rail project—joined several other lawmakers earlier this week in reversing their opposition and

Greenwasher Given “Cars Rejuvenating Carbon” Award

Published on 2013-03-01 17:26:55

Support Dane Rossman – Arrested in Tuscon Yesterday

Published on 2013-03-01 15:02:44

Cross-posted from Support Dane Rossman Thursday February 28, 2013 Early on the morning of Thursday, February 21st, U.S. Marshals arrested Dane Rossman at his home in Tucson, AZ on a provisional arrest warrant issued by the U.S. Attorney’s office, a

Support Dane Rossman – Arrested in Tuscon Yesterday

Published on 2013-03-01 15:02:44

Time is Short: Twenty Years of Sabotage & Agenda 21

Published on 2013-03-01 13:21:43

Cross posted from Deep Green Resistance News Service By Alex Budd / Deep Green Resistance Cascadia It is important to note that this analysis and perspective is not meant to be authoritative on, nor instructive towards the objectives, organization an

Time is Short: Twenty Years of Sabotage & Agenda 21

Published on 2013-03-01 13:21:43

How I met ‘Rod’, the suspected undercover police officer

Published on 2013-03-01 12:32:10

A picture of ‘Rod Richardson’ at the 2001 protests in Genoa. Cross Posted from the Guardian I remember the evening vividly. It was April 2001, and I was walking across the complicated system of roundabouts at Elephant and Castle in south

How I met ‘Rod’, the suspected undercover police officer

Published on 2013-03-01 12:32:10

Murder of environmentalist ‘highlights Thailand’s failure to protect activists’

Published on 2013-03-01 11:35:12

Cross Posted from the Guardian An international rights group is pressing Thailand to investigate the recent murder of an environmentalist who exposed the dumping of toxic waste, and condemned the government’s “fundamental failure” t

Murder of environmentalist ‘highlights Thailand’s failure to protect activists’

Published on 2013-03-01 11:35:12

Red Lake Pipeline Blockade Initiated in Northern Minnesota

Published on 2013-02-28 18:15:19

Posted from Twin Cities Indymedia #RLBlockade begins! On the Red Lake sovereign nation land located in what is today known as northern Minnesota, an occupation has started at a location above the Enbridge-owned pipeline built without permission of th

Red Lake Pipeline Blockade Initiated in Northern Minnesota

Published on 2013-02-28 18:15:19

Protestor Locks Himself to Conference Equipment, Disrupts TransCanada Presentation At Oil Industry Gathering

Published on 2013-02-28 15:53:22

Watch Ethan’s disruption of business as usual live! Check out our twitter page for live updates as well. Cross Posted from Tar Sands Blockade Houston, TX — February 28th, 2013, 1:45pm — a protestor with Tar Sands Blockade this afternoon locke

Protestor Locks Himself to Conference Equipment, Disrupts TransCanada Presentation At Oil Industry Gathering

Published on 2013-02-28 15:53:22

Saving Predators May Help Save Climate

Published on 2013-02-28 15:47:03

by the Center for Biological Diversity Sure, predators regulate prey — simply by eating them. But a new study shows that, at least in freshwater ecosystems, these food-chain top dogs are also key characters in curbing carbon pollution. In a pro

Saving Predators May Help Save Climate

Published on 2013-02-28 15:47:03

Huila Community of Colombia Continues to Defend the Earth from Mega-Development

Published on 2013-02-28 15:36:12

From UpsideDownWorld.org, by Polinizaciones The New Year in Huila started as 2012 finished, with the National Authority of Environmental Licenses’ (ANLA) refusal to hold the energy company Enel-Endesa-Emgesa accountable for failing to comply with

Huila Community of Colombia Continues to Defend the Earth from Mega-Development

Published on 2013-02-28 15:36:12

Sea Shepherd anti-whalers now labeled ‘pirates’ by US fed court

Published on 2013-02-27 18:00:07

Reposted from RT The Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker (R) colliding with the Japanese whaling fleet fuel tanker the San Laurel. (AFP Photo) A US federal court has branded the conservationist group Sea Shepherd as pirates, and ordered them to cease their

Sea Shepherd anti-whalers now labeled ‘pirates’ by US fed court

Published on 2013-02-27 18:00:07

The Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker (R) colliding with the Japanese whaling fleet fuel tanker the San Laurel. (AFP Photo) Reposted from RT A US federal court has branded the conservationist group Sea Shepherd as pirates, and ordered them to cease their

Remembering the Wounded Knee occupation

Published on 2013-02-27 11:27:31

Cross Posted from Socialist Worker By Brian Ward IN RECENT months, the Idle No More movement led by First Nations in Canada has spoken out against disastrous government policies threatening reserves and the environment. Idle No More has been a powe

Remembering the Wounded Knee occupation

Published on 2013-02-27 11:27:31

Pork protests directed against Walmart

Published on 2013-02-27 11:25:47

Photo by Doug Strickland. Cross Posted from timesfreepress.com By Shelly Bradbury For the last four weeks, Phil Letten has been road-tripping through the U.S. in a gray Toyota Corolla, donning a suit and tie each day and inflating a 10-foot-tall c

Pork protests directed against Walmart

Published on 2013-02-27 11:25:47

Lithuania delays declaration of Chevron as shale gas exploration winner due to protests

Published on 2013-02-27 11:23:31

Cross Posted from KyivPost Vilnius – Because of public protests, the Lithuanian Environment Ministry has delayed a meeting of the Commission for Hydrocarbon Resource Exploitation scheduled for Wednesday, where American energy concern Chevron mi

Lithuania delays declaration of Chevron as shale gas exploration winner due to protests

Published on 2013-02-27 11:23:31

Demonstrators gather at Wisconsin Capitol

Published on 2013-02-27 11:21:38

Cross Posted from The Daily Cardinal Approximately 70 demonstrators gathered on the Capitol steps Tuesday to protest the contentious state mining bill that is designed to ease the mine permitting process in the state before the state Senate fully con

Demonstrators gather at Wisconsin Capitol

Published on 2013-02-27 11:21:38

Everglades Earth First! Brings Anti-Biotech Fight to Kolter Group

Published on 2013-02-26 17:30:02

Land deal could signify move forward for Scripps’ biotech city on Briger forest Today in West Palm Beach, Florida, Everglades Earth First! (EEF!) announced their official opposition to the Kolter Group’s purchase of the Briger Forest. The

Everglades Earth First! Brings Anti-Biotech Fight to Kolter Group

Published on 2013-02-26 17:30:02

At the edge of Mordor

Published on 2013-02-26 15:26:07

Second Tree-Sit Deployed Against Tennessee Pipeline! Local resident Alex Lotorto has freeclimbed a tree to stop felling. When asked for statement Lotorto said, “Before she passed, my mother sold homes on top of Cummins Hill. These homes were va

Contest: Because Security Cameras Won’t Destroy Themselves

Published on 2013-02-26 12:46:06

from the contest announcement poster: First Annual Security Cam Hunting Contest Because Surveillance Cameras Will Not Destroy Themselves (click here for printable pdf of poster) To Enter: Study the terrain of your home city, town or nearby industrial

John Zerzan Quoted by Major News Outlet, Collapse Imminent!

Published on 2013-02-26 00:51:28

Cross Posted from KGW.com Here it is folks, John Zerzan being quoted in the local mainstream media of Portland, Oregon: FBI tracking Portland anarchist groups PORTLAND — They strike in the dark of night, targeting banks and businesses by breaki

Resistance to the Tennessee Pipeline Rages On

Published on 2013-02-25 19:04:33

Gifford Pinchot, the Pennsylvania tree-sitter that is blockading the route of the Tennessee Pipeline from logging, stays strong and gives us this update from the trees: “Right now there is a march going on across the Delaware River to stop the

EcoSexuals of the World Unite! Stop MTR!

Published on 2013-02-25 11:45:10

by Russ McSpadden The film Goodbye Gauley Mountain weaves together the topics of sex, class, hillbillyism, queerness, capitalism and nature into a epic tale that will make you proud to be called a dirty environmentalist. This is, without compare, the

Mali and the African Land Grab

Published on 2013-02-25 09:13:03

Mali today is in the grips of a hunger crisis, as thousands of people have been displaced from their lands and seek new sources of food. The French invasion was responsible for displacing people, as well as the insurgency that swept through Northern

Argentina Profunda: Extractivism and Resistance

Published on 2013-02-24 22:29:42

Cross Posted from Upsidedownworld Written by Darío Aranda, Translation by Clayton Conn As genetically modified agriculture advances, so too does rural unrest and murder of campesinos and indigenous peoples. The indigenous demand an end to extractivi

Argentina Profunda: Extractivism and Resistance

Published on 2013-02-24 22:29:42

Riot Police Attack Communities Protesting Oil Exploitation in Colombia

Published on 2013-02-24 22:22:46

Cross Posted from UpsideDownWorld, via Colombia Informa After two weeks of peaceful protesting against oil exploitation in Arauca, on February 12 that department’s social organizations began a strike announced a few days earlier as a response to t

Riot Police Attack Communities Protesting Oil Exploitation in Colombia

Published on 2013-02-24 22:22:46

Mile Long Protest in Utah Says “No to Freeways!”

Published on 2013-02-24 22:15:46

Cross Posted from Standard-Examiner Christina Roskelley loves to see the eagles nest in trees in her backyard near Farmington Bay but is afraid plans for the West Davis Corridor will change all that. Roskelley joined with neighbors, farmers, birdwatc

Mile Long Protest in Utah Says “No to Freeways!”

Published on 2013-02-24 22:15:46

New Zealander Claims Life as a Police Spy was Real Boring

Published on 2013-02-24 22:12:51

Cross Posted from TVNZ … He claims that, to bolster his “cover” for what he says became a $600 a week job, he became a vegan, an anarchist, an animal rights activist and a tino rangatiratanga supporter… A former police spy has

New Zealander Claims Life as a Police Spy was Real Boring

Published on 2013-02-24 22:12:51

Slovakia Uranium Mine Protested

Published on 2013-02-24 22:08:07

Cross Posted from The Slovak Spectator OVER the past few years the eyes of foreign companies have been focused on the mineral wealth of Slovakia. As well as deposits of precious metals, there are several sites rich in ores used by industry, includ

Slovakia Uranium Mine Protested

Published on 2013-02-24 22:08:07

New Public Letter from Grand Jury Resister Kteeo

Published on 2013-02-24 22:04:29

Cross Posted from Committee Against Political Repression Hey Everybody, First of all, thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!! Thank you for your incredible support, your kindness, and your strength! Ya’ll are the best. So, today is my six week

New Public Letter from Grand Jury Resister Kteeo

Published on 2013-02-24 22:04:29

Video: American Jaguar Field Research in Southern Arizona

Published on 2013-02-23 14:44:33

Video footage taken during field research by the Center for Biological Diversity in early 2013 to assess potential jaguar habitat in the U.S. Southwest.

Video: American Jaguar Field Research in Southern Arizona

Published on 2013-02-23 14:44:33

Video footage taken during field research by the Center for Biological Diversity in early 2013 to assess potential jaguar habitat in the U.S. Southwest.

America’s most contaminated: Radioactive waste leaks into northwestern river

Published on 2013-02-23 10:23:10

Re-posted From RT February 23, 2013 00:31 Radioactive waste is leaking from six underground tanks at America’s most-contaminated facility in Washington, the state’s government announced on Friday. Just how much toxic stew got into the Columbia Ri

America’s most contaminated: Radioactive waste leaks into northwestern river

Published on 2013-02-23 10:23:10

A Gang of Greek Activists Torched the Skouries Gold Mine

Published on 2013-02-22 17:50:19

Re-posted from Vice A torched truck at the Skouries forest gold mine. Last Sunday, 50 masked people armed with Molotov cocktails stormed a gold mine in northern Greece. After torching bulldozers, trucks, and portacabins belonging to Canadian mining c

A Gang of Greek Activists Torched the Skouries Gold Mine

Published on 2013-02-22 17:50:19

New Video Shows Arizona Wilderness Areas Destroyed by Border Patrol Vehicles

Published on 2013-02-22 17:41:54

Nuevo Video Muestra Áreas Silvestres Destrozadas por Vehículos de la Patrulla Fronteriza (Español abajo) TUCSON, Ariz.— Conservation groups today released a video depicting off-road vehicle damage caused by Border Patrol operations in designated

New Video Shows Arizona Wilderness Areas Destroyed by Border Patrol Vehicles

Published on 2013-02-22 17:41:54

From the Secret Vaults of the BLM: Hip-Hop Land Management

Published on 2013-02-22 17:20:32

by Russ McSpadden The Bureau of land management, or (mis)management if you will, oversees 264 million acres of public lands for multiple uses including long hikes, hunting, drunken ORV joy riding, oil extraction, mining and cattle grazing. They’

From the Secret Vaults of the BLM: Hip-Hop Land Management

Published on 2013-02-22 17:20:32

Documents Confirm Toxic Tar Sands Waste Leaking into Groundwater

Published on 2013-02-22 16:27:22

By: Carol Linnitt Cross Posted from: Vancouver Observer According to an internal memorandum obtained by Postmedia’s Mike De Souza, the tailings ponds holding billions of litres of tar sands waste are leaking into Alberta’s groundwater.

Documents Confirm Toxic Tar Sands Waste Leaking into Groundwater

Published on 2013-02-22 16:27:22

Exhibit at Oregon Historical Society Occupied by Activists in Climate Justice Action

Published on 2013-02-22 13:43:53

On February 17, dozens of concerned citizens expressed solidarity with climate protests around the country by occupying the Oregon History Society Museum’s ESCO exhibit: “ESCO Corporation.” Protesters used the space to share the real legacy tha

Exhibit at Oregon Historical Society Occupied by Activists in Climate Justice Action

Published on 2013-02-22 13:43:53

Week of Action to Stop Tar Sands Profiteers

Published on 2013-02-21 23:44:44

Week of Action to Stop Tar Sands Profiteers

Published on 2013-02-21 23:44:44

NextEra Wind Project Kills Eagle in First Month of Operation

Published on 2013-02-21 22:11:09

As many local environmental groups have figured out, industrial-scale wind turbines are bullshit and must be fought for the fraudulent false solution they offer to the Energy Empire’s stranglehold on this culture. This week’s article belo

NextEra Wind Project Kills Eagle in First Month of Operation

Published on 2013-02-21 22:11:09

Earth First! Journal Ruffles the Right Wing

Published on 2013-02-21 21:29:50

Here at the Earth First! Newswire, we generally strive to steer clear of identifying along the Left/Right political spectrum, but we can’t help make note of some gratifying recent attention from so-called conservatives. (What is it that they ar

Earth First! Journal Ruffles the Right Wing

Published on 2013-02-21 21:29:50

Point / Counterpoint on U.S. Jaguar Habitat…Rabinowitz vs. Provilitis

Published on 2013-02-21 20:29:48

by Tony Davis / the Arizona Star Blogging in the Desert In Saturday’s Star (2-9-2012), I had an article on noted jaguar biologist Alan Rabinowitz’s fierce opposition to the proposed jaguar critical habitat that would span 838,000 acres in

A Mining Executive, A Missing Millionaire and the Weird Politics of U.S. Jaguar Conservation

Published on 2013-02-21 15:17:08

By Panagioti Tsolkas / Earth First! Journal Collective Thomas Kaplan isn’t your average environmentalist, big cat conservationist or your average mining executive. He isn’t even your run-of-the-mill former hydraulic fracking company executive.

Time is Short: Principles of War and Strategy

Published on 2013-02-20 20:57:33

Cross posted from Deep Green Resistance News Service By Alex Budd / Deep Green Resistance Cascadia Why are we losing? Why, after 40 years of struggle, education, petitions, letters to the editor, reusable coffee mugs, marches, protests, direct action

Time is Short: Principles of War and Strategy

Published on 2013-02-20 20:57:33

Urgent Call to Action – Support the Treesitter blocking Tennessee Gas Pipeline

Published on 2013-02-20 18:28:22

Reblogged from Croatan Earth First!: Reposted from hudsonvalleyearthfirst Tree clearing has already begun for the Tennessee gas pipeline in Milford, PA where a base of local support has already been organizing. We’re asking folks to come throw down

Urgent Call to Action – Support the Treesitter blocking Tennessee Gas Pipeline

Published on 2013-02-20 18:28:22

Idaho land deal could mean big clearcuts

Published on 2013-02-20 16:01:47

BOISE — Idaho could profit handsomely if it were to win control of millions of acres of federal forest, rangeland and mineral deposits. That’s according to an informal Department of Lands’ “napkin” analysis released Tuesday

Idaho land deal could mean big clearcuts

Published on 2013-02-20 16:01:47

Sea Shepherd activists clash with Japanese whaler in Southern Ocean

Published on 2013-02-20 11:59:51

Cross Posted from the Guardian Anti-whaling activists say a Japanese whaling ship has rammed two of their vessels, marking the first clash of this winter’s “whale wars” in the freezing Antarctic seas. The marine conservation group

Sea Shepherd activists clash with Japanese whaler in Southern Ocean

Published on 2013-02-20 11:59:51

Nevada Tribes Protest Bear Hunts

Published on 2013-02-20 11:20:31

By Ed Vogel /LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL CAPITAL BUREAU CARSON CITY – About 30 members of Nevada Indian tribes danced, drummed and sang outside the Legislative Building on Monday to protest the killing of bears, animals they call sacred brothers a

Nevada Tribes Protest Bear Hunts

Published on 2013-02-20 11:20:31

TransCanada Downplays Keystone XL Protests

Published on 2013-02-20 11:11:06

By TALIA BUFORD / Politico Two days after climate activists rallied on the National Mall, supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline were back on the offensive Tuesday. They downplayed the opposition and reinforced the message that the pipeline is the

Chinese Environmental Official Offered Reward To Swim In Polluted Ruian River

Published on 2013-02-20 11:02:54

by Sara Gates / the Huffington Post While China’s air pollution has reached hazardous levels in some major cities, chemical pollutants in the air are hardly the only problem. Entrepreneur Jin Zengmin, from the eastern coastal province of Zhejia

Obama Administration Finalizes Polar Bear Extinction Plan

Published on 2013-02-20 10:37:56

by the Center for Biological Diversity WASHINGTON— After months of high-profile statements about climate change, the Obama administration today finalized a special rule that fails to protect polar bears from greenhouse gas pollution under the Endan

Willits Treesit Still Kicking Ass in California (Video)

Published on 2013-02-19 20:46:51

Pretty decent mainstream corporate media coverage from Dumpster Muffin to Warbler at Willits, with some sweet hippy mandolin jammin’ b-roll to boot. The cops are on their way so get on out there and lend a hand! And be sure to check out this vi

Willits Treesit Still Kicking Ass in California (Video)

Published on 2013-02-19 20:46:51

Fun: Guerrilla Surveillance Camera Destruction Hits the U.S.

Published on 2013-02-19 13:50:39

It started in Germany with masked anarchists dismantling CCTV cameras, now Camover is a global game By Natasha Lennard / Salon.com It started in Berlin: Anarchists, donning black bloc attire, hit the streets at night in pairs, small groups or alone t

Fun: Guerrilla Surveillance Camera Destruction Hits the U.S.

Published on 2013-02-19 13:50:39

BREAKING: EF! & Appalachia Resist BLOCKADE & SHUT DOWN fracking waste water storage facility in Ohio

Published on 2013-02-19 13:43:55

Following the annual winter Earth First! rendezvous Green Hunter Fracking Waste Storage Facility in New Matamoras, Ohio has been SHUT DOWN and BLOCKADED. 10 confirmed arrests, monopod still preventing operations at facility. Please consider mak

Local Residents Lock Down to Stop Tennessee Pipeline Construction

Published on 2013-02-19 12:06:00

MILFORD TOWNSHIP, Pa. – On Tuesday morning, two local youth blocked the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Northeast Upgrade construction by locking themselves through a Delaware State forest gate in Milford Township for the second consecutive day. Allis

Mountain Justice Spring Break Action Camp!

Published on 2013-02-19 11:24:03

Are you excited about today’s Anti-Frack action in Ohio? Do you want to keep fighting the fracking craze that is sweeping our beautiful lands? Then high tail it to Virgina this March for Mountain Justice Spring Break! March 2-10 2013 in Virgi

AZ Newspaper Files Federal Suit for Macho B Probe Report

Published on 2013-02-19 10:53:00

by Carmen Durante / AZ Daily Star The Arizona Daily Star filed a lawsuit Wednesday in federal court against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeking the criminal investigation documents into the capture and death of a jaguar known as Macho B. The j

BREAKING: EF! & Appalachia Resist shut down & blockade fracking waste storage facility in Ohio with monopod and banner drops

Published on 2013-02-19 10:27:07

MORE PHOTOS HERE. Following the annual winter Earth First! rendezvous blockading has begun at a Fracking Waste Storage Facility in New Matamoras, OH. Ohio residents and allies from numerous environmental groups including Earth First! have disrupte

Tasmanian Activist Groups Expose Secret Logging in Newly Nominated World Heritage Sites

Published on 2013-02-18 13:51:10

Tasmanian forests nominated for inclusion in the World Heritage Program are being quietly and quickly logged. Two and a half weeks ago, important forest wildernesses covering some 170,000 hectares and including Butler’s Gorge and the Flor

“Indiana Jones of Wildlife” Joins Ranchers, Mining Executives in Opposing U.S. Jaguar Habitat

Published on 2013-02-18 10:41:14

by the Earth First! Jaguar Team In the world of big cat conservation, Dr. Alan Rabinowitz is a rock-star. He’s traveled the world, bushwhacking through the steaming jungles of Asia and South America, studying tigers and jaguars in an effort to

48 Arrested at Keystone Pipeline Protest as Sierra Club Lifts 120-Year Ban on Civil Disobedience

Published on 2013-02-18 00:54:23

By Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video Forty-eight people, including civil rights leader Julian Bond and NASA climate scientist James Hansen, were arrested Wednesday in front of the White House as part of an ongoing pr

Keystone XL protesters pressure Obama on climate change promise

Published on 2013-02-18 00:46:57

Cross Posted from The Guardian Protesters of the Keystone XL pipeline project were bussed in from 30 states and Canadian provinces. Photograph: James Fassinger for the Guardian Thousands of protesters descended on Washington DC on Sunday demanding

Voices of Resistance: Four Women Tell Why They’re Rallying in D.C.

Published on 2013-02-17 13:46:13

Cross Posted from Tar Sands Blockade.org Right now, the largest climate rally ever is taking place in Washington, D.C. Indigenous leaders, climate activists and members of affected communities are telling their stories to a crowd of 40,000 people

Voices of Resistance: Four Women Tell Why They’re Rallying in D.C.

Published on 2013-02-17 13:46:13

On The Fringe of Life: A Tour of Appalachia’s Biodiverse Frontier

Published on 2013-02-16 17:54:11

By Molly Moore / the Appalachian Voice Crouch Knob in Randolph County, W. Va., might be home to the largest remaining cluster of running buffalo clover in the world. As its name suggests, this particular clover once flourished alongside buffalo, send

On The Fringe of Life: A Tour of Appalachia’s Biodiverse Frontier

Published on 2013-02-16 17:54:11

Yellowstone National Park Wants to Kill 400 Female Bison this Year

Published on 2013-02-16 11:43:12

Buffalo Field Campaign released this PSA this week in order to call out Yellowstone and Montana for their roles in the slaughter of America’s last wild bison. Please watch this 30 second video and contact the decision makers listed underneath

Yellowstone National Park Wants to Kill 400 Female Bison this Year

Published on 2013-02-16 11:43:12

A Water Dispute Nears a Boil in Arizona

Published on 2013-02-16 09:15:00

Cross Posted from Wall Street Journal Will Seberger for The Wall Street Journal Like many retirees who have flocked to Sierra Vista in recent years, Judy Sturgeon enjoys the cool temperatures afforded by the southern Arizona city’s high elevati

A Water Dispute Nears a Boil in Arizona

Published on 2013-02-16 09:15:00

Time is Short: Cyber-sabotage in Saudi Arabia

Published on 2013-02-15 20:34:37

Cross posted from Deep Green Resistance News Service By Alex Budd / Deep Green Resistance Cascadia Civilization is not a static force. It has metastasized across the world by accelerating its own development, by transforming the blood and corpses of

Time is Short: Cyber-sabotage in Saudi Arabia

Published on 2013-02-15 20:34:37

Tasmanian Activists Challenge Mining in The Tarkine

Published on 2013-02-15 17:48:41

Cross-posted from http://www.nativeforest.net/ and The Advocate Two female activists from environmental direct action group Groundswell have taken peaceful action to highlight the detrimental impacts that mining in the Tarkine will have on healthy de

Tasmanian Activists Challenge Mining in The Tarkine

Published on 2013-02-15 17:48:41

Prairie Chickens Fight for Survival

Published on 2013-02-15 15:56:55

Cross-posted from the AP This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service held its final public hearings on a proposal to list the prairie chicken as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. This comes after decades of population declines that exper

New Study: Florida Is Global Hotspot for Reptiles at Risk of Extinction

Published on 2013-02-15 14:51:19

One-fifth of Reptiles Across Globe Face Extinction by the Center for Biological Diversity TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— A recent study finds that Florida has one of the highest numbers of threatened reptiles in the world. The new report highlights the need

Anti-Anxiety Drug Makes River Fish Anti-Social

Published on 2013-02-15 11:20:31

by Russ McSpadden Oxazepam is a popular pharmaceutical that has been prescribed and used extensively–beginning in the 1960s–to treat anxiety, insomnia and a host of symptoms related to alcohol withdrawal. Traces of it pass from the drug&#

Owl Trapped in SUV Grille at Yeehaw Junction

Published on 2013-02-14 16:00:48

Some will blame the owl, but its actually SUVs that are stupid. Luckily this one got out alive.

Biodiversity Photo of the Day: Nicrophorus americanus

Published on 2013-02-14 11:53:33

American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus)

Winona, Texas Families Speak Out Against TransCanada’s Life-Threatening Welds

Published on 2013-02-14 11:52:22

Faulty Weld on Keystone XL Compromise Lives of East Texas Community Tar Sands Blockade Sends Photos of Shoddy Welding Work from a Protest in December to Regulators For more information about affected families, environmental racism in Winona, Texas, T

Demonstrations Disrupt Snowbowl 75th Anniversary Parties

Published on 2013-02-14 11:48:43

BY MITCH KULLOS — Crowds gathered in Heritage Square at 5 p.m. on Feb. 9, not to celebrate the Dew Downtown event, but rather to protest and bring awareness to the various forms of environmental negligence levied against the Arizona Snowbowl. The s

Tree Sit Against Willits Bypass Continues in California

Published on 2013-02-14 11:36:32

by Linda Williams / The Willits News Rain, wind and frosty conditions during the past week have not dampened Warbler’s spirits as she continues her tree-sit to stop the Highway 101 bypass around Willits. The contractor has yet to begin work on

OMG, Taylor Swift’s Ex-Boyfriend Totally Arrested for Protesting Keystone XL Pipeline

Published on 2013-02-14 11:21:17

by Guchi Baby Taylor Swift’s ex-boyfriend was arrested on Wednesday, lol. Conor Kennedy, who dated the ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’ singer last summer – was reportedly hauled away in handcuffs and taken into polic

Unearthly Images of Appalachian Mountains Blown to Hell

Published on 2013-02-14 11:07:02

Photograph by Antrim Caskey Former strip miner Ed Wiley looks up at mountaintop-removal operations near Peachtree, W.Va. When his granddaughter Kayla became sick while attending Marsh Fork Elementary School, located in the shadow of a Massey mountain

Largest Glacier Calving Ever Caught On Film

Published on 2013-02-14 10:52:45

Adam LeWinter and Director Jeff Orlowski, filmmakers of the acclaimed documentary Chasing Ice, filmed a historic breakup at the Ilulissat Glacier in Western Greenland. The calving event lasted for 75 minutes and the glacier retreated a full mile acro

NASA: Alarming water loss in Middle East

Published on 2013-02-13 15:27:09

By MICHAEL CASEY, AP Environmental Writer One of the biggest challenges to improving water conservation is often competing demands which has worsened the problem in the Tigris and Euphrates river basins.Turkey controls the Tigris and Euphrates headw

Sierra Club President Arrested During Keystone XL Protest

Published on 2013-02-13 14:55:58

Cross Posted from ABC News Sierra Club President Allison Chin was arrested Wednesday outside the White House while leading members of her organization in protest for the first time in the group’s history. Chin wrote on her blog Wednesday that prote

Hot Sea Slug Couple Boasts Two Disposable Penises, Two Vaginas

Published on 2013-02-13 13:44:58

by Russ McSpadden / Earth First! Journal and Newswire Sea slugs are wild and amazingly skilled lovers. For starters they have both male and female sexual organs which they like to use at the same time. I’ll let Bernard Picton, curator of marine inv

Biodiversity Photo of the Day: Grus americana

Published on 2013-02-13 12:01:20

A federally endangered whooping crane (Grus americana)

Scientists Create Automated ‘Time Machine’ to Reconstruct Ancient Languages

Published on 2013-02-13 00:58:51

Cross Posted from Science Daily Ancient languages hold a treasure trove of information about the culture, politics and commerce of millennia past. Yet, reconstructing them to reveal clues into human history can require decades of painstaking work. No

Tanner Long Sentenced for Frack Site Sabotage in PA

Published on 2013-02-12 23:17:17

As far as we can tell, there’s been no clear reason expressed about why he did it. But does there really need to be? Anyone who risks their freedom to attack a fracking site in the Marcellus Shale, and in one evening succeeds at delaying operat

Beer and Frack Fluid: Obama State of the Union Speech Drinking Game

Published on 2013-02-12 18:11:21

from Think Progress by Joe Romm Each time the President uses the phrase “climate change” or “global warming,” down one beer. Each extreme weather event the President links to climate change, down a Hurricane or a Damn-The-Weather Cocktail Ev

HUGE VICTORY – FRACKING DELAYED IN NEW YORK

Published on 2013-02-12 16:48:37

Cross Posted from Catskill Mountain Keeper In an incredible victory for Mountainkeeper and activists across New York State – Dr. Shah, the State Department of Health Commissioner sent a letter to Department of Environmental Conservation Commissione

No Dash For Gas Campaign & Activists Are Holding Strong

Published on 2013-02-12 16:45:32

Despite Legal Intimidation and Police Infiltration Cross-posted from The Guardian UK, by Susanna Rustin Last November members of the newly formed direct action group No Dash For Gas were feeling pretty good. They had just completed a week-long occupa

Spreading Like Wildfire: February Update from the Frontlines of Climate Action

Published on 2013-02-12 16:45:28

Cross posted from Rising Tide Climate Direct Action is Taking Off! Check out the growing resistance to fossil fuels extraction and combustion: Youth Minister Ascends Equipment at TransCanada Construction Site in Oklahoma Stefan Warner, a youth pastor

$10 Million to Injured Workers from Chevron Payout

Published on 2013-02-12 14:09:01

A “drop in the bucket,” most of the payouts covered medical exams and treatments at hospitals for those sickened by the smoke from the Richmond, CA refinery fire. Chevron paid approximately $10 million to cover medical expenses and other

The Ancient Art of Midwifery Practiced by Chinese Snub Nosed Monkeys

Published on 2013-02-12 12:03:21

by Russ McSpadden The art of midwifery is ancient. The lineage of women healers aiding childbearing mothers during pregnancy can be dated textually as far back as the Middle Kingdom period in ancient Egypt (and similarly in the Middle East and Gree

First Nation Youth Walk to Protest Environment Law Changes

Published on 2013-02-12 11:39:27

Cross Posted from: CBC News Manitoba Youth from Manitoba First Nations arrived in Winnipeg on Monday, after walking hundreds of kilometres to protest changes to federal environmental laws that they say will harm their land. More than 50 youth, mainly

More Mexican Gray Wolves Needed in the Wild

Published on 2013-02-12 10:01:35

by the Editorial board of the Arizona Republic / azcentral.com The number of Mexican gray wolves in the wild is increasing, which reflects welcome progress in the effort to reintroduce this endangered species. These magnificent creatures are living a

Biodiversity Photo of the Day: Gulo gulo

Published on 2013-02-12 09:13:15

A wolverine (Gulo gulo) The wolverine, the largest land-dwelling species in the mustelid family, is famous for its daring and tenacity — it’s been known to prey on animals as big as moose, and many stories tell of mountain lions, bears and wolves

Lawsuit to Help Stop Harassment of Bison Activists

Published on 2013-02-11 20:27:43

www.indiegogo.com/legaldefense The Buffalo Field Campaign has had thousands of volunteers in the 16 years it has been standing with, and for the buffalo of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Throughout that time they have recorded immeasurable hours

Holy Sh*t! The Zombie Tit is One Vicious Bird

Published on 2013-02-11 20:06:46

by Robert T. Gonzalez / Io9 There are dinosaurs among us, and ruthless ones at that. Don’t scoff — it’s true. Need proof? Look no further than the Great Tit, aka “The Zombie Tit.” Why is it called “The Zombie Tit?̶

Stand against Nestlé Day of Action a success!

Published on 2013-02-11 19:13:39

Cross Posted from Bark On the afternoon of Friday, February 8th nearly 200 Oregonians put on their finest red clothing and joined Bark and the Keep Nestlé Out of the Gorge Coalition in Lower Macleay Park to take a stand against Nestlé’s grab at p

Biodiversity Photo of the Day: Sternotherus depressus

Published on 2013-02-11 16:21:49

Flattened musk turtles (Sternotherus depressus)

Devastating Bat-killing Disease Spreads to Kentucky’s Cumberland Gap National Park

Published on 2013-02-11 15:18:48

by the Center for Biological Diversity MIDDLESBORO, Ky.— The devastating fungal disease that has already killed nearly 7 million bats has struck Cumberland Gap National Historical Park in Kentucky. Since a caver first documented white-nose syndrome

Oklahoman Pastor Locks Down to KXL Construction Equipment

Published on 2013-02-11 14:12:02

Cross Posted from: Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance Earlier this morning, Stefan Warner, a youth pastor who was born and raised in Harrah, OK, locked himself to machinery being used to build the toxic Keystone XL tar sands pipeline through Creek lan

Southern Environmental Law Center Names Top 10 Places At Risk

Published on 2013-02-11 12:49:25

Cross Posted from Environment News Service CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, February 10, 2013 (ENS) – Political pressure to lift Virginia’s longstanding ban on uranium mining threatens the health of the Roanoke River Basin, which supplies drinking wate

Big Oil Demands the Right to Kill Polar Bears

Published on 2013-02-11 12:38:37

Cross Posted from Counterpunch by LEE HALL The Marine Mammal Protection Act—which bars hunting, killing, capture, or harassment of any marine mammal, and the trade in their body parts, within the United States—recently turned 40. But it’s long

Wild Horses Sold to ‘Kill Buyer’ by BLM Contractor

Published on 2013-02-10 12:53:12

Cross Posted from Counterpunch by DEBBIE COFFEY The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has been trying to convince the public that the BLM does not sell wild horses to slaughter, but the Wild Horse Freedom Federation has obtained proof that a BLM Long

Monsanto Joins the Coyote Extermination Business

Published on 2013-02-10 12:24:08

by Russ McSpadden Monsanto, the multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation responsible for Agent Orange and the production of genetically engineered seeds, is now in the coyote exterminating business, at least in and around one of its chemi

Snowbowl Protests Affect Flagstaff Shops, Keep It Up

Published on 2013-02-10 11:36:01

FLAGSTAFF –(AP) Continuing opposition to the use of reclaimed wastewater by a ski area near Flagstaff to make snow is rubbing off on some local businesses. Protesters have held signs and passed out leaflets outside businesses that held events f

Community Members Unite to Stop FreshDirect’s Exploitation of the South Bronx

Published on 2013-02-09 23:26:18

Cross Posted from Welcome2Melrose.com If you’ve been following our story of the resounding anger Bronxites are voicing against the sweetheart deal to keep FreshDirect in New York City by moving from Long Island City to The Bronx waterfront then

Community Members Unite to Stop FreshDirect’s Exploitation of the South Bronx

Published on 2013-02-09 23:26:18

Announcing the Next EF! Journal Volunteer Work Week

Published on 2013-02-08 16:10:53

Announcing the Next EF! Journal Volunteer Work Week

Published on 2013-02-08 16:10:53

Naked Sir Ben Kingsley Wants YOU To Put an End to Irresponsible Fisheries Management

Published on 2013-02-08 12:41:02

by Russ McSpadden Marine wildlife, which are under threat of total annihilation from a series of anthropogenic impacts–from ocean acidification to industrial fisheries–can rest a little easier. Thanks to the UK based organization Fishlove

Naked Sir Ben Kingsley Wants YOU To Put an End to Irresponsible Fisheries Management

Published on 2013-02-08 12:41:02

Biodiversity Photo of the Day: Puma concolor coryi

Published on 2013-02-08 10:18:27

Florida Panther The Florida panther (Felis concolor coryi) formerly ranged from eastern Texas and western Louisiana into the lower Mississippi River Valley and eastward through Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and parts of

Biodiversity Photo of the Day: Puma concolor coryi

Published on 2013-02-08 10:18:27

62 Year Old Wild Albatross Hatches 35th Chick, Travels 3 Million Miles

Published on 2013-02-08 10:11:27

by George Dvorsky / IO9 Tracked by scientists since 1956, a Laysan albatross dubbed “Widsom” has hatched a healthy chick at the tender age of 62. The (apparently) elderly bird has now successfully given birth for the sixth consecutive yea

62 Year Old Wild Albatross Hatches 35th Chick, Travels 3 Million Miles

Published on 2013-02-08 10:11:27

Northwest Port Expansions will Fuel Coal Industry’s Contributions to Mass Extinction

Published on 2013-02-07 13:48:18

Cross posted from Deep Green Resistance News Service By Rachel Ivey / Deep Green Resistance Cascadia In the arid Powder River Basin of Northern Wyoming and Southern Montana, the long roots of sagebrush draw water from deep beneath the soil. The abi

Northwest Port Expansions will Fuel Coal Industry’s Contributions to Mass Extinction

Published on 2013-02-07 13:48:18

Biodiversity Photo of the Day: Salt Creek Tiger Beetle

Published on 2013-02-07 11:25:59

The Salt Creek tiger beetle (Cicindela nevadica lincolniana) in a lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. With a count of 205 adults emerging in 2010, this subspecies of tiger beetle could be the rarest insect in North America. Found only in the i

Biodiversity Photo of the Day: Salt Creek Tiger Beetle

Published on 2013-02-07 11:25:59

Great White Sharks Become Candidates for California Endangered Species Act Protection

Published on 2013-02-07 10:31:48

Scientists Estimate Fewer Than 350 Adults Are Left in Wild by the Center for Biological Diversity SACRAMENTO, Calif.— Great white sharks that live off the coast of California are now candidates for protection under the state’s Endangered Species

Great White Sharks Become Candidates for California Endangered Species Act Protection

Published on 2013-02-07 10:31:48

Resistant Coloradans Delay Drilling Auction

Published on 2013-02-07 10:11:31

20,000 acres in North Fork area removed from sale The Bureau of Land Management has announced it is delaying an auction for drilling leases in Colorado following a public outcry. Leases for more than 20,000 acres in the North Fork Valley were set to

Resistant Coloradans Delay Drilling Auction

Published on 2013-02-07 10:11:31

We Will Counterattack Three Corporations for their World Wide Terrorism in the Next Six Months

Published on 2013-02-07 10:07:17

And this is just the beginning… OK, up front lets just say this is a post about a fictional movie about a wild anarchist collective called The East starring that sexy blond viking vampire guy from True Blood, and sadly, not a new communique f

We Will Counterattack Three Corporations for their World Wide Terrorism in the Next Six Months

Published on 2013-02-07 10:07:17

How Hunter-Gatherers Maintained Their Egalitarian Ways: Three Complementary Theories

Published on 2013-02-07 00:42:42

Cross Posted from Psychology Today by Peter Gray in Freedom to Learn I’m taking a little break from my series on “The Human Nature of Teaching” in order to respond to questions about hunter-gatherer life in general, which were

Obama Nominates Oil Engineer, Head of REI for US Interior Secretary

Published on 2013-02-06 14:32:36

Looking for balance between oil industry and conservation, president makes unconventional first pick for environment team from UK Guardian Barack Obama chose the head of the REI outdoor equipment stores to manage America’s wide open spaces on W

Biodiversity Photo of the Day: Mimic Poison Frog with His Tadpole Baby on Back

Published on 2013-02-06 12:32:43

Indígenas desplazados inician plantón en carretera de San Cristóbal-Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Published on 2013-02-06 11:16:58

Cross Posted from La Jornada San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chis. Más de cien indígenas desplazados de la comunidad de Tzajalá, del vecino municipio de Teopisca, desplazados desde el 14 de noviembre pasado por diferencias agrarias, iniciaron hoy un

Action Opportunities For Solidarity With Tar Sands Resistance

Published on 2013-02-06 10:34:24

From Root Force Michels is the name of the company that is doing the actual building of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Michels has offices, subsidiaries, and projects all across the country. A list of them has been compiled and can be found here. Plea

Sea Shepherd Australia Stops Japanese Whalers Yet Again!

Published on 2013-02-06 10:30:32

Activists Make January a “No Kill” Month Cross post from Environment News Service HOBART, Tasmania, Australia, February 4, 2013 (ENS) – The month of January, usually the prime whale catching month for the Japanese whaling fleet in the S

Time to Drink Fracking “Produced Water”?

Published on 2013-02-06 10:22:44

A terrifying new article from the Environmental News Network details plans by MIT Engineers to have us drinking the “produced water” from Natural Gas fracking wells. “Water is always precious. Increased natural gas production is happening i

Indigenous Leaders Confront Ecuadorian Government in Houston – Deliver Message to the World

Published on 2013-02-06 00:46:59

Coalition storms lobby of Westin Hotel where sacred Amazonian lands are being auctioned by Ecuadorian Government Westin Hotel at the Galleria in Houston, TX, 2/4/2013- Tar Sands Blockaders joined indigenous leaders from the Achuar and Shuar tribes

TIMELINE: How you persuaded Asia Pulp & Paper to stop cutting down Indonesia’s rainforests

Published on 2013-02-05 14:38:41

Cross Posted from Greenpeace This morning, Asia Pulp and Paper – the world’s third largest paper and packaging company – announced that it was turning over a new leaf. It’s promised to stop chopping down Indonesia’s rainforests, home to t

TSB Unites with Indigenous Leaders to Stop Ecuador’s Amazon Oil Auction

Published on 2013-02-05 11:54:03

Cross Posted from TarSandsBlockade Today, indigenous leaders from the Ecuadorian Amazon and their allies from the Gulf Coast and Canada, including Amazon Watch, Gulf Coast Idle No More, and Tar Sands Blockade, confronted the Ecuadorian government in

Hundreds Protest Fracking at New York Capital

Published on 2013-02-05 11:18:36

Cross Posted from: The Associated Press

First New Mexican Gray Wolf Released into the Wild in 4 Years is Recaptured 3 Weeks Later

Published on 2013-02-05 10:21:21

by the Center for Biological Diversity SILVER CITY, N.M.— A four-year stalemate in federal efforts to reintroduce Mexican gray wolves to the Southwest took another step backward last week when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recaptured a male wo

Political Prisoner Birthday Poster for February 2013

Published on 2013-02-04 22:21:05

Cross posted from Prison Books Hello Friends and Comrades, Here is the political prisoner birthday poster for February. As always, please post this poster publicly and/or use it to start a card writing night of your own. We’re still experimenting w

Altruism Exhibited in Maize Plants

Published on 2013-02-04 21:47:06

by Russ McSpadden By now the altruistic nature of just about every species of animal is well documented. A human mother throws herself in front of rush hour traffic to save her child, vampire bats regurgitate blood to give to sick or injured roost ma

Love and Revenge: Sperm Whales Adopt Disabled Dolphin

Published on 2013-02-04 13:51:23

by Russ McSpadden It was Moby Dick that dismasted me; Moby Dick that brought me to this dead stump I stand on now. Aye, aye! it was that accursed white whale that razeed me; made a poor pegging lubber of me for ever and a day. Aye, aye! and I’ll ch

Time is Short: Systems Disruption and Strategic Militancy

Published on 2013-02-04 13:50:24

Cross posted from Deep Green Resistance News Service By Alex Budd / Deep Green Resistance Cascadia As civilization pushes the planet towards complete biotic collapse—speeding at the murderous pace of two hundred species a day—resistance becomes a

Toronto Activists Stop Train Over Uranium Plant

Published on 2013-02-04 13:48:54

“I’m content to be a criminal if your laws aren’t principled.” – Zach Ruiter Cross posted from the Toronto Star A group of anti-nuclear protesters affiliated with the Idle No More movement stopped a train in the D

Angry Papuan leaders demand Jared Diamond apologizes

Published on 2013-02-04 13:21:09

Benny Wenda, a Papuan tribal leader, says what Jared Diamond is writing about his people is ‘misleading’. © freewestpapua.org/Survival Cross Posted from Survival International Leaders across West Papua have demanded controversial author

Oklahoma Woman Locks Down to Equipment to Protect Oklahoma Waterways from Tar Sands

Published on 2013-02-04 11:47:28

Keystone XL Resistance Expands to Oklahoma! A new organization has sprung up to fight the Tar Sands from Oklahoma. They are called Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance and they are entering the fight with a bang! Keep checking their website for det

Opposition Between Forests and Farmers Grows in India

Published on 2013-02-03 16:13:41

Cross Posted from The Hindu The Forest and Law departments are opposing the State Cabinet’s decision to confer absolute ownership of kumki land to farmers, saying these lands have been classified as forests. Kumki land is defined as government wast

Opposition Between Forests and Farmers Grows in India

Published on 2013-02-03 16:13:41

China Declares 14 Guilty of Protest Violence

Published on 2013-02-02 11:37:32

Successful Protest Halts Wastewater Treatment Project Fourteen people pleaded guilty to encouraging a riot in eastern China last year in which the local Communist Party chief was stripped half-naked in a mass protest that ultimately forced the local

China Declares 14 Guilty of Protest Violence

Published on 2013-02-02 11:37:32

Tar Sands Blockade: Oklahoma! Training Camp

Published on 2013-02-02 11:13:26

A coalition of Great Plains residents against the Tar Sands is excited to announce a training camp in March, this time in Oklahoma. Long a stronghold of the oil empire, we must ignite a fire of resistance in the belly of the beast. See you there! Ple

Tar Sands Blockade: Oklahoma! Training Camp

Published on 2013-02-02 11:13:26

Four Pygmy Elephants Found Dead: Victims of Palm Oil Plantations

Published on 2013-02-02 10:40:21

Cross posted from Al Jazeera Four endangered pygmy elephants have been found dead in Malaysia, adding to the 10 carcasses discovered earlier this month, according to wildlife officials. Laurentius Ambu, the wildlife department director of the Malaysi

Four Pygmy Elephants Found Dead: Victims of Palm Oil Plantations

Published on 2013-02-02 10:40:21

PEMEX Explosion: 33 Dead, 121 Injured In Mexico Oil Company Blast

Published on 2013-02-02 10:28:40

PEMEX Explosion: 33 Dead, 121 Injured In Mexico Oil Company Blast

Published on 2013-02-02 10:28:40

Earth First! and Male Supremacy at the 2012 Round River Rendezvous

Published on 2013-02-02 10:15:03

“We stood in front of over a hundred radical folk as an absolute mockery. People were in tears. The crowd’s anger, confusion and frustration penetrated my embarrassed heart. We, the group of a few “men” who just presented the “Challengi

Earth First! and Male Supremacy at the 2012 Round River Rendezvous

Published on 2013-02-02 10:15:03

Tar Sands Blockade Releases Photos of Flawed Welds on Keystone XL Pipeline

Published on 2013-02-01 13:23:51

Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel, The Woodlands, TX – 9 am Thursday, January 31st, TransCanada executive Tom Hamilton’s presentation of a Keystone XL case study at the Pipe Tech Americas 2013 conference was interrupted when a blockader chain

Tar Sands Blockade Releases Photos of Flawed Welds on Keystone XL Pipeline

Published on 2013-02-01 13:23:51

Rural Rebels and Useless Airports [part 2]

Published on 2013-02-01 00:22:25

by laronceblog (see part 1) Preface: This update should have been posted weeks ago. But the turn of events meant that we had little time to sit, write and reflect. Words may well be weapons, but in the heat of struggle bodies speak louder than words.

Rural Rebels and Useless Airports [part 2]

Published on 2013-02-01 00:22:25

The Yuppie-Manventure-Industrial Complex

Published on 2013-01-31 16:03:15

Profiteering Gentlebros of the Wilderness by Caity Weaver / Gawker Do you have a Y-chromosome and also a keenly refined rustic aesthetic? Are you eager to go camping but hesitant to put yourself in a position where you could ever be out-of-doors? Do

The Yuppie-Manventure-Industrial Complex

Published on 2013-01-31 16:03:15

Dung Beetles: Celestial Navigators

Published on 2013-01-31 10:38:41

by Russ McSpadden In a world where magic is endangered, the starry-eyed dung beetle is a beacon of hope. According to new research, these charming excrement-obsessed scarabs with brains no bigger than a grain of rice observe the stars—and more sp

Dung Beetles: Celestial Navigators

Published on 2013-01-31 10:38:41

Mobilize to stop GE Trees!

Published on 2013-01-30 23:36:44

Organize to Stop the Tree Biotechnology 2013 Conference from Deciding the Future of the World’s Forests this Spring in Asheville, NC, Marriot Renaissance Hotel Call to action from Global Justice Ecology Project: “From May 26-June 1, industry

Mobilize to Stop GE Trees!

Published on 2013-01-30 23:36:44

Demonstrators confront tar sands investment meeting

Published on 2013-01-30 22:57:20

Photos and article by Will Bennington Hartford, Conn.—Prospective investors in the Canadian tar sands were met by demonstrators [Jan 29, 2013] at a meeting hosted by the US Commercial Service and the Canadian Consulate General. Throughout the morni

Demonstrators Confront Tar Sands Investment Meeting

Published on 2013-01-30 22:57:20

Tarnation

Published on 2013-01-30 20:03:52

Environmentalists, landowners and Valero await decision on the Keystone XL pipeline By Michael Barajas The town of Wells is easy to overlook, just a few blocks of homes and a school stretching along a busy state highway. Paths that shoot north from

Tarnation

Published on 2013-01-30 20:03:52

Ranchers, Native Activists Protest Keystone XL Pipeline in Nebraska

Published on 2013-01-30 19:56:10

By Kevin Abourezk / Sioux City Journal LINCOLN — Cowboys hats and shawls adorned a coalition of more than 100 ranchers and Native activists who gathered Monday at the state Capitol to protest the Keystone XL pipeline and show support for indig

Ranchers, Native Activists Protest Keystone XL Pipeline in Nebraska

Published on 2013-01-30 19:56:10

Disturbing Greg Boyce’s Peace: StopPeabody Activists Kidnapped by Hotel Security

Published on 2013-01-30 19:48:48

Activists were arrested distributing this flyer near Peabody CEO Boyce’s apartment Two activists were arrested for distributing this flyer near the apartment of Peabody Energy CEO Greg Boyce on Tuesday inside the Chase Park Plaza hotel and apartmen

Disturbing Greg Boyce’s Peace: StopPeabody Activists Kidnapped by Hotel Security

Published on 2013-01-30 19:48:48

Rising Tide group rises from the Florida Keys

Published on 2013-01-30 16:47:14

Florida can sometimes be a lonely place for eco-radicals like us here at the Earth First! Journal. So we were overjoyed this week when we received a note from a new direct action group in one of the most ecologically precarious regions of the US—th

Rising Tide group rises from the Florida Keys

Published on 2013-01-30 16:47:14

Alberta Oil Spill: Up To 3,000 Barrels Spill Near Red Deer River

Published on 2013-01-30 11:30:28

Cross posted from Huffington Post Crews were scrambling Friday to contain and clean up a pipeline spill that is believed to have sent up to 475,000 litres of crude oil flowing into a rain-swollen Red Deer River system in west-central Alberta. Plains

Alberta Oil Spill: Up To 3,000 Barrels Spill Near Red Deer River

Published on 2013-01-30 11:30:28

Cross posted from Huffington Post, originally posted 06/08/2012 Crews were scrambling [last Summer] to contain and clean up a pipeline spill that is believed to have sent up to 475,000 litres of crude oil flowing into a rain-swollen Red Deer River sy

Indigenous Organizers to Hold Round Table Meeting on Tar Sands Resistance and Decolonization

Published on 2013-01-30 11:05:40

Re-posted from our friends at the Tar Sands Blockade Tar Sands Blockade has been working to amplify the voices of communities who will be most impacted by tar sands exploitation; Indigenous peoples and lands at the point of extraction and Latin@ and

Bees attack Corporate Media Drone in Palm Beach

Published on 2013-01-30 08:41:51

Check out the footage of bees attacking a drone here (which includes the demolition of a mall!) from last week in Palm Beach County. Unfortunately the mall is being taken down to make way for a designer outlet mall which “the city hopes will be

Treesit in California Against CalTrans Bypass

Published on 2013-01-29 15:23:19

cross-posted from The Willits News by Linda Williams/TWN Staff Writer A coalition of environmental groups staged a protest Monday morning along Highway 101 to protest the construction of the highway bypass around Willits. Dozens of protestors from Ea

EF! News, Yule 2013, Ready to Hit the Streets!

Published on 2013-01-29 13:00:13

Featuring a timeline of tar sands resistance, epic stories of eco-sabotage worldwide, and a full spread on prisoner support and grand jury resistance. The latest issue of our EF! News publication is available as a PDF to be copied and distributed fre

Tar Sands Blockade Activists Forced to Settle Lawsuit But Will Continue to Fight Keystone XL Pipeline

Published on 2013-01-28 14:37:19

TransCanada Claimed $5 Million in Damages On Friday, January 25th, a group of activists agreed to a settlement in TransCanada’s lawsuit against Tar Sands Blockade, Rising Tide North Texas, Rising Tide North America, and nineteen individuals. The SL

Q’eqchi Maya Communities Meet Across Borders

Published on 2013-01-28 13:46:42

Cross Posted from Cultural Survival On January 26-27, 2013, Cultural Survival held an exchange between Q’eqchi Maya communities in Belize and Guatemala to talk about strategies for implementing the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent, an

Pig, Protesters Demonstrate Against Fracking in North Beaver

Published on 2013-01-28 12:22:53

by Nancy Lowry / New Castle News NEW CASTLE — A protest to draw attention to fracking practices of Shell Oil ended yesterday without arrests. Wearing signs proclaiming “Fracking Threatens Food” and “Protect Farms for our Future,” four prote

A Resurgence of Seminole Resistance

Published on 2013-01-28 12:15:05

“As the Berlin Wall came down, so can Castillo de San Marcos.” While actions pop off across world declaring solidarity with with Idle No More movement which began in Canada, activists with the American Indian Movement and United Urban W

Blacklist Used by Construction Firms to Disrupt Environmental Protests

Published on 2013-01-28 12:12:50

Industry found to have files on more than 200 activists, provided by security services or police – prompting calls for official inquiry by Matthew Taylor / Guardian UK Hundreds of environmental activists were on a secret “blacklist” use

Eviction Begins at Final Bexhill-to-Hastings Road Protest Camp

Published on 2013-01-28 12:08:55

by Adam Vaughan / Guardian UK One man was arrested on Monday by police in East Sussex as they moved in with bailiffs to clear the final stronghold of campaigners who have been protesting for weeks against plans for a 5.6km link road. A dozen people r

Solidarity With Marie In North Carolina

Published on 2013-01-27 19:08:01

reposted from croatanearthfirst A banner posted to the fence at the disputed CVS building that was squatted/occupied last year as a campaign of resisting corporate development; at the corner of Weaver St. and Greensboro St in Carrboro, NC on Sunday

Lockdown! Farms & Food, Not Fracking!

Published on 2013-01-27 14:40:08

Bessemer, PA – This afternoon, residents of Western Pennsylvania and friends of Lawrence County farmer Maggie Henry locked themselves to a giant paper-mache pig in the entrance to a Shell natural gas well site in order to protest the company’s th

Updates to Eco-Prisoner Support pages on the EF! Newswire

Published on 2013-01-26 14:36:06

[Don't forget today is Marie Mason's birthday!] “At the dawn of industrialism, factories were modeled after prisons; in its twilight, prisons are now modeled after factories.” —Os Cangaceiros Supporting prisoners from our struggle is one impor

Video: Black Mesa Dine & Appalachians Confront Peabody Coal in St. Louis, MO

Published on 2013-01-26 14:07:11

An unprecedented coalition of Navajo (Dineh) residents of Black Mesa, AZ, Appalachian residents, St. Louis residents, military veterans and labor unions brought the fight for our future to Peabody’s HQ today. Nearly 100 of us had a raucous rall

Anti-Repression Olympics in Germany?

Published on 2013-01-26 12:21:18

Protesters from the group Camover in Germany destroy CCTV cameras. The vigilante group wants to see all surveillance cameras removed from public spaces, and are taking matters into their own hands, by taking down as many cameras as possible ahead of

Thoughts on Ecological-Crisis, #Egypt, #Jan25, #Tahrir, and Revolutionary Struggle

Published on 2013-01-25 21:50:02

by SabiTaj Mahal, Earth First! Journal January 25, 2012, is the two year anniversary of a massive gathering that took place in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, that kicked off a series of events that eventually lead to the end of Hosni Mubarak’s 30

Thoughts on Ecological-Crisis, #Egypt, #Jan25, #Tahrir, and Revolutionary Struggle

Published on 2013-01-25 21:50:02

“Shut down the arms dealers. Do not let them make it, ship it.” -From Tahrir Square, November 22, 2011 by SabiTaj Mahal, Earth First! Journal January 25, 2013, is the two year anniversary of a massive gathering that took place in Tahrir S

Isabel is Free!

Published on 2013-01-25 19:26:29

Isabel is free! Yesterday, a Smith County judge reduced Matt and Isabel’s bail from $65,000 each to $20,000 and $30,000, respectively. This is still unusually high, but thanks to your wonderful, generous donations, we were able to bail out Isab

Isabel is Free!

Published on 2013-01-25 19:26:29

Unfrackable: May 3-5

Published on 2013-01-25 19:08:00

UNFRACKABLE Coming Together After Our Communities Come Apart May 3-5, 2013 Crystal Lake Camps, Hughesville, PA The arrival of the natural gas industry in our communities has brought some benefits… and it has also brought disruptions in our live

Unfrackable: May 3-5

Published on 2013-01-25 19:08:00

Navajos and Appalachians protest Peabody Coal, protesters arrested

Published on 2013-01-25 19:05:41

Cross Posted from Censored News By Derek Minnow Bloom, Black Mesa Indigenous Support Zach Chasnoff, Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment Fern Benally, Navajo, center. St Louis Post Dispatch photo. ST. LOUIS, MO — About one hundred p

Navajos and Appalachians protest Peabody Coal, protesters arrested

Published on 2013-01-25 19:05:41

Why Penis Worm Anuses are Getting Evolutionary Biologists all Hot and Bothered

Published on 2013-01-25 14:48:42

by Lauren Davis / IO9 This is a priapulid, otherwise known as a “penis worm,” and if you click the video, you’ll understand how it earned that phallic moniker. These creatures are currently shaking the branches of the animal taxonom

Why Penis Worm Anuses are Getting Evolutionary Biologists all Hot and Bothered

Published on 2013-01-25 14:48:42

The Trail of Broken Treaties: From Wounded Knee to Idle No More

Published on 2013-01-25 10:38:38

by Ron Jacobs / Counterpunch The American Indian Movement’s (AIM) best known and most controversial protest began in February 1973 in Wounded Knee, South Dakota, a small town on the Pine Ridge reservation. Wounded Knee Two began as a conflict withi

The Trail of Broken Treaties: From Wounded Knee to Idle No More

Published on 2013-01-25 10:38:38

‘Idle No More’ Cree Youth In 900 Mile Frozen Solidarity Trek to Ottawa

Published on 2013-01-25 10:34:18

by David P. Ball / Indian Country Today Through stinging temperatures far below freezing—plummeting down to -53F with windchill—six young men and a guide are snowshoeing on a historic two-month, more than 900-mile journey south to Ottawa as part

‘Idle No More’ Cree Youth In 900 Mile Frozen Solidarity Trek to Ottawa

Published on 2013-01-25 10:34:18

Ohio Doctor Warns Residents to Get Away From Fracking Sites

Published on 2013-01-25 10:24:45

by Bob Downing / Akron Beacon Journal Ohio loves its Utica shale for jobs, economic growth and energy, but Dr. Deborah Cowden sees a darker side. Cowden is a family practice doctor who is convinced that air emissions from that drilling, especially th

Under the Radar: Fracking Wastewater Radioactive

Published on 2013-01-25 10:15:47

by Rachel Morgan / Times Online PORTAGE, Pa. — Randy Moyer hasn’t been able to work in 14 months. He’s seen more than 40 doctors, has 10 prescriptions to his name and no less than eight inhalers stationed around his apartment. Moyer said he

Keystone XL: A Year in Review

Published on 2013-01-25 10:03:16

by Sarah Laskow / the American Prospect It’s been just over a year since the Obama administration rejected TransCanada’s original permit application for Keystone XL. On the surface, it might seem like nothing much has happened. The State Departme

The Awkward and Romantic Seahorse

Published on 2013-01-24 14:50:58

Seahorses are pretty damned weird, awkward and romantic. Maybe you are too. Check this out!

Government Scientists in the U.S. Are Set to End Most Research Done On Chimps

Published on 2013-01-24 14:31:22

by George Dvorsky / IO9 It has been a long time coming, but it looks like the vast majority of medical research performed on chimps in the United States is about to come to an end. A report from an internal working group was approved yesterday by the

Wild & Weird: Can’t See the Factory Fire for the Smog

Published on 2013-01-24 13:35:19

by the Center for Biological Diversity Official air-quality readings in Beijing, China have topped out at nearly 40 times the World Health Organization’s safe limit. On the worst days, a seemingly impenetrable brown cloud envelops the capital c

Lawsuit Filed to Stop Unregulated Fracking in California

Published on 2013-01-24 12:42:28

by the Center for Biological Diversity SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity went to court today to compel California regulators to enforce an existing state law that should protect people and the environment from hydraulic fracturing,

Bat-killing Epidemic Found at Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky

Published on 2013-01-24 12:36:13

by the Center for Biological Diversity MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky.— National Park Service officials announced today the discovery of the devastating bat epidemic known as white-nose syndrome at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. Mammoth Cave is the nint

Rattlesnake Slaughter Fest this Weekend

Published on 2013-01-24 12:10:06

from a press release by the Center for Biological Diversity This weekend Whigham, Ga., hosts its annual “rattlesnake roundup” — a lethal and cruel contest in which prizes are awarded to hunters who capture the greatest number of eastern diamond

Hurdles Remain for U.S. Jaguar Habitat

Published on 2013-01-24 11:55:04

By Leslie Macmillan / New York Times Green Last fall, remote cameras in a rugged expanse of desert grasslands in Southern Arizona captured arresting images of a jaguar slinking through the underbrush, its yellow eyes fixed on some distant sight. The

Common Pesticides ‘Can Kill Frogs Within an Hour’

Published on 2013-01-24 11:49:12

by Damian Carrington / the Guardian Widely used pesticides can kill frogs within an hour, new research has revealed, suggesting the chemicals are playing a significant and previously unknown role in the catastrophic decline of amphibians around the w

Ethical Enbridge?

Published on 2013-01-24 10:19:56

The real story of Line 9 and the tar sands giga-project By Dave Vasey, Sakura Saunders, Sonia Grant| January 23, 2013, Rabble.ca Enbridge’s Line 9 reversal project has become a hot button issue in Ontario as Big Oil seeks to expand tar sands ma

Protests against Fracking Could Cripple Australia’s LNG Progress

Published on 2013-01-23 16:20:53

The following article by Quintella Koh is a product of Rigzone, a gas industry news outlet, and while the article is slanted in favor of gas development, it is nevertheless full of insight for those resisting fracking in Australia, the U.S. and aroun

Protests against Fracking Could Cripple Australia’s LNG Progress

Published on 2013-01-23 16:20:53

Earth First! Climbers Guild Camp spring 2013 – March 24-30, New York

Published on 2013-01-23 14:51:01

The Return of the Anti-Roads Protesters!

Published on 2013-01-23 11:29:08

Susanna Rustin / the Guardian Can today’s eco-warriors recapture the ferocious energy of the 1990s anti-roads protests? As a huge road-building programme gears up, a new wave of activists are taking up the fight. It’s not yet 4pm but the

Arabs and Jews Protest, Blockade Together Against Environmental Hazard

Published on 2013-01-23 11:17:52

by Hassan Shaalan / Ynet Hundreds of Jewish and Arab residents of Shaar Efraim, Qalansawe and Nitzanei Oz protested against an environmental hazard at the Qalansawe industrial zone on Sunday. Two demonstrators were arrested following clashes between

Andean Glaciers Melting At ‘Unprecedented’ Rates

Published on 2013-01-23 11:08:36

cross-posted from the Guardian Climate change has shrunk Andean glaciers between 30 and 50% since the 1970s and could melt many of them away altogether in coming years, according to a study published on Tuesday in the journal Cryosphere. Andean glaci

Nebraska Governor Approves Keystone XL Route

Published on 2013-01-23 11:04:02

Bloomberg News HOUSTON — Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has approved TransCanada Corp.’s revised route for the Keystone XL pipeline, clearing the way for a final decision from U.S. regulators on the project that would bring Canadian oil to the T

Sierra Club Announces Direct Action to Stop Tar Sands?!?

Published on 2013-01-22 21:19:56

Big Green Plans Civil Disobedience for First Time in Organization’s History “If you could do it nonstop, it would take you six days to walk from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden Pond to President Barack Obama’s White House. For the Si

Sierra Club Announces Direct Action to Stop Tar Sands?!?

Published on 2013-01-22 21:19:56

Is Lead to Blame for Death of Zion Condor?

Published on 2013-01-22 16:48:59

Poisoning from spent bullets undermines effort to recover North America’s largest flying animal. By Brian Maffly| The Salt Lake Tribune The female of Utah’s only breeding pair of California condors was found dead Wednesday in Zion National Park,

Is Lead to Blame for Death of Zion Condor?

Published on 2013-01-22 16:48:59

Activists Disrupt Arch Coal Corporate HQ In St. Louis

Published on 2013-01-22 11:09:44

Cross Posted from Itsgettinghotinhere.org CREVE COEUR, MO — Seven protesters affiliated with the RAMPS campaign (Radical Action for Mountain Peoples’ Survival), MORE (Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment) and Mountain Justice are

Activists Disrupt Arch Coal Corporate HQ In St. Louis

Published on 2013-01-22 11:09:44

EZLN: “pésima coreografía”, la cruzada contra el hambre de Peña Nieto

Published on 2013-01-22 10:56:49

Cross Posted from La Jornada México, DF. El subcomandante Marcos, líder ideológico de la guerrilla zapatista mexicana, criticó la “pésima coreografía” de la campaña contra el hambre lanzada el lunes por el presidente Enrique Peña

EZLN: “pésima coreografía”, la cruzada contra el hambre de Peña Nieto

Published on 2013-01-22 10:56:49

CPI(M) to dissociate itself from eco committee

Published on 2013-01-22 10:51:13

Cross Posted from The Hindu The State CPI(M) has decided not to cooperate with the panel constituted by the government to identify ecologically sensitive zones near national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sta

ALEC leads attack on North Carolina clean energy with Duke Energy funding

Published on 2013-01-21 15:48:33

From those same motherf**kers that brought us Arizona’s SB 1070, Stand Your Ground, and countless other rapacious “laws” comes yet another attack on the earth from the American Legislative Exchange Council: By Connor Gibson, Greenpeace

Our Violent Economy is Hurting Women

Published on 2013-01-21 15:00:28

There is a connection between the growth of unjust economic policies and the intensification of crimes against women. by Vandana Shiva from Common Dreams On December 29th, the brave and courageous survivor of a fatal Delhi gang rape breathed her last

Honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Legacy in the Environmental Justice Movement

Published on 2013-01-21 12:59:36

“It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one destiny, affects all indirectly.” - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, J

Bexhill-to-Hastings road protesters’ last stand against eviction – video

Published on 2013-01-21 08:17:33

Cross Posted from the Guardian Environmental campaigners explain why they are protesting against the building of a link road between Bexhill and Hastings across the East Sussex countryside. The protesters secure themselves to tree houses, road obs

Pissed Off Scientists: Earth Is Fucked, Commence Resistance Now

Published on 2013-01-19 16:44:07

Why Earth and Atmospheric Scientists Are Swearing Up a Storm and Getting Arrested. By Jonathan Mingle, Slate, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 NASA scientist and climatologist James Hansen takes part in a mock funeral parade during Climate Change Campaign Act

Masked Militants March in Anti-Pipeline Protest

Published on 2013-01-19 00:31:22

by Zig Zag, Warrior Publications, January 15, 2013 As many as 1,000 people gathered in downtown Vancouver on Monday, Jan 14, 2013, to protest the Enbridge hearings. Organized by Rising Tide and a coalition of community groups, the demonstration occu

Masked Militants March in Anti-Pipeline Protest

Published on 2013-01-19 00:31:22

Harnessing Rebel Energy – Making Green A Threat Again

Published on 2013-01-18 17:10:25

By Scott Parkin /cross-posted from www.counterpunch.org “The climate movement needs to have one hell of a comeback.” –Naomi Klein The energy was there. It was an overcast spring morning in April 2011 in the nation’s capita1. Thousands had sho

Harnessing Rebel Energy – Making Green A Threat Again

Published on 2013-01-18 17:10:25

Pandora’s Boxes: Inside nanotechnology’s little universe of big unknowns

Published on 2013-01-18 16:23:30

by Heather Millar / Orion A PAIR OF SCIENTISTS, sporting white clean-suits complete with helmets and face masks, approach a prefab agricultural greenhouse in a clearing at Duke University’s Research Forest. Inside are two long rows of wooden boxes

Pandora’s Boxes: Inside nanotechnology’s little universe of big unknowns

Published on 2013-01-18 16:23:30

Eco-prisoner Rebecca Rubin moved to Portland

Published on 2013-01-18 16:03:19

Last week we reported updates on Rebecca Rubin’s case. She has a new address for the the being: Rebecca Rubin #770288 Multnomah County Detention Center (MCDC) 1120 SW Third Ave. Portland, OR 97204 U.S.A.

Eco-prisoner Rebecca Rubin moved to Portland

Published on 2013-01-18 16:03:19

Dark Ecology: Searching for truth in a post-green world

Published on 2013-01-18 15:58:02

Take the only tree that’s left, Stuff it up the hole in your culture. —Leonard Cohen Retreat to the desert, and fight. —D. H. Lawrence by Paul Kingsnorth / Orion THE HANDLE, which varies in length according to the height of its user, and in som

Dark Ecology: Searching for truth in a post-green world

Published on 2013-01-18 15:58:02

Trans & Womyn’s Action Camp (TWAC) South Florida April 3rd-8th, 2013

Published on 2013-01-18 14:41:56

TWAC is an action camp for folks who identify as female, trans-gender, trans-sexual, gender queer and gender variant. This is an intentional space to share campaign information and direct action skills in a conscientious, supportive, empowering and e

Trans & Womyn’s Action Camp (TWAC) South Florida April 3rd-8th, 2013

Published on 2013-01-18 14:41:56

Keystone Pipeline Route Near Bald Eagle Nest Ruffles Feathers

Published on 2013-01-18 13:41:50

By Joe Duggan / World-Herald Bureau LINCOLN — First an obscure Nebraska beetle, now a famous national bird. The American bald eagle poses the latest potential complication for a proposed crude oil pipeline through the state. Bob Allpress, who l

Keystone Pipeline Route Near Bald Eagle Nest Ruffles Feathers

Published on 2013-01-18 13:41:50

Forgotten Rebellion: Black Seminoles and the Largest Slave Revolt in U.S. History

Published on 2013-01-18 10:27:34

It’s a decades-long story of oppression and freedom fighting. Why hasn’t there been more attention paid to John Horse and the Black Seminoles?

Forgotten Rebellion: Black Seminoles and the Largest Slave Revolt in U.S. History

Published on 2013-01-18 10:27:34

It’s a decades-long story of oppression and freedom fighting. Why hasn’t there been more attention paid to John Horse and the Black Seminoles?

Wild & Weird: Rootin’ Tootin’ Bandit Mouse Eats Scorpion, Howls at Moon

Published on 2013-01-17 14:13:32

by the Center for Biological Diversity Forget Billy the Kid and Pancho Villa. Onychomys torridus — a small, carnivorous mouse with tiny pink paws — may just be the roughest, toughest outlaw the West has ever known. Also called the grassho

Wild & Weird: Rootin’ Tootin’ Bandit Mouse Eats Scorpion, Howls at Moon

Published on 2013-01-17 14:13:32

Obama’s EPA Shuts Down Fracking Study

Published on 2013-01-17 13:41:10

by STEVE HORN, Counterpunch The Associated Press has a breaking investigative story out today revealing that the Obama Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) censored a smoking gun scientific report in March 2012 that it had contrac

First There Was a Mountain

Published on 2013-01-17 12:51:12

by Mike Roselle / from Counterpunch The first time I went to West Virginia my life changed forever. I was invited down by Judy Bonds and Bo Webb to take a tour of the “coalfields”. Conditions there went swiftly from John Denver’s Almost Heaven,

Catastrophism and Resurgence

Published on 2013-01-17 12:31:38

by Sasha Ross The Apocalyptic Politics of Collapse and Rebirth A collection of essays by leading radical commentators Sasha Lilley, David McNally, Eddie Yuen, and James Davis, Catastrophism (PM Press 2012) is nothing less than a problematization of t

Mali’s Secret Infrastructure: The Scramble for Africa Breaks into a Sprint

Published on 2013-01-17 11:31:40

By Sasha The armed Islamists who fled to Mali after the fall of Qaddafi’s government are significant, but they do not represent a complete rationale for French intervention. The Tuareg rose up in revolt partly due to Islamist influence, but also th

After 46 days Gulf Coast activists end hunger strike, express solidarity with Theresa Spence

Published on 2013-01-16 17:15:22

Our friends at the Tar Sands Blockade have been working with anarchist community organizers in Houston’s toxic East End. Many Latin@ communities are being disproportionately effected by industry, a blatant example of environmental racism and

After 46 days Gulf Coast activists end hunger strike, express solidarity with Theresa Spence

Published on 2013-01-16 17:15:22

Beautiful Justice: Prayers for Roadkill

Published on 2013-01-16 14:54:08

Cross posted from Deep Green Resistance News Service By Ben Barker / Deep Green Resistance Wisconsin I don’t know how this opossum died. There were no predator marks on the body, and the middle of a highly frequented trail seems a peculiar place to

Beautiful Justice: Prayers for Roadkill

Published on 2013-01-16 14:54:08

The Economics of Insurgency: Thoughts on Idle No More & Critical Infrastructure

Published on 2013-01-15 17:41:51

by Shiri Pasternak News reports are ablaze with reports of looming Indigenous blockades and economic disruption. As the Idle No More movement explodes into a new territory of political action, it bears to amplify the incredible economic leverage of F

The Economics of Insurgency

Published on 2013-01-15 17:41:51

Thoughts on Idle No More and Critical Infrastructure by Shiri Pasternak News reports are ablaze with reports of looming Indigenous blockades and economic disruption. As the Idle No More movement explodes into a new territory of political action, it b

Six People Arrested Inside Enbridge Hearings

Published on 2013-01-15 16:56:45

From Rising Tide Vancouver Press Release Vancouver, BC / Coast Salish Territories – This morning, six people directly intervened in the Enbridge pipeline joint Environmental Assessment and Energy Board hearings and put climate change on the age

Six People Arrested Inside Enbridge Hearings

Published on 2013-01-15 16:56:45

Become an Earth First! News Correspondent!

Published on 2013-01-15 14:45:21

With actions against eco-destruction popping off like crazy across the US and Canada and solidarity being shown across the world, from the Tarsands Blockade, to Uni’sto’ten resistance to the Pacific Trail’s Pipeline, to the amazing

Become an Earth First! News Correspondent!

Published on 2013-01-15 14:45:21

El Dorado in Greece: You Can’t Mine Your Way Out of Capitalism

Published on 2013-01-15 12:11:23

By Sasha The New York Times recently reports in a very well done video (surprise, surprise) that gold mining is the proposed solution for the financial crisis in Greece. The financial crisis is the result of a number of economic problems, not least o

Drones Over Disney World

Published on 2013-01-14 14:02:09

by Russ McSpadden Sleeper cells, domestic terrorists and the Seven Dwarfs had better beware: Florida’s Orange County Sherriff’s office is getting hyped to unleash unmanned drones over Orlando skies this summer. Two drones, similar to those which

Drones Over Disney World

Published on 2013-01-14 14:02:09

Gimme! Coffee Introduces “Fracktivist” Coffee

Published on 2013-01-14 13:39:58

EF!J doesn’t necessarily support or endorse the production, consumption, or purchasing of coffee. But being that the current short-termer is addicted to the stuff (seriously, like 3 cups/day) we couldn’t help but share this. Gimme! Coffee

Gimme! Coffee Introduces “Fracktivist” Coffee

Published on 2013-01-14 13:39:58

Time is Short: Reports, Reflections & Analysis on Underground Resistance

Published on 2013-01-14 13:38:01

Cross Posted from Deep Green Resistance The modern environmental movement began some 40 years ago, and by virtually every metric, the state of the planet has spiraled horrifically into catastrophe since then. The death machine of industrial civilizat

Time is Short: Reports, Reflections & Analysis on Underground Resistance

Published on 2013-01-14 13:38:01

Corruption, Justice and Forest Defense—Michoacan Style

Published on 2013-01-14 12:57:11

In the previous edition of EF! News (Litha 2012), we featured the story of resistance from indigenous Purepecha communities who are defending their forests from narco-government corruption and illegal logging. Earlier this week, Simòn Sedillo of e

Corruption, Justice and Forest Defense—Michoacan Style

Published on 2013-01-14 12:57:11

Idle No More International Day of Action – January 28, 2013

Published on 2013-01-14 11:57:41

Indigenous Resurgence Explodes with Idle No More Day of Action Idle No More grassroots founders and organizers from across Canada, in solidarity with common causes – a new initiative bringing together social justice, environmental, labour and o

Idle No More International Day of Action – January 28, 2013

Published on 2013-01-14 11:57:41

The Ecology of Squid Sex in Video

Published on 2013-01-13 19:18:23

Check out this rare video footage captured by NOAA of Pholidoteuthis adami getting all sexy on the ocean floor in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The one swimming upside down on the bottom is the male. The female is on top.

The Ecology of Squid Sex in Video

Published on 2013-01-13 19:18:23

From the “Cyanide Beach” in Italy to an Open-pit Mine in Arizona’s Sky Islands

Published on 2013-01-13 18:31:14

Augusta Resource Corporation and the Rosemont Copper Mine Check out InvestigativeMEDIA’s 24-minute video below, which reveals the deceptive business tactics of Augusta Resource Corporation’s top business executives when they operated a go

From the “Cyanide Beach” in Italy to an Open-pit Mine in Arizona’s Sky Islands

Published on 2013-01-13 18:31:14

Last Known Female Jaguar in U.S., Shot in ’63, Returns in Habitat Debate

Published on 2013-01-13 18:24:24

Tony Davis / Arizona Daily Star LAKESIDE From 80 yards away, hunter Terry Penrod couldn’t tell what kind of cat he was shooting at. It was around 7 p.m. in late September 1963, near Big Lake in the White Mountains. The sun was down and the shad

Last Known Female Jaguar in U.S., Shot in ’63, Returns in Habitat Debate

Published on 2013-01-13 18:24:24

Mexican Gray Wolf Set for Release in White Mountains of Arizona

Published on 2013-01-13 18:14:31

by Gerald Bourguet / Cronkite News Service For the first time in four years, a Mexican gray wolf will be released into the forest of eastern Arizona to expand the population and genetic strength of the endangered species. The adult male will be rel

Mexican Gray Wolf Set for Release in White Mountains of Arizona

Published on 2013-01-13 18:14:31

Extreme Energy Summit plans strategy session on tackling extraction industries

Published on 2013-01-13 15:58:33

The first Extreme Energy Summit is on the horizon, Feb. 7-10. 2013 in the beautiful Catksill Mountains of New York. All you non-stop action junkies don’t get too excited, it’s not a conference on discussing hyper-caffeinated products t

Extreme Energy Summit plans strategy session on tackling extraction industries

Published on 2013-01-13 15:58:33

Today Marks 7th Year Anniversary of Eric McDavid’s Arrest

Published on 2013-01-13 12:38:17

Today marks the 7th Anniversary of Eric McDavid’s (also known as “D”) arrest. Eric was arrested (along with Zachary Jenson and Lauren Weiner) on January 13, 2006, as part of the government’s ongoing Green Scare campaign. All t

Marie Mason Birthday Events Being Planned Across the World

Published on 2013-01-12 14:35:56

Marie Mason’s 51st birthday is coming up on January 26, 2013. We are asking that folks hold events for Marie around her birthday as part of what will be an annual time to celebrate her life and keep her spirits up while she remains imprisoned. We

A New Year for the Earth First! Journal

Published on 2013-01-12 06:55:53

By now, all you current and former subscribers to the EF! Journal should have seen our 2013 Winter update letter in the mail. For those who have sent back donations, we offer our full gratitude for your commitment to sustaining the media of the eco-r

Another ELF case set for trial in Eugene: Rebecca Rubin

Published on 2013-01-11 18:11:55

Alleged ELF activist Rebecca Rubin, who turned herself in last month at the Canadian border, plead not guilty today in a Eugene Court. Her trial is set for March 19. Letters of support can be sent here for the time being: Rebecca Rubin #2033855 Lane

Another ELF case set for trial in Eugene: Rebecca Rubin

Published on 2013-01-11 18:11:55

Industry Consultants Warn: Don’t underestimate anti-fracking movement

Published on 2013-01-11 12:53:13

By Mike Ludwig, Truthout | Report The bitter battle over fracking has gone global, and according to pro-business consultants, the oil and gas industry has every reason to be concerned. Oil and gas rigs are popping up in communities across the world a

Industry Consultants Warn Frackers: Do Not Underestimate the Global Anti-Fracking Movement

Published on 2013-01-11 12:53:13

Corvids: The Birds Who Think Like Humans

Published on 2013-01-11 11:29:42

by Annalee Newitz Someday I will come up with a good reason why I am friends with the neighborhood crows. For now, I can say that it started when I looked up from my office window to see this big flock of crows hanging out on the roof of an apartment

Corvids: The Birds Who Think Like Humans

Published on 2013-01-11 11:29:42

Keren Kayemet Le Yisrael and Environmental Racism in Palestine

Published on 2013-01-11 10:36:25

by Ben Lorber / article from the Lughnasadh 2012 issue of the Earth First! Journal Since the idea of Zionism first gripped the minds of a few intellectuals and the limbs of many agrarian pioneers in the early 20th century, the state of Israel has rep

Keren Kayemet Le Yisrael and Environmental Racism in Palestine

Published on 2013-01-11 10:36:25

Idle No More Hits Arizona as Part of Snowbowl Protest

Published on 2013-01-11 10:07:09

by Anne Minard / Indian Country The international Idle No More movement hit Arizona this week, in a freshly charged protest at Flagstaff City Hall over snowmaking with treated effluent at Arizona Snowbowl, a ski resort on the sacred San Francisco Pea

Idle No More Hits Arizona as Part of Snowbowl Protest

Published on 2013-01-11 10:07:09

Wild & Weird: New Species of Venomous Armpits Discovered in Borneo

Published on 2013-01-10 16:49:49

by the Center for Biological Diversity Sure, your coworker’s B.O. may be a little offensive at times, but let’s try to see the glass as half full, shall we? At least it’s not deadly poison. Unlike the armpit secretions of deceptivel

Wild & Weird: New Species of Venomous Armpits Discovered in Borneo

Published on 2013-01-10 16:49:49

Burning ‘Deep Purple’: Australia So Hot New Color Added to Index

Published on 2013-01-10 12:56:35

Originally published by John Queally at Common Dreams Deep purple… the Bureau of Meteorology’s interactive weather forecasting chart has added new colors. (Photo: Bureau of Meteorology) Wild fires continue to rage across Australia Tuesday

Burning ‘Deep Purple’: Australia So Hot New Color Added to Index

Published on 2013-01-10 12:56:35

Holy Sh*t! Its a Dolphin Stampede

Published on 2013-01-10 11:45:54

Ok, its also called a megapod or superpod, or a pod of pods. Its just a couple thousand dolphins, hangin’ out, travelling at top speed together like a cluster of rad-ass porpoises are keen to do from time to time. And of course it is a rare sig

Holy Sh*t! Its a Dolphin Stampede

Published on 2013-01-10 11:45:54

Video: Damocracy

Published on 2013-01-10 11:33:14

Reblogged from Climate Connections: January 10, 2013. Source: International Rivers DAMOCRACY is an international movement striving to debunk the myth of dams as clean energy. While large dam projects worldwide are promoted as sources of renewable e

Video: Damocracy

Published on 2013-01-10 11:33:14

Millions of ‘killer slugs’ set to take over gardens

Published on 2013-01-10 11:05:23

After the worst year on record for slugs, things are about to get even worse with millions of a new species of ‘killer slug’ expected to take over gardens this spring. By Louise Gray / the Telegraph The monster slugs, from Spain, that can grow up

Millions of ‘killer slugs’ set to take over gardens

Published on 2013-01-10 11:05:23

Ola Cassadore Davis was a clarion voice for Apaches

Published on 2013-01-10 10:00:49

By Connie Cone Sexton / Arizona Republic Day after day, the elder of the San Carlos Apache Tribe saw the eyes of her people fill with tears. It was spring 1991, and Ola Cassadore Davis was attempting something mentally and physically exhausting, tryi

Never Surrender: Kerry Cunneen subpoenaed to the NW grand jury

Published on 2013-01-10 02:18:15

Cross Posted from Committee Against Political Repression Portland anarchist Kerry Cunneen has announced their refusal to cooperate with the grand jury investigating the May Day attack on the Nakamura federal courthouse in Seattle. Kerry’s subpoena,

The Zapatista Army of National Liberation Announces Next Steps Mexico

Published on 2013-01-09 16:18:07

December 30, 2012 To the People of Mexico: To the Peoples and Goverments of the World: Brothers and Sisters: Compañeros and compañeras: This past December 21, 2012, in the pre-dawn hours, tens of thousands of indigenous Zapatistas mobilized and we

World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?

Published on 2013-01-08 16:37:04

by Chris Knight / Times Higher Education The world has been waiting for this book. Others have attempted to persuade us that tribal people can teach us how to live. Most, however, have failed to convince, presenting us with yet another version of the

Eat, Sleep, Click: A bicycle-powered internet?

Published on 2013-01-08 16:23:30

By Jane Anne Morris Save a tree, bank online. Subscribe Online, reduce your carbon footprint. Listen to music online, watch movies online, read books online. No mess, no fuss. Google Inc. has photovoltaic (PV) solar panels on its headquarters. With a

The Luddites And The Politics Of 21st Century Technology

Published on 2013-01-08 15:57:32

by Ned Ludd November 2011 to January 2013 is the 200th anniversary of the Luddite uprisings: a great opportunity to celebrate their struggle and to redress the wrongs done to them and their name. But why would a group of Earth First! activists, conce

Mass Action Against Tar Sands Forms Uncontrollable Dance Party

Published on 2013-01-08 15:32:18

100+ of our friends took over TransCanada’s Keystone XL headquarters in Houston, Texas. You can help shut down work in TransCanada’s offices by flooding the phone lines all today to tell them we don’t want their dirty pipeline in anyone’s bac

Celebrating Birthdays in January: Jeremy Hammond & Other Political Prisoners

Published on 2013-01-07 16:05:59

Brought to you with love by the Chapel Hill Prison Books Collective, Political Prisoner Birthday calendars are created and circulated monthly to help increase solidarity to our comrades who are behind bars. The Prisoner Birthday Calendars are shared

Celebrating Birthdays in January: Jeremy Hammond & Other Political Prisoners

Published on 2013-01-07 16:05:59

World’s Longest Treesit Campaign, Update from Bilston Glen

Published on 2013-01-07 12:37:48

Yesterday, people involved in the campaign to save Bilston Glen sent an update stating, “We have new information from the Midlothian Council and it would seem likely that the road is being redirected along a different route, one that does not g

World’s Longest Treesit Campaign, Update from Bilston Glen

Published on 2013-01-07 12:37:48

The Bioethics of Twitter Controlled Cyborg Roaches

Published on 2013-01-07 08:16:57

The Early History of the Robot Wars, Part II In which is discussed the preposterously true details of a cyborg cockroach enslaved by crowdsourced social media; the computer program that you are living in right now; and Smartphones that can see, sme

The Bioethics of Twitter Controlled Cyborg Roaches

Published on 2013-01-07 08:16:57

American Indian Movement of Florida – “Do Something Right For Once” Event

Published on 2013-01-04 14:22:53

American Indian Movement and Ancient Trees Press Release: On Monday, January 28, 2013, the American Indian Movement of Florida, Ancient Trees, United Urban Warrior Society of Florida, and others will encircle Castillo de San Marcos (fort and prison).

American Indian Movement of Florida – “Do Something Right For Once” Event

Published on 2013-01-04 14:22:53

Anarchy in New Orleans, Justice in the Gulf, Direct Action in Texas…

Published on 2013-01-04 12:03:34

As EF! Journal editors arrive in New Orleans to speak at the 2013 North American Anarchist Studies Network Conference, a story of justice for the Gulf BP spill, albeit too-little-too-late, covers headlines in newspapers across town. [Re-posted belo

Anarchy in New Orleans, Justice in the Gulf, Direct Action in Texas…

Published on 2013-01-04 12:03:34

Megaloads Still Going Through Idaho

Published on 2013-01-03 19:24:39

URGENT ALERT: We just received notice (at 6:30 pm!) from the Idaho Transportation Department that Mullen Trucking is moving a megaload on Highway 12 tonight (Thursday, January 3). Please see the following, previous description and meet at 9 pm at t

Megaloads Still Going Through Idaho

Published on 2013-01-03 19:24:39

New Keystone XL Aerial Tree Blockade Halts Construction in Diboll, TX

Published on 2013-01-03 13:12:01

this sweet music video gives a sneak peak into the lives of Tar Sands Blockaders in the midst of the action Unprecedented “dump platforms” protected by intricate 100 ft perimeter web of safety lines to protect sitters; action declared in solidari

New Keystone XL Aerial Tree Blockade Halts Construction in Diboll, TX

Published on 2013-01-03 13:12:01

We Support the Covert Release of Large Predators Into The Eastern United States

Published on 2013-01-03 10:46:04

by the Megafauna Reintroduction Front (MRF) While we often talk about the illegality of eco-sabotage, we rarely talk about the potential for illegal restoration. Some of the laws involved, such as the Endangered Species Act, are, on the surface, ther

We Support the Covert Release of Large Predators Into The Eastern United States

Published on 2013-01-03 10:46:04

Shell’s Arctic Drilling Rig Runs Aground Off Alaskan Coast

Published on 2013-01-02 10:19:58

Cross-posted from Common Dreams by Lauren McCauley Fulfilling dire predictions by environmentalists and conservationists that oil exploration and extraction in the Arctic was fought with peril, a Royal Dutch Shell offshore drilling rig carrying rou

Shell’s Arctic Drilling Rig Runs Aground Off Alaskan Coast

Published on 2013-01-02 10:19:58

Upcoming Comic About Liberating Animals and Burning Shit Down

Published on 2013-01-01 23:50:18

We, here at the Earth First! Journal, know that funding print media is a constant struggle against the cesspool of the internet. So we’re glad to throw our support (ironically, via an EF! Newswire post) towards other folks working to put i

Upcoming comic about liberating animals and burning shit down

Published on 2013-01-01 23:50:18

Monsanto Cucumbers Cause Genital Baldness—Immediately Banned in Nova Scotia

Published on 2013-01-01 19:09:41

Cross Posted from The Lapine * The following story is actually a satire—i.e., almost too good to be true… A six-month study by AgriSearch, an on-campus research arm of Dalhousie University, has shown that genetically modified (GM) cucumbers g

Wild & Weird: ‘Unicorn Lair’ Found in North Korea?

Published on 2012-12-31 15:56:36

by the Center for Biological Diversity Strange news out of North Korea: According to a highly suspect report from the state news agency, archaeologists have identified a “unicorn lair” in the city of Pyongyang said to have belonged to Kin

Wild & Weird: ‘Unicorn Lair’ Found in North Korea?

Published on 2012-12-31 15:56:36

Wild & Weird: For Rock-like Creature, It Only Takes One to Tango

Published on 2012-12-31 15:50:30

by the Center for Biological Diversity Pyura chilensis, a rock-like creature with guts and clear blood, dwells on the ocean floor just past the wave breaks along the coast of Chile and Peru. Covered in a stony exterior that conceals flaming red insid

Wild & Weird: For Rock-like Creature, It Only Takes One to Tango

Published on 2012-12-31 15:50:30

Manchester: An Environmental Battleground

Published on 2012-12-31 11:28:43

On Thursday, December 27th, in Houston, TX, residents of Manchester gathered with allies to issue new demands on Valero. “We demand to know what you are forcing us to breathe! ¡Exigimos saber lo que nos están obligando a respirar!” The com

Manchester: An Environmental Battleground

Published on 2012-12-31 11:28:43

Fallen Warrior: Becky Tarbotton

Published on 2012-12-28 22:40:46

Cross Posted from Democracy Now! Leading environmentalist and human rights champion Rebecca “Becky” Tarbotton, executive director of the organization Rainforest Action Network (RAN), has died at the age of 39. According to RAN, Tarbotton

Fallen Warrior: Becky Tarbotton

Published on 2012-12-28 22:40:46

Happy Birthday Panagioti, Stay Wild, Stay Weird

Published on 2012-12-28 13:33:51

by Russ McSpadden If industrial civilization were to collapse any time soon–and its looking like it could happen any day now–it’d be in no small part due to the rather outrageous and tireless misadventures of a little known biocentr

Happy Birthday Panagioti, Stay Wild, Stay Weird

Published on 2012-12-28 13:33:51

As the World Warms, the Future of Skiing Looks Bleak

Published on 2012-12-28 10:05:40

from Off the Road / Smithsonian.com As polar bears watch their winter ice recede farther and farther from boggy Arctic shores each year, skiers may notice a similar trend occurring in the high mountain ranges that have long been their wintertime play

As the World Warms, the Future of Skiing Looks Bleak

Published on 2012-12-28 10:05:40

Wild & Weird: Winged Funerals

Published on 2012-12-28 09:55:39

by the Center for Biological Diversity When western scrub jays spot the lifeless body of another on the ground, they cease their foraging and flight to alert fellow jays. And from great distances the others come, gathering around their dead and singi

Wild & Weird: Winged Funerals

Published on 2012-12-28 09:55:39

Tracking the American Jaguar! Viva, Viva Macho B

Published on 2012-12-27 13:09:10

This year, the jaguar won a proposed 838,000 acres of protected critical habitat in the U.S. Southwest — including 11 mountain ranges in southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. There have been several confirmed sitings of the big cats ret

Tracking the American Jaguar! Viva, Viva Macho B

Published on 2012-12-27 13:09:10

Idle No More: Women rising to lead when it’s needed most

Published on 2012-12-27 00:30:19

Cross Posted from Rabble.ca Chief Theresa Spence is now on Day 13 of her hunger strike. Too weak to leave the teepee she is living in on Victoria Island, a mere stone’s throw from Parliament, she called for a round dance yesterday at 24 Sussex

Idle No More: Women rising to lead when it’s needed most

Published on 2012-12-27 00:30:19

Stanford University Under Investigation for Endangered Species Act Violations

Published on 2012-12-26 19:23:16

Matt Stoecker – Beyond Searsville Dam, 650-380-2965 Steve Rothert – American Rivers, 530-277-0448. Palo Alto — The National Marine Fisheries Service has launched an investigation into whether Stanford University’s operation of

Stanford University Under Investigation for Endangered Species Act Violations

Published on 2012-12-26 19:23:16

Stop Yellowstone’s Plans to Slaughter Wild Buffalo in 2013!

Published on 2012-12-26 18:10:49

State, federal, and tribal governments — including Yellowstone National Park –are aiming to kill hundreds of wild buffalo this winter through hunting, slaughter, or both. The agencies state that they want to “even the sex ratio̶

December 21, 2012: The Sound of Zapatista Hope

Published on 2012-12-26 14:00:48

The gray, the tempest that awaited them that day do not cease to be symbolic. The world is thus seen, felt these days, particularly the national reality. The return of the PRI to power (which is practically on the three levels in Chiapas), the labor

Protests Against Arizona Snowbowl Continues As Ski Season Begins

Published on 2012-12-25 13:53:01

Anne Minard / Indian Country Today Hardy activists braved single-digit temperatures in Flagstaff on December 21 to protest Arizona Snowbowl, the resort atop the sacred San Francisco Peaks that will soon blanket its slopes with snow made from reclaime

Something is Brewing in Manchester…

Published on 2012-12-24 19:25:43

Tar Sands Blockaders have been organizing in Houston’s east end in the neighborhood of Manchester and something is brewing. There have been lockdowns, blockades, youth empowerment programs, free stores, hunger strikes (26 days and counting), an

Earth First! Organizers Conference & Winter Rendezous

Published on 2012-12-24 11:25:14

Calling all Eco-Warriors! Still wondering what to do with that fiery heart of yours in mid-February? Come join us in the hills and hollers of the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau February 14-18, for the 2013 Earth First! Organizers Conference and Winter

Wild & Weird: Adapt to Air Pollution by… Growing Your Nose Hair Out?

Published on 2012-12-24 11:19:13

by the Center for Biological Diversity Worried about all that air pollution in your city? No wonder; worldwide, such pollution prematurely kills about 1.3 million people every year, according to the World Health Organization. But for the nasally hirs

Santa To Be Evicted From North Pole

Published on 2012-12-24 10:44:57

W. Antarctic warming among world’s fastest COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 24 (UPI) — The western portion of Antarctica is warming twice as fast as previously thought and triple the world’s average temperature rise, U.S. scientists say. The te

First Nation blockade of Sarnia CN Rail track in 3rd day

Published on 2012-12-24 06:58:39

Cross Posted from CBC The mayor of Sarnia, Ont., says city police do not plan to shut down a CN Rail blockade by First Nations activists as long as no one is hurt in the protest. Mike Bradley says CN obtained a court injunction that leaves it to poli

Human Rights Violations Pave Way for Development in Ethiopia

Published on 2012-12-23 13:01:22

**Trigger Alert: Anyone who has suffered from sexual abuse or has had a friend go through sexual abuse might feel triggered by this article, because it contains information about sexual violence used as state coercion against small farming communitie

Human Rights Violations Pave Way for Development in Ethiopia

Published on 2012-12-23 13:01:22

Uncensored Interview with a Tar Sands Blockader

Published on 2012-12-23 00:29:02

This interview was originally published with heavy edits in a liberal mainstream news outlet. Tar Sands Blockaders are sick of having their voices diluted. 1) How did you get involved with Tar Sands Blockade? After seeing an image of friends on

Uncensored Interview with a Tar Sands Blockader

Published on 2012-12-23 00:29:02

Idle No More protests Bill C-45

Published on 2012-12-23 00:23:30

BY JASON HEWLETT Cross Posted from DAILY NEWS Saying it’s a threat to the environment and First Nations way of life, more than 100 people marched on Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod’s office in protest of the Conservatives’

Idle No More protests Bill C-45

Published on 2012-12-23 00:23:30

Cascadia loses a beloved forest defender: Shawn Carroll

Published on 2012-12-22 18:04:54

This week, on Dec 17, 2012, a Cascadian activist, Shawn Carroll, lost his life while trying to cross the West Fork Illinois River to his home near the community of O’Brien. Carroll’s death is a tragedy for the Earth First! community which

Cascadia loses a beloved forest defender: Shawn Carroll

Published on 2012-12-22 18:04:54

“Did you hear? It’s the sound of their world collapsing”

Published on 2012-12-22 17:19:34

As one Maya era draws to an end, and thousands of Zapatistas silently re-emerge from the dark of night to peacefully occupy the town squares of Chiapas, Subcomandante Marcos of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation released a defiant communiqué

“Did you hear? It’s the sound of their world collapsing”

Published on 2012-12-22 17:19:34

Informant Sues Police for Being a Wanker

Published on 2012-12-21 13:33:47

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER and CAROLINE GRAHAM In a landmark case due to be heard at the High Court next year, Mark Kennedy says his superiors at the Metropolitan Police knew he was sleeping with women he had been sent to spy on, but turned a blind ey

Informant Sues Police for Being a Wanker

Published on 2012-12-21 13:33:47

Cross Posted from Daily Mail By DAILY MAIL REPORTER and CAROLINE GRAHAM A former undercover police officer is suing Scotland Yard for failing to ‘protect’ him against falling in love with a woman in the group of eco-warriors he was sent to inf

“Pitched Battle” in Mt Hood Protects 2,000 Acres

Published on 2012-12-21 13:15:08

Cross Posted from The Oregonian The Jazz thinning project, a 2,000-acre logging plan near a Clackamas River tributary, features the type of selective tree cutting that’s become the accepted approach for much of the Mount Hood National Forest.

“Pitched Battle” in Mt Hood Protects 2,000 Acres

Published on 2012-12-21 13:15:08

State of Maine buys easement on 21,000 acres in Washington County

Published on 2012-12-21 01:59:39

Cross Posted from Bangor Daily News With the purchase of a conservation easement on more than 21,000 acres, the state has helped preserve a large swath of woodland and the area’s tourist economy, officials announced Tuesday. The land, 21,870 acres

State of Maine buys easement on 21,000 acres in Washington County

Published on 2012-12-21 01:59:39

Activists free, “conspiracy” charges dropped in NC

Published on 2012-12-20 13:22:13

Four arrestees demonstrating infront of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Headquarters at 217 W. Jones St. in Raleigh have been released on bail totaling $3,000. Conspiracy charges (which police had originally put on 3 activists) ha

Activists free, “conspiracy” charges dropped in NC

Published on 2012-12-20 13:22:13

WTO Rules Against Canada’s Wind Power Program

Published on 2012-12-20 12:45:49

Cross Posted from Bloomberg Ontario’s subsidies for clean-energy producers that use local technology were ruled in breach of World Trade Organization regulations, supporting complaints by the European Union andJapan against Canada. The province

WTO Rules Against Canada’s Wind Power Program

Published on 2012-12-20 12:45:49

Stop Yellowstone’s Plans to Slaughter Buffalo!

Published on 2012-12-20 09:59:35

Tell Yellowstone National Park: We Refuse to Allow You to Capture and Slaughter Wild Bison! Yellowstone Bison Update from the Field December 20, 2012 Before wild bison have even begun their annual migration to their winter habitat in Montana, State,

Stop Yellowstone’s Plans to Slaughter Buffalo!

Published on 2012-12-20 09:59:35

Tar Sands Blockaders still in jail, and on hunger strike

Published on 2012-12-19 13:37:07

Today hunger strikers in Houston hit day 20 without food and the three activists who locked down inside the Keystone XL pipe on Dec 3rd are still in jail, facing exorbitant bail. While jail is oppressive, dehumanizing, and boring, your messages of lo

Tar Sands Blockaders still in jail, and on hunger strike

Published on 2012-12-19 13:37:07

3-week Winter Action Camp, St. Louis, January

Published on 2012-12-19 10:08:22

APPLY NOW: For the MORE-RAMPS-BMIS Winter Action Camp The camp will feature a 2-week (Jan 7-20) and 3-week (Jan 7-27) option. There will be two featured tracks, direct action and community organizing, with significant overlap and emphasis put on ho

3-week Winter Action Camp, St. Louis, January

Published on 2012-12-19 10:08:22

Pumpkin pie and tofurky in the trees, hot damn!

Published on 2012-12-19 04:24:38

Photos from a Humboldt tree sit Trinidad, California- Community supporters brought tofurky, potatoes, and pumpkin pie to the tree sitters on Green Diamond property in Trinidad. The tree sit is on the trail to Strawberry Rock and has been occupied for

Pumpkin pie and tofurky in the trees, hot damn!

Published on 2012-12-19 04:24:38

Update From Cascadia Forest Defenders

Published on 2012-12-19 02:28:10

Hello friends, the first batch of folks arrested at the state capitol building occupation this last summer went through sentencing yesterday. They got over $1000 in fines, 60 hours of community service, and 18 months probation. The other crew is faci

Update From Cascadia Forest Defenders

Published on 2012-12-19 02:28:10

Court rules peace activists can sue the U.S. military for infiltration

Published on 2012-12-19 02:23:01

Cross Posted from the National Lawyers Guild In a potentially precedent-setting decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a Guild lawyer’s challenge to military spying on peace activists can proceed. The ruling marks the fir

Court rules peace activists can sue the U.S. military for infiltration

Published on 2012-12-19 02:23:01

California Releases First-ever Fracking Regulations

Published on 2012-12-18 21:45:56

by Paul Rodgers / Mercury News Wading into one of the hottest environmental debates in the nation, California on Tuesday released its first-ever regulations for hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” the increasingly common — and cont

California Releases First-ever Fracking Regulations

Published on 2012-12-18 21:45:56

300 protest Tnuva, call for CEO’s resignation

Published on 2012-12-18 16:37:25

Cross Posted from Jerusalem Post By SHARON UDASIN PHOTO: COURTESY OF ‘TNUVA CRUELTY’ About 300 animal rights activists gathered in Tel Aviv on Monday – International Animal Rights Day – to protest abuse that has allegedly gone on in

Getting the Shell Out of BC

Published on 2012-12-18 16:25:53

ForestEthics Advocacy’s Karen Tam Wu shares the exciting news that coalbed methane drilling has been banned from British Columbia’s Sacred Headwaters. Thanks to the local communities and 100,000 ForestEthics supporters who helped ‘G

Mont. land board approves Keystone pipeline lease

Published on 2012-12-18 14:08:00

Reblogged from Climate Connections: Note: Kudos to you, Gov. Schweitzer, for selling out the public to not one, but two of the meanest, nastiest pipeline evildoers- Transcanada and Enbridge. –The GJEP Team December 17 2012. Source: Associat

Remembering Avalon on Winter Solstice

Published on 2012-12-17 22:15:55

Environmental and social justice activist, ELF warrior and political prisoner William C. Rodgers (known to friends as “Avalon”) died on December 21, 2005. A casualty of the Green Scare, he committed suicide in jail, citing the following r

Florida Panther Deaths in 2012 Hit Record High

Published on 2012-12-17 14:48:14

Two Road Fatalities, Days Apart, Raise Toll to 26 by the Center for Biological Diversity ORLANDO, Fla.— The deaths of two endangered Florida panthers struck on roads this week brings the number of known deaths this year to 26, the highest on record

A Rat Done Bit My Sister Nell and Whitey’s Poo is On the Moon.

Published on 2012-12-16 18:31:43

by Russ McSpadden One Small Step for Man, One Giant Sh*t for the Moon? On July 20, 1969, American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin of the Apollo 11 space mission touched down on the lunar surface. It was a pretty big deal to many and cost so

EF! Eco-Choir Carols in Lansing, MI

Published on 2012-12-16 17:34:43

On Saturday, December 15th the Deep Water Earth First! eco choir met in Lansing to spread bio-centric cheer. First, they visited the home of Michael Barratt (2173 White Owl Way, Okemos, MI 48864), a petroleum geologist with the Michigan Oil and Gas P

Manatees threatened by Pacific Legal Foundation

Published on 2012-12-16 11:21:58

Despite 2011 being one of the deadliest years for Florida manatees on record, a right-wing legal foundation filed a petition with the federal government Friday to strip the manatee of its status as an endangered species, challenging protections that

Environmental Protests Continue to Flare Up at the Gates of Beijing

Published on 2012-12-16 07:31:53

Cross Posted from the Global Post The rash of NIMBY protests across China this year has finally arrived in Beijing’s own backyard. On Sunday, roughly 300 protesters staged a march against plans to construct a high-speed rail line through their neig

Armenian Activists Protest Prime Minister’s Arrival in California

Published on 2012-12-16 07:29:37

Photo: Environmental activists hold signs outside the St. Leon Cathedral in Burbank, Calif/ L. Aghajanian Arthur Pogosyan, a Los Angeles-area psychiatrist and co-founder of the non-profit family welfare organization Haikproject told the minister that

“Renewable” Energy’s Got Bling

Published on 2012-12-15 12:32:44

A recent article in Bloomberg News documented how gold and diamond mining companies are on the leading edge of “renewable” energy use. Reposted from Root Force: “The four windmills dug into northern Canada’s tundra that power Ri

Alaska Natives Take on Fossil Fuel Disinformation in Kivalina

Published on 2012-12-14 17:02:56

A Climate Change Story by CHRISTINE SHEARER For the Inupiat peoples of Kivalina in the Arctic of Alaska, the price of further climate change denial could be the complete devastation of their lives and culture. Their crumbling village must be reloca

Organized Resistance to the Tar Sands and XL Pipeline

Published on 2012-12-14 14:41:21

The Need for Immediate Strategy by Stephanie Smith The controversial Tar Sands and TransCanada XL pipeline face increased protest from affected local communities, environmental organizations and grassroots protestors. A recent report from the Canadia

The Early History of the Robot Wars, Part 1

Published on 2012-12-13 11:36:18

IN THIS EPISODE: WTF In the Eyeball, Sexy Surveillance Mannequins and Other Shit Escaping the Constraints of Biology by Russ McSpadden / Carbon-based humanoid Science and Technology correspondent WTF In The Eyeball? Researchers at Ghent University in

Lakota warriors and Deep Green Resistance call for support on the Great Plains

Published on 2012-12-13 08:16:14

Activists and warriors have launched a drive for funds and supplies to sustain their ongoing organizing and resistance in the Great Plains region. The following message is from their online drive: “In 2011 we met and began working together in

Wild & Weird: Mystery of Underwater Crop Circles Solved

Published on 2012-12-12 16:05:43

by the Center for Biological Diversity Underwater photographer Yoji Ookata was baffled by what he saw off the coast of Japan some 80 feet below the ocean’s surface: an intricately designed and beautiful “crop circle” nearly 7 feet i

La Via Campesina: UN climate talks achieve nothing, promote false solutions

Published on 2012-12-12 10:28:40

Statement by the international peasant movement La Via Campesina, December 7, 2012 (Jakarta, 6 December 2012) – As the climate negotiations come to a close, the industrialized countries insist on inaction for the next decade, finding even more way

Wild & Weird: Need Green Cleaning Products? Try Flesh-eating Beetles

Published on 2012-12-12 10:28:21

by the Center for Biological Diversity Looking for Earth-friendly, nontoxic home-care solutions that really work — at least for maintaining your personal collection of display-ready skeletal specimens? The Natural History Museum in London has l

Gas line explodes in West Virginia; homes burn, freeway damaged

Published on 2012-12-12 00:07:53

By Kari Huus, Cross Posted from NBC News Updated at 6:45 p.m. ET: A gas line explosion rocked the town of Sissonville, W.Va., Tuesday, setting off an inferno that burned multiple homes, damaged and closed a portion of the freeway, and knocked out p

Daniel McGowan released from prison!

Published on 2012-12-11 20:35:37

Earth Liberation Front political prisoner and Rockaway native Daniel McGowan was released from the Communication Management Unit (CMU) in Terre Haute, Indiana this morning. He was driven by federal authorities to Indianapolis International Airport, w

FPL brings pipeline wars to Florida’s Everglades

Published on 2012-12-11 19:03:19

Despite growing resistance against oil and gas pipelines across North America, energy companies continue to push their plans for expansion. Perhaps you’ve heard of the Spectra, Constitution and Millennium pipelines in New York; the PTP and Enbr

Federal Warrants Issued Against Protect The Peaks Activists

Published on 2012-12-11 18:07:46

National Forest Service Announces New Sacred Sites Policy at the Same Time That Flagstaff Peaks Activists Are Targeted with Federal Charges and Arrest Warrants Peaks Activists Vow to Fight Charges and Plan to Turn themselves Over to U.S. Marshalls F

TEXAS JUDGE HALTS TRANSCANADA OIL PIPELINE WORK

Published on 2012-12-11 16:41:04

Cross Posted from AP By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI A Texas judge has ordered TransCanada to temporarily halt work on a private property where it is building part of an oil pipeline designed to carry tar sands oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast, the latest

The Earth Liberation Front’s Green Christmas Giving Guide

Published on 2012-12-11 06:00:53

by Santa’s Secret ELF Love, Revenge and 60% off Carbon Neutral Unicorn Farts Sometimes during the Christmas season it’s all too easy to lose track of what really matters: friends, family, baby Jesus and the basic life support systems of the p

‘Social Risk’ Test Ordered by China for Big Industrial Projects

Published on 2012-12-10 14:27:55

By KEITH BRADSHER / The New York Times BEIJING — The cabinet of China has ordered that all major industrial projects must pass a “social risk assessment” before they begin, a move aimed at curtailing the large and increasingly violent environme

Wild & Weird: Bigfoot Denied Endangered Species Status

Published on 2012-12-10 13:54:33

by the Center for Biological Diversity At the Center for Biological Diversity we shed both sweat and tears fighting for some of the country’s rarest species. It’s hard work getting federal protection for gray wolves and bald eagles —

Earth’s Biggest Trees are Dying

Published on 2012-12-10 13:45:22

from Science Daily The largest living organisms on the planet, the big, old trees that harbour and sustain countless birds and other wildlife, are dying. A report by three of the world’s leading ecologists in today’s issue of the journal

Extinction’s Effect on Childhood Toys

Published on 2012-12-10 12:25:23

By LYDIA MILLET / The New York Times The Child’s Menagerie Tucson CHRISTMAS was when they sent in the reinforcements. By then the regular troops were weary, though still stalwart, still brave. Some had lost limbs, others an eyeball. The soles of on

Three Activists Killed Before Human Rights Day

Published on 2012-12-09 13:30:25

Cross Posted from Bulatlat MANILA – One farmer and two environmental advocates have been killed in two separate incidents on December 7. Rolando Quijano, a farmer and active member of Alliance of Farmers Union in Zamboanga Del Sur (AFUZS) was shot

‘Zombies’ protest GOMA mining

Published on 2012-12-09 13:25:14

Cross Posted from Brisbane Times Call Julia: ‘zombies’ make their way toward GOMA to protest coal seam gas mining. Photo: Harrison Saragossi In what an activist group promises is just the beginning of a slew of “zombie afracts̶

Railroading the environment

Published on 2012-12-09 13:23:18

Cross posted from Global Times By Liu Sha A train passes by residential buildings along the Beijing-Baotou railway in Beijing. The new high-speed railway to Shenyang is planned to go parallel with this route. Photo: Liu Sha/GT Over 200 Beijing reside

Wild & Weird: Undersea Immortality

Published on 2012-12-07 11:22:51

by the Center for Biological Diversity Ben Franklin once said that nothing in this world is certain except death and taxes; clearly he wasn’t a jellyfish man. As scientists discovered in 1996, Turritopsis dohrnii, also known as the “immor

Bayou Frack-Out: The Massive Oil and Gas Disaster You’ve Never Heard Of

Published on 2012-12-06 16:43:04

By Mike Ludwig, Truthout | Report For residents in Assumption Parish, the boiling, gas-belching bayou, with its expanding toxic sinkhole and quaking earth is no longer a mystery; but there is little comfort in knowing the source of the little-know

Battle Over Coal Trafficking Heats Up at Hearing

Published on 2012-12-06 11:05:07

Cross Posted from Ecowatch By Spokane Riverkeeper Bart Mihailovich and Waterkeeper Alliance‘s Western Regional Director Lesley Adams On Dec. 4 in Spokane, Washington, more than 800 people packed the Spokane County Fairgrounds for the fifth of se

Accused Environmental Warrior Rebecca Rubin Surrenders at US-Canada Border

Published on 2012-12-05 10:32:16

By Noelle Crombie / The Oregonian A 39-year-old woman accused of eco-sabotage in three Western states turned herself in to U.S. authorities at the Canadian border on Thursday morning. Rebecca Jeanette Rubin, a Canadian, had been on the run for a deca

Sacred Site Defender, Ola Cassadore Davis, Walks On

Published on 2012-12-05 10:17:23

by Alysa Landry / Indian Country Today December 04, 2012 Ola Cassadore Davis, an outspoken defender of the Apache Nation’s sacred Mount Graham in southeast Arizona, walked on Sunday, November 25. She was 89. Davis, known for her activism both at ho

Raising Resistance – Global Day of Action re-cap

Published on 2012-12-04 14:43:25

Letter to Industry and Government with Warning About Trespassing on Wet’suwet’en Territory Today Unist’ot’en allies are rising up in cities across North America, and around the world, to deliver a message to industry and government warning th

People Barricade Themselves Inside Keystone XL Pipe To Halt Construction

Published on 2012-12-03 14:55:33

[Continue reading this post, or check here, for updates throughout the day. Join the fight against Keystone XL by coming to our next Mass Action Camp starting on January 3, one month from today!] For more photos of today’s action, visit Tar S

People Barricade Themselves Inside Keystone XL Pipe To Halt Construction

Published on 2012-12-03 14:55:33

Day 2 of the Earth First! Film Fest in Florida

Published on 2012-12-01 12:49:07

We have an awesome lineup of some radical, entertaining, visual awesomeness! People are coming in from all over and we already have a handful of Earth First!ies crashing in our EF! Journal office (thanks for working in the garden friends!). So bring

TONIGHT: Earth First! Film Fest

Published on 2012-12-01 12:49:07

We have an awesome lineup of some radical, entertaining, visual awesomeness! People are coming in from all over and we already have a handful of Earth First!ies crashing in our homes (thanks for working in the garden friends!). So bring yerself over

Update on tar sands megaloads in the Northern Rockies

Published on 2012-11-30 19:54:03

Cross Posted from Wild Idaho Rising Tide Facebook Page TWO MORE TAR SANDS MEGALOADS ON HIGHWAY 12 ON MONDAY & TUESDAY. We received this news release today and will provide monitoring and protesting prompts soon: Equipment shipments may travel on U.S.

Celebrate a global justice holiday today at the EF! Film Fest! in Lake Worth

Published on 2012-11-30 13:51:09

Thirteen years ago today, a grassroots movement took to the streets of Seattle and shut the city down, effectively ruining the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) summit and turning the global tide against corporate rule. Four years later, we face

Celebrate a global justice holiday today at the EF! Film Fest! in Lake Worth

Published on 2012-11-30 13:51:09

Dozens Wounded in Mayanmar Coppermine Protest

Published on 2012-11-30 13:35:07

Cross Posted from Twin Cities Security forces used water cannons, tear gas and smoke bombs to clear protesters from a copper mine in northwestern Myanmar, wounding villagers and Buddhist monks in the biggest use of force against demonstrators since t

Dozens Wounded in Mayanmar Coppermine Protest

Published on 2012-11-30 13:35:07

Opposition to frack waste in Ohio continues to grow

Published on 2012-11-29 14:49:01

Ohio-based direct action group Appalachia Resist! released the following statement today: Last night, Nov 28, soon after the ODNR invited the public into an “open house” about injection wells, they thought better of it and ordered the p

Opposition to frack waste in Ohio continues to grow

Published on 2012-11-29 14:49:01

Tar Sands Blockaders Lock Themselves to Trucks Outside Valero’s Houston Refinery

Published on 2012-11-29 11:13:00

Activists Begin Sustained Hunger Strike, Demand That Valero Divest from Keystone XL Pipeline HOUSTON, TX – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2012 8:00AM –-Longtime Gulf Coast activists Diane Wilson and Bob Lindsey Jr. have locked their necks to oil tanker t

Tar Sands Blockaders Lock Themselves to Trucks Outside Valero’s Houston Refinery

Published on 2012-11-29 11:13:00

Genetically Engineered Labeling Campaign in the US

Published on 2012-11-28 16:20:54

Genetic engineering (GE) is not disclosed on product labels, giving consumers no idea what kind of scientific tinkering has been done to the growing number of food items that use technology to create “better” foods. While consumers are of

Genetically Engineered Labeling Campaign in the US

Published on 2012-11-28 16:20:54

Resistance sprouts against Bt maize in India

Published on 2012-11-28 15:35:39

Cross Posted from India Times CHANDIGARH: Even as Punjab government is showing keenness to introduce Bt maize in the state by giving go-ahead to Monsanto to set up a research and development centre for the crop, the decision has ruffled feather

Resistance sprouts against Bt maize in India

Published on 2012-11-28 15:35:39

Mapuche Indians Fight New Airport in Southern Chile

Published on 2012-11-28 15:33:26

Mapuche Indians Fight New Airport in Southern Chile

Published on 2012-11-28 15:33:26

Demonstrators rally in Westwood against ‘fracking’

Published on 2012-11-28 15:30:07

Cross Posted from North Jersey Demonstrators from a slew of environmental groups across Bergen County took to the streets this morning in Westwood to rally against Governor Christie‘s move to veto a bill banning hydraulic fracturing or

French police fire tear gas on second day of airport protest

Published on 2012-11-27 22:13:26

Published: 25 November, 2012, 12:04 French anti-riot police officers walk through smoke from tear gas, on November 24, 2012 in Notre-Dame-des-Landes as they seek to evict squatters from protected swampland where Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault want

Activists interfere with international mining conference in Finland

Published on 2012-11-27 17:22:48

“There is no such thing as socially and environmentally sustainable mining!” Today in Espoo, Finland, a meeting of bureaucrats and industrialists entitled Conference on Socially and Environmentally Responsible Mining was disrupted by t

Ohio Resisdents Blockade Radioactive Fracking Waste Well

Published on 2012-11-27 14:28:19

Protesters block entrance to Ginsburg Well, a fracking disposal waste site, in Athens County, Ohio On November 19th, a group of Athens County residents wearing hazmat style suits, respirators, and carrying large placards emblazoned with skulls, block

Roaches get revenge against animal trade

Published on 2012-11-26 18:12:55

An autopsy has concluded that a Florida man choked to death after downing dozens of live cockroaches during a pet store contest earlier this year. The report released Monday says 32-year-old Edward Archbold of West Palm Beach died as a result of R

Greek gas tanker attempts first winter Arctic crossing

Published on 2012-11-26 11:29:40

by Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, from BBC News A large tanker carrying liquified natural gas (LNG) is set to become the first ship of its type to sail across the Arctic. The carrier, Ob River, left Norway in November and has sailed north of

Protesters demonstrate against oil exploration plans

Published on 2012-11-26 08:21:05

Cross Posted from Irish Times Protesters gather at the Forty Foot bathing pool in Sandycove to voice their opposition to plans to allow exploration for oil in Dublin Bay off Dalkey. Last month the Department of the Environment awarded a foreshore lic

Activists Toss Eggs at Taiwan President’s Office

Published on 2012-11-26 06:05:17

Cross Posted from Asia One Police estimated that some 3,600 social welfare activists yesterday waged the annual “Autumn Struggle” protest, which ended with some participants throwing eggs toward the Presidential Office. With the theme

Carpe Noctem!

Published on 2012-11-25 18:01:08

From Root Force An article from Bloomberg is floating around local newspapers and the internet about the vulnerability of the electric grid to anyone armed with a .22 rifle. “An attack on the power grid by terrorists — even ones armed with relati

Kuala Lumpur: 10,000 protest rare earth plant over health concerns

Published on 2012-11-25 15:40:09

Cross Posted from Global Post.com Nearly 10,000 people took to the streets in Kuala Lumpur Sunday to protest the opening of Australia-based mining company Lynas’ new rare earth plant. The plant, which is the largest outside China, has alread

Groups Protest Proposed Coal Shipments Through Idaho Panhandle

Published on 2012-11-24 20:24:01

Cross Posted from Boise Weekly By ZACH HAGADONE Protester: “It’s never wise to trade your children’s futures and environment for jobs.” A plan by some of the globe’s biggest mining companies to ship hundreds of million

Call for solidarity actions on Tuesday November 27th

Published on 2012-11-24 14:18:20

Reblogged from unistotencamp: Raising Resistance: Solidarity with the Unist’ot’en. Call for actions on Tuesday November 27th In inspiring resistance this past week, the Unist’ot’en and Grassroots Wet’suwet’en have, yet again, evicted pipe

How the war against the mega quarry was won

Published on 2012-11-23 16:54:20

Cross Posted from National Post Jason Van Bruggen, Special to National Post In early 2011, while visiting our relatives’ farm near Melancthon in Dufferin County, Ont., my wife and I learned about the now infamous “mega quarry” proposal tabled

How the war against the mega quarry was won

Published on 2012-11-23 16:54:20

Greenpeace and Ecodefense Refuse to Register in Russia

Published on 2012-11-23 16:48:01

Cross Posted from Bellona.org Charles Digges, 23/11-2012 The entrances to the offices of Memorial and For Human Rights, two prominent civil rights groups headed by veteran activists, were spray-painted with the words “Foreign Agent,” along with

Greenpeace and Ecodefense Refuse to Register in Russia

Published on 2012-11-23 16:48:01

Hunger Strike against Trinidad Highway Reaches Critical Stage

Published on 2012-11-23 16:38:15

Concern mounts as Wayne Kublalsingh nears organ failure after eight days without food or water BY DAWN PALEY Cross Posted from Media Co-op Dr. Wayne Kublalsingh, who I interviewed for the piece below, is currently on his eighth day of a hunger strik

Hunger Strike against Trinidad Highway Reaches Critical Stage

Published on 2012-11-23 16:38:15

Environmentalists protest against end of ecological reserve

Published on 2012-11-23 16:29:29

Cross Posted from Algarve Resident By ANA TAVARES news@algarveresident.com The four largest environmental organisations in Portugal have issued a joint statement protesting against the government’s decision to scrap the National Ecological Reser

Environmentalists protest against end of ecological reserve

Published on 2012-11-23 16:29:29

Turkey Scraps Construction of TPP near Bulgarian Border

Published on 2012-11-23 16:27:14

Cross Posted by Standart News Turkey has given up plans for the construction of a thermal power plant (TPP) in the town of Igneada, near the border with Bulgaria. The Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning has rejected the proposal of a T

Turkey Scraps Construction of TPP near Bulgarian Border

Published on 2012-11-23 16:27:14

Surveyors, Pipeline Blocked by B.C. First Nation

Published on 2012-11-23 05:40:49

Cross Posted from CBC Members of a First Nation in northern B.C. have evicted surveyors working on a natural gas pipeline project from their territory and set up a roadblock against all pipeline activity. A group identifying itself as the Unis’

Surveyors, Pipeline Blocked by B.C. First Nation

Published on 2012-11-23 05:40:49

Rising Tide-Vancouver Coast Salish Territories Solidarity Statement with the People of Gaza

Published on 2012-11-22 23:00:34

Cross Posted from Its Getting Hot In Here Rising Tide Vancouver Coast Salish Territories opposes the recent attacks on the people of Gaza and the ongoing military occupation of Palestinian Territories. Rising Tide has been working with Indigenous peo

Rising Tide-Vancouver Coast Salish Territories Solidarity Statement with the People of Gaza

Published on 2012-11-22 23:00:34

Food Bank Stocks Dry Up in Wake of Great Drought

Published on 2012-11-22 09:48:28

Cross Posted from Commondreams The insufferable drought of 2012 continues to wreak havoc as food banks across the country feel the pinch. As the season of feasting gets underway, soaring food prices have cut government donations to the banks and soup

Food Bank Stocks Dry Up in Wake of Great Drought

Published on 2012-11-22 09:48:28

Free Leonard Peltier!

Published on 2012-11-22 02:13:52

Cross Posted from Workers World Nov. 22 will mark 13,439 days of incarceration for Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier. This year’s commemoration of the National Day of Mourning, to be held in Plymouth, Mass., will once again honor Peltier, a

Free Leonard Peltier!

Published on 2012-11-22 02:13:52

Stephen Harper’s Endless Campaign for Mining Profits

Published on 2012-11-22 02:08:58

Cross Posted from The Tee By Yves Engler [Editor's note: This is the second of two pieces drawn, with permission, from Chapter 2 of The Ugly Canadian: Stephen Harper's Foreign Policy by Yves Engler, newly published. The first part is here. Engler

Stephen Harper’s Endless Campaign for Mining Profits

Published on 2012-11-22 02:08:58

White House march revives Keystone XL protest movement

Published on 2012-11-20 13:21:06

Cross Posted from The Guardian Environmental activists protest against the Keystone XL pipeline on 18 November 2012. Photograph: 350.org Hundreds of people who say they worry oil that would be carried theKeystone XL pipeline will accelerate climat

White House march revives Keystone XL protest movement

Published on 2012-11-20 13:21:06

BREAKING: 40 People Stop Keystone XL Construction: Four Lock to Machinery, Nacogdoches Student and Two Others Launch a New Tree Blockade

Published on 2012-11-19 14:29:05

Cross Posted from Tar Sands Blockade November 19, 2012 UPDATE: 2:00 pm – From coast to coast, solidarity against the Keystone XL In Burlington, Vermont, and Fairfax, California, activists displayed banners decrying Keystone XL’s role in the ongoi

BREAKING: 40 People Stop Keystone XL Construction: Four Lock to Machinery, Nacogdoches Student and Two Others Launch a New Tree Blockade

Published on 2012-11-19 14:29:05

NAACP Study “Coal Blooded: Putting Profits Before People”

Published on 2012-11-18 13:13:11

By: Jenée Desmond-Harris (The Root) — It’s not news that coal-fired plants cause pollution, and it’s not surprising that it’s low-income people and people of color who tend to live closest to them. But “Coal Blooded: Pu

NAACP Study “Coal Blooded: Putting Profits Before People”

Published on 2012-11-18 13:13:11

Rallies, public gatherings banned in Ayun

Published on 2012-11-18 00:10:15

Cross Posted from Pakistan Observer Chitral—The district administration of Chitral has imposed section 144 in Ayun valley banning all types of rallies and public gatherings following protests by the local people against cutting of trees in their

Rallies, public gatherings banned in Ayun

Published on 2012-11-18 00:10:15

Over 200 people voice disagreement with Turkey’s building TPP close to border with Bulgaria

Published on 2012-11-18 00:05:33

Cross Cross Posted from FOCUS Sofia. More than 200 people have gathered at the seacoast in the Bulgarian village of Rezovo, joining a cross-border protest and voicing disagreement with Turkey’s building a thermal power plant (TPP) a few kilometers

Cross-border solidarity against Turkey’s power plant plans near Bulgaria

Published on 2012-11-18 00:05:33

Cross Posted from FOCUS Sofia. More than 200 people have gathered at the seacoast in the Bulgarian village of Rezovo, joining a cross-border protest and voicing disagreement with Turkey’s building a thermal power plant (TPP) a few kilometers away

Rural Rebels and Useless Airports: La ZAD – Europe’s Largest Postcapitalist Land Occupation

Published on 2012-11-17 13:05:55

October 2012, Notre dames des Landes, France. Chris leans forward, her long fingers play with the dial of the car radio “I’m trying to find 107.7 FM“ … a burst of Classical music, a fragment of cheesy pop. “ Ah! Here we go! I think I’ve g

Rural Rebels and Useless Airports: La ZAD – Europe’s Largest Postcapitalist Land Occupation

Published on 2012-11-17 13:05:55

Climate Change Resistance Solidarity Action

Published on 2012-11-17 12:35:06

Since spring 2010, frontline Northwest activists have been resisting tar sands transportation projects and associated police states in our communities and on our roads, through six court cases, a dozen arrests, and over 50 direct actions. Residents o

Climate Change Resistance Solidarity Action

Published on 2012-11-17 12:35:06

One Big Step Closer to Ending Mountaintop Removal

Published on 2012-11-16 19:48:44

Cross Posted from Huffington Post By Mary Anne Hitt One of Appalachia’s biggest coal companies is getting out of the mountaintop removal business. In a landmark announcement, Patriot Coal, one of Appalachia’s three largest mountaintop re

One Big Step Closer to Ending Mountaintop Removal

Published on 2012-11-16 19:48:44

Black Elk Energy oil rig fire: two feared dead, two more missing

Published on 2012-11-16 15:07:01

Cross Posted from The Guardian Two people are feared dead and two more are missing after a fire on anoil rig off the coast of Louisiana, the US coast guard said on Friday. Four other workers were injured in the resulting fire on the Black Elk Energ

Black Elk Energy oil rig fire: two feared dead, two more missing

Published on 2012-11-16 15:07:01

Cross Posted from The Guardian Two people are feared dead and two more are missing after a fire on an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana, the US coast guard said on Friday. Four other workers were injured in the resulting fire on the Black Elk Ener

Hopi File New Lawsuit Against Snowbowl

Published on 2012-11-16 10:11:01

By CYNDY COLE

Hopi File New Lawsuit Against Snowbowl

Published on 2012-11-16 10:11:01

By CYNDY COLE

40 Climate Solidarity Actions Launch Worldwide to Defend Our Homes From Dirty Energy and Climate Change

Published on 2012-11-16 00:03:39

Cross Posted from Tar Sands Blockade UPDATE: Thursday, Nov. 15th – Four arrested for shutting down an American Petroleum Institute luncheon in New Orleans Four protestors where arrested after a group of over a dozen shut down an American Petroleu

Pro-Wolf Activists Rally Throughout Minnesota as Wolf Hunt Continues

Published on 2012-11-15 19:00:29

With the first season almost over and the death toll at 124 wolves in Minnesota alone. The wolf activist groups “Northwoods Wolf Alliance” and “Howling for Wolves” continue to rally against the hunt all over the state of Minne

Equipment at construction site of gas compressor station sabotaged and stolen

Published on 2012-11-15 14:25:57

Editor’s Note: This article appeared in the Times Herald Record newspaper from the Hudson River Valley in NY. A local doula reported the story back to a few Earth First!ers on a No System But the Ecosystem speaking tour in the northeast—they

Belo Monte construction halts after protestors torch buildings at three construction sites

Published on 2012-11-15 10:43:27

Cross Posted from Bangkok Post Work on Brazil’s controversial $13 billion Belo Monte mega-dam ground to a halt Monday after protesters torched buildings at three dam construction sites over the weekend, the developer said. Saturday, “a group of

TransCanada Bulldozes Texas Farmer’s Renewable Biofuels Business

Published on 2012-11-14 13:39:14

Cross Posted from Tar Sands Blockade Right now TransCanada is bulldozing Nacogdoches local landowner, Michael Bishop’s property for its Keystone XL pipeline. Mr. Bishop has been a vocal opponent of the tar sands pipeline for years and has filed sev

Ojibwe members protest Minn. wolf hunt

Published on 2012-11-14 13:00:34

Cross Posted by Minnesota Public Radio by Tom Robertson Ojibwe tribal members spent part of the weekend protesting Minnesota’s first managed wolf hunt, which began Saturday. Tribal members on the White Earth Indian Reservation stood along hig

More Direct Action in Australia Makes Politicians Squirm

Published on 2012-11-14 12:47:41

Cross Posted from ABC News Tasmania’s Premier has accused wealthy businessmen of bankrolling fringe environmental groups whose protests are threatening the forest industry. Five activists have been charged with trespass-related offences afte

Malaysia Protests Big Industry

Published on 2012-11-14 12:44:25

Cross Posted from The Register By Simon Sharwood Despite promising “Zero harm and sustainable development” and winning a court case permitting it to build a rare earth processing plant, Australian rare earth miner and processor Lynas Corp has fa

Earth First! Journal Editor’s Foray into Electoral Politics Proves Violence Inherent in the System

Published on 2012-11-14 10:28:43

This is what freedom tastes like!

Plans for an artificial beach in Hong Kong attracts locals’ fury

Published on 2012-11-13 13:30:08

Cross Posted from France 24 Mock-up of the artificial beach slated to open in 2014 in Lung Mei. Photo courtesy of HK Wild Life. Three hundred animal and plant species could vanish from Hong Kong’s Lung Mei shoreline due to an artificial beach pro

Plans for an artificial beach in Hong Kong attracts locals’ fury

Published on 2012-11-13 13:30:08

Shalefield Action Camp Stands Up for Small Farms

Published on 2012-11-13 10:38:20

Cross Posted from Pittsburgh Gazette More than 50 residents from Bessemer, Pa. and members of the Shadbush Environmental Justice Collective have joined together today to protest gas drilling that is underway 4,000 ft. from a local woman’s farm. Mag

Shalefield Action Camp Stands Up for Small Farms

Published on 2012-11-13 10:38:20

Anarchists Blockade Shell Station in British Columbia to Protest Tar Sands

Published on 2012-11-12 10:19:00

Crossposted from BCBlackout On a sunny Saturday afternoon in East Vancouver, some thirty protesters gathered at a city park and then proceeded to blockade a Shell station located at Clark Drive and 12th Avenue. Organized by BC Blackout, an anarchis

Anarchists Blockade Shell Station in British Columbia to Protest Tar Sands

Published on 2012-11-12 10:19:00

Tar Sands Blockade Calls For Solidarity Actions November 19th

Published on 2012-11-12 08:47:04

Alright, eco-warriors, consider yourselves on notice. Tar Sands Blockade is stepping our game up, and we’re calling on you to do the same. We’ll be throwing down in a big way next Monday, November 19th, somewhere near Nacogdoches, Texas,

Tar Sands Blockade Calls For Solidarity Actions November 19th

Published on 2012-11-12 08:47:04

Groundswell shuts down Ta Ann veneer mill

Published on 2012-11-11 22:30:11

Cross Posted from Protect Native Forests Grassroots environmental group Groundswell have today shut down operations at Ta Ann’s veneer mill in Smithton, with a peaceful protest. The group are highlighting the ongoing loss of Tasmania’s forests

Groundswell shuts down Ta Ann veneer mill

Published on 2012-11-11 22:30:11

Fracking and Radioactivity

Published on 2012-11-09 15:35:01

by KARL GROSSMAN / Counterpunch.org Fracking for gas not only uses toxic chemicals that can contaminate drinking and groundwater—it also releases substantial quantities of radioactive poison from the ground that will remain hot and deadly for thous

Fracking and Radioactivity

Published on 2012-11-09 15:35:01

Statement from Australian Gas Protesters

Published on 2012-11-09 14:32:01

Cross Posted from Green Left Residents of north-west NSW have united in numbers outside the NSW Community Cabinet being held in Tamworth to expose the Barry O’Farrell government’s broken promises on protecting farmland, water catchments and s

Statement from Australian Gas Protesters

Published on 2012-11-09 14:32:01

We Gonna Save this Mother F$*king Species

Published on 2012-11-09 14:28:15

Whats the connection between black liberation, the black-footed ferret, and biological diversity? Um, we’ll let comedian D.L. Hughley and the Center for Biological Diversity’s Endangered Species Director Noah Greenwald figure that out. Th

We Gonna Save this Mother F$*king Species

Published on 2012-11-09 14:28:15

Facing Protests, China’s Business Investment Slows

Published on 2012-11-09 14:25:41

Cross Posted from New York Times Local leaders were all smiles this summer at a groundbreaking ceremony for a vast copper smelting project that seemed like the answer to the chronic unemployment that has plagued this city in northern Sichuan ever sin

Facing Protests, China’s Business Investment Slows

Published on 2012-11-09 14:25:41

Tunisians Protest against Shale Gas Extraction

Published on 2012-11-09 14:21:16

Cross Posted from Tunisia Live By Houda Mzioudet About 50 Tunisians gathered today in front of the Tunisian Ministry of Industry and Energy to protest the proposal to drill for shale gas in Tunisia with international energy firm Shell. Members from

Tunisians Protest against Shale Gas Extraction

Published on 2012-11-09 14:21:16

Israeli Anti-Gas Protesters Disrupt Conference

Published on 2012-11-09 14:19:19

Cross Posted from Jerusalem Post About 200 residents of the Hof HaCarmel region protested outside the Fifth Jerusalem Environment and Nature Conference on Sunday, angry at the idea of establishing a natural gas transmission site in their region. Even

Earth First! Film Fest in South Florida

Published on 2012-11-09 11:26:35

Nov 30 – Dec 1, 2012 new and classic films from the front lines of the eco-resistance PRINT OUT A PDF OF THE FLYER/POSTER Location: 822 North A Street, Lake Worth (Friends’ Quaker Meeting House) $10 suggested donation for the whole weekend, $5 fo

Transcript from Maddy’s Grand Jury Appearance

Published on 2012-11-08 22:43:22

Cross Posted from Committee Against Political Repression Maddy Pfeiffer’s Grand Jury Appearance 11/07/12 Here are the notes from the Grand Jury hearings. Personal information has been redacted including the names of people asked about by the Prosec

Transcript from Maddy’s Grand Jury Appearance

Published on 2012-11-08 22:43:22

“Community Corridors” Resist the Pacific Trails Pipeline

Published on 2012-11-08 18:05:23

“Community Corridors” resist “Canada’s Colonial Carbon Corridors” on Wet’suwet’en territory, colonially known as Northwest British Columbia by Julien Delacroix The other day I was watching videos of the Tar Sands Blo

“Community Corridors” Resist the Pacific Trails Pipeline

Published on 2012-11-08 18:05:23

Mass Action to Stop Keystone XL – Monday, Nov. 19th

Published on 2012-11-08 14:36:31

The movement to stop Keystone XL is escalating with another mass action in East Texas on Monday, Nov. 19th. Join us for 2 days of training and action in Nacogdoches, Texas, Nov. 18 & 19th. This is a family friendly event with roles for everyone! Part

Mass Action to Stop Keystone XL – Monday, Nov. 19th

Published on 2012-11-08 14:36:31

Controversial Logging Proposal on Federal Land in Oregon Meets Resistance

Published on 2012-11-08 02:02:37

Cross Posted from Truthout By Alissa Bohling, Truthout | Report Aaron Nelson draws his bow and aims it at a branch high up in a Douglas fir tree. But Nelson isn’t hunting on this late September afternoon. At least, not to kill. He’s lo

Controversial Logging Proposal on Federal Land in Oregon Meets Resistance

Published on 2012-11-08 02:02:37

No Good Dirty Racist Sheriff Joe Arpaio Wins Again, Gets a Big F You in Arizona

Published on 2012-11-07 15:17:58

TEMPE, AZ – Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s campaign is staying busy this Election Day after a shocking message was left on Tempe Butte Tuesday morning. According to Arpaio’s campaign manager, several of his campaign signs were stolen and relo

No Good Dirty Racist Sheriff Joe Arpaio Wins Again, Gets a Big F You in Arizona

Published on 2012-11-07 15:17:58

Obit: Larry Bloch of the Wetlands Club in NYC Dies at 59

Published on 2012-11-06 21:53:08

by James C. McKinley Jr., NY Times Larry Bloch, who built the Wetlands Preserve in TriBeCa into an influential rock club and a hub of environmental activism, died last week at his home in Brattleboro, Vt. He was 59. Larry Bloch, who opened the Wetlan

Obit: Larry Bloch of the Wetlands Club in NYC Dies at 59

Published on 2012-11-06 21:53:08

Two arrests in home demo against Primate Products in Florida

Published on 2012-11-06 18:10:12

Last week, on October 28, two Smash HLS activists were arrested during a home demo protest. They need to raise funds for legal fees to fight the bogus charges. Smash HLS is a grassroots activist group aimed at shutting down Primate Products. Primate

Two arrests in home demo against Primate Products in Florida

Published on 2012-11-06 18:10:12

Army of 12 Monkeys Resist Behind Bars

Published on 2012-11-06 15:49:42

Political prisoner and subscriber to Earth First! Journal, Sean Swain, mailed us last month. We really enjoyed his correspondence and to honor his request we decided to post his letter on our newswire. Solidarity Sean! Dear EF!J I would like very muc

Army of 12 Monkeys Resist Behind Bars

Published on 2012-11-06 15:49:42

Chesapeake Earth First, Occupy DC storm tar sands law firm’s building, 4 arrested

Published on 2012-11-06 01:16:42

Cross Posted from Indymedia McKenna, Long and Ostridge on K st is the main law firm representing Transcanada, the builder of the Keystone XL tar sands export pipeline. On the 5th of November, a march of about 50 protesters from Chesapeake Earth First

Chesapeake Earth First!, Occupy DC storm tar sands law firm’s building, 4 arrested

Published on 2012-11-06 01:16:42

Outrage sweeps Mindanao over Tampakan massacre

Published on 2012-11-05 13:58:17

Cross Posted from Davao Today Anti-mining advocates led by church, lumads and progressive groups in Socsksargen and Davao strongly condemn the brutal slaying of the family of a Blaan anti mining leader in Tampakan, South Cotabato. They are demanding

Outrage sweeps Mindanao over Tampakan massacre

Published on 2012-11-05 13:58:17

Tar Sands Blockade Solidarity Action at DC lobbist office

Published on 2012-11-05 11:06:24

BREAKING: Huge crowd occupies TransCanada lobby firm in DC solidarity action!The crowd is blockading the door and chanting: “No pipeline, No tar sands, No destruction of indigenous lands!” 4 arrests have been made so far. For live update

After the Storm: A Proposal

Published on 2012-11-04 07:20:37

Cross Posted from It’sGettingHotinHere By Daniel Rosen and Billy Parish, co-founders of Mosaic First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and communities devastated by Hurricane Sandy. We’ve seen the impacts of clima

Interview with Tree Sitter of Chandrapur

Published on 2012-11-04 06:59:52

Grapes of Rage Targets of Ecotage

Published on 2012-11-04 06:54:59

Cross Posted from Channel Online Some vineyards in Sark have been sabotaged. Support wires – some up to 200 yards long – have been cut and repairs will take up to six months. The cost is estimated at tens of thousands of pounds. Kevin Del

Indigenous vs. multinationals in Mexico wind power

Published on 2012-11-04 06:46:38

Cross Posted from Daily Herald Mexico is putting up wind power turbines at a breakneck pace and the expansion is pitting energy companies against the Indians who live in one of the windiest spots in the world. The country is posting one of the world

Hey I just met you, and this is crazy… we’re all locked down, so please don’t taze me*

Published on 2012-11-03 10:19:35

Reflections from the EF! coal plant blockade during the Tampa RNC 2012 [*TECO blockader-modified version of Carly Rae Jepsen's radio hit, as quoted in Tampa Bay Times] by panagioti, EF! Journal collective As the orgy of public relations nightmares fo

Mass Campaign Halts Arctic Surveying

Published on 2012-11-02 14:24:21

Cross Posted from ClickGreen Science Minister David Willetts has ordered plans to wind down the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) to be shelved following a storm of protest. The proposed merger between the world-renowned centre for polar research and th

Hydroelectric Protests Rock India

Published on 2012-11-02 14:22:16

Cross Posted from The Hindu The alleged demolition of a portion of the nearly 150-year-old “Sir Arthur Cotton anicut” by the technical crew of a private firm for the upcoming 24 MW hydro power project across the Godavari at Dummugudem on Wednesda

Barricades Built as Longest Power Plant Occupation Continues

Published on 2012-11-02 14:19:29

Cross Posted from Workshop Guardian POLICING the on-going protest at West Burton Power Station could end up costing the taxpayer heavily – say officers. Climate change protesters scaled the chimneys of the gas-fired power station to shut down t

Ningbo Protests Victorious!

Published on 2012-11-02 14:16:19

Cross Posted from WSWS Authorities in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo announced the suspension of a planned $US8.9 billion petrochemical plant expansion on Sunday, after three days of protests by thousands of residents concerned about the health a

Update from Earth First! Journal: New issue and Northeast mini-tour

Published on 2012-11-01 23:05:36

Mark your calendars! A member of the Earth First! Journal editorial collective will be traveling in the Northeast this month, surrounding the Boston Anarchist Book Fair. Please spread the word to anyone you know in these areas. The events will be a c

Obama’s real birth certificate found in Earth First! Journal office…

Published on 2012-11-01 21:28:20

Yeah, that’s right, we caught Donald Trump snooping around in our stuff, again. He claims he found the certificate hiding under Uncle Ted’s crusty ol’ tighty-whitees that we won in the government auction last year, but never got aro

Review: Imperiled Life, by Javier Sethness-Castro

Published on 2012-11-01 20:34:56

Revolutionary Tradition Against Climate Collaborators By Sasha Picking up Imperiled Life by Javier Sethness-Castro, I felt the urgency of the work immediately. Illustrated with profound, gorgeous art by the fabulous Just Seeds Collective, the work mo

Review: scott crow’s Black Flags and Windmills

Published on 2012-11-01 18:52:47

Hope, Anarchy, and the Common Ground Collective: An Epic Tale Past the Point of No-Return by Sasha When I began reading Black Flags and Windmills (PM Press 2011), by scott crow, my imagination was sparked by the power of scott crow’s commitment to

Canada: Movement Against Tar Sands on the Rise

Published on 2012-11-01 12:59:10

By Roger Annis / Green Left

Tar Sands Blockade Lines Cut, Tree Sitter Literally out on a Limb

Published on 2012-11-01 03:36:10

***UPDATE THURSDAY 11/1/12 12:30PM – Pika managed to come down late last night around 2am. She had no food or water and her warm clothes had been cut down as well. She was arrested upon descent and is now facing a similar set of charges as Lauren:

New Blockade, Green Party Candidate Gets Popped

Published on 2012-10-31 12:25:14

In Winnsboro, Texas, the Green Party candidate for President, Dr. Jill Stein, has been arrested, taken to Wood County Jail, and is awaiting processing. The freelance reporter has been released from detainment without arrest or charge. A statement fro

Grand Jury Fishing Expedition Widens in the Pacific Northwest

Published on 2012-10-30 22:46:23

Cross Posted from AnarchistNews.org “On October 25th, the day before my 23rd birthday, two FBI agents wearing ill-fitting khakis and too much gel in their hair, served me a subpoena for 9am on November 7th. I knew my fate right away: 18 months in SeaTac Federal Detention Center. Matt, Kteeo and Leah have all been [...]

Chinese Environmental Protest a Sign of Things to Come?

Published on 2012-10-30 19:52:05

Cross Posted from Gather On Monday October 29, Bloomberg reported that hundreds of Chinese citizens marched through the coastal city of Ningbo to protest the local government’s plan to expand a petrochemical plant. The expansion was planned to have cost $8.9 billion, with all the operations conducted by a subsidiary of the state-run oil corporation Sinopec, before [...]

No Dash for Cash Occupies Gas-Fired Power Plant

Published on 2012-10-30 19:49:21

Cross Posted from The Guardian Climate change protesters perched 91m (300ft) up two power station towers have repeated promises to stay for as long as possible, in spite of derisive criticism from the local Labour MP and police estimates that local taxpayers could be hit for £200,000 costs. The two occupying groups from No Dash for [...]

Tim DeChristopher Released to a Halfway House

Published on 2012-10-30 09:58:57

Tim DeChristopher has safely arrived at a halfway house in Salt Lake City, UT where he will serve out the remainder of his two year sentence. Contrary to recent media reports, DeChristopher has not been “released” and remains an inmate of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) until April 21, 2013. As a federal inmate, DeChristopher [...]

For the Next Seven Generations Trailer

Published on 2012-10-29 21:38:02

In 2004, thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers from all four corners, moved by their concern for our planet, came together at a historic gathering, where they decided to form an alliance: The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers. This is their story. Four years in-the-making and shot on location in the Amazon rainforest, the mountains of Mexico, [...]

ExxonMobile Executive Assassinated in the Streets of Brussels

Published on 2012-10-29 14:18:15

from NBC News Police in Belgium are investigating the murder of a British oil executive who was shot and killed in front of his wife in Brussels in mid-October. Nicholas Mockford, a 59-year-old executive for ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil company, was shot dead on Oct. 14 as he left a restaurant in Neder-over-Heembeek in [...]

In Hurricane Sandy’s Fury, The Fingerprint Of Climate Change

Published on 2012-10-29 14:15:11

Cross Posted from Huffington Post Federal disaster declarations are up, the pamphlet declared. Average winter storm losses have doubled since the 1980s. Thunderstorms last year caused over $25 billion in damages, more than double the previous record. “That flier was astonishing,” said Tidwell. “I couldn’t remember ever getting anything like that before.” The implication was [...]

Dispatches from the Tar Sands Blockades

Published on 2012-10-29 10:58:29

Cross Posted from Tar Sands Blockade Here are two updates from blockaders in East Texas resisting the tar sands pipeline. We will keep you posted as events proceed. Below is a diary excerpt from Cat Ripley, whojoined the tree blockade several days ago. Here is their story from the trees: Sitting in a tree all day brings [...]

Anti-Coal Protests Continue in New Zealand

Published on 2012-10-29 09:02:25

Cross Posted from TVNZ Campaigners are protesting outside the environment court in Christchurch as a legal bid to stop coal mining on the West Coast’s Denniston Plateau has got underway. The coalmining debate has gotten louder today with the start of a four-week Environment Court hearing over a proposed opencast mine that would be New Zealand’s second [...]

Penan Blockade Remains Strong Against Murum Dam

Published on 2012-10-29 08:59:40

Cross Posted from Free Malaysia Today A local NGO has slammed Assistant Minister of Culture and Heritage Liwan Lagang for lying to Senior Minister-cum-Land Development Minister James Masing on the situation with the Penans who were protesting the Murum Dam construction. Liwan had apparently told Masing that the protesting Penans have agreed to dismantle the [...]

Tasmania: Ongoing Forestry Protests Marked by Fatigue

Published on 2012-10-29 08:44:52

Cross Posted from ABC Only 10 people turned out for the first protest since peace talks fell over last week. The Huon Valley Environment Centre targetted timber veneer processor Ta Ann in Hobart this morning claiming it misleads its Japanese customers about timber sources. The centre’s Jenny Webber says old growth ecosystems have been lost [...]

Chinese Protests Over Chemical Factory Reflect Government Mistrust

Published on 2012-10-29 08:37:11

Cross Posted from Seattle Times By GILLIAN WONG After three days of protests by thousands of citizens over pollution fears, a local Chinese government relented and agreed that a petrochemical factory would not be expanded, only to see the protests persist. The standoff in the prosperous city of Ningbo has highlighted the deep mistrust between people [...]

Radicals push past old-school activism to oppose shale drilling

Published on 2012-10-28 14:47:44

Cross Posted from E&E News By Ellen M. Gilmer Cusi Ballew is willing to die to stop drilling. He’s climbing a dozen feet above the soggy ground this September afternoon for practice. When the time comes, he’ll climb even higher and dare authorities to cut the ropes. A couple of slits could send him plunging 60 [...]

New wave of pipeline activism flirts with the law

Published on 2012-10-26 15:49:22

Cross Posted from Metro News It was billed as one of the biggest acts of civil disobedience in Canadian history. As thousands of peaceful protesters took to the Legislature lawn in Victoria Monday to voice their opposition to Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline and the oil tanker traffic that would result from it, hundreds [...]

New wave of pipeline activism flirts with the law

Published on 2012-10-26 15:49:22

PA turns lights out to protest proposed power lines

Published on 2012-10-26 15:37:13

Homes in Clifton, Big Bass Lake, Thornhurst and surrounding areas will turn their lights off this evening to show their opposition to proposed power lines being built on their properties. Part of a weekend of protesting PPL’s plans to build 57 miles of power lines through parts of Luzerne, Lackawanna and Wayne counties, groups of [...]

PA turns lights out to protest proposed power lines

Published on 2012-10-26 15:37:13

Updates from Michigan Fracking Protest

Published on 2012-10-25 20:31:17

Prosecutor caves to pressure and drops the felony charges. Everyone is now out without bail! [Read original story about their action here] 15 people left the Mineral Rights Auction protest at the Lansing Center yesterday and headed to the office of Stuart Dunnings, the Ingham County prosecutor. Although he refused to process our friends yesterday [...]

Updates from Michigan Fracking Protest

Published on 2012-10-25 20:31:17

Wild Idaho Rising Tide Monitors MegaLoad, Raises Objections

Published on 2012-10-25 11:35:56

Cross Posted from WildIdahoRisingTide.org On Wednesday, October 17, the Idaho Transportation Department issued a permit to Omega Morgan Inc. to haul a water treatment vessel of unknown ownership up U.S. Highway 12 between 10 pm and 5:30 am on Monday night, October 22, through Thursday night, October 25. At 300 feet, this longest overlegal load to [...]

Wild Idaho Rising Tide Monitors MegaLoad, Raises Objections

Published on 2012-10-25 11:35:56

VIDEO: Solidarity from the Pacific Coast of Canada to the Gulf Coast of Texas

Published on 2012-10-25 10:50:03

Cross Posted from TarSandsBlockade.org Today, Defend Our Coast events marked the largest act of non-violent civil disobedience to stop tar sands pipelines and tankers that Canada has ever seen. Communities across BC linked arms to symbolize the unbroken wall of opposition to tar sands tankers and proposed pipelines, like Enbridge’s Northern Gateway and Kinder Morgan’s TransMountain, and [...]

VIDEO: Solidarity from the Pacific Coast of Canada to the Gulf Coast of Texas

Published on 2012-10-25 10:50:03

Gulf Coast Oilfield Wife, Mother of 6, Cherri Foytlin Chains Self to Keystone XL Pipeyard Gate

Published on 2012-10-25 00:01:16

Cross Posted from TarSandsBlockade.org UPDATE 4:30PM – Cherri has been released from jail on a $2,500 bail Demonstrate your support for Cherri for defending our coasts with a donation to her bail fund. UPDATE 3:30PM – Cherri’s Bail is set at $2,500. We expect her out within an hour. She’s being charged with Class A Misdemeanor Criminal [...]

Gulf Coast Oilfield Wife, Mother of 6, Cherri Foytlin Chains Self to Keystone XL Pipeyard Gate

Published on 2012-10-25 00:01:16

5 Charged with Felonies in Michigan Fracking Protest, Bail Needed

Published on 2012-10-24 15:32:18

Today, October 24, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in Michigan held another Mineral Rights Auction. The DNR is currently auctioning off 196,000 acres of land in Michigan. This auction is one of the first steps toward Horizontal Hydrolic Fracturing in Michigan. Similar to the last DNR auction in May of this year, today’s event [...]

5 Charged with Felonies in Michigan Fracking Protest, Bail Needed

Published on 2012-10-24 15:32:18

Chinese villagers clash with police in protests over environmental issues

Published on 2012-10-24 14:37:50

Cross Posted from The Washington Post An environmental protest in a small fishing town in southern China has turned into a protracted, violent nine-day clash between villagers and police, with stones thrown, tear gas deployed, and dozens injured and arrested, witnesses said Monday. The confrontation is just the latest in recent years, as citizens have [...]

Chinese villagers clash with police in protests over environmental issues

Published on 2012-10-24 14:37:50

Activists Unfurl Banner Over ‘Peabody + United Way’ Billboard

Published on 2012-10-23 16:16:22

The banner drop marks the beginning of the “Post-Peabody St. Louis” week of action, during which activists and community members will target institutions around the city that enable Peabody Coal to continue their business of causing global warming, contributing to St. Louis’ high asthma rates, stealing tax dollars from St. Louis public schools, and withholding [...]

Activists Unfurl Banner Over ‘Peabody + United Way’ Billboard

Published on 2012-10-23 16:16:22

Indigenous Communities Rise Up in Mexico

Published on 2012-10-23 15:02:28

Cross Posted from Frontera NorteSur For the second time in less than two years, an indigenous community in the southwestern Mexican state of Michoacán has erected barricades and seized control of security matters. Located in the Purépecha highlands of the Pacific coast state, the small community of Urapicho in Paracho municipality has been under the [...]

Indigenous Communities Rise Up in Mexico

Published on 2012-10-23 15:02:28

14 Activists Arrested Protesting Coal in South Africa

Published on 2012-10-23 14:00:28

Fourteen activists including groundWork‘s Bobby Peek, Earthlife’s Makoma Lekalakala and Greenpeace Africa‘s Melita Steele have been arrested while protesting at the Eskom megawatt park. Today, three campaigning organizations joined forces to put South Africa’s energy utility, Eskom, under “new management.” Activists confronted the utility to publicly highlight that Eskom has failed to deliver clean, affordable, [...]

Croatan Earth First! Locks Down Against Fracking

Published on 2012-10-23 12:34:33

Seven members of Croatan Earth First! and participants from our Piedmont Direct Action Camp locked together today, barricading the front of North Carolina’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) building in downtown Raleigh. Providing physical, active resistance against fracking in North Carolina, CEF! has chosen DENR for an action as they are responsible for [...]

Dana Lyons’ Great Coal Tour Makes a Stop in Rising Tide Country

Published on 2012-10-22 08:15:38

Cross Posted from Wild Idaho Rising Tide Facebook Page On Friday evening, October 19, performer and environmental educator Dana Lyons of Bellingham, Washington, brought his Great Coal Train Tour to Moscow. Best known for his comedy hit song Cows with Guns, Dana has recorded eight albums during his lifetime artistic career, working around the world [...]

Dana Lyons’ Great Coal Tour Makes a Stop in Rising Tide Country

Published on 2012-10-22 08:15:38

On Friday evening, October 19, performer and environmental educator Dana Lyons of Bellingham, Washington, brought his Great Coal Train Tour to Moscow. Best known for his comedy hit song Cows with Guns, Dana has recorded eight albums during his lifetime artistic career, working around the world to raise awareness, activism, and funds for environmental and [...]

Manifesting Deliciousness for the Environment

Published on 2012-10-21 23:11:24

Cross Posted from CBA Soup lovers packed Toronto’s Woodbine Park on Sunday in a culinary protest against a proposed mega-quarry planned for a site just north of the city. The one-day event called Soupstock featured over 200 chefs serving soups to raise awareness about what organizers call the negative environmental impact a quarry could have. Anti-quarry advocates [...]

Manifesting Deliciousness for the Environment

Published on 2012-10-21 23:11:24

Environmental Justice Advocates Rally Against MegaInfrastructure Project in Long Beach

Published on 2012-10-21 23:08:43

Cross Posted from Contra Costa Times In the latest confrontation over a proposed railyard on Long Beach’s western border, more than 100 people rallied to oppose the project Thursday night before a public hearing. As the 6 p.m. hearing being held by Port of Los Angeles officials got under way, the crowd filled the room [...]

Environmental Justice Rally Against MegaInfrastructure Project in Long Beach

Published on 2012-10-21 23:08:43

In the latest confrontation over a proposed railyard on Long Beach’s western border, more than 100 people rallied to oppose the project Thursday night before a public hearing. As the 6 p.m. hearing being held by Port of Los Angeles officials got under way, the crowd filled the room to give written comments on the [...]

Thousands of Protesters to Demonstrate Against Northern Gateway Tar Sands Pipeline

Published on 2012-10-21 23:05:29

Cross Posted from Canadian Press VICTORIA _ Opponents of the Northern Gateway pipeline gathered Sunday for a protest school of sorts, in preparation for what they hope will be a massive show of environmental force on Monday. An estimated 300 protesters, who organizers say are willing to risk arrest, attended the day-long protest boot camp [...]

Thousands of Protesters to Demonstrate Against Northern Gateway Tar Sands Pipeline

Published on 2012-10-21 23:05:29

Protesters, police clash in Greece over gold mine

Published on 2012-10-21 23:01:25

Cross Posted from Huffington Post THESSALONIKI, Greece — Hundreds of protesters have battled riot police for hours over plans for a gold mine in northern Greece’s Halkidiki peninsula. Police say one policeman and three protesters were hurt, while 21 protesters have been detained. The protesters have now withdrawn. This is not the first clash over the [...]

Protesters, police clash in Greece over gold mine

Published on 2012-10-21 23:01:25

After Summer of Solidarity, Eco-Activists Building Autumn of Unity

Published on 2012-10-21 00:33:30

Cross Posted from Dissident Voice By Peter Rugh A hard rain was falling on Monday night as Occupy the Pipeline activists spread out along New York’s Hudson River Park, in front of the site where workers in orange day-glow vests have been laboring around the clock on the New Jersey-New York Expansion Project. Known colloquially by [...]

After Summer of Solidarity, Eco-Activists Building Autumn of Unity

Published on 2012-10-21 00:33:30

Stand With the ACFN to Stop Pipelines At the Source

Published on 2012-10-21 00:21:04

Cross Posted from It’s Getting Hot in Here Any fight against the pipelines and tanker projects in BC must be rooted at stopping them at the source—the Alberta Tar Sands. On Tuesday, October 23rd we will be standing with the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) as they challenge Shell’s proposed expansion of the Jackpine Mine. They [...]

Stand With the ACFN to Stop Pipelines At the Source

Published on 2012-10-21 00:21:04

Canadians Present Trees Against Highways

Published on 2012-10-21 00:18:40

Cross Posted From CBC A protest at Charlottetown’s province house that included symbolic gifts of hemlocks trees turned nasty for MLAs on Friday. The demonstration was designed to be a statement about the realignment of the Trans-Canada Highway between Bonshaw and New Haven. The protesters say the new highway is unnecessary and harmful to the [...]

Canadians Present Trees Against Highways

Published on 2012-10-21 00:18:40

Banner Drop Against Coal Seam Gas in Australia

Published on 2012-10-21 00:15:57

Cross Posted from Brisbane Times Protesters opposing coal seam gas production in Queensland have taken to Brisbane’s Kangaroo Point cliffs have their message heard – and seen. As part of the protest involving the Lock the Gate Alliance and environmental groups, seven giant banners with anti-CSG messages were attached to the cliff face. Lock the [...]

Banner Drop Against Coal Seam Gas in Australia

Published on 2012-10-21 00:15:57

One Grand Jury Resister Freed, Two More Still Need Support!

Published on 2012-10-19 19:36:44

Cross Posted from Free Leah First and foremost, do not panic. Leah wanted for us to express these points to you with this news: She is extremely traumatized and experienced a lot of very, very bad things, but she is alive. The state of her mental health is also very bad. She asks that people do not [...]

One Grand Jury Resister Freed, Two More Still Need Support!

Published on 2012-10-19 19:36:44

Road to new biotech development in Florida stopped

Published on 2012-10-18 21:08:02

Last month, activists with the Everglades Earth First! group joined forces with residents of Limestone Creek, a historic Black community, near the city of Jupiter. This week the alliance succeeded in defeating a plan related to Scripps Biotech in Palm Beach County. Following a County Commission hearing on Tuesday, the road proposed by Hawkeye Jupiter [...]

Road to new biotech development in Florida stopped

Published on 2012-10-18 21:08:02

Earth First! Journalist popped at Tar Sands Blockade

Published on 2012-10-18 12:59:50

[Yeah, that's right. We EF! Journalistas occasionally escape the doldrums of office life and get out to the woods to raise some hell. The following is a first hand account, re-posted from TarSandsBlockade.org] One Blockader’s Story (Day 25) Monday’s early morning hike into the site of the tree blockade allowed me to see the lush [...]

TransCanada’s Police Abuse Peaceful Blockader – A First Hand Account of the Arrest (Day 24)

Published on 2012-10-17 13:40:22

Cross Posted from Tar Sands Blockade.org Monday I was arrested at the site of Tar Sands Blockade’s tree blockade in Winnsboro, TX. Though some people attend an action of that size with the intention of being arrested, whether to stop construction activities or to create media attention, I personally never intended to land myself in [...]

Update from the Tejas Tar Sands Blockade: Fresh Recruits, More Arrests Begin Week Four in Texas Tar Sands Blockade

Published on 2012-10-16 14:28:07

The following is an excellent report on yesterday’s events by Truthout reported, Candice Bernd. By Candice Bernd, Truthout | Report As the Texas tar sands tree-sit enters its fourth week, activists re-enter the tree village to supply and defend members of the Tar Sands Blockade. The arrests continue. Winnsboro, Tex. – More than 50 blockaders tried to re-enter [...]

Thousands Protest Coal Seam Gas in Australia

Published on 2012-10-16 14:26:07

Cross Posted from Sydney Morning Herald Thousands of people have protested in New South Wales against coal seam gas mining. The two largest protests were in Sydney and the north coast town of Murwillumbah. The rallies are part of a national week of action against coal and coal seam gas and have been organised by [...]

Crazy in Dimrock: Fracking Resistance Gets to “Occupy the Pipeline”

Published on 2012-10-16 14:22:54

Cross Posted from Citizens Voice People opposed to fracking for natural gas protested Monday against the infrastructure used to bring the gas to market. About two dozen people from as far away as Ithaca, N.Y., and Bloomsburg gathered in front of PVR Partners’ natural gas dehydration station on Route 309 across from the former Beaumont [...]

First Nations and Allies Protest Gateway Pipeline Hearing

Published on 2012-10-16 14:18:24

Cross Posted from The Vancouver SunA small group of protesters greeted the environmental review panel weighing the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline Tuesday as the hearings returned to British Columbia where the pipeline proponent will face cross-examination about its plans. Members of the local Carrier Sekani First Nation and conservationists held signs telling Enbridge to go [...]

Protesters Take to the Seas to Protest Fish Farms

Published on 2012-10-16 14:16:10

Opponents of new salmon farms in the Marlborough Sounds deployed their own patrol vessels in a protest flotilla today. Guardians of the Sounds chairman Peter Beech said people wanted to show their opposition to King Salmon’s application to build nine more fish farms in the Marlborough Sounds with a peaceful demonstration. The group did not [...]

WTF: Shell Oil is Suing Greenpeace

Published on 2012-10-16 14:13:54

Cross Posted from Commercial Appeal.com Royal Dutch Shell PLC is suing Greenpeace International in an attempt to have the environmental organization banned from holding any protest within 500 meters of any Shell property, or face a 1 million euros ($1.3 million) fine. The suit being argued at Amsterdam’s District Court Friday shows Shell aggressively taking [...]

Lock Downs and Blockades at Tar Sands Tree Sit

Published on 2012-10-15 16:41:35

Cross Posted from Tar Sands Blockade.org Following a weekend of nonviolent civil disobedience training in North Texas by Tar Sands Blockade, dozens of protesters and supporters are rallying today at the site of the largest and longest tree sit in Texas history to stage the largest walk-on site protest and civil disobedience in the history [...]

Support Grand Jury Resisters!

Published on 2012-10-12 12:45:33

Cross Posted from CAPR Leah -Lynn Plante was imprisoned at SeaTac Federal Detention Center yesterday by Judge Richard Jones for refusing to comply with a grand jury investigation. She will be in there for an indefinite length of time, potentially up to March of 2014. Now is the time for solidarity! Hold a fundraiser, a [...]

Increased Action in Texas, Slowing the Keystone Pipeline

Published on 2012-10-12 01:36:18

TransCanada is fully committed to the construction of the 1,897-km (1,179-mile) Keystone XL Pipeline from Hardisty, Alberta to Steele City, Nebraska. We will re-apply for a Presidential Permit and expect a new application to be processed in an expedited manner, making use of the exhaustive record compiled over the past three plus years of regulatory [...]

Long Walk to Freedom

Published on 2012-10-10 16:39:58

I’m laying down in an open field in East Texas, staring upwards and reflecting. Small groups of stars peek out from the increasingly puffy clouds, signaling morning rain. My nostrils fill with slight scents of dandelion, horse mint, pennyroyal and cow shit. The only sound is the wind and an occasional cow. Cars only pass [...]

Long Walk to Freedom

Published on 2012-10-10 16:39:58

Citizens Reach Landmark Settlement in Major Water Pollution Case

Published on 2012-10-10 00:09:53

Frankfort, Kentucky – With a goal of restoring water quality and protecting public health from the impacts of coal mining in eastern Kentucky, a coalition of public interest groups and citizens today filed in Franklin County Circuit Court a historic settlement with International Coal Group, Inc. (ICG) and the state Energy and Environment Cabinet over [...]

Citizens Reach Landmark Settlement in Major Water Pollution Case

Published on 2012-10-10 00:09:53

East Texas Tar Sands Action Camp Coming Up, Daryl Hannah Approved!?

Published on 2012-10-07 14:53:55

Tar Sands Action Camp, Oct 12 – 14 Join the fight to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline Actress and activist Daryl Hannah was arrested Yesterday alongside East Texas farmer, Eleanor Fairchild while defending her farm from the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Daryl’s involvement in the Fairchild Farms story brought a lot of attention when [...]

East Texas Tar Sands Action Camp Coming Up, Daryl Hannah Approved!?

Published on 2012-10-07 14:53:55

Large Predators Moving to the City: Urban Coyotes on the Rise

Published on 2012-10-06 11:34:01

The world is undergoing the largest wave of urban growth in history. In 2008, for the first time in history, more than half of the world’s human population will be living in towns and cities. Many new Urbanites have long, furry muzzles, piercing, yellow eyes and are very, very wily. They’re coyotes. Until recently, scientists [...]

Large Predators Moving to the City: Urban Coyotes on the Rise

Published on 2012-10-06 11:34:01

Swedish Forest Occupation Declares Temporary Victory

Published on 2012-10-05 19:31:29

Cross Posted from Eye on the Arctic and Ecological Internet Environmental activists have been celebrating a victory on Gotland Island, off the coast of southeast Sweden, as tree felling machinery remained idle on Saturday evening. “It was a smart and brave decision,” field biologist Alva Snis Sigtryggsson told Swedish news agency TT. “It feels like a [...]

Swedish Forest Occupation Declares Temporary Victory

Published on 2012-10-05 19:31:29

Gateway Project Faces Major Obstacles Ahead

Published on 2012-10-05 19:25:48

Below is an article published in a mainstream newspaper called the Globe and Mail about the apparent demise of the much maligned Gateway pipeline, proposed to carry Tar Sands oil from Alberta Canada all the way to the Pacific coast, slashing through First Nations’ lands, ecological preserves, and small farms. Direct action campaigns of road [...]

Gateway Project Faces Major Obstacles Ahead

Published on 2012-10-05 19:25:48

Hudson Valley Earth First! Continue to Resist Fracking in New York

Published on 2012-10-05 12:13:41

Residents in western Orange County began fighting the project over a year ago, and have taken every legal step possible. FERC (the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) approved the project with a 3 to 2 vote, unprecedented in their history as a rubber stamping revolving door for industry. The split decision was the result of an [...]

Hudson Valley Earth First! Continue to Resist Fracking in New York

Published on 2012-10-05 12:13:41

Unusual Dallas Earthquakes Linked to Fracking, Expert Says

Published on 2012-10-04 09:49:17

By Eli MacKinnon, Life’s Little Mysteries Staff Writer | LiveScience.com Three unusual earthquakes that shook a suburb west of Dallas over the weekend appear to be connected to the past disposal of wastewater from local hydraulic fracturing operations, a geophysicist who has studied earthquakes in the region says. Preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Survey [...]

Unusual Dallas Earthquakes Linked to Fracking, Expert Says

Published on 2012-10-04 09:49:17

Rally to Shut Down Injection Wells at Ohio Courthouse

Published on 2012-10-03 23:41:11

Appalachia Resist! announces an Action Camp, November 2-4 in Athens county Today, over 80 people gathered outside the Athens County Courthouse to show support for the legal case of Madeline ffitch, and to demand that the Hazel Ginsberg Injection Well be shut down, a well that has a long history of violations. Protestors presented a [...]

Rally to Shut Down Injection Wells at Ohio Courthouse

Published on 2012-10-03 23:41:11

Florida’s Largest, Rarest Bat Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection

Published on 2012-10-03 15:32:57

Florida bonneted bat…so adorable, right? Once Common in South Florida; Fewer Than 300 Believed Left in Wild ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed Endangered Species Act protection for the Florida bonneted bat, the largest, rarest bat in the state. The decision is part of a historic settlement agreement signed with [...]

Florida’s Largest, Rarest Bat Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection

Published on 2012-10-03 15:32:57

Filthy War Machine: US Military Industrial Complex, World’s Worst Polluter

Published on 2012-10-02 17:34:15

The United States Military, the Pentagon. Most fossil fuel burned, most greenhouse gases released, biggest source of Mercury released into the environment, biggest source of radiological (Uranium, Plutonium) releases and the biggest amount of HAZMAT materials released into rivers, lakes, oceans and the environment and the biggest discarder of medical waste pollution — worldwide. Retired [...]

Arizona Ski-Resort Will Pump Sewage Snow on Sacred Mountain

Published on 2012-10-01 17:27:56

by LESLIE MACMILLAN / New York Times FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Klee Benally, a member of the Navajo tribe, has gone to the mountains just north of here to pray, and he has gone to get arrested. He has chained himself to excavators; he has faced down bulldozers. For 10 years, the soft-spoken activist has fought [...]

Love and Rebellion in the East Texas Woods

Published on 2012-10-01 17:15:59

I’m writing to ya’ll from a safe space nearby the Tar Sands Blockade in rural east Texas. Early this week, heeding the call of friends and comrades already on site, we assembled a crew of Earth First!ers from the Northeast US and made the 30+ hour drive to the site to provide crucial reinforcement. The [...]

Revealed: Army scientists secretly sprayed St Louis with ‘radioactive’ particles for YEARS to test chemical warfare technology

Published on 2012-10-01 16:54:21

By Emily Anne Epstein The United States Military conducted top secret experiments on the citizens of St. Louis, Missouri, for years, exposing them to radioactive compounds, a researcher has claimed. While it was known that the government sprayed ‘harmless’ zinc cadmium silfide particles over the general population in St Louis, Professor Lisa Martino-Taylor, a sociologist [...]

Earth First! goes Viral? Isn’t there an ointment for that?

Published on 2012-10-01 15:58:08

Dearest Earth First! Newswire reader, In September, the Earth First! Newswire–which is only 2 years old–reached over a half a million views! And we’re pretty damned happy to get all these wild and inspiring news items–from the blockades against the Keystone XL pipeline in Texas to fracking rig occupations in the Northeast, and the victorious [...]

Supreme Court Upholds Roadless Rule

Published on 2012-10-01 13:39:59

Cross Posted from Oregon Live The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away an appeal challenging a federal rule that bars development on 50 million acres of roadless areas in national forests. The justices said Monday they will leave in place a federal appeals court decision that upheld the so-called roadless rule that took effect late [...]

“Never Repentant, Never Forgotten” Il Silvestre 3 Released from Swiss Prison

Published on 2012-09-29 12:24:03

The website 325.nostate.net posted a translated announcement yesterday, Sept 28, that the last of three Italian eco-anarchist prisoners, Costa Ragusa, was released from prison in Switzerland, Like Billy and Silva, the other two in the Il Silvestre case, the announcement read that they remained “Never repentant – Never forgotten!” The three had been sentenced for [...]

Video: New documentary about former Eco-Prisoner Jonathan Paul

Published on 2012-09-29 11:05:53

Video: Resisting Shell’s plan to frack Sacred Headwaters in British Colombia

Published on 2012-09-29 09:17:47

In a remote part of northwestern British Columbia lies the Sacred Headwaters. It’s where three important wild salmon rivers originate – the Skeena, Nass and Stikine. First Nations and local communities depend on the vitality of the Headwaters for their livelihoods. And yet, this is a paradise in peril. Shell plans to frack for coalbed [...]

From the Woods: Tar Sands blockade update

Published on 2012-09-28 17:52:29

From the woods: I’m currently part of a team of awesome friends roving through the woods of east Texas as part of the Tar Sands Blockade (TSB). This is an epic fight to defend Texans’ homes and land against the clearcutting and pollution caused by the building of the massive Keystone XL pipeline. The media [...]

Audubon Society sticks nose deeper up ass of GOP

Published on 2012-09-28 15:29:13

Spineless eco-lobbyists and right-wing bureaucrats unite against ‘extremists” The National Audubon and many of the state groups have long been a lobbying force in favor of compromise-induced industrial pillage (Think: Eric Draper). Today, they’re stepping it up a notch. In a statement entitled “Audubon and GOP ConservAmerica launch campaign to bridge partisan divide on environment [...]

Armed Struggle for the Redwoods

Published on 2012-09-28 14:52:32

A belated review of The Big Trees by panagioti, for the Earth First! Newswire If you like the idea of blowing up dams, burning down court houses, and standing side-by-side with Quakers in a reluctant armed revolt against the corrupt logging industry—and you can tolerate a tacky romance—you might wanna watch this 1952 film, The [...]

San Carlos Apache Make Annual Sacred Run Up Mount Graham

Published on 2012-09-28 12:09:03

by Lee Allen / Indian Country Today The annual weeklong San Carlos Apache Mount Graham Sacred Run—up from the Arizona desert reservation to the spirit people living on a mountain top more than 100 miles away—has entered its third decade. As he greeted dozens of tired trekkers of all ages at the end of the [...]

Statement from Tim DeChristopher Regarding Decision on Appeal

Published on 2012-09-28 11:06:05

Cross Posted from Peaceful Uprising “After nearly four years in the criminal justice system and 14 months in prison, I have decided not to continue my appeal through the federal court system. I greatly appreciate the pro bono efforts of Ron Yengich, Liz Hunt and Pat Shea, who have defended me in the courts and articulated the [...]

30-Day Canoe Flotilla Against Mining in the North Woods Begins

Published on 2012-09-27 17:25:11

Set to culminate in a march and rally in St. Paul, Minnesota October 22 Now entering its second week, the Precious Waters Flotilla is a 30-day canoe trip from the Polymet Mine Site to the St. Paul Capitol to raise awareness about the proposed sulfide mines in Northeastern Minnesota. Copper/Nickel Sulfide Mining is a looming [...]

Forget Columbus Day: Decolonize the New World 2012!

Published on 2012-09-27 16:55:57

West Coast Anti-Colonial, Anti-Capitalist Convergence calls for Day of Action Against All North American Embassies On October 5th, 2012 we are calling for a global day of action against the Mexican, US, and Canadian consulates and embassies worldwide. We are not recommending any particular actions; instead we are calling for as many people as possible [...]

When Big Oil Attacks

Published on 2012-09-27 14:38:52

Tuesday afternoon in East Texas, after police brutally tortured two protesters locked to a backhoe and workers resumed destruction of the forest, members of the Tar Sands Blockade, determined not to be deterred by violence, moved in to try and stop work again. One activist sat down in front of a feller buncher, a hideous [...]

The Earth First! Death Cult? It does have a nice ring to it!

Published on 2012-09-26 16:39:39

Did you ever stop to consider that the wild and hairy anarchists of the Earth First! Movement are really just a bunch of death cult Illuminati in cahoots with big government, Time magazine, the Shriners and um, aliens and lizard people and shit? Yeah, we didn’t either.

More Jobs on a Dead Planet?

Published on 2012-09-26 13:24:44

Bummer Reports of Pro-Industry “Protest” Around the World As the Earth shows ever-increasing, irrefutable signs of overlapping global crises in biodiversity loss, climate change and human cancer rates, the work-vs-ecology debate continues to distract good people around the world and fuel the industrial death cult (what most politicians casually refer to as “the economy”). For [...]

Texas Tar Sands Blockade Continues Despite Police Torture

Published on 2012-09-26 11:45:48

Despite summer being over, things continue to heat up in Texas for the Tar Sands Blockade as we enter day 3 of the tree-sit. On Monday, 8 people took to the trees to defend the land from clear-cutting that would allow for continued construction of the pipeline. And yesterday, two ground-dwelling allies locked themselves to [...]

Community defeats giant cement company in Mexico

Published on 2012-09-25 15:36:46

CEMEX cannot burn more waste in the state of Hidalgo In a statement released yesterday by GAIA, the Huichapan community, in the central México’s state of Hidalgo, has achieved a historic victory, after 6 months of protests and legal actions that drove to the closure of the plant of Proambiente company, a subsidiary of Cementos [...]

People Lock Themselves to Keystone XL Machinery to Defend Tree Village

Published on 2012-09-25 13:48:58

DATELINE WINNSBORO, TX — This morning two Texas-born Tar Sands Blockaders have locked themselves to a critical piece of equipment for TransCanada’s Keystone XL construction in order to protect a massive tree village in the direct path of the toxic tar sands pipeline. The village, where eight tree sitters remain in vigil, is on property [...]

Sunrise Intervention at Gas Industry Convention

Published on 2012-09-24 23:23:47

It was 7:00 am, the last day of the Marcellus Shale Coalition’s annual convention in Philadelphia, when a group of 40 or so people gathered to meet the gas industry face to face. “We just wanted to see what they had to say for themselves” said one of the protesters. It turned out the industry [...]

Get Your Ass Out to Texas and Fight the Tar Sands Pipeline!

Published on 2012-09-24 18:59:21

[The following is an excerpt from a letter to friends, family and allies written by a scout working with a group of Earth First! folks in the woods of east Texas. They are calling on you to join them ASAP in a full time direct action camp that is growing as you read this. To [...]

Tar Sands Blockade begins 8-person tree sit

Published on 2012-09-24 10:07:43

Re-posted from http://tarsandsblockade.org/tree-sit-launch/ Eightpeople climbed 80 feet into trees in the path of Keystone XL construction, and pledged not to come down until the pipeline is stopped for good. Construction cannot proceed until tree-sitters descend and TransCanada clear-cuts through hundreds of trees to make way for the toxic tar sands pipeline. The blockade is carefully [...]

Riots Shut down iPhone Factory in China

Published on 2012-09-24 08:30:11

[EF! News note: We view this story as part of the ongoing crisis of industrial society that is unraveling in China. Riots like this don't happen over fist fights. They are part of the global response to a civilization based on wage-slavery, techno-alienation and all-out ecocide. It needs to be torn to the ground ASAP. [...]

New Trailer for Occupied Cascadia

Published on 2012-09-23 22:09:17

The trailer for ‘Occupied Cascadia’ film examining the severity of our cultural & environmental crisis. It aims to explore the concept of bioregionalism as well as a deeper inquiry into what is actually needed for humanity to curb planetary collapse & catastrophe for survival. Please help spread the word about our Kickstarter campaign athttp://kickstarter.com/projects/cascadia/occupied-cascadia. ‘Occupied [...]

Energy Industry Crackdown, Global Protest Frackdown

Published on 2012-09-22 12:58:54

Yesterday, while Shell announced suing Greenpeace International in an attempt to have the organization banned from protest within 500 meters of any Shell property in the Netherlands, New York activist Susan Walker was sentenced to 15 days in jail after she refused to pay a fine for blocking the entrance to Inergy gas facility in [...]

Energy Industry Crackdown, Global Protest Frackdown

Published on 2012-09-22 12:58:54

Arctic “death spiral” leaves climate scientists shocked and worried

Published on 2012-09-21 11:38:01

by Barry Saxifrage / The Vancouver Observer A “radical shift” is plunging the Arctic Ocean towards an ice-free state for the first time in millions of years. One of the world’s foremost ice experts, Professor Peter Wadhams of Cambridge University, calls it a “global disaster” that will cause such a big boost in global temperatures [...]

Arctic “death spiral” leaves climate scientists shocked and worried

Published on 2012-09-21 11:38:01

Wisconsin Doesn’t Want SFI’s Greenwash

Published on 2012-09-20 15:03:07

By Adam Gaya of Forest Ethics Every September, the so-called Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) holds an annual conference. Every year for the last three years, ForestEthics and local activists have been there to confront one of the most misleading greenwashing schemes in North America. 2012 was no different. On Monday, activists in Milwaukee crashed the [...]

Activists Crash Sustainable Forestry Initiative conference

Published on 2012-09-20 15:03:07

“Wisconsin Doesn’t Want SFI’s Greenwash” By Adam Gaya, Forest Ethics Every September, the so-called Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) holds an annual conference. Every year for the last three years, ForestEthics and local activists have been there to confront one of the most misleading greenwashing schemes in North America. 2012 was no different. On Monday, activists [...]

Two Youths Brought Before Grand Jury for Refusing to Own Kindles

Published on 2012-09-19 15:06:51

Cross Posted from the Sound and the Noise By tom Just a few weeks ago, an FBI task force raided a home* in Portland, Oregon very early in the morning. They broke down the front door with a battering ram and threw in a stun grenade, which is non-lethal but produces a very loud and disorienting noise [...]

Young Persons Called to Grand Jury for Owning Books

Published on 2012-09-19 15:06:51

by Tom, Sound and the Noise Just a few weeks ago, an FBI task force raided a home in Portland, Oregon very early in the morning. They broke down the front door with a battering ram and threw in a stun grenade, which is non-lethal but produces a very loud and disorienting noise and a blinding [...]

Revenge of the Wolves: delisted, targeted in Wyoming, wolves attack hunters

Published on 2012-09-19 10:52:32

from the Daily Maul WYOMING, IN THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE — Hundreds of hunters are dead this morning after wolves launched a preemptive strike on their would-be human attackers. “We’re taking the fight to the terrorists who want to destroy our way of life,” a gray wolf named David told The Daily Maul. The U.S. Fish [...]

Revenge of the Wolves

Published on 2012-09-19 10:52:32

Delisted and targeted in Wyoming, wolves attack hunters from the Daily Maul WYOMING, IN THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE — Hundreds of hunters are dead this morning after wolves launched a preemptive strike on their would-be human attackers. “We’re taking the fight to the terrorists who want to destroy our way of life,” a gray wolf named [...]

There Are Less Than 100 Members of Each of These Species Left in Existence

Published on 2012-09-18 18:34:35

by Brian Merchant / Motherload When we talk about the sixth great extinction event—the humankind-induced mass die-off that we’re in the early stages of at the moment—we talk about climate change. We talk about vanishing habitats, we talk about biodiversity loss, and we talk about how mankind has managed to kill off the world’s plants [...]

There Are Less Than 100 Members of Each of These Species Left in Existence

Published on 2012-09-18 18:34:35

CALL TO ACTION: Stop the Keystone XL ASAP!

Published on 2012-09-18 11:53:54

Friends, comrades, and allies: In the heartland of Texas, camped in the backwoods among armadillos and water moccasins and deeply rooted small farmers and ranchers, we at Tar Sands Blockade are engaged in what may be the largest direct action battle of our time. We are mobile, skilled and powerful, and though we number in [...]

CALL TO ACTION: Stop the Keystone XL ASAP!

Published on 2012-09-18 11:53:54

EF! Action Camp in Maine coming up soon…

Published on 2012-09-17 22:25:44

September 28th-30th at the East Sangerville Grange Those Maine-iacs are planning to prep you on kicking some ass for the wild. And they’re gonna kick if off with a “Night to Howl!” on Friday from 5pm – 10pm. It’ll be an evening of food, entertainment and celebration of the local culture of resistance, with music [...]

EF! Action Camp in Maine coming up soon…

Published on 2012-09-17 22:25:44

The Tiny Springsnails in the Path of the Las Vegas Watergrab

Published on 2012-09-17 11:06:33

SANDRA CHEREB, Associated Press CARSON CITY, Nev. — Could tiny snails found in isolated, high desert springs along the Nevada-Utah line scuttle plans to pump billions of gallons of water to Las Vegas? That’s the thrust of a lawsuit filed by an environmental group that claims four species of springsnails could perish if Southern Nevada [...]

The Tiny Springsnails in the Path of the Las Vegas Watergrab

Published on 2012-09-17 11:06:33

Riots erupt in China over disputed island’s gas reserves

Published on 2012-09-17 00:25:56

Chinese protesters took to city streets for a second day on Sunday to denounce Japan in a row over disputed islands, prompting the Japanese prime minister to call on Beijing to ensure protection of his country’s people and property. The Nikkei business newspaper said on Sunday that demonstrators had earlier attacked two Panasonic electronic parts [...]

Riots erupt in China over disputed island’s gas reserves

Published on 2012-09-17 00:25:56

Anniversary of OWS culminates in an occupation of the NY Stock Exchange

Published on 2012-09-16 23:54:07

“Our environmental crisis [has] roots seeded in Wall Street’s influence on our economy and in Washington.” By TIM HERRERA, AMNY.com As Occupy Wall Street marks its one-year anniversary today with rallies and yet another “comeback” around town, the group faces familiar headlines about mass arrests and questions about its mission. Over the weekend, at least [...]

Anniversary of OWS culminates in an occupation of the NY Stock Exchange

Published on 2012-09-16 23:54:07

Deforestation in the Amazon Decreasing Rainfall

Published on 2012-09-16 17:09:27

From Earth Sky – New research on the way air carries moisture confirms that deforestation has a major effect on tropical rainfall. A team from the University of Leeds and the NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology found that over large regions of the tropics air that had traveled over a more forested landscape in [...]

Deforestation in the Amazon Decreasing Rainfall

Published on 2012-09-16 17:09:27

New research on the way air carries moisture confirms that deforestation has a major effect on tropical rainfall. A team from the University of Leeds and the NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology found that over large regions of the tropics air that had traveled over a more forested landscape in the preceding few days [...]

Codex Alimentarius Endangers Health Freedom, Creates Global Nutricide

Published on 2012-09-16 12:32:59

Health freedom activists have been warning about the dangers of Codex Alimentarius for years, revealing the strict universal food codes to be population control under the guise of consumer protection. In this video, Dr. Rima Laibow explains the details of this secretive and silent allegiance between the World Trade Organization and Big Biotechnology. This week [...]

Codex Alimentarius Endangers Health Freedom, Creates Global Nutricide

Published on 2012-09-16 12:32:59

Activist Arrested for Filming Secretive Trade Talks

Published on 2012-09-15 14:59:22

Cross Posted from Leesburg Today Talks surrounding the Trans Pacific Partnership have been ongoing since last weekend at Lansdowne Resort, drawing diplomats and trade representatives from across the globe, as well as a good many protestors. On Thursday, Sept. 13, film actress Q’orianka Kilcher, best known for her work portraying Pocahontas in the 2005 Terrence [...]

Activist Arrested for Filming Secretive Trade Talks

Published on 2012-09-15 14:59:22

Global Frackdown! in Boise, Idaho

Published on 2012-09-15 12:55:25

During the 2012 Idaho legislative session, a majority of our state senators and representatives succumbed to the mercenary ambitions of the oil and natural gas industry and passed state laws and regulations allowing hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) and subsequent waste injection wells accommodating oil and gas exploration, production, and transportation in the state. Despite sustained outcry [...]

Global Frackdown! in Boise, Idaho

Published on 2012-09-15 12:55:25

A message from Wild Idaho Rising Tide: During the 2012 Idaho legislative session, a majority of our state senators and representatives succumbed to the mercenary ambitions of the oil and natural gas industry and passed state laws and regulations allowing hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) and subsequent waste injection wells accommodating oil and gas exploration, production, and [...]

Who Bombed Judi Bari?

Published on 2012-09-15 11:39:02

Who Bombed Judi Bari? documentary presents the unsolved mystery of the 1990 car bombing of Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney, chronicles the FBI’s refusal to investigate the car bombing of these two Redwood activists, its arrest of victims; and a 1st amendment lawsuit against the Feds. After winning four awards, filling theaters, and receiving media [...]

Who Bombed Judi Bari?

Published on 2012-09-15 11:39:02

Support Needed for Arizona-based Activist Center

Published on 2012-09-14 13:07:25

Since the 60′s there have been an array of spaces created to provide resources to communities — from soup kitchens to free schools to community gardens — sharing food and alternative education platforms have long been apart of our formula for social change, social justice and mutual aid. Today, there are hundreds of autonomous Food [...]

Support Needed for Arizona-based Activist Center

Published on 2012-09-14 13:07:25

Police Kill Anti-Nuke Protester in India, Resistance Continues to Grow

Published on 2012-09-14 07:56:10

Despite the killing of an anti-nuclear protester by police on Monday, hundreds of protesters forming a human chain stood in sea waters today, for the second day in a row, demanding a halt to preparations for fuel loading into the reactor of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in Tuticorin district. The Hindu.com reported that women [...]

Protesters Blockade Monsanto Seed Facility in California

Published on 2012-09-13 20:06:35

By Lisa Baertlein and Carey Gillam, Reuters Opponents of genetically engineered foods blocked shipments and deliveries yesterday at Monsanto Co’s vegetable seed company that developed a new genetically modified sweet corn that will hit stores this fall. The protesters, who want to remove all so-called genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from the food supply, say their [...]

For Farms in the West, Oil Wells Are Thirsty Rivals

Published on 2012-09-13 13:27:58

By JACK HEALY / New York Times GREELEY, Colo. — A new race for water is rippling through the drought-scorched heartland, pitting farmers against oil and gas interests, driven by new drilling techniques that use powerful streams of water, sand and chemicals to crack the ground and release stores of oil and gas. A single [...]

Update: The Law of Mother Earth

Published on 2012-09-13 11:49:14

Update by Russ McSpadden Alas, the wild and wet dream of an ecotopia in Bolivia is but lies on paper and another example of the emptiness of beautiful intentions applied to government rhetoric. The poetry and land-based traditions written into law have been mutilated by the petty drones of bureaucracy and the corruption of the [...]

Stanford University Researchers in the Pocket of Big Biotech

Published on 2012-09-13 02:44:06

Scientists Tied to Tobacco Industry Propaganda, and Funding from Monsanto, Turn Attention to Organic Food From the Cornucopia Institute: Cornucopia, Wisconsin – A recent study by Stanford University researchers made international headlines when it claimed that organic foods are no more safe or nutritious than conventional foods. Organic researchers, farmers and advocacy groups immediately recognized the study [...]

We Are Now One Year Away From Global Riots, Complex Systems Theorists Say

Published on 2012-09-12 17:55:42

By Brian Merchant / Motherboard What’s the number one reason we riot? The plausible, justifiable motivations of trampled-upon humanfolk to fight back are many—poverty, oppression, disenfranchisement, etc—but the big one is more primal than any of the above. It’s hunger, plain and simple. If there’s a single factor that reliably sparks social unrest, it’s food [...]

Wave of protests “sink” super trawlers off the coast of Tasmania

Published on 2012-09-12 13:34:38

What started as a ripple of concern over the pending arrival of a super trawler to be based in Devonport, Tasmania, soon became “a wave of outrage,” according to an article today in the Mercury. Tasmanian fishermen started the murmur of discontent over the plans for one company and its massive ship to be able [...]

Climate Justice Collective builds ice blockade at Shell HQ in London

Published on 2012-09-12 12:58:06

Environmental protesters opposed to Shell’s Arctic oil drilling plans stacked a wall of ice blocks in front of an entrance to the company’s London headquarters yesterday. Some 15 activists from the group Climate Justice Collective participated in the action against Shell, saying its drilling efforts off the coast of Alaska are both taking advantage of [...]

Tar Sands Video Compilation, Circulate Widely

Published on 2012-09-12 11:28:22

Seven videos and information about the Alberta Tar Sands and Keystone KL pipeline, currently in construction in Texas. Tar sands development can be minimized by blocking development of pipelines, such as Keystone XL, that carry the sludge of this incredibly polluting energy project. Help send important opposition to the US and Canada governments by utilizing [...]

“What Would Robin Hood Do?” A Review

Published on 2012-09-11 17:50:18

Robin Hood and a Tradition of a Radical Nature Another great review by Sasha: “Revolutionary times call for revolutionary measures, but what is to be done? Paul Buhle’s latest book, Robin Hood: People’s Outlaw and Forest Hero [PM Press, 2011], certainly gives the reader a sense of radical tradition, of what has been done over [...]

Canaries in the Mineshaft – Miner Strikes Worldwide, Art, and the Environment

Published on 2012-09-11 16:16:43

Punk art surrealist Winston Smith, who named himself after the indelible protagonist of Orwell’s 1984, was once quoted (referring to a popular idiom), “You could say that artists are the canaries in the mineshaft. We see things before others do. We set off alarms and alert those who are distracted by other things. It’s not [...]

Anti-Fracking Activist on Trial in Athens, Ohio

Published on 2012-09-10 10:52:48

By Nate Ebert, Spokesperson Appalachia Resist! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today the status conference for Madeline ffitch, the Athens County resident who faces a fifth degree felony charge for blocking a frack-waste injection well was held at the Athens County Courthouse. The prosecution continued to ask that Madeline be disallowed from peacefully and legally participating in [...]

Larry Gibson 1946 – 2012

Published on 2012-09-09 22:58:36

Larry Gibson, long-time environmental activist, died of a heart attack Sunday, September 10, while working on Kayford Mountain, the family home in Raleigh County which he spent the last decades of his life protecting from the coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal. Kayford was the site of Larry’s birth, the final resting place of [...]

Protesters in Greece Clash with Police Over Gold Mine, Again

Published on 2012-09-09 16:35:00

Hundreds of protesters have battled riot police for hours over plans for a gold mine in northern Greece’s Halkidiki peninsula. Police fired tear gas to fend off protesters who had gathered in the Skouries area of Halkidiki, northern Greece, on Sunday to protest gold mining activity. Dozens of residents of the nearby village of Ierissos, [...]

Villagers Sue Diamond Firms for Pollution in Zimbabwe

Published on 2012-09-09 12:29:40

Report by Caiphas Chimhete, original story from The Standard The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) and villagers living along Save River are seeking a court order to bar three diamond mining companies in Marange district from polluting water sources. ZELA is a common law trust established to promote environmental justice in the country. In a [...]

Mining Will Hit Tiger Habitats

Published on 2012-09-09 11:10:28

by Rashme Sehgal, from Asian Age Conservationists warn that indiscriminate coal block allocation will destroy tiger habitats of central India. Geological Information System analysis whereby Coal India Ltd maps were juxtaposed against satellite images of forest cover undertaken by the Ecoinformatics Lab at the Bengaluru-based Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE) has [...]

Learn Skills to Defend The Land

Published on 2012-09-08 18:05:46

Croatan Earth First! is hosting a direct action training camp this fall Oct 20-21st at a local veggie farm near Pittsboro, NC. There will be tent camping available for the weekend, and people are free to come and go. Plan to stay until Monday morning! This camp will provide us with the opportunity to teach [...]

Six Arrested Blocking Road in front of Duke Energy HQ During DNC

Published on 2012-09-07 21:43:09

Six protesters were taken away in handcuffs earlier Thursday near the corporate headquarters for Duke Energy. They had locked arms and were sitting on top of a banner claiming that the energy company was harming the environment. Two dozen officers surrounded them and eventually lifted up the protesters, who refused to move. They then put [...]

Spectra Showdown: Arrests begin at blockade against pipeline in NYC

Published on 2012-09-07 21:22:22

Yesterday the ongoing “Spectra Showdown,” turned into the scene of civil disobedience that the group has been anticipating. At least two people have been reportedly arrested. After pre-construction in July, Spectra Energy begins a new phase of construction today that has involved shipments of materials on a barge on the Hudson and from the West [...]

Crazy Horse was a Sober Warrior

Published on 2012-09-07 18:00:53

31 Notes on the Alcohol Wars at Pine Ridge by Russ McSpadden / from Counterpunch 1. Autumn Two Bulls is the mother of Wakiyan, or Loud Brave Thunder, a young Oglala Lakota protester who was maced by police on August 26 during a march against alcohol sales along the border of the Pine Ridge Indian [...]

Employment Opportunities at the Earth First! Journal

Published on 2012-09-07 16:14:43

Greetings! The Earth First! Journal Collective is currently seeking playmates in our south Florida office for short-term and long-term engagements. As long-time Earth First!ers, we know how hard it is to commit to a bioregion outside our own, however, we believe that the perfect partners are still out there–searching for a lasting relationship like the [...]

Video of RNC Coal Plant Blockade

Published on 2012-09-06 18:04:31

Protesters chained to fence outside Inergy gas facility in New York

Published on 2012-09-06 11:43:43

By Yvonne Taylor, Co-Founder, Gas Free Seneca I am chained to a fence outside an Inergy facility near Watkins Glen, New York, and I am not alone. We are protesting the gasification of New York. We don’t want fracking in this state (or any state), and we don’t like Inergy’s plans to build a gas [...]

Keystone XL Pipeline blockades continue in Texas

Published on 2012-09-06 11:29:03

Three landowner advocates and climate justice organizers have locked themselves to feller buncher machines used for clearing large trees in the path of the Keystone XL pipeline. Today’s action has halted work on a segment of TransCanada’s illegitimate pipeline outside of Saltillo, TX. As promised, Tar Sands Blockade’s rolling campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience pushes [...]

Banks Profiting from Global Food Crisis

Published on 2012-09-05 10:51:33

by Tom Bawden / The Independent Barclays has made as much as half a billion pounds in two years from speculating on food staples such as wheat and soya, prompting allegations that banks are profiting handsomely from the global food crisis. Barclays is the UK bank with the greatest involvement in food commodity trading and [...]

Rising Tide shuts down construction of a coal haulage railway line in Australia

Published on 2012-09-05 10:28:38

Eco-activists have shut down construction of a coal haulage railway line in the Hunter Valley to protest the industry’s expansion in the region. A Rising Tide activist secured himself to a 10m-tall tripod during a pre-dawn raid on the Rutherford site, where a consortium of companies is planning to build a rail line to increase [...]

Polar Bear gets popped blocking Gazprom HQ

Published on 2012-09-05 10:18:33

Moscow police have arrested 10 environmental activists, including four dressed in polar bear costumes, who were protesting outside the main office of Gazprom, the Russian oil and natural gas giant. The protest Wednesday by members of Greenpeace called upon Gazprom to halt its offshore drilling in the Arctic. The protesters blocked a driveway into the [...]

Governor to open Fracking in New York?

Published on 2012-09-03 13:44:18

Message from No Fracking Action Media: We know this is short notice! We also know that we need to be ready for quick action to protect our lives and homes! It was recently reported that Governor Cuomo would announce the opening of NY state to active drilling “soon”, despite the insistence of residents that we [...]

News Round-Up from Eco-Rebellion World Wide

Published on 2012-09-03 12:36:19

Wow! Its been a wild week, and we’ve gotten a bit behind on the news as several EF! Newswire contributors were tied up in Tampa at the RNC protests. But it looks like that blue moon may have gotten some people pretty riled up! Here’s a compilation of news from the front lines around the [...]

Tonight is a Blue Moon

Published on 2012-08-31 17:33:40

Earth First! Blockades Coal Plant at RNC in Tampa

Published on 2012-08-31 12:59:16

by Everglades Earth First! Apollo Beach, FL—In the climax of the 2012 Republican National Convention, protestors with Earth First! have blocked access roads to TECO’s Big Bend coal plant on the eastern shore of Tampa Bay. The environmental action group is citing corporate influence in politics and ecological impacts of fossil fuel dependency as reasons [...]

Yanomami Indians ‘massacred’ by goldminers in Venezuela

Published on 2012-08-31 01:03:45

Cross Posted from Survival International Goldminers in Venezuela have carried out a ‘massacre’ of isolated Yanomami Indians, according to reports received by Survival International. Witnesses of the aftermath described finding ‘burnt bodies and bones’ when they visited the community of Irotatheri in the country’s Momoi region, close to the border with Brazil. Initial reports suggest up [...]

Russia Dumped 17 Nuclear Reactors and Tons of Waste in the Arctic

Published on 2012-08-30 11:12:50

by Charles Digges / Bellona.org Enormous quantities of decommissioned Russian nuclear reactors and radioactive waste were dumped into the Kara Sea in the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia over a course of decades, according to documents given to Norwegian officials by Russian authorities and published in Norwegian media. Bellona had received in 2011 a draft [...]

Undercover Narc Enabled Houston Felonies

Published on 2012-08-30 00:21:46

Cross Posted from FireDogLake Why did undercover Austin Police Department Detective Shannon G. Dowell provide material support for an activist protest that resulted in them being charged with a felony in Houston? That’s the question I want answered after speaking with Ronnie Garza, a member of Occupy Austin who faces felony charges resulting from actions [...]

Undercover Narc Enabled Houston Felonies

Published on 2012-08-30 00:21:46

Coyote Extermination Conjured in Cincinnati Suburb

Published on 2012-08-29 16:38:04

by Lisa Wakeland Mariemont officials are still considering a plan to reduce the coyote population in the village by allowing police to shoot and kill the animals in an 80-acre area. Residents have recently reported hearing an increasing number of coyote howls at night and there have been coyote sightings throughout the village. Most reports [...]

Coyote Extermination Conjured in Cincinnati Suburb

Published on 2012-08-29 16:38:04

Unis’tot’en Action Camp

Published on 2012-08-29 15:42:23

Report from the struggle to stop the Pacific Trails Pipeline by subMedia.tv This is the second video subMedia.tv has produced about the struggle to stop a natural gas transport project called the Pacific Trails Pipeline or PTP. The Unis’tot’en, a clan of the Wet’suet’en Nation have built a protection camp to bock PTP, in so [...]

Unis’tot’en Action Camp

Published on 2012-08-29 15:42:23

Remains Are of Woman Who Was Scalped, Hate Crime Investigated

Published on 2012-08-29 14:24:40

Human remains found about a year ago in Kentucky belonged to a woman of Native American descent who appears to have been scalped, state police said Tuesday. Detective Chad Winn told The Associated Press that the case is being investigated as a possible hate crime. Forensic examiners found markings on the skull consistent with a [...]

Remains Are of Woman Who Was Scalped, Hate Crime Investigated

Published on 2012-08-29 14:24:40

Hurricane Isaac May Stir Up Oil From BP Spill

Published on 2012-08-29 12:31:20

by Lynne Peeples As Hurricane Isaac batters the Gulf Coast, some experts are warning that the storm could threaten more than levees, power lines and gas prices. Isaac’s high winds and rains, they speculate, could also stir up remnant crude oil from the BP’s Deepwater Horizon spill — exposing more residents and wildlife to its [...]

Hurricane Isaac May Stir Up Oil From BP Spill

Published on 2012-08-29 12:31:20

Rush Limbaugh: Obama Manipulated the Hurricane Forcast to Sabotage the RNC

Published on 2012-08-29 11:49:38

from Climate Progress On his radio show today, Rush Limbaugh suggested that the government manipulated hurricane forecasts in order to force Republicans to cancel a day of their national convention, saying the model “allows them to do it.” “The hurricane center is the regime; the hurricane center is the Commerce Department. It’s the government. It’s Obama,” [...]

Rush Limbaugh: Obama Manipulated the Hurricane Forcast to Sabotage the RNC

Published on 2012-08-29 11:49:38

Washington Wildlife Officials to Kill 4 Wolves of the Wedge Pack

Published on 2012-08-29 11:23:34

from the Seattle Times Washington state wildlife agents are preparing to kill up to four more gray wolves in the northeast corner of the state after investigators said the pack has injured or eaten livestock. But seven environmental groups on Friday urged the director of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife to stop the [...]

Washington Wildlife Officials to Kill 4 Wolves of the Wedge Pack

Published on 2012-08-29 11:23:34

The RNC, Koch Habits, and Uprisings in District 12

Published on 2012-08-28 13:12:59

by Clinton Tyree, reporting live from the streets of Tampa Bay. So Hurricane Issac didn’t blow the political elite and their flock far into the oil-slicked, algae blooms of Florida’s dismal Gulf Coast, like we had hoped. As it turns out, those of us who showed up in spite of the storm (or enthusiastic to [...]

The RNC, Koch Habits, and Uprisings in District 12

Published on 2012-08-28 13:12:59

Coke Plant Expansion Shut Down by Protestors in India

Published on 2012-08-27 18:33:23

India – Thousands of villagers from Navelim in Bicholim taluka of Goa today observed a day-long Bandh against the Sesa Corporation’s Goa metallurgical coke plant in the village, with complaints that it is polluting their surroundings. Originally a Hindi word meaning ‘closed’, Bandh is a form of protest used by political activists, during which a [...]

Coke Plant Expansion Shut Down by Protestors in India

Published on 2012-08-27 18:33:23

Brandon Darby: Occupy Anarchists Plan to Take Down Emergency Medical Services at RNC

Published on 2012-08-26 12:31:22

Earth First! Journal Offering Reward of Lifetime Subscription to Whomever Tars and Feathers Brandon Darby at the 2012 RNC the following story is from Big Government, a right wing Tea Party blog. Brandon Darby is the self proclaimed former Black Panther who, as an undercover snitch, bullied two youth protesters into felony charges at the [...]

Brandon Darby Claims “Occupy Anarchists” Plan to Take Down Emergency Medical Services at RNC

Published on 2012-08-26 12:31:22

Family Fun Day at the blockade against coal seam gas in Australia

Published on 2012-08-26 00:24:56

Last week Police started issuing infringement notices at the blockade site of Fullerton Cove coal seam gas pilot project in Newcastle, Australia. Officers told the protesters that they must vacate the site. Instead more residents have arrived to support the cause. And two women, Fullerton Cove residents Lisa McDonald and grandmother Julie Wood, chained themselves [...]

Activists on Occupied Russian Arctic Oil Rig Hit with Water Cannon

Published on 2012-08-25 00:11:38

Six activists with Greenpeace International have occupied a Russian oil rig to protest drilling in the Arctic. The rig belongs to the Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom, which is set to become the first company to produce Arctic oil through drilling operations in the Pechora Sea. Democracy Now interviewed Greenpeace’s executive director, Kumi Naidoo, just [...]

Old School Earth First! in Technicolor

Published on 2012-08-24 18:21:56

Damn, this video has it all: an intro by Ed Abbey, mullets, footage of tree spiking, camo-hats, endorsement of direct action by the Sierra Club, hippies circumnavigating a tree and singing sweet hippy songs and timber officials calling them eco-terrorists. You don’t want to miss it! And don’t miss the greatest Earth First! detractor in [...]

Biomass Incinerator Looms on Horizon for Gypsum, Colorado

Published on 2012-08-24 15:35:48

- by Josh Schlossberg, The Biomass Monitor An 11.5 megawatt biomass power incinerator proposal for the 6,400 person central-Colorado town of Gypsum is moving along swiftly, despite concerns of community members and at least one town councilor. Utah-based Eagle Valley Clean Energy LLC’s facility would burn 70,000 bone-dry tons per year of wood chips from [...]

Texas Judge Rules TransCanada Can Seize Pasture for Keystone XL Pipeline

Published on 2012-08-24 15:15:42

By SAUL ELBEIN / New York Times PARIS, Tex. — The Canadian energy company TransCanada can take over land owned by a Texas farmer to build its Keystone XL pipeline, a county judge ruled on Wednesday night. In a 15-word ruling sent from his iPhone, Judge Bill Harris of Lamar County Court at Law upheld [...]

Going ape shit in Tampa

Published on 2012-08-24 12:58:41

When Republicans, Hurricanes and Anarchists Collide…

Published on 2012-08-24 12:45:34

The coming Tempest in Tampa by Russ McSpadden The Dance By now its old hat. Every four years the Republicans gather to formally nominate their candidate for president of the United States and every four years large scale street demonstrations vacillate between hippy parades of clever marching puppets and black clad anarchists lighting fires in [...]

Decade Long Fight Against Dam Victorious!

Published on 2012-08-23 10:20:29

From Root Force La Parota Dam has been definitively canceled. The government of Guerrero has formally abandoned all plans for the dam and will inform the Mexican federal government that it will not approve its construction. After nearly 10 years of struggle, campesin@s fighting to defend their way of life from La Parota Dam won [...]

Blow, Blow Seminole Wind…

Published on 2012-08-23 10:17:39

Blow across the home of the bureaucrats, the lobbyists and the cops by Clinton Tyree While the Tampa police and several media outlets obsess about whether or not some bricks and pipes on top of a building were intended to be launched at their heads during the RNC next week, the potential for much more [...]

One Extinction Leads to Another

Published on 2012-08-22 10:51:11

from Science Daily When a carnivore becomes extinct, other predatory species could soon follow, according to new research. Scientists have previously put forward this theory, but a University of Exeter team has now carried out the first experiment to prove it. Published August 15, 2012 in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, the study shows [...]

ELF prisoner Jesse Waters to be released soon

Published on 2012-08-22 09:49:41

Send him a letter today! Last fall, Jesse Waters—a man from the Detroit area—was sentenced in Grand Rapids for his role in an Earth Liberation Front (ELF) activities in the early 2000s (the same activities that got Marie Mason over 20 years in prison). According to the BOP, he is set to be out on [...]

838,000 Acres Protected for Jaguar Could Mean an End to the Rosemont Mine Proposal in Arizona

Published on 2012-08-21 18:20:32

by Tony Davis / Arizona Daily Star The U.S. proposed Friday to designate about 1,309 square miles across Southern Arizona and a sliver of New Mexico as prime habitat that is essential for conservation of the endangered jaguar. Among those areas is the site of the proposed Rosemont Mine in the Santa Rita Mountains southeast [...]

Extinction Explosion

Published on 2012-08-21 13:20:18

Teetering on the dire precipice between existence and annihilation, time is running out for the Royal Bengal tiger, the Great White shark, and Victorian koalas. There are reports that species in Brazil’s coastal rainforest are disappearing faster than scientists can keep track of them. This is owed in part to the ripple effect of extinction, [...]

BREAKING NEWS: Protect the Peaks Tree-sit Update & Video

Published on 2012-08-21 13:02:57

— Protect People – Clean Water, Clean Snow! – UPDATES on TREE-SIT as of Tuesday, August 21st 3:15 PM – ALERT: 5 Fire Dept. people at tree-sit. One Fire Dept. tactical climber on site. Ground support asked them not to touch James’ lifeline but they ignored that warning! SUPPORT & WITNESSES NEEDED! Call the City [...]

Action Alert: Save the Peaks Campaign Erects Tree-Sit

Published on 2012-08-21 13:01:04

Tree-Sit Halts Pipeline Construction on the San Francisco Peaks, Protester Demands Clean Water and Clean Snow FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE From Monday, August 20, 2012 Flagstaff, AZ – This morning we erected a tree-sit to protect our community and our children from the City of Flagstaff’s sanctioning and use of hazardous treated sewage, which contains antibiotic [...]

Man killed by Chinese police in Tibet mining protest

Published on 2012-08-19 09:43:32

One Tibetan was shot dead and six others arrested on Aug. 15 as Chinese security forces dispersed a crowd of some 1,000 Tibetans protesting against the re-opening of an environmentally destructive mine in Markham County of Chamdo Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region. The protesters belonged to the county’s Choeten Town and the deceased has been described [...]

Prominent Russian environmentalist sentanced in Pussy Riot trial

Published on 2012-08-19 09:24:53

One member of the punk trio, Maria Alekhina, has a history of involvement with environmental , working with Greenpeace Russia, and animal liberation activism (she has a support page demanding vegan food in prison). During trial, prosecutors reportedly tried to humiliate her for her ecological activism. Meanwhile the Russian Orthodox church is building on more [...]

Nuclear warhead factory shut down by protests

Published on 2012-08-19 08:34:12

The Y-12 Uranium bomb-making plant was closed for two weeks after anti-nuke peace activists breached security and redecorated the place a bit last month. On August 9, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against the Y-12 protesters, consolidating the previous charges lodged against them and adding another felony count of “depredation” of government [...]

Salmon First! Action Camp Against Mining in Alaska

Published on 2012-08-17 14:18:22

During the weekend of September 14-16, Castle Mountain Coalition, the Alaska Action Center, and partner organizations will be sponsoring the first annual Alaska Mining Action Camp. The event will be held at the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) on Farm Loop Road outside of Palmer, Alaska. We have invited a number of activists, organizers, trainers, [...]

Earth First! group calls for eco-action during RNC in Tampa

Published on 2012-08-16 20:32:09

by Clinton Tyree Organizers from Everglades Earth First! (EEF!) invite eco-activists far and wide to join us in bringing our message to the RNC this month. While we stand in solidarity with those who will be out struggling for social and economic justice, we also feel there is a need to contribute an action-based analysis [...]

BREAKING: Blockade Stops Construction of Keystone XL

Published on 2012-08-16 12:59:49

Cross Posted from TarSandsBlockade.org **UPDATE 12:40PM - Our first action in Oklahoma! TransCanada is starting construction at the beginning of the Keystone XL route in Cushing, Oklahoma. Tar Sands Blockade organizers are there with a clear message, that while this project has started, we will not allow it to be finished. **UPDATE 11:30AM - As TransCanada quietly breaks ground on the [...]

‘A Great Victory’: Controversial Brazilian Dam Construction Halted

Published on 2012-08-16 05:23:14

Cross Posted from Common Dreams A victory came to activists in Brazil on Tuesday when a federal judge halted construction on the controversial Belo Monte dam in the Amazon, saying that the indigenous peoples had not been consulted. The impacts of the dam, which would have been the third largest hydro-electric dam in the world, [...]

Animal Liberation News

Published on 2012-08-15 14:30:04

Fur Farmers Release Guide to Prepare for ALF Raid Season The Fur Commission website is full of information for fur farmers of America, including classic definitions like this one, that assure the farmers that they are protected by the US Government: ECOTERRORISM: ”The FBI defines eco-terrorism as the use or threatened use of violence of a [...]

Trapwire and the Creepy Dystopic Surveillance Empire You’ll Probably Get Accustomed To

Published on 2012-08-15 11:29:18

Trapwire, the total-surveillance system, promises to make your life far more creepy, exposed and boring than any science fiction dystopia. See the video below about Wikileaks newly release information about what Trapwire will mean to you:

Occupying the Montana Capitol… Again!

Published on 2012-08-14 19:56:06

“Greetings. I have been here since Friday working in Montana’s capital city, Helena, with the Coal Export Action team comprised of folks from Montana as well as from around the country and our movements. We’ve been rocking it. To say the least. But it’s been busy days. Very busy days. The Coal Export Action is [...]

Occupying the Montana Capitol… Again!

Published on 2012-08-14 19:56:06

Teribe Tribe of Costa Rica Fights for Indigenous Autonomy, End to Hydroelectric Projects

Published on 2012-08-14 17:59:39

by Jaime Lopez Pablo Sibar, a grassroots leader from the Teribe native tribe of Costa Rica celebrated the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on August 9th with a protest before the National Assembly. He has been doing so over the last ten years, sometimes at the steps of the Assembly, others just outside [...]

Teribe Tribe of Costa Rica Fights for Indigenous Autonomy, End to Hydroelectric Projects

Published on 2012-08-14 17:59:39

Enbridge CEO Says Revolutionary Environmental Groups Have Taken Control of Pipeline Debate

Published on 2012-08-14 16:11:04

by Karen Kleiss, Edmonton Journal EDMONTON – Environmental groups opposed to the Northern Gateway pipeline have seized control of the public debate, Enbridge Inc. CEO Patrick Daniel told a radio audience Monday. “Everything that we say sounds defensive and self-interested, and on the other side, everything they say … is really taken as gospel — [...]

Enbridge CEO Says Revolutionary Environmental Groups Have Taken Control of Pipeline Debate

Published on 2012-08-14 16:11:04

Chemical Cloud from Halliburton Frack Fluid Truck Threatens New Columbia Community

Published on 2012-08-14 13:40:07

By Marcia Moore and John Finnerty The Daily Item

Chemical Cloud from Halliburton Frack Fluid Truck Threatens New Columbia Community

Published on 2012-08-14 13:40:07

By Marcia Moore and John Finnerty The Daily Item

Blockade Showdown Against Fracking Pipeline in Manhattan

Published on 2012-08-14 11:54:10

by Shannon Ayala Activists gathered yesterday at a sanitation pier near the West Side Highway in Lower Manhattan where Spectra Energy has begun construction on a natural gas pipeline (which partially picks up gas in the Marcellus Shale area where hydrofracking currently takes place in Pennsylvania). Some of the participants had been there since four [...]

Blockade Showdown Against Fracking Pipeline in Manhattan

Published on 2012-08-14 11:54:10

Think Globally, Act Selfishly: How Utilitarian Environmentalism Can Backfire

Published on 2012-08-14 11:37:34

by Brandon Keim / Wired.com In short, telling people how much money carpooling will save them won’t convince them to recycle, but telling them how transcendent carpooling is because it will save the planet will. Earnest, well-meaning environmental messages are supposed to be ineffective relics of a bygone age, when bumper stickers still worked and [...]

Think Globally, Act Selfishly:

Published on 2012-08-14 11:37:34

How Utilitarian Environmentalism Can Backfire by Brandon Keim / Wired.com In short, telling people how much money carpooling will save them won’t convince them to recycle, but telling them how transcendent carpooling is because it will save the planet will. Earnest, well-meaning environmental messages are supposed to be ineffective relics of a bygone age, when [...]

August 31st: National Day of Action for the Cleveland 4!

Published on 2012-08-13 23:15:14

On Friday, August 31st, join your comrades around the country in raising legal support funds for the Cleveland 4, who were entrapped by the FBI and face up to life in prison because of their politics and association with the Occupy movement. The defendants need to raise $80K to create the best defense possible against [...]

August 31st: National Day of Action for the Cleveland 4!

Published on 2012-08-13 23:15:14

Will new anti-protest laws in Puerto Rico benefit the Energy Empire?

Published on 2012-08-13 20:34:41

compiled by panagioti, Earth First! Journal collective Last week, the ACLU filed a lawsuit against Puerto Rico’s police chief and justice secretary, saying the island’s new penal code violates the constitutional right to freedom of expression. The lawsuit came a week after Governor Luis Fortuno approved the new code that restricts certain types of protests [...]

Will new anti-protest laws in Puerto Rico benefit the Energy Empire?

Published on 2012-08-13 20:34:41

Shaleshock Shuts Down Shumberger Fracking Site

Published on 2012-08-12 16:02:08

Our friends at Shaleshock posted this update to Don’t Frack With Us At around 11am, August 11th, over 150 people arrived to block the main truck entrance in and out to the Schumberger Facility. 20 of the 150 came prepared to use their bodies to blockade the facility until they were removed by police. Faced [...]

Shaleshock Shuts Down Shumberger Fracking Site

Published on 2012-08-12 16:02:08

Our friends at Shaleshock posted this update to Don’t Frack With Us At around 11am, August 11th, over 150 people arrived to block the main truck entrance in and out to the Schumberger Facility, a huge service facility for the fracking industry which covers the entire regional area of drilling providing chemicals, frac sand, truck [...]

Montanans Prepare to Harness Direct Action in Coal Fight

Published on 2012-08-11 12:17:41

Cross-posted from Waging Nonviolence by Nick Engelfried Compiled by Bee On Sunday, people from across Montana, and the larger area affected by coal export projects, will start converging in the state capitol of Helena. They’re coming for what will likely be the largest act of nonviolent direct action related to energy policy the Northern Rockies [...]

Montanans Prepare to Harness Direct Action in Coal Fight

Published on 2012-08-11 12:17:41

Get off the Internet…

Published on 2012-08-10 16:33:32

We’ll meet you in the streets! It ain’t just the weather heatin’ up. Eco-action camps, radical gathering and activist mobilizations are going off this month all across the globe. So get out your calendar, polish off your hitch-hiking thumb, or train maps.. or that international flight voucher that’s about to expire, and get out on [...]

Tel Aviv University Researcher Says Plants Can See, Smell, Feel, and Taste

Published on 2012-08-10 13:26:47

from Phys.org In his new book What a Plant Knows (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) and his articles in Scientific American, Prof. Daniel Chamovitz, Director of TAU’s Manna Center for Plant Biosciences, says that the discovery of similarities between plants and humans is making an impact in the scientific community. Like humans, Prof. Chamovitz says, plants [...]

EF! News, Litha 2012, Copy and Destroy!

Published on 2012-08-10 10:05:38

Hey, all you wily Earth First!ers with a knack for photocopy machines (using them, that is—not smashing them.) Here’s a PDF of the latest edition of the EF! News. Including: recent dispatches from the eco-wars, an updated directory of environmental action groups, prisoner support listing, events calendar, and a clever new tip for ol’ Ned [...]

Outlaw Matriarch of the Fox Mountain Pack Ordered Dead by Feds

Published on 2012-08-09 20:15:14

by Russ McSpadden The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service has ordered the killing of an alpha female Mexican gray wolf for crimes against the cattle industry. She is accused of being the ringleader of a six member pack that has killed four cows in southwestern New Mexico over the last several months. Extirpated from the [...]

As American As Genetically Engineered Apple Pie

Published on 2012-08-09 17:11:01

By ANDREW POLLACK A small company is trying to bring to market a genetically engineered apple that does not turn brown when sliced or bruised. But it has much of the rest of the apple industry seeing red. The company, Okanagan Specialty Fruits, says the nonbrowning apple will prove popular with consumers and food service [...]

Fracking Boom Looms in California’s Monterey Shale

Published on 2012-08-09 15:40:18

from CBS 5 AROMAS – A new gold rush is on in California, but this time it’s liquid gold. Instead of strawberries and artichokes, the Central Coast is getting a growing reputation for being the next motherlode for oil. That news is causing fears that a controversial extraction method called hydraulic fracturing – or fracking- [...]

Earth First! in Humboldt Blocks Sierra Pacific Sawmill Entrance

Published on 2012-08-09 14:09:03

Manila, CA – 30 Earth First! activists protesting Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) logging practices rallied peacefully outside the gates of SPI’s Arcata mill on Monday, demanding a stop to the company’s logging of old-growth. “We’re here to expose SPI’s destructive logging” said Jeremy Jensen. “They claim to be sustainable under the Sustainable Forestry Initiative label [...]

Villagers in Senegal Vow to Stop Land-grabbing Biofuels Project

Published on 2012-08-09 13:00:27

By Agence France-Presse Villagers from northern Senegal vowed Thursday to fight a project by Senegalese and Italian investors to produce biofuels on their land, a venture already forced to relocate once by deadly protests. “We will fight those who want to take our land. It is the land of our ancestors, an area of 26,000 [...]

EF! Climbing Camp – Fall 2012 in Ohio

Published on 2012-08-09 04:37:09

September 22-28 EF! Climbers Guild will be hosting a climbing camp this fall in southern Ohio. This is the first time a Guild camp has been organized in the Midwest and we are really excited about it! At the EF! National Rondezvous in Pennsylvania this year, we recognized a vital need to make these technical [...]

Electric Cars and Wind Farms Spurring Ecological and Social Devastation in China

Published on 2012-08-08 17:28:22

By Le Monde From the air it looks like a huge lake, fed by many tributaries, but on the ground it turns out to be a murky expanse of water, in which no fish or algae can survive. The shore is coated with a black crust, so thick you can walk on it. Into this [...]

Spice up your local infoshop with copies of the Earth First! Primer

Published on 2012-08-08 17:20:51

You can now download copies of the newest Earth First! Primer for outreach and tabling in your community, or on your adventures gallivanting across the countryside. We currently have editions of the EF! Primer in English, Spanish and Greek. We are looking to expand to more languages. We also plan to release another updated version [...]

The WE’RE F**KED Weather Report

Published on 2012-08-08 15:33:45

the following weather summary for July is from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Summary Information July 2012: hottest month on record for contiguous United States Drought expands to cover nearly 63% of the Lower 48; wildfires consume 2 million acres The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. during July was 77.6°F, 3.3°F above [...]

Keystone XL’s Beetlemania

Published on 2012-08-08 11:09:02

by Sarah Laskow / The American Prospect The carcass of a passenger pigeon weighed in at exactly the size they preferred. Dead prairie chickens did, too. They aren’t so picky about the carcasses they bury: mammals will do as well as birds, but the bigger the carcass—which allows them to produce and feed more offspring—the [...]

2013 EF! Round River Rendezvous

Published on 2012-08-08 10:58:30

We are thrilled to announce that Croatan Earth First! will be hosting next summer’s rendezvous in North Carolina. We’re already scouting out some beautiful locations that will have lots of swimming and hiking. The location will most likely be in the Piedmont or the Eastern end of the mountainous regions. We’re hoping to bring in [...]

Black Bear "Management" Hearing Aug 29

Published on 2012-08-07 17:44:45

Reblogged from Croatan Earth First!: Black bears were historically prevalent in the Piedmont prior to agricultural expansion by colonists. As bear populations became more threatened throughout the state, North Carolina created bear sanctuaries which have protected their populations from being completely decimated by humans. Their report states, “By the middle part of the 20th century, [...]

Does “Anti-Occupy” Law End U.S. Right to Protest?

Published on 2012-08-07 12:21:12

[Cross-Posted from The Washington Times by Paul A. Samakow. See comments below regarding the credibility of this article.] Thanks to almost zero media coverage, few of us know about a law passed this past March, severely limiting our right to protest. The silence may have been due to the lack of controversy in bringing the [...]

Toxic Fire at Chevron Refinery in Richmond, Calif

Published on 2012-08-07 11:08:10

by Justin Berton, Kevin Fagan and Vivian Ho Thousands of East Bay residents were ordered to stay in their homes with the windows and doors closed Monday night after a series of explosions and fires tore through Chevron’s Richmond refinery. The explosions started about 6:15 p.m., and at least two large fires spewed thick, black smoke [...]

Caffeine Pollution in the Ocean

Published on 2012-08-07 09:55:59

Plastic, clothing fibers and CO2 are not the only things ending up the sea. So is caffeine. Scientists at Portland State University and Washington State University, Vancouver, found caffeine concentrations off the coast of Oregon. To their surprise, the substance was not always concentrated around population centers or pollution sources. In fact, they found coffee [...]

Beasts of the Southern Wild: A Review

Published on 2012-08-06 19:10:16

Review by Russ McSpadden Beasts of the Southern Wild is big budget Indy film about anthropogenic ecological collapse as experienced by a poor and backwoods bayou island community called the Bathtub, situated just off the coast of New Orleans. More specifically, it’s about the experience of a 7 year old bad ass named Hushpuppy who [...]

Shagged by a Rare and Pudgy Parrot

Published on 2012-08-06 14:04:45

by the Center for Biological Diversity When zoologist Mark Carwardine headed into the dense jungle landscape of New Zealand in search of one of the last remaining wild kakapos — pudgy, nocturnal parrots that can’t fly — little did he know he was entering a meat-market singles scene. Male kakapos are polyamorous birds known for [...]

Monday Morning Inspiration

Published on 2012-08-06 11:42:08

Monsanto Soy Blocked by Yucatan Beekeepers

Published on 2012-08-06 11:30:14

Reposted from Yucatan Times Echoing a recent block in Poland, beekeepers have succeeded in preventing, through two suspensions obtained in amparo (specialized protection), the seeding of transgenic soy for 253,500 hectares in Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, and Chiapas. 59 organizations of beekeepers, environmentalists, and NGO´s have maintained that the amparos [...]

Jail Support Needed for RAMPS Arrestees

Published on 2012-08-06 10:55:18

Supporting those who choose to risk arrest and are given jail time is a critical component of direct action. We keep in close contact with folks who end up spending time in the jail system, and encourage you to do the same! We also work with families and loved ones of those who are incarcerated [...]

Mutant Mosquitoes in the Keys?

Published on 2012-08-05 14:39:47

Native American Health Traumas Addressed

Published on 2012-08-05 13:49:58

cross-posted from Indian Country By Devon G. Peña, Ph.D. One of the consequences of the conquest and settlement of North and South America by Europeans was the displacement and destruction of native biological and cultural diversity. The environmental historian Alfred Crosby has called the European invasion of the Americas [sic] a biological conquest and a [...]

Autonomous indigenous community shuts down illegal logging in Mexico

Published on 2012-08-04 09:39:35

from New York Times CHERÁN, Mexico — The woman’s exhausted eyes reflected the flames dancing in front of her. A 38-year-old grandmother, she is also a leader of the civilian insurgency that has taken over this mountain town in the state of Michoacán, 310 miles west of Mexico City. Sixteen months of cold and sleepless [...]

W. Virginia Fish Threatened by MTR, Fracking, Proposed for Endangered Species Protection

Published on 2012-08-03 15:30:36

by the Center for Biological Diversity CHARLESTON, W.V.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed Endangered Species Act protections for a small fish called the diamond darter and 122 river miles of its critical habitat in West Virginia and Kentucky. The decision stems from a 2011 landmark legal settlement with the Center for Biological [...]

Brazil Opens Indigenous Lands to Dams, Mining, and Military Bases in “National Interest”

Published on 2012-08-03 12:39:45

By Rhett Butler / Mongabay A directive signed Monday by Brazil’s Solicitor-General could hamper the efforts of indigenous tribes to win government recognition of their traditional lands, reports Survival International, a human rights group focused on native peoples. The directive “opens up all indigenous areas to mineral, dams, roads, military bases and other developments of [...]

Coal Mining in India Poses Dire Threat to Bengal Tiger

Published on 2012-08-03 12:33:51

By Jeremy Hance / Mongabay Burning coal fuels climate change, causes acid rain, and spreads toxic pollutants into the environment, but now a new Greenpeace report warns that coal may also imperil the world’s biggest feline: the tiger. Home to world’s largest population of tigers—in this case the Bengal subspecies (Panthera tigris tigris)—India is also [...]

Mountaintop Removal Mining Poisons One in Four Streams in Southern West Virginia

Published on 2012-08-03 12:31:11

By Duke University Water pollution from surface coal mining has degraded more than 22 percent of streams and rivers in southern West Virginia to the point they may now qualify as impaired under state criteria, according to a new study by scientists at Duke and Baylor universities. The study, published this week in the peer-reviewed [...]

China’s environmental protests: simple NIMBYism or cutting edge people power?

Published on 2012-08-03 12:23:58

By Graham Land The internet is taking a lot of credit for fermenting social unrest and facilitating effective protest. The Arab Spring, the Occupy movement and the Green Revolution in Iran are three well-known examples of how social media has played a role in grass-roots, people-based political actions. China is a country outsiders tend to [...]

Petition Seeks Delisting of Pacific Northwest Orcas

Published on 2012-08-02 17:07:36

by Laura Petersen, E&E reporter The population of killer whales that resides primarily in Puget Sound doesn’t deserve Endangered Species Act protection, the conservative Pacific Legal Foundation says in a delisting petition filed today with the Obama administration.The petition sent to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration argues the orcas shouldn’t have been listed in [...]

Termite Retirement Plan Features Suicide Bombing

Published on 2012-08-02 14:53:54

from the Center for Biological Diversity While in the human world it’s generally the youth that marches off to war, in the insect world it’s more often the old folks. A new discovery published this month in the journal Science explains that a colony of termites in French Guiana is no exception: Elderly termites, packed [...]

Shell Game in the Arctic

Published on 2012-08-02 11:27:38

How to Bring the Major Oil Companies Ashore and Halt the Destruction of Our Oceans by Subhankar Banerjee When you go to the mountains, you go to the mountains. When it’s the desert, it’s the desert. When it’s the ocean, though, we generally say that we’re going “to the beach.” Land is our element, not [...]

Employment Opportunities at the Earth First! Journal

Published on 2012-08-01 16:14:43

Greetings! The Earth First! Journal Collective is currently seeking playmates in our south Florida office for short-term and long-term engagements. As long-time Earth First!ers, we know how hard it is to commit, however, we believe that the perfect partners are still out there, searching for a lasting relationship like the one we can provide. Those [...]

Employment Opportunities at the Earth First! Journal

Published on 2012-08-01 16:14:43

Greetings! The Earth First! Journal Collective is currently seeking playmates in our south Florida office for short-term and long-term engagements. As long-time Earth First!ers, we know how hard it is to commit, however, we believe that the perfect partners are still out there, searching for a lasting relationship like the one we can provide. Those [...]

Burrying Beetle Vs. Keystone XL Pipeline

Published on 2012-07-31 18:56:36

By ART HOVEY/Lincoln Journal Star The American burying beetle is a clever critter. It’s known for secreting fluid around the carcasses of birds and rodents in the Nebraska Sandhills to disguise their scent and then using the decaying remains as hatching sites for its eggs. The endangered beetle is also known for the challenge it [...]

Burrying Beetle Vs. Keystone XL Pipeline

Published on 2012-07-31 18:56:36

Alarming Biodiversity Collapse in Protected Forests

Published on 2012-07-31 14:27:50

{from Mother Jones} In the science journal Nature this week, a piece was co-authored by more than 200 scientists from around the world—a veritable who’s-who of researchers from the world of tropical forest ecology. The gist of the paper is alarming: The rapid disruption of tropical forests worldwide probably imperils global biodiversity more than any [...]

Alarming Biodiversity Collapse in Protected Forests

Published on 2012-07-31 14:27:50

State of Oregon Owns Rainwater, Criminalizes Permaculture

Published on 2012-07-31 13:32:10

Oregon Criminalizes Permaculture; Claims State Ownership Over All Rainwater – Ponds and Swales Restricted – Jail Time for Violators July 29 2012 by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor naturalnews.com There’s nothing more refreshing than standing in a cool, summertime rain shower. Or bathing in the warm sunlight on a crisp spring day. Or [...]

State of Oregon Owns Rainwater, Criminalizes Permaculture

Published on 2012-07-31 13:32:10

Critical Mass versus Olympic Games

Published on 2012-07-30 21:16:20

Friday’s Critical Mass, a monthly mass bike ride through central London, was the focus of a huge police operation on Stratford High Street, with 182 arrests made. The Met [police] attempted to limit the ride under provisions in section 12 of the Public Order Act 1986, which states that the police can impose conditions on [...]

Critical Mass versus Olympic Games

Published on 2012-07-30 21:16:20

Bustin’ through the barricades against nukes in Japan

Published on 2012-07-30 20:55:21

Tens of thousands of people protested against nuclear power plants outside Japan‘s parliament on Sunday. The protesters, including pensioners, were pressed up against a wall of steel thrown around the parliament building. Some broke through the barriers and spilled onto the streets, forcing the police to bring in reinforcements and deploy armoured buses to buttress [...]

Bustin’ through the barricades against nukes in Japan

Published on 2012-07-30 20:55:21

Western U.S. Drought of 2000-2004 Worst in 800 Years

Published on 2012-07-30 17:15:30

by the National Snow and Ice Data Center A new scientific study indicates the turn-of-the-century drought in the North American West was the worst of the last millennium—with major impacts to the carbon cycle and hints of even drier times ahead. The study, titled “Reduction in carbon uptake during turn of the century drought in [...]

Western U.S. Drought of 2000-2004 Worst in 800 Years

Published on 2012-07-30 17:15:30

First Nations Delegation Denied Access to New England Governors’ Conference

Published on 2012-07-30 17:00:59

by Global Justice Ecology Project BURLINGTON, Vt. July 30, 2012—Members of the Innu First Nation from Quebec and the Nulhegan Abenaki of Vermont were denied access to the 36th Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers this morning. Around 9:30 am, while governors and premiers were discussing access to renewable energy, Charles Megeso [...]

First Nations Delegation Denied Access to New England Governors’ Conference

Published on 2012-07-30 17:00:59

The Frack War Comes Home

Published on 2012-07-30 16:54:21

by Peter Rugh Cross-Posted from Waging NonViolence The war came home this weekend, as thousands of people whose land has been under siege by the U.S. government and corporate interests gathered in Washington, D.C. No, they weren’t victims of drone attacks or 10-plus years of fighting in Afghanistan. They were ordinary Americans, whose neighborhoods, townships [...]

The Frack War Comes Home

Published on 2012-07-30 16:54:21

Dustin Steele, Arrested and Beaten for Opposing Mountaintop Removal in Appalachia

Published on 2012-07-30 13:49:56

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Dustin Steele, Arrested and Beaten for Opposing Mountaintop Removal in Appalachia

Published on 2012-07-30 13:49:56

Please donate to the Legal Defense Fund.

Irish Protest over GM potatoes grows

Published on 2012-07-30 09:48:38

It was reported last week that Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency had approved the trial of a genetically modified potato crop. The decision has, unsurprisingly, attracted criticism from environmental protesters. Other campaigners against the crop have stated their fears that it will ruin the country’s reputation. The Organic Trust in Dublin says that this approval has [...]

Angry Environmental Protesters Occupy Govt Office, Smash Computers in China

Published on 2012-07-29 22:42:50

By John Ruwitch QIDONG, China, July 28 (Reuters) – Angry demonstrators occupied a government office in eastern China on Saturday, destroying computers and overturning cars in a violent protest against an industrial waste pipeline they said would poison their coastal waters. The demonstration was the latest in a string of protests sparked by fears of [...]

Help the Defenders of the Oldest Mountains in the World

Published on 2012-07-29 16:45:18

Help any way you can! Bryan Garcia of Katuah Earth First! at Ramps Campaign Mountain Mobilization, shutting down Hobet the largest mountaintop removal mine in the U.S. Bryan’s bail is set at $25,000. Please donate to the Legal Fund: http://bit.ly/mj-legal

Video: Mountain Mobilization shuts down largest mountaintop removal mine in U.S.

Published on 2012-07-29 16:21:12

Daring Protesters Shut Down Obama Backed Strip Mine In West Virginia; 500,000 in Bail Needed!!!!

Published on 2012-07-29 12:35:36

by Jeff Biggers Ramping up renewed efforts to end mountaintop removal mining in central Appalachia, scores of protesters staged a daring action at the controversial Hobet strip mine today in Boone County, West Virginia, shutting down operations through a series of coordinated lock downs, tree-sits and banner drops. In a symbolic challenge to the Obama [...]

Wolf Looking for Love Finds None in California

Published on 2012-07-29 12:18:16

By Jeff Barnard / The Associated Press A wandering Oregon wolf that has been out looking for love has gotten the cold shoulder from people in one Northern California county. Citing fears that if wolves move into the area they will attack cattle, Tehama County supervisors have told the California Fish and Game Commission that [...]

Solidarity Statement against the raids and grand jury

Published on 2012-07-28 15:51:29

Breaking Update: Cross Posted from the Portland Mercury: The first interview with any of the Portlanders who were served grand jury subpoenas as FBI agents searched their homes on Wednesday, July 25, shines some light on what authorities may be hoping to achieve with the raids. Click here for more. Solidarity Statement against the raids and grand jury [...]

Solidarity Statement against the raids and grand jury

Published on 2012-07-28 15:51:29

Taiwan outsourcing Pollution to Malaysia?

Published on 2012-07-27 12:45:38

Taiwan’s protesters: Is Malaysia next? After protest stalls giant petrochemical in Taiwan, plans are to build it in Malaysia A long-running saga has come to the end for a US$12.8 billion attempt by the Kuokuang petrochemical company , which is owned by Taiwan’s 43 oercebt state-controlled CPC Group, to build a refinery for the production [...]

Taiwan outsourcing Pollution to Malaysia?

Published on 2012-07-27 12:45:38

Japan also seeking to extradite Sea Shepherd Captain

Published on 2012-07-27 12:40:30

Yesterday we posted news of Captain Paul Watson bail-skipping out of Germany and into free water. Today his attorney reveals knowledge of an additional extradition request from the Japanese Embassy, submitted July 19th to the German Foreign Office. Germany had been proceeding with Watson’s extradition to Costa Rica. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society had concerns [...]

Japan also seeking to extradite Sea Shepherd Captain

Published on 2012-07-27 12:40:30

Groups Protest Tar Sands Oil on Spill Anniversary

Published on 2012-07-27 12:34:25

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — On the second anniversary of the costliest onshore oil spill in U.S. history, environmental groups held rallies in several states Wednesday to raise concerns about transporting tar sands oil in underground pipelines. Demonstrators walked along the riverfront in Battle Creek, near the southwestern Michigan site where a pipeline ruptured in [...]

Groups Protest Tar Sands Oil on Spill Anniversary

Published on 2012-07-27 12:34:25

Activists From Québec’s Innu First Nation To Protest This Weekend’s New England Governors’ Conference in Burlington, Vermont

Published on 2012-07-26 17:26:51

More than a dozen protesters from Quebec’s Innu First Nation are due to arrive in Vermont this weekend to protest the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, being held in Burlington. They are protesting against the construction of a new hydroelectric dam on the Romaine River by Hydro-Québec, which they say would destroy [...]

Activists From Innu First Nation To Protest Governors’ Conference in Vermont

Published on 2012-07-26 17:26:51

Bird Ingestion of Plastic in North Pacific Among Highest in the World

Published on 2012-07-26 15:50:43

by Jaymi Heimbuch The deadliness of ocean plastic pollution for birds and other animals should come as no surprise. It is something biologists have witnessed for years, including among the albatross of Midway. But the rate at which seabirds are ingesting plastic is surprising. A new study by US and Canadian scientists shows that seabirds [...]

Bird Ingestion of Plastic in North Pacific Among Highest in the World

Published on 2012-07-26 15:50:43

G20 rioter sentenced to prison… Send her a letter!

Published on 2012-07-26 13:49:50

Kelly Pflug-Back, Food Not Bombs activist, author, poet and new member of the Fifth Estate editorial collective, has been sentenced to 11 months in jail for her role during the G20 summit’s protests in 2010. You can write her a letter at: Kelly Pflug-Back Vanier Centre for Women 655 Martin Street Milton, Ontario L9T-5E6 Canada [...]

G20 rioter sentenced to prison… Send her a letter!

Published on 2012-07-26 13:49:50

Saving Salamanders and Ourselves, From Ourselves

Published on 2012-07-26 11:37:45

by Tierra Curry / Center for Biological Diversity When you think of mountaintop removal coal mining, you probably don’t think of salamanders. But you should — because when coal companies use the cheapest and most destructive methods to blow off the top of an Appalachian mountain to extract the coal buried inside, guess which animals [...]

Saving Salamanders and Ourselves, From Ourselves

Published on 2012-07-26 11:37:45

Anarchist Protesters Get Rowdy Against Extraction in the Philippines

Published on 2012-07-26 10:36:55

By Philippin@ Anarchist A group of anarchist demonstrators wearing mask, around 30 individuals, (with black clothes tied on in their face) unpredictably showed up from Aurora Avenue, Cubao Quezon City staging uncompromising rebellion against the State of the Nation Address or SONA. SONA is an annual accomplishment speech of the existing ruling president Benigno “Noynoy” [...]

Anarchist Protesters Get Rowdy Against Extraction in the Philippines

Published on 2012-07-26 10:36:55

Run, Paul, Run!

Published on 2012-07-25 23:56:55

Cross Posted from CommonDreams.org A German court issued an extradition request Wednesday for environmental activist Paul Watson, founder of marine conservation group Sea Shepherd, after reports revealed that Watson had skipped his bail in the country and could not be found. The call is the second extradition request in one year for Watson who had been arrested [...]

Run, Paul, Run!

Published on 2012-07-25 23:56:55

MAP21 Bill Continues NAFTA Superhighway Construction

Published on 2012-07-25 14:15:35

Some have tried to convince the public that the Trans Texas Corridor and NAFTA Superhighways are dead. But Congress recently passed a new, two-year federal highway bill, “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century” (or MAP-21), that not only gives priority funding to these ‘high priority’ trade corridors, it also makes it easier to [...]

A Call for Nonviolent Direct Action to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline from the Tar Sands Blockade

Published on 2012-07-25 13:50:43

This morning, the Tar Sands Blockade and Rising Tide North Texas put out a call for actions to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline being built from Cushing, OK to Texas’ Gulf Coast. This summer, environmental activists from across the country will be converging in Texas to participate in the blockade the Gulf Coast portion of the pipeline. The Tar Sands Blockade [...]

A Threatened Snail in the Path of Rosemont Copper Mine

Published on 2012-07-25 12:01:46

By Samantha Bare / Cronkite News WASHINGTON – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday that it will begin a yearlong review to determine whether the Sonoran talussnail is threatened, specifically by the proposed Rosemont Copper mine. The action is in response to a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity, which claims that [...]

Greenland Suddenly Thaws

Published on 2012-07-24 23:42:21

Cross Posted by the Washington Post Nearly all of Greenland’s massive ice sheet suddenly started melting a bit this month, a freak event that surprised scientists. Even Greenland’s coldest and highest place, Summit station, showed melting. Ice core records show that last happened in 1889 and occurs about once every 150 years. Three satellites show [...]

Video: Keystone Pipeline is a Toxic Frat-Boy D-Bag, and He’s Back

Published on 2012-07-24 18:08:05

Punk Rock’s Convoluted Political History

Published on 2012-07-24 16:26:28

(or how I learned to stop being a wastoid and threw a benefit show for the Earth First! Journal) By Matt Preira / Miami New Times Punk rock’s political history is pretty convoluted. But by most accounts, the fast-hard-and-loud aesthetic came into vogue during the mid-’70s as a sneering response to the hippies of the [...]

Fund Created for Fallen Forest Defender

Published on 2012-07-24 16:19:12

Ethan Ethan Wyatt Braden was passionate about protecting the Cascade Forests. To honor his memory and fight for this cause, a new fund has been created in his name. All proceeds will be donated to the organizations he was directly working with at his time of passing. Help keep his memory alive by doing your [...]

New Lawsuit Exposes Rift in Coal Exports Plan

Published on 2012-07-24 16:13:08

By SASHA / Earth First! Journal Portland Field Office Last week, a rupture occurred with the coal industry world that shocked activists. Rio Tinto, an Australian company, which owns the US-based subsidiary Cloud Peak Energy, a 50:50 partner in the Decker Mine in the Powder River Basin, sued its partner and fellow Australian company, Ambre [...]

Mountain Mobilization Kicks Off Summer of Solidarity with a Challenge to Strip-Mining

Published on 2012-07-24 15:12:25

by Wren Awry Listening to the talk in Washington is depressing these days for those concerned about the future of our planet. Democrats join Republicans in trying to roll back environmental regulation, any discussion of climate legislation is dead and everyone wants to expand domestic fossil fuel production. But all across America in the midst [...]

Gettin’ Busy in the Coal Fields of Scotland!

Published on 2012-07-24 08:51:43

Holy shite! Things have been going off in Scotland’s Douglas Valley. Starting July 11, folks with the Coal Action Scotland crew occupied Scottish Coal’s new opencast mine site, Glentaggart East, for Take Back the Land! – a week of action against the destruction of opencast mining. By July 14 a group of 45 activists had [...]

Earth First! Land Project: Call for Proposals

Published on 2012-07-23 22:50:58

As you may have heard about at the 2012 Organizer’s Conference in Utah or seen featured in the Beltane issue of the Journal, eco-prisoner Marie Mason submitted a proposal to the movement for an Earth First! Land Project. Earlier this month, at the Round River Rendezvous, several people from various regions and parts of the [...]

Egypt Resists Monsanto’s Genetically-Modified Maize

Published on 2012-07-23 13:50:14

by Tafline Laylin When an insect feeds on Monsanto’s genetically-modified MON810 maize plant, it is in for a nasty surprise. Encoded within the seed’s DNA is an especially insidious insecticide called cry1Ab that causes the insect’s stomach to explode after ingestion. Given its brutal assault on pests, the modified crop is pitted by the agri-giant as the cure-all [...]

Monsanto Expanding its GMO Operations to Offshore Fish Nurseries

Published on 2012-07-23 13:47:12

by David Quilty The GMO soy industry, headed by agriculture giant Monsanto, is expanding into aquaculture and its soy will used to feed farm-raised fish meant for human consumption. A new report from Food & Water Watch and Food & Water Europe states that Monsanto and Cargill are joining forces to cash in on industrial [...]

Jordan is Free!

Published on 2012-07-21 20:35:34

Cross Posted from Because We Must Yesterday, our good friend Jordan Halliday was released from prison after serving 10 months for refusing to cooperate with a grand jury that was fishing for information about the animal rights scene in Salt Lake City, UT. After refusing to cooperate with a grand jury in 2009, Halliday was jailed for 4 [...]

Gorilla Youngsters Seen Dismantling Poachers’ Traps

Published on 2012-07-20 15:17:55

Take Back a Mountain on July 28!

Published on 2012-07-20 14:57:22

Check out this message from RAMPS, and get out there! “On Saturday, July 28th, hundreds of us will march onto a strip mine and shut it down. Stand with us as we take action. Concerned community members and activists are preparing to take nonviolent direct action to do what the politicians, the regulators and the courts [...]

Greenpeace activists shut down 74 UK Shell petrol stations

Published on 2012-07-19 16:54:01

Greenpeace activists shut down 74 Shell petrol stations in Edinburgh and London in a protest against the company’s plans to drill for oil in the Arctic that saw 24 campaigners arrested on Monday. The campaigners are attempting to shut off petrol to London’s 105 Shell stations and Edinburgh’s 14. Seventy-one have been closed in London [...]

Special Deal Expiring Soon!

Published on 2012-07-19 16:04:58

This special discount offer expires in one week, on July 24th. So…if you have been waiting for just the perfect moment to subscribe to the Earth First! Journal, the time is now!

Video: Wildass Roadblock and Treesit Shut Down Fracking Rig

Published on 2012-07-19 14:28:23

May this be the first in a series of fracking rig shut downs and may the next ones last years, till the damn things come down. Occupy the frackers.

Developers to Cut Maine in Two with East-West Highway

Published on 2012-07-18 20:13:12

Restore: The North Woods and Forest Ecology Network blasted Cianbro Corp.’s East-West Highway proposal on Monday, charging that the likely route would affect conservation sites and hurt the state’s economy by damaging its “brand” as a wild and natural place. At a press conference in Portland City Hall’s State of Maine Room, Jonathan Carter director [...]

EF! Journal Submission Deadline for Lughnasadh

Published on 2012-07-18 12:06:48

Calling all interested in submitting media to the Earth First! Journal: You are still in the green! The deadline for Lughnasadh 2012 is Monday, July 23. Submit to collective [at] earthfirstjournal [dot] org. Contact us right away if you have any submissions, ideas, or questions. Please write a clear subject line for your email, for example: [...]

Enbridge Expansion and Oil Spill Anniversary Protest Today in Lansing

Published on 2012-07-18 12:01:34

Dozens gathered in the Michigan state capitol today to protest the expansion of the Enbridge oil pipeline that cracked and leaked over 800,000 gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River in Marshall, Michigan on July 25th, 2010 – “…the costliest inland oil spill in history.” Groups including The National Wildlife Federation, We Are the Kalamazoo, [...]

EXXON CEO: Fossil Fuels Are Warming The Planet — But Don’t Worry, We’ll Adapt

Published on 2012-07-17 11:46:22

NEW YORK (AP) — ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson says fears about climate change, drilling, and energy dependence are overblown. In a speech Wednesday, Tillerson acknowledged that burning of fossil fuels is warming the planet, but said society will be able to adapt. The risks of oil and gas drilling are well understood and can be [...]

Sea Shepherd Captain Paul Watson arrested in Germany, Faces Extradition to Costa Rica

Published on 2012-07-16 18:58:16

from the Herald Sun / Australia Captain Paul Watson was arrested in Germany over the weekend and will be extradited to Costa Rica on an outstanding arrest warrant from an incident that occurred in 2002. In a statement, Sea Shepherd said the arrest was related to a “violation of ships traffic” incident and involved a [...]

Residents Blockade Injection Well One Week After 1,000 Gallon Fracking Waste Spill

Published on 2012-07-16 11:55:25

[For updates check ohiofracktion.com] Concerned residents blocked access to an injection well in Trumbull County this morning, protesting the failure of Ohio regulators to adequately test and monitor dumping of toxic fracking waste. At least one protestor has been arrested and at least two others have been detained. Trumbull County residents, along with supporters from [...]

Two New Wolf Packs Established in NM

Published on 2012-07-16 11:51:17

Federal wildlife managers have designated two more Mexican gray wolf packs in New Mexico, bringing the number of packs in the American Southwest to 14. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been trying to return the predators to their historic range in New Mexico and Arizona for more than a dozen years, but the [...]

The Ecology of Disease

Published on 2012-07-16 11:30:29

By Jim Robbins THERE’S a term biologists and economists use these days — ecosystem services — which refers to the many ways nature supports the human endeavor. Forests filter the water we drink, for example, and birds and bees pollinate crops, both of which have substantial economic as well as biological value. If we fail [...]

Daniel McGowan having some mail rejected

Published on 2012-07-15 23:53:47

Cross Posted from NYCABC Folks from NYC Anarchist Black Cross have heard from Daniel McGowan regarding the every-other-week collection of updates and announcements we compile. These updates are typically about U.S. held political prisoners and prisoners of war and add up to 25-35 pages each time. They are available online and are also sent by our collective to nearly a dozen [...]

In Vast Effort, F.D.A. Spied on E-Mails of Its Own Scientists

Published on 2012-07-15 12:57:20

Cross Posted from The New York Times A wide-ranging surveillance operation by theFood and Drug Administration against a group of its own scientists used an enemies list of sorts as it secretly captured thousands of e-mails that the disgruntled scientists sent privately to members of Congress, lawyers, labor officials, journalists and even President Obama, previously undisclosed [...]

Environmental Scientists Protest Firings, Spending Cuts in Canada

Published on 2012-07-14 18:50:38

by Blake Deppe, for The Indypendent, July 14, 2012 In June 2012, Canada’s government made excessive cuts in its environmental departments, resulting in the firing of many top scientists. On July 9, those scientists – and their supporters – had decided they’d had enough; they led a march through central Ottawa to Parliament Hill, in [...]

Sustainable Colonialism® in the Boreal Forest

Published on 2012-07-13 12:45:37

by RUSS McSPADDEN What do you get when the world’s largest environmental organization and the world’s largest “sustainable” logging company shake hands? Answer: a half dozen press-releases that’ll increase donations to the eco- bureaucracy, a green-washed face lift for a rapacious industry and a good old fashioned guilt-free feeling white America is willing to pay [...]

Actions! Actions! Actions!

Published on 2012-07-13 09:59:47

Get off this damn computer and get out to the frontlines. Summer 2012 is packed with opportunities to play your part in the eco-wars… ‘Tis the season for resistance! The following upcoming events—starting today in Ohio—are selected from the EF! Newswire’s Event Calendar. If you know of other happenings, please keep us in the loop [...]

Anti-Oppression in the EF! Movement

Published on 2012-07-12 21:25:29

Speech written and recited by Bee at the RRR 2012 In response to the out-reaching participants of the Challenging Male Supremacy Workshop at this year’s Round River Rendezvous, I’m echoing appreciation of well-intended cis-males who stand in solidarity with anti-oppression in the EF! movement. Despite the best intentions of the group, things got heated and [...]

Collusion Uncovered in Michigan Energy Land Grab

Published on 2012-07-11 14:22:44

By Sasha According to an exclusive published in Reuters this morning, top executives from Encana Corp shared information with Chesapeake Energy Corp that facilitated a major land grab for natural gas operations in Michigan. Encana has already begun fracking in the state, and admitted to leasing out 250,000 acres by mid-2010. Activists who had been wondering [...]

Radical Mycology: A Primer from the Spore Liberation Front

Published on 2012-07-10 17:06:06

A new zine from the Spore Liberation Front exploring the numerous uses for mushrooms and their implications for ecoactivists and other Earth friendly folk. From food to medicine to paper and dyes to the amazing new field of mycorememdiation (the use of mushrooms to clean up oil spills and restore damaged habitats), this zine gives [...]

Green Capitalism: Coca-Cola, Dow Chemical, Disney, Weyerhaeuser Join Forces to Protect the World’s Forests From Themselves?

Published on 2012-07-09 17:47:06

The Coca-Cola Company, Dow Chemical and Duke Energy are among 24 major companies that have agreed to develop a methodology to assign value to the world’s forests, freshwater and marine systems. The Corporate Eco Forum and The Nature Conservancy are leading the Valuing Natural Capital initiative, announced at the United Nations’ Rio+20 Earth Summit. Committed [...]

Farmers Stand up to Monsanto Seed Police

Published on 2012-07-09 17:26:49

By R.T. Jones This just in from Wood Prairie Farm. . . Seventy-five family farmers, seed businesses, and agricultural organizations representing over 300,000 individuals and 4,500 farms filed a a brief today with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington D.C. asking the appellate court to reverse a lower court’s [...]

Chinese Environmentalists Protest, Riot, Defeat Copper Plant in Sichuan

Published on 2012-07-09 16:48:32

By Russ McSpadden Following three days of mass protest, overturned police cars, tear gas and violent clashes between protesters and riot police, the city government of Shifang in the province of Sichuan, southwest China, announced last week that it is scrapping plans for a copper alloy plant. This is but one of dozens of industrial [...]

EF! blockade shuts down frack drilling in PA state forest

Published on 2012-07-09 09:53:54

Nearly 100 Earth First! activists, friends and allies forced a 70-foot-tall EQT hydrofracking drill rig to suspend operations for 12 hours yesterday in Pennsylvania’s Moshannon State Forest. This is the first time that protesters have shut down a hydrofrack drilling operation in the US. A tree sitter hung above the access road, with their anchor [...]

Anti-fracking Blockade in Moshannon State Forest

Published on 2012-07-08 12:21:25

Posted by Marcellus Earth First! Tree-Sitters Halt Hydrofracking Operations Activists from Marcellus Earth First! have erected a slash pile blockade and two tree sits blocking an access road to an EQT hydro-fracking site in Moshannon State Forest in Clearfield County, PA., halting drilling operations set to begin this week. The blockaders were joined by 40 [...]

Brazil tribes occupy contentious dam site

Published on 2012-07-06 22:20:18

Cross Posted from Al Jazeera A cluster of 12 men from the Xikrin tribe chant in their native language while marching together, arms interlocked, stomping their feet against the dry red dirt. They say this is their call of resistance from the Amazon. The Xikrin are joined by about 150 indigenous people from three other [...]

State Of Emergency In Cajamarca Follows Four Deaths in Mine Protests

Published on 2012-07-06 21:34:33

Cross-Posted from Peruvian Times A state of emergency has been declared in three provinces in the Andean department of Cajamarca, located in northern Peru, following the deaths of four people during protests against the multi-billion dollar Conga gold project. Peru’s Executive branch approved the measure, which curtails civil liberties, in the provinces of Cajamarca, Celendin [...]

US succeeds with shameful backdoor deal to empty whaling ban

Published on 2012-07-06 18:25:46

Cross Posted from GreenVegans.org Japan and all IWC member nations who want to see the commercial whaling ban lifted are rejoicing tonight. Describing the non-aboriginal whaling conducted by the Bequians of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) as fitting within the definition of ASW, the US successfully gave the green light for non-aboriginal whaling which [...]

The Paraguayan Coup: How agribusiness, landowning and media elite, and the U.S. are paving a way for regional destabilization

Published on 2012-07-06 12:42:15

Cross Posted from War-Times.org Francesca Fiorentini July 4, 2012, Buenos Aires It has been nearly two weeks since the parliament of Paraguay orchestrated an institutional coup that removed President Fernando Lugo from power and installed vice president Fernando Franco in his place, a mere 9 months before the next presidential elections. Reading articles coming [...]

Love in the Time of the Apocalypse

Published on 2012-07-04 15:33:45

Review by Russ McSpadden For the avid apocalyptic fiction readers out there… Gregory Blecha (the father of a really dear friend and fellow Earth First!er who I’ve spent some time in lock-downs and even jail with) has published a terrifyingly funny novel about the near-apocalypse. Below is a synopsis I’ve written to wet your whistle: [...]

This Summer Is ‘What Global Warming Looks Like’

Published on 2012-07-03 16:57:42

By AP / SETH BORENSTEIN (WASHINGTON) — If you want a glimpse of some of the worst of global warming, scientists suggest taking a look at U.S. weather in recent weeks. Horrendous wildfires. Oppressive heat waves. Devastating droughts. Flooding from giant deluges. And a powerful freak wind storm called a derecho. These are the kinds [...]

US Coast Guard Creates ‘Protest-free Zone’ in Alaska Oil Drilling Zone

Published on 2012-07-03 16:32:41

from PressTV.com The United States Coast Guard will establish and enforce “a 500-meter safety zone” around the Shell Oil Company’s drilling vessel Noble Discoverer as it drills exploratory offshore wells in the sensitive Arctic waters off the coast of Alaska beginning this July. The ‘buffer zone’ would apply to all vessels, but the ‘special rules’ [...]

We Were Wrong on Peak Oil. There’s Enough to Fry Us All

Published on 2012-07-03 16:01:35

A boom in oil production has made a mockery of our predictions. Good news for capitalists – but a disaster for humanity by George Monbiot / UK Guardian The facts have changed, now we must change too. For the past 10 years an unlikely coalition of geologists, oil drillers, bankers, military strategists and environmentalists has [...]

ReWilding the West

Published on 2012-07-01 18:57:11

Remembering a Tucson Radical by Russ McSpadden / Earth First! Journal Tucson field office Most of the heroes of the Wild West, the rootin’ tootin’ movie cowboys, sheriffs, miners, ranchers, saloon owners and cavalry generals, had a real knack for replacing all the wild land they got a hold of with profiteering schemes. These are [...]

Palm Oil Industry Burning Indonesian Orangutans into Extinction to Build Plantations

Published on 2012-06-30 18:31:58

By Oliver Milman / The Guardian The world’s densest population of orangutans is set to be “extinguished” by a massive new wave of fires that is clearing large tracts of a peat swamp forest in the Indonesian island of Sumatra, conservationists have warned. Environmentalists claim that satellite images show a huge surge in forest blazes [...]

What Would A Real Transition To A Sustainable Society Look Like?

Published on 2012-06-30 18:26:19

By Max Wilbert / Deep Green Resistance Climate scientists are clear that modern human societies are changing the atmosphere of the planet, mainly by clearing forests, grasslands, wetlands, and other natural ecosystems for the purposes of development and logging and by burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas. These activities are releasing [...]

Micropredators and Oily Prey

Published on 2012-06-30 13:14:48

by John Fischman Debby did Gulfport this past weekend. Or threatened to, enough to toss the Endeavor’s cruise plan up in the air. Tropical Storm Debby was barreling north across the gulf with 50-knot winds and 15-foot waves, but the forecasts were vague about whether she would turn east across Florida or west, right across [...]

Can a Tiny Purple Desert Orchid Stop a Massive Open-Pit Mine

Published on 2012-06-29 16:35:25

by the Center for Biological Diversity TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the agency’s failure to protect Coleman’s coralroot under the Endangered Species Act. Coleman’s coralroot is an extremely rare purple orchid found on national forest land in the footprint of the [...]

Enviro Group Sells Out to Fracking Industry in NY

Published on 2012-06-28 18:43:16

Cross Posted from WaterDefense Documents obtained by the Environmental Working Group show that officials at the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) secretly colluded with gas industry lobbyists to write fracking regulations. DEC General Counsel Steven Russo, with full knowledge of DEC Commissioner Joe Martens, sent drafts of New York’s fracking legislation to industry [...]

Obama Plan Expands Risky Offshore Drilling in Arctic, Gulf of Mexico

Published on 2012-06-28 18:38:21

by the Center for Biological Diversity SAN FRANCISCO— The Obama administration announced plans on Thursday to dramatically expand offshore oil drilling, including in the Arctic and the heart of critical habitat for polar bears. The plan will also expand high-risk, ultra-deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, which is still suffering the effects of the [...]

Feds Grant Approval for Southern Portion of Keystone XL

Published on 2012-06-28 17:11:53

—By Kate Sheppard/ Mother Jones Not long after delaying the approval of the Keystone XL, President Obama announced that the administration is expediting consideration of permits for the pipeline’s southern portion. And that’s exactly what happened on Wednesday, according to the New York Times: The Army Corps of Engineers on Monday told TransCanada, which wants [...]

Fronteras y Cuerpos (Borders and Bodies)

Published on 2012-06-28 15:16:21

por Russ McSpadden / arte por Jill Lavetsky for the English version click here En algún lugar en las afueras del viejo pueblo minero de Ruby -no es nada más que un pueblo fantasma- y no tan lejos de la frontera Arizona/México, corrimos detrás un grupo de migrantes. Ellos se movían rápido atravesando el cañón [...]

EF! Journal Volunteer Party & Work Week! July 16-20th

Published on 2012-06-28 08:12:28

Don’t forget that we’re inviting you to a week of jam-packed volunteer opportunities for the eco-rev, at our EF! Journal office in the Night Heron activist center, and adventuring in the Loxahatchee watershed. Join us the first week after the 2012 Rondy, here in Lake Worth, FL. Check this link for details. For those nervous [...]

Over 300 Protesters Demand Kitzhaber Stop Nestlé’s Water Grab in the Gorge

Published on 2012-06-28 00:16:45

By Julia Degraw Portland, Ore. – Over 300 Oregonians gathered at Terry Schrunk Plaza in Southwest Portland yesterday to protest the development of a Nestlé Corporation water bottling facility in the Columbia River Gorge city of Cascade Locks. Protesters called on Governor Kitzhaber to stop a water exchange that would allow a state agency, the [...]

‘Epic’ Fire Forces Tens of Thousands to Flee in Colorado

Published on 2012-06-27 09:39:32

Cross-posted from CommonDreams Predictions of more frequent and intense fires fueled by climate change contained in recent study - Common Dreams staff A record-breaking heat wave in Colorado has generated what one local fire chief called a ‘firestorm of epic proportions’ and forced approximately 32,000 people to flee their homes near the town of Colorado Springs. Fire [...]

Fracking Blockade in Ohio Ends After 6 Hours

Published on 2012-06-27 01:52:05

Cross Posted from NBC4 ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio – An Athens County woman was arrested Tuesday morning after she chained herself to two barrels of concrete and blocked the entrance of a fracking fluid injection well on Ladd Ridge Road. Madeline Fitch told reporters she felt compelled to protest the continued dumping of out-of-state oil and gas [...]

Study: East Coast Sea Levels Rising Four Times Faster Than Global Average

Published on 2012-06-26 17:21:20

by the Center for Biological Diversity SAN FRANCISCO— Sea levels on the East Coast are rising three to four times faster than the global average, putting several major U.S. cities at increased risk of flooding and storm surges, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey. The findings were published in the journal [...]

Forest Service Approves Grand Canyon Uranium Mine Despite 26-year-old Environmental Review

Published on 2012-06-26 15:02:11

by the Center for Biological Diversity GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK— The U.S. Forest Service announced late Monday that it will allow Denison Mines Corp. to begin excavating the “Canyon Mine” this fall without first updating the 26-year-old environmental impact statement for the uranium mine, located due south of Grand Canyon National Park on the Kaibab [...]

New Paintings by Marie Mason

Published on 2012-06-26 14:51:54

Click here to view two more new paintings by Marie Mason.

Cascadia Earth First! Locks Down, Climbs Flagpoles in State Capitol

Published on 2012-06-25 14:21:09

10:00am: “We are occupying the Oregon State Capitol in Salem to end widespread clear cutting in state forests! We are currently locked down in the offices of Secretary of State Kate Brown and Treasurer Ted Wheeler, climbers are back on the flag poles and the establishment is generally shaking in its boots.” 2:00pm: 50 protesters [...]

‘Fracking’ — A Protest Song

Published on 2012-06-25 12:39:50

Download ‘Fracking’ – A Protest Song free! ‘Fracking’ is a song written in opposition to the industrial extraction of fossil-fuel shale gas by hydraulic fracturing, and aims to increase awareness of the many dangers that fracking presents. The protest song has a long tradition across all types of movements and struggles, and it is hoped [...]

Photographs of Biodiversity and Extinction

Published on 2012-06-24 00:42:01

by the EF! Journal Collective Joel Sartore is a photographer, educator and chronicler of the extinction crisis. Three of his recent collections describe, through vivid images, what we are losing, at a rate of 100 species every day. These are visual reminders of what is at stake if we fail to act. Please take a [...]

The new Earth First! Journal is OUT… Almost

Published on 2012-06-23 17:01:28

Notes about the Beltane 2012 edition, and other updates from your broke but loyal EF!J collective The season of Eostar faded into Beltane, and now Beltane has faded into Litha, leaving many of you wondering how the Summer Solstice passed without ever seeing the Spring edition of the Earth First! Journal. Well the good news [...]

Deadly Violence Against Environmentalists On The Rise Worldwide

Published on 2012-06-23 13:11:03

by Scott Parkin “We all stand before history.“ —Ken Saro-Wiwa, executed for environmental advocacy, Nigeria, Nov. 10, 1995.

Fracking In California’s Monterey Shale

Published on 2012-06-22 18:39:37

Controversial gas- and oil-drilling method is under increasing scrutiny in the state of California By Christine G.K. LaPado Dave Garcia recalled the first time he showed the widely acclaimed 2010 documentary film Gasland—which looks at the effects of natural-gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale located beneath New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia—at a March [...]

Guatemalan Anti-Mining Activist Survives Assassination Attempt

Published on 2012-06-22 00:16:57

Cross posted from MinesandCommunities.org In a serious incident last week, unidentified assailants shot at Ms. Yolanda “Yoli” Oquely Veliz, a Guatemalan anti-mining activist from San Jose del Golfo. She was campaigning against the activities of Canadian company, Radius Gold, and is currently in a serious condition. Click here for more. On May 18, Rights Action [...]

UN Environmental Summit opens in Rio de Janeiro

Published on 2012-06-21 14:40:07

UN Meets with protests and People’s Summit for Social and Environmental Justice Leaders from around the globe gathered Wednesday to open three days of talks at the United Nations conference on sustainable development, where a sober, unambitious mood prevailed as negotiators produced what critics called a watered-down document that makes few advances on protecting the [...]

Film on: The cycle of Tasmania’s forest destruction

Published on 2012-06-21 12:43:49

With Markets For Change, The Last Stand, JATAN Japan Tropical Forest Action Network, and The ObserverTree, Huon Valley Environment Centre has released this film that shows the cycle of destruction in Tasmania’s forests, this is still happening today. This footage was recently filmed. See the website here; And the films here; And in Japanese for [...]

Whose Hands are Dirty with Nigerian Oil?

Published on 2012-06-20 18:07:08

Embassy cables reveal Western complicity… A new timeline launched by oil watchdog Platform suggests that the role of British and US governments in the Niger Delta conflict links them to Nigerian military groups through oil giants like Shell and Chevron. The timeline, based on over 4,000 leaked US embassy cables from 2001 – 2010, is part of Platform’s ongoing [...]

House Bill Passes: Border Patrol Trumps Environment

Published on 2012-06-20 11:31:47

from the Arizona Daily Star WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled U.S. House approved a bill today that would allow the Border Patrol to circumvent more than a dozen environmental laws on all federally managed lands within 100 miles of the borders with Mexico and Canada. The newest member of Congress, Tucson Democrat Ron Barber, crossed party [...]

Fox Thought Extinct in Oregon Possibly Photographed on Mt. Hood

Published on 2012-06-20 11:21:04

By Ian C. Campbell, The Oregonian With an invisible flash of infrared light across the snow, motion-detecting cameras in the mountains of Oregon may have snapped evidence of a nocturnal fox not seen in the state in decades. These new photos provide hope for the survival of one of the rarest animals in North America. [...]

Another Week of Stopping Shell at the Rossport Solidarity Camp

Published on 2012-06-20 10:21:32

The first weeks of June saw another display of open defiance to Shell’s pipeline construction in County Mayo. The following is a report from the Rossport Solidarity Camp: The week of action started with fortifying the camp against eviction, and as the camp was still happily pitched on Tuesday morning, we decided to put our [...]

McKay Tract Tree-sitters Declare Victory

Published on 2012-06-19 13:34:23

Cutten, Ca. – Monday, June 18th 2012 – After 4 years of continuous tree-sitting in the McKay Tract, Earth First! Humboldt is declaring success. Green Diamond Resource Company (GDRC) has sent paperwork to the Calfire’s forestry department, ending the clear-cut logging plan where the tree-sits are located. The logging company recently stated that it’s close [...]

The Evan Mecham Eco Terrorist International Conspiracy

Published on 2012-06-19 12:29:37

by Leslie James Pickering My earliest understandings of Earth First! were almost mythological – people escaping into the wilderness, dismantling bulldozers and blasting dams. When I finally encountered Earth First! in person, what I saw was something quite different – a much more public organization, with an impressive array of campaigns and tree-sits. That myth [...]

More Than 24,000 Acres of Critical Habitat Protected for Western Snowy Plover

Published on 2012-06-18 16:58:07

by the Center for Biological Diversity PORTLAND, Ore.— In response to a Center for Biological Diversity lawsuit, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today designated 24,527 acres (38 square miles) of critical habitat to protect the Pacific Coast population of threatened western snowy plovers in Washington, Oregon and California. “Protecting critical habitat will help this [...]

Mysterious Rabbit Puppet Army Road Show Dates Announced

Published on 2012-06-18 15:39:25

Those lovable eco-warriors in the Mysterious Rabbit Puppet Army , are embarking on a month-long road show to present their newest puppet production, “Donny Quixote!” The show is a scathing critique of “green” capitalism and “green” technology told through a humorous adaptation of the story of Don Quixote. MRPA will present two other fun performances [...]

Three Hundred People Breach Earthen Dam, free Xingu River from Belo Monte project

Published on 2012-06-18 14:46:48

by Amazon Watch While the Brazilian Government prepares to host the Rio+20 United Nations Earth Summit, 3,000 kilometers north in the country’s Amazon region indigenous peoples, farmers, fisherfolk, activists and local residents affected by the construction of the massive Belo Monte Dam project began a symbolic peaceful occupation of the dam site to “free the [...]

Complexities of Collapse: Trade Routes and Resource Exhaustion in Mayan Civilization

Published on 2012-06-18 14:33:28

by Jacqueline Howard Maya history–and the civilization’s “collapse”–continue to occupy the minds of archeologists. Some research points to a series of droughts as playing an important role in the Maya demise. Other researchers propose the ancient Maya were less resilient to fight for survival due to religious beliefs. And now Dr. Gary Feinman, an archaeologist [...]

Occupy the Biotech Food Empire; Monsanto and Friends Get Interrupted

Published on 2012-06-18 13:46:00

by Steve Annear / BostInno.com Dressed in contamination suits and waving around boxes of children’s cereal they say are pumped with Genetically Modified Organisms, protesters planted themselves outside of the International BIO Convention Monday to fight against a week-long meeting of mega-companies and biotechnology firms. According to the group of activists, some of whom traveled [...]

Thousands Blockade Ski Resort Development in Bulgaria

Published on 2012-06-18 13:29:33

Dimitar Kyosemarliev/REUTERS Police detained nine activists after over 1,500 people blocked a major Sofia intersection late on Thursday for a second day in a row in a protest against the controversial changes. Chanting “We want nature, not concrete” and “We want veto on the forests law” over 100 people while police tried to push them [...]

Xena, Eco-Warrior Princess, Pleads Guilty to Environmental Trespass

Published on 2012-06-18 13:24:12

By Christie D’Zurilla / La Times Lucy Lawless did it, and she isn’t sorry she did it. Of course, the “Spartacus” actress hopes her conviction on trespassing charges won’t hurt her career in the future by preventing her from entering countries that don’t dig folks with criminal records, but that’s almost beside the point. “For [...]

Actual directions for the 2012 EF! Round River Rendezvous

Published on 2012-06-17 21:15:48

Well, they were a bit slow in coming. But here they are. Real directions to “The Ultimate RRR site”… We’ll see you there!

Thousands Protest At Ohio Statehouse Against Fracking

Published on 2012-06-17 16:57:54

Thousands from around the state traveled to downtown Columbus, Ohio, on Sunday to send Gov. John Kasich a message about fracking. They want fracking to stop. “The long term impacts on our environment are going to be devastating.” Members of Don’t Frack Ohio marched from Arch Park to the Ohio Statehouse steps. Pro-fracking groups said [...]

Brazilian Farmers Win Big Against Monsanto

Published on 2012-06-17 12:20:00

Crossposted from Reader Supported News Five million Brazilian farmers have taken on US based biotech company Monsanto through a lawsuit demanding return of about 6.2 billion euros taken as royalties from them. The farmers are claiming that the powerful company has unfairly extracted these royalties from poor farmers because they were using seeds produced from [...]

Emerging Market for Natural Gas

Published on 2012-06-16 08:50:38

As if you needed another reason to hate Shell Travel Centers America (TA) and Shell are teaming up to offer Natural Gas at the fuel pumps coming in 2013. Shell came up with the brilliant idea because of how cheap and easy it is to get Natural Gas in the U.S.- “Shell sees great potential [...]

How Can You Measure Income Inequality? Count The Trees

Published on 2012-06-15 11:53:07

by Hatty Lee/ Color Lines Turns out there’s a direct correlation between the number of trees a neighborhood has and its monetary wealth — and we can see how this dynamic plays out in space. Environmental journalist Tim De Chant mapped it all out for us on his blog, Per Square Mile, where he worked up [...]

Cougars Taking Back the Midwest

Published on 2012-06-15 11:46:42

ST. LOUIS — Cougars are again spreading across the Midwest a century after the generally reclusive predators were hunted to near extinction in much of the region, according to a new study billed as the first rigorous statistical look at the issue. The findings, detailed in The Journal of Wildlife Management, showed 178 cougar confirmations [...]

Study Predicts Imminent Irreversible Planetary Collapse

Published on 2012-06-15 11:45:32

by Anne Mooers /SFU News Online Using scientific theories, toy ecosystem modeling and paleontological evidence as a crystal ball, 18 scientists, including an SFU professor, predict the Earth’s ecosystems are careering towards an imminent, irreversible collapse. In Approaching a state-shift in Earth’s biosphere, a paper just published in Nature, the authors examine the Earth’s accelerating [...]

Border Policy and the Environment

Published on 2012-06-14 17:31:16

Amendment will Expand Border Patrol Access and Disable Environmental Protections by Phil Taylor, E&E reporter A Utah Republican today announced changes to a bill designed to bolster national security that would expand the power of the Border Patrol on public lands. Rep. Rob Bishop is sponsoring an amendment that would replace H.R. 1505 and give [...]

Buffalo Field Campaign hosts World Peace & Prayer Day

Published on 2012-06-14 11:38:55

“All Nations, All Faiths, One Prayer” June 21, 2012 in Grand Teton National Park Buffalo Field Campaign announces an extraordinary event occurring in the Grand Tetons. The 17th annual World Peace & Prayer Day (WPPD) will gather people of diverse faiths and nationalities at a spectacular site of the Teton Mountains on the afternoon and [...]

New Embezzlement Scandal Strikes WWF

Published on 2012-06-13 23:38:48

Cross posted from WrongKindofGreen.org WWF is currently embroiled in a two-part scandal over its work in Tanzania. In October 2011, thousands of villagers were evicted from a WWF project area in the Rufiji Delta. This year WWF Tanzania staff were caught embezzling funds. On 28 October 2011, forestry officials protected by armed police burned down [...]

Endangered Species News: Only 4 Florida Butterflies Found; Texas Oil Tycoons Applaud Lizards Denial for Protection

Published on 2012-06-13 13:16:57

BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK, Fla. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has issued an emergency authorization for the collection and captive rearing of Schaus swallowtail butterflies in an effort to save the “endangered” species from extinction. As a result of that authorization on June 8 — within two days after surveyors observed only [...]

Religious Freedom & Expression on Trial in Klee Benally Sacred Mountain Defense Case – No Verdict After 3 Hour Trial

Published on 2012-06-13 10:09:37

Cross Posted from Indigenous Action Network Klee Benally, Dine’ (Navajo), was on trial today for a prayerful action taken in August, 2011 to protect the Holy San Francisco Peaks from desecration due to ski area expansion. During the 3 hour hearing, the state prosecutor presented witnesses from the U.S. Forest Service, Arizona Snowbowl & Coconino [...]

No System but the Ecosystem!

Published on 2012-06-13 09:27:47

Report back from an Earth First! Journal Spring tour into the “Eurozone Crisis” by Panagioti, EF! Journal editorial collective The current rate of species extinction is more than 3 per hour, and the rate of loss could reach 10,000 times the background rate in two decades. The rate of farmers in India committing suicide is [...]

Join the Mountain Mobilization in West Virginia July 25. Take Direct Action Against Strip Mining

Published on 2012-06-13 08:58:05

Last week, Mountain Justice and Radical Action for Mountain People’s Survival (RAMPS) stopped nine coal trucks and a coal barge after the Mountain Justice Summer Action Camp. These actions showed once again that people are willing to put their bodies on the line to stop the plunder of Appalachia and raised the spirits of West [...]

New address for eco-prisoner Justin Solondz

Published on 2012-06-12 20:24:42

After being extradited from China and convicted of Earth Liberation Front actions in the United States, Green Scare target Justin Solondz has been transferred to a prison in western Pennsylvania. This puts him much closer to his parents than when he was imprisoned at FDC SeaTac. Please let Justin know you’re thinking about him by [...]

Report Back from Cherán K’eri Convergence

Published on 2012-06-12 13:42:55

Cross Posted from El Enemigo Comun The Cherán K’eri uprising on April 15, 2011 and the process of self-government now underway in that community is, for many, a source of inspiration, a strong show of resistance to be defended, and an experience to learn from. That’s why around 500 people from 15 cities in Mexico [...]

Bloomington, Indiana: Block Party for Long-term Anarchist Prisoners

Published on 2012-06-12 13:40:51

Cross Posted from Infoshop.org A festive march took the streets of Bloomington, Indiana on Sunday afternoon, June 10th. This event was for the June 11th day of solidarity with Marie Mason and Eric McDavid, as well as longterm anarchist prisoners in the U.S. and internationally. The parade (complete with a drum line and banners) marched [...]

Ex-police spy Mark Kennedy’s current business activities in the US

Published on 2012-06-12 01:13:23

According to a recent post on Indymedia UK, Mark Kennedy, who was exposed as a police infiltrator of various movements in the UK and beyond in October 2010, is still actively seeking to operate as a private consultant. He appears to be based in the US, although this is not certain. Kennedy is advertising himself [...]

Nearly 6,500 Acres Protected as Critical Habitat for Endangered Mississippi Gopher Frogs

Published on 2012-06-11 16:03:53

by the Center for Biological Diversity JACKSON, Miss.— In response to a lawsuit and advocacy by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today designated 6,477 acres of protected critical habitat for endangered Mississippi gopher frogs. The critical habitat, which includes areas in both Mississippi and Louisiana, is more than three [...]

Oceans in Peril: How Carbon Dioxide is Changing Our Oceans

Published on 2012-06-11 14:08:44

by Jaclyn Lopez / Latina Lysta You may have heard the news that atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide have pushed past 400 parts per million at monitoring stations in the Arctic. Carbon dioxide is a heat-trapping gas, in fact the most pervasive greenhouse gas contributing to climate change, and scientists are noting this signpost with [...]

West By Northwest

Published on 2012-06-10 23:42:45

No Coal Exports Action Camp, August 2-10, 2012 This summer, climate activists from all over will be headed to the heart of Wyoming’s coalfields to raise awareness about the impacts of the life cycle of coal (mining, exports, burning). West By Northwest, a No Coal Exports Action Camp will be convened by High Country Rising [...]

Obama Leaves Monsanto in Charge of Ending Hunger in Africa

Published on 2012-06-10 20:56:04

Cross Posted from Organic Consumers By Alexis Baden-Mayer At the Group of 8 (G8) meetings this past weekend, President Obama and the leaders of the rest of the world’s richest nations abandoned their governments’ previous commitments to donate $7.3 billion a year to end hunger in Africa, after disbursing only 58 percent of the total pledge of $22 billion and [...]

Greek Protests against Vancouver’s Eldorado Gold

Published on 2012-06-10 17:08:54

Government push to bring in new mines as solution to economic woes rejected by residents by Dawn Paley As people in Greece fight austerity in the streets, top officials are pushing open pit mining as a way out of the country’s economic despair. But just as folks in Greece have taken action against an imposed [...]

2012 EF! Round River Rendezvous location, almost

Published on 2012-06-09 19:19:31

After a grueling search for the ultimate EF! Round River Rendezvous (RRR) site that took us to the ends of the universe, we believe we have found it! Less than 70 miles north of Edward Abbey’s childhood home on a little half million acre forest just down PA Rt. 666 (Allegheny National Forest). We will [...]

Hey Daniel McGowan… Get A Job!

Published on 2012-06-09 11:09:03

Earlier this year, Daniel McGowan and his support crew put out a call for post-prison support. (That’s right, Daniel will be in a halfway house by the end of the year.) One of the conditions for his release is employment. And the search is still on. With the international eco-anarchist holiday, June 11, around the [...]

Imploding Coal Plant Video of the Week: the Mohave Generating Station 6/8/2012

Published on 2012-06-08 18:49:53

Down with them all!

‘My place is destroyed’: Albertan in wake of Red Deer River oil spill

Published on 2012-06-08 17:07:54

Nathan VanderKlippe and Dawn Walton / The Globe and Mail Gord Johnston grew up on the banks of the Red Deer River, at a place his family first settled in 1939. On Thursday evening, just before 7, he returned home to the nauseating smell of crude oil in the air. Little more than an hour [...]

North Dakota’s Oil Boom Brings Damage Along With Prosperity

Published on 2012-06-08 16:52:40

byNicholas Kusnetz, Special to ProPublica June 7, 2012, 11:47 a.m. Oil drilling has sparked a frenzied prosperity in Jeff Keller’s formerly quiet corner of western North Dakota in recent years, bringing an infusion of jobs and reviving moribund local businesses. But Keller, a natural resource manager for the Army Corps of Engineers, has seen a [...]

Big Coal’s Sleazy War

Published on 2012-06-08 11:21:34

By Jeff Goodell / Rolling Stone Magazine This is “End Mountaintop Removal Week Washington DC,” an attempt by activists to draw attention to the rape and pillage of Appalachia by Big Coal. Yesterday, 22 activists were arrested during a sit-in at congressional offices; hundreds of others called their state representatives. Earthjustice, a non-profit environmental law [...]

A Free State against Fracking?

Published on 2012-06-08 09:12:35

Consider yourself invited to join the eviction resistance at Pennsylvania fracking site A week into the resident-led occupation of a mobile home park in Jersey Shore, PA, the following message has been circulated by the fine folks with Occupy Well Street. Basically, it’s on… Save Riverdale: Urgent Call for Support “I was here to protect [...]

June 11 Day of Eco-Prisoner Solidarity around the corner

Published on 2012-06-08 07:11:16

[The video above includes a full recording of the Never Alone roadshow which traveled the US this Spring building support for June 11 organizing. Along with thorough up-to-date information on ecoprisoner support, state repression and security culture, the film also features a bold speech by Jeff "Free" Luers and clips from "Green Listed", a coming [...]

Clearcutting Redwoods for Wine Vineyards?

Published on 2012-06-07 15:19:54

by the Center for Biological Diversity SANTA ROSA, Calif.— Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging a controversial proposal by a Spanish corporation to clearcut 154 acres of redwood forest to plant wine grapes in northwestern Sonoma County. The Sierra Club’s Redwood Chapter, the Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the Gualala River sued [...]

Earth First! Journal Volunteer Work Week set for this Summer

Published on 2012-06-07 14:36:51

Hey you campaign hoppers and summer travelers! If you have a way to get down to South Florida following this summer’s Round River Rendezvous, consider joining forces with the Earth First! Journal. The Earth First! Journal Collective is hosting a Volunteer Work Week for July 16-20th. The kickoff is Saturday and Sunday (14th & 15th) [...]

Shell Oil Ships Head for Arctic, Send Off Party Is a Bust–Funny Video

Published on 2012-06-07 13:11:01

Shell executives and shareholders probably heartily wish today that their send-off party of two new Arctic oil drilling rigs — the “Kulluk” and the “Noble Discovery” — hadn’t included a tiny model oil rig intended for serving drinks. As the bearded, tuxedo-clad master of ceremonies welcomed a party-goer to the front of the room to [...]

Flagstaff Community Members Begin Hunger Strike for Protection of the San Francisco Peaks

Published on 2012-06-07 11:42:24

FLAGSTAFF, AZ – Two young Flagstaffians announced the beginning of a hunger strike to call attention to human rights violations sanctioned by the US Forest Service and perpetrated by Arizona Snowbowl and the City of Flagstaff on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at a Flagstaff City Council meeting. The announcement was made to current council members [...]

Cascadia Earth First! Regional Rendezvous

Published on 2012-06-06 14:09:50

Cascadia is a vast area of wilderness that includes Oregon, Washington and stretches north through British Columbia, Canada. The Cascadia Forest Defenders and Cascadia Earth First! of Oregon are dedicated to protecting the dense forests of giant trees, cold rushing waters and thriving biodiversity. This summer these Earth warriors were on the road throughout the Cascadia [...]

Mom’s Sure Fire Recipes for Sabotage: A One Act Play

Published on 2012-06-06 13:19:47

Daughter: Hey mom, what can I do now to insure that I can get into venture capitalism when I grow up? Mom: Honey, why would you want to do something that will only alienate the human spirit and lead to the destruction of all things wild? Its evil, and well, its also down right boring. [...]

Pro-Mountain Activists Hold Sit-In, Others Shave Heads to Protest Mountain-top Removal in Appalachia

Published on 2012-06-06 12:51:49

from Appalachia Rising (Washington, D.C.) — This morning residents from four states severely impacted by mountaintop removal coal mining began sit-ins in protest of their Congressional Representatives’ refusal to protect their communities from the extreme impacts of mountaintop removal. Constituents are currently occupying the offices of Congressmen Nick Rahall (D-WV), Hal Rogers (R-KY), Morgan Griffith [...]

Syngenta Settles US Lawsuit for Poisoning 1,887 Community Water Supplies & Gets Banned in France Over Bee Die-off

Published on 2012-06-06 12:12:27

compiled by the Earth First! Journal Collective Syngenta pays $105 million to settle US litigation By JIM SUHR Last month Swiss chemicals maker Syngenta agreed to pay $105 million to settle a nearly 8-year-old lawsuit over its popular agricultural herbicides. According to the paintiffs’ attorneys the money could help reimburse nearly 2,000 community water systems [...]

Pipeline in northwest Alberta ruptures

Published on 2012-06-05 19:33:27

From Deep Green Resistance News A huge spill has released 22,000 barrels of oil and water into muskeg in the far northwest of Alberta. The spill ranks among the largest in North America in recent years, a period that has seen a series of high-profile accidents that have undermined the energy industry’s safety record. The [...]

FBI Increases Activist Oppression

Published on 2012-06-05 17:50:49

Newly released FBI “Domestic Terrorism” training materials unveil the misinformation circulating within the government against resistance groups such as anarchists, animal rights activists, environmentalists, and “black separatists.” The FBI have broadened the rhetoric used against even non-violent groups, citing them as “domestic terrorists” and the definitions continue to broaden. For instance, as highlighted in a [...]

How the Hydro-Fracking Industry is Destroying Communities

Published on 2012-06-04 18:28:31

Information compiled from EcoWatch The Riverdale Mobile Home Park in Jersey Shore, PA is under major threat of eviction due to plans to build a 3 million gallon PER DAY water withdrawal site at the property to service natural gas drilling. Beginning June 1st, Aqua America, a company partnered with Penn Virginia Resources (PVR) wants [...]

Tuesday: Stop Spectra, Resist Fracking In NYC

Published on 2012-06-04 15:37:38

Cross Posted from OccupyWallStreet Stop Spectra: New Yorkers Resist Hydro-fracking and a Dangerous and Unnecessary Gas Pipeline What: Corporate terrorists are threatening to blow up a huge chunk of Manhattan, poison New Yorkers with radioactive gas, pollute our drinking water, and contribute to climate change. WE ARE GOING TO STOP THEM. Where: Assemble at United [...]

Warming Trend Worries Wildlife Managers

Published on 2012-06-04 11:09:02

By Candace Krebs / Ag Journal Stillwater, Okla. — A mild winter and spring that triggered early blooming and plant maturity, preceded by last summer’s record heat, is re-focusing attention on the controversial notion of whether the globe is on a warming trend. The shifting patterns not only impact crops and livestock but also wildlife, [...]

Warrantless GPS Tracking, Obama Likes It

Published on 2012-06-01 19:22:40

Ever wondered what that weird black box under your fender is? Follow the link below to find out what our friends at the Ludd-Kaczynski Institute of Anti-Technology and Sustainable Demolition (LKIASD) have uncovered (previously published in the 2011 Mabon issue of the Earth First! Journal) GPS Tracking by the Ludd-Kaczynski Institute of Anti-Technology

Subscribe to the EF! Journal: Limited Time Offer

Published on 2012-06-01 18:12:47

Greetings to our on-line community! Our newswire hits have maintained awesome numbers! Thanks so much for visiting the Earth First! Newswire for your daily dose of international environmental news! Soon, the Earth First! Journal Collective will be offering digital subscriptions for all our avid readers who prefer to not subscribe to the printed publication. If [...]

NOAA: Carbon dioxide levels reach milestone at Arctic sites

Published on 2012-05-31 15:58:18

by Katy Human The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of Barrow, Alaska, reached 400 parts per million (ppm) this spring, according to NOAA measurements, the first time a monthly average measurement for the greenhouse gas attained the 400 ppm mark in a remote location. Carbon dioxide (CO2), emitted by fossil fuel combustion and [...]

Eat, Sleep, Click; or why you should start worrying and learn to hate the internet

Published on 2012-05-31 15:12:07

How much fracking are those cute cat videos you watch on youtube worth? Why does a single “google” search require up to 20,000 servers to return results? Why the fuck are you on the internet right now? Check out “Eat, Sleep, Click” by Jane Anne Morris here. You’ll never Facebook the same again.

Occupy Well Street Blockades Truck Carrying Drill Rig in PA

Published on 2012-05-31 14:17:28

On Saturday, May 19th, members of Occupy Well Street and friends blockaded a drill rig move from entering a frack site for 2 hours in rural Lycoming County, PA. This drill rig blockade happened as part of the Day of Action Against Extraction. As activists blocked the rig from entering the frack site, in order [...]

Lawsuit Filed to Protect Threatened Marbled Murrelets From Clearcutting in Oregon State Forests

Published on 2012-05-31 13:52:40

by the Center for Biological Diversity PORTLAND, Ore.— Cascadia Wildlands, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Audubon Society of Portland filed a lawsuit today in federal court charging that the state of Oregon’s clearcutting practices illegally harm threatened marbled murrelets within the Tillamook, Clatsop and Elliott state forests in violation of the Endangered Species [...]

Redwood Coast Rendezvous

Published on 2012-05-31 12:54:43

Redwood Coast Rendezvous A Regional Earth First! Rendezvous August 2nd-9th Location: to be announced We’re inviting all radical forest lovers to the Redwood region to gather, learn techniques in direct action, share skills and music,take action to defend our forests and have a damn good time doing it! If you need some convincing to come [...]

A Call for Submissions: Eco-Terrorist Steampunk, Luddite Cyberpunk, Zoomorphic Historical Fiction…

Published on 2012-05-30 18:22:06

Anti-Mining Protests in Peru Surge, Mayor Arrested

Published on 2012-05-30 18:01:38

Compiled & Composed by Britni Hiatt Peruvian riot police clad with helmets and plastic shields charged in to the municipal building in Espinar, Peru on Wednesday to arrest mayor Oscar Mollohuanca in his office for leading a protest against Swiss-based global mining company Xstrata. This is President Ollanta Humala’s latest attempt to end conflicts over [...]

Lawsuit Filed to Protect Crayfish Threatened by Mountaintop-removal Mining in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia

Published on 2012-05-30 16:56:22

by the Center for Biological Diversity CHARLESTON, W.V.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for the agency’s failure to make a listing decision on a petition to protect the Big Sandy crayfish under the Endangered Species Act. The crayfish has been lost from up to [...]

Rosemont Mine Power Line Approved by State but Corporation Commission Adds Hurdles to Be Met

Published on 2012-05-29 19:03:05

Tony Davis / Arizona Daily Star The Arizona Corporation Commission gave Rosemont Copper a boost Wednesday by unanimously granting final approval of a power line for its proposed mine. But as part of a compromise, the approval carried restrictions that will delay construction of the 13-mile line into the Santa Rita Mountains until the mining [...]

Protestors shut down Canadian mining conference with rotting fish

Published on 2012-05-29 18:29:24

On May 24, 2012 the Vancouver Branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum hosted a luncheon meeting at the Four Season’s Hotel in Vancouver focusing on Compliance Energy Corp’s proposed Raven Coal Mine. The site for this proposed mine is in unceded Pentlach Territory on Vancouver Island, also known as the Comox [...]

Who’s afraid?

Published on 2012-05-29 11:26:29

By Elizabeth Miller Wyoming’s open hunting season on wolves could kill Colorado’s chances of getting a pack of its own Almost 40 years passed before anyone thought to miss the gray wolf. Wolves, along with grizzlies, had been deliberately eradicated in western states in the name of protecting people and their livestock. The last wolf [...]

Earth First! Journal collective representin’ from Exarchia to Baltimore

Published on 2012-05-29 05:26:39

An editor from the Earth First! Journal will be presenting a slide show of ecological resistance movements in the U.S. and around the world, this weekend at gatherings in Athens, Greece (Friday) and Baltimore, Maryland (Sunday). The theme of the presentation “No System but the Ecosystem” intends to explore the overlapping struggles for social freedom [...]

Climate Change Led to Collapse of Ancient Indus Civilization, study finds

Published on 2012-05-28 23:02:38

A new study combining the latest archaeological evidence with state-of-the-art geoscience technologies provides evidence that climate change was a key ingredient in the collapse of the great Indus or Harappan Civilization almost 4000 years ago. The study also resolves a long-standing debate over the source and fate of the Sarasvati, the sacred river of Hindu [...]

Apocalypse Soon: Has Civilization Passed the Environmental Point of No Return?

Published on 2012-05-28 12:28:43

by Madhusree Mukerjee / Scientific American Although there is an urban legend that the world will end this year based on a misinterpretation of the Mayan calendar, some researchers think a 40-year-old computer program that predicts a collapse of socioeconomic order and massive drop in human population in this century may be on target… Remember [...]

Post G-8 Wrap up: How the US Sold Africa to Multinationals Like Monsanto, Cargill, DuPont, PepsiCo and Others

Published on 2012-05-27 16:51:55

By Jill Richardson, AlterNET Driving through Ngong Hills, not far from Nairobi, Kenya, the corn on one side of the road is stunted and diseased. The farmer will not harvest a crop this year. On the other side of the road, the farmer gave up growing corn and erected a greenhouse, probably for growing a [...]

Mountain Lion Shot, Killed in Santa Monica Shopping Mall

Published on 2012-05-27 16:17:22

by Angel Jennings, Los Angeles Times In the end, the mountain lion was probably looking for a place to call his own. Scientists believe the male mountain lion roamed his way down the Santa Monica Mountains early Tuesday, likely following a runoff channel. When daylight broke, he found himself in the middle of the city [...]

Four chickens liberated from Oregon egg farm

Published on 2012-05-25 13:53:24

This week, Bite Back received an anonymous communique from the Animal Liberation Front claiming responsibility for the liberation of four chickens from an Oregon factory farm. The ALF communique stated this was the same farm from which six hens were liberated in January. The communique reads, in full: “During the second week of May 2012, [...]

27 BISON, INCLUDING NEWBORNS, CAPTURED NEAR YELLOWSTONE

Published on 2012-05-24 19:23:48

Cross Posted from Buffalo Field Campaign 27 wild American buffalo (bison), members of America’s only continuously wild population, were captured this morning near West Yellowstone. The operation was led by the Montana Department of Livestock (MDOL) and took place at the MDOL’s Duck Creek bison trap, located on private land adjacent to the western edge [...]

Earth First! Cascadia Bioregional Rendezvous

Published on 2012-05-24 18:36:10

June 20th – 25th in a forest near Portland, OR Cascadia is known for dense forests of giant trees, cold rushing waters, thriving biodiversity, and for biocentric resistance! This summer we will gather to celebrate, strengthen, and expand the movement to defend the wild from the constant assaults of the dominant culture. Join us for [...]

Top 10 new species of 2011

Published on 2012-05-24 16:25:17

By Thomas H. Maugh II / Los Angeles Times May 23, 2012 Top 10 lists are standard fodder for media: the 10 best dressed, the 10 best-looking, the 10 most wanted, etc. But the International Institute for Species Exploration, headquartered at Arizona State University, has a new take on such lists. For the last five [...]

Help fund Wild Roots Feral Futures 2012!

Published on 2012-05-24 12:41:17

Reblogged from Southwest Earth First!: Wild Roots Feral Futures is an informal, completely free and non-commercial, and loosely organized event operating on (less than a) shoe-string budget, formed entirely off of donated, scavenged, or liberated supplies and sustained through 100% volunteer effort. This year, we are reaching out to the greater community in an appeal [...]

Pro-mountain activists board coal barge and blockade Kayford strip mine haul road

Published on 2012-05-24 11:22:49

Mountain Justice and RAMPS activists blocked coal transport in two locations Thursday morning protesting mountaintop removal. Five boarded a barge on the Kanawha River near Chelyan, West Virginia, with a large banner that read “Coal leaves, cancer stays,” and locked their bodies to the barge. At the same time, dozens of concerned citizens obstructed access [...]

New Suspect Arrested in Slaying of Brad Will

Published on 2012-05-24 00:15:20

Cross Posted from CNN.com Mexican authorities have arrested a man they say shot an American freelance journalist to death at a 2006 protest, state media reported. A man who lived near the area where Bradley Will was shot while filming a demonstration is accused in the killing, the state-run Notimex news agency said, citing a [...]

Southern California Mega-development Next to Biodiversity Hotspot is Defeated

Published on 2012-05-23 17:58:55

by the Center for Biological Diversity RIVERSIDE, Calif.— The Riverside County Superior Court has issued a final decision rejecting the “Villages of Lakeview” development next to the San Jacinto Wildlife Area in rural Riverside County. The massive development of 11,350 residential units and 500,000 square feet of commercial space would have congested roads, worsened the [...]

Animals left for dead in Indonesian zoos

Published on 2012-05-23 10:17:01

From The Independent (UK) In a remote corner of Jakarta’s Ragunan Zoo, a Malayan sun bear is pacing back and forth, shaking its head in an agitated manner. There is no shade or shelter in the tiny, dilapidated enclosure – just a stagnant pond full of rubbish. The bear, which is riddled with mange, rears [...]

Washington/Idaho Megaload Resistance

Published on 2012-05-22 16:10:58

At about 11:30 pm on Sunday night, May 20, a dozen activists from Occupy Spokane and Wild Idaho Rising Tide converged in Spokane, Washington, to protest megaloads of oversized equipment bound for Alberta tar sands operations from the Port of Pasco. ExxonMobil/Imperial Oil has been using Highway 395, Interstate 90, and city streets in Spokane [...]

North Carolina Pledges Action Against Fracking

Published on 2012-05-22 15:56:59

On May 19th, roughly 200 people gathered in Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina, to participate in a colorful march organized by Croatan Earth First! on Occupy Well Street’s Day of Action Against Extraction. Protesters marched through downtown with giant puppets, emulating earth spirits and elements, and arrived at the legislature where they plan to [...]

Entrapment of Cleveland 5 and NATO 3 is “a pre-planned narrative”

Published on 2012-05-21 11:27:33

Cross Posted from the Indypendent The old trope of the bomb-throwing anarchist is back in the news, with a round-up in Ohio on May 1 and the three would-be NATO protesters arrested on Wednesday who are now charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism. While the impression that appears in the media is one of remnants of the [...]

Entrapment of Cleveland 5 and NATO 3 is “a pre-planned narrative”

Published on 2012-05-21 11:27:33

ALEC Attacking Wind Next

Published on 2012-05-21 10:45:36

Cross Posted from The League of Conservation Voters The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is an organization that writes voting-ready state legislation to hand to overextended politicians, giving them the chance to get bills passed quickly and efficiently. Sounds like a friendly group, right? Unless the organization was funded almost entirely by corporate special interests [...]

ALEC Attacking Wind Next

Published on 2012-05-21 10:45:36

Forest Service Awards One of Largest-ever Timber Contracts to Agency Insiders

Published on 2012-05-18 16:54:01

by the Center for Biological Diversity FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.— The U.S. Forest Service awarded one of the largest-ever tree-cutting contracts in the history of the national forest system today to a timber company represented by a retired Forest Service official. While he was a federal employee, the official was the agency’s liaison to that same company’s [...]

Forest Service Awards One of Largest-ever Timber Contracts to Agency Insiders

Published on 2012-05-18 16:54:01

Rapid Climate Changes Turn Minn.’s North Woods into a Moose Graveyard

Published on 2012-05-18 10:31:19

by Daniel Cusick, E&E reporter ALONG THE GUNFLINT TRAIL, Minn. — If moose disappear from the boreal forest of northern Minnesota, as some biologists predict, they will not exit with a thunderous crash. Climate extinctions come quietly, even when they involve 1,000-pound herbivores.Experts who have studied the Northwestern moose — Alces alces andersoni — believe [...]

Rapid Climate Changes Turn Minn.’s North Woods into a Moose Graveyard

Published on 2012-05-18 10:31:19

Occupy Well Street [OWS Stands in Solidarity Fighting Extraction]

Published on 2012-05-17 14:37:40

New York, NY- May 12- Occupy Wall Street partnered with Occupy Well Street, a regional, direct action oriented anti-fracking group, and other city and regional environmental groups to voice resistance to the Spectra Energy Natural Gas Pipeline and the issues associated with hydraulic fracturing. A broad coalition of groups were present, including New York’s Sane [...]

Occupy Well Street [OWS Stands in Solidarity Fighting Extraction]

Published on 2012-05-17 14:37:40

Howls of Reprisal: Wolves Return to the Frontlines

Published on 2012-05-17 11:28:19

Until their reintroduction in the 1990s wolves were all but wiped out in the Northern Rocky Mountains. No wolves had been spotted in Eastern Oregon since 1946, and further west, the last sighting of a wolf in California was in 1924. The formation and spread of the Imnaha wolfpack in Eastern Oregon, however, has returned [...]

Howls of Reprisal: Wolves Return to the Frontlines

Published on 2012-05-17 11:28:19

Suit Filed Against Expansion of Navajo Coal Mine Polluting Four Corners Region

Published on 2012-05-16 14:46:53

by the Center for Biological Diversity After decades of coal pollution from the 2040-megawatt Four Corners Power Plant and BHP Billiton’s 13,000-acre Navajo Coal Mine that supplies it, Navajo and conservation groups filed suit against the federal government late Tuesday for improperly rubber-stamping a proposal to expand strip-mining without full consideration of the damage and [...]

Suit Filed Against Expansion of Navajo Coal Mine Polluting Four Corners Region

Published on 2012-05-16 14:46:53

Environmental Magazines Today

Published on 2012-05-16 08:53:57

Environmental Magazines Today by nettle I have been interested in where environmental news can be found in our society of endless choices, outside of the internet. When you check-out at the grocery store, you have the choice between six different celebrity gossip magazines, but you most likely will not find the Earth First! Journal on [...]

Environmental Magazines Today

Published on 2012-05-16 08:53:57

Preparing for another Summer of resistance at Rossport Solidarity Camp

Published on 2012-05-16 03:20:04

Preparing for another Summer of resistance at Rossport Solidarity Camp

Published on 2012-05-16 03:20:04

Polish Beekeepers Defeat Monsanto

Published on 2012-05-16 00:52:37

Crossposted from Causes.com Monsanto’s Mon810 corn, genetically engineered to produce a mutant version of the insecticide Bt, has been banned in Poland following protests by beekeepers who showed the corn was killing honeybees. Poland is the first country to formally acknowledge the link between Monsanto’s genetically engineered corn and the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) that’s [...]

Polish Beekeepers Defeat Monsanto

Published on 2012-05-16 00:52:37

Kellie and Victor are Free!

Published on 2012-05-15 13:11:20

On May 10th 2012 animal liberation prisoner Victor VanOrden was released from prison after a successful parole hearing. He and his wife Kellie (who was living in Iowa waiting for him to be released) have found their way back to Maryland where they will reside with Victor’s family. Thank you everyone for all of your [...]

Riot Cops, Bulldozers Evict Occupy the Farm

Published on 2012-05-15 13:03:51

In perhaps the strangest and yet somehow most symbolic moment in the history of the rural part of the Occupy movement, riot police aided the bulldozing of an occupied farm in Albany, CA, by chasing down an activist with a watering can. Environmental news of the weird, eat your heart out. There will be a reconvergence [...]

Rare-Earth Mining Rises Again in United States

Published on 2012-05-14 11:20:49

By Danielle Vinton / Wired.com The fight over the minerals that run the electronic world entered a new phase in March when the United States, the European Union and Japan collectively filed a case against China, accusing the rare-earth powerhouse of violating world trade rules to manipulate mineral prices. At the heart of argument are [...]

Construction Begins on San Francisco Peaks; Controversy Far From Over

Published on 2012-05-14 11:06:05

By Anne Minard / Indian Country News The Arizona Snowbowl ski area, near Flagstaff, began construction this week on the infrastructure to deliver treated wastewater for snowmaking on its slopes. Meanwhile, the controversial plan to make snow on the San Francisco Peaks is the subject of new talks between the U.S. Forest Service and the [...]

Anti-Loggers Held Back by Officials

Published on 2012-05-11 15:48:05

re-posted from Phnom Penh Post Forestry Administration officials reportedly blocked vehicles in three provinces from travelling to Koh Kong town yesterday on their way to the site where prominent environmental activist Chut Wutty was shot last month. But hundreds of others from six provinces in a convoy of 27 vans made it to the provincial [...]

Call to Action for Supporters of the Earth First! Journal

Published on 2012-05-10 20:47:30

The Earth First! Journal collective has just received a challenge that is also a wonderful opportunity – a donor has volunteered to match dollar-for-dollar HALF of the costs raised by other contributors to fund the upcoming Beltane (spring) issue, if we receive them within the next two weeks. Currently, the issue is complete, merely awaiting [...]

Banner Drop in Cascadia

Published on 2012-05-10 14:55:48

Cross Posted from ForestDefenseNow A member of the Cascadia Forest Defenders climbed the flagpole in front of the State Capitol, demanding that Governor Kitzhaber and the State Land Board decouple public school funding from state forest management. The activist hung a large banner reading “Schools vs. Trees? We want both!” While Governor Kitzhaber claims [...]

Hundreds shutdown intersection in front of Bank of America to protest coal and foreclosures. 5 arrested

Published on 2012-05-10 10:51:49

Hundreds of people converged in Charlotte, NC on May 9 to protest Bank of America’s (BoA) annual shareholders meeting. Activists from Appalachia fighting mountaintop removal coal mining joined forces with housing rights activists, unions, immigrant rights groups, and the Occupy movement to call for an end to BoA’s destructive practices. Bank of America is the [...]

Lawsuit Challenges Old-growth Logging Near Grand Canyon

Published on 2012-05-09 12:57:18

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in federal court today challenging a 25,000-acre timber sale on the Kaibab National Forest near Grand Canyon’s north rim. Approved in January, this is the U.S. Forest Service’s fifth attempt to sell old-growth trees and forests in the Jacob Ryan project since 2003. Center appeals blocked two [...]

Stand with Pine Ridge Against Genocide in White Clay

Published on 2012-05-09 12:44:47

A Day of Action against White Clay, NE White Clay, Nebraska is an unincorporated village with a population of 14 people in northwest Nebraska. The town sits on the border of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, home to the Oglala Lakota (also known as the Oglala Sioux Tribe), only 200 feet from the official reservation [...]

Sadie and Exile Transfered to Re-Entry

Published on 2012-05-09 10:00:59

Cross Posted from War on Society According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, ELF prisoners Sadie and Exile have been transferred to the custody of the Seattle Community Corrections Office after spending more than 6 years in full confinement. These kind of facilities are half-prisons where the inmates are allowed to go out for work and [...]

Protestors at Michigan’s Fracking Auction

Published on 2012-05-08 19:12:56

Protestors at Michigan’s Fracking Auction

Published on 2012-05-08 19:12:56

Climate Activists Disrupt UK Energy Summit

Published on 2012-05-08 18:42:11

cross posted from IndyMedia UK On May 3rd, hundreds of protesters from climate and anti-cuts groups across the country teamed up to block the UK Energy Summit in the City of London. [1] They descended on the conference venue at 11.45 am, saying they intended to remain there to disrupt the UK Energy Summit. At [...]

Climate Activists Disrupt UK Energy Summit

Published on 2012-05-08 18:42:11

B.C. Economist Blocks Coal Trains In White Rock

Published on 2012-05-06 19:32:52

About a dozen protesters, including one of Canada’s leading energy-environment economists, were arrested Saturday after setting up a blockade on train tracks in White Rock, B.C., aimed at stopping U.S. coal trains from reaching local ports. Mark Jaccard, a professor of sustainable energy at Simon Fraser University and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, was arrested [...]

B.C. Economist Blocks Coal Trains In White Rock

Published on 2012-05-06 19:32:52

Lakota, Navajo and Supai to UN Rapporteur: Halt genocide and eco-cide

Published on 2012-05-05 15:52:31

Cross Posted from Censored News Native Americans in Arizona and South Dakota delivered powerful testimony on the destruction of their homelands by uranium mining, coal fired power plants and oil and gas drilling, during sessions with UN Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples James Anaya. Debra White Plume, Lakota, delivering testimony at Sinte Gleska [...]

Lakota, Navajo and Supai to UN Rapporteur: Halt genocide and eco-cide

Published on 2012-05-05 15:52:31

Climbing Camp – July 14th – 20th in Oregon

Published on 2012-05-05 13:46:19

EF! Climbers Guild will be hosting a climbing camp this summer in northwest oregon. The week will be climb training from basic rope set up to more advanced structure rigging. What you need to attend: Firstly, you must RSVP so we know how many to expect and to get directions to the camp. We will [...]

Climbing Camp – July 14th – 20th in Oregon

Published on 2012-05-05 13:46:19

First Step Towards Fracking in Michigan, DNR Auctions Rights to 109,000 Acres

Published on 2012-05-04 16:24:24

Hydraulic Fracturing Comes to Michigan – Auction May 8, 2012 On May 8, 2012, the Michigan DNR will auction mineral and oil rights to 109,000 acres of Michigan public land. This opens public lands to oil and gas drilling and the highly toxic, water-intensive practice of hydraulic fracturing, and other extractive industries. The May 8 [...]

First Step Towards Fracking in Michigan, DNR Auctions Rights to 109,000 Acres

Published on 2012-05-04 16:24:24

Zombie Ants Fight Fungus with Fungus

Published on 2012-05-04 10:46:41

By Devin Coldewey The Cordyceps fungus has become a staple of “stranger than fiction” nature stories: Its complex and lethal parasitism of ants, causing the insects to climb as high as they can before the fungus bursts like a horn from their heads, is both bizarre and captivating. Now scientists report that the parasite is [...]

Zombie Ants Fight Fungus with Fungus

Published on 2012-05-04 10:46:41

Activists block coal shipment to Duke Energy power plant

Published on 2012-05-03 16:04:06

CHARLOTTE, NC—This morning, activists from Greenpeace, RAMPS (Radical Action for Mountain People’s Survival), Katuah Earth First!, and Keepers of the Mountains Foundationblocked a coal train en route to the Marshall Steam Station, a Duke Energy coal-fired power plant, and branded the cars with the iconic Apple logo. Four activists, including leaders from the anti-mountaintop removal [...]

Activists block coal shipment to Duke Energy power plant

Published on 2012-05-03 16:04:06

Xayaburi Dam protesters in Phuket maintain threat of closing Thai-Laos Friendship Bridge

Published on 2012-05-03 14:30:22

Residents of eight Thai provinces along the Mekong River traveled to Phuket to protest construction of the Xayaburi Dam in Laos during a three-day meeting of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) that ends today in Phuket. The protesters gathered on Tuesday morning at the Movenpick Resort, which is hosting the “Mekong 2 Rio” conference of [...]

Xayaburi Dam protesters in Phuket maintain threat of closing Thai-Laos Friendship Bridge

Published on 2012-05-03 14:30:22

Loss of Biodiversity Rivals Climate Change, Pollution

Published on 2012-05-03 13:58:12

ScienceDaily (May 2, 2012) — Loss of biodiversity appears to impact ecosystems as much as climate change, pollution and other major forms of environmental stress, according to a new study from an international research team. The study is the first comprehensive effort to directly compare the impacts of biological diversity loss to the anticipated effects [...]

Loss of Biodiversity Rivals Climate Change, Pollution

Published on 2012-05-03 13:58:12

New Keystone XL Route Is Environmental Disaster

Published on 2012-05-03 13:52:29

by Center for Biological Diversity A new route for the Keystone XL pipeline that TransCanada will reportedly submit permit applications for as early as Friday avoids portions of the Sandhills in Nebraska but crosses the Ogallala Aquifer, as well as hundreds of other water bodies and habitat for a number of endangered species. “The new [...]

FBI Supplied the Anarchist “Terrorists” Arrested in May Day Plot

Published on 2012-05-02 22:18:56

Cross Posted from Greenisthenewred.com As the Occupy movement carries out massive May Day protests around the country, the FBI Joint Terrorism Task force is trumpeting the arrest of “self-proclaimed anarchists” and “terrorists” who allegedly conspired to destroy a bridge in Ohio. Integral to the development and advancement of this plot, however, were FBI agents themselves [...]

Fifty Bald Eagles Considered Sufficient to the US Fish and Wildlife Service

Published on 2012-05-02 11:15:24

Why not protect bald eagles? by Payson Roundup The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seems bound and determined to minimize protections for Arizona’s growing — but still fragile — population of bald eagles. What a strange spectacle. What a sad waste. Repeatedly, judges have overturned the federal agency’s odd insistence that the 50 breeding pairs [...]

Happy Beltane! Merry May Day!

Published on 2012-05-01 13:55:59

From Oakland to Asia, from Madrid to Moscow people are striking, and celebrating! Here in South Florida the Earth First! Journalistas are celebrating the completion of the Betane 2012 issue of the Journal! It is out of our hands and will be into yours in the next few weeks. Here is a sneak preview of [...]

Happy Beltane! Merry May Day!

Published on 2012-05-01 13:55:59

New Wyoming wolf plan would allow killing of hundreds of wolves

Published on 2012-04-30 19:33:25

From the Center for Biological Diversity The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that Wyoming has passed legislation and an amendment to its wolf-management plan that will meet federal approval and trigger removal of Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the state. The new law and plan — to take effect later [...]

New Wyoming wolf plan would allow killing of hundreds of wolves

Published on 2012-04-30 19:33:25

Beetles suspected in burning down two Canadian sawmills

Published on 2012-04-30 05:48:30

[EF! Newswire note: Seems fishy that industrial logging, climate change and corporate greed is not to blame for destroying its own mills and killing its own employees... In any case, there's two less mills in the world. For now, we say bravo to the beetle.] According to Sympatico.ca News: A tiny insect that has been [...]

Beetles suspected in burning down two Canadian sawmills

Published on 2012-04-30 05:48:30

Celebrating May Day with the Rossport Solidarity Camp

Published on 2012-04-28 04:03:24

May Day! Day of Solidarity & work weekend 4-7 May Anyone feel like heading over to Ireland next week? Along with plans for actions against Shell, the weekend includes a talk by an Earth First! Journal editor who will be visiting overseas. According to the Rossport Solidarity folks, you can ” Stop Shell, keep yer [...]

Celebrating May Day with the Rossport Solidarity Camp

Published on 2012-04-28 04:03:24

Eugene Po-Po Pick On Little Kids, Then Mace Moms

Published on 2012-04-28 02:57:06

While CFD is out in the woods occupying the Goose timber sale, their friends in town are busy Occupying trees as well. It seems like the local media mostly didn’t notice, so Eugene Occupy the Trees had a small march. It was called by some a “kids’ march”, and was indeed a family friendly event [...]

Eugene Po-Po Pick On Little Kids, Then Mace Moms

Published on 2012-04-28 02:57:06

Mexican indigenous community holds 14 police after killings

Published on 2012-04-27 22:58:41

Cross Posted from Yahoo News Inhabitants of an indigenous community in western Mexico detained 14 police officers and a local official after eight of their neighbors were killed by illegal loggers. Thursday’s detention was the latest flare-up of tension between the community in Cheran, Michoacan state, illegal loggers, armed gangs and the police. “They took [...]

Mexican indigenous community holds 14 police after killings

Published on 2012-04-27 22:58:41

Inhabitants of an indigenous community in western Mexico detained 14 police officers and a local official after eight of their neighbors were killed by illegal loggers. Thursday’s detention was the latest flare-up of tension between the community in Cheran, Michoacan state, illegal loggers, armed gangs and the police. “They took our colleagues to punish us [...]

Protesters occupy UC Berkeley-owned farm in Albany

Published on 2012-04-27 21:50:16

Cross Posted from The Daily Californian Members of Occupy Cal, along with other Occupy protesters from the Bay Area, marched from Berkeley to a UC Berkeley-owned farm in Albany on Sunday afternoon with plans to set up an Earth Day encampment. After listening to speakers from various Occupy movements including Occupy San Francisco, Occupy Cal [...]

Protesters occupy UC Berkeley-owned farm in Albany

Published on 2012-04-27 21:50:16

Members of Occupy Cal, along with other Occupy protesters from the Bay Area, marched from Berkeley to a UC Berkeley-owned farm in Albany on Sunday afternoon with plans to set up an Earth Day encampment. After listening to speakers from various Occupy movements including Occupy San Francisco, Occupy Cal and Occupy Oakland, over 100 protesters [...]

Can you tell real biotech nightmares from Hunger Games fiction?

Published on 2012-04-26 09:24:38

A month ago, we here at the Earth First! Newswire exposed our nerdiness by publishing what some have called a hyperbolic claim that the Hunger Games trilogy could bring the eco-revolution. Well, we’re following up on that by re-posting a great quiz from our friend over at Food and Water Watch. Check it out: Hunger [...]

Can you tell real biotech nightmares from Hunger Games fiction?

Published on 2012-04-26 09:24:38

Enbridge Oil Spill Whistle-Blower Trial Updates

Published on 2012-04-25 16:15:47

July 2010, more than a million gallons of tar sands crude spilled into Michigan’s Kalamazoo River. This is the largest inland spill in US History. A fired cleanup worker with a dark past claims he was ordered to cover up oil to meet federal deadlines. His case went to trial last week. Even today two [...]

Enbridge Oil Spill Whistle-Blower Trial Updates

Published on 2012-04-25 16:15:47

New Zealand ‘Aotearoa is Not For Sale’ hikoi begins today

Published on 2012-04-24 17:04:23

A two-week long hikoi protesting against asset sales, privatisation, overseas land sales and the Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) will begin today in Cape Reinga. The ‘Aotearoa is Not For Sale’ hikoi aims to reach Wellington on Friday, May 4, after stopping in several North Island towns. Its progress through Auckland on Saturday will coincide with [...]

New Zealand ‘Aotearoa is Not For Sale’ hikoi begins today

Published on 2012-04-24 17:04:23

ALEC is feeling the heat

Published on 2012-04-23 14:57:03

Cross posted from politicususa.com Last Tuesday, ALEC’s Director of External Relations, Caitlyn Korb, spoke at a Heritage Foundation “Bloggers Briefing” and begged conservative bloggers for assistance in promoting a “very aggressive campaign to really spread the word about what we actually do,” and although they may think their counter offensive will thwart exposure of ALEC’s [...]

ALEC is feeling the heat

Published on 2012-04-23 14:57:03

CANOPY OCCUPATION IN CASCADIA!

Published on 2012-04-23 14:54:08

Crossposted from forestdefensenow.com On Sunday April 22, in celebration of “Earth Defense Day” and in solidarity with Occupy the Trees, Cascadia Forest Defenders installed a tree sit in the Goose Project timber sale known as “Golden”. We are occupying the Golden Goose in advance of the scheduled auction on Tuesday April 24th to draw attention to [...]

CANOPY OCCUPATION IN CASCADIA!

Published on 2012-04-23 14:54:08

Earth Day blockade at massive mine site in the Philipines

Published on 2012-04-22 15:03:03

Yesterday, vehicles blocked the way to the development site of the foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) in Tampakan town, Philippines. But is unclear who exactly was behind these blockades. For some weeks now, members of the B’laan tribe in Bong Mal have set up their own barricades against SMI, in protest of the mining firm’s [...]

Earth Day blockade at massive mine site in the Philipines

Published on 2012-04-22 15:03:03

Riots in Quebec Against Plan Nord

Published on 2012-04-20 19:57:40

Riots struck today in Montreal as students and unions attacked a conference of business and political leaders discussing Plan Nord. While this is seen as part of an extended battle against tuition increases, the target picked by the thousands of protestors was deliberately chosen for its platform of industrial-capitalist development. From the Financial Post Plan [...]

Riots in Quebec Against Plan Nord

Published on 2012-04-20 19:57:40

“All The Way Alive!”

Published on 2012-04-20 12:30:32

ELF Eco-prisoner speaks about support and her coming release The following letter from eco-prisoner Joyanna Zacher (“Sadie”) was sent to the Earth First! Journal in response to an effort at renewed correspondence after several years of non-communication, at her request. Along with desire to share the value and insight she offered us here on the [...]

“All The Way Alive!”

Published on 2012-04-20 12:30:32

Big Midwest Action Camp—This Weekend!

Published on 2012-04-19 13:02:33

Well, it’s a busy weekend out there for eco-activists between attempting to re-radicalize Earth Day and attending the various gatherings around the US . But for those in the Midwest, this is something you may want to shuffle your plans to make it out for: “Join area activists in a weekend of workshops, trainings, and [...]

Big Midwest Action Camp—This Weekend!

Published on 2012-04-19 13:02:33

Earth First! Journal Too Popular for Facebook

Published on 2012-04-17 23:53:19

The Earth First! Journal is so popular that we have maxed out our Facebook page at 5,000 friends! So, we have a new Earth First! Journal “organization” Facebook page that allows us more than 5,000 “fans”. Please check it out and “like” us at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Earth-First-Journal/231380093597575 This is a great place for folks to keep up [...]

Earth First! Journal Too Popular for Facebook

Published on 2012-04-17 23:53:19

Support Needed For Dane Rossman

Published on 2012-04-17 14:31:30

A close friend of the Earth First! Journal Collective and immigrant solidarity activist, Dane Rossman, of Tucson, AZ, is in need of urgent support in the face of multiple felony charges stemming from an anti-nazi action in November of 2010. In a worst case scenario, Dane could be looking at over 20 years in prison. Let’s not [...]

Oil Spills and Global Trade… Yup, We Still Live in an Ecocidal Empire

Published on 2012-04-15 12:26:36

Here are some reminders from this weekend in Florida, as if you needed more reminders… According to an article in St. Pete Times, scientists find that oil from Deepwater Horizon spill is still causing damage in the Gulf of Mexico 2 years later: “Tiny globs of it, mingled with the chemical dispersant that was supposed [...]

FBI Questions Denton Drilling Activists

Published on 2012-04-13 15:38:26

Photos and story by ANDREW MCLEMORE North Texas environmental activists frequently feel as though local officials ignore their protests against gas drilling, but it turns out it’s easy enough to get the federal government’s attention — if the FBI thinks you might be planning eco-terrorism. That’s what happened to University of North Texas student Ben [...]

Earth First! News, Eostar 2012, OUT NOW!

Published on 2012-04-12 13:44:32

Hey folks! Here is the latest PDF version of the EF! News, Eostar 2012, a publication for all to use freely in tabling and EF! outreach, just in time for spicing up the abundance of boring, liberal Earth Day events on the horizon. As usual, please let us know if you are helping us circulate [...]

Judge gives another break to FBI informant Frank Ambrose

Published on 2012-04-12 09:14:39

DETROIT (AP) — A judge has cut more than three years off the prison sentence of a former radical environmentalist who set a major fire at Michigan State University and burned down new homes before becoming a government informant. Frank Ambrose was rewarded again for his substantial assistance to the government, which means he’s apparently [...]

Diné and Hopi Activists Protest Theft of Water Resources

Published on 2012-04-11 14:59:20

A group of Diné and Hopi people ( including traditional people and elders) upset by the latest colonial attack on indigenous peoples water rights, gathered to protest the visits of two US Senators to the Navajo Nation today. The people had gathered to say “no deal” to s2109, the bill that would allow for more [...]

Diné and Hopi Activists Protest Theft of Water Resources

Published on 2012-04-11 14:59:20

Anti-Coal Banner Drop at Indiana University

Published on 2012-04-11 14:36:32

Official Press Release4/9/2012 – Bloomington, IN Anonymous student activists drop a massive 30’x20’ banner in front of IU’s coal-fired heating plant: “IU HAS BLOOD ON ITS HANDS” Early Monday morning, several anonymous IU students concerned about the climate-related death toll of their campus’ coal-fired heating plant dropped a massive 30’x20’ banner over the two-story bridge [...]

Anti-Coal Banner Drop at Indiana University

Published on 2012-04-11 14:36:32

Bloomington, IN—Anonymous student activists drop a massive banner in front of IU’s coal-fired heating plant Early Monday [April 9, 2012] morning, several anonymous IU students concerned about the climate-related death toll of their campus’ coal-fired heating plant dropped a massive 30’x20’ banner over the two-story bridge of the Kelley School of Business on Fee Lane. [...]

Occupy The Machine Action at Houston Refinery Postponed

Published on 2012-04-11 10:03:38

Folks from the Occupy The Machine (OTM) coalition have sent out a letter announcing a decision to postpone their announced action later this month. The following letter explains their reasoning. While it is disappointing that the OTM call to action, and the Deep Green Resistance network that spurred it, continues to be words on a [...]

Occupy The Machine Action at Houston Refinery Postponed

Published on 2012-04-11 10:03:38

Thoughts from Marie Mason on the Earth First! Journal

Published on 2012-04-10 16:42:13

Earlier this year, editors from the Earth First! Journal received the adjacent artwork and following letter from eco-prisoner Marie Mason, who is serving 22 years for ELF actions, which read in part: “…Thank you so much for the work you do to make the EF! movement’s voice heard everywhere. What a great balance; news, fiction, poetry, [...]

Thoughts from Marie Mason on the Earth First! Journal

Published on 2012-04-10 16:42:13

Occupy Duke Protests Coal Power and Rate Hikes in NC

Published on 2012-04-10 11:06:18

A well attended rally held in Charlotte on March 31 called for Duke Energy to drop its dirty rate hike. Dozens of concerned community members joined leaders from environmental and social justice groups to demand Duke end unfair rate increases to fund dirty coal. The rally comes days after Attorney General Roy Cooper announced his decision to appeal [...]

Occupy Duke Protests Coal Power and Rate Hikes in NC

Published on 2012-04-10 11:06:18

Seven Arrested in Major Take Back the Land Action

Published on 2012-04-10 10:58:13

On Monday, April 9th, about 60 community participants entered the house of a Raleigh, NC, family that has been illegally foreclosed on, and refused to leave as an act of civil disobedience. The family has bravely chosen to fight eviction and foreclosure and is requesting community support. Evidence of robo-signing by the bank, which is a [...]

Seven Arrested in Major Take Back the Land Action

Published on 2012-04-10 10:58:13

Palm Oil Found in 50% of Grocery Store Goods

Published on 2012-04-09 04:53:41

by Nettle, Earth First! Journal What do Ben & Jerry’s, Girl Scout Cookies, Little Debbie snacks and Clif bars all have in common? They all contain palm oil. Both the flesh and the kernel of oil palms, a fruit, are used to obtain this oil, with each fruit containing about 50% oil. The current production [...]

Palm Oil Found in 50% of Grocery Store Goods

Published on 2012-04-09 04:53:41

New Executive Order Grants More State Control Over Resources

Published on 2012-04-08 10:28:31

By Sasha A couple of weeks ago, President Obama signed a new Executive Order into existence, giving unprecedented power to the state under the auspices of national security. The shocking order tells the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Interior “to encourage the exploration, development, and mining of strategic and critical materials and other [...]

New Executive Order Grants More State Control Over Resources

Published on 2012-04-08 10:28:31

TWAC 2012 Action Camp Announced

Published on 2012-04-07 10:37:12

The Trans’ and Womyn’s Action Camp is a gathering of eco-activists, who are also working to bring down patriarchy. TWAC is for folks who identify as any variety of gender variant and marginalized genders. There will be space to share skills in a supportive, empowering and encouraging environment. Greetings! The Trans and Womyn’s Action Camp [...]

TWAC 2012 Action Camp Announced

Published on 2012-04-07 10:37:12

Animal Genocide in Michigan

Published on 2012-04-06 13:42:07

Cross Posted from Natural News The state of Michigan is only days away from engaging in what can only be called true “animal genocide” — the mass murder of ranch animals based on the color of their hair. It’s all part of a shocking new “Invasive Species Order” (ISO) put in place by Michigan’s Department of [...]

Animal Genocide in Michigan

Published on 2012-04-06 13:42:07

Another Radioactive Water Leak Reported at Fukushima Plant

Published on 2012-04-06 12:19:20

By Tsuyoshi Inajima Tokyo Electric Power Co. said as much as 12 tons of radioactive water leaked from a pipe at its crippled Fukushima nuclear station, the second such incident in 11 days at the same pipeline, raising further doubts about the stability of the plant. Part of the water may have poured into the [...]

Another Radioactive Water Leak Reported at Fukushima Plant

Published on 2012-04-06 12:19:20

Kellie Marshall Receives 60 Days in Attempted Iowa Mink Farm Raid

Published on 2012-04-05 12:56:57

Cross posted from Animal Liberation Frontline Posted by Peter Young on Apr 4, 2012 | 0 comments After her arrest at the Circle K Fur Farm on October 10th, Kellie Marshall finally resolved her case March 13th and received unexpectedly short sentence of 60 days. She pleaded guilty to releasing an animal from an animal [...]

Kellie Marshall Receives 60 Days in Attempted Iowa Mink Farm Raid

Published on 2012-04-05 12:56:57

FBI forced to hand over evidence tied to car bombing which injured Earth First! activists

Published on 2012-04-05 08:34:55

By JONNY BONNER The FBI must hand over evidence tied to a decades-old car bombing in the Bay Area in which two Earth First! activists were injured, a federal judge ruled. On May 24, 1990, a pipe bomb wrapped with nails exploded under the Subaru wagon of environmentalist Judi Bari in Oakland, Calif. Bari and [...]

FBI forced to hand over evidence tied to car bombing which injured Earth First! activists

Published on 2012-04-05 08:34:55

Idaho AG Asked to Investigate Controversial Trapping Photos

Published on 2012-04-04 18:55:44

Three grisly images, depicting a badly injured wolf captured in north Idaho, have gone viral. Posing alongside the animal is a grinning Josh Bransford, an employee of the Nez Perce National Forest. The pictures, which surfaced on the Web in March, continue to stir fierce debate over an already-emotional topic. And now, some environmental groups [...]

Idaho AG Asked to Investigate Controversial Trapping Photos

Published on 2012-04-04 18:55:44

If The Hunger Games can’t ignite an eco-rebellion…

Published on 2012-04-03 11:49:40

If The Hunger Games can’t ignite an eco-rebellion…

Published on 2012-04-03 11:49:40

According to this fresh review of the Hunger Games book trilogy and recent film adaptation, written from a unique Earth First! perspective: “Hands down, The Hunger Games is pop culture’s best contribution yet to the growing eco-rebellion.” Check it out here, in the EF! Newswire’s “Reviews” section.

Blue Mountains Biodiversity Action Alert in Deschutes National Forest

Published on 2012-04-02 10:08:05

“Rocket” project proposes serious impacts in Newberry Volcanic Monument area Forest Service’s proposal would include 6,545 acres of commercial logging in and adjacent to the National Monument site, including old growth areas, critical goshawk areas, wildlife corridors, Mule deer winter range and scenic recreational areas. Impacted areas including the Lava River cave entrance, Lava Cast [...]

Blue Mountains Biodiversity Action Alert in Deschutes National Forest

Published on 2012-04-02 10:08:05

Start planning early for June 11 ecoprisoner solidarity actions and events

Published on 2012-04-02 01:31:58

Information on June 11 events in 2012 and new resources will be coming soon to the June11.org site. In the meantime, here’s a little recap from last year: On June 11th, 2011 events were held in approximately 30 cities across the globe in solidarity with Marie Mason, Eric McDavid and other long-term anarchist prisoners. Hundreds [...]

Start planning early for June 11 ecoprisoner solidarity actions and events

Published on 2012-04-02 01:31:58

Brazilian Landless Movement Activists Summarily Executed

Published on 2012-04-01 21:28:15

Cross Posted from rsn Brazilian police are investigating whether the fatal shooting of three rural activists was linked to their effort to win rights to land also contested by owners of a sugar mill. The activists were shot on Saturday as they got out of a car near a landless workers’ camp in the south-western [...]

Brazilian Landless Movement Activists Summarily Executed

Published on 2012-04-01 21:28:15

Villagers raise protest heat

Published on 2012-04-01 14:17:02

Villagers raise protest heat

Published on 2012-04-01 14:17:02

Rare sea turtle nests in Kimberley at proposed gas refinery site

Published on 2012-03-31 15:32:48

New Sea Turtle Study Confirms Significant Nesting at James Price Point The findings from the recent sea turtle study were released yesterday, casting further doubts over the scientific integrity of the W. Australia Government’s environmental impact assessment for the James Price Point gas hub. SeaTurtles.org reported the nesting of the sea turtle in December and [...]

Tibetan Activist Sets Himself On Fire To Protest Chinese President’s Visit To India

Published on 2012-03-30 10:29:18

Prior to the arrival of Chinese president Hu Jintao in the Indian capital of Delhi, a Tibetan activist named Jamphel Yeshi set himself on fire in protest during a demonstration, suffering severe burns that covered most of his body. The 27-year-old Tibetan exile ran screaming down the street as flames licked at his body before [...]

College Professor Grilled by the FBI about Fracking Resistance

Published on 2012-03-29 21:17:22

Cross Posted from NTDaily.com An FBI agent and a Dallas police officer spoke last month with philosophy and religion professor Adam Briggle about specific materials in a syllabus for one of his courses on civil disobedience. Law enforcement officials brought up an article in his curriculum that supports “monkeywrenching,” an act of sabotaging equipment performed [...]

Mountain Justice Spring Break ends in protest at fracking company headquarters

Published on 2012-03-29 18:05:31

On the morning of Wednesday, March 26, more than 30 anti-fracking activists from across West Virginia and Appalachia picketed the Bridgeport, West Virginia, office of EQT Energy. The group of activists were supporting two landowners, Eileen and Jim Burke, who came from Doddridge County to try and meet with officials about concerns they had about [...]

Southeast Earth First! Regional Rendezvous April 19-23, Eastern TN

Published on 2012-03-29 12:28:04

Katuah Earth First! is hosting a Spring Rendezvous for the Southeast Region, April 19 -23, 2012 near Erwin, TN. The location and directions will be posted here once a site a has been chosen, so please check www.katuahearthfirst.org for updates. Be assured though, we have a lot to fight for. Our forests and wilderness are under assault. [...]

Ecoprisoner Tim DeChristopher moved to isolated confinement

Published on 2012-03-28 11:42:24

The following is a message from the group Peaceful Uprisings, who has coordinated much of the support for Tim DeChristopher who was arrested for disrupting a December 2008 oil and gas lease auction on public land in Utah, conducted by the Bureau of Land Management. In July 2011, Judge Benson sentenced DeChristopher to two years [...]

Ecoprisoner Tim DeChristopher moved to isolated confinement

Published on 2012-03-28 11:42:24

Earth Liberation Political Prisoners Sadie and Exile Punished for Being “Unrepentant”

Published on 2012-03-28 09:43:14

by Leslie James Pickering Earth Liberation prisoners Joyanna “Sadie” Zacher and Nathan “Exile” Block, who are a married couple, have been disallowed correspondence by their captors with the excuse that Sadie is “unrepentant” of her crimes. Sadie and Exile are nearing the end of their seven-year-and-eight-month federal prison sentences for two million-dollar arsons prosecuted under [...]

Earth Liberation Political Prisoners Sadie and Exile Punished for Being “Unrepentant”

Published on 2012-03-28 09:43:14

Hundreds protest oil tankers at march and rally in Vancouver

Published on 2012-03-26 21:02:20

Hundreds of people marched through downtown Vancouver streets today (March 26) in a boisterous display of opposition to oil tanker traffic along British Columbia’s coast. Organized by first nation and environmental groups, the demonstration came just days after the 23rd anniversary of the infamous Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska. A noon rally at the Vancouver [...]

Hundreds protest oil tankers at march and rally in Vancouver

Published on 2012-03-26 21:02:20

Ngäbes protest hydroelectric dam

Published on 2012-03-24 17:02:26

“It was not nice work, but given the pattern of the country’s development, it had to be done.” – John Steinbeck, East of Eden After an early February victory against proposed mining projects, the indigenous Ngäbes (pronounced naw-bey) continue to struggle to prevent construction of hydroelectric dams that could negatively impact their environment. Negotiations continue, [...]

Ngäbes protest hydroelectric dam

Published on 2012-03-24 17:02:26

Environmental protesters target Dominion Va. Power

Published on 2012-03-24 16:35:28

RICHMOND, Va. – More than 100 people representing a slew of environmental groups gathered in downtown Richmond this afternoon to protest the policies of Dominion Virginia Power. The protesters braved a drenching rain in Kanawha Plaza to listen to a series of speeches from activists decrying what they said is Dominion’s overreliance on fossil fuels [...]

Environmental protesters target Dominion Va. Power

Published on 2012-03-24 16:35:28

Indigenous Peoples Protest Mining in Ecuador

Published on 2012-03-24 01:37:12

Cross Posted from the Times-Union More than 1,000 indigenous protesters reached Ecuador’s capital Thursday after a two-week march from the Amazon to oppose plans for large-scale mining on their lands. The protesters were joined by thousands of anti-government protesters in Quito, and some of the demonstrators clashed with police outside the National Assembly. Police repelled rock-throwing [...]

Indigenous Peoples Protest Mining in Ecuador

Published on 2012-03-24 01:37:12

Historic Action at Vermont Yankee Headquarters, 130 Arrested

Published on 2012-03-24 01:27:06

Cross posted from Boston.com A 93-year-old anti-nuclear activist was among more than 130 protesters arrested at the corporate headquarters of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant Thursday, the first day of the plant’s operation after the expiration of its 40-year license. Frances Crowe, of Northampton, Mass., said she wants Vermont Yankee to cease operations because [...]

Historic Action at Vermont Yankee Headquarters, 130 Arrested

Published on 2012-03-24 01:27:06

Chevron CEO’s Criminally Charged For Oil Spill

Published on 2012-03-23 11:17:35

Re-posted from Democracy Now. Brazilian prosecutors have filed charges against 17 executives from oil giant Chevron and the rig operator Transocean in connection with a recent deepwater oil spill. George Buck, Head of Chevron’s Brazil operations faces up to 31 years in jail. Some 110,000 gallons of oil leaked off the shore of Rio [...]

Chevron CEO’s Criminally Charged For Oil Spill

Published on 2012-03-23 11:17:35

Hsinchu magistrate protests river pollution

Published on 2012-03-22 13:35:52

The China Post news staff–Hsinchu County Magistrate Chiu Ching-chun yesterday led county residents in a protest at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei against the pollution of the water source of Hsinpu Township, and called for the central government to do something about it. The protest was mainly triggered by the fact that the Cabinet-level Environmental [...]

Hsinchu magistrate protests river pollution

Published on 2012-03-22 13:35:52

Militant fisherfolk alliance demand compensation for Chervon oil spilled in Philippines

Published on 2012-03-22 11:48:40

DAGUPAN CITY — The militant fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) is pressuring La Union Governor Manuel Ortega to demand damage compensation for oil spilled affected fishermen in San Fernando City from Chevron Philippines, Inc. Ortega recently called for an investigation after thousands of liters of oil leaked from the depot’s [...]

Militant fisherfolk alliance demand compensation for Chervon oil spilled in Philippines

Published on 2012-03-22 11:48:40

Ecosexual Hike with Annie Sprinkle and Earth First!er Kim Marks

Published on 2012-03-22 09:31:19

Annie Sprinkle and long time Earth First! activist, Kim Marks (who is also the owner of As You Like It sex shop), will be leading a hike in Oregon on Sunday, April 15th for what they’re calling an “ecosexy exploration of the Clackamas River!” “…Find your e-spot by exploring the sensual side of nature, including [...]

“An Escalating Campaign Against Fossil Fuel Extraction Begins This April”

Published on 2012-03-21 23:28:42

Occupy the Machine announces plan for actions on the Gulf Coast of Texas The Occupy the Machine Coalition (OTM), born out of the newly-formed Deep Green Resistance network has called, has issued an Earth Day call to action “in honor of struggles against the extraction industry everywhere; in memory of the workers whose lives were [...]

100 Groups Ask EPA to End Wildlife Poisoning From Lead Hunting Ammunition

Published on 2012-03-13 21:36:45

Lead Kills Millions of Birds, Including Eagles, Condors, and Hurts Human Health WASHINGTON- One hundred organizations in 35 states today formally petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate toxic lead in hunting ammunition to protect public health and prevent the widespread poisoning of eagles, California condors and other wildlife. Up to 20 million birds die [...]

Giraffe Death at Nightmare Zoo

Published on 2012-03-13 18:42:31

article cross-posted from Kitsap Sun SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — The tigers are emaciated and the 180 pelicans packed so tightly they cannot unfurl their wings without hitting a neighbor. Last week, a giraffe died with a beachball-sized wad of plastic food wrappers in its belly. That death has focused new attention on the scandalous conditions [...]

Kellie Sentenced to Only 60 Days in Jail!

Published on 2012-03-13 13:26:10

This afternoon, at 3:00pm, Kellie Vanorden stood before District Judge Steven Andreasen for attempting to release mink from a Sioux City farm. Kellie pleaded guilty in Woodbury County District Court to releasing an animal from an animal facility and attempted third-degree burglary. District Judge Steven Andreasen suspended a five-year prison sentence and an additional 305 days [...]

Fracking: ACT 13, The Worst Is Coming

Published on 2012-03-12 17:03:20

Article by Steven Rosenfeld, from Alternet.org Pennsylvania, where the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were signed and where the U.S. coal, oil and nuclear industries began, has adopted what may be the most anti-democratic, anti-environmental law in the country, giving gas companies the right to drill anywhere, overturn local zoning laws, seize private property [...]

Seen the latest Earth First! Journal yet?

Published on 2012-03-12 13:26:43

Well, here are some sample articles from Brigid 2012, now up online: If Deep Green Resistance & the Occupy movement merged Reflections from Greece, Fall 2011 By panagioti, of the Earth First! Journal editorial collective Eat, Sleep, Click A bicycle-powered internet? or “How much fracking is that cat porn worth to you?” By Jane Anne [...]

Washington Post Claims Environmental Activism has Declined Due to Increased FBI Presence, Let’s Plan Something!

Published on 2012-03-10 20:06:27

Ben Kessler, a student at the University of North Texas and an environmental activist, was more than a little surprised that an FBI agent questioned his philosophy professor and acquaintances about his whereabouts and his sign-waving activities aimed at influencing local gas drilling rules. “It was scary,” said Kessler, who is a national organizer for [...]

Another disgusting plea for money from the Earth First! Journal

Published on 2012-03-09 19:24:35

Well folks, Here we are again, beggin’ you to support the Earth First! movement by keeping the EF! Journal office alive and well. We’ve gotten plenty of comments telling us that the last issue we released (yes, the one that looks like it might be a Japanese comic books.. clever marketing, eh?) is the best [...]

Japanese whalers return to port

Published on 2012-03-09 18:22:06

JAPAN’S whaling fleet has ended its annual Antarctic hunt after landing 30 per cent of its planned catch of more than 900 whales. Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano yesterday blamed bad weather and “sabotage” by the Sea Shepherd environmental protest flotilla for the reduced catch. Although the catch of 266 was almost 100 more whales than [...]

Bulgarians Protest Nuclear Power Ahead of Fukushima Anniversary

Published on 2012-03-09 17:54:43

Members of several environmental organizations gathered in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia for a silent protest to mark the upcoming first anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The environmentalists gathered in front of the country’s Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism, stating that nucleart energy is dangerous and that the Bulgarian government should focus on developing renewable [...]

Campaigners continue to block Shell in Ireland despite heavy fines

Published on 2012-03-08 16:57:17

All Shell haulage stopped from 7.30am today by civil disobedience in County Mayo This morning at 7.30am two campaigners locked themselves to a concrete barrel in the middle of the road near Shell’s main construction site for the Corrib gas onshore pipeline at Aughoose, Co. Mayo. Nineteen campaigners were sentenced and fined a total of 8350 [...]

Campaigners continue to block Shell in Ireland despite heavy fines

Published on 2012-03-08 16:57:17

New documents from the case of ELF informant Frank Ambrose

Published on 2012-03-08 15:56:43

After a long period of inactivity, 10 sealed documents have recently been filed on Frank Ambrose’s docket. On Dec 21, 2 motions from the AUSA, on Dec 22 an order, on Jan 12 an AUSA motion, on Jan 12 an AUSA document, and on Jan 17 an order. Then, on March 2, a sealed motion [...]

New documents from the case of ELF informant Frank Ambrose

Published on 2012-03-08 15:56:43

Former Ecoprisoner Tre Arrow Qualifies for Mayoral Race in Portland

Published on 2012-03-07 23:30:31

The city of Portland, Oregon, announced that Tre Arrow had submitted enough verified signatures to officially be added to the primary ballot for the 2012 Mayoral election. In a Survey USA/KATU News poll taken in late February, 7 percent of respondents said Arrow was their choice for mayor, putting him in 4th place of the [...]

Former Ecoprisoner Tre Arrow Qualifies for Mayoral Race in Portland

Published on 2012-03-07 23:30:31

Five Lakota Arrested for Forming Blockade on Pine Ridge Reservation

Published on 2012-03-07 11:09:58

Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges. PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION – Five Lakota were arrested Monday evening in Wanblee, South Dakota when they formed a blockade to halt a convoy of trucks going through the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. At issue was there were two trucks that appeared to be hauling pipes through the reservation [...]

Five Lakota Arrested for Forming Blockade on Pine Ridge Reservation

Published on 2012-03-07 11:09:58

Activists Detained Over Reef Protest

Published on 2012-03-06 18:47:56

Police detained several environmental activists after they painted a sign on the side of a coal ship in Gladstone Harbour in central Queensland, Australia, saying the Great Barrier Reef is in danger. About a dozen Anti-Coal activists led by Greenpeace staged a protest at Gladstone Harbour this morning. Greenpeace spokeswoman Julie Macken says the activists [...]

Activists Detained Over Reef Protest

Published on 2012-03-06 18:47:56

Occuping the ‘Hot Zone’ of Tar Sands Refinery in Colorado

Published on 2012-03-05 12:34:17

In an open letter, several organizations including Colorado American Indian Movement, Deep Green Resistance (DGR) Colorado, Front Range Rising Tide, 350.org, Occupy Denver and Boulder Food Rescue announce they coming together for a demonstration on Saturday, March 10th, with families from the local communities that are directly affected by the Commerce City Suncor refinery and [...]

Occuping the ‘Hot Zone’ of Tar Sands Refinery in Colorado

Published on 2012-03-05 12:34:17

Bulgarian Eco Activists Rally against Forestry Act

Published on 2012-03-03 14:43:11

Bulgarian environmentalist staged once again Saturday a protest rally against looming amendments to the Forestry Act. The march was organized by the coalition of NGOs, known as “For Keeping Nature in Bulgaria” with the support of other civic organizations. Rallies are also held in the cities of Plovdiv and Burgas. Over one hundred demonstrators reiterated [...]

Bulgarian Eco Activists Rally against Forestry Act

Published on 2012-03-03 14:43:11

Groups gather at Mendiola to protest mining

Published on 2012-03-03 14:17:29

MANILA, Philippines – Environmental and militant groups gathered at Mendiola near Malacañang on Saturday to kick off an “intensified” campaign against mining in the country. The Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment is calling for a moratorium on all mining applications of foreign companies. “We call for a moratorium on applications and operations on all [...]

Groups gather at Mendiola to protest mining

Published on 2012-03-03 14:17:29

Activists protest bill to prevent undercover investigations of industrial farms

Published on 2012-03-02 20:47:06

By Monica Eng � � Over the last few years, gruesome undercover videos taken in factory farms have proven powerful contributors to food recalls, public outrage and subsequent changes in the public and private sector. This includes McDonald’s pledge last month to stop using producers who cage sows in gestation crates. But those videos may [...]

Activists protest bill to prevent undercover investigations of industrial farms

Published on 2012-03-02 20:47:06

Butler County residents protest after state tests of their wells absolve driller

Published on 2012-03-02 20:35:26

By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Janet McIntyre of The Woodlands, a rural community in southern Butler County, said her well water foams and turns purple when it comes out of her faucet. “When I bathe in it, I get rashes, so I’m thinking I shouldn’t be drinking it, either,” she said Thursday afternoon at a [...]

Butler County residents protest after state tests of their wells absolve driller

Published on 2012-03-02 20:35:26

Feds Plan to Strip Endangered Species Act Protection From Gray Wolves Across United States

Published on 2012-03-02 18:36:54

Cross Posted from Center for Biological Diversity PORTLAND, Ore.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today recommended removing federal protections from gray wolves that remain on the endangered species list after wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains and upper Midwest had their protections stripped last year. The move could be devastating to wolf recovery. Fish [...]

Feds Plan to Strip Endangered Species Act Protection From Gray Wolves Across United States

Published on 2012-03-02 18:36:54

Shut Down the Corporations: Report from F29 actions against ALEC

Published on 2012-02-29 16:59:15

Rising Tide North America sent out this report today about the Shut Down the Corporations call to action: “#F29 is off to bang this morning with actions across the country. big props to our Rising Tide & Occupy comrades in Portland for initiating this great day of action. The target of the day is the [...]

Shut Down the Corporations: Report from F29 actions against ALEC

Published on 2012-02-29 16:59:15

Activists, Lucy Lawless Occupy Arctic Drill Tower

Published on 2012-02-28 13:43:35

Cross Posted from Greenpeace Media On 24 Feb 2012 seven people including actor Lucy Lawless scaled the 50 meter drill tower on a drillship commissioned by Shell to drill for oil in the Arctic. They set up camp at the very top of the ship’s drilling derrick and barricaded the access ladder. There they stayed [...]

Activists, Lucy Lawless Occupy Arctic Drill Tower

Published on 2012-02-28 13:43:35

A New Years Update from Marie Mason

Published on 2012-02-28 13:36:23

Cross Posted from Support Marie Mason It’s been a little more than a year and a half since I was transferred to the Admin Unit at Carswell. Many folks have written wondering if I was in the hospital here, and no, I am not. The Admin Unit is just part of a larger compound that has a [...]

A New Years Update from Marie Mason

Published on 2012-02-28 13:36:23

Cross Posted from Support Marie Mason, (written Jan, 25, 2012) It’s been a little more than a year and a half since I was transferred to the Admin Unit at Carswell. Many folks have written wondering if I was in the hospital here, and no, I am not. The Admin Unit is just part of a larger [...]

Walter Bond moved to CMU Prison

Published on 2012-02-28 12:09:13

Walter Bond 37096-013 USP Marion CMU PO Box 1000 Marion IL 62959 Walter Bond is being held in a controversial type of U.S. prison called a Communication Management Unit (CMU), which was set up by the Bureau of Prisons during the administration of George W. Bush. The prisoners held in a CMU are considered terrorists [...]

Walter Bond moved to CMU Prison

Published on 2012-02-28 12:09:13

New Leaks Reveal Dow Spying on Yes Men, Bhopal Activists

Published on 2012-02-26 22:39:19

Press Release by The Yes Men Dow pays “strategic intelligence” firm to spy on Yes Men and grassroots activists. Takeaway: movement is on the right track! WikiLeaks begins to publish today over five million e-mails obtained by Anonymous from “global intelligence” company Stratfor. The emails, which reveal everything from sinister spy tactics to an insider [...]

New Leaks Reveal Dow Spying on Yes Men, Bhopal Activists

Published on 2012-02-26 22:39:19

Dow and Monsanto Set to Team Up to Reintroduce Agent Orange Pesticide in the MidWest

Published on 2012-02-26 01:14:15

Cross Posted from Op Ed News In a match that some would say was made in hell, the nation’s two leading producers of agro-chemicals have joined forces in a partnership to reintroduce the use of the herbicide 2, 4-D, one half of the infamous defoliant Agent Orange, which was used by American forces to clear jungle during [...]

Dow and Monsanto Set to Team Up to Reintroduce Agent Orange Pesticide in the MidWest

Published on 2012-02-26 01:14:15

New Video On the Utah Tar Sands and Its Discontents

Published on 2012-02-24 08:16:41

This short video above was created following an Earth First! protest in Salt Lake City, February 20, 2012, at SITLA offices. Check out this post from earlier in the week for more background on the tar sands plans and the growing resistance in Utah. Below is another film, from last summer when Earth First! raised [...]

New Video On the Utah Tar Sands and Its Discontents

Published on 2012-02-24 08:16:41

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