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Continue readingMonthly Archives: December 2010
Enviros Sue US for Wolves Protection
The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a formal notice of intent to sue the Interior Department for failing to develop a recovery plan for wolves in the lower 48 states. Such a plan is required by the Endangered Species Act, and […]
Continue readingUK Crackdown Against Climate Protestors
More than 100 people were arrested on April 13 last year when police raided the Iona School in Sneinton, Nottingham. They had planned to trespass at the coal-fired Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in Nottinghamshire, the UK’s second largest power station, and shut it […]
Continue readingCounterprotesters say “Earth First! is Mean not Green”
Several protesters stood in the rain outside of the open house at the Earth First! Journal's new office last night to make the harsh claims that "Earth First! = Anarchism" and is "Mean not Green". The protesters are mostly involved in the […]
Continue reading400 protest seam gas mining in Australia
Carrying signs such as “Coal seam gas stinks”, “Gas mining under Sydney Park – no fracking way!”, and “Gutless government giving in to gas”, over 400 local residents and supporters rallied on December 19 at Sydney Park to protest the NSW government’s […]
Continue readingVictory Against King Coal plus more
From Greenpeace.org: “The Independent System Operator (ISO) in New England now has 60 days to put together a plan to get this (unpopular coal) plant off-line sooner rather than later. Just remember, this plant contributes to nearly 20 premature deaths, 36 heart […]
Continue readingMarie Mason Appeal Denied
Green Scare prisoner Marie Mason’s appeal for a re-sentencing has been denied by a federal appeals court. Coming immediately after fellow Green Scare prisoner Eric McDavid’s appeals have been exhausted, it is just another sign that the Obama administration will be not […]
Continue readingPolice Ordered to Pay Climate Protesters
Danish police have been ordered to pay tens of thousands of pounds compensation to hundreds of climate protesters, after a court ruling today. The unprecedented ruling coincides with the release of an audio recording from the policing of a protest outside the […]
Continue readingPrison Stike Continues, Revolutionary Solidarity Needed
At least four prisons in Georgia remain in lockdown five days after prisoners went on strike in protest of poor living and working conditions. Using cell phones purchased from guards, the prisoners coordinated the nonviolent protests to stage the largest prison strike […]
Continue readingPermit Approved for Coal Facility “Bigger than Seattle”
A broad coalition of conservation and clean energy groups, including Earthjustice, the Washington Environmental Council and The Sierra Club are trying to stop a permit to build a 416-acre coal export terminal on the Columbia River at Longview, WA. If allowed to […]
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