The Massachusetts Department of Public Health said Sunday that very low concentrations of radioiodine-131 that were likely from the Japanese power plant severely damaged by the earthquake and tsunami earlier this month have been detected in a sample of rainwater. Officials did […]
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Indigenous and Environmental Groups set sail from Australia to protest offshore oil drilling
A flotilla of six boats sailed from Auckland Sunday to launch a protest against plans by a Brazilian oil company to drill for oil and gas off the East Cape of the North Island. The protesters, including the Greenpeace environmental group, the […]
Continue readingRiot in the streets of London!
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Continue reading200,000 in Germany protest nuclear power
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Continue readingPolice arrest Forest Defenders in Tasmania, Solidarity Actions in Melbourne & Bunbury Australia
The Earth First Journal! stands in solidarity with the actions taking place in Tasmania and Australia against the destruction of the wild! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvlwnEgxSoI&feature=player_embedded] About 20 protesters from the Huon Valley Environment Centre were involved in the demonstration at the Ta Ann office […]
Continue readingInternational Coal Group Sued over Selenium Pollution from W. Virginia Mine
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Three environmental groups sued coal operator ICG Eastern in federal court Wednesday over a Webster County surface mine they say has been discharging toxic selenium into streams for years. The Sierra Club, the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and […]
Continue readingUnion of Ontario Indians protest plans to ship radioactive waste over Great Lakes
By Eartha Jane Melzer The Union of Ontario Indians will battle a plan to ship 1,600 tons of radioactive waste from the Bruce nuclear power complex to Sweden via the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, the group announced this week. UOI, […]
Continue readingWikileaks: Big Coal, Obama and Bagledesh Open Pit Mine
When thousands of Bangladeshi take to the streets again on March 28th as part of a decade-long battle to halt a devastating British-owned open-pit coal mine, the world will not only be watching whether Bangladesh’s government will honor a coal ban agreement […]
Continue readingGreenpeace activists halt nuclear hearings
An environmental assessment of the proposed construction of new nuclear reactors at Darlington Power Plant was delayed Tuesday after Greenpeace activists chained themselves to a table in the hearing room. Four activists — two men and two women — chained themselves to […]
Continue readingAustralia: Lake Tyers Women Holding Blockade Against the Government
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