Eugene, OR—An action-filled summer continues as a new call out for support comes from the Cascadia Forest Defenders: “…Looking for experienced tree sitters to occupy a sit we have put up in the North Deere timber sale in the Willamette National Forest. […]
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Plans to accommodate giant ships at Port Everglades will threaten endangered coral reefs
By David Fleshler, Sun-Sentinel, Source An environmental fight is brewing over plans by Port Everglades to blast and dredge a deeper entrance channel to accommodate the super-freighters that are beginning to dominate the world’s trade routes. The $321 million project would deepen […]
Continue readingProtesters urge federal minister to stop Australian gas hub; 29 Arrested
Western Australia—The Federal Minister for Environment arrived in the Kimberley the morning of August 2nd as three arrests were made at the proposed James Price Point natural gas hub site. The massive new project is being forced on the community by the […]
Continue readingNiger Delta villagers go to the Hague to fight against oil giant Shell
By John Vidal Excerpts below. To read full article go to source: Cross-posted from here Goi is now a dead village. The two fish ponds, bakery and chicken farm that used to be the pride and joy of its chief deacon, Barrisa […]
Continue reading“McKay 09″ Logging Permit Extended
crossposted from EF!Humboldt ~ August 1st, 2011. The California Department of Deforestation has granted Green Diamond an extension on their plan to clear-cut the grove that we have been defending for three years. The plan is eligible for two one-year extensions including […]
Continue readingCoal River Mountain Treesit Updates
UPDATES! 8/2/2011: After being a participant for 14 days on the still-active treesit at Coal River Mountain, WV, Becks Kolins descended the tulip poplar and was immediately apprehended. In their own words, Becks writes “I am not doing this because I am […]
Continue readingKeystone XL Pipeline Protest set for site of 2007 Burnaby pipeline rupture
A Vancouver-based environmental group intends to use the Burnaby site of a dramatic oil pipeline rupture four years ago to emphasize its opposition to a planned expansion by Kinder Morgan. Wilderness Committee (WC) will hold a demonstration on Saturday, Aug. 27 […]
Continue readingBanner Drops in New Orleans for Bidder 70
cross-posted from New Orleans Indymedia Two banners were dropped during the AM rush hour off the Ponchatrain Expressway in the CBD in New Orleans, LA. Banners read “This Land is Our Land Bidder 70” and “Defend Your Coast.” banner-4474.jpg, image/jpeg, 1000×667This […]
Continue readingNew Orleans!! Fight corporate greed! March to the Marriott! August 5
Stand up, and fight back in New Orleans! ALEC is hosting their annual summit at the Marriott in New Orleans from August 1-6th. We will meet them there to let them know they can’t pull the strings from the behind the curtain […]
Continue readingSeminole Tribe of Florida fights FPL proposal; Sierra Club beats rock mine in the Everglades
By Earth First! Journal In a recent legal challenge to Hendry County’s approval of re-zoning land for a newly proposed FPL power plant in primary panther habitat, attorneys with the Seminole Tribe of Florida demanded a Writ of Certiorari quashing the County […]
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