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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Eco-prisoner Justin Solondz spends birthday behind bars this Monday
This Monday, October 3rd, marks the first birthday Justin Solondz will spend in a US prison. He is currently awaiting trial on allegations of involvement with ELF arsons in the Pacific Northwest. Justin was recently extradited to the US from a prison […]
Dave Foreman still aligning with bigots
A co-founder and former editor of the Earth First! Journal, Dave Foreman, once again spotlighted for his association with Apply The Brakes and other anti-immigrant organizations. This time by the Center for New Community’s new article, “Environmentalists Risk Reputations by Aligning with […]
Bolivia suspends road project after indigenous protest
cross posted from Survival International Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has suspended plans to build a major highway through indigenous peoples’ land in the Amazon rainforest. His decision follows a 40-day protest march, which was brought to an abrupt halt on Sunday, when […]
Mass Mobilization Defeats GM Rice in Spain
Cross Posted from Amigos de la Tierra Translation by Lilac Valencia’s local government has revoked the permit of an Italian pharmaceutical company to experiment with GM rice combined with human genes in Vinaros, Castellon. After protests from social, ecologist and peasant organizations, […]
Portland ADL Locks Down to Protect Wolves
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is planning on killing two more wolves from the Imnaha pack because of supposed livestock predation. This would reduce the pack size down to only two wolves! It would leave only the alpha female and […]
ALF Sets Fire to an Idaho Fur Store that sells Wild Coyote and Bobcat Furs
No one was injured in the early morning blaze at Rocky Mountain Fur & Fireworks, a retailer in Caldwell, Idaho, about 30 miles northwest of the state capital. The company sells wild coyote and bobcat pelts. The North American Animal Liberation Press […]
Hey Dirty South! Are GE “Forests” Coming Your Way?
Much of the US South (N. and S. Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Florida) are home to test plots of genetically engineered eucalyptus trees which ArborGen, a GE tree developer, hopes one day will supplant the South’s pine silvaculture industry. Click here […]
‘Green desert’ monoculture forests spreading in Africa and South America
Artificial single-species forests are expanding fast in countries of the developing South, fuelled by low production costs and incentives from governments, and causing severe social and environmental impacts, warned experts from around the world who met last week in the Uruguayan capital. […]
EarthFirst.org is NOT an Earth First! movement website
For several years now, the Earth First! Journal collective has been attempting to bring accountability to the website EarthFirst.org, with no real response from webmaster, Greg Thorne. After the most recent attempt to have people involved with the movement get a say […]