Activists face court over Opera House climb

By Angela Lavoipierre Cross-posted from here A court has heard three people charged for climbing the Sydney Opera House during an environmental protest will plead guilty. But two women who were allegedly involved with the action by conservation group The Last Stand […]

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Plans for Gold Mine Meet Resistance in Bulgaria

The New York Times published an excellent expose by Dimiter Kenarov last week on rural opponents of a proposed open pit gold mine near Krumovgrad, Bulgaria, along the border with Greece. The industrial project, spurred by the rising worldwide demand for gold, […]

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Occupy Goes Rural

Race and Occupation in the Land of the One Percent by Lilac Rural land use in the US has followed the pipeline of the American Dream. Since the Great Depression, farm ownership has fallen by two thirds. Today, half of farm sales […]

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Updates from Durango Earth First!

It sounds like EF!er s in Colorado have a lot on their hands these days. From tracking gold and silver extraction in the pending approvals of the Wildcat Mine proposal, to the opening 2.3 million acres of new oil & gas drilling […]

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