Read the Original Typed Communique from 1986 Oregon ALF Raid by Peter Young Recently I had the good fortune of getting access to a rare ALF document retrieved from the University of Oregon’s internal files. Someone had found the original typed communique […]
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Ogoni Establish Their Own Environmental Protection Agency
from Intercontinental Cry The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), an Ogoni-based non-governmental, non-political organization for the Ogoni people of South-Eastern Nigeria, have announced the creation of a new Environmental Protection Agency to make sure that oil companies operating in […]
Continue readingIndigenous Groups Confront Taiwan Goverment over Land/Resource Theft
By Ho Meng-kuei and Hanna Liu, Focus Taiwan Aboriginal groups gathered in Taipei Wednesday to call for President Ma Ying-jeou to talk about indigenous policies with Taiwan’s aboriginal communities in an effort to improve their human rights. Omi Wilang, secretary-general of the […]
Continue readingIf It Ain’t Broke, Break It, A Message for the Earth First! Journal
Winter Solstice 2011 Dear Eco-Warrior, Hopefully by now you’ve had a chance to see the Mabon issue of the Earth First! Journal. As you read this, Earth First!ers are hard at work plotting against mountaintop removal mining, tar sands infrastructure, GE crops, […]
Continue readingFuel crisis looms as vandals cut off power to pipeline
By Zeddy Sambu Business Daily [note from a perceptive blogger about the author’s terminology: because the power-lines were sabotaged for financial gain on the black market, the term vandals is used. But had these actions been carried out to fight for a healthier […]
Continue readingOccupy Indonesia: Anti-mine Protesters Burn Government Buildings, Banks, Two Protesters Killed
Two protesters have been killed and 10 others injured during a raucous protest over a planned goldmine, co-owned by an Australian company, in eastern Indonesia. The victims were among nearly 1000 people in Lambu village in West Nusatenggara province trying to stop […]
Continue readingFirst bear killed in Nevada hunt was taken illegally
By Scott Sonner A gun safety instructor who bagged the first bear killed in Nevada’ first-ever bear hunting season admitted on Monday he did so illegally with the help of bait. Timothy Kawelmacher, 55, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of unlawfully […]
Continue readingHands Off Haimen!
by Ron Sakolsky What do protesters in Haimen, China, and in Fanny Bay which is located on Vancouver Island in BC, have in common? Plenty! What links these two Pacific Rim towns is not some insipid Chamber of Commerce-initiated Sister Cities designation, […]
Continue readingGray Wolfs Delisted in Midwest, Wolf Kills to Begin Soon
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday that it was removing Endangered Species Act protections for the wolf in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and portions of adjoining states. After the announcement, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker ordered the state Department of Natural Resources […]
Continue readingThousands of disoriented birds die in southern Utah
Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Cedar City, UT, United States (AHN) – A massive clean-up and rescue operation in southern Utah continued on Wednesday after thousands of migratory birds crash landed onto highways and parking lots early this week. Officials believe […]
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