from Dayton Daily News STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — Troopers helped escort seven hecklers out of Gov. John Kasich’s State of the State address as he talked about drilling for natural gas in eastern Ohio. They shouted “John Kasich is selling out Ohio” during […]
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Indigenous groups shut down Interamerican highway to protest Panama mining laws
crossposted from Intercontinental Cry An indigenous Ngobe protester was killed by a gunshot wound to the chest during confrontations with the police this morning, 5th February, in San Félix, Panama. It has been confirmed that three more people have been hurt with […]
Continue readingHundreds take to the streets against tar sands pipeline in Canada
Momentum continues to build against Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline designed to carry tar sands oil from Alberta to the British Colombia coast. Just weeks after Gitxsan chiefs voted to block the pipeline through their traditional lands, over 600 people took to the […]
Continue readingAussies occupy drill rig to protest coal mining
One Australian activist has been released pending summons for ‘interfering with a motor vehicle’ today after stopping drilling in Bacchus Marsh. Paul Connor locked himself to the top of Mantle Mining’s 8.5 metre-tall drill rig while hanging a banner that read ‘No […]
Continue readingCascadia Forest Defense blockades the Governor’s Mansion in Oregon
On February 3 Cascadia Forest Defenders (CFD) blockaded the entrance to the Oregon Governor’s Mansion with a mound of christmas trees. Activists held banners, reading “Rally at the State Land Board Meeting Feb. 14” and “KITZHABER LIES, FOREST DIE!” One person was […]
Continue readingGasland-director Arrested by House Republicans
Crossposted from Alternet.org In a stunning break with First Amendment policy, House Republicans directed Capitol Hill police to detain a highly regarded documentary crew that was attempting to film a Wednesday hearing on a controversial natural gas procurement practice. Initial reports from […]
Continue readingOne of the world’s top 10 oldest trees dies in Florida
January 16, 2012 in Central Florida a 3,500 year old Bald Cypress tree known as the “Senator”, passed away. This tree burned to the ground, due to a fire assumed to have started from a lightening strike it sustained in mid-January, causing […]
Continue readingCascadia: Grizzly Peak Timber Sales Protested
By Sam Wheeler / Ashland Daily Tidings Four environmental groups are protesting the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s plan to harvest about 2.5 million board feet of timber from the slopes of Grizzly Peak and throughout the Little Butte Creek watershed. Their […]
Continue readingMonsanto Accused In Suit Tied To Agent Orange
by Jeff Brady / NPR For about two decades, ending in 1971, a former Monsanto chemical plant in West Virginia produced the herbicide 2,4,5-T which was used in “Agent Orange” — the defoliant the military sprayed over Southeast Asia during the Vietnam […]
Continue readingNew Earth First! Journal out, Brigid 2012
Last night at the Night Heron Grassroots Activist Center, which is also home to the Earth First! Journal, editorial collective members and volunteers prepped the newest issue to be mailing to to subscribers and distributors around the world. This issue features articles […]
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