cross-posted from American Bird Conservatory (Washington, D.C. , March 16, 2012) A new 30-minute film, narrated by actor Richard Chamberlain, explores the on-going bird extinction crisis in Hawai’i that has led to about 70 percent of all native bird species in the […]
Documentary on Judi Bari gets some coverage. For full article visit here
[EF! Newswire note: The politics behind this story are tricky. We suggest reading more background on recent mining struggles to get a clearer picture of the context in which these protests have occurred.] A Shipibo man was one of three people killed […]
Cross Posted from The Seattle Times Justin Solondz, 32, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to seven years in prison for his role in the 2001 arson at the University of Washington Center for Urban Horticulture. Damage in the […]
Cross Posted from Chevron Toxico New York, NY – Facing increased financial risk in Latin America, Chevron has launched a corporate espionage campaign designed to intimidate and track the whereabouts of the lead lawyers who recently won an $18 billion judgment for […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit from conservation groups that want to block wolf hunts that have killed more than 500 of the predators across the Northern Rockies in recent months. The ruling from a […]
[EF! Newswire note: the politics behind this story are tricky. We suggest reading more background on recent mining struggles to get a clearer picture of the context in which these protests have occurred.] Peruvian protests against government plans to regulate small-scale mining […]
From Gawker.com In a new release of internal documents, the FBI has exposed surveillance activity conducted during the early-mid 2000s in the Pacific Northwest. Concentrated in and around Portland and Eugene, Oregon, the activity revealed such crack FBI activity as tailing a random […]
Lead Kills Millions of Birds, Including Eagles, Condors, and Hurts Human Health WASHINGTON- One hundred organizations in 35 states today formally petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate toxic lead in hunting ammunition to protect public health and prevent the widespread poisoning […]
article cross-posted from Kitsap Sun SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — The tigers are emaciated and the 180 pelicans packed so tightly they cannot unfurl their wings without hitting a neighbor. Last week, a giraffe died with a beachball-sized wad of plastic food wrappers […]