Justin Solondz Sentenced to 7 Years

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 […]

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Chevron Spying on Ecuadorian Activists

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 […]

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Peru Mining Protest Turns Deadly in Puerto Maldonado

[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 […]

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Giraffe Death at Nightmare Zoo

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 […]

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