By Tsuyoshi Inajima Tokyo Electric Power Co. said as much as 12 tons of radioactive water leaked from a pipe at its crippled Fukushima nuclear station, the second such incident in 11 days at the same pipeline, raising further doubts about the […]
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Kellie Marshall Receives 60 Days in Attempted Iowa Mink Farm Raid
Cross posted from Animal Liberation Frontline Posted by Peter Young on Apr 4, 2012 | 0 comments After her arrest at the Circle K Fur Farm on October 10th, Kellie Marshall finally resolved her case March 13th and received unexpectedly short sentence […]
Continue readingFBI forced to hand over evidence tied to car bombing which injured Earth First! activists
By JONNY BONNER The FBI must hand over evidence tied to a decades-old car bombing in the Bay Area in which two Earth First! activists were injured, a federal judge ruled. On May 24, 1990, a pipe bomb wrapped with nails exploded […]
Continue readingIdaho AG Asked to Investigate Controversial Trapping Photos
Grisly images, depicting a badly injured wolf captured in north Idaho, have gone viral. Posing alongside the animal is a grinning Josh Bransford, an employee of the Nez Perce National Forest. The pictures, which surfaced on the Web in March, continue to […]
Continue readingIf The Hunger Games can’t ignite an eco-rebellion…
According to this fresh review of the Hunger Games book trilogy and recent film adaptation, written from a unique Earth First! perspective: “Hands down, The Hunger Games is pop culture’s best contribution yet to the growing eco-rebellion.” Check it out here, in […]
Continue readingBlue Mountains Biodiversity Action Alert in Deschutes National Forest
“Rocket” project proposes serious impacts in Newberry Volcanic Monument area Forest Service’s proposal would include 6,545 acres of commercial logging in and adjacent to the National Monument site, including old growth areas, critical goshawk areas, wildlife corridors, Mule deer winter range and […]
Continue readingStart planning early for June 11 ecoprisoner solidarity actions and events
Information on June 11 events in 2012 and new resources will be coming soon to the June11.org site. In the meantime, here’s a little recap from last year: On June 11th, 2011 events were held in approximately 30 cities across the globe […]
Continue readingBrazilian Landless Movement Activists Summarily Executed
Cross Posted from rsn Brazilian police are investigating whether the fatal shooting of three rural activists was linked to their effort to win rights to land also contested by owners of a sugar mill. The activists were shot on Saturday as they […]
Continue readingVillagers raise protest heat
Trinidad and Tobago— Almost three weeks after discussing his concerns with several top Government Ministers, including Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, about the proposed construction of a US$430 million CariSal Unlimited chlor-alkali/calcium chloride plant, environmental activist, Dr Wayne Kublalsingh, together with a […]
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