By Oliver Milman / The Guardian The world’s densest population of orangutans is set to be “extinguished” by a massive new wave of fires that is clearing large tracts of a peat swamp forest in the Indonesian island of Sumatra, conservationists have […]
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What Would A Real Transition To A Sustainable Society Look Like?
By Max Wilbert / Deep Green Resistance Climate scientists are clear that modern human societies are changing the atmosphere of the planet, mainly by clearing forests, grasslands, wetlands, and other natural ecosystems for the purposes of development and logging and by burning […]
Continue readingMicropredators and Oily Prey
by John Fischman Debby did Gulfport this past weekend. Or threatened to, enough to toss the Endeavor’s cruise plan up in the air. Tropical Storm Debby was barreling north across the gulf with 50-knot winds and 15-foot waves, but the forecasts were […]
Continue readingCan a Tiny Purple Desert Orchid Stop a Massive Open-Pit Mine
by the Center for Biological Diversity TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the agency’s failure to protect Coleman’s coralroot under the Endangered Species Act. Coleman’s coralroot is an extremely […]
Continue readingEnviro Group Sells Out to Fracking Industry in NY
Cross Posted from WaterDefense Documents obtained by the Environmental Working Group show that officials at the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) secretly colluded with gas industry lobbyists to write fracking regulations. DEC General Counsel Steven Russo, with full knowledge of […]
Continue readingObama Plan Expands Risky Offshore Drilling in Arctic, Gulf of Mexico
by the Center for Biological Diversity SAN FRANCISCO— The Obama administration announced plans on Thursday to dramatically expand offshore oil drilling, including in the Arctic and the heart of critical habitat for polar bears. The plan will also expand high-risk, ultra-deepwater drilling […]
Continue readingFeds Grant Approval for Southern Portion of Keystone XL
—By Kate Sheppard/ Mother Jones Not long after delaying the approval of the Keystone XL, President Obama announced that the administration is expediting consideration of permits for the pipeline’s southern portion. And that’s exactly what happened on Wednesday, according to the New […]
Continue readingFronteras y Cuerpos (Borders and Bodies)
por Russ McSpadden / arte por Jill Lavetsky for the English version click here En algún lugar en las afueras del viejo pueblo minero de Ruby -no es nada más que un pueblo fantasma- y no tan lejos de la frontera Arizona/México, […]
Continue readingEF! Journal Volunteer Party & Work Week! July 16-20th
Don’t forget that we’re inviting you to a week of jam-packed volunteer opportunities for the eco-rev, at our EF! Journal office in the Night Heron activist center, and adventuring in the Loxahatchee watershed. Join us the first week after the 2012 Rondy, […]
Continue readingOver 300 Protesters Demand Kitzhaber Stop Nestlé’s Water Grab in the Gorge
By Julia Degraw Portland, Ore. – Over 300 Oregonians gathered at Terry Schrunk Plaza in Southwest Portland yesterday to protest the development of a Nestlé Corporation water bottling facility in the Columbia River Gorge city of Cascade Locks. Protesters called on Governor […]
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