Cross-posted from CommonDreams Predictions of more frequent and intense fires fueled by climate change contained in recent study – Common Dreams staff A record-breaking heat wave in Colorado has generated what one local fire chief called a ‘firestorm of epic proportions’ and forced approximately […]
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Fracking Blockade in Ohio Ends After 6 Hours
Cross Posted from NBC4 ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio — An Athens County woman was arrested Tuesday morning after she chained herself to two barrels of concrete and blocked the entrance of a fracking fluid injection well on Ladd Ridge Road. Madeline Fitch told reporters […]
Continue readingStudy: East Coast Sea Levels Rising Four Times Faster Than Global Average
by the Center for Biological Diversity SAN FRANCISCO— Sea levels on the East Coast are rising three to four times faster than the global average, putting several major U.S. cities at increased risk of flooding and storm surges, according to a new […]
Continue readingForest Service Approves Grand Canyon Uranium Mine Despite 26-year-old Environmental Review
by the Center for Biological Diversity GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK— The U.S. Forest Service announced late Monday that it will allow Denison Mines Corp. to begin excavating the “Canyon Mine” this fall without first updating the 26-year-old environmental impact statement for the […]
Continue readingNew Paintings by Marie Mason
Click here to view two more new paintings by Marie Mason. Marie Mason is a loving mother of two and a long-time activist in the environmental and labor movements. In March 2008, she was arrested by federal authorities for charges related to […]
Continue readingCascadia Earth First! Locks Down, Climbs Flagpoles in State Capitol
10:00am: “We are occupying the Oregon State Capitol in Salem to end widespread clear cutting in state forests! We are currently locked down in the offices of Secretary of State Kate Brown and Treasurer Ted Wheeler, climbers are back on the flag […]
Continue reading‘Fracking’ — A Protest Song
Download ‘Fracking’ – A Protest Song free! ‘Fracking’ is a song written in opposition to the industrial extraction of fossil-fuel shale gas by hydraulic fracturing, and aims to increase awareness of the many dangers that fracking presents. The protest song has a […]
Continue readingPhotographs of Biodiversity and Extinction
by the EF! Journal Collective Joel Sartore is a photographer, educator and chronicler of the extinction crisis. Three of his recent collections describe, through vivid images, what we are losing, at a rate of 100 species every day. These are visual reminders […]
Continue readingThe new Earth First! Journal is OUT… Almost
Notes about the Beltane 2012 edition, and other updates from your broke but loyal EF!J collective The season of Eostar faded into Beltane, and now Beltane has faded into Litha, leaving many of you wondering how the Summer Solstice passed without ever […]
Continue readingDeadly Violence Against Environmentalists On The Rise Worldwide
by Scott Parkin “We all stand before history.“ —Ken Saro-Wiwa, executed for environmental advocacy, Nigeria, Nov. 10, 1995. What the hell is going on out there? I know a lot people targeted by our federal government and corporate private security for […]
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