Washington Wildlife Officials to Kill 4 Wolves of the Wedge Pack

from the Seattle Times Washington state wildlife agents are preparing to kill up to four more gray wolves in the northeast corner of the state after investigators said the pack has injured or eaten livestock. But seven environmental groups on Friday urged […]

The RNC, Koch Habits, and Uprisings in District 12

by Clinton Tyree, reporting live from the streets of Tampa Bay. So Hurricane Issac didn’t blow the political elite and their flock far into the oil-slicked, algae blooms of Florida’s dismal Gulf Coast, like we had hoped. As it turns out, those […]

Coke Plant Expansion Shut Down by Protestors in India

India – Thousands of villagers from Navelim in Bicholim taluka of Goa today observed a day-long Bandh against the Sesa Corporation’s Goa metallurgical coke plant in the village, with complaints that it is polluting their surroundings. Originally a Hindi word meaning ‘closed’, […]

Family Fun Day at the blockade against coal seam gas in Australia

Last week Police started issuing infringement notices at the blockade site of Fullerton Cove coal seam gas pilot project in Newcastle, Australia. Officers told the protesters that they must vacate the site. Instead more residents have arrived to support the cause. And […]

Activists on Occupied Russian Arctic Oil Rig Hit with Water Cannon

Six activists with Greenpeace International have occupied a Russian oil rig to protest drilling in the Arctic. The rig belongs to the Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom, which is set to become the first company to produce Arctic oil through drilling operations […]

Old School Earth First! in Technicolor

Damn, this video has it all: an intro by Ed Abbey, mullets, footage of tree spiking, camo-hats, endorsement of direct action by the Sierra Club,  hippies circumnavigating a tree and singing sweet hippy songs and timber officials calling them eco-terrorists. You don’t […]

Biomass Incinerator Looms on Horizon for Gypsum, Colorado

– by Josh Schlossberg, The Biomass Monitor An 11.5 megawatt biomass power incinerator proposal for the 6,400 person central-Colorado town of Gypsum is moving along swiftly, despite concerns of community members and at least one town councilor. Utah-based Eagle Valley Clean Energy […]

Going ape shit in Tampa

  While the threat of anarchist mayhem at the RNC has people preoccupied just about as much as the hurricane rolling towards Florida’s Gulf Coast, there’s another righteous menace that’s been baffling the authorities of the Tampa Bay area: a feral monkey. […]