by Sarah Laskow / The American Prospect The carcass of a passenger pigeon weighed in at exactly the size they preferred. Dead prairie chickens did, too. They aren’t so picky about the carcasses they bury: mammals will do as well as birds, […]
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2013 EF! Round River Rendezvous
We are thrilled to announce that Croatan Earth First! will be hosting next summer’s rendezvous in North Carolina. We’re already scouting out some beautiful locations that will have lots of swimming and hiking. The location will most likely be in the Piedmont […]
Continue readingBlack Bear “Management” Hearing Aug 29
Consider coming out to that event to speak in defense of the bears, or to join us for a demonstration outside. Either way, make sure you contact them at wrnccomments@ncwildlife.org and the executive director, Gordon S. Myers 919-707-0151. His individual e-mail is […]
Continue readingDoes “Anti-Occupy” Law End U.S. Right to Protest?
[Cross-Posted from The Washington Times by Paul A. Samakow. See comments below regarding the credibility of this article.] Thanks to almost zero media coverage, few of us know about a law passed this past March, severely limiting our right to protest. The […]
Continue readingToxic Fire at Chevron Refinery in Richmond, Calif
by Justin Berton, Kevin Fagan and Vivian Ho Thousands of East Bay residents were ordered to stay in their homes with the windows and doors closed Monday night after a series of explosions and fires tore through Chevron’s Richmond refinery. The explosions started […]
Continue readingCaffeine Pollution in the Ocean
Plastic, clothing fibers and CO2 are not the only things ending up the sea. So is caffeine. Scientists at Portland State University and Washington State University, Vancouver, found caffeine concentrations off the coast of Oregon. To their surprise, the substance was not […]
Continue readingBeasts of the Southern Wild: A Review
Review by Russ McSpadden Beasts of the Southern Wild is a big budget Indy film about anthropogenic ecological collapse as experienced by a poor and backwoods bayou island community called the Bathtub, situated just off the coast of New Orleans. More specifically, […]
Continue readingShagged by a Rare and Pudgy Parrot
by the Center for Biological Diversity When zoologist Mark Carwardine headed into the dense jungle landscape of New Zealand in search of one of the last remaining wild kakapos — pudgy, nocturnal parrots that can’t fly — little did he know he […]
Continue readingMonday Morning Inspiration
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Continue readingMonsanto Soy Blocked by Yucatan Beekeepers
Reposted from Yucatan Times Echoing a recent block in Poland, beekeepers have succeeded in preventing, through two suspensions obtained in amparo (specialized protection), the seeding of transgenic soy for 253,500 hectares in Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, and […]
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