[UPDATED: Check out this newer trailer] The trailer for ‘Occupied Cascadia’ film examining the severity of our cultural & environmental crisis. It aims to explore the concept of bioregionalism as well as a deeper inquiry into what is actually needed for humanity […]
Continue readingMonthly Archives: September 2012
Energy Industry Crackdown, Global Protest Frackdown
Yesterday, while Shell announced suing Greenpeace International in an attempt to have the organization banned from protest within 500 meters of any Shell property in the Netherlands, New York activist Susan Walker was sentenced to 15 days in jail after she refused […]
Continue readingArctic “death spiral” leaves climate scientists shocked and worried
by Barry Saxifrage / The Vancouver Observer A “radical shift” is plunging the Arctic Ocean towards an ice-free state for the first time in millions of years. One of the world’s foremost ice experts, Professor Peter Wadhams of Cambridge University, calls it […]
Continue readingActivists Crash Sustainable Forestry Initiative conference
“Wisconsin Doesn’t Want SFI’s Greenwash” By Adam Gaya, Forest Ethics Every September, the so-called Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) holds an annual conference. Every year for the last three years, ForestEthics and local activists have been there to confront one of the most […]
Continue readingYoung Persons Called to Grand Jury for Owning Books
by Tom, Sound and the Noise Just a few weeks ago, an FBI task force raided a home in Portland, Oregon very early in the morning. They broke down the front door with a battering ram and threw in a stun grenade, which […]
Continue readingThree Blockaders Lock Themselves to Keystone XL Machinery
UPDATE: 11:30AM – Five arrests made at Keystone XL construction site outside Winnsboro, Texas. Three brave blockaders locked to tree clear-cutting machinery delayed operations at the site for the morning. Join us in celebrating our latest crew of brave blockaders: Doug is […]
Continue readingRevenge of the Wolves
Delisted and targeted in Wyoming, wolves attack hunters from the Daily Maul WYOMING, IN THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE — Hundreds of hunters are dead this morning after wolves launched a preemptive strike on their would-be human attackers. “We’re taking the fight to the […]
Continue readingThere Are Less Than 100 Members of Each of These Species Left in Existence
by Brian Merchant / Motherload When we talk about the sixth great extinction event—the humankind-induced mass die-off that we’re in the early stages of at the moment—we talk about climate change. We talk about vanishing habitats, we talk about biodiversity loss, and […]
Continue readingCALL TO ACTION: Stop the Keystone XL ASAP!
Friends, comrades, and allies: In the heartland of Texas, camped in the backwoods among armadillos and water moccasins and deeply rooted small farmers and ranchers, we at Tar Sands Blockade are engaged in what may be the largest direct action battle of […]
Continue readingEF! Action Camp in Maine coming up soon…
September 28th-30th at the East Sangerville Grange Those Maine-iacs are planning to prep you on kicking some ass for the wild. And they’re gonna kick if off with a “Night to Howl!” on Friday from 5pm – 10pm. It’ll be an evening […]
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