Cross Posted from Free Malaysia Today A local NGO has slammed Assistant Minister of Culture and Heritage Liwan Lagang for lying to Senior Minister-cum-Land Development Minister James Masing on the situation with the Penans who were protesting the Murum Dam construction. Liwan […]
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Tasmania: Ongoing Forestry Protests Marked by Fatigue
Cross Posted from ABC Only 10 people turned out for the first protest since peace talks fell over last week. The Huon Valley Environment Centre targetted timber veneer processor Ta Ann in Hobart this morning claiming it misleads its Japanese customers about […]
Continue readingChinese Protests Over Chemical Factory Reflect Government Mistrust
Cross Posted from Seattle Times By GILLIAN WONG After three days of protests by thousands of citizens over pollution fears, a local Chinese government relented and agreed that a petrochemical factory would not be expanded, only to see the protests persist. The standoff […]
Continue readingRadicals push past old-school activism to oppose shale drilling
Cross Posted from E&E News By Ellen M. Gilmer Cusi Ballew is willing to die to stop drilling. He’s climbing a dozen feet above the soggy ground this September afternoon for practice. When the time comes, he’ll climb even higher and dare authorities […]
Continue readingNew wave of pipeline activism flirts with the law
Cross Posted from Metro News It was billed as one of the biggest acts of civil disobedience in Canadian history. As thousands of peaceful protesters took to the Legislature lawn in Victoria Monday to voice their opposition to Enbridge’s proposed Northern […]
Continue readingPA turns lights out to protest proposed power lines
Homes in Clifton, Big Bass Lake, Thornhurst and surrounding areas will turn their lights off this evening to show their opposition to proposed power lines being built on their properties. Part of a weekend of protesting PPL’s plans to build 57 miles […]
Continue readingUpdates from Michigan Fracking Protest
Prosecutor caves to pressure and drops the felony charges. Everyone is now out without bail! [Read original story about their action here] 15 people left the Mineral Rights Auction protest at the Lansing Center yesterday and headed to the office of Stuart […]
Continue readingWild Idaho Rising Tide Monitors MegaLoad, Raises Objections
Cross Posted from WildIdahoRisingTide.org On Wednesday, October 17, the Idaho Transportation Department issued a permit to Omega Morgan Inc. to haul a water treatment vessel of unknown ownership up U.S. Highway 12 between 10 pm and 5:30 am on Monday night, October […]
Continue readingVIDEO: Solidarity from the Pacific Coast of Canada to the Gulf Coast of Texas
Cross Posted from TarSandsBlockade.org Today, Defend Our Coast events marked the largest act of non-violent civil disobedience to stop tar sands pipelines and tankers that Canada has ever seen. Communities across BC linked arms to symbolize the unbroken wall of opposition to tar sands […]
Continue readingGulf Coast Oilfield Wife, Mother of 6, Cherri Foytlin Chains Self to Keystone XL Pipeyard Gate
Cross Posted from TarSandsBlockade.org UPDATE 4:30PM – Cherri has been released from jail on a $2,500 bail Demonstrate your support for Cherri for defending our coasts with a donation to her bail fund. UPDATE 3:30PM – Cherri’s Bail is set at $2,500. We expect […]
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