By CYNDY COLE The Hopi Tribe filed suit Wednesday in federal court in the District of Columbia, seeking an injunction to block snowmaking with reclaimed wastewater at Arizona Snowbowl this winter because of a threatened plant. The case has been assigned […]
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40 Climate Solidarity Actions Launch Worldwide to Defend Our Homes From Dirty Energy and Climate Change
Cross Posted from Tar Sands Blockade UPDATE: Thursday, Nov. 15th – Four arrested for shutting down an American Petroleum Institute luncheon in New Orleans Four protestors where arrested after a group of over a dozen shut down an American Petroleum Institiute luncheon in the Roosevelt Hotel […]
Continue readingPro-Wolf Activists Rally Throughout Minnesota as Wolf Hunt Continues
by an EF!er from Minnesota With the first season almost over and the death toll at 124 wolves in Minnesota alone. The wolf activist groups “Northwoods Wolf Alliance” and “Howling for Wolves” continue to rally against the hunt all over the state […]
Continue readingEquipment at construction site of gas compressor station sabotaged and stolen
Editor’s Note: This article appeared in the Times Herald Record newspaper from the Hudson River Valley in NY. A local doula in the area reported the story back to a few Earth First!ers on a “No System But the Ecosystem” speaking tour […]
Continue readingBelo Monte construction halts after protestors torch buildings at three construction sites
Cross Posted from Bangkok Post Work on Brazil’s controversial $13 billion Belo Monte mega-dam ground to a halt Monday after protesters torched buildings at three dam construction sites over the weekend, the developer said. Saturday, “a group of 30 people set fire to […]
Continue readingTransCanada Bulldozes Texas Farmer’s Renewable Biofuels Business
Cross Posted from Tar Sands Blockade Right now TransCanada is bulldozing Nacogdoches local landowner, Michael Bishop’s property for its Keystone XL pipeline. Mr. Bishop has been a vocal opponent of the tar sands pipeline for years and has filed several lawsuits against […]
Continue readingOjibwe members protest Minn. wolf hunt
Cross Posted by Minnesota Public Radio by Tom Robertson Ojibwe tribal members spent part of the weekend protesting Minnesota’s first managed wolf hunt, which began Saturday. Tribal members on the White Earth Indian Reservation stood along highways in several tribal communities, carrying signs of […]
Continue readingMore Direct Action in Australia Makes Politicians Squirm
Cross Posted from ABC News Tasmania’s Premier has accused wealthy businessmen of bankrolling fringe environmental groups whose protests are threatening the forest industry. Five activists have been charged with trespass-related offences after a protest at Ta Ann’s timber processing site in […]
Continue readingMalaysia Protests Big Industry
Cross Posted from The Register By Simon Sharwood Despite promising “Zero harm and sustainable development” and winning a court case permitting it to build a rare earth processing plant, Australian rare earth miner and processor Lynas Corp has failed to win favor from […]
Continue readingEarth First! Journal Editor’s Foray into Electoral Politics Proves Violence Inherent in the System
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