Yesterday the ongoing “Spectra Showdown,” turned into the scene of civil disobedience that the group has been anticipating. At least two people have been reportedly arrested. After pre-construction in July, Spectra Energy begins a new phase of construction today that has involved […]
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Protesters chained to fence outside Inergy gas facility in New York
[UPDATE: 3 arrested for blockade.] By Yvonne Taylor, Co-Founder, Gas Free Seneca I am chained to a fence outside an Inergy facility near Watkins Glen, New York, and I am not alone. We are protesting the gasification of New York. We don’t […]
Continue readingKeystone XL Pipeline blockades continue in Texas
Three landowner advocates and climate justice organizers have locked themselves to feller buncher machines used for clearing large trees in the path of the Keystone XL pipeline. Today’s action has halted work on a segment of TransCanada’s illegitimate pipeline outside of Saltillo, […]
Continue readingPolar Bear gets popped blocking Gazprom HQ
Moscow police have arrested 10 environmental activists, including four dressed in polar bear costumes, who were protesting outside the main office of Gazprom, the Russian oil and natural gas giant. The protest Wednesday by members of Greenpeace called upon Gazprom to halt […]
Continue readingNews Round-Up from Eco-Rebellion World Wide
Wow! Its been a wild week, and we’ve gotten a bit behind on the news as several EF! Newswire contributors were tied up in Tampa at the RNC protests. But it looks like that blue moon may have gotten some people pretty […]
Continue readingEarth First! Blockades TECO Coal Plant at RNC in Tampa
by Everglades Earth First! UPDATES: Seven people in total were detained for blocking the roads which stopped all traffic into the coal plant for near four hours. Six were locked down in the road and one was dragged off the top of […]
Continue readingUnis’tot’en Action Camp
Report from the struggle to stop the Pacific Trails Pipeline by subMedia.tv This is the second video subMedia.tv has produced about the struggle to stop a natural gas transport project called the Pacific Trails Pipeline or PTP. The Unis’tot’en, a clan of […]
Continue readingCoke 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’, […]
Continue readingFamily 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 […]
Continue readingActivists 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 […]
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