sent to Earth First! Newswire On March 9, 2023 in Rockford, Illinois construction at Chicago Rockford International Airport, began to expand its cargo plane capacity and destroy part of the “Bell Bowl Prairie”. The $50 million expansion would expand its cargo capacity […]
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“I Occupied Shell’s Ship to Hold Them Accountable”
by Usnea Granger / Common Dreams As a farmworker in Applegate, Oregon, I learned the delicate balance of nature. Water, soil, air, and countless other factors all play their role in creating life. From season to season I saw how even small […]
Continue readingRush to Export Gas Is Making Gulf Coast an Industrial Wasteland
from Truthout [Editors note: some words have been changed to make the article more represent reality] The rush to export fracked gas to energy-strapped allies in Europe and the rest of the world threatens to create an “industrial wasteland” in southern Louisiana. […]
Continue readingAustralia: Victoria Approves Cull of 50,000 More Kangaroos Than Last Year
from The Guardian Victoria has signed off on a plan to increase the number of kangaroos legally killed in the state by a third, in a move criticised by animal welfare advocates. The Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action has released […]
Continue readingClimate Change and Migration
from Freedom News Global warming is changing the world. Droughts in the Horn of Africa, increased risks of forest fires in California and depleted fish populations for coastal nations are just three examples of events that ultimately cause people to flee their […]
Continue readingKeystone Pipeline Shut Down After Oil Leaks Into Kansas Creek
by Julia Conley / Common Dreams Climate campaigners on Thursday were outraged but unsurprised as TC Energy in Canada—the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline proposal defeated last year—announced the 22nd spill from its original pipeline. The company said it had shut down the […]
Continue readingLawsuit Challenges Army Corps Decision Imperiling Wetlands Near Okefenokee Swamp
from Center for Biological Diversity On behalf of four conservation groups, the Southern Environmental Law Center today challenged, in federal court, a decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to unlawfully reinstate jurisdictional determinations that removed Clean Water Act protections from […]
Continue readingPortugal: Climate Protesters in Lisbon Storm Building and Urge Minister to Resign
from The Guardian Hundreds of protesters angry about the climate crisis took to the streets of Lisbon on Saturday, with dozens storming a building where Portugal’s economy minister, António Costa e Silva, was speaking, demanding that the former oil executive resign. Holding […]
Continue readingThe Inflation Reduction Act is Forcing Fossil Fuel Expansion Offshore and on Public Lands
from Center for Biological Diversity Even as the climate emergency brings devastating fires, floods, and super-hurricanes, Big Oil’s allies in Congress have made matters worse by passing the Inflation Reduction Act, which holds renewable energy hostage to continued fossil fuel extraction on […]
Continue readingAtmospheric Levels of All Three Greenhouse Gases Hit Record High
by Helena Horton / The Guardian Atmospheric levels of all three greenhouse gases have reached record highs, according to a study by the World Meteorological Organization, which scientists say means the world is “heading in the wrong direction”. The WMO found there […]
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