From Deutsche Welle Protesters blocked major roads in Serbia on Sunday and demanded the government cancel plans to build a lithium mine in the west of the country. The main north-south highway that passes through the capital, Belgrade, was targeted by environmental protection […]
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Earth First! Spring Gathering 2021 Reportback
by AntiStasis Yesterday April 4, a group of Earth First! organizers from across the country closed out their national spring gathering at Fisheating Creek with a demonstration at the adjacent gates of both the Moore Haven CF state prison (run by private […]
Continue readingRoad-Paving Project Threatens a Wildlife-Rich Reserve in Papua
by Asrida Elisabeth / adapted by Hans Nicholas Jong / Mongabay The Indonesian government plans to pave a stretch of highway running through an ecologically important wildlife reserve in the country’s Papua region. Experts warn the paving will encourage greater encroachment into […]
Continue readingOregon: Statement On Medford Mutual Aid Evacuee Camp In Wake Of Brutal Police Raid
by The Law Offices of Justin Rosas Facebook Press Release Regarding the Hawthorne Mutual Aid CampFrom Eight of Those Arrested on September 22, 2020 As a group working closely to provide aid to the homeless, several of my clients have repeatedly witnessed […]
Continue readingBlackRock’s $400m Stake in Amazon Meatpackers Defies Sustainability Cred
by Fernanda Wenzel, Pedro Papini, and Naira Hofmeister / Mongabay Wall Street fund manager BlackRock administers 2.2 billion reais ($408 million) in shares in the three largest Brazilian meatpackers operating in the Amazon today. The cattle purchase and slaughter operations of JBS, […]
Continue readingTriple Crisis in the Anthropocene Ocean Part One: Corrosive Seas
by Ian Angus / Climate & Capitalism Introduction. It is impossible to overstate the importance of the ocean to life on Earth. Covering 71% of the planet’s surface, it contains 97% of the world’s surface water and is central to the great biogeochemical […]
Continue readingHundreds of thousands of migratory birds have been found dead in New Mexico
by Alaa Alassar / CNN Biologists at New Mexico State University are trying to find out why hundreds of thousands of migratory birds have been found dead across the state. The mystery started August 20 with the discovery of a large number […]
Continue reading“We’re Suffering in Here”: Rebellion and Bloodshed Amidst Oregon Prison Evacuations
by Lena Mercer, Perilous Chronicle The newest disaster inside Oregon prisons is raging from the outside in. As one of the most severe fire seasons attacks the West coast, prisoners across Oregon are being shuffled into sub-standard conditions and possible COVID-19 exposure […]
Continue readingA Secret Recording Reveals Oil Executives’ Private Views on Climate Change
By Hiroko Tabuchi / NY Times Last summer, oil and gas-industry groups were lobbying to overturn federal rules on leaks of natural gas, a major contributor to climate change. Their message: The companies had emissions under control. In private, the lobbyists were […]
Continue readingFires Surge in the Amazon as Deforestation Slows
by Rhett Butler / Mongabay Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon was more than 20 percent lower for the second straight month relative to the prior year according to data released today by Brazil’s national space research institute INPE. But forest loss in […]
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