by Ginew Collective / Rising Tide North America Two Inlets, MN โ This morning, two water protectors locked their bodies through the treads of excavators working on a pump station for Enbridgeโs Line 3 tar sands pipeline, as dozens of others rallied […]
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Road-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 countryโs Papua region. Experts warn the paving will encourage greater encroachment into […]
Continue readingEnvironmental Democracy in Ecuador Promotes Anti-Mining Agenda
by Vincent Ricci / Mongabay A court ruling in Ecuador allowing a community referendum on proposed mining projects could embolden communities across the country mounting similar opposition to mines. The ruling in favor of Cuenca, the capital of Azuay province and the […]
Continue readingCanada: Permanent Protest Camp Established Near Trans Mountain Work Site in Kamloops
Secwรฉpemc protesters have settled in for the long haul in a bid to stop the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project from being completed in Kamloops.
Continue readingHAPPENING NOW: #ShutDownKKR Day of Action Against Coastal GasLink
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Continue readingA Secret Recording Reveals Oil Executivesโ 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 readingMauritians Take to the Street Over Oil Spill and Dolphin and Whale Deaths
by Malavika Vyawahare / Mongabay Thousands of people demonstrated in Mauritius on Aug. 29 over the governmentโs handling of a recent ship grounding that spilled 1,000 tons oil in the seas around the island nation. In what appears to be the latest […]
Continue readingBreaking: 2nd Fairy Creek Blockade Established
by BC Blackout August 17, 2020 โ Grassroots forest defenders from across Vancouver Island have successfully prevented Teal Jones Group from blasting logging roads into the unlogged headwaters of the Fairy Creek watershed for the past week. On Monday August 10th, a […]
Continue readingEcuador Races for Emergency Infrastructure as Riverโs Collapse Threatens Dam
by Antonio Josรฉ Paz Cardona / Mongabay The erosion has progressed at an accelerated rate and has reached other rivers, threatening a national highway and Indigenous communities. Studies commissioned by the Ecuadoran government call for emergency infrastructure to mitigate the erosion, which […]
Continue readingWetโsuwetโen Block Trains in Solidarity with Six Nations
from Warrior Publications [Editor’s Note: The people of Six Nations are Haudenosaunee (also referred to as Iroquois), not Mohawk.] August 8, 2020 (Anonymous Communique) Last night, a group of Wetโsuwetโen barricaded and set fire to the train tracks trespassing on our territory […]
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