from Scenes from the Atlanta Forest Happy New Year to the crew of the 4 tree-killing machines in Ozark. For days the noise was the only goddamn thing you could hear in the forest. We emerged from our nests and holes and […]
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Category Archives: Forest Defense
Reportback from Lützerath
sent to Earth First! Newswire / by A In small gangs, cops start charging towards groups of protesters, beating up people with batons and pepper spray, kicking and pushing them to the ground. Dozens of people are injured, many with serious head […]
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Injunction Denied in Atlanta Forest
by Onion / Earth First! Newswire Despite construction workers consistently violating a stop worker order by DeKalb County, a shady judge denied an injunction to halt further environmental destruction in the Atlanta Forest. The destruction is being committed in order to build […]
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Trees in Atlanta Forest Cut By Goon Squad
from Scenes from the Atlanta Forest On December 22, 2022, around lunch time, we became aware of a large operation taking place in Weelaunee Peoples’ Park (Intrenchment Creek Park). Many trees were being felled and more of the PATH (paved bicycle route) […]
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Five Atlanta Training Center Protesters Charged with Domestic Terrorism
from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Five activists protesting Atlanta’s new public safety training center have been arrested and charged with domestic terrorism, the GBI announced Wednesday — one day after the latest clash between authorities and activists at planned site for the controversial development. Dozens […]
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Wildland Defenders Stop Construction of Border Wall in Arizona for At Least the Fourth Time
by Onion / Earth First! Newswire Work was stopped for the fourth consecutive day Friday, on Arizona governor Ducey’s illegal border wall in the Coronado National Forest. Protesters put their bodies in between the machines and the destruction they were bent on […]
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Group Sues to Halt Logging Near 2,000-Year-Old Redwood on Russian River
from San Francisco Chronicle A group of tree lovers in Sonoma County has filed a lawsuit to block logging near a 2,000-year-old redwood tree on the banks of the Russian River. In late November, Cal Fire approved a timber harvest plan that […]
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Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project’s Press Release on Walton Lake Timber Sale
sent to Earth First! Newswire / by Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project A Ninth Circuit Court panel has granted Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project’s motion for a stay, leaving in place the injunction that prevents the Forest Service from logging the mature and old […]
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Germany: Defend Lützerath
from Enough 14 Lützerath. Germany. After the long struggle to save the Hambacher forest, the focus of many activists changed to Lützerath, a small village which is to be demolished for a brown coal open pit mine: Grazweiler. Many villages and major parts of […]
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Concerning the Closure of APD’s Firing Range
from Scenes from the Atlanta Forest On the evening of Saturday, November 19, chainsaw-wielding militants took action to close down the Atlanta Police Department’s shooting range inside the Weelaunee Forest, where APD trains weekly to kill and maim the people of Atlanta. […]
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