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 […]
Continue readingLand Back Lane: Ontario Judge Grants Permanent Injunction to Foxgate
from 1492 Land Back Lane Haudenosaunee Land Defenders Will Remain at 1492 Land Back Lane Forever On December 13, 2022, Ontario Justice Sweeny decided to grant a permanent injunction to Foxgate Developments Inc. This decision now gives Foxgate Developments the ability to […]
Continue readingTrees 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) […]
Continue readingWater Protector Defense Attorneys Warn of “Breakdown in Separation of Powers”
from Truthout From late 2019 through 2021, at least 115 Water Protectors were arrested in Aitkin County, Minnesota (population 15,800) for their resistance to Enbridge Inc.’s Line 3 tar sands pipeline. Today, 50 defendants continue to face charges, according to Marla Marcum […]
Continue readingFive 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 […]
Continue readingWildland 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 […]
Continue readingGroup 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 […]
Continue readingBlue 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 […]
Continue readingCanada: Sabotage at the Terrain Vague
from MTL Counter-Info The excavator that arrived at the boisé steinberg was sabotaged. All possible cables were cut. We will continue to fight the expansion of the port and its infrastructure. The people who plan the roads, the containers, the maritime strategy […]
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