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. […]
Continue reading“Everyone’s against it:” The Powerlines Dispute In One of Victoria’s Most Marginal Electorates
from The Guardian A long-running dispute over proposed transmission lines in Victoria’s central highlands is a test case that could have ramifications for the state’s transition to renewable energy. The words “piss off AusNet” have been mown into a hill at Blampied, […]
Continue readingSabotage and Civil Disobedience in France: The Fight Against Mega-Basins and Water Grabbing
from Unicorn Riot Nearly 7,000 people gathered in the town of Sainte-Soline on Saturday, Oct. 29 and invaded a mega-basin development site to stop construction on the large water reserve despite a ban on protests and an unprecedented police presence. Composed of […]
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 reading“Haunt Cop City” Banner Drop in Tallahassee
from It’s Going Down Report from Tallahassee, Florida on banner drop in solidarity with the campaign to #StopCopCity in so-called Atlanta. Originally posted to Scenes from the Atlanta Forest. On October 31st, a mischievous banner drop was spotted at Florida State’s Student Union. […]
Continue readingWashington: Many, Many Trees Spiked in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en Day of Action
from Puget Sound Anarchists submitted anonymously – Over the last several weeks we have spiked large swaths of trees in the so-called “Capitol State Forest” in rural so-called “Thurston County, Washington” (ancestral Nisqually, Squaxin, and Chehalis land), leading up to the November […]
Continue readingForest Defenders Build Anti-Logging Blockades In Mattole Forest
from It’s Going Down In recent days, forest defenders in the Mattole forest took action against multiple logging plans in the area by building blockade structures that prevented workers from entering their worksite, costing the company valuable time and money. Blockades were […]
Continue readingLine 3 Charges Dismissed Against Five of the “Shell River Seven” Water Protectors
sent to Earth First! Newswire by CLDC On Monday, October 31, 2022, District Judge Doug Clark dismissed all charges against five of the “Shell River Seven” water protectors. The five include Kelly Maracle, Trish Weber, Mary Klein, Barbara With, and Cheryl Barnds. […]
Continue reading#StopCampGrayling Protesters Hang Banner, Light Fireworks At DNR Director’s Home
from It’s Going Down The following action report was originally published by Stop Camp Grayling on social media. For more background on this struggle, see this zine here. Forest defenders descended on Department of Natural Resources (DNR) director Dan Eichenger’s home last week to demand […]
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