Oil leak in North Sea confirmed by Shell Oil giant Shell was accused of being secretive on Friday over an oil leak from one of its platforms in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. Shell publicly reported the spill on […]
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This Spring, the Earth First! 30th Anniversary CD was released along with thetwo-volume anniversary edition of the Journal. The CD includes new and re-released tracks from amazing artists of folk, punk, hip-hop, metal, and more, including: Casey Neill, Peg Millett, Blackbird Raum, […]
Continue reading“Green is the new Rage”: Walter Bond set for sentancing in Utah on ALF actions
From SupportWalter.org: Walter Bond is an imprisoned Animal Liberation Front (ALF) activist who in the Summer of 2010 was arrested for the “ALF Lonewolf” arsons of the Sheepskin Factory in Denver, Colorado, the Tandy Leather Factory in Salt Lake City, Utah and […]
Continue readingAn Open Letter to the People of the Faeroe Islands
From the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Commentary by Captain Paul Watson, August 11, 2011—The Faeroese government and media have claimed that they are an open society and that debate and dialogue are valued and welcome in the Faeroe Islands. Towards that […]
Continue readingFracking debate heating up in New Zealand
Heated debate over fracking, the mining process which could be used to extract gas in western Southland, is raging in the gas heartland of Taranaki. A protest group, Climate Justice Taranaki, has called for a ban or moratorium on the practice, which […]
Continue readingMore arrests at Snow Bowl protests
Flagstaff, AZ—A total of 17 people protesting a plan to make artificial snow at Arizona Snowbowl have been arrested over a four-day period. According to a flier being distributed in Flagstaff, “Protect the Peaks” called for a week of action between Aug. […]
Continue readingAung San Suu Kyi backs Burma dam protesters
Burma pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has joined forces with environmentalists and minority groups with an appeal for a rethink of a large dam project. Suu Kyi urged the Myanmar and Chinese governments to re-examine the project on the Irrawaddy River […]
Continue readingReports of recent action against ALEC and BP in New Orleans
ALEC Conference Protested in New Orleans, 1 Arrest A march against the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), creators of pro-corporate legislation, took place in New Orleans, last week. Environmentalists, union folks and anarchists took to the streets marching to the Marriott hotel, […]
Continue readingStopping dams in the Amazon: a message from John Seed
Long time Earth First! activist from Australia, John Seed, sends this message to EF!ers in the US: “Dear Friends in the US, I am helping to organize an international day of action for the Amazon on Monday August 22. This is to […]
Continue readingCars, Cops and Corporations feel the heat of British riots
By Panagioti, co-editor, Earth First! Journal There is plenty of news covering the riots in Britain. So we won’t go much into the details, except to say that racist cops shot and killed someone, and lied about it, again. It can be […]
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