UPDATE: Day 4 of the West Virginia tree sit on Coal River Mountain. Reports from the direct action group RAMPS say the new canopy residents are staying dry despite the rain and collecting rainwater with their tarp. Both sitters are very glad […]
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New Earth First! Journal, Beltane 2011, out NOW
Click here to see a PDF of the full Table of Contents for Beltane 2011 The Beltane 2011 issue of Earth First! Journal is now available. Order a copy online, or contact the EF! Journal collective to find out how you can […]
Continue readingAnimal activists protest police shooting of bear in Clifton, North Jersey
BY HANNAN ADELY Cross-posted from here Animal activists are planning a protest Sunday to condemn the recent fatal shooting of a bear that was seen crossing back and forth on Route 46 in the city of Clifton in North Jersey. The protest […]
Continue readingUndercover police officer unlawfully spied on UK climate activists
Judges rule that Mark Kennedy was arguably an agent provocateur Undercover police officer Mark Kennedy was ‘involved in activities that went much further than the authorisation he was given’, the appeal court judges ruled Source: guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 20 July 2011 Three senior […]
Continue readingBird conservationists call industrial wind guidelines a step backwards for wildlife
Washington, DC—American Bird Conservancy (ABC), a leading bird conservation organization in the US, raised concerns this week about new draft Department of the Interior (DOI) guidelines for wind development that appear to have been overly influenced by energy industry lawyers and lobbyists. […]
Continue readingSHAC calls for Day of action against HLS top customers on July 29th
Last week Fortress Investment Group pulled out of their involvement with vivisection giants HLS and finally confirmed stopping their loan to HLS/Lion Holdings last week. Now SHAC, or the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty campaign, asks activists across the world to concentrate on […]
Continue readingTim DeChristopher sentencing set for next week
Prosecutors unhappy about recommendations of less than 10-year maximum as a result of bidding on oil and gas leases to stall extraction in Utah SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH—Federal prosecutors don’t like the sentencing recommendations made for an environmental activist convicted of interfering […]
Continue reading‘Protecting Mother Earth Gathering’ to be held July 28-31 on Indian Reservation ravaged by oil and gas industry
New Town, ND—Community members of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation (MHA) are hosting the 16th Protecting Mother Earth Gathering (PME) at the Little Shell Antelope Society arbor in the Four Bears Park campground, south of the 4 Bears Casino, from July […]
Continue readingTree sits Block Mining Operations on Coal River Mountain
The RAMPS Campaign put a couple of tree-sitters up on Coal River Mountain to stop mountaintop removal coal mining. The tree-sit has stopped Alpha Natural Resources strip mining operations on Coal River Mountain. Catherine-Ann MacDougal and Becks Kolins currently are sitting in trees […]
Continue readingLeopard injures cop in India before being killed
Source AP KOLKATA, India— A leopard that mauled 11 people in a fierce showdown with Indian villagers has died of knife wounds after being captured. The snarling adult, male leopard leapt at locals and forest officials as they tried to drive it […]
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