Source: itsgettinghotinhere.org When some people think of solutions to the climate crisis, they picture wind turbines blowing in the breeze or solar panels on a rooftop. But for me, the best solution is a group of passionate people coming together to directly […]
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Fracking Fluids Poison a National Forest
A new study has found that wastewater from natural gas hydrofracturing in a West Virginia national forest quickly wiped out all ground plants, killed more than half of the trees and caused radical changes in soil chemistry. These results argue for much […]
Continue readingAgent Orange Being Used to Clear the Amazon
Agent Orange is one of the most devastating weapons of modern warfare, a chemical which killed or injured an estimated 400,000 people during the Vietnam War — and now it’s being used against the Amazon rainforest. According to officials, ranchers in Brazil […]
Continue readingEarth First! Rendezvous begins amidst Exxon’s Yellowstone oil spill
Local buzz has already begun about Earth First! being in town. And people are paying attention, including the Port of Lewiston, local a pro-industry agency, who is re-posting Earth First! news reports. This weekend also saw a serious oil spill in the […]
Continue reading200 injured at rally against Italian high-speed rail link
Source: Infoshop.org (AFP) July 3, 2011 CHIOMONTE, Italy — Around two hundred people, mainly police officers, were injured as officers clashed with masked protesters at a rally against a high-speed rail link in northern Italy Sunday, police said. Clashes between protesters and […]
Continue readingGood News for Khimki Forest Activists
Source: Infoshop.org One “Khimki hostage” acquitted, another one got 2 years suspended On the 24th of June, judge of the Khimki city court of Moscow region of Russia, Neonila Zepalova, sentenced “Khimki hostages”, anti-fascist activists Alexei Gaskarov and Maxim Solopov, who were accused of organisation […]
Continue readingExxon causes oil spill in Yellowstone
Hundreds of barrels of crude oil spilled into Montana’s Yellowstone River after an ExxonMobil pipeline beneath the riverbed ruptured, sending a plume 25 miles downstream and forcing temporary evacuations, officials said. The break near Billings in south-central Montana fouled the riverbank and […]
Continue readingIron County mine proposal pits jobs against environment
Bill Heart of Trout Unlimited goes fly fishing on the Tyler Forks River. A proposed iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin raises concerns about water pollution Iron ore made this town, and many people believe an open-pit mine will help revive the […]
Continue readingGlobal Protests Against Burmese Military Actions At Dams
By Katy Yan and Grace Mang Cross-posted from here Kachins protest at the Chinese consulate in San Francisco Last Friday, hundreds of people in the US, Denmark, United Kingdom, Malaysia, and elsewhere gathered to protest the recent deadly clashes between Burmese authorities and […]
Continue readingClear-cutting has begun on the San Francisco Peaks in Arizona
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZOryAQTIeA&w=640&h=390] From: http://www.indigenousaction.org posted June 28, 2011 Click for photos and video FLAGSTAFF, AZ — Owners of Arizona Snowbowl ski area have started clear-cutting rare alpine forest for new ski runs on the Holy San Francisco Peaks. According to an Environmental Impact […]
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