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Activists Acquitted for Removing Smithfield Food Piglets
by Maria Bolotnikova / The Intercept IN A HISTORIC TRIAL over the 2017 removal of two sick and dying piglets from Utah’s Smithfield Foods factory farm, two animal rights activists were acquitted by a jury Saturday night on burglary and theft charges, which could […]
Continue readingUgandan Students Arrested by Local Police During Protests Against EACOP Project
from Common Dreams On Tuesday, Ugandan police arrested students heading towards the European Union offices to protest against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline project (EACOP), a project led by French energy giant TotalEnergies. The arrest was unjustified, considering it was a […]
Continue readingShould the Ocean Have Legal Rights?
Human activities have put the ocean in serious trouble. We need a fundamentally different approach from most of today’s ocean-related decision-making, which is typically “anthropocentric in nature.” Read more in this article from The Revelator.
Continue readingAn Interactive Map of Extractive Infrastructure in British Columbia
from Montreal Counter-Information There is a ever growing amount of pipelines and other extractive projects within so-called “british columbia”. It is challenging to understand the scope of this infrastructure and how each project relates to others. We collected information about planned, in construction, […]
Continue readingIn Viral Parody Ad, Chevron Admits It Is “Actively Murdering You”
by Julia Conley / Common Dreams Over images typical of fossil fuel company ads that have been accused of “greenwashing” their practices, a new viral video explains that oil giant Chevron is “actively murdering” people across the globe as it continues to extract […]
Continue readingActivists Liberate 24 Rainbow Trout and Sabotage Pump and Vacuum at Fish Farm
from Unoffensive Animal September, Brittany France. “WE CAME BACK FOR THE RAINBOW TROUTS A few months ago, we went to an organic trout farm in Brittany, France. We liberated 16 animals from it in a river. We thought that this was not […]
Continue readingMore Than 1,700 Environmental Activists Murdered in the Past Decade
by Patrick Greenfield / The Guardian More than 1,700 murders of environmental activists were recorded over the past decade, an average of a killing nearly every two days, according to a new report. Killed by hitmen, organised crime groups and their own […]
Continue readingFBI Withholding Video from Joseph Dibee
from Anarchist News Long-time fugitive, Joseph Dibee pleaded guilty this year to helping burn down an Oregon horse meat factory in 1997, but he says the FBI is withholding evidence that could affect his soon-to-be-decided sentence Joseph Dibee, a former international fugitive […]
Continue readingDAPL Saboteur Ruby Montoya Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison
by Ryan Fatica / Unicorn Riot Des Moines, IA – Ruby Montoya, admitted Dakota Access Pipeline saboteur, stepped out of a car Wednesday morning in front of the federal courthouse in Des Moines, Iowa, and walked quietly into the building. Her dark hair […]
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