At least 1,000 gallons of off-road diesel fuel leaked from a truck at Foss Construction Co. overnight Monday, sending fuel into the Middle River, the Pleasant River and through vital smelt spawning beds. “This is a mess,” Robert Shannon of the Department […]
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Farmers, environmentalists blockade coal seam gas pipeline in Australia
An environmental activist has been arrested at a human blockade protesting against the construction of a coal seam gas pipeline on Queensland’s Western Downs. Friends of the Earth campaigner Drew Hutton was arrested at 2.20pm (AEST) on Tuesday at the Tara Estate, […]
Continue readingFlorida Department of Environmental Protection turn blind eye to destruction of reefs… again.
Collusion, corruption, incompetence, complicity, ineptitude or just a party to outright fraud? Why will the Florida Department of Environmental Protection not enforce the permits they issue? Another beach “renourishment” project and more bogus data as the contractors circumvent project mandated environmental permit […]
Continue readingJapan on “Maximum Alert” as radiation increases, New stong earthquake increases fears
Japan’s prime minister says the country is on “maximum alert” over its nuclear crisis as radiation continues to seep out of the disabled Fukushima nuclear plant and traces of plutonium have been found in the soil. Radiation has been detected in the […]
Continue readingRadiation from Japan Nuclear Meltdown detected in rainwater in the US
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health said Sunday that very low concentrations of radioiodine-131 that were likely from the Japanese power plant severely damaged by the earthquake and tsunami earlier this month have been detected in a sample of rainwater. Officials did […]
Continue readingIndigenous and Environmental Groups set sail from Australia to protest offshore oil drilling
A flotilla of six boats sailed from Auckland Sunday to launch a protest against plans by a Brazilian oil company to drill for oil and gas off the East Cape of the North Island. The protesters, including the Greenpeace environmental group, the […]
Continue readingRiot in the streets of London!
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Continue reading200,000 in Germany protest nuclear power
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Continue readingPolice arrest Forest Defenders in Tasmania, Solidarity Actions in Melbourne & Bunbury Australia
The Earth First Journal! stands in solidarity with the actions taking place in Tasmania and Australia against the destruction of the wild! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvlwnEgxSoI&feature=player_embedded] About 20 protesters from the Huon Valley Environment Centre were involved in the demonstration at the Ta Ann office […]
Continue readingInternational Coal Group Sued over Selenium Pollution from W. Virginia Mine
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Three environmental groups sued coal operator ICG Eastern in federal court Wednesday over a Webster County surface mine they say has been discharging toxic selenium into streams for years. The Sierra Club, the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and […]
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