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 […]
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Japan 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 […]
Continue readingUnion of Ontario Indians protest plans to ship radioactive waste over Great Lakes
By Eartha Jane Melzer The Union of Ontario Indians will battle a plan to ship 1,600 tons of radioactive waste from the Bruce nuclear power complex to Sweden via the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, the group announced this week. UOI, […]
Continue readingWikileaks: Big Coal, Obama and Bagledesh Open Pit Mine
When thousands of Bangladeshi take to the streets again on March 28th as part of a decade-long battle to halt a devastating British-owned open-pit coal mine, the world will not only be watching whether Bangladesh’s government will honor a coal ban agreement […]
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