by Leanna First-Arai / Truthout In direct violation of warnings by the International Energy Agency that new oil, gas and coal development should have ceased in 2021, and by UN Secretary General António Guterres that government support for fossil fuel production is “delusional,” the federal […]
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The ALF Liberates Two Tethered Dogs From a Cage
from Unoffensive Animal 16th June, Italy. Via: Frente de Liberación Animal. ENG: “Received anonymously: They lived chained and locked up inside a rusty cage, surrounded by faeces and in shameful conditions. The ALF has liberated two tethered dogs in Veneto (Italy). Now […]
Continue readingArctic Drilling Proposal Tests Biden’s Climate Commitment
by Kristen Miller / Alaska Native News Washington, D.C. – Friday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to analyze the impacts of ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (Reserve). Alaska Wilderness League expressed […]
Continue readingUtah’s proposed oil railroad clears final regulatory hurdle
by Brian Maffly / The Salt Lake Tribune The proposed Uinta Basin Railway cleared its last major regulatory hurdle this week when the U.S. Forest Service dismissed an objection to a right of way it granted across 12 miles of a largely […]
Continue readingForest Service Finds ‘No Significant Impact’ in F3 Gold’s Proposed Exploration in Black Hills
by Alex Binder / Unicorn Riot Black Hills National Forest, SD – On Thursday, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) released their draft decision and findings on a new gold exploration project by Minneapolis-based F3 Gold. Jim Gubbels, the Mystic District Ranger in […]
Continue readingBiden Administration Pushes More Ocean Drilling Amid Record Oil and Gas Profits
by Akela Lacy / The Intercept “NO MORE DRILLING on federal lands,” said former vice president, Delaware senator, and presidential candidate Joe Biden in March 2020. Debating his then-competitor Bernie Sanders on CNN, Biden urged: “No more drilling, including offshore, no ability for the […]
Continue reading“End Gold Mining” Banners Dropped Near Proposed Black Hills Exploration Site
by Alex Binder / Unicorn Riot Silver City, SD – Early Monday morning, water protectors dropped banners at the Pactola Reservoir island in opposition to new proposed gold exploration in the Black Hills, or He Sapa. F3 Gold, a Minneapolis-based prospecting company, is […]
Continue readingUK: Activists Sabotage New Labcorp Building and Destroy Rat Traps At a Nearby Pub
from Inoffensive Animal 27th June, Leeds UK. received anonymously via email: ‘“My vegan anarchy embodies solidarity not just with dietary intake, but also armed with attack; attack defined by the material actions of an incendiary desire to destroy the social manifestations of […]
Continue readingThe 2022 EF! Summer Gathering Has a Website and a GoFundMe
from Earth First! Newswire Summer is here and everything is still falling apart. But, hey, Earth First! is having another summer gathering. Grab your human and dog friends, some gear, and your desire for direction and head west (or north, east, or […]
Continue readingSeventy-one Year Old Gored by Bison in Third Yellowstone Incident This Year
by Victoria Bekiempis / The Guardian A 71-year-old Pennsylvania woman was gored by a bison on Wednesday in Yellowstone National Park, in “the third reported bison and visitor incident” this year, officials said. The woman, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries, was transported to a hospital in […]
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