Activists on Second Week of Hunger Strike

On Oct. 22 three Costa Rican environmental activists marked two weeks on hunger strike against the projected Las Crucitas open-pit gold mine in San Carlos in the north of the country. Some 14 activists from two organizations, the North Front Against Mining […]

Idaho Refuses to Protect Wolves

The Idaho governor has told state officials to no longer protect endangered gray wolves or investigate their deaths. For the past couple of months I’ve been following the story of the gray wolf’s endangered status in the US northwest. The gray wolf […]

Indigenous Activist Killed by Indonesdian Police

The West Papuan highlands have been plunged into a state of tension and fear, as Indonesian police shot dead a member of the indigenous community security group, Defenders of the Land of Papua. Indigenous Papuan activists are operating in a state of […]

Animal Rights Activists Jailed in UK, Week of Action Rages On

Amidst a stirring week of solidarity protests against animal cruelty, British courts jailed five animal rights activists today for “violence and terror” against Huntingdon Life Sciences. The five activists work with Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC), an organization dedicated to ending the […]

44 Activists Illegally Plant Trees Against Mountaintop Removal

44 volunteer ‘reclamation workers’ (activists) illegally marched onto a supposedly reclaimed mine site to plant trees. Why? Because the ‘reclamation’ efforts done by the mining company resulted in a barren hillside with sparse grass and baking sun – a far cry from […]

Biomass Plant Raises Concerns in Oregon, plus Major Protest in Russia

About 275 people gathered at a local church this month to share information and to organize testimony for a Monday night hearing before Clackamas County planning commissioners. Nearby residents and farmers fear the facility could forever alter their neighborhood with increased traffic, […]

Canada Tar Sands Hits Bump in the Road

Arguably the single worst industrial project in the world, the Canada Tar Sands is so big that if Canada stopped all other industrial projects, it still wouldn’t reach Kyoto Protocol Requirements. But the Tar Sands might be given a rest, as plucky […]

Political Ecology Purge in New York State, more drilling in the West

Pete Grannis, “the (New York) commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Conservation since 2007, was fired Thursday by Gov. David Paterson for what a state source ascribed to “poor performance and insubordination.”” click here for more. In reality, he was fired […]

Support Rod Coronado

There is a new support site up for Rod Coronado at http://supportrodcoronado.info/. Rod is facing four months in federal prison for probation violation after friending Mike Roselle on facebook. He is facing a renewed 3 year probation upon release. If you can, […]