Small Victory for the San Francisco Peaks After 4 hours of meeting Flagstaff City Council voted 5-2 to not amend a proposed substitute agreement to sell 180 million gallons of Flagstaff’s drinking water to Arizona Snowbowl for snowmaking on the Holy San […]
Early Saturday morning a group of activists with Cascadia Rising Tide set up a platform 40 feet off the ground in a tree on the corner of Oak St and Park St. In that same tree, a banner was hung that read […]
Legendary American Folksinger, Backcountry Traveler, and Wilderness Advocate James “Walkin’ Jim” Stoltz Returns to Earth by Paul Richards September 6, 2010 Legendary American folksinger, backcountry traveler, and wilderness advocate James “Walkin’ Jim” Stoltz passed late Friday night, September 3, 2010, at St. […]
Genetically Modified Salmon “ready to eat” In a landmark decision, the FDA declared AquAdvantage Salmon safe to farm and eat. GM salmon grow at twice the speed of their natural counterparts, increasing profits to those who farm them, but a coalition of […]
Senate Bill S510: Food Safety or Food Fascism? by Keri Marion Posted On: August 22 from JustMeans.com Of all the many facets of sustainable food, food safety is probably on the top of the list. After all, what good is it, if […]
Khimki Victory and Direct Action Last week, Prime Minister of Russia, Vladimir Putin, announced that a freeway would not be constructed through the Khimki old-growth oak forest in Northern Moscow, even though half of the trees have already been cut. It is […]
Posted on Outdoor, GrindTV By: Pete Thomas, GrindTV.com These are dark days in Taiji, Japan, as far as conservationists are concerned, because this week marks the beginning of the annual dolphin hunt in the remote village made famous last year by the […]
Montana Wilderness Bill Raises Hackles A new bill, put forward by junior senator John Tester, is poised to determine the final status of public lands in three chief regions of Western Montana. The Forest Jobs and Recreation Act (FJRA) would designate 670,000 […]
Yesterday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Sierra Club field organizer and No More Deaths activist Dan Millis’s conviction for littering on public lands. Millis had been leaving sealed jugs of water along migrant trails in order to save the lives […]
A proposed natural gas pipeline is underway in Nevada, being built by El Paso Corp. It would cross hundreds of miles of pristine (endangered) sage grouse habitat in northern Nevada and cut through some of the most untouched lands in Wyoming, Utah, […]