The Tennessee Valley Authority was fined $11.5 million on Monday for a massive coal sludge spill in December 2008. The spill was the worst environmental disaster since the Exxon Valdez spill… until the Deep Horizon one, that is. A privately owned dam […]
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Continue readingNews Roundup: Coal Mobilization Called, Bicyclists Like Nudity, Argentina Does it Horizontally
A mass mobilization called Appalachia Rising was announced yesterday. From the website: “We invite all who share our vision to join with us on September 27, 2010 in our nation’s capitol for an end to mountaintop removal, surface mining, and a renewed […]
Continue readingFinger Lakes EF! Protest Natural Gas, and more
Buffalonians and other folks from the Northeast are protesting their hearts out against “fracking,” that’s hydro-fracturing for you non-natural gas wonks, which pollutes water sources with chemicals like benzine. Fracking is one of several procedures that are becoming controversial with the recent […]
Continue readingGreenpeace Breaks into Nuclear Power Plant and more…
Over 30 Greenpeace activists broke into a nuclear plant, protesting the creation of more nuclear power in Sweden. According to their press release: “At 08:30 this morning 40 activists, dressed as renewable energy sources, such as the sun, wind and water, entered […]
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A protest against the murder of a 15 year old Mexican boy on Mexican soil by a Border Patrol agent occurred close to the city of El Paso. Protesters crossed the Rio Grande and cut a hole in the fence. The 15 […]
Continue readingCascadia Regional Rondy Starts Today, Senate Energy Hearing Disrupted by CodePink, and more. . .
In other news, there will be a progressiveclimate conference in Australia this November. It is important to support activist-run climate conferences in order find ways to put pressure on the “official delegates.” Continue the struggle all over the world for the wild! […]
Continue readingNews Roundup 6/10/10
In EPA news, yesterday’s ruling against the use of pesticide, endosulfan, in the US has sparked reviews of its use in other countries. Endosulfan is a persistent pollutant which harms wildlife as far away as the poles. Today, the Senate is discussing […]
Continue reading“Radical Environmentalists” Threaten Timber Sale
[slideshow] Unsigned postcards were sent to timber companies and saw mills involved in the Globe Forest timber sale in North Carolina. The Campaign to Save the Globe Forest and others work very hard to protect old growth forest, but have failed to […]
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Tristan Andersen is back in Berkeley, home with his family in the Sierra Foothills after being hospitalized for a long time. He still hasn’t regained the operation of the left side of his body, and needs to work on cognitive recuperation, but […]
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