Editor’s Note: This article appeared in the Times Herald Record newspaper from the Hudson River Valley in NY. A local doula in the area reported the story back to a few Earth First!ers on a “No System But the Ecosystem” speaking tour […]
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Belo Monte construction halts after protestors torch buildings at three construction sites
Cross Posted from Bangkok Post Work on Brazil’s controversial $13 billion Belo Monte mega-dam ground to a halt Monday after protesters torched buildings at three dam construction sites over the weekend, the developer said. Saturday, “a group of 30 people set fire to […]
Continue readingTransCanada Bulldozes Texas Farmer’s Renewable Biofuels Business
Cross Posted from Tar Sands Blockade Right now TransCanada is bulldozing Nacogdoches local landowner, Michael Bishop’s property for its Keystone XL pipeline. Mr. Bishop has been a vocal opponent of the tar sands pipeline for years and has filed several lawsuits against […]
Continue readingOjibwe members protest Minn. wolf hunt
Cross Posted by Minnesota Public Radio by Tom Robertson Ojibwe tribal members spent part of the weekend protesting Minnesota’s first managed wolf hunt, which began Saturday. Tribal members on the White Earth Indian Reservation stood along highways in several tribal communities, carrying signs of […]
Continue readingMore Direct Action in Australia Makes Politicians Squirm
Cross Posted from ABC News Tasmania’s Premier has accused wealthy businessmen of bankrolling fringe environmental groups whose protests are threatening the forest industry. Five activists have been charged with trespass-related offences after a protest at Ta Ann’s timber processing site in […]
Continue readingMalaysia Protests Big Industry
Cross Posted from The Register By Simon Sharwood Despite promising “Zero harm and sustainable development” and winning a court case permitting it to build a rare earth processing plant, Australian rare earth miner and processor Lynas Corp has failed to win favor from […]
Continue readingEarth First! Journal Editor’s Foray into Electoral Politics Proves Violence Inherent in the System
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Continue readingPlans for an artificial beach in Hong Kong attracts locals’ fury
Cross Posted from France 24 Mock-up of the artificial beach slated to open in 2014 in Lung Mei. Photo courtesy of HK Wild Life. Three hundred animal and plant species could vanish from Hong Kong’s Lung Mei shoreline due to an artificial beach project. […]
Continue readingShalefield Action Camp Stands Up for Small Farms
Cross Posted from Pittsburgh Gazette More than 50 residents from Bessemer, Pa. and members of the Shadbush Environmental Justice Collective have joined together today to protest gas drilling that is underway 4,000 ft. from a local woman’s farm. Maggie Henry, who raises […]
Continue readingAnarchists Blockade Shell Station in British Columbia to Protest Tar Sands
Crossposted from BCBlackout On a sunny Saturday afternoon in East Vancouver, some thirty protesters gathered at a city park and then proceeded to blockade a Shell station located at Clark Drive and 12th Avenue. Organized by BC Blackout, an anarchist project opposing […]
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