Cross Posted From CBC A protest at Charlottetown’s province house that included symbolic gifts of hemlocks trees turned nasty for MLAs on Friday. The demonstration was designed to be a statement about the realignment of the Trans-Canada Highway between Bonshaw and New […]
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Banner Drop Against Coal Seam Gas in Australia
Cross Posted from Brisbane Times Protesters opposing coal seam gas production in Queensland have taken to Brisbane’s Kangaroo Point cliffs have their message heard – and seen. As part of the protest involving the Lock the Gate Alliance and environmental groups, seven […]
Continue readingOne Grand Jury Resister Freed, Two More Still Need Support!
Cross Posted from Free Leah First and foremost, do not panic. Leah wanted for us to express these points to you with this news: She is extremely traumatized and experienced a lot of very, very bad things, but she is alive. The state of […]
Continue readingRoad to new biotech development in Florida stopped
Last month, activists with the Everglades Earth First! group joined forces with residents of Limestone Creek, a historic Black community, near the city of Jupiter. This week the alliance succeeded in defeating a plan related to Scripps Biotech in Palm Beach County. […]
Continue readingEarth First! Journalist popped at Tar Sands Blockade
[Yeah, that’s right. We EF! Journalistas occasionally escape the doldrums of office life and get out to the woods to raise some hell. The following is a first hand account, re-posted from TarSandsBlockade.org] One Blockader’s Story (Day 25) Monday’s early morning hike […]
Continue readingTransCanada’s Police Abuse Peaceful Blockader – A First Hand Account
Day 24 Report from East Texas Tar Sands Blockade [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYN64GX5u60] Monday I was arrested at the site of Tar Sands Blockade’s tree blockade in Winnsboro, TX. Though some people attend an action of that size with the intention of being […]
Continue readingMore Arrests Begin Week Four in Tar Sands Blockade
Updates from East Texas The following is an excellent report on yesterday’s events by Truthout reported, Candice Bernd. By Candice Bernd, Truthout | Report As the Texas tar sands tree-sit enters its fourth week, activists re-enter the tree village to supply and defend members of […]
Continue readingThousands Protest Coal Seam Gas in Australia
Cross Posted from Sydney Morning Herald Thousands of people have protested in New South Wales against coal seam gas mining. The two largest protests were in Sydney and the north coast town of Murwillumbah. The rallies are part of a national week […]
Continue readingCrazy in Dimrock: Fracking Resistance Gets to “Occupy the Pipeline”
Cross Posted from Citizens Voice People opposed to fracking for natural gas protested Monday against the infrastructure used to bring the gas to market. About two dozen people from as far away as Ithaca, N.Y., and Bloomsburg gathered in front of PVR […]
Continue readingFirst Nations and Allies Protest Gateway Pipeline Hearing
Cross Posted from The Vancouver SunA small group of protesters greeted the environmental review panel weighing the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline Tuesday as the hearings returned to British Columbia where the pipeline proponent will face cross-examination about its plans. Members of the […]
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