Swedish Forest Occupation Declares Temporary Victory

Cross Posted from Eye on the Arctic and Ecological Internet Environmental activists have been celebrating a victory on Gotland Island, off the coast of southeast Sweden, as tree felling machinery remained idle on Saturday evening. “It was a smart and brave decision,” field […]

Gateway Project Faces Major Obstacles Ahead

Below is an article published in a mainstream newspaper called the Globe and Mail about the apparent demise of the much maligned Gateway pipeline, proposed to carry Tar Sands oil from Alberta Canada all the way to the Pacific coast, slashing through […]

Unusual Dallas Earthquakes Linked to Fracking, Expert Says

By Eli MacKinnon, Life’s Little Mysteries Staff Writer | LiveScience.com Three unusual earthquakes that shook a suburb west of Dallas over the weekend appear to be connected to the past disposal of wastewater from local hydraulic fracturing operations, a geophysicist who has […]

Rally to Shut Down Injection Wells at Ohio Courthouse

Appalachia Resist! announces an Action Camp, November 2-4 in Athens county [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90SrSPY5aWU?feature=player_embedded&w=640&h=360] Today, over 80 people gathered outside the Athens County Courthouse to show support for the legal case of Madeline ffitch, and to demand that the Hazel Ginsberg Injection Well […]

Love and Rebellion in the East Texas Woods

I’m writing to ya’ll from a safe space nearby the Tar Sands Blockade in rural east Texas.  Early this week, heeding the call of friends and comrades already on site, we assembled a crew of Earth First!ers from the Northeast US and […]

Earth First! goes Viral? Isn’t there an ointment for that?

Dearest Earth First! Newswire reader, In September, the Earth First! Newswire–which is only 2 years old–reached over a half a million views! And we’re pretty damned happy to get all these wild and inspiring news items–from the blockades against the Keystone XL […]

Supreme Court Upholds Roadless Rule

Cross Posted from Oregon Live The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away an appeal challenging a federal rule that bars development on 50 million acres of roadless areas in national forests. The justices said Monday they will leave in place a federal […]