from Climate Progress On his radio show today, Rush Limbaugh suggested that the government manipulated hurricane forecasts in order to force Republicans to cancel a day of their national convention, saying the model “allows them to do it.” “The hurricane center is the […]
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Washington Wildlife Officials to Kill 4 Wolves of the Wedge Pack
from the Seattle Times Washington state wildlife agents are preparing to kill up to four more gray wolves in the northeast corner of the state after investigators said the pack has injured or eaten livestock. But seven environmental groups on Friday urged […]
Continue readingThe RNC, Koch Habits, and Uprisings in District 12
by Clinton Tyree, reporting live from the streets of Tampa Bay. So Hurricane Issac didn’t blow the political elite and their flock far into the oil-slicked, algae blooms of Florida’s dismal Gulf Coast, like we had hoped. As it turns out, those […]
Continue readingBrandon Darby Claims “Occupy Anarchists” Plan to Take Down Emergency Medical Services at RNC
Earth First! Journal Offering Reward of Lifetime Subscription to Whomever Tars and Feathers Brandon Darby at the 2012 RNC the following story is from Big Government, a right wing Tea Party blog. Brandon Darby is the self proclaimed former Black Panther who, […]
Continue readingOld School Earth First! in Technicolor
Damn, this video has it all: an intro by Ed Abbey, mullets, footage of tree spiking, camo-hats, endorsement of direct action by the Sierra Club, hippies circumnavigating a tree and singing sweet hippy songs and timber officials calling them eco-terrorists. You don’t […]
Continue readingBiomass Incinerator Looms on Horizon for Gypsum, Colorado
– by Josh Schlossberg, The Biomass Monitor An 11.5 megawatt biomass power incinerator proposal for the 6,400 person central-Colorado town of Gypsum is moving along swiftly, despite concerns of community members and at least one town councilor. Utah-based Eagle Valley Clean Energy […]
Continue readingTexas Judge Rules TransCanada Can Seize Pasture for Keystone XL Pipeline
By SAUL ELBEIN / New York Times PARIS, Tex. — The Canadian energy company TransCanada can take over land owned by a Texas farmer to build its Keystone XL pipeline, a county judge ruled on Wednesday night. In a 15-word ruling sent […]
Continue readingGoing ape shit in Tampa
While the threat of anarchist mayhem at the RNC has people preoccupied just about as much as the hurricane rolling towards Florida’s Gulf Coast, there’s another righteous menace that’s been baffling the authorities of the Tampa Bay area: a feral monkey. […]
Continue readingWhen Republicans, Hurricanes and Anarchists Collide…
The coming Tempest in Tampa by Russ McSpadden The Dance By now its old hat. Every four years the Republicans gather to formally nominate their candidate for president of the United States and every four years large scale street demonstrations vacillate between […]
Continue readingDecade Long Fight Against Dam Victorious!
From Root Force La Parota Dam has been definitively canceled. The government of Guerrero has formally abandoned all plans for the dam and will inform the Mexican federal government that it will not approve its construction. After nearly 10 years of struggle, […]
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