Cross Posted from Common Dreams A victory came to activists in Brazil on Tuesday when a federal judge halted construction on the controversial Belo Monte dam in the Amazon, saying that the indigenous peoples had not been consulted. The impacts of the […]
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Trapwire and the Creepy Dystopic Surveillance Empire You’ll Probably Get Accustomed To
Trapwire, the total-surveillance system, promises to make your life far more creepy, exposed and boring than any science fiction dystopia. See the video below about Wikileaks newly release information about what Trapwire will mean to you: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUJIEbk3J_0&w=420&h=315]
Continue readingTeribe Tribe of Costa Rica Fights for Indigenous Autonomy, End to Hydroelectric Projects
by Jaime Lopez Pablo Sibar, a grassroots leader from the Teribe native tribe of Costa Rica celebrated the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on August 9th with a protest before the National Assembly. He has been doing so over the […]
Continue readingEnbridge CEO Says Revolutionary Environmental Groups Have Taken Control of Pipeline Debate
by Karen Kleiss, Edmonton Journal EDMONTON – Environmental groups opposed to the Northern Gateway pipeline have seized control of the public debate, Enbridge Inc. CEO Patrick Daniel told a radio audience Monday. “Everything that we say sounds defensive and self-interested, and on […]
Continue readingChemical Cloud from Halliburton Frack Fluid Truck Threatens New Columbia Community
By Marcia Moore and John Finnerty The Daily Item NEW COLUMBIA — Amanda Friend and her family were forced from their home late Thursday after a toxic acid-spewing Halliburton truck hauling 4,000 gallons of hydrochloric acid pulled into a neighboring convenience […]
Continue readingBlockade Showdown Against Fracking Pipeline in Manhattan
by Shannon Ayala [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jon5ZlCxPxo] Activists gathered yesterday at a sanitation pier near the West Side Highway in Lower Manhattan where Spectra Energy has begun construction on a natural gas pipeline (which partially picks up gas in the Marcellus Shale area where […]
Continue readingThink Globally, Act Selfishly:
How Utilitarian Environmentalism Can Backfire by Brandon Keim / Wired.com In short, telling people how much money carpooling will save them won’t convince them to recycle, but telling them how transcendent carpooling is because it will save the planet will. Earnest, well-meaning […]
Continue readingAugust 31st: National Day of Action for the Cleveland 4!
On Friday, August 31st, join your comrades around the country in raising legal support funds for the Cleveland 4, who were entrapped by the FBI and face up to life in prison because of their politics and association with the Occupy movement. […]
Continue readingWill new anti-protest laws in Puerto Rico benefit the Energy Empire?
compiled by panagioti, Earth First! Journal collective Last week, the ACLU filed a lawsuit against Puerto Rico’s police chief and justice secretary, saying the island’s new penal code violates the constitutional right to freedom of expression. The lawsuit came a week after […]
Continue readingShaleshock Shuts Down Shumberger Fracking Site
Our friends at Shaleshock posted this update to Don’t Frack With Us At around 11am, August 11th, over 150 people arrived to block the main truck entrance in and out to the Schumberger Facility, a huge service facility for the fracking industry […]
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