Friday’s Critical Mass, a monthly mass bike ride through central London, was the focus of a huge police operation on Stratford High Street, with 182 arrests made. The Met [police] attempted to limit the ride under provisions in section 12 of the […]
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Bustin’ through the barricades against nukes in Japan
Tens of thousands of people protested against nuclear power plants outside Japan‘s parliament on Sunday. The protesters, including pensioners, were pressed up against a wall of steel thrown around the parliament building. Some broke through the barriers and spilled onto the streets, […]
Continue readingWestern U.S. Drought of 2000-2004 Worst in 800 Years
by the National Snow and Ice Data Center A new scientific study indicates the turn-of-the-century drought in the North American West was the worst of the last millennium—with major impacts to the carbon cycle and hints of even drier times ahead. The […]
Continue readingFirst Nations Delegation Denied Access to New England Governors’ Conference
by Global Justice Ecology Project BURLINGTON, Vt. July 30, 2012—Members of the Innu First Nation from Quebec and the Nulhegan Abenaki of Vermont were denied access to the 36th Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers this morning. Around 9:30 […]
Continue readingThe Frack War Comes Home
by Peter Rugh Cross-Posted from Waging NonViolence The war came home this weekend, as thousands of people whose land has been under siege by the U.S. government and corporate interests gathered in Washington, D.C. No, they weren’t victims of drone attacks or […]
Continue readingDustin Steele, Arrested and Beaten for Opposing Mountaintop Removal in Appalachia
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Continue readingIrish protests over GM potatoes grow
It was reported last week that Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency had approved the trial of a genetically modified potato crop. The decision has, unsurprisingly, attracted criticism from environmental protesters. Other campaigners against the crop have stated their fears that it will ruin […]
Continue readingAngry Environmental Protesters Occupy Govt Office, Smash Computers in China
By John Ruwitch QIDONG, China, July 28 (Reuters) – Angry demonstrators occupied a government office in eastern China on Saturday, destroying computers and overturning cars in a violent protest against an industrial waste pipeline they said would poison their coastal waters. The […]
Continue readingHelp the Defenders of the Oldest Mountains in the World
There were 20 folks arrested at this action each with a bail of $25,000, for a combined bail of $500,000 — please spread this plea for solidarity. Donate to the Legal Fund here. Help any way you can.
Continue readingVideo: Mountain Mobilization shuts down largest mountaintop removal mine in U.S.
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