ST. LOUIS — Cougars are again spreading across the Midwest a century after the generally reclusive predators were hunted to near extinction in much of the region, according to a new study billed as the first rigorous statistical look at the issue. […]
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Study Predicts Imminent Irreversible Planetary Collapse
by Anne Mooers /SFU News Online Using scientific theories, toy ecosystem modeling and paleontological evidence as a crystal ball, 18 scientists, including an SFU professor, predict the Earth’s ecosystems are careering towards an imminent, irreversible collapse. In Approaching a state-shift in Earth’s […]
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Amendment will Expand Border Patrol Access and Disable Environmental Protections by Phil Taylor, E&E reporter A Utah Republican today announced changes to a bill designed to bolster national security that would expand the power of the Border Patrol on public lands. Rep. […]
Continue readingNew Embezzlement Scandal Strikes WWF
WWF is currently embroiled in a two-part scandal over its work in Tanzania. In October 2011, thousands of villagers were evicted from a WWF project area in the Rufiji Delta. This year WWF Tanzania staff were caught embezzling funds. On 28 October […]
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Only 4 Florida Butterflies Found; Texas Oil Tycoons Applaud Lizards Denial for Protection BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK, Fla. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has issued an emergency authorization for the collection and captive rearing of Schaus swallowtail butterflies in an […]
Continue readingReligious Freedom & Expression on Trial in Klee Benally Sacred Mountain Defense Case
No Verdict After 3 Hour Trial Klee Benally, Dine’ (Navajo), was on trial today for a prayerful action taken in August, 2011 to protect the Holy San Francisco Peaks from desecration due to ski area expansion. During the 3 hour hearing, the […]
Continue readingNo System but the Ecosystem!
Report back from an Earth First! Journal Spring tour into the “Eurozone Crisis” by Panagioti, EF! Journal editorial collective The current rate of species extinction is more than 3 per hour, and that rate of loss could reach 10,000 times the background […]
Continue readingJoin the Mountain Mobilization in West Virginia July 25
Take Direct Action Against Strip Mining via Radical Action for Mountain People’s Survival (RAMPS). RSVP on Facebook here. Last week, Mountain Justice and Radical Action for Mountain People’s Survival (RAMPS) stopped nine coal trucks and a coal barge after the Mountain Justice […]
Continue readingNew address for eco-prisoner Justin Solondz
After being extradited from China and convicted of Earth Liberation Front actions in the United States, Green Scare target Justin Solondz has been transferred to a prison in western Pennsylvania. This puts him much closer to his parents than when he was […]
Continue readingReport Back from Cherán K’eri Convergence
Cross Posted from El Enemigo Comun The Cherán K’eri uprising on April 15, 2011 and the process of self-government now underway in that community is, for many, a source of inspiration, a strong show of resistance to be defended, and an experience […]
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