byNicholas Kusnetz, Special to ProPublica June 7, 2012, 11:47 a.m. Oil drilling has sparked a frenzied prosperity in Jeff Keller’s formerly quiet corner of western North Dakota in recent years, bringing an infusion of jobs and reviving moribund local businesses. But Keller, […]
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Big Coal’s Sleazy War
By Jeff Goodell / Rolling Stone Magazine This is “End Mountaintop Removal Week Washington DC,” an attempt by activists to draw attention to the rape and pillage of Appalachia by Big Coal. Yesterday, 22 activists were arrested during a sit-in at congressional […]
Continue readingJune 11 Day of Eco-Prisoner Solidarity around the corner
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/43202213 w=400&h=300] [The video above includes a full recording of the Never Alone roadshow which traveled the US this Spring building support for June 11 organizing. Along with thorough up-to-date information on ecoprisoner support, state repression and security culture, the film […]
Continue readingClearcutting Redwoods for Wine Vineyards?
by the Center for Biological Diversity SANTA ROSA, Calif.— Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging a controversial proposal by a Spanish corporation to clearcut 154 acres of redwood forest to plant wine grapes in northwestern Sonoma County. The Sierra Club’s Redwood […]
Continue readingShell Oil Ships Head for Arctic, Send Off Party Is a Bust–Funny Video
Update: Looks like we are fell for it. This was a pretty clever stunt by GreenPeace, the Yes Men, and an 84 year old Occupy Wall Streeter! More here: http://www.greenpeace.org/new-zealand/en/blog/shellfail-inside-story-greenpeace-yes-men/blog/40876/ Shell executives and shareholders probably heartily wish today that their send-off party […]
Continue readingFlagstaff Community Members Begin Hunger Strike for Protection of the San Francisco Peaks
FLAGSTAFF, AZ – Two young Flagstaffians announced the beginning of a hunger strike to call attention to human rights violations sanctioned by the US Forest Service and perpetrated by Arizona Snowbowl and the City of Flagstaff on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at […]
Continue readingAn Invitation from Cascadia
Cascadia is a vast area of wilderness that includes Oregon, Washington and stretches north through British Columbia, Canada. The Cascadia Forest Defenders and Cascadia Earth First! of Oregon are dedicated to protecting the dense forests of giant trees, cold rushing waters and thriving […]
Continue readingMom’s Sure Fire Recipes for Sabotage: A One Act Play
Daughter: Hey mom, what can I do now to insure that I can get into venture capitalism when I grow up? Mom: Honey, why would you want to do something that will only alienate the human spirit and lead to the destruction […]
Continue readingPro-Mountain Activists Hold Sit-In, Others Shave Heads to Protest Mountain-top Removal in Appalachia
from Appalachia Rising [UPDATE: 22 arrested in sit-ins. For updates, photos, videos and details on how to support them, visit Appalachia Rising] (Washington, D.C.) — This morning residents from four states severely impacted by mountaintop removal coal mining began sit-ins in protest […]
Continue readingSyngenta Settles US Lawsuit for Poisoning 1,887 Community Water Supplies & Gets Banned in France Over Bee Die-off
compiled by the Earth First! Journal Collective Syngenta pays $105 million to settle US litigation By JIM SUHR Last month Swiss chemicals maker Syngenta agreed to pay $105 million to settle a nearly 8-year-old lawsuit over its popular agricultural herbicides. According to […]
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