Lead Kills Millions of Birds, Including Eagles, Condors, and Hurts Human Health WASHINGTON- One hundred organizations in 35 states today formally petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate toxic lead in hunting ammunition to protect public health and prevent the widespread poisoning […]
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Giraffe Death at Nightmare Zoo
article cross-posted from Kitsap Sun SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — The tigers are emaciated and the 180 pelicans packed so tightly they cannot unfurl their wings without hitting a neighbor. Last week, a giraffe died with a beachball-sized wad of plastic food wrappers […]
Continue readingKellie Sentenced to Only 60 Days in Jail!
This afternoon, at 3:00pm, Kellie Vanorden stood before District Judge Steven Andreasen for attempting to release mink from a Sioux City farm. Kellie pleaded guilty in Woodbury County District Court to releasing an animal from an animal facility and attempted third-degree burglary. District […]
Continue readingFracking: ACT 13, The Worst Is Coming
Article by Steven Rosenfeld, from Alternet.org Pennsylvania, where the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were signed and where the U.S. coal, oil and nuclear industries began, has adopted what may be the most anti-democratic, anti-environmental law in the country, giving gas […]
Continue readingSeen the latest Earth First! Journal yet?
Well, here are some sample articles from Brigid 2012, now up online: If Deep Green Resistance & the Occupy movement merged Reflections from Greece, Fall 2011 By panagioti, of the Earth First! Journal editorial collective Eat, Sleep, Click A bicycle-powered internet? or […]
Continue readingWashington Post Claims Environmental Activism has Declined Due to Increased FBI Presence, Let’s Plan Something!
Ben Kessler, a student at the University of North Texas and an environmental activist, was more than a little surprised that an FBI agent questioned his philosophy professor and acquaintances about his whereabouts and his sign-waving activities aimed at influencing local gas […]
Continue readingAnother disgusting plea for money from the Earth First! Journal
Well folks, Here we are again, beggin’ you to support the Earth First! movement by keeping the EF! Journal office alive and well. We’ve gotten plenty of comments telling us that the last issue we released (yes, the one that looks like […]
Continue readingJapanese whalers return to port
JAPAN’S whaling fleet has ended its annual Antarctic hunt after landing 30 per cent of its planned catch of more than 900 whales. Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano yesterday blamed bad weather and “sabotage” by the Sea Shepherd environmental protest flotilla for the […]
Continue readingBulgarians Protest Nuclear Power Ahead of Fukushima Anniversary
Members of several environmental organizations gathered in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia for a silent protest to mark the upcoming first anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The environmentalists gathered in front of the country’s Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism, stating that nucleart […]
Continue readingCampaigners continue to block Shell in Ireland despite heavy fines
All Shell haulage stopped from 7.30am today by civil disobedience in County Mayo This morning at 7.30am two campaigners locked themselves to a concrete barrel in the middle of the road near Shell’s main construction site for the Corrib gas onshore pipeline […]
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