Cross Posted from Reuters Two studies showing how scientists mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus into a form that could cause a deadly human pandemic will be published only after experts fully assess the risks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on […]
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Mass Action, Barricades and Lock Downs Fail to Halt Development for the Mega-Rich
Cross Posted from The Local City officials said on Wednesday morning they were pleased with how the operation in the Schlossgarten park went. They said 2,500 officers had encountered little violence. But protesters, who were trying to protect 176 trees that authorities […]
Continue readingNew Animal Liberation Prisoner
Cross Posted from Bite Back Victor VanOrden Woodbury County Jail P.O. Box 3083 Sioux City, IA 51102 USA In February 2012, Victor was sentenced to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to one count of attempted burglary and one count […]
Continue readingTwo activists with Negotiation Is Over arrested for anti-vivisection website posts
Two activists with the animal rights group “Negotiation Is Over” (NIO) have been arrested at a protest in Florida. One of them, NIO founder Camille Marino was arrested on an out of state warrant, and is awaiting extradition to Michigan. In Michigan, […]
Continue readingOccupy Koch Town Coming This Weekend
Cross Posted from Kansas City Star By Hurst Laviana, The Wichita Eagle Activists from across the country will gather this weekend in Wichita to attend a series of “Occupy Koch Town” events that will focus on energy, environmental and climate policies. […]
Continue readingAnti-Development Protest Gets Heated in Armenia
By Karlen Aslanian, from Azatutyun Police used force on Friday against more than a dozen environmental activists who were camped in a public park in downtown Yerevan to protest against the construction of several shops there. The Yerevan municipality authorized the construction […]
Continue readingJapanese Whalers Are Denied Protection Request Against Sea Shepherd
Japanese whalers asked a US federal court in Seattle to make the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society stop harassing them during their whale hunt in the Southern Ocean. Based out of Friday Harbor, Washington, Sea Shepherd and its lawyers argued the Japanese had […]
Continue readingVan Eck Launches ‘Fracking’ Energy Exchange Traded Fund
Van Eck Global, a New York-based money management firm with $35 million in assets from dirty energy, today launched an energy Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) focused on companies that look for and produce “unconventional” sources of oil and gas, such as oil […]
Continue readingCorporate Power vs. Animal Rights
*Cross Posted from Mickey Z at Infoshop News* “We know we cannot be kind to animals until we stop exploiting them—exploiting animals in the name of science, exploiting animals in the name of sport, exploiting animals in the name of fashion, and […]
Continue readingStrip Coal Mines Resurfacing in Nova Scotia
Almost six years after Nova Scotia imposed a moratorium on 13 surface coal mining projects in Cape Breton, the province is about to release a report that can reopen operations. Next month, the ministers of environment and natural resources will be handed […]
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