One Australian activist has been released pending summons for ‘interfering with a motor vehicle’ today after stopping drilling in Bacchus Marsh. Paul Connor locked himself to the top of Mantle Mining’s 8.5 metre-tall drill rig while hanging a banner that read ‘No […]
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Cascadia Forest Defense blockades the Governor’s Mansion in Oregon
On February 3 Cascadia Forest Defenders (CFD) blockaded the entrance to the Oregon Governor’s Mansion with a mound of christmas trees. Activists held banners, reading “Rally at the State Land Board Meeting Feb. 14” and “KITZHABER LIES, FOREST DIE!” One person was […]
Continue readingGasland-director Arrested by House Republicans
Crossposted from Alternet.org In a stunning break with First Amendment policy, House Republicans directed Capitol Hill police to detain a highly regarded documentary crew that was attempting to film a Wednesday hearing on a controversial natural gas procurement practice. Initial reports from […]
Continue readingOne of the world’s top 10 oldest trees dies in Florida
January 16, 2012 in Central Florida a 3,500 year old Bald Cypress tree known as the “Senator”, passed away. This tree burned to the ground, due to a fire assumed to have started from a lightening strike it sustained in mid-January, causing […]
Continue readingCascadia: Grizzly Peak Timber Sales Protested
By Sam Wheeler / Ashland Daily Tidings Four environmental groups are protesting the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s plan to harvest about 2.5 million board feet of timber from the slopes of Grizzly Peak and throughout the Little Butte Creek watershed. Their […]
Continue readingMonsanto Accused In Suit Tied To Agent Orange
by Jeff Brady / NPR For about two decades, ending in 1971, a former Monsanto chemical plant in West Virginia produced the herbicide 2,4,5-T which was used in “Agent Orange” — the defoliant the military sprayed over Southeast Asia during the Vietnam […]
Continue readingNew Earth First! Journal out, Brigid 2012
Last night at the Night Heron Grassroots Activist Center, which is also home to the Earth First! Journal, editorial collective members and volunteers prepped the newest issue to be mailing to to subscribers and distributors around the world. This issue features articles […]
Continue readingTired of these motherf#@in’ snakes in the ‘Glades?!
A recent article from the journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) reports that observations of some mammal species have declined by more than 99% in parts of the Everglades, due primarily to giant non-native invasive pythons. Yeah, it’s scary, but […]
Continue readingEarth First! Climbers Guild 2012 Direct Action Climb Camp – March 10-16, South Florida
Never has there been a more dire time for defense of the planet. Increase your abilities to defend the Earth through learning the skills of climbing. We will offer a variety of trainings for forest defense and urban actions suitable for all […]
Continue readingEco-warriors, get out your calendars…
I know it’s tough, but every one of you reading this is going to have to peel for your face away from this screen and head out into the street, or into the woods, to build this eco-resistance. And we’ve just updated […]
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