On the morning of Wednesday, March 26, more than 30 anti-fracking activists from across West Virginia and Appalachia picketed the Bridgeport, West Virginia, office of EQT Energy. The group of activists were supporting two landowners, Eileen and Jim Burke, who came from […]
Continue readingSoutheast Earth First! Regional Rendezvous April 19-23, Eastern TN
Katuah Earth First! is hosting a Spring Rendezvous for the Southeast Region, April 19 -23, 2012 near Erwin, TN. The location and directions will be posted here once a site a has been chosen, so please check www.katuahearthfirst.org for updates. Be assured though, […]
Continue readingEcoprisoner Tim DeChristopher moved to isolated confinement
The following is a message from the group Peaceful Uprisings, who has coordinated much of the support for Tim DeChristopher who was arrested for disrupting a December 2008 oil and gas lease auction on public land in Utah, conducted by the Bureau […]
Continue readingEarth Liberation Political Prisoners Sadie and Exile Punished for Being “Unrepentant”
by Leslie James Pickering Earth Liberation prisoners Joyanna “Sadie” Zacher and Nathan “Exile” Block, who are a married couple, have been disallowed correspondence by their captors with the excuse that Sadie is “unrepentant” of her crimes. Sadie and Exile are nearing the […]
Continue readingHundreds protest oil tankers at march and rally in Vancouver
Hundreds of people marched through downtown Vancouver streets today (March 26) in a boisterous display of opposition to oil tanker traffic along British Columbia’s coast. Organized by first nation and environmental groups, the demonstration came just days after the 23rd anniversary of […]
Continue readingNgäbes protest hydroelectric dam
“It was not nice work, but given the pattern of the country’s development, it had to be done.” – John Steinbeck, East of Eden After an early February victory against proposed mining projects, the indigenous Ngäbes (pronounced naw-bey) continue to struggle to […]
Continue readingEnvironmental protesters target Dominion Va. Power
RICHMOND, Va. — More than 100 people representing a slew of environmental groups gathered in downtown Richmond this afternoon to protest the policies of Dominion Virginia Power. The protesters braved a drenching rain in Kanawha Plaza to listen to a series of […]
Continue readingIndigenous Peoples Protest Mining in Ecuador
Cross Posted from the Times-Union More than 1,000 indigenous protesters reached Ecuador’s capital Thursday after a two-week march from the Amazon to oppose plans for large-scale mining on their lands. The protesters were joined by thousands of anti-government protesters in Quito, and some […]
Continue readingHistoric Action at Vermont Yankee Headquarters, 130 Arrested
Cross posted from Boston.com A 93-year-old anti-nuclear activist was among more than 130 protesters arrested at the corporate headquarters of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant Thursday, the first day of the plant’s operation after the expiration of its 40-year license. Frances […]
Continue readingChevron CEO’s Criminally Charged For Oil Spill
Re-posted from Democracy Now. Brazilian prosecutors have filed charges against 17 executives from oil giant Chevron and the rig operator Transocean in connection with a recent deepwater oil spill. George Buck, Head of Chevron’s Brazil operations faces up to 31 years […]
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