Campaigners 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 […]

Five Lakota Arrested for Forming Blockade on Pine Ridge Reservation

Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges. PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION – Five Lakota were arrested Monday evening in Wanblee, South Dakota when they formed a blockade to halt a convoy of trucks going through the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. At issue was […]

Activists Detained Over Reef Protest

Police detained several environmental activists after they painted a sign on the side of a coal ship in Gladstone Harbour in central Queensland, Australia, saying the Great Barrier Reef is in danger. About a dozen Anti-Coal activists led by Greenpeace staged a […]

Occuping the ‘Hot Zone’ of Tar Sands Refinery in Colorado

In an open letter, several organizations including Colorado American Indian Movement, Deep Green Resistance (DGR) Colorado, Front Range Rising Tide, 350.org, Occupy Denver and Boulder Food Rescue announce they coming together for a demonstration on Saturday, March 10th, with families from the […]

Bulgarian Eco Activists Rally against Forestry Act

Bulgarian environmentalist staged once again Saturday a protest rally against looming amendments to the Forestry Act. The march was organized by the coalition of NGOs, known as “For Keeping Nature in Bulgaria” with the support of other civic organizations. Rallies are also […]

Groups gather at Mendiola to protest mining

MANILA, Philippines – Environmental and militant groups gathered at Mendiola near Malacañang on Saturday to kick off an “intensified” campaign against mining in the country. The Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment is calling for a moratorium on all mining applications of […]