By Mark Fischetti / Scientific America More than six years after Hurricane Katrina plowed into New Orleans and the Mississippi River delta, a plan has finally emerged to protect the area from future storms. It relies heavily on the restoration of wetlands […]
by Gordon Davis / The Scottish Farmer FRANCE HAS held firm in its opposition to Monsanto’s genetically modified MON 810 maize – and the agri-chemical multinational has admitted defeat. Monsanto had been putting legal pressure on the French government to lift its […]
from Intercontinental Cry Deep in the interior of East Kalimantan, Indonesia, the Dayak community of Muara Tae is struggling to defend itself from a sustained assault by palm oil companies. It’s Muara Tae’s last stand, warns Pak Singko, a traditional leader from […]
Just kidding, but sooner or later the bears are bound to get their hands on a CEO and when they do, we will report it to you! In the past we have posted and published stories about wild leopards, jellyfish, and other […]
More arrests underway as conference is disrupted by activists inside the resort as well Palm Beach County, Florida—Protesters from the Occupy movement and Everglades Earth First! blockaded a Boca Raton bridge yesterday, snarling rush hour traffic during a cocktail party of corporate […]
Cross posted from Gothamist.com Marshall Curry has profiled NASCAR hopefuls and Newark Mayor Corey Booker (which earned him an Oscar nomination), and his latest, If A Tree Falls, follows the plight of Daniel McGowan, a former member of the Earth Liberation Front, […]
Correction: It has come to the author’s attention that this article may contain misinformation. The Los Angeles Press originally reported that FPR ‘militants’ could be involved in the shootings. In fact, the FPR, a communist subgroup within the Seccion 22 teacher’s union […]
Less than a week after the Obama administration rejected the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline, another proposed pipeline designed to export tar sands oil has run into roadblocks! cross-posted from APTN VANCOUVER-Gitxsan hereditary […]
Crossposted from the NY Times WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously ruledthat the police violated the Constitution when they placed a Global Positioning System tracking device on a suspect’s car and monitored its movements for 28 days. But the justices […]
from the Earth First! Journal Editorial Collective Following the removal of wolves from the federal endangered species list last month, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has announced that some residents will be able to hunt “problem” wolves by next week. In […]