by the Earth First! Journal Collective No joke, folks, dirt bag Brandon Darby—the snitch who sent the Texas 2 to prison, threw the Common Ground Collective under the bus, and recently bullied one of your very own Earth Firs! journalistas at an […]
Continue readingOccupy Nigeria Brings General Strike
Cross Posted from Sahara Reporters A new oil disaster is harming Nigerians. On New Year’s Day, 2012, the Nigerian government announced and immediately implemented price hikes on fuel for domestic consumption, a policy that has long been advocated by the International Monetary […]
Continue readingConn. wildlife officials considering bear hunt to lower population
A growing bear population has Connecticut wildlife officials considering the state’s first bear hunt in 170 years. The state’s expanding bear population was highlighted in the last week when an 82-year-old Windsor man was arrested after fatally shooting a black bear that […]
Continue readingIt’s Eel, It’s Salmon — Wait… It’s Kinda Both?
by Nancy Wei If you knew that your nigiri sushi was from farm-raised Atlantic salmon, genetically engineered (GE) to grow twice as fast using combined DNA from Pacific salmon and a large eel-like fish, would you be a bit slower with your […]
Continue readingPrivate agency paid to monitor Facebook for protest groups that target “critical energy infrastructure”
by Philip Dorling The Australian federal government has outsourced law enforcement surveillance of environmental and other protest groups, with a key monitoring service operating from an inconspicuous Melbourne apartment block. A private intelligence company, the National Open Source Intelligence Centre, works under […]
Continue readingThe Dirty Secret of World Trade: One Super Container Ship SO2 Greater Than 50 million Cars
By Bluehawk | Sourced from DailyKos I was over looking longingly at an electric three wheeler kit when this artical popped up in the side bar. Sulphur Pollution of 15 Massive Container Ships Equal to That of 730 Million Cars Coral reefs […]
Continue readingShocking News: FDA Poisons Tens of Millions of Birds in killing spree known as Operation Blackbird!
cross posted from Earth Issues.com It’s absolutely shocking news: The U.S. Department of Agriculture has publicly admitted it is responsible for the mass poisoning of tens of millions of birds over the last several years. It’s all part of the USDA’s program called “Bye […]
Continue readingLone Grey Wolf Wanders into California, First Since 1924
By BETTINA BOXALL / The Montreal Gazette A GPS colLlar plots the journey of the lone grey wolf, loping over mountains, through forests and across highways. The young male left his pack in northeastern Oregon in early September, setting out to find […]
Continue readingExperts Say Drilling Causes Earthquakes in Ohio
By Thomas J. Sheeran, Cross Posted from StarTribune CLEVELAND — A northeast Ohio well used to dispose of wastewater from oil and gas drilling almost certainly caused a series of 11 minor quakes in the Youngstown area since last spring, a seismologist […]
Continue readingProtests over U.S. based Newmont mine resume in Peru
About 1,000 people marched in the Andean city of Cajamarca against the gold mine proposed by the U.S. miner and its Peruvian partner, Buenaventura. The government says the largest mining investment ever in Peru would generate thousands of jobs, but opponents of […]
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