Illinois company fined for exporting elephant ivory for cue sticks January 10, 2012 4:14PM A Skokie company has been charged $150,000 for illegally exporting African elephant ivory, as well as the hides of shark, ostrich, kangaroo and other items to be used […]
Three Australian Activists Released from Detention on a Japanese Whaler in Australian Waters 10 Jan, 2012 07:45 AM An unscheduled meeting between Japan’s whalers and environmental activists on the high seas seems an unlikely backdrop to an outbreak of détente. But Australia […]
By Save the Peaks Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com SAN FRANCISCO – Five plaintiffs and representatives of The Save The Peaks Coalition, with their attorney and supporters, optimistically exited the James R. Browning United States Courthouse today following oral arguments in the Ninth Circuit […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]