by Ron Sakolsky What do protesters in Haimen, China, and in Fanny Bay which is located on Vancouver Island in BC, have in common? Plenty! What links these two Pacific Rim towns is not some insipid Chamber of Commerce-initiated Sister Cities designation, […]
Continue readingGray Wolfs Delisted in Midwest, Wolf Kills to Begin Soon
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday that it was removing Endangered Species Act protections for the wolf in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and portions of adjoining states. After the announcement, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker ordered the state Department of Natural Resources […]
Continue readingThousands of disoriented birds die in southern Utah
Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Cedar City, UT, United States (AHN) – A massive clean-up and rescue operation in southern Utah continued on Wednesday after thousands of migratory birds crash landed onto highways and parking lots early this week. Officials believe […]
Continue readingThe Massacre Everyone Ignored: Chevron, Kazakhstan and a US-Backed Dictator
By Mark Ames, The Exiled 21 December 11 With violence and government crackdowns making headlines from so many familiar parts of the world, there’s hardly been a peep in the media about the biggest and ugliest massacre of all: Last Friday in […]
Continue readingJustin Solondz Pleads Guilty
The man accused of building the firebomb used by Earth Liberation Front radicals to torch the University of Washington’s Center for Urban Horticulture in 2001 pleaded guilty this morning in U.S. District Court in Tacoma. Justin Solondz, 31, pleaded guilty to charges […]
Continue readingAnti-Coal Plant Protesters Storm Buildings, Evict Officials, Block Roads in South China
By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times Reporting from Shenzhen, China— Residents revolted Tuesday against development plans in yet another town in Guangdong province, redoubling the challenge to the Communist Party in China’s most affluent and open-minded region. The newest uprising involved as […]
Continue readingA First Hand Look at Life in an Old Growth Tree Sit in Southern Tasmania
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Continue readingActivists Silenced by Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act File Lawsuit
by: Mike Ludwig, Truthout | Report Animal rights activists filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday to challenge the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), a law they say has violated their First Amendment rights and allows the government to label peaceful protesters as […]
Continue readingNew Tree Sit in Tasmania
Check out the blog theObserverTree to get real time updates and offer support. by CRAIG HOGGETT / The Mercury [On December 14, the Tasmanian forest defense group] Still Wild Still Threatened…set up a 60m-high tree sit-in at the TN044B logging coupe near […]
Continue readingNo War but the Eco-Class War!
Everglades Earth First! joins Occupy Palm Beach in March on Worth Avenue tomorrow Palm Beach Island’s Worth Avenue is home to some of the world’s most repulsive rich and elite. The following text is from a flyer that participants in the general […]
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