A co-founder and former editor of the Earth First! Journal, Dave Foreman, once again spotlighted for his association with Apply The Brakes and other anti-immigrant organizations. This time by the Center for New Community’s new article, “Environmentalists Risk Reputations by Aligning with […]
Continue readingBolivia suspends road project after indigenous protest
cross posted from Survival International Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has suspended plans to build a major highway through indigenous peoples’ land in the Amazon rainforest. His decision follows a 40-day protest march, which was brought to an abrupt halt on Sunday, when […]
Continue readingMass Mobilization Defeats GM Rice in Spain
Cross Posted from Amigos de la Tierra Translation by Lilac Valencia’s local government has revoked the permit of an Italian pharmaceutical company to experiment with GM rice combined with human genes in Vinaros, Castellon. After protests from social, ecologist and peasant organizations, […]
Continue readingPortland ADL Locks Down to Protect Wolves
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is planning on killing two more wolves from the Imnaha pack because of supposed livestock predation. This would reduce the pack size down to only two wolves! It would leave only the alpha female and […]
Continue readingALF Sets Fire to an Idaho Fur Store that sells Wild Coyote and Bobcat Furs
No one was injured in the early morning blaze at Rocky Mountain Fur & Fireworks, a retailer in Caldwell, Idaho, about 30 miles northwest of the state capital. The company sells wild coyote and bobcat pelts. The North American Animal Liberation Press […]
Continue readingHey Dirty South! Are GE “Forests” Coming Your Way?
Much of the US South (N. and S. Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Florida) are home to test plots of genetically engineered eucalyptus trees which ArborGen, a GE tree developer, hopes one day will supplant the South’s pine silvaculture industry. Click here […]
Continue reading‘Green desert’ monoculture forests spreading in Africa and South America
Artificial single-species forests are expanding fast in countries of the developing South, fuelled by low production costs and incentives from governments, and causing severe social and environmental impacts, warned experts from around the world who met last week in the Uruguayan capital. […]
Continue readingEarthFirst.org is NOT an Earth First! movement website
For several years now, the Earth First! Journal collective has been attempting to bring accountability to the website EarthFirst.org, with no real response from webmaster, Greg Thorne. After the most recent attempt to have people involved with the movement get a say […]
Continue readingTearing out The Heart of the Monster: A literary voice rises against the tar sands
A review of The Heart of the Monster: Why the Pacific Northwest & Northern Rockies must not become an ExxonMobil conduit to the Alberta tar sands, Published and distributed by All Against The Haul, 2010. By Panagioti I picked this book up […]
Continue readingOne Way to Sabotage Montana’s Wolf Hunt
So it turns out the State of Montana has a system in place that could shut down the wolf hunting season in just one week. Here is how it works: There is a provision within Montana’s wolf hunt legislation which allows for […]
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