From Ottawa Action: “On September 26th we need you to come to Ottawa to join a historic action to oppose the tar sands. In a large peaceful protest, many will be risking arrest to tell the Harper government that we don’t support […]
Continue readingOccupy Wall Street Movement Reports 80 Arrested Yesterday in Protests
Seems some corporate media maybe taking notice… ABC News’ Olivia Katrandjian reports that “at least 80 people were arrested on Wall Street today in the eighth day of protests against corporations, according to the group Occupy Wall St, which reported police used […]
Continue readingHey You! Defend Forests and Endangered Species with N.E.S.T.
This October, Northwest Ecosystem Survey Team will climb in search of the marbled murrelet, a rare sea bird that nests in the coastal temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest. In response to the threat of increased clear-cutting in the Elliott State Forest, […]
Continue readingMost Biodiverse Place on Earth Could Open for Oil Exploration
A new map highlights the importance of conserving Yasuni National Park as the most biodiverse ecosystem in the Western Hemisphere, and maybe even on Earth. Scientists released the map to coincide with the United National General Assembly in support of a first-of-its-kind […]
Continue readingThis Camera Fights Fascism: Photographs of migration and struggle
Art Exhibit: de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University, California. Opening Thursday, September 22nd, 6PM. David Bacon and Francisco Dominguez have both followed in the tradition of Depression-era photographers such as Dorothea Lange, focusing their cameras on struggle, dissent, immigrants, and workers. […]
Continue readingNigeria, Oil Spill Contaminates Drinking Water in Ogale, Eleme
For most Ogoni, the multinational oil giant, Shell is their number one enemy because of the strong impression they have that the operations of the oil giant in their area before it was halted only brought them misery, anguish and pain. The […]
Continue readingBlack Mesa Indigenous Support Annual Caravan
Join the Caravan in support of indigenous communities who are in their fourth decade of resisting massive coal mining operations on their ancestral homelands of Big Mountain & Black Mesa, AZ. November 19th – 26th, 2011. We are excited to once again […]
Continue reading¡No a las Represas, Si a la Defensa de los Rios!
Afectadas y afectados por la construcción de presas recorren Centroamérica para reunirse en el VI Foro Mesoamericano de la Red Latinoamericana contra de las Represas [REDLAR] en Pacuare, Costa Rica. Del 22 al 25 de septiembre, afectadas y afectados por […]
Continue readingProtests Rising on Environmental Concern in China
By Bill Savadove A major anti-pollution protest has forced the Chinese government to take swift action for the second time in as many months, spurred by a rising environment movement that is spreading online. More than 500 residents living near a plant […]
Continue readingCongressional Push to Gut Environmental Protections Along US Borders
TUCSON, AZ.— Under the guise of border security, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) offered an amendment to the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill today that would grant border-enforcement agencies free rein on federal lands within 300 miles of the US-Mexico border. After […]
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