Residents of a northwestern Turkish district on Monday protested a mining company for its alleged practices of leaching gold out of rock with cyanide. Environmentalists and locals gathered in the Şahinli village of Lapseki district in front of the village teahouse, where […]
Continue readingNeurotoxins Cause Fish Die-off in California
Scientific researchers say a deadly neurotoxin is the reason for a massive fish kill in Southern California. Millions of sardines died in King Harbor in Redondo Beach, CA, and researchers say the fish tested positive for domoic acid and ultimately died from […]
Continue readingTasmania: Enviros Scramble to Defend Ancient Forests
FOREST protest groups have slammed the axing of a moratorium due to start today that would have halted all logging in Tasmania’s high-conservation-value forests. The Still Wild Still Threatened organisation and the Huon Valley Environment Centre held demonstrations outside the Executive Building […]
Continue readingJapan’s Earthquake Altered Earth’s Axis; Moved the Island Closer to U.S.
Last week’s devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami in Japan moved the island closer to the United States and shifted the planet’s axis. The quake caused a rift 15 miles below the sea floor that stretched 186 miles long and 93 miles […]
Continue readingOne Month of Canopy Occupation in Florida against Bitoech, Deforestation, Vivisection
The canopy occupation in the Briger Forest to hault the destruction of the endangered habitat at the hands of a Biotech development is celebrating its one month anniversary. The occupation includes two separate sites in the forest, one along side of Interstate […]
Continue readingKayak Blockade of Coal Shipping Harbor in Newcastle, Australia
Nearly 600 environmental protesters turned out for a people’s blockade of Newcastle Harbour yesterday, to protest the expansion of coal exports. Many of the protesters took to the water in kayaks, while a large police presence patrolled both the waterway and […]
Continue readingNew Jersey Bans Hydro-fracking
On March 10, New Jersey put a ban on the practice of hydraulic fracking for natural gas reserves. The state is following suit with New York, which instated a seven-month ban on hydraulic fracking on various natural gas drilling sites for fears […]
Continue readingNuclear Meltdown in Japan; Tens of Thousands Protest Nuke Plants in Germany
Demonstrators in Stuttgart formed a human chain reaching 27 mile for a protest against extending the life of nuclear power plants in Germany. The protest was planned before the current nuclear crisis in Japan but took on new form in light of […]
Continue readingSpanish Journalists Arrested in Panama, Expelled, for Involvement in Indigenous Anit-Mining Protest
Gómez Nadal and Pilar Chato, journalists with Panamanian national daily La Prensa and contributor to the Spanish daily El País, were arrested Saturday in Panama City during a demonstration in front of the National Assembly by members of the indigenous group […]
Continue readingJapan: 8.9 Earthquake Spawns Deadly Tsunami, Evacuation Near Nuclear Reactor, and Fire at Oil Refinery
Japan was struck by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot tsunami that washed away cars and tore away buildings along the coast near the epicenter. Residents near a Tokyo Electric Power Co. nuclear reactor were ordered […]
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