A flotilla of six boats sailed from Auckland Sunday to launch a protest against plans by a Brazilian oil company to drill for oil and gas off the East Cape of the North Island. The protesters, including the Greenpeace environmental group, the […]
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The Earth First Journal! stands in solidarity with the actions taking place in Tasmania and Australia against the destruction of the wild! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvlwnEgxSoI&feature=player_embedded] About 20 protesters from the Huon Valley Environment Centre were involved in the demonstration at the Ta Ann office […]
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Three environmental groups sued coal operator ICG Eastern in federal court Wednesday over a Webster County surface mine they say has been discharging toxic selenium into streams for years. The Sierra Club, the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and […]
By Eartha Jane Melzer The Union of Ontario Indians will battle a plan to ship 1,600 tons of radioactive waste from the Bruce nuclear power complex to Sweden via the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, the group announced this week. UOI, […]
When thousands of Bangladeshi take to the streets again on March 28th as part of a decade-long battle to halt a devastating British-owned open-pit coal mine, the world will not only be watching whether Bangladesh’s government will honor a coal ban agreement […]
An environmental assessment of the proposed construction of new nuclear reactors at Darlington Power Plant was delayed Tuesday after Greenpeace activists chained themselves to a table in the hearing room. Four activists — two men and two women — chained themselves to […]
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An extremely disturbing allegation has been made against the UK mining giant Vedanta Resources plc. According to the following report, paramilitaries were told at meeting sponsored by Vedanta “to warn Dongria Kondh villagers not to oppose Vedanta else they will be branded […]