Plaintiffs gathered in Quito after oil giant Chevron was found guilty yesterday of massive environmental contamination in the Ecuadorian Amazon and was ordered to pay $9 billion in fines in one of the largest environmental damages awards on record. The ruling comes […]

This afternoon, family, friends and supporters gathered to show support for Scott DeMuth as he was sentenced in federal court in Davenport, Iowa. Scott was sentenced to six months imprisonment, and taken immediately into custody. We will be posting information on how […]

Everglades Earth First! activists Russ McSpadden and Rachel Kijewski took the issue of endangered species protection to new heights today! They are suspended 30 feet up in the air to protest the plans for development of the “FAU/Scripps Biotech City” on the […]

In their own words: “Animal Liberation Initiative and Rhythms of Resistance Istanbul was in front of Medrano Circus in Istanbul to protest the cruelty and animal abuse. While the protesters were going in front of the gate of the circus, the employees […]

What we know: — Kennedy infiltrated antifacsist and anti-G8 groups in Germany and in the UK as well as many other European countries — Kennedy infiltrated Saving Iceland, wrote article in EF!J under name Lumsk (EcoDefense in Iceland, Beltane 2006) — Kennedy […]

In a 25-page dissent, Judge Paez of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals explained why the Forest Service’s controversial old growth logging project in the Five Buttes area of the Deschutes National Forest should be stopped. The Forest Service proposes to authorize […]

Austin D. White aka Drayco was handcuffed and taken by UC Berkeley police Monday during Food not Bombs. He had threatened three individuals, and assaulted a fourth. Austin White is the entire basis of the charges against Midnight Matt. The Muwekma Park […]

The Brazilian government is allowing illegal logging to take place on indigenous lands. Instead of following international agreements protecting indigenous lands, they deny that the indigenous people exist. Now, for the first time, Survival provides proof of one of the last uncontacted […]

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A government-run institute in Malaysia announced this week that it had released 6000 genetically modified mosquitoes into an uninhabited patch of forest in December to combat dengue fever. Greenpeace, among others, has warned that the unknown risks of unleashing GM insects into […]