Briana Waters Reindicted

On January 26, 2011, Briana Waters was re-indicted in a 9 count indictment which also served as a superseding indictment for Joseph Dibee, Josephine Overaker, and Justin Solondz. Briana is accused of: conspiracy to commit offense or defraud the US, possessing an […]

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EFF finds evidence of FBI Misconduct

Using documents obtained through EFF’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation the report finds: • *Evidence of delays of 2.5 years, on average, between the occurrence of a violation and its eventual reporting to the Intelligence Oversight Board* • *Reports of serious […]

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Skepticgate: the Latest Climate Cover-Up

Pat Michaels, a prominent climate denier and senior environmental studies fellow at the Cato Institute, testified before Congressman Henry Waxman’s Energy and Commerce Committee in February 2009 that only about 3% of his funding came from the dirty energy industry — but […]

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Environmentalist Murdered in the Philippines

An environmental advocate and broadcast journalist was shot dead in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Monday morning. Dr. Gerry Ortega, a veterinarian, was killed by a gunman in San Pedro Village after finishing his daily radio program on DWAR Palawan. In recent years […]

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More Info Released on UK Snitches

Four deep undercover police infiltrators operating in the UK and Europe between 1995 and 2009 have been exposed. PC Mark Kennedy (AKA “Mark Stone”), an undercover police officer from 2000 to at least the end of 2009 who was based in Nottingham. […]

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Big Court Case Against Coal Companies Today

Clean water advocates and concerned citizens across the nation will be monitoring a blockbuster Kentucky court case today, which will ultimately determine whether citizens can intervene in a state’s gross mishandling of indisputable acts of contempt and egregious Clean Water Act violations […]

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Hatian Farmers Burn 400 Tons of GMO Seeds

“A fabulous Easter gift,” commented Monsanto Director of Development Initiatives Elizabeth Vancil. Nearly 60,000 seed sacks of hybrid corn seeds and other vegetable seeds were donated to post-earthquake Haiti by Monsanto. In observance of World Environment Day, June 4, 2010, roughly 10,000 […]

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Rising Tide Responds to False Allegations

An article titled “In the Fight to Make a Better World” recently appeared on several Indymedia websites, including Portland Indymedia. The article began, “You read indymedia, chances are you know some protesters who are wanted by the police and the FBI. The […]

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Two Industrial Tar Sands Links

The ITD (Idaho Transportation Department) will issue permits to Conoco-Phillips today, January 25th. They are expected to start the first load up wild and scenic route 12 on February 1st, destined for the Canada tar sands. Conoco-Phillips and ITD claim that only […]

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Rising Tide North Texas Appears

“Hey everyone! So excited to be making the first post on our shiny new website. It’s our first spring as an organization here in Denton, and we are hosting our first event of the semester, a screening of the film “Gasland”, on […]

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