In December 2008, Tim DeChristopher disrupted an oil and gas auction to allay further climate change. By registering as a bidder, Tim drove up prices on many parcels and eventually won over a million dollars worth of oil leases before federal agents […]
Continue readingMustangs Subject to Helicopter Stampede
Instead of taking up Mrs. Pickens on her offer to construct holding facilities for the horses on two ranches she has purchased within and adjacent to the Antelope Complex, the BLM HAS ALREADY BEGUN subjecting these mustangs — including heavily pregnant mares […]
Continue readingDeep Green Resistence Conference Coming Next May
A Weekend Workshop with Derrick Jensen, Aric McBay and Lierre Keith Friday, May 27- Sunday, May 29, 2011 Sedalia, CO (30 miles southwest of Denver) We live in the most destructive culture to ever exist. In Derrick’s talks around the country he […]
Continue readingNo Compromise on the High Sease
Dispatch from Sea Shepherd: “This is Day 54 of Operation No Compromise and Day 25 since Sea Shepherd Conservation Society intercepted the Japanese whaling fleet. We are about halfway through the campaign, with approximately another 54 days to go until the Antarctic […]
Continue readingPrisoner Support Request
Fran Thompson is a prisoner in Missouri who has been sentenced to life. Before going to prison, Fran was a dedicated animal rights and environmental activist. After a man who was stalking her threatened to kill her and then broke into her […]
Continue readingFrench Group Claims Responsibility for Major Arson
A French Animal Liberation group has claimed responsibility for an arson that burned out two floors of a vivisection corporation’s administrative building. The communique they released reads: “One night, our team of 6, 2 lookouts, 4 actors, placed 2 incendiary devices (gas […]
Continue readingLaw Suit Filed Against Pesticides
The Center for Biological Diversity and Pesticide Action Network North America today filed the most comprehensive legal action ever brought under the Endangered Species Act to protect imperiled species from pesticides, suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its failure to consult […]
Continue readingConservative “Call to Arms” Changed to “Rally”
Acting WV Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, who once shot his rifle into the air saying he would “take aim” at Obama, had initially advocated a “call to arms” in favor of “Friends of Coal” and against EPA regulation of mountaintop removal. As […]
Continue readingJohn Ross Dies at Age 72
Author of numerous acclaimed books about the history of political resistance, John Ross, died in Mexico. His recent work, Zapatistas! follows the ecological and economic struggles of indigenous peoples of Southern Mexico with humor and a verve for revolution. His work will […]
Continue readingNatural Gas Explosion, Protests in Pennsylvania
On the eve of a massive gas explosion in northern Philadelphia, about 200 individuals affiliated with Gas Truth of Pennsylvania and the Luzerne County-based Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition, including a sizeable contingent from Northeast Pennsylvania, chanted slogans and blew whistles throughout the […]
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