A federal appeals court says that Joe Berlinger, the filmmaker who was ordered to give footage from his 2009 documentary “Crude” to the Chevron Corporation, could not invoke a journalist’s privilege in refusing to turn over that footage because his work on […]
Continue readingFBI Probing Boat Graffiti
The FBI is probing Plymouth boat graffiti that has fishermen — already feuding with the federal government over catch limits— fearful they now could be targets of an anarchist environmental group… “Commercial fishing first class rape,” and “sea life kidnapped, murdered, maliciously” […]
Continue readingReports of Christmas Vandalism in UK
According to the Londonist, “climate change activists targeted four-wheel drive vehicles in west London in a spate of sticker-posting over the Christmas period. Stickers reading ‘CO2 KILL5’ were plastered over the vehicles’ number plates by members of pressure group Climate Rush in […]
Continue readingBeef Fat Clogs Houston Ship Channel
Some 15,000 gallons of animal fat poured into the Houston ship channel through a storm drain on Tuesday after an onshore storage tank owned by agricultural company Jacob Sterns and Sons leaked 250,000 gallons of the greasy substance, Brahms said. Workers with […]
Continue readingReview of Bold Native, interview with writer and director, Denis Henry Hennely
by Russ McSpadden / Earth First! News [The text of this work is free to share and distribute under the following Creative Commons License CC-BY-ND 3.0] Bold Native, written and directed by Denis Henry Hennely, is the first feature length fictional film […]
Continue readingDirect Action Against the Tar Sands
This morning a group of protesters have invaded the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and are demanding a meeting with Stephen Green, the new Minister for Trade. Calling themselves the “Big Society Trade Negotiators”, they are concerned that trade negotiations between […]
Continue readingMassive Response to Sweden’s Wolf Hunt
Another storm of protest is set to engulf Sweden’s second cull of endangered wolves tomorrow, which has seen 6,747 hunters register to kill 20 of the total Scandinavian wolf population of about 250. Click here for more.
Continue readingNew Tree Sit in Arcadia
With the sounds of bulldozers echoing beneath him, veteran tree sitter John Quigley perched in a century-old oak Wednesday, saying he won’t come down until public works officials stop felling scores of trees as part of a dam improvement project. Quigley said […]
Continue readingEPA Denies Historic MTR Permit
Word is just coming down that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has vetoed the largest single mountaintop removal permit in West Virginia history. The move is part of an Obama administration crackdown aimed at reducing the effects of mountaintop removal coal-mining on […]
Continue readingRiots in Greece Over Landfill
Fierce battles between riot police and locals resisting the construction of a waste burial site have continued for a third consecutive day in the area of Keratea, Attica (around 10 miles south of Athens International Airport). This morning, a court ordered a […]
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