On September 26, 2010, Rising Tide Newcastle staged a complete shut down of the world’s biggest coal port in Newcastle, New South Wales. As a result of the action, the remaining seven defendants are being pursued for $525,000 in “victim’s compensation” for […]

As the offshore oil wells rev up in anticipation of a green light from the US government to reconvene operations, the energy company, Denbury, finishes up a 320 mile “Green” pipeline, set to pipe liquefied carbon dioxide captured during industrial refining all […]

A group of environmental activists from Everglades Earth First! arrested in 2009 while protesting at the Barley Barber Swamp in Martin County are suing Sheriff Robert Crowder and three sheriff’s officials for money damages after the protesters were charged with trespassing but […]

[UPDATE: Steve has requested that contact to the prison stop. Thanks, Steve Murphy support crew] Hunger Strike Day 1 – I will begin refusing tomorrow morning and will probably be put in the hole at some point but I refuse to be […]

t is with great sorrow that we mourn the passing today of Julia “Judy” Bonds, Executive Director of Coal River Mountain Watch. Judy was more than a co-worker, friend, and mentor: she became family. Click here for more. At a rally in […]

Diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks show that the Japanese government viewed the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as a serious threat to its illegal whaling, and urged the United States to crack down on the group. Click here for more. Also, the Associated […]

Construction on a hydroelectric power plant in Turkey’s Black Sea region was temporarily halted a few hour’s shy of the new year following a nearly month-long protest by area residents. Click here for more.

Militant ecowarriors are planning to intensify protests this month against France’s new anti-traveler laws. “We have chosen to live in a yurt in order to educate our children in a spirit of sharing and freedom,” said Solange Chabert, a yurtist from the […]

1,000 protesters clashed with police at the Israel-Palestine “security fence,” with protesters insisting that this was “the fence’s last day.” click here for more. This comes three days after the sentencing of Anarchists Against the Wall cofounder, Yonatan Pollak, to three months […]

Animal liberation defendant Scott DeMuth’s pre-sentencing hearing, which had been scheduled for December 29 after getting postponed once already, got canceled today because of bureaucratic issues in the court system. His actual sentencing is now scheduled for January 14th in Iowa. Click […]