Reports 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 […]

Beef 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 […]

Direct 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 […]

Massive 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.

New 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 […]

EPA 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 […]

Riots 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 […]

Hundreds Protest in Ohio

Thirty-six hours before Republican and former Fox News contributor John Kasich was sworn in as Ohio’s governor, hundreds of people from across the state rallied voicing strong objections to his anti-labor, anti-environment and anti-student agenda. click here for more.

Another Undercover Cop Found in UK

The controversy over a police surveillance network embedded in the environmental protest movement has deepened dramatically after the Guardian identified a second undercover officer who spent years living a double life as an activist. Click here for more.