Appellate court overturns conviction in 2001 UW arson From the Seattle Times Posted by John de Leon The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction of Briana Waters in the 2001 arson of the University of Washington’s Center for Urban […]

Marcellus Shale Unrest From pittsburgh tribune-review: About 120 people attended a public hearing held at the request of a petition by city residents. The hearing followed a half-hour protest on the steps of the City-County Building, Downtown. From Times Herald-Record: BINGHAMTON – […]

from Fish News PROTEST rally is being planned in front of the White House in a bid to persuade President Obama to halt approval of the first genetically engineered salmon for human consumption. The Center for Food Safety, Food & Water Watch […]

from Ruckus Society Action Camp is Ruckus’s cornerstone program – where we bring together activists from all over who have a shared vision, and immerse them in a week-long training community to learn nonviolent direct action theory, strategy, planning, and hands-on tactics. […]

by Paul Foy SALT LAKE CITY – A top Utah regulator approved plans Monday for the first commercial U.S. oil sands project. John Baza, director of Utah’s Division of Oil, Gas & Mining, upheld an earlier decision by his staff to give […]

Scott DeMuth Pleads to Misdemeanor Conspiracy Charge Under Animal Enterprise Protection Act Plea Entails 6 Months in Prison and Probation but No Fine or Testimony Against Other Activists Davenport, IA: Earlier today, Scott DeMuth, 23, accepted a plea agreement to a federal […]

Fur Commission USA has reported that 400 mink were released from cages at an unnamed fur farm in Granite Falls, Washington on September 9.

Political Prisoner Correspondence and the FBI by ecoprisoners.org Recently we began receiving documents in response to a FOIA request we filed with the FBI about Eric McDavid. The documents have uncovered a few alarming pieces of information, but one in particular we […]

Leaked Document Reveals Secret Conference on “Animal Rights Extremists” From Voice of the Voiceless Private security firm holds secretive conference on “animal rights extremists”, a leaked document reveals Voice of the Voiceless has been provided with a document, marked “CONFIDENTIAL”, detailing an […]

From The Understory Today RAN and our friends in DC dumped 1,000 pounds of Appalachian dirt onto the front lawn at the EPA’s headquarters. Our message? “EPA: don’t let King Coal dump on Appalachia.” This is part of our effort to compel […]