Agony and Ecstasy on the Border

Yesterday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Sierra Club field organizer and No More Deaths activist Dan Millis’s conviction for littering on public lands. Millis had been leaving sealed jugs of water along migrant trails in order to save the lives […]

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Court Denies Injunction Against Ruby Pipeline

A proposed natural gas pipeline is underway in Nevada, being built by El Paso Corp. It would cross hundreds of miles of pristine (endangered) sage grouse habitat in northern Nevada and cut through some of the most untouched lands in Wyoming, Utah, […]

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News Wrap Up

After a tumultuous day, we have learned that the Vermillion off-shore drilling rig which caught on fire earlier today has been put out, and no slick seems to have formed. We have also learned that the Greenpeace activists who occupied an offshore […]

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ANOTHER Offshore Oil Rig Explosion!!!

A Gulf of Mexico oil rig exploded this morning 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana, endangering the lives of its crew of 13 crew members. Owned by Mariner Energy, the rig is in shallow water, and there is no reported sign […]

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James Lee and Eco-Xenophobia

After protesting the Discovery Channel-US for years, James Jay Lee broke down. Entering the Discovery Channel building in Silver Springs, Maryland, and taking three hostages, Lee released a series of demands for what he believed to be true environmental solutions. He is […]

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Greens, Wars and Migration

Confronting the eco-xenophobia of Apply The Breaks, Captain Paul Watson, James Lee and the whole lot of ‘em Statement from the Earth First! Journal collective 9/2/2010 Earlier this month, the Center for New Community (CNC) released a report on Apply The Brakes […]

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