Montana Wilderness Bill Raises Hackles A new bill, put forward by junior senator John Tester, is poised to determine the final status of public lands in three chief regions of Western Montana. The Forest Jobs and Recreation Act (FJRA) would designate 670,000 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
According to the Coast Guard, a mile-long oil sheen has spread from the Vermillion platform in the Gulf of Mexico off Lousiana. Petty Officer Bill Coklough says the sheen is around 100 feet wide. There are currently 4 firefighting vessels dispatched to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Press Release from The Climate Collective The Copenhagen City Court has today ruled that Natasha Verco and Noah Weiss are innocent. The two climate activists were charged for organizing illegal activities during the COP15 summit in Copenhagen in 2009. But the charges […]
Four expert climbers in inflatable speedboats evaded Danish Warship commanders and safely occupied the Cairn Energy oil rig off Greenland in the Arctic. They are now hanging in tents suspended from the rig, 45 feet above the icy ocean. Cairn energy has […]