The Teamsters teamed up with the Center for Health, Environment & Justice, Clean New York and WEACT for Environmental Justice as well as concerned parents, students and consumer activists to protest plastic toys at Toys R Us. The protest called for an […]
“Details of the Agreement: Hugh and Gina each pled guilty to 2 counts of trespassing (class A misdemeanor) and were each sentenced to two years non-reporting probation and a $10 fine, plus court costs. According to the deal, if they don’t violate […]
Protests in Sochi, Russia, have been getting physical, as police and activists have clashed over days of intense action. 4,000 gathered to protest in Sochi as radicals built barricades in the Khimki forests. Two home demonstrations staged against supporters of notorious animal […]
For all those saying the environmental movement needs to accept the Tea Baggers, now’s your chance. Tea party folks convened on the 15th to protest the new $303 million LG Chem lithium ion battery in Holland, MI. Don’t get too excited though. […]
On Monday July 12th, Earth First! held a large protest outside of the Forest Service office on Zillicoa St. in Asheville to protest the commercial logging of national forests and their continued plan to cut the Globe Forest in Blowing Rock, NC. […]
Hundreds protested at Whitsand Bay against the dumping of river waste at the Rame Head dump site. Other more radical acts of direct action in defense of the planet have also occurred as saboteurs have destroyed 3 cell towers over the past […]
Bhopalis are dissatisfied on the whole with the settlement last month, which brings about $500 to the families of affected victims—the settlement came over a decade after a Dow Chemical-owned chemical plant exploded, killing thousands immediately and leaving thousands more with long-term […]
According to the Rainforest Action Network: “After entering the EPA building, activists sat down in the center of the lobby, locked themselves together with metal ‘lock boxes,’ and began to blast West Virginia’s adopted state song, John Denver’s ‘Take me Home, Country […]
On July 5, 37 activists were arrested outside of Oak Ridge, TN, protesting nuclear weapons. Two days later, anti-war activist and environmentalist Jim Bohen, pioneer of Greenpeace, died at the age of 87. On that same day, Earth First! honored the No […]
After spending over 1 billion dollars on security, the Toronto government arrested over 900 people during the protests against the G20. In other news, the government of Australia has blocked all reporting and journalism surrounding the governments allowance of a Chinese mining […]